why don't they teach logic at these schools

[aria]

Because I like to (preemptively?) announce the ridiculous things I am into: I seem to be getting genuinely, properly fannish about Narnia. This is as weird and surreal to me as it would be if I suddenly became properly fannish about Lord of the Rings, because ... IDK, these are the fandoms of my heart, and they give me FEELINGS, and it seems weird to mess about with them.

But I do know why this is happening! I adopt active fandoms for one of two reasons: [a] they are lovely and delightful, and the things that I don't like aren't worth bothering about too much, and the things that I love are worth elaborating on, so I just want to keep playing in the world; or [b] the things I love are worth elaborating on, but the things I don't like are worth FIXING, and I am damn well going to do something about it. (So due South is in the former category, and Doctor Who is often in the latter -- but not this last season, hence me not really generating fic.) The things that I love but am not actively fannish about, meanwhile, are either [c] delightful and complete enough in themselves that I will enjoy them and leave them be, or [d] a bit like the category b material, only the things that need fixing are too damn big. And Narnia has always sort of been in this last category for me.

The thing that is skewing it dangerously from [d] to [b] is the Voyage of the Dawn Treader film, because it flipped the FIX FIX FIX switch in my brain. Now I am unfortunately applying it to everything, from theology/philosophy to timelines to worldbuilding. HELP.

Brb, off to keep reading Carpetbaggers and stare at Edmund watch Prince Caspian. /o\

Comments

[littledust]

THIS EXCITES ME V. MUCH, ESPECIALLY AS I AM SEEING DAWN TREADER W/ HOUSEMATES TONIGHT.

[aria]

BUT IT NEEDS FIXING :/

Actually, whether or not you like it, I would love to hear your thoughts! I am equally happy to dissect what they did wrong and to flail happily about what they did right. :)

[littledust]

I'm sure I will have Thoughts! VotDT is my favorite of all the books.

[aria]

Mine as well! Which, um. This film is much less faithful to the source material than LWW or even Caspian was, fair warning.

[littledust]

Update: cannot be objective about the movie, spent far too much time sobbing over Reepicheep.

[aria]

Oh dear! Good sobbing or bad sobbing? (I got pretty teary when he rowed off into Aslan's Country at the end, which is perhaps at least a bit of what you're talking about?)

[littledust]

Good sobbing! Definitely good sobbing. The ending, at least, was right. I will have to blog about the rest of my movie impressions. (More favorable than yours, but I was bracing myself for Worst Narnia Movie Evarrrr.)