TSG: Heart and Crow Make The Peace

[rthstewart]

Well, at the expense of several client deadlines this week and a memo still to be edited in my inbox by Monday morning, and most of the NFE still unread and nothing responded to, I decided to make very poor use of time and... formally begin Book 6 of the Stone Gryphon, Heart and Crow Make the Peace.

Heart and Crow Make The Peace (50583 words) by rthstewart
Chapters: 7/?
Fandom: Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Edmund Pevensie, Lucy Pevensie, Peter Pevensie, Susan Pevensie, Helen Pevensie, Mr. Pevensie (Narnia)
Additional Tags: World War II, Spies & Secret Agents
Series: Part 6 of The Stone Gryphon
Summary:

Book 6 in The Stone Gryphon story cycle. Lucy and Edmund find their way in Spare Oom.

“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
Mahatma Gandhi

"The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds."
Dalai Lama

I don't know when I'll be able to update again.  Much of this is repurposed and reconfigured but it's now in once place.  There is also new content starting at chapter 5 and various pieces have been adjusted so that if all flows better. 

The WW2 material is not as spot on as typical.  I'm having some trouble with that for various reasons.  Edmund should really be in Cairo with Dudley Clarke or he and Walker-Smythe should both be in London. While Operation Mincemeat is well researched and reported on, it was part of Operation Barclay and there is virtually nothing on that other than a few paragraphs repeated over and over.  There is a real dearth of material on the things I've wanted Lucy to do and I even make fun of it a bit -- she's not going to be able to commandeer a ship, steal foodstuffs, and sail off to Greece.  And while the British Red Cross is a good place to start for her, it was the International Red Cross that was involved in the grain shipments from Canada and South America.  With my recent NFE story The Doctor Is In, the Red Cross now ties back to Narnia. 

I have tweaked the parts with John Pevensie.  He IS an ass and that hasn't changed.  But going way back to the beginning of Oxfordshire 1942 I never wanted to deal with anyone actually IN the service.  HA HA I know.  One way I did that was to make John opposed to Peter's service -- which is not true to the time or patriotic.  BUT if he had say, been a radio operator and heard men suffocating in submarines or dying at Dunkirk, yes, this begins to make sense.  And further, it adds to the choking irony that he'll be really pissed to find out about -- that he went to war to keep his children safe only for a stupid ass Lion to rip them out of this world and march them into war.

I've also changed the letter that Helen writes to Edmund after Morgan's visit. 

Anyway, thank you to those of you still out there.  Welcome to the new!

Comments

[brokenallbroken]

Yay yay yay what a nice surprise for the weekend!

[rthstewart]

Thank you! I hope you enjoyed it!

[brokenallbroken]

Very much! Returning to Spare Oom is always an interesting ride.

[yalumesse]

This is going to be a big read! I look forward to starting it. Hope you enjoy the writing process :)

[rthstewart]

Thanks so much! It IS a big read! I hope you enjoy the new stuff!

[psyche29]

I've already been in there. I was up late consuming because apparently, I needed it.

It's wonderful and filled me up, and now I'm starting over because it's always, always, ALWAYS going to be worth it.

Take your time and do what you've gotta do; your work is worth the wait. 💖

[rthstewart]

Thanks so much! When I posted last week I saw the alerts for your comments coming in one by one and it filled me with joy.

[autumnia]

*waves*

I got an email notification for this and thought you were just posting/reposting an older chapter but it sounds like I may need to start at the beginning again since I can't remember where you last left off.

But still happy to dive back into Narnia and rthverse! Can't wait to find some time to read this soon!

[rthstewart]

SHE LIVES. WE BOTH ARE ALIVE. thank you for the email of the other day!!! and the same back at you! If you start at the beginning it really puts it all in context, even if new content.

[autumnia]

What a fabulous story, rth! I just started at the beginning again and it really felt like reading a brand new story since it's been a long time for me to wade back into Narnia fandom.

I absolutely love the edits/new additions that you've made. All the characters and the background have been fleshed out so much more and gives the story extra depth.

My favorite bits were the scenes with Briony with Helen, and Edmund with the Shoemaker. I'm so glad that Helen is learning more about Narnia via another of her children though Lucy doesn't quite have the same gifts of understanding, discretion (what Official Secrets Act, Lucy?) and storytelling to a parent as Edmund.

And speaking of Edmund, chapter 7 made me squeal and be so happy! Another Narnian visit and this time not for Helen! I was so, so thrilled that Edmund could speak to and be with someone about Narnia and in private and to really understand what Helen, Lucy and Morgan's letters meant. I think this was one of my favorite chapters in this entire story!

[gingicat]

This fanvid about Susan showed up on my Tumblr dash, and I thought you'd be interested.
https://www.tumblr.com/equixen/763231403738529792/fandom-the-chronicles-of-narnia-charactertheme