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I read a couple of fabulous essays on Narnia today. The first one was The Problem of Susan by truepenny, which is a reading of Narnia through Neil Gaiman's story, The Problem of Susan. I haven't read the story, but I kind of want to read it now, because it sounds wonderful and thought-provoking, as is the essay. Lipstick on My Scholar, on the other hand, is a great *defence* of CSL (you heard that right). I don't buy into every argument of his, particularly where he cites Susan being courted by various suitors as an instance of Lewis' acceptance of adult, female sexuality, but it's well-written nonetheless.

The discussion in truepenny's journal also made me go and re-read a couple of wonderful stories, The Ivory Horn by kaydeefalls, a His Dark Materials/Narnia x-over from this years Yuletide (which just blew me away the first time I read it), and The Queen's Return by honorh. Both Susan-centric, both approaching the 'problem of Susan' in two different ways.

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Speaking of Narnia, I forgot to mention that I saw Prince Caspian and loved it. I loved the changes they made, especially the way they let Susan kick ass. ♥ And while Caspian is teh pretteh, I STILL couldn't help shipping Peter/Susan while watching. *facepalm*

I also watched the BSG miniseries today, all of it, and how cute *were* these people back then? Also, it's interesting how hindsight makes me see these characters in a different way. I want to squish Tigh and throw things at Baltar, and the sheer AWESOMENESS of Laura Roslin makes me squee. This is not the reaction I had the first time, where I was mostly watching Kara and Adama and trying to absorb things; it took me quite a while to warm up to Laura, in fact.

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Rec: deaths and resurrections of the cylon laura roslin by firenze083, Roslin (Adama/Roslin): This is a wonderful AU about the life and times of Laura Roslin, Cylon, with lovely little cameos by Athena and Bill. firenze083 takes us through Laura's journey to Cylonhood, and it's heart-breaking and wonderfully detailed.

Comments

[favouriteyear.livejournal.com]

Caspian is so v.v. hot.

It totally got me 'shipping Caspian/Susan.

[shutterbug-12.livejournal.com]

The whole subject of Narnia would have been very interesting to study in college, especially considering I attended a Jesuit university. (Loved it, by the way. Was not, as one might suspect, filled with close-minded, conservative religious folk. It was very liberal.) We talked about Narnia briefly in one of my advanced literature classes, but only in passing.

I'm not a big movie-goer, but I'd love to see this movie.