Mulling this. I might be able to work the Christmas Day story that way, but it would mean some cutting, otherwise it'll be too lumpy.
Shaking up Peter...I did a little bit of that in some of my earliest fics -- I think one of the first things I ever finished was a story about a middle-of-the-night argument between Edmund and Peter, and the consequences thereof. But I'm not sure I like it any more. It probably needs a lot of rewriting. That whole story-line flowed from my musing about why none of the Pevensies got married during the Golden Age. It's a basic requirement for a successful ruler, to provide an heir. My answer to this involved a lot of sexual frustration for everybody except Susan.
And then of course in In Mourning I gave Peter some awful war experiences, culminating in his disillusionment with the modern army and in many ways the whole modern world. Poor Peter.
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Re: Problem of Peter
Date: 2015-01-30 08:08 am (UTC)Shaking up Peter...I did a little bit of that in some of my earliest fics -- I think one of the first things I ever finished was a story about a middle-of-the-night argument between Edmund and Peter, and the consequences thereof. But I'm not sure I like it any more. It probably needs a lot of rewriting. That whole story-line flowed from my musing about why none of the Pevensies got married during the Golden Age. It's a basic requirement for a successful ruler, to provide an heir. My answer to this involved a lot of sexual frustration for everybody except Susan.
And then of course in In Mourning I gave Peter some awful war experiences, culminating in his disillusionment with the modern army and in many ways the whole modern world. Poor Peter.