The mother theme came out of nowhere quite early on. But then again, this scene was one of the first written. And I have Peridan's backstory ALL fleshed out, too... most of which was in this scene but got taken out, focusing primarily on his mother. Which led to Susan thinking of hers, and then wait a sec, does Durah still have her mother? No, of course not! And hey! Lune's lost his wife, mother to his children, too! THERE'S A THEME. LET'S ROLL WITH IT!
Oh, you ship Susan/Peridan, hmmmmm? That's nice. Too bad he's only a knight. The thought never crosses her mind. He's a good man, though, huh? Ed has his moments in picking friends.
The Elephants and their vagueness... Hmm. It all came from Durah, I suppose... it was necessary for the plot for Durah NOT to be very forthcoming. And there was the decision of whether that was a personality trait or a species trait. Because her speech pattern, as you say, I pulled right out of the air. It seemed important that she didn't differ too much from the other Elephants. So, it was decided that there are different degrees of vagueness. Durah is the EXTREME.
And then, that's when it was fun to play with the irony of it all. Real elephants have the capability of hearing and communicating from nearly 10 miles away. Wouldn't it be hysterical if they sucked, at, well...communicating?
And yes. Beaknocker is just another one of Lucy's scrappy Birds. MUCH inspiration came from the moment in the VDT film of Eustace and the gull. That bird cracks me up every time.
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Date: 2012-04-16 07:28 am (UTC)Oh, you ship Susan/Peridan, hmmmmm? That's nice. Too bad he's only a knight. The thought never crosses her mind. He's a good man, though, huh? Ed has his moments in picking friends.
The Elephants and their vagueness... Hmm. It all came from Durah, I suppose... it was necessary for the plot for Durah NOT to be very forthcoming. And there was the decision of whether that was a personality trait or a species trait. Because her speech pattern, as you say, I pulled right out of the air. It seemed important that she didn't differ too much from the other Elephants. So, it was decided that there are different degrees of vagueness. Durah is the EXTREME.
And then, that's when it was fun to play with the irony of it all. Real elephants have the capability of hearing and communicating from nearly 10 miles away. Wouldn't it be hysterical if they sucked, at, well...communicating?
And yes. Beaknocker is just another one of Lucy's scrappy Birds. MUCH inspiration came from the moment in the VDT film of Eustace and the gull. That bird cracks me up every time.