I blame Edmund for my redemption fetish (well, that and I'm Christian. It's kind of a thing we do, you know?). Oh, I am too. Though I found the books a little sledgehammer-y at times (I will always love a story over its symbolism and I thought Lewis could be too heavy with the latter), but the thing about Edmund? He carries off the message while managing to be a lovable, realistic (most three-dimensional, in my opinion) character. How can I not looove?
I can't stand Angel's version: brooding and feeling sorry for himself. I like the kind that's accompanied by a love of life …and that’s why I don’t ever see Edmund as being Angel-emo and cursing the world, post Narnia! I think back on all his lines and moments, and ‘love of life’ is absolutely right.
it was my favorite for a long time (and still might be), but I remember him understanding Eustace, too. Same here—first one I read and still my favorite( And my nine year old self fell hard, making Edmund one of my longest fangirled characters.) Speaking of redemptions, Eustace is my second favorite. I will be really annoyed if that “You were only an ass but I was a traitor” scene is not in the film.
Let's talk about the first movie where he was little kid snarky and pretty selfish and a jerk to his sister but you still cared about him. Oh, exactly! Jeering and sulking and all, but still ridiculously hard not to sympathize with.
And let's talk about the second movie where he had like six lines but was still BY FAR the biggest bad-ass in the movie. Ffff, the whole no-lines thing annoyed me because they kept them to his siblings and I thought they shafted him a lot to give way for Peter and Caspian’s man-wangst (sorry, I have…issues with their characterizations :/). BUT HE WAS STILL AWESOME. And that says a lot.
Crossovers, eh? Bit of a challenge but I’ll be on the lookout ;) (Rrrrr, Narnia, why do you have to be set in the 1940’s)
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Oh, I am too. Though I found the books a little sledgehammer-y at times (I will always love a story over its symbolism and I thought Lewis could be too heavy with the latter), but the thing about Edmund? He carries off the message while managing to be a lovable, realistic (most three-dimensional, in my opinion) character. How can I not looove?
I can't stand Angel's version: brooding and feeling sorry for himself. I like the kind that's accompanied by a love of life
…and that’s why I don’t ever see Edmund as being Angel-emo and cursing the world, post Narnia! I think back on all his lines and moments, and ‘love of life’ is absolutely right.
it was my favorite for a long time (and still might be), but I remember him understanding Eustace, too.
Same here—first one I read and still my favorite( And my nine year old self fell hard, making Edmund one of my longest fangirled characters.)
Speaking of redemptions, Eustace is my second favorite. I will be really annoyed if that “You were only an ass but I was a traitor” scene is not in the film.
Let's talk about the first movie where he was little kid snarky and pretty selfish and a jerk to his sister but you still cared about him.
Oh, exactly! Jeering and sulking and all, but still ridiculously hard not to sympathize with.
And let's talk about the second movie where he had like six lines but was still BY FAR the biggest bad-ass in the movie.
Ffff, the whole no-lines thing annoyed me because they kept them to his siblings and I thought they shafted him a lot to give way for Peter and Caspian’s man-wangst (sorry, I have…issues with their characterizations :/). BUT HE WAS STILL AWESOME. And that says a lot.
Crossovers, eh? Bit of a challenge but I’ll be on the lookout ;) (Rrrrr, Narnia, why do you have to be set in the 1940’s)