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Queen Susan the Gentle during The Golden Age

a winter gift for @thesokovianaccords

The Golden Age was generally described to be a long and happy time, during which the Four Monarchs ruled Narnia well. After stamping out the remnants of the White Witch’s army, the four rulers established good laws, preserved the peace and nature of the land, and encouraged ordinary people to live the lives that they wanted to.

@narnianetwork​: voyage 6: the golden age

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insp. 

Cuando te dicen “Ya estoy llegando” y todavía le queda por cruzar Narnia, el Campo de Quidditch de Hogwarts, Mordor, y hacer autoestop en el país de las maravillas.

I could say:

I love Peter P.

And no one would know if i’m talking about Peter Pan, Peter Pevensie or Peter Parker

harry: when i came to this magical world, the most powerful being i met, who is also my mentor, refused to give me a straight answer to any of my questions

peter pevensie: same, man

                                           THE AUTUMN NARNIAN GIFT EXCHANGE.

                                                 for @calormen  by  @taintedcalamity .

build me a bloodline, build me a bond | f.o. (insp.)

P E T E R   P E V E N S I E  → H I G H   K I N G   O F   N A R N I A

the narnia fandom after hearing about netflix

i can’t stop thinking about what happened right after the pevensies were crowned, knowing literally nothing about narnia or how to be kings and queens, so here are a bunch of headcanons

THE FIRST YEAR

After Aslan departs, the merriment at Cair Paravel goes on for three days. There is dancing and feasting, and the new kings and queens sleep wherever they fall, then awake and join in again. When they rise at noon on the third day, the castle is emptier and quieter than before, and there is work to be done.

The first thing they realise is that there is no furniture in Cair Paravel. There’s the odd stone bench, and all the glorious carvings and statues, and the thrones of course, but not a single scrap of wood. Every last splinter was stripped out during the Great Winter and burnt for fuel. They sleep in the simple beds from Aslan’s camp and eat sitting on the floor with their subjects, and it feels rather like camping in their own castle, like another adventure.

These early days are not like the coronation with all its pomp and splendour. Susan folds all their wine-stained finery into a pile and they do not wear clothes so rich as that again for a long time. Instead they wear practical leather and linen and their lessons are not in statecraft, but in combat, butchery, agriculture. Food is the thought in everyone’s minds after the Winter scarcity, with the land now so green and giving. And Peter’s shoulders grow broad and strong at the plough, and Susan finds the oldest of the wood-people and coaxes them out to the fields to teach those born in the Winter how to sow, and Edmund proves himself something of a genius with mechanical solutions, and Lucy delights in learning all the types of seeds and nurturing them under the sun. And before long they all four are lean and tanned and calloused at the palm with field work. 

Summer brings news that a knot of remaining Fell Beasts has grown in the West, gathering their strength through the spring. Peter and Edmund, both pale and determined, don their armour again and ride out with a band of soldiers. In the weeks they are gone the first foreign delegation arrives: a group of Archenlandish nobles who approach the castle to present themselves before the thrones of Aslan’s chosen sovereigns, only to be led out into the fields away from the castle to a girl of eight with two simple braids, wearing leggings and boots, carrying out water. She drops her buckets with a gappy grin and sticks out her dirty hand as she is proudly announced as ‘Queen Lucy the Valiant’, and it is the start of a long and prosperous friendship.

The boys return from their bloody sweep through the west as the leaves start to fall, both taller and harder-faced. The harvest brings a bustle of trade, but after that the land goes hushed and fearful. With the cold comes the first of the mutterings that the summer may only have been a brief respite brought by Aslan; without him, what certainty is there that winter will lift again? And the cold starts to sink its teeth in.

It has been so long since the Narnians have seen a natural winter that they have forgotten that even without enchantment it is hard and cold. Edmund grows quiet and sleepless when the snow comes, and between this and Lucy’s night-time chills, Peter and Susan move all four of them into Peter’s room, which is small and easily warmed by its cavernous fireplace. It’s better to burn one fire than four and they abandon their individual wooden beds for a large heap of furs and blankets, taking heat from each other as the Animals do.

Edmund and Lucy hardly leave the castle all that winter. Lucy is too small to be trudging through the deep snows and Peter and Susan are keen to keep Edmund out of the cold, so when their people need aid, Peter straps his sword to his back and Susan straps her quiver to hers, and they venture out together into the merciless winter, leaving Edmund in charge of the castle and of Lucy for days and occasionally weeks at a time. It’s a clear and complete signal of trust which quiets some unfriendly whispers, and such important duties help keep him from darker thoughts of the previous winter.      

No one is keen to waste precious food in feasting at Christmas in case the Winter truly has returned, but Father Christmas comes by the castle with plenty, so the gates of Cair Paravel are opened and there is a little cheer. And then all Narnia waits with bated breath to see if the snow will melt.

But eventually dawn starts to come a little earlier and the earth starts to thaw, and when the coming of the spring cannot be denied, the Narnians whisk their young sovereigns out into the meadows and crown them all over again with fresh flowers, and the second spring feels almost as much a victory as the first.

Edmund: “Lu, do you think that caterpillars know that they’ll become butterflies?”

Lucy: “Or maybe they are just going about their lives wondering just why they’re making this sticky blanket around themselves?”

Susan: “It’s 3am you two: Go. To. Sleep!”

……

Peter: *sitting up* “but do they know?!”

Edmund and Lucy: “Exactly!”

kidnapper: we have your son

edmund: i don’t have a son

kidnapper: then who just asked for warm chocolate milk and made us cut the crusts off his sandwich?

edmund: oh my god you have eustace

susan pevensie – how many centuries deep is your wound?

wars don’t spare children.

you brought the flame, here comes the phoenix.

J U S T

definition - based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair.

origin - late Middle English: via Old French from Latin justus, from jus ‘law, right’.

It is finished.

The Pevensies are growing

The Narnians know their young kings and queens are just that- young. They’re children, and although they are far beyond their age in maturity and wisdom, they are in tiny bodies that aren’t done growing yet. 

Maybe Lucy, queen of Narnia, loses teeth (I think I read somewhere that Georgie lost some teeth during filming?). Shortly after she becomes queen, she’s seen missing her two front teeth. She has to request for her royal portrait to be done showing her WITH teeth. 

Maybe Edmund has growing pains. Not like, the mental burden of growing up and having responsibility thrust on him all at once- although that is true too. Like, the physical pains you get when you’re growing a lot and everything hurts. And he can’t sleep at night. And Mrs. Beaver has some sort of miracle concoction that helps the pain. And she bakes him cookies because she feels so bad for him.

Maybe Susan hits a growth spurt where literally nothing fit her. Suddenly she has to get an entire new wardrobe because she’s three inches taller than she was during this season last year. Her dressmakers realize that from now on she and Lucy’s dresses need to be made so that they can be lengthened, or else the young queens will be outgrowing gowns after only wearing them once. 

Maybe Peter is hungry literally all the time. He is growing rapidly, like the rest, and ate meals with his siblings, but is down in the kitchens multiple times a day for snacks. The cooks start preparing nice snacks for him because they pity this Growing Boy and know he doesn’t have a whole lot of time in between training and ruling a country to search around for food.

Maybe Oreius secretly takes special measures to make sure the kids still get to be kids. He lets Peter and Edmund laugh and joke and goof off during practice, because he knows they are serious far too often. He trains Susan and Lucy in archery, but gives them a longer break than usual when he sees them making flower crowns and laughing. On the first snow day, he brings a few friends to ambush them with snowballs outside Cair Paravel. 

Maybe Mrs. Beaver worries about them all growing up too fast. She sneaks them sweets when court life is particularly stressful. She bakes cookies with them in the kitchen at Christmas time, even when the cooks protest that they should just make them for them. When Susan mentions Lucy had a stuffed dog back in England, Mrs. Beaver sews her a new one without hesitation. 

Maybe all four Pevensies begin studying Narnian history, but their tutors realize they all still need help in literature- they are too young to already know the vocabulary of royal documents. 

Maybe Lucy comes to court with bare feet. Maybe she gets scared of the dark, and needs a footstool for her throne because she’s too short. Maybe Edmund gets freckles in the summer, and is always tapping his fingers or bouncing his knees because he has too much energy to sit still at court. Maybe Susan bonds with Mrs. Beaver because she needs a motherly figure. Maybe Peter learns local Narnian sports because he misses those of England. 

Maybe the Narnians realized that their kings and queens were only children. And maybe, as charming as the Pevensies were, the Narnians learned to love all the things that made them children. 

@narniaweek day one ➤ favorite female character

she is clothed in strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.

— prov. 31:25

“Since it is so likely children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.”

— C.S. Lewis

“One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again.” 

- The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis

shoutout to that one minotaur in that narnia movie where he held that gate up , mad respect

What were you all doing in the wardrobe?

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, directed by Andrew Adamson (2005)

Types of people: Fantasy Worlds

Hogwarts: Always has room for more people in their home. Candle-lit dinners. Cuddling in front of fireplaces. Strong aesthetics. Gets confused easily. Not as dedicated to their studying as they pretend to be.

Neverland: Kindred spirit. Loves flying and travelling but only has one true home. Constantly on an adventure. Barefoot. Thrill Seeker. Dreams big. Sneaking out at midnight for an adventure.

Wonderland: Laughs the hardest out of all at their own jokes. Artistic. Sometimes can’t tell up from down. Loses track of time constantly. May or may not be on drugs. Tea lover. Trying to find their way.

Narnia: Still in the closet. Misunderstood. Cares a lot. Has a rough past. Always has cold hands and feet. Fighting to become a better person. Has a lot of love in their heart to share.

Camp Half-Blood: Does a lot of stupid things. Has a lot of fighting spirit. Not one for technology. Loves mythology. Bit of a geek at heart. Has been through a lot since they were kids.

Ooo: Comes off as the craziest person you have ever met. Constantly doing weird things. Doesn’t care what other people have to say. Keeps on going no matter what. Has a lot of spirit.

                   Courage, dear heart.

-,’ types of people ,’-

hogwarts: bloody noses, always trying their best, warm sunsets, late summer nights, sharing secrets, messy hair, movie nights, stargazing, wanting to explore the world, standing up for friends, dogs, loud laughs, fuzzy sweaters

narnia: pale white snow, red cheeks, hot tea, fantasy stories, neat notes, big scarves, early morning walks, soft smiles, cute coffee shops, calming energy, cold hands, friendly eyes, wanting to learn more, astronomy geeks

middle earth: ancient souls, coffee, old bookshelves, history nerds, loves mythology, feels at home in the forest, always up for an adventure, oversized hoodies, high grades, striving to be the best version of themselves, cats

neverland: believes in fate, doesn’t care about opinions, flower fields, standing up for what’s right, honey, photography, amazed by the universe, kind souls, often lost in their own thoughts, friendliness, loves the stars, artistic

All a girl really needs is books, movies, tv shows and fanfic👌