*squints*

[bedlamsbard]

The story I am writing is not the story I meant to write. I am distracted from the glory of the flowering of Narnia by Peter and Edmund bickering with each other. I mean, amusing as this is

("I only blame you every other time Narnia wakes me up in the middle of the night screaming that you’ve fallen down a well.”

“I have never – oh, that does not count.”

“It was a hole in the ground with water at the bottom, and you were down it. Narnia thought you were dying.”

“It was not a well, I was not dying, Narnia knows when I’m dying, unlike some people here who I won’t name –”

“Oh, I beg to differ, Narnia cannot tell when you’re actually dying and when you’re just being attacked by giant poisonous spiders. I know. She wakes me up for both instances.”)

not really the tone I want for the story. (I put the following exchange up because I'm pretty sure it's getting cut.) Beautiful doomed glory of the Golden Age here, not Peter and Edmund bitching about who's been licking the poison darts. (And whoever gets that fic/fandom reference gets a puppy. Or, you know, fic. I don't think it's that obscure, but what do I know?)

On the other hand, I now know that once, Edmund accidentally got thrown back in time to Narnia during the White Witch's reign, in the depth of the Long Winter. Not a fun trip.

Comments

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Nah, Peter put a sword to his throat and when Caspian said he was the King of Narnia, everyone laughed at him and then told Peter to kill him again. Peter was sufficiently interested to just knock him out, instead. Although that story's stalled so now we're back to looking at Cair Paravel in all her beautiful doomed glory...and I'm back to worldbuilding.

I, uh, may have invented enough countries at this point that I need a map. Curse you, Lewis, how do I reconcile the Utter East and the end of the world with my need to have a coherent world? (Three separate growing empires, only one of which is canon! Not counting Narnia at this point, even though Peter's on a conquering spree. Numerous smaller countries! And we're just talking about the ones that have access to the sea! We're on countries from the other side of the continent by now, and would it be bad if I named the continent?) I even worked out the Narnian coinage system, or at least parts of it. (Basic currency: copper stars, silver moons, and golden suns. Twenty stars to a moon, and fifteen moons to a sun.)

And now we're not only looking at Narnia and Cair Paravel from an outsider's POV, we're looking at them from a foreigner's POV. An Ansketsman, to be exact, out of Anskettell, one of Narnia's trading partners. Country in the far, far south. After Masongnong was defeated at sea, one of the first countries to start trading with Narnia, because if they could kick Masongnong's ass -- and Masongnong is widely considered to have the best navy in the world -- then this little tiny northern country might have something going for it after all. And eight years later Cair Paravel is the pearl of the east.

*preens*

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

...can I steal your brain? i have the horrors of an AU where they stayed in PC and took over the country. And I have to sort out realpolitik and integration of Telmarines and new narnians and the rebuilding of Cair Paravel and the imposition of new laws and re-sorting of alliances. ...SHIT.

[franceica.livejournal.com]

I think such an AU is totally intriguing, though sorting through the things to make it make sense would be hard work. Taking over the country may be a lot more difficult, but I think a civil war is so ready to be fought, if the Pevensies stayed. But if there is a war, Caspian would probably have all the Talmerines with him (no matter how unhappy any Talmerines can be towards Caspian, I think they will be even more unhappy about Peter) and some Narnian, wouldn't it be so much disadvantage on the Pevensies' side?

I love AU, *facepalm*
Please do it? *puppyeye*

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

it's not so much against Caspian as peter and susan going 'fuck that, we're home, we're staying, and yes of course you may rule with us. honest.'

Lucy : 'Well, by Narnian law we rule over any king. Caspian would be utterly atrocious because he has no experience. He can be king over the Telmarines. And Susan? we're announcing your engagement to him. Gives the Telmarines some illusion that he has influence over you, and you an excuse to twist his arm in public.'

And then I've discovered the sheer problems of everything that would have to be considered from rules to integration to WAAAAA.'

The civil war could possibly be happening later, but for now the Telmarines? their leaders were killed or left, and the Pevensies are organised.

[franceica.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

The way you describe it, I think it totally works! Although it will require a lot of brain juice from you to sort out all the issues. *grins* It must be a total headache trying to figure out how are they going to organize themselves if Caspian is really ruling with them (although I don't suppose Caspian will be quite willing. Before the four of them showed up, if the Narnians win, the throne is supposed to be wholly Caspian's. But now he has to share it with four people, which probably all have precedence over him if they go by Narnian law. I bet he'll be upset and sour).

Anyway, the fic should totally be written, more Pevensie Awesomeness is always good! *looks hopeful*

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

You may not steal my brain, I need it for fic! And also college, but wah, who cares about that?

Your AU sounds intriguing!