dr-dendritic-trees:pinkcupboardwitch:miraniel:hyppogriff:“Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a k
dr-dendritic-trees:pinkcupboardwitch:miraniel:hyppogriff:“Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia.” #how did they get their titles tbh#like titles like that are usually nicknames after evidence from their rule#maybe they did get them after they ruled for awhile (via fantasiavii)Edmund. It was definitely Edmund. It’s easy to get a big head when you’re the ruler of a country by the time you’re sixteen, and Edmund? Well, let’s just say he knows a thing or two about the dangers or arrogance and hubris. So every time Peter messes up or does something stupid (like fight a wolf with a sword he’s just gotten for Christmas, seriously the kid has no common sense), Edmund comes up behind him and drawls, “Oh, magnificent, Peter. Just magnificent.”And someone overhears it and thinks he was being serious, and it just sort of sticks and suddenly everyone is like, well what about the rest of you? Susan? Well, Susan, as Peter is fond of saying, is the Pevensie’s secret weapon. People make the mistake of thinking that because she is beautiful and kind and likes men and wearing pretty clothes, she is also weak. (This is generally right before she outmaneuvers them.) So Edmund takes one look at Susan, who has just stormed into Cair Paravel covered in dirt and fuming after a hard combat training session, and Ed is slyly like, “Ah yes. Susan the Gentle. That’ll definitely give people the right idea.”Lucy, on the other hand, has the opposite problem. She became a ruling queen before the age of ten. People look to the older kids, but Lucy, despite everything she’s done, just isn’t expected to be able to actually run a kingdom responsibly. Edmund finds her in the hall one day after a council meeting the rest of them were too busy to attend, and Lucy tells him, through furious tears, how all of their advisers deliberately dismissed her tactical advice on the basis of “We’re adults and we know best.”Never again, Edmund thinks grimly, remembering the countless times things would have gone horribly wrong without Lucy’s fortitude and good sense, and he starts spreading around the “Valiant” moniker. And as for Edmund–“Me? No, no, no. I’m just Edmund.”So at the next official court function, just before he’s about to take his seat, Ed hears the herald announce, “All hail Edmund the Just!” “No, I meant–” he stammers as his siblings snicker. He eyes the three of them, trying to figure out which of them was responsible for the mix-up. Peter’s the obvious choice, but he can never tell with Susan, and Lucy’s got that familiar gleam of mischief in her eye. He sighs. “Never mind, forget it.” @dendritic-treesThis fills me with joy.This is so amazing -- source link
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