#Tirian

[iliveinnarniaandstudyathogwarts]

People Of Narnia

Tirian I The Last king

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Seven Kings and Queens stood before him, all with crowns on their heads and all in glittering clothes, but the Kings wore fine mail as well and had their swords drawn in their hands.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle" - C. S. Lewis

[chadlesbianjasontodd]

celebrate YOUR post-christmas mid-hanukkah pre-newyear liminal space by reading the fanfic i have poured all my childhood feelings and adulthood thoughts about c.s. lewis' chronicles of narnia into! particularly those about mid-century british fantasy orientalism!

around the primordial tower

Desperate, he prayed to Bacchus; to Diana, god over all the wild lands of Tirian's own wild country; and finally to his distant relatives the stars. He received no sign at all: not a brush of wind, not a twinkle of light. And finally, as the rosy fingers of the false dawn began to touch the sky, he called at last upon the devil-god of the southern countries, whom he had been warned since his childhood was the source of all evils in the world.

Here, at last, he was not abandoned.

[tenth-sentence]

He seemed to be standing in a lighted room where seven people sat round a table.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle" - C. S. Lewis

[pevensiegiigi]

On why humans in Narnia are summoned when there is trouble

The title is too random, sorry

I was reading a fanfic and in the course of it I remembered something that made me think about the moment when I read "the last battle". There's a part where Tirian tells Jill and Eustace that the friends of Narnia are only called upon when the country is in terrible danger and this is where my doubt comes in, if they are supposed to be called only in emergencies. Why didn't Aslan summon the ancient monarchs when the Telmarines invaded Narnia? Why wait 1300 years to bring them back and return with them?

It is understandable that some narnians would begin to doubt Aslan's existence if he left them stranded for 1,300 years at the hands of telmarinos.

It's not entirely crazy to me now that in the movie Peter himself will doubt Aslan ever came back.

You will say, 'Caspian's birth was expected'. was it so important that Caspian was the savior? I mean, among so many telmarines, at least a few in those 1300 years must have had a noble heart.

I don't know if it was a Lewis thing or what, but I still have a doubt

[elrondsscribe]

‘rashness of the king’ listen. if i was there. if i was present for the dryad dying right in the middle of asking for help. if i had seen a raft made of trees from a sacred forest. if i had seen a narnian horse being beaten with a whip.

i would simply have gone apeshit.

so. maybe tirian and jewel were right actually.

[fiction-quotes]

“So,” said Peter, “night falls on Narnia. What, Lucy! You're not crying? With Aslan ahead, and all of us here?”

“Don't try to stop me, Peter,” said Lucy, “I am sure Aslan would not. I am sure it is not wrong to mourn for Narnia. Think of all that lies dead and frozen behind that door.”

“Yes and I did hope,” said Jill, “that it might go on for ever. I knew our world couldn't. I did think Narnia might.”

“I saw it begin,” said the Lord Digory. “I did not think I would live to see it die.”

“Sirs,” said Tirian. “The ladies do well to weep. See, I do so myself. I have seen my mother's death. What world but Narnia have I ever known? It were not virtue, but great discourtesy, if we did not mourn.”

  —  The Last Battle (C. S. Lewis)

[oh-dear-so-queer]

Tirian looked and saw the queerest and most ridiculous thing you can imagine.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle" - C. S. Lewis

[tiriansrambles]

every time aragorn and legolas speak elvish to each other it feels so intimate and im just like do you two need to be alone???😌😌🤭

[violentbirds]

Anyway I got back into starwars again and this fanfic^ by @jackdaw-kraai has been one of my faves. Vader redemption, found family, BAMF Luke, world building, & humor.

Here’s some illustrations & sketches

[jackdaw-kraai]

THE NOBLE, THE BEAUTIFUL, AND THOSE OF YOU IN THE CHEAP SEATS, LET ME SAY ONE THING

IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK

Anyway, introducing How To Write A Mythos One Tale At A Time, my new one-shot collection work! All kinds of one-shots, snippets, and shorts will find there way here whenever inspirations strikes between writing the bigger installments, so it's got a ? for a chapter indicator, but don't let that put you off. All chapters so far are self-contained and finished.

Either way, here we now have the first chapter! Zev and Tirian meet again at a nebulous time in the future, but there seems to be something of a shift in their relationship. What could it be?

[dimsilver]

I know it has been said before but the girl + two guys trio is really unbeaten. Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Lockwood, George, and Lucy. Percy, Grover, and Annabeth. Peeta, Finnick, and Katniss.

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Then, in a moment, they were all standing up on their hind legs, laying their cool paws on his knees and giving his knees snuffly animal kisses.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle" - C. S. Lewis

[doverstar]

What is your favorite Chronicles of Narnia book and why?

This is so hard. I’ll tell you my top three and then which one is my current favorite, because it is subject to change, sorry!

I love The Magician's Nephew because it's exactly what it should be. It's simple, and it sets up the perfect origin story for the idea of Narnia, other worlds, and what that should look like if you're doing a fantasy story to teach children the truth through allegory. I love the shining gold and yellow rings as transportation devices, I love how easy it is to understand the Wood Between the Worlds and how the rings work, I love that Uncle Andrew has distant familial ties to evil magic, and that's why he even knows about all of this stuff, I love the relationship between Digory and Polly, I love the housemaid (who had never had such a day before) and I love that what Jadis and Andrew meant for evil, Aslan worked out for good, using a grubby arrogant little boy who had no idea what he was dealing with. I love the parallels between Uncle Andrew and Digory, and between Jadis and Polly. And bar none, absolutely bar none, the very best part of the entire book is when Digory is desperately wanting Aslan to help save his mother's life even though he screwed everything up, and he knows he doesn't even deserve to ask, but he wants it so badly, and it's not a bad thing to want, he's so sad about the entire situation and about the hopelessness of it all, and he looks up and sees Aslan crying. Because Aslan knows. He knows better than Digory does. I have to stop reading and cry every time I read that part; never fails.

I love The Silver Chair mainly because of Eustace but also because of the Puddleglum Speech. Eustace and Peter are constantly fighting it out to be my favorite character. I love Peter because of who Peter just naturally is as a character, but I love Eustace because I've been Eustace. (I've been Edmund too, but oh boy, have I been Eustace.) I love the way Jill and Eustace are called into Narnia, and I adore Puddleglum, and I will never forget his speech when the witch is tempting them all. I will never get a tattoo, but if I did, it would say "I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia." I love Jill wrestling with keeping her mind on Aslan's instructions, especially when things get hard, and I love Puddleglum being so dismal and silly the whole book, except when it comes to the really important point in their adventure, when he turns out to be the most faithful of all of them. I love Eustace's obvious change from how he was during his first journey through Narnia, and who he is now. I love Caspian saying you can't be a ghost in your own country, because he's finally home. I love the owls, and when I can't fall asleep at night, I think about Jill's first night in Narnia in that comfy room with the fire.

I love The Last Battle because, out of everything I've ever read about the End Times, this little children's book is the only thing that makes me think and feel the way I know I'm supposed to feel about Jesus' second Advent. I'm supposed to feel the way those final chapters make you feel - when they're all finally in Aslan's Country. I'm supposed to be overjoyed at the idea of going Home and being where I belong, and stand firm even when things get scary. I'm not there yet, but The Last Battle gives me a glimpse of what it would be like to get there, and I want that! [I know it's not all theologically sound - Emeth, specifically, and his whole story is the worst. I know Lewis was thinking about Matthew 25, and I know he had some other verses he believed backed up what he was trying to say with Emeth, but the whole thing, regardless, is way too confusing even if inclusivity were the truth (it's not, from what I glean from Scripture), and it muddies waters that people really don't need further muddied. So a failure in writing, I'd say (while covering my face because what do I even know, really?). But it's helpful because it reminds me that C.S. Lewis was not perfect and he got it wrong sometimes, and made mistakes, and that's a good reminder for me and others - often, everyone treats him like a second Paul, and he wasn't, and I think he'd hate to be compared to him.] I love Eustace being brave and kicking and fighting even up to the end, when he's literally killed in Narnia (I cry every time) and I love Jill turning her head so she won't get her string wet. I love Tirian so much, and I love that we get to see the Pevensies (sans Susan) and Digory and Polly and Fledge and the Beavers and Tumnus and Reepicheep - it's such a joyful, joyful finale, even when it's all scary for a little bit and hope seems lost. It's wonderful, and I'll stand by it as a whole (even though people don't like the "Susan problem" and even though Emeth was a mistake).

But for right now, all of that said, The Silver Chair is my favorite. It's my favorite now because of how it depicts pushing on in faith even when things are hard, even when you stumble and screw up, you get back up and keep trying and when it counts, you'll be able to stand firm because when your strength fails, the Lord's never does. Love it.

Thank you, great question!

[tenth-sentence]

"Drawing my sword to smite the head of the accursed Ass," said Tirian in a terrible voice.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle" - C. S. Lewis

[pevensiegiigi]

67 years ago "The Last Battle" was published, the seventh and last book of The Chronicles of Narnia. What is your favorite moment in the book?

Mine lies in the later chapters, when Tirian and those with him fearlessly rush to fight the Calormenes.

'The Last Battle' is my third favorite book in the franchise.