*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]

Caspian would be VERY ALARMED. (Although they'd probably have to do the fertility ritual again. Just to, you know, be sure. And the question is -- does Narnia possess Caspian or Peta, and just how freaked out is Caspian?)

I foresee screaming fights where Peta punches him in the face and storms off to the stables, the practice yards, or the armory, and thence on out into the wilds of Narnia, where she, I don't know, hunts down renegade Telmarines or bandits or something for a month, at which point Caspian is frantic and trying to send out search parties.

Now, the other question is, is Peta the only one who stays behind, or do the other three Pevensies stay too? And what happens in Voyage?

NOT WRITING THIS 'VERSE. (Except maybe the sex. For some reason, I really want to write the sex.)

[realpestilence.livejournal.com]

This is kind of mingling with that *other* "earth bond" discussion...you said, and I RELUCTANTLY agree, that Edmund couldn't (or wouldn't? a difference) bond with anyone else. Do you think that bond is unbreakable, or transferrable? Or, if Caspian and Peta *did* do the ritual, would Narnia merely add *another* person to the link, instead of superceding the previous one?

Narnia would possess the person taking the "Bride" position, the non-earthbound ruler; in this case, Caspian. Peta is *still* the "High Queen". Caspian would end up being her support...and would always know where she was, damn it! Watch her fume.

Like I said, the only question would be is would adding Caspian to the bond break Edmund's tie to Peta? I don't think so, because the Peta's tie to Narnia isn't breakable, so why would his to her be?...and at least it would give Peta somebody to help keep the concerned Caspian kind of under control and/or advised in how to deal with her better as he adjusts to 1)being bound, 2)being married and in love, 3)being Prince Consort and accepting that he is NOT one of the four rulers of the country, 4)forming relationships with his highly individual in-laws and 4)learning to be more Narnian.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Add them, I think. (And does it make Peta a bigamist, and how exactly is Caspian going to react when he finds out she slept with her broher?) (No, seriously, I'm really curious about Caspian's impending freakout.)

Somehow I think Caspian is going to be very alarmed about several things. The fact that he's not going to be king -- and oh, won't that be a shocker -- the fact that Peta's tied to the land. The fact that Peta can kick his ass.

[realpestilence.livejournal.com]

Not only is Caspian not going to be king, but he's outranked by ALL of his new family. *laughs*

Tied to the land, had sex with her brother, can kick his ass...none of these add up to "yay, married life!"

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

But at least the sex is good!

[realpestilence.livejournal.com]

The sex is GREAT. The sex may kill him, but the sex is great! *laughs*

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

He'll die a happy man. *grin*