SF Challenge Question

[tarotgal]

I'm thinking of writing a story set sometime during one of the Chronicles of Narnia for sneezefic Challenge #1.
I've always wanted to write a CON story... but I'm not good with plots, so this would be an easy way of getting around that technicality LOL! Plus I wouldn't really want CON story I write to show up on Virtual Narnia- it's a great site, but the woman who runs it reviews every story personally and I think that's silly because half the time I don't agree with her assessments and half the time I think she's a little too harsh/restrictive in her rating system. It frightens me. And is unnecessary IMHO

Anyway, point is, I'm thinking of writing a story set during one of the CON books... I was originally thinking of a Peter-fic because I love Peter to death. But I watched The Silver Chair last night and now I'm thinking of a Eustace-fic. And I'm in the middle of Dawn Treader and think maybe an Edmund fic would be good. Ug. I can't decide. Anyway... if anyone actually knows the books and has any opinion, I'd welcome it. Thanks much!

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I've just started re-reading the whole set myself, I got them for my birthday a year ago and just now opened them again. Anyway, I was ALWAYS in love with Peter. He was just so sweet and smart and always knew how to take care of his younger siblings. But anyway, I really don't care who you put in there because I like them all, (even though I started out HATING Eustace, but he was cool in The Silver Chair.) Good luck, Gayle

[tarotgal]

Thanks much for the comments! *sigh* I love those books. Wish I had a full set. I either have to steal from my sister when I go home or make do with what I have. I managed to find all but Horse and His Boy and Last Battle in used bookstores over the years... (I'm a BIG supporter of the older books, I hate the new re-numbering they did so I refuse to buy the new sets)

Anyway, it's good to know if I write it that there will be someone who's at least familiar with the series enough to *want* to read it :-)

Oh, don't get me wrong, I couldn't STAND Eustace, even after his dragon conversion I had a reallt hard time starting to like him.(I'm not that forgiving of idiots, but I blame it all on that terrible school of his, which didn't do good things to Ed either, as I recall) But I've watched the movies and read the books so many times over now that I really love the little twirp :-) He's such a sweetie when he's around Pole... and I love how his second trip into Narnia really brings so much more out of him.

I really like the Pevensie children's dynamic in LWW... how Peter wants to protect them all, and Susan's all motherly, and Lucy's the cute little inquisitive noble one, and Ed... well, he comes around, but every family's got a jerk at one time or another(and I suppose Susan steps into that role once Ed leaves it). And Edmund's older self in Dawn Treader is adorable.
I used to have the BIGGEST crush on Peter as a kid, though. Especially after the BBC movies and I had a face to put with him. Hrm... decisions, decisions... I'm thinking of something set maybe the winter after LWW now... He is Sir Peter Wolfsbane, after all... would work with the werewolf bit in the challenge nicely *G*

[ladykorana.livejournal.com]

Chronicles of Narnia is one of the stories that's next on my list of 'Books I know I'll probably love if I ever get around to reading them.' LOTR was on this list for well over 10 years of my life, and I'm sure you can imagine how much I'm kicking myself now for not getting my butt in gear and reading it way back when...

Go for it, tg! I'm always interested to get a peek at new fandoms, and I can't wait to see what you do with it!

As for the challenge, I wish I was brave enough to actually try and make myself write a fic completely on my own. Maybe a short vignette would be the best way to ease into fic, without requiring me to come up with a huge, elaborate, and well-constructed plot. That's where I usually break down...I have all these ideas for cool little things I'd love to see, but I can never come up with a plot to support it.

Right now, my mind is busy trying to find a way to work those Halloween bunnies into LOTR. I'm leaning very very heavily toward taking plot bunny number 1 and incorporating it into a Paths of the Dead ROTK fic. The new trailer is all the inspiration I need! Yummy Legolas with his hood up looking all pale and mysterious...*fangirl sigh*

[tarotgal]

Oohhhh! Sounds good! You should go for it!
And I think something short would be a lot of fun to read... my HP fic answering the challenge is going to be bloody long.

I like to play around with writing different sorts of fics, length-wise. One-hour-fics are my new passion. I never really quite make it in an hour (especially with editing) but it's nice to write short things. I'd suggest a drabble but I doubt anyone could fit all the words/phrases into 100 or even 250 words of a story. Well. I wouldn't be able to do it, at least.

I'm finding the "Trick or treat" line to be the most difficult to work into any fandom not based in the "real" world. So I keep gravitating to challenge #1. But I'd ADORE reading a LotR story! And it sounds like you have an excellent idea/source of inspiration! I haven't seen the new trailer, but I read your spoilers *G* And I have ALWAYS sort of had a men-in-sweatshirts-with-hoods-up fetish so I'm expecting cloaks-with-hoods translates just fine, especially where Legolas is concerned.
You couldn't imagine just how many sniffley, sick guys-in-hooded sweatshirts stories I wrote when I was back in middle school. It's insanity. LOL!

The CON books are really good. A liiiiittle too religious for my taste in parts... but as long as I block out a lot of the hit-you-on-the-head religious symbolosm I REALLY enjoy them. Tolkien, bless him, wasn't too fond of them either despite being Lewis' good friend and fellow plot-bunny-sharer. But they're like the Wizard of Oz stories to me... something safe and imaginative from my childhood that always gets the fantasy blood pumping through me every time I read them :-)

And thanks for the encouragement for a possible CON fic :-) Glad to know that if I manage to write something, people will read it in the end

CON

[(Anonymous)]

Wow I love the CON, but I'm sad to say that I haven't read them all. I've read the Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe, and the Magicians Nephew. I know the story line to the rest though, and have to say that I'm a Peter person myself. *G*
Edmund, after the crap he pulls in LWW just turned me off of him. lol. I get really into liking and disliking characters. lol.
I'm not sure how many people have read any of them, but I know that the ones that have would love to see one!
*G*
~Annalisa

Re: CON

[tarotgal]

OOhhhh! I love The Magician's Nephew! I've always loved stories about how worlds are created and come to be, in general. I haven't read Horse and His Boy and The Last Battle for many years, though. Voyage of the Dawn Treader and LWW are my favorites :-) I actually really like how you don't really have to read the whole series in order to enjoy each of the books. I know a lot of people who haven't read them all but really enjoy the world and characters they do know. Everything else aside, I think that's what makes a really good series.

I really get into liking/hating characters, too. ESPECIALLY when it comes to this series. It's one of the very few where characters who are bad really are bad. I mean, NO value to them what-so-ever. And when they're good, they're perfect. It's so unrealistic, but works with the sort of world that CSLewis created. ANd I know he really tries to emphasize the importance of forgiveness when a person goes back to the "good" side. But it's hard when Edmund (and others who follow similar paths) are such complete jerks.

Like Peter in HP. Even if he ends up doing something good(like saving Harry) in a future book, I'll always hate the guy.

But Edmund's great in the other books he appears in, so he grew on me. Plus when he gets all revengey on the White Witch at the end of LWW it's really nice to see *G* But I'm leaning towards a Peter fic anyway :-)