And Susan grew into a tall and gracious woman with black hair that fell almost to her feet and the kings of the countries beyond the sea began to send ambassadors asking for her hand in marriage. And she was called Queen Susan the Gentle.
tbh, people need to realise the narnia series is a story about Christianity/God/Jesus/faith when cs lewis wrote it hence the themes – when the children die in the train accident, they’re in fact going home to Heaven – there’s nothing unfair about it. Susan’s ‘ending’ in the story was left open – she couldve very well found her way back to love and Jesus, or not. There is nothing cruel about lewis’ writing.
susan pevensie didn’t “lose faith” for being too girly or being told to suppress anything, ultimately she lost it because she used those “nylons and lipsticks” to forget about narnia and all they had, to the point of pretentiousness – telling her siblings about those “funny little games we used to play as children”. A girl can still grow up and like womanly things without being like that.
And the start of the very first book goes “someday, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again”. There might come a point in susan’s life where she reconciles with narnia.
So no, JKR, susan didn’t “lose faith” because she became a woman.
I seriously can’t even with those “CS Lewis wuz a misogynist because Susan“ posts that occasionally float around. Lucy was the freaking heroin of the first book, the first human permitted to see Narnia in years.
Yeah the movie made it pretty clear who had what weapons. And Lucy was a small child? Why are people upset that the little girl wasn’t shooting enemies?
And you know what? In the books Lucy ended up being an archer anyway. In Horse and His Boy we find out that Lucy joined the Narnian army in disguise as an archer despite her brothers telling her not to, and yet she’s not really judged for it by any of the other characters, she is not presented as being wrong, and it’s pretty much an open secret that she fights in battles.
can we take a second to ponder on the fact that a kids movie did lady armor better than the entire film and comic industry
guess who i’m talking about
did you guess? Well you’re fucking WRONG because it’s Susan goddamn Pevensie
They gave her light armor, appropriate for a small archer:chainmail, an arm brace, chest plate, and a light skirt she can easily run around murderizing dudes in the face in
her hair is also only loose in the promo pictures because Susan is fucking busy not dying because her hair was flying into her eyeballs so she braids that shit back
her mail shirt is also loose enough that it doesn’t impede her arm movements it’s almost like she’s dressed for a fight wow
I like the pinks and purples under her bitchin as hell leather armor here, because you don’t have to be masculine to shoot someone in the goddamn face
Wide Spread Interests 