Food For Thought - for venilia

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Title: Food For Thought
Author: rthstewart as told by jess_in_time
Recipient: venilia
Rating: T for some adolescent language
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: For all of Chronicles of Narnia, especially The Last Battle.
Summary: OMG. I could be pulling drinks a *bucks and going to the Chicago Blues Fest. Instead, I'm so stuck in Fordwich, Kent, UK for the whole &*%#!! summer going through my Gran Su's wardrobe. IKR? Pity me, back up vocals of the Flist. This Sucks

Notes: Go to http://jess-in-time.livejournal.com/737.html and read the first entry and each entry thereafter.

Food For Thought

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Original Prompt that we sent you:

What I want: For me Narnia has this sense of childhood wonder, like Christmas. What I want is for Narnia to keep that sense of wonder and magic and adventure.

Prompt words/objects/quotes/whatever:
Ok, two prompts. The first is the darling of my heart, and it is a crossover with The Magic City by E Nesbit: I want the two Lucys to meet. Lucy Graham would be years older than Lucy Pevensie of course, but I have this wonderful picture of the two of them laughing together. If you think this is possible, The Magic City is available over on Project Gutenberg.

However, I understand if this is something you can't do. In lieu of the above, my second prompt is this: I want Polly taking one or both of the Pevensie girls on a little holiday. Whether this is a day trip or a month long journey is up to you. Jill can come along too. Just make it full of awesome ladies being awesome and remembering Narnia together. Extra cookies if you throw in something historical because I am a history geek like that.

What I definitely don't want in my fic: Peter/Edmund, Susan/Lucy, White Witch/anybody, or anything where Narnia feels Dystopian or the Pevensies feel cheated and used. I hate that Narnia ends for them as much as the next fan, but so does childhood. Sadness and grieving ok, angst and despair not ok.

Comments

[wingedflight21.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, this is absolutely fantastic! What a creative style and story. Love the way of looking back over Susan's life through the eyes of her grandchild and seeing that even though there was tragedy, she made something of it and was absolutely fantastic. And camping! Bananas! Jamaican Jill! The star's story! The pictures! And the orange cat! BRILLIANT.

[rthstewart.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much, Winged. I really appreciate it. It was fun to write as a 16 year old. She's a bit irritating, and it was fun to do some of it where we sit as ignorant as Jess and in other cases, we know more than she does. I really appreciate you taking the time to review.