Funny -- Peter is the Pevensie who is most opaque to me. I find it much easier to get at the other three. (I do have a very strong idea of what is IC for Peter and what is not. I just find it hard to get inside his head.)
I think the people who do have the issue are the ones who look at Narnia as a religious allusion... and it troubles them that she only got one shot.
And this is where they lose me, because how does anyone get only one shot? So far as I can tell, Lewis's position is that as long as you're alive, you have the option to, I dunno, convert or repent or whatever. Infinite shots! Susan just missed one highly specific chance; she'll have lots more.
Re: warning: long and slightly ranty comment ahead
Date: 2010-03-03 03:32 am (UTC)I think the people who do have the issue are the ones who look at Narnia as a religious allusion... and it troubles them that she only got one shot.
And this is where they lose me, because how does anyone get only one shot? So far as I can tell, Lewis's position is that as long as you're alive, you have the option to, I dunno, convert or repent or whatever. Infinite shots! Susan just missed one highly specific chance; she'll have lots more.