I'm the Nemain, actually - I don't use this LJ much anymore, but I thought I'd log in to leave you a comment.
I did wind up reading my way through all parts of the Stone Gryphon and all of the Narnia-side tie ins, and this particular post is prompted by my checking your FF.net profile to see if you've updated AW, then checking your LJ, so I guess you've made a believer out of me - in your writing, that is!
You're definitely correct about the specifically Christian aspect of it appearing much more heavy-handed in the earliest chapters of the first part, and I agree that I find an immense diversity of perspective appearing in OCs you introduce later (which I do think is concordant with the spirit of Lewis's work).
I was willing to read your writing from the perspective of an outsider (in the religious aspect, at least) and found it rewarding regardless of that fact, but by the time I made it to the end I no longer felt any kind of alienation from the spiritual context you've set up for your work. I didn't require it, but I do find it gratifying.
I also find the characters of the children very convincing and incredibly endearing. Your portrayal of Edmund and his misanthropy (of a sort) remain my favourite, but I didn't much like Susan in the novels, and I find I do now, or at least your portrayal of her.
I'm really quite confused that, from what you say on your profile and LJ, reactions to TQSiT have been mixed; I think its where your work really comes into its own, and has continued to shine for me therafter. It was well worth every hour of sleep I lost indulging in gleeful literary gluttony, and I deeply hope you will not let the criticisms you've received deter you from finishing. I'm generally an inconstant reviewer, but a faithful reader, and I WILL be following your writing avidly to see where you will be going next!
Now I am off to read the new chapter you've posted :)
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I did wind up reading my way through all parts of the Stone Gryphon and all of the Narnia-side tie ins, and this particular post is prompted by my checking your FF.net profile to see if you've updated AW, then checking your LJ, so I guess you've made a believer out of me - in your writing, that is!
You're definitely correct about the specifically Christian aspect of it appearing much more heavy-handed in the earliest chapters of the first part, and I agree that I find an immense diversity of perspective appearing in OCs you introduce later (which I do think is concordant with the spirit of Lewis's work).
I was willing to read your writing from the perspective of an outsider (in the religious aspect, at least) and found it rewarding regardless of that fact, but by the time I made it to the end I no longer felt any kind of alienation from the spiritual context you've set up for your work. I didn't require it, but I do find it gratifying.
I also find the characters of the children very convincing and incredibly endearing. Your portrayal of Edmund and his misanthropy (of a sort) remain my favourite, but I didn't much like Susan in the novels, and I find I do now, or at least your portrayal of her.
I'm really quite confused that, from what you say on your profile and LJ, reactions to TQSiT have been mixed; I think its where your work really comes into its own, and has continued to shine for me therafter. It was well worth every hour of sleep I lost indulging in gleeful literary gluttony, and I deeply hope you will not let the criticisms you've received deter you from finishing. I'm generally an inconstant reviewer, but a faithful reader, and I WILL be following your writing avidly to see where you will be going next!
Now I am off to read the new chapter you've posted :)