Thank you re: songs! More info on that in my LJ, but you've already commented on that there (which I've yet to reply to).
Ah, back to the memory bit. One of my betas wondered about Peter, too, since I kept Susan vague on his reaction to her memories. This may be something I'll need to tweak when I clean up and post elsewhere....
Peter doesn't remember pretty much anything. That's established in Dichotomy some, but I know not everyone has read/remembered anything from that story! And Peter is so stubborn, that if he doesn't remember something, he would just get angry. I think Susan gave up on the reminders with him first. Lucy was probably the first to forget everything, and waves it all off due to age. Susan tried with Edmund longer, since she's closest to him... but alas, nothing. Her siblings are in full-on Narnia mode, just as she's in full-on England mode by the time of TLB.
Poor Susan. She had to step in and be the mother when they first got there...I'm sure Helen has never been far from her mind. The mother theme struck early on in this story, since that scene was one of the first written.
And yes, Edmund! Edmund is... well, he's young. And foolish. He's 20. He's awkward... he's not quite good with the whole stealth thing. Yet. But he gets better! Ed grows a lot in this story... it's a pivotable time in his life.
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Ah, back to the memory bit. One of my betas wondered about Peter, too, since I kept Susan vague on his reaction to her memories. This may be something I'll need to tweak when I clean up and post elsewhere....
Peter doesn't remember pretty much anything. That's established in Dichotomy some, but I know not everyone has read/remembered anything from that story! And Peter is so stubborn, that if he doesn't remember something, he would just get angry. I think Susan gave up on the reminders with him first. Lucy was probably the first to forget everything, and waves it all off due to age. Susan tried with Edmund longer, since she's closest to him... but alas, nothing. Her siblings are in full-on Narnia mode, just as she's in full-on England mode by the time of TLB.
Poor Susan. She had to step in and be the mother when they first got there...I'm sure Helen has never been far from her mind. The mother theme struck early on in this story, since that scene was one of the first written.
And yes, Edmund! Edmund is... well, he's young. And foolish. He's 20. He's awkward... he's not quite good with the whole stealth thing. Yet. But he gets better! Ed grows a lot in this story... it's a pivotable time in his life.