How on earth have I missed all this glorious Susan etc discussion!?
Animus, the Mary Poppins xover giving Susan an actual friend *must* be written. It will indubitably be wonderful and such a more worthwhile read than most of the Susan in England stories out there.
On the larger topic of Pevensies with friends...I suppose we can't just say that they have no friends in England, because we never do get anything with them in any sort of scene where they would be interacting with friends outside of Narnia. Personally I think it would be a sad state of affairs if Narnia, which IMO has as one of its main points the teaching of open-mindedness, made the Pevensies so cut off that they could never forge meaningful bonds with 'regular' people. I just reread the bit in VoDT when Lucy uses the Magician's book to spy on her friends, and I feel, in retrospect, that Aslan basically told her there to not let Narnia get in the way of her friendships and life in England. Spying, even by magic, is not good - it's like Lucy used Narnia and its inherent magic to distance herself from Spare Oom there, and Aslan is telling her not to do so. Of course the Friends of Narnia would have a special and deep bond, but I don't like to think that they would not have relationships and friends outside of their little circle.
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Animus, the Mary Poppins xover giving Susan an actual friend *must* be written. It will indubitably be wonderful and such a more worthwhile read than most of the Susan in England stories out there.
On the larger topic of Pevensies with friends...I suppose we can't just say that they have no friends in England, because we never do get anything with them in any sort of scene where they would be interacting with friends outside of Narnia. Personally I think it would be a sad state of affairs if Narnia, which IMO has as one of its main points the teaching of open-mindedness, made the Pevensies so cut off that they could never forge meaningful bonds with 'regular' people. I just reread the bit in VoDT when Lucy uses the Magician's book to spy on her friends, and I feel, in retrospect, that Aslan basically told her there to not let Narnia get in the way of her friendships and life in England. Spying, even by magic, is not good - it's like Lucy used Narnia and its inherent magic to distance herself from Spare Oom there, and Aslan is telling her not to do so. Of course the Friends of Narnia would have a special and deep bond, but I don't like to think that they would not have relationships and friends outside of their little circle.