Illustration by Elsa Beskow “Queen Water Lily”
Illustration by Elsa Beskow “Queen Water Lily”
Today I introduced my sister to “the problem of Susan” and I had to explain to her that Susan was left out of Narnia cuz she liked boys and lipstick now and without missing a beat she said but what about Peter? Does Peter not like girls? And I knew she was pointing out the inherent misogyny at the center of the “the problem of Susan” but the implications of that question are a source of much hilarity to meeee LMFAO like Does Peter not like girls? Does he like boys? Is he Gay? Is Narnia really just a homo-utopia where Lucy is also a lesbian and Edmund is a bisexual disaster and Susan was kicked out cuz she was too straight??? Can I make CS Lewis turn over in his grave with this new reading?
…I mean they literally were in the closet…
THEY WERE LITERALLY IN THE CLOSET!!!
Reblog to make C.S. Lewis turn over in his grave
TBH, once the nuances were explained to him, I think he’d find it quite funny.