Thank you! I think all the Pevensies had to grow up very quickly, but they were fortunate in already having strong senses of responsibility, and (perhaps) in coming from a world at war, where they had presumably already seen that horrible things can and do happen to innocent people. But it must still have been very odd to suddenly be placed in charge of an entire country when the inhabitants of that country were also groping to reestablish their traditions after a century of oppression. They were lucky to have each other; I don't think a single child could have managed, but with four siblings, they could lean on each other.
I am always wary of writing Aslan, partly because I doubt my ability to think of wise and kind and weighty dialogue, and partly because I do not necessarily agree with him (nor with Lewis's explicit and implicit theology). But I love and respect him very much, so I don't want to write Aslan 'wrong.' I am very glad this attempt rang true to you!
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Date: 2009-08-19 05:59 am (UTC)I am always wary of writing Aslan, partly because I doubt my ability to think of wise and kind and weighty dialogue, and partly because I do not necessarily agree with him (nor with Lewis's explicit and implicit theology). But I love and respect him very much, so I don't want to write Aslan 'wrong.' I am very glad this attempt rang true to you!