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Buried Queens
Chapter Nine

Susan Pevensie has been living alone in London since her siblings died, alone with her grief and determination. She's long since abandoned childish fantasies, but her recent dreams of a great lion give her comfort where nothing else does. And then she is catapulted into Narnia again; but a very, very different Narnia indeed.

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Buried Queens
Pt. 8

A/N: All Kitoky's fault, again. Wrote this in one evening, pretty much. Critique welcome.

Susan Pevensie has been living alone in London since her siblings died, alone with her grief and determination. She's long since abandoned childish fantasies, but her recent dreams of a great lion give her comfort where nothing else does. And then she is catapulted into Narnia again; but a very, very different Narnia indeed.

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Buried Queens
Chpt. 7
A/N: This was essentially written in two days--the first draft of the chapter got deleted, then I wrote one bit, left it for a really long time, and wrote the rest of it today. So. When I actually, you know, get down to it, I finish chapters fast. But community college might make that a bit hard, so consider yourself warned, because school is going strong and distracting.

Susan Pevensie has been living alone in London since her siblings died, alone with her grief and determination. She's long since abandoned childish fantasies, but her recent dreams of a great lion give her comfort where nothing else does. And then she is catapulted into Narnia again; but a very, very different Narnia indeed.

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Remember when I first watched Prince Caspian and liked it? I was all, "oh, Susan is awesome and Lucy and Edmund are awesome and Caspian is pretty neat and I hate Peter in this movie so I don't care whether or not he was awesome".

And then I reread the books, and I watched the first Narnia movie and I realized, "waitaminute, Peter was awesome. He was a great character."

And then I saw Prince Caspian again.

WHAT THE FUCK. WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS CHARACTER BUTCHERY, ANDREW ADAMSON. Peter acting like a selfish, arrogant power-hungry dipshit with what, two throwaway lines trying to explain it and then no time spent whatsoever in the aftermath. Clearly Andrew Adamson, AE--asshole extravaganza--was all about the sweeping battle scenes and the special effects and competent nowhere else because he destroyed Peter's character. Leave him as a director, guys--NEVER LET HIM WRITE AGAIN.

They ditched one of the screenwriters, you know, and it was the female. And I'm pretty sure the second movie doesn't pass the Bechdel test--every conversation Lucy and Susan have somehow pertains to Aslan, doesn't it?--while the first movie does. WOW, THAT'S....OBVIOUS.

You know, the Lord of the Rings movies were such a crashing, bitter disappointment--used to make pretty scenes and slap those stupid Hollywood cliches into a well-loved meta--that the first Narnia movie filled me with hope. But clearly Andrew Adamson unchecked just warps the storylines into the old stereotypes.

Thank god that Voyage of the Dawn Treader--if it's even made--will be directed by someone else.

Title: Ephemeral
Fandom: Chronicles of Narnia
Pairing/Character: Susan, Doctor Cornelius
Rating: PG

Prompt: Orange

(She wasn't sure how he found her...)

Buried Queens
Chpt. 6

Susan Pevensie has been living alone in London since her siblings died, alone with her grief and determination. She's long since abandoned childish fantasies, but her recent dreams of a great lion give her comfort where nothing else does. And then she is catapulted into Narnia again; but a very, very different Narnia indeed.

The last chapter was basically where my detail-planning ended; I have plot lines basically ironed out from the beginning, but specifics peter off from here on out. So! Enjoy: the speed of the chapter will also be more trickle-ish, especially since school is starting up soon.

Further chapter will also hopefully be longer.

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So I finally sat down and fully read The Last Battle, cover-to-cover and all that jazz.

Having fun, enjoying self, right up until I get to that renowned page where they 'explain' why Susan is excluded, at which point I nearly knocked myself over with the force of my resounding "FUCK YOU C.S.LEWIS".

Yeah. Fun times. And I liked him just fine as a lion, thanks.

Jackass.

Buried Queens
Chpt. 5

Susan Pevensie has been living alone in London since her siblings died, alone with her grief and determination. She's long since abandoned childish fantasies, but her recent dreams of a great lion give her comfort where nothing else does. And then she is catapulted into Narnia again; but a very, very different Narnia indeed.

The book actually called the Professor--Caspian's tutor--Doctor Cornelius, but since I'm blatantly mixing and matching canons with a heavy inclination toward movie, I blended them.

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Title: Behind her Eyes
Author: shiegra
Fandom: Chronicles of Narnia
Rating: PG13
Character/Pairing: Susan Pevensie, hint of Susan/Caspian
Summary: The life and dreams of a Grown Up girl.

A/N: I reference the deleted scene in a sideways fashion, so you should watch that beforehand.

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Buried Queens
Chpt. 4

Susan Pevensie has been living alone in London since her siblings died, alone with her grief and determination. She's long since abandoned childish fantasies, but her recent dreams of a great lion give her comfort where nothing else does. And then she is catapulted into Narnia again; but a very, very different Narnia indeed.

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Buried Queens
Chpt. 3

Susan Pevensie has been living alone in London since her siblings died, alone with her grief and determination. She's long since abandoned childish fantasies, but her recent dreams of a great lion give her comfort where nothing else does. And then she is catapulted into Narnia again; but a very, very different Narnia indeed.

Two chapters in one day. Call it a Christmas present!

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Buried Queens
Chpt. 2

Susan Pevensie has been living alone in London since her siblings died, alone with her grief and determination. She's long since abandoned childish fantasies, but her recent dreams of a great lion give her comfort where nothing else does. And then she is catapulted into Narnia again; but a very, very different Narnia indeed.

I tried plotting out the story, but eventually gave up when I realized it was mutating as I wrote it. So, no final number of chapters.

One more chapter until they meet, ladies and gentlemen.

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I really, really hate Uther.

I think it's because I loathe self-righteous evil more than any other evil, and I can't stand him--but oh, he makes for a deftly near-undercover villain that you can hate with all your heart. I keep getting weird random hankerings to write Chronicles of Narnia/Merlin crossovers because hey, Magical Kingdom vs/interacting with kingdom where magic is suppressed could be interesting!

But then I watch an episode where Uther makes me grind my teeth and actual complications and interaction devolve into wanting Susan to SHOOT HIM IN THE FACE.

Also, it always makes my teeth grind when they say 'too smart to be a servant/slave/lower class' etc. It's always a reference to how the character in question isn't really or isn't only and it always makes me go 'uh, uneducated does not equal stupid, thanks'.

Buried Queens
The Chronicles of Narnia (R)
Chpt. 1

Susan Pevensie has been living alone in London since her siblings died, alone with her grief and determination. She's long since abandoned childish fantasies, but her recent dreams of a great lion give her comfort where nothing else does. And then she is catapulted into Narnia again; but a very, very different Narnia indeed.

This is a Susan/Caspian fic--though he isn't even in it yet. I'd appreciate feedback, and by the next chapter I should have mapped out enough to give an estimate of final number of chapters.

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Title: eyes closed
Author: shiegra
Series: Chronicles of Narnia (movieverse)
Character/Pairing: Susan/Caspian
Rating: NC17
Warnings: sex and angst
Summary: It could be dream. They won't waste the time they're given.

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25 stories written in the past few days, all of them Susan-centric, most of them Susan/Caspian.

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So. My dad and I were discussing the second Narnia movie, specifically spots in which it fell through.

Not the imagery, for one. The cinematography was astounding. It was gorgeous. I loved it. But the characters...they seemed to pay only lip service to a lot of characterization, devoting brief and shallow scenes to them and not really imparting a deeper understanding. I didn't notice this so much because I'm a fanficcer in that 'expands and interprets the possible meanings of canon' way, but he and my mom did and they were right. I won't complain about most of the changes because honestly, it was like they had a skeleton plan that just failed to be competently filled in, and the skeleton plan felt very true to one of C.S. Lewis's central themes--that is, hubris, as Lili aptly put it--and it could have worked.

But anyway--I went and looked it up, since the writing was so much more competent in the first movie. There were three writers on the first movie and two of them remained on the second movie? Guess which one was ditched? The woman.

HAH. So presumably she was the one with competence and once they got rid of her all they had left was the actors and the cinematography to support the film.

Still, I have basic needs and those needs were filled, so I will never regret buying the film for very simple reasons. These reasons mostly boil down to: SUSAN, LUCY and SUSAN and Reepicheep omg and the centaurs and also SUSAN PEVENSIE and some ANNA POPPLEWELL and oh yeah, GEORGIE HENLEY and SUSAN and yeah, Ben Barnes and Skandar Keynes and William Mosely and the rest of the cast.

So. I finally watched Prince Caspian last night.

Um. First of all, these movies and books will always and unequivocably be some, if not the absolute pinnacle, of my favorite and most important books/movies. They have a lot of really, really personal value to me. omg don't mock So any critique on anything other than a severely shallow level just isn't there.

This doesn't mean I don't wish Susan a better fate, or recognize the reeeally Christian allegory, but that's okay. And besides, C.S. Lewis was a twit to Susan, but he said she went to Narnia as well after she died so I can rest easy.


Anyway! I was actually very glad they cast Ben Barnes as Caspian, blondness or no (and not only because oh, oh, he is eye candy) because come on, one valiant, noble, golden haired little prince against all those terrible, treacherous, swarthy Telmarines. UM-HUM. (I thought Ben Barnes was absolutely delicious, and then I learned he based his accent off of Inigo Montoya and fell in love. Or, you know, as close as one can get never having met the person.)

I was really looking forward to the whole running-through-the-streets-with-Aslan part and returning life to the land, but I suppose I see why they couldn't. And I liked that they made the Telmarines people.

I didn't expect to like Susan/Caspian as much as I did! And not only because I have major bubbling crushes on both actors. She's the High Queen, but much more practical, fiercely capable, intelligent and totally hot than he expected! He's an honorable prince fighting for her kingdom against his upbringing, and totally sweet and delicious on top of it! 'Shipped. Also, I'm glad she got a little more joy out of this visit to Narnia than she seemed to in the books. Bittersweet, but still there.

I expected to love the kiss, but OMG forget the kiss, the hug. The hug! People don't hug enough in movies, damnit! It just--it feels more sincere to me, more real, than just locking lips. More like a connection.

I see what Lili meant about the hubris, for sure. And I'm kind of glad I read her review before watching it.