Hmmm. I'd not thought to tie Constance to the ends/means theme I've got running in TSG, but yes, I suppose it is there. A lot of fic writers/world builders are very focused on the precise outlines of Aslan -- who, what, extent of powers, and tied up with fate, choice, predestination.
I'm afraid this is one we'll have to put in the Rth really doesn't think much about it at all -- I never did well in theology and philosophy in college, either. I can't in my head fully reconcile free choice with divine omniscience.
Constance does have a role to play still, which really highlights her emotional intelligence -- were you the one who noted that in the review? To which again, I said, YES, that's it exactly.
I've always been uncomfortable with the idea of Morgan being destined to be the womb of Narnia. In fact, I even had a comment fic joke about that somewhere where Aslan is trying to tell her she's a child of prophecy and he only gets her attention when he tells her that Beavers would be cheaper to build a dam than Dwarfs because they will work for bark. I've wanted her to march into this knowing what she's doing for all that they are manipulated into it in the first place. Though, as Clio has pointed out, that's not wholly fair either, because Morgan cannot and doesn't fully understand the implications of single parenthood and her make up, as written, makes it pretty impossible for her to say to No.
Errr, where was I besides only on my first cuppa? I still try to hold to the idea that Morgan is not the only option. It's one of the reasons I inserted Aidan and his many small relations into the story -- besides the fact that I wanted to blow out of the water the fan fic convention as Lucy as bride of Aslan and perpetual virgin.
I've been toying with the idea, going to Morgan's choices, that in some way, she understands that the moment she decides, yes, I want to be a mother, I want to do this for all of us, is the day she sets in motion Edmund's return.
I'm a bit cross purposes here and I'm not sure I'll be able to resolve all the tensions.
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I'm afraid this is one we'll have to put in the Rth really doesn't think much about it at all -- I never did well in theology and philosophy in college, either. I can't in my head fully reconcile free choice with divine omniscience.
Constance does have a role to play still, which really highlights her emotional intelligence -- were you the one who noted that in the review? To which again, I said, YES, that's it exactly.
I've always been uncomfortable with the idea of Morgan being destined to be the womb of Narnia. In fact, I even had a comment fic joke about that somewhere where Aslan is trying to tell her she's a child of prophecy and he only gets her attention when he tells her that Beavers would be cheaper to build a dam than Dwarfs because they will work for bark. I've wanted her to march into this knowing what she's doing for all that they are manipulated into it in the first place. Though, as Clio has pointed out, that's not wholly fair either, because Morgan cannot and doesn't fully understand the implications of single parenthood and her make up, as written, makes it pretty impossible for her to say to No.
Errr, where was I besides only on my first cuppa? I still try to hold to the idea that Morgan is not the only option. It's one of the reasons I inserted Aidan and his many small relations into the story -- besides the fact that I wanted to blow out of the water the fan fic convention as Lucy as bride of Aslan and perpetual virgin.
I've been toying with the idea, going to Morgan's choices, that in some way, she understands that the moment she decides, yes, I want to be a mother, I want to do this for all of us, is the day she sets in motion Edmund's return.
I'm a bit cross purposes here and I'm not sure I'll be able to resolve all the tensions.