The whole Narnia series is utter reactionary cowpiss and CS Lewis was a professional dipshit, literally the Jordan Peterson of his generation
I like that there entire world was ended by an evil chimp who disguised his donkey friend as their fucking Jesus and duped a bunch of owls and bears into buying it
this series was weird as fuck
It’s because C.S. Lewis is a hack. It’s the British highbrow version of a PureFlix movie. Lewis started with “how can I make an allegory about Christianity into a book series?” and then made a really ham-handed, over-the-top version of it. It cracks me up that him and Tolkien were friends, because Tolkien is not only an epically good writer, but he specifically and clearly hated allegory. He hated allegory like we hate the libs. And he’s got this buddy here who’s like “JRR do you like my story? See Aslan is actually supposed to be Jesus!” I don’t know how Tolkien didn’t laugh in his face.
I actually think Lewis can be an ok writer at times. His logic is appalling and he’s on a Jordan Peterson level of philosophical understanding… but there are times when he can string some very beautiful words and thoughts together. But that’s about it.
I think it’s extra weird that these kids spend the better part of a lifetime in this magic kingdom, never once even having a passing thought of their family or friends back in war torn England, and grow to be in their mid 30s before accidentally stumbling upon the portal back to their home world and then reverting to children. Like, wouldn’t that fuck you in the head? Living for twenty years on another planet with a totally different society and then having to return to being a Pre-teen in 40s England?
That’s one of the reasons I really like the book The Magicians. They have a Narnia basically and that mind fuckery ends up being a plot point.
