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Karrie Waarala
Приєднався 19 жов 2011
The Problem Was Never Susan
[This video is an entry in the 2021 Fantasy Poetry Slam. Please give it a "like" to help out Team Narnia!] When discussing The Chronicles of Narnia, "the problem of Susan" -- the one of the four Pevensies who didn't return to Narnia at the end of the series -- is often brought up. But what if....
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What a load of utter twaddle!
Poor susan.
That was.... utterly brilliant
Yes. Just…. Yes. Exactly.
What a fucking TRiP!!! You made me realize that Susan felt utterly USED in both worlds. It takes such a BADASS to overcome the childhood trauma/abuse, let go of the nonconsensual expectations of duty, and go on to become an independent woman who took charge of her own life and choices and had the best life she could have using all the skill and effort she could have mustered up to do it.
Wow chills
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This is absolutely beautiful. I love that this version of Susan essentially loses her freedom on someone else's terms, with no explanation, and that becomes why she owes no explanation for not being there in the end. I also love that it addresses the painful misogyny of, "Susan doesn't want eternal paradise with her family because all she cares about is nylons and lipstick." That's so not true to her character, and it does imply that returning her to an unhappy childhood was basically taking away all her character growth from the past 15 years. I remember a scene in the newer film (not the BBC one) where Susan sort of...restores her strained relationship with Lucy by showing she's still able to be the fun and free person she once was. Given that she reminds me a bit of Katniss, I suspect the way she sacrificed for her younger siblings and then lost them could leave her disillusioned with what Narnia offered her.
the Nylons and the lipstick are what people tend to remember, but the very first response was "She is no longer a friend of narnia". Which to me says "Susan isnt here, because she does not wish to be here" and to say it is misogyny to allow a woman to make her Choice (even if it is a poor one) and to respect it is foolish. Adding on to that Susan hasnt perished at the end of the books, if like C.S.Lewis himself (Who abandoned Christianity when he left home until in his 30's he returned to it) she rediscovers her Friendship to Narnia she would no doubt be accepted into Aslan's country when her time has come. She can still make her choice, her story was never written, and the Phrase "Once a King or Queen of Narnia, always a King or Queen of Narnia" gives us hope in that unwritten story, that Susan puts away her Childish adulthood, and embraces narnia again.
Chills at the end. Almost cried, even. I have always related to Susan and in a way, her fate felt like a foreshadow of mine. This empathy towards her character is impactful.
damn. DAMN! DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYUMN!
Stunning.
I loved your poem and your performance of it.
BRILLIANT! I always wondered about Susan. This beautifully performed poem gives insight into the mind of the Queen. Bravo, Oatesy!