WOW. Amazing story! I kind of sort of almost ship Jill/Tirian, so I wasn't too perturbed when it seemed to be going in that direction, but on to the really good stuff :D You've given lots of depth to both Tirian and Jill (who are two of my favorite Narnian characters). All the fun details of Tashbaan were great! I love it when people manage to make Calormen sound like a place I'd like to visit, and you've done that here. It's always amusing when someone with no knowledge of technology encounters someone with technology, and the whole scene where Jill took a picture with Tirian was hilarious. There were a lot of places I was chuckling aloud to myself. Oh, and Emeth! Hurrah! He's amazing, but now ... a young Clark Gable? That's really classic :D I love how Tirian got all jealous when she said that. I can't possibly begin to touch on everything I love about this, but the whole idea of one's heroes turning out to be ordinary people (and living rather common lives) was amazing. And I love how Jill sort of dismantles all his ideas about the heroes he holds dear, but she doesn't diminish their heroism at all. In fact, stripping away all the legend and myth probably makes them much more easily-related to, and more heroic in the end because they aren't angels but just ordinary people trying to do the right thing :) Really well done story, one of the best of this NFE.
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Date: 2013-09-06 12:40 pm (UTC)You've given lots of depth to both Tirian and Jill (who are two of my favorite Narnian characters). All the fun details of Tashbaan were great! I love it when people manage to make Calormen sound like a place I'd like to visit, and you've done that here. It's always amusing when someone with no knowledge of technology encounters someone with technology, and the whole scene where Jill took a picture with Tirian was hilarious. There were a lot of places I was chuckling aloud to myself.
Oh, and Emeth! Hurrah! He's amazing, but now ... a young Clark Gable? That's really classic :D I love how Tirian got all jealous when she said that.
I can't possibly begin to touch on everything I love about this, but the whole idea of one's heroes turning out to be ordinary people (and living rather common lives) was amazing. And I love how Jill sort of dismantles all his ideas about the heroes he holds dear, but she doesn't diminish their heroism at all. In fact, stripping away all the legend and myth probably makes them much more easily-related to, and more heroic in the end because they aren't angels but just ordinary people trying to do the right thing :)
Really well done story, one of the best of this NFE.