oh, god, history. *headdesk*

[bedlamsbard]

Post-LWW fic: Peter is sullen, Susan is still in that state of, "This can't possibly be happening," Edmund is playing his mother and creeping her the hell out, and Lucy is traumatized. Helen Pevensie is also kind of a wreck, because dude, talk about having many things do a number on your psyche all at once.

My state of mind: Wait, so, okay, the Pevensies were evacuated from London somewhere around September of 1940. (The Blitz started on September 7, movie canon shows us that, uh, the Blitz is going on.) And they probably would have returned in 1941? But canon (PC, this time) also tells us they were at school during the course of that year. Book canon (PC, again) tells us that this is supposed to be Lucy's first year at boarding school. So -- Peter, Susan, and Edmund left the professor's house to go to school, and Lucy was left at the professor's house? Or would they have already been back in Finchley at that point in time?

Meanwhile, if I have Peter going running, what would he be wearing and would it be regarded as normal or not? (This is in Finchley.)

...this is why I try and stick to writing about Narnia, not England. I can make stuff up.

ETA: And Helen Pevensie would probably be working, yes? Must check if Papa Pevensie would have returned from his deployment or not.

Comments

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

I DO NOT REMEMBER. I ONLY REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS A CASTLE.

I think I was like...six. Or seven.

[animus-wyrmis.livejournal.com]

That's the only part I remember, and I have no idea if it's the right book! But there is definitely a girl who pretends to be a sleeping princess? And she definitely feeds them fake magic bread.

Oh, I loved E Nesbit's books when I was little. :D

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

All I remember is the cover! It was red. There was...a garden? And a castle? And a gate?

But it wasn't The Secret Garden. I don't think I've ever actually read The Secret Garden.

[animus-wyrmis.livejournal.com]

Yesss.

The Secret Garden doesn't have a castle anyway. (I am surprised you have never read it! I think every girl who grew up near me had a copy, because it was A Book For Girls and adults thought we should probably have it.)

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

I have never read a lot of books people expect me to have read. (Which is weird, because all my friends at Tulane have read The Secret Garden and A Little Princess and I...saw the movies. And didn't particularly like them that much.)

I have read almost all of Edgar Rice Burroughs, though!

[animus-wyrmis.livejournal.com]

To be honest the movies weren't all that great. (Although the Shirley Temple version of A Little Princess is ridiculous/hilarious.) But I adored the books as a kid!

Oh, I think I read some of his Tarzan books way back when! (What else did you read when you were little?)

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

I think I more or less go through it here (http://bedlamsbard.livejournal.com/371384.html).

The earliest stuff I remember is Burroughs, the Greek myths (I had this completely awesome illustrated children's Odyssey, so it was a real thrill to finally read the original Odyssey this year), Arthurian legend, these collections of children's editions/versions of a lot of classics, and a book of fairy tales from all over the world.

After that, well, I read the Little House on the Prairie books, of course, Tamora Pierce, Patricia C. Wrede, LotR, Narnia, Diana Wynne Jones, Robin McKinley, HP, Susan Cooper, Lloyd Alexander -- mostly YA fantasy, actually.