The F List Made Me Do It

[rthstewart]

So the now very large meme about writing a character prompt and delivering head canon now has a few thousands of words in comments. To borrow from snitchnipped I am not succinct.,
The Meme is:

1. Pick a pairing or a character
2. Ask me my particular headcanon regarding something about them
3. Post to your journal to share your own headcanon!

To which I added, (and if you want to include OCs from fic and such, bring it on!)

I have just now written over 1,000 words for Clairel, who asked about Jill, Eustace and the TSG AU.  I just posted it here in the Everybody Lives, Nobody Dies AU Community

Comments

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"OldFashionedGirl95"

If this is still going, I'd love to hear something about Lune.

[rthstewart.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. A few things that are set out in the backstory of Harold and Morgan. Lune's wife, Iris (I know you used the name Ilene!) gets her training in household accounting at the Lone Island Banking House of Linch. She is the one who spots Lord Bar's embezzlement. The rival Banking House of Stanleh, who has been bankrolling Bar and an anti-North, anti-Rabadash Calormene faction, funds the kidnapping attempt -- which was supposed to be a ransom to teach Lune a lesson about messing with the House of Stanleh. I'm not sure if they are behind the death of Iris -- murder is too ugly for the Bankers. The whole thing goes pear-shaped, of course, but Lune does learn a lesson and retreats to quiet obscurity.

Elecktrum has been developing the idea of Archenland, or parts of it, as being very traditionally sexist and male-dominated. I've been going in a similar direction where, as is said several times, an Archen woman's value is measured by her ability to bear second sons. Having birthed a second son, she gets a fair bit of freedom and they can, I think, be a bit lax about precisely where those second sons come from. A fertile woman with a proven track record has a fair bit of value and esteem, but not a lot of influence. There's a huge business in ridiculous folk medicines and fake remedies to assure the birthing of sons, which the Narnian beasts consider absolutely ridiculous.

Lune's own court is not quite as bad as his outer and minor holds but without a Queen to keep control of Anvard, it's a pretty petty place and can be nasty as the wives and ladies on behalf of themselves and their lords, vie for power. To a Narnian, Anvard is very restrictive and can be uncomfortable. Susan manages there very well because she wields her own authority and can quell the nasty with a single upraised eyebrow. When she is there, she assumes the role of Lune's hostess and sets a tone that makes for a more genteel court. Lucy loves Lune and Corin but she's not happy there and is criticized a great deal by the more "proper" ladies.

Lune has a very close and very supportive relationship with Peter. The disappearance of the 4 hits him very, very hard. So much so that even though Cor has returned and assumed his place as Crown Prince and heir, Lune,in his dotage, refers to Cor as Peter. Corin is really a disaster -- a fine Prince, if one likes the hit first, think later sort of person, and he has bastards scattered all over Archen holds -- which again in Archenland isn't a bad thing. Cor's choice of wife is a huge, huge problem (and I'm influenced heavily by Elizabeth Culmer's Courting Dance here) given the Archen distrust (not unwarranted) of Calormen. Ultimately, they accept Aravis as future Queen but only because Cor makes clear that it's Aravis or he'll renounce his claim and then they get Corin, which no one wants.

Basta!