i'm sure it's extremely bad form to be commentating the comments i get, but REALLY PEOPLE

[bedlamsbard]

...who the hell responds to a fic that is clearly labelled "Peter/Susan" with "No Edmund/Lucy?"

I...don't write Edmund/Lucy.

ETA: Situation/Reaction explained, carry on. I'm just thin-skinned and high-strung after the latest batch of comment debacle.

Comments

[venilia.livejournal.com]

Ooops! I for some reason confused your name in my head with banthafodder who ships both Peter/Susan and Edmund/Lucy, and responded accordingly.

Have deleted the comment. I did quite like your fic, though. I especially enjoyed your Susan. She's perfect.

[venilia.livejournal.com]

*rolls eyes* I obviously need more coffee. That should read bantha_fodder

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

I have just been getting a lot of really weird comments lately, so I'm...kind of on edge. I apologize.

[westingturtle.livejournal.com]

Alternatively, considering there was much less subtext between certain characters (re: everyone) and it was a gasp of shock after reading, say, Dust.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

*dreamily* Subtext in Dust. Boy, wouldn't that be nice. It would, of course, require me to get all the characters in the same place.

Except then again, we do have Peter thinking about Susan while he's in prison, so there's that.

[westingturtle.livejournal.com]

No Bedlam, there is not allowed to be dream porn in Dust. I can see you going there, just because. But remember that it would add more words and would throw off the pacing.

If, however, you decided to put an Extra Scene of what everyone thinks on those long cold nights, it would be greatly appreciated.

Finally RANDOM SENDINGS OF LOVE AND APPRECIATION to help cancel out the annoying posts.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

There is not dream porn! But there is this:

Susan’s beautiful to watch when she fights, quick and certain as a river, and as dangerous and deadly as one of her arrows. And Peter’s seen precious little of that in the past decade; he’d been afraid he’d never see it again. And yet here she is, here they all are, and by Aslan’s grace they won’t fall apart again. He won’t let them.

But Susan…by the grace of Aslan, he’d almost been afraid to hope that she’d come back to them eventually. And she’s here. She can’t walk away, none of them can walk away, not really – but she’d done a damned good job at trying, and the chances that she’d never admit who and what she is again were far higher than Peter will admit even to himself, let alone to Edmund and Lucy. But she’s here. And that means – everything. Despite the mess Narnia’s in, despite the desecration of Cair Paravel, despite prison, despite everything that’s gone wrong over the past decade, the knowledge that Susan’s here, that they’re all here, makes Peter grin, almost laughing with relief.

The comment that prompted this entry got cleared up. Case of mistaken identity and me being high-strung.

[westingturtle.livejournal.com]

quick and certain as a river

I am falling in love with this description as we speak. Dinner, movie, moonlit walk on the beach, the whole thing. And Peter seems happy (prison issue aside) which is something we don't see enough. Good smile, that boy.

Also, though he uses the phrase twice, in the first paragraph when Peter says "by Aslan's grace." It seems like something he actually means rather than an expression, like the second time. And the use of the word "grace" instead of "will" or something else. It makes me wonder about his beliefs in the face of this seeming abandonment, especially considering it's half of the reason for the schism with Lucy.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

That bit of the chapter's good; the rest of it I have to screw with, although not until after the Tirian POV. (Which I also have to screw with, even though it's less than 2K at the moment.) But Peter is happy. He doesn't need a lot, and he gave up on ever having his Narnia back a long time ago. (He's already reconciled to leaving this one; he has to be.) He does have his siblings, and that's enough. Being able to kill people with a sword helps too.

The thing is that Peter actually does believe that Aslan brought them back; most of the Pevensies do. It just doesn't occur to them to give the credit to anyone else. They may be...enlightened on this point at some time in the future. But as far as Peter knows, Aslan wants them here, Aslan wants them all here, and here they are.

[westingturtle.livejournal.com]

Being able to kill people with a sword helps too.

::snort:: That's our Peter.

I don't know, I kind of like that they have a belief in something, even if its a nebulous and unpredictable something.

Also, because I think we're in the same time zone, Aladdin is on TV, and that makes my night too awesome for words.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Peter's a little screwed in the head, but then again, all the Pevensies are. You make children killers for a cause, you deal with the consequences.

I think they need that belief, and if -- when -- they find out that it may not have been Aslan, well...that will be interesting, I suppose.

[westingturtle.livejournal.com]

"interesting"

Like I don't know what that's code for by now. Bring on the body count.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

To be fair, I have not actually figured out when this happens.

[lassiterfics.livejournal.com]

I have such warmed up to anyone/Lucy, probably because I've warmed up to Lucy in general (entirely the grifter!AU's fault). Then writing the Calormen fic helped the Ed/Lu along, in a background sort of way.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

*makes faces* I very seldom write Lucy/anybody. I have problems writing Lucy.

[ghostrunner7.livejournal.com]

BUT WAIT, I LOVE YOU!

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[almostinstinct.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Now you've got me thinking thinky thoughts about whether the Pevensies could ever grow old and die in Narnia, and how that would affect their lives in Britain, and if they have to leave every time [insert vague metaphorical statement here]. What does leaving Narnia mean? Is it like leaving Eden? (I've noticed that theme, implicitly and explicitly, in a lot of Peter/Susan fics). Or like dying and leaving Earth (To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven, etc)? Or just plain ol' growing up and not having great adventures? Er. Whee! Pretentious rambling! But in my defense it's ALL IN THE TEXT.

That also reminds me of a Merlin bunny I had. Awesome! :D

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

The thing that gets me is that the Pevensies never go through -- well, naturally. I mean, there are clearly natural rifts between worlds; the Telmarines fall through one, doubtless the Archenlanders and the Calormenes and the islanders do too. They always go through...I suppose artificially would be the best word, because time's suspended back in England. But if they went through naturally, then I suppose they'd just be missing.

Maybe? I don't know. I got nothing. ARGH.