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19.10.05

if narnia could, please, not be christian.

My least favorite part of the lion the witch and the wardrobe has always been the bit where aslan comes back to life. i was maybe six or seven the first time i read them - i only had the first three books for ages and then i had four, and then i had six, and then i finally had the last one, going through Exactly the same thing kids are doing now with the pottermania only all the books were already out and i just couldn't get my grubby paws on them fast enough. i had the first few memorized by the time i got the last one, i loved them so much. But this one moment. That is, apparently, what makes the whole series so damn Christian (no pun intended, heheh). In which Aslan is resurrected.

"The Witch knew the Deep Magic. But if she could have looked a little further back... she would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."

See that? The lion is a dirty cheat. He had insider information. He wasn't playing fair. And while certainly the witch would press every advantage she had, the lion was supposed to be good and faithful and WHATEVER. Had the witch had this information, she wouldn't have fallen for it. It was a trap. And the good people should not have to resort to dirty tricks to beat the bad people and i (a) thoroughly resented aslan for having stooped to their level and (b) didn't respect him nearly as much. It felt so cheap.

On top of which, it doesn't make any sense. Willing victim, right? That means they get to die, and stay dead, because that is what makes it a choice and not an automatic loophole. you're dead. Do not pass go. Game over. When you pay for someone else's blood, the buyer gets to keep yours. it's not fair otherwise, and the good people are supposed to be playing fair, here.

but of course, the bible condones senseless and widespread violence, with similarly lacking reasoning, so i don't know what else i'd be expecting. the last Battle was even worse. i was heavily disappointed. and of course it's all still magickal and lovely and i'll see the movie, more than likely, but knowing aslan is always going to grow up to be a fucking con just sort of taints the whole thing.

And this one moment - along with some "deep magic" and "the traitor's soul is mine" BS by the witch - is what Time magazine is saying makes the entire thing Christian. i don't at all mind the one where the witch claims Ed's blood; that was perfectly just (well, when you hop into an obviously evil coach for some fudge ... ). But i had a very well-developed sense of What Was Fair when i was six or seven or whatever i was; i had a little brother. And this was Not Fair.

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