This is PERFECT. Oh, I love it. Peter repressing every brotherly instinct and every overprotective and unreasonable thought because he knows that Susan will damage him in some way if he actually voices them - so funny, and so Peter, and just wonderful. Also, his fantasies about the leggy blonde - hilarious. :)
This is one thing that I love about your stories, if I can be frank. (And I suspect you know this already, but it's worth saying.) You allow the Pevensies to be adults - that is, fully sexual beings who are aware of their own desires and feel no shame in acting on them, which is such a rare thing. I love the Narnia side of your 'verse for that as well - as you write it, one cannot conceive of Narnia as a place where there would be any shame associated with sexual activity. This was true in the earlier bit you posted as well - Susan's blunt discussion of the rhythm method and condoms with her brothers and the boys' blunt admissions about masturbation were incredibly funny, but also completely natural.
I've wandered off the points about Edmund a bit, but I truly wanted to say how much I appreciate and admire this part of your 'verse, particularly because it is something that is so frequently handled badly in Narnia fic.
Now, as far as Edmund is concerned. Of course he is developing as your story arc goes along, and maturing as a person. It makes sense that his character would change over time, as he is molded by new experiences - and I have no difficulty seeing the younger, more flippant Edmund developing into the more compassionate Edmund of H&M (although sadly I haven't read AW yet, so I can't comment that far.) I am fascinated by the different sides of Edmund the Just, really - it's one of the things about his character that has always fascinated me, in the best way. I do see him as an incredibly upright and moral person, a compassionate judge of others, a loving and funloving brother - but also capable of planning and strategizing, spying where necessary, and being a fairly ruthless fighter where necessary, as well. He is many things, and I have a feeling that only his siblings (and perhaps Morgan, in your 'verse) really have a handle on how much he is capable of.
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This is one thing that I love about your stories, if I can be frank. (And I suspect you know this already, but it's worth saying.) You allow the Pevensies to be adults - that is, fully sexual beings who are aware of their own desires and feel no shame in acting on them, which is such a rare thing. I love the Narnia side of your 'verse for that as well - as you write it, one cannot conceive of Narnia as a place where there would be any shame associated with sexual activity. This was true in the earlier bit you posted as well - Susan's blunt discussion of the rhythm method and condoms with her brothers and the boys' blunt admissions about masturbation were incredibly funny, but also completely natural.
I've wandered off the points about Edmund a bit, but I truly wanted to say how much I appreciate and admire this part of your 'verse, particularly because it is something that is so frequently handled badly in Narnia fic.
Now, as far as Edmund is concerned. Of course he is developing as your story arc goes along, and maturing as a person. It makes sense that his character would change over time, as he is molded by new experiences - and I have no difficulty seeing the younger, more flippant Edmund developing into the more compassionate Edmund of H&M (although sadly I haven't read AW yet, so I can't comment that far.) I am fascinated by the different sides of Edmund the Just, really - it's one of the things about his character that has always fascinated me, in the best way. I do see him as an incredibly upright and moral person, a compassionate judge of others, a loving and funloving brother - but also capable of planning and strategizing, spying where necessary, and being a fairly ruthless fighter where necessary, as well. He is many things, and I have a feeling that only his siblings (and perhaps Morgan, in your 'verse) really have a handle on how much he is capable of.