Would/will the source of the water/ice become the pivot of the mystery? :D
That would be telling! ;-)
I had always assumed that Pire turning into Mount Pire had to be poetic embellishment, if only because of size and shape discrepancies, and so the comparison to Jadis's petrifactions didn't occur to me until it occurred to Lucy in the middle of the story. I suspect Lewis was thinking in terms of medieval Arthurian tales, which are full of random giants, and completely missed the implications because continuity of world-building was never his strength.
Yeah, in retrospect I wasn't very anonymous with "White Lady," was I? I grumbled on here about switching prompts, the reference to interpreting the writing on the World-Ash tree (not to mention its location) is taken directly from "The Corners of the World," and I think my admiration for Jadis shows through rather a lot. sigh* I just... I really love her. I loved her even when I was a child. She's a horrible person and I'd never want to meet her in real life, but she's such a wonderful character: vivid, strong, and determined to take charge of her own destiny. She beats God for a hundred years! How can you not respect that?
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That would be telling! ;-)
I had always assumed that Pire turning into Mount Pire had to be poetic embellishment, if only because of size and shape discrepancies, and so the comparison to Jadis's petrifactions didn't occur to me until it occurred to Lucy in the middle of the story. I suspect Lewis was thinking in terms of medieval Arthurian tales, which are full of random giants, and completely missed the implications because continuity of world-building was never his strength.
Yeah, in retrospect I wasn't very anonymous with "White Lady," was I? I grumbled on here about switching prompts, the reference to interpreting the writing on the World-Ash tree (not to mention its location) is taken directly from "The Corners of the World," and I think my admiration for Jadis shows through rather a lot. sigh* I just... I really love her. I loved her even when I was a child. She's a horrible person and I'd never want to meet her in real life, but she's such a wonderful character: vivid, strong, and determined to take charge of her own destiny. She beats God for a hundred years! How can you not respect that?