y'know as a kid i was always fonder of the book version of prince caspian because aslan is so much more present and i loved aslan and was angry he was hardly in the movie. but as an adult who has Been Through Some Shit at the hands of life and religion i have to say the black hole of his absence in the movie lands so incredibly well and i fully understand why they did it now. like sometimes growing up means god isn't there. maybe god was never there, or not how you thought. maybe nothing lasts, not even that. you grew up and now you have to do this on your own. didn't anyone tell you that's how it goes?
(once again. no christianposting in my tags.)
i saw this post, don't remember if it was on pinterest or tumblr, and it was this user (still christian, i think?) talking about how they loved aslan telling lucy in PC "every year you grow bigger, so shall i" and the user took it to mean that the wonder aslan represented didn't disappear as one grew older but that also god grew alongside the believer.
which contrasted greatly with my own experiences with religion. honestly PC reminds me so much of my own experiences as a teenager deconstructing a faith that was once my whole world only to become crushingly aware of an absence despite so desperately wishing otherwise.
yet i also like the idea of aslan representing wonder and even faith in the irreligious sense. even as life itself. that life does grow bigger and expand into things greater than you could have imagined. even though scarier. something like that cs lewis quote about one day becoming old enough to read fairy tales again.
there's still wonder to be found. because life gets scarier. but it gets bigger, too.
congrats on being the only person on tumblr who understands me when i'm talking abt narnia
