There is so much awesomness in here I don't even know where to begin. All the different shades between old and new, battle and politics, wisdom and foly, that which is necessary and that which is obselete... it's beautiful.
Also... Teehee! For Peter calling Caspian his cousin... Even though you know, major insult because it was just an attempted murder and not a high treason. I do wonder if Caspian caught that one, because it was so subtle that if Edmund hadn't pointed it out, I totally would have missed it. It seems to me that Edmund doesn't miss anything, which makes him so awesome as the Spy!King you know.
And Hoozah! For using the royal plural, I always love it when that appears in fic.
The people who tried to assasinate the Pevensies and Caspian are really full of hatred and bitterness and actually, it's kind of understandable how they got that way. They've become bitter and angry because of the position they're in. History teaches them that humans have always tried to dominate them, except the kings and queens of the past. But if you've identified humans as the face of your tormentor and your executioner forever... then I can understand that it's impossible for you to believe that any good could come of them.
Also, I love the comparison that Edmund makes between Peter and a sociopath, because it's so true. Peter is crazy, but necessarily so in Narnia. In England, he'd just be a sociopath, a crazy schoolboy and nothing more.
The speech that Edmund gives at the end, about how to be a king and about executing the people who betray you themselves, is amazing. Somehow, to me, they seem more powerful now then they were in the previous chapter, maybe because now it's Edmund's POV. You mention that it was what Aslan told him long ago, but when did Aslan tell him? Because I'm gettin the impression that it's part of what Edmund and Aslan discussed together when Edmund was saved from the White Witch in LWW.
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Date: 2008-08-01 07:54 pm (UTC)Also... Teehee! For Peter calling Caspian his cousin... Even though you know, major insult because it was just an attempted murder and not a high treason. I do wonder if Caspian caught that one, because it was so subtle that if Edmund hadn't pointed it out, I totally would have missed it. It seems to me that Edmund doesn't miss anything, which makes him so awesome as the Spy!King you know.
And Hoozah! For using the royal plural, I always love it when that appears in fic.
The people who tried to assasinate the Pevensies and Caspian are really full of hatred and bitterness and actually, it's kind of understandable how they got that way. They've become bitter and angry because of the position they're in. History teaches them that humans have always tried to dominate them, except the kings and queens of the past. But if you've identified humans as the face of your tormentor and your executioner forever... then I can understand that it's impossible for you to believe that any good could come of them.
Also, I love the comparison that Edmund makes between Peter and a sociopath, because it's so true. Peter is crazy, but necessarily so in Narnia. In England, he'd just be a sociopath, a crazy schoolboy and nothing more.
The speech that Edmund gives at the end, about how to be a king and about executing the people who betray you themselves, is amazing. Somehow, to me, they seem more powerful now then they were in the previous chapter, maybe because now it's Edmund's POV. You mention that it was what Aslan told him long ago, but when did Aslan tell him? Because I'm gettin the impression that it's part of what Edmund and Aslan discussed together when Edmund was saved from the White Witch in LWW.