Late to the party once again due to being out of town all weekend... this chapter seemed so fast paced to me so it was hard to follow at times, but that is most likely due to a) it's late, reader is tired and b) group scenes of characters that I so need to go back and refresh my memory on!
The discussions here in this thread are fascinating with definitely lots to think about. As an uber self-reflective person, it's surprising to learn that you are not! You say someone pointed out that you are self-reflective through the fanfic medium, and I definitely agree with that! Know what's harder still? Self-reflection on self-reflection. (File that with the redundancy department of the redundancy department.) Just a note of observation, it's funny when you do start to reflect on your thought processes, scene developments, plot decisions, or whatever in your responses here and then you cut yourself off. I say: reflect!! reflect!! It's fascinating to hear and always leads to such great discussions!
Anyway, back to the chapter... love the intimate interaction with Mary and Richard. It's a great reminder of what essentially is such a grounding foundation of the Spare Oom side of your 'verse. And Peter! The Jill and Peter interaction was great, and I look forward to more of that. It's sad to know that he nor anyone else will not have the opportunity to "induct" any more Friends of Narnia into their circle.
And gay animals! I had no idea you were going down that route and thought you were joking about the Giraffes! But it's great you're covering that a bit and are discussing the issue... even as I write about homosexual Elephants and had decided a while back to not delve into it much at all. It's just going to be there, and if readers take issue, they're a mouse click away from not having to read any more.
I'm really, really, really looking forward to part two, and am also interested in reading some of the other reviews over at ff.net... But mostly part two and what you've hinted at.
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The discussions here in this thread are fascinating with definitely lots to think about. As an uber self-reflective person, it's surprising to learn that you are not! You say someone pointed out that you are self-reflective through the fanfic medium, and I definitely agree with that! Know what's harder still? Self-reflection on self-reflection. (File that with the redundancy department of the redundancy department.) Just a note of observation, it's funny when you do start to reflect on your thought processes, scene developments, plot decisions, or whatever in your responses here and then you cut yourself off. I say: reflect!! reflect!! It's fascinating to hear and always leads to such great discussions!
Anyway, back to the chapter... love the intimate interaction with Mary and Richard. It's a great reminder of what essentially is such a grounding foundation of the Spare Oom side of your 'verse. And Peter! The Jill and Peter interaction was great, and I look forward to more of that. It's sad to know that he nor anyone else will not have the opportunity to "induct" any more Friends of Narnia into their circle.
And gay animals! I had no idea you were going down that route and thought you were joking about the Giraffes! But it's great you're covering that a bit and are discussing the issue... even as I write about homosexual Elephants and had decided a while back to not delve into it much at all. It's just going to be there, and if readers take issue, they're a mouse click away from not having to read any more.
I'm really, really, really looking forward to part two, and am also interested in reading some of the other reviews over at ff.net... But mostly part two and what you've hinted at.