onceakingorqueenofnarniaalwaysakingorqueenofnarnia Too true, and thank you for remembering.


No one ever said she had to stay behind forever.

This is beautiful. It really is. The form of layering several isolated moments on top of each other is lovely, and I find the overall message--or what I took to be the message--interesting: The idea that Susan would spend the ordinary days of the life she pretends to want with what she left behind always with her...there's something tragically attractive about that.

I read this once before, and was trying to decide which snippet was my favorite...it's hard to choose, but I think it's a toss-up between her bursting into tears at the lion's cage and her reaction when Peter invites her to church. ("Above all, she could not think of Him...". That says a lot without having to say much.) The memory of Caspain is probably a close second--or third, technically...

It makes sense that she would have to numb, at least somewhat, to isolate herself from her memories ("I don't believe in fairy tales..."). I like your little examination here.

Whew—that’s off my conscience :).

Keep up the good work, and I hope you are well.

Incredible. Very well done, very sad. I liked it. I could image Susan doing what you wrote. But stil very sad... I pity her.

Ach, poor Susan. She made a choice not to speak of those things and thus locked her heart away. Beautifully done.

Very interesting approach to why Susan turned her back on Narnia-- I hadn't ever thought of it being a defense mechanism because Aslan said she couldn't go back, but it makes perfect sense.

And good to see you writing again. :)

Ah yes, another beautiful, well-drawn picture here.

I, too, think that Susan _did_ remember very well who she had been and that all the 'silly stories' were in fact true - she simply refused to admit it and tried to fill her life with other things. You brought out her loneliness and the painful ache in her heart very clearly.

Well done!