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Reepicheep Vs. Aslan
I am so fucking psyched that all the initial reviews for Prince Caspian are good. Because while I loved The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, we all knew that was just preparation for the real Narnia battles.
Plus, what I love about the Caspian book is that it focuses on my favorite character, Reepicheep, and doesn't waste a lot of time on my least favorite character, Aslan.
Which brings up an argument I've gotten into with many Narnia fans: "How can you like Narnia but not like Aslan?"
The response is simple: Aslan is a dude who shows up randomly and gives ambiguous advice that rarely helps people with their real world problems. Then when they fuck up because they lack the doctorate in divinity that they would have needed to have understood what he said, he sorta looks at them and sighs. Eventually, Aslan kills every living being in Narnia because 50 idiots worship a false Aslan. And he's supposed to be an all powerful lion!
Meanwhile Reepicheep is like an inch and a half tall. Yet, he actually manages to help everyone. He fights. He gives reasonable, rational advice. He stands up for his friends and shows real courage. When it matters he sacrifices himself for the greater good.
I know that the argument to this is that Aslan is the Jesus figure and that Jesus himself gives ambiguous advice. But, Jesus did so for less than three decades. Aslan keeps coming back every two centuries or so to give dangerous advice. Plus, Jesus has yet to kill us all.
Plus, what I love about the Caspian book is that it focuses on my favorite character, Reepicheep, and doesn't waste a lot of time on my least favorite character, Aslan.
Which brings up an argument I've gotten into with many Narnia fans: "How can you like Narnia but not like Aslan?"
The response is simple: Aslan is a dude who shows up randomly and gives ambiguous advice that rarely helps people with their real world problems. Then when they fuck up because they lack the doctorate in divinity that they would have needed to have understood what he said, he sorta looks at them and sighs. Eventually, Aslan kills every living being in Narnia because 50 idiots worship a false Aslan. And he's supposed to be an all powerful lion!
Meanwhile Reepicheep is like an inch and a half tall. Yet, he actually manages to help everyone. He fights. He gives reasonable, rational advice. He stands up for his friends and shows real courage. When it matters he sacrifices himself for the greater good.
I know that the argument to this is that Aslan is the Jesus figure and that Jesus himself gives ambiguous advice. But, Jesus did so for less than three decades. Aslan keeps coming back every two centuries or so to give dangerous advice. Plus, Jesus has yet to kill us all.
