Would you say yes to Narnia?

Aug 19, 2022 5:23 pm

I may in fact be a hobbit

Travel is only really enjoyable if you know you can come back. If I'd found a wardrobe or a clock when I was Lucy Pevensie's age, I would have gone through to Narnia without a second thought. I mean, especially if there was snow. Now if I had a portal to Narnia, I'd probably try to find some way to make it into a heat pump to save on energy bills. Or at the very least I'd use it as a refrigerator. Some faun would go for a walk in the woods and come upon some tupperware of that stew I made too much of and half a pack of freezer-burned gyoza. But would I go through it? Hmm, maybe not without a rope tied around my waist.

Now I feel more like a hobbit. Adventures, pah, such a bother. Make you late for supper. As children we could fantasize about having The Doctor invite us to gallavant around the galaxy in his Tardis, but as an adult, I can't help wondering who will feed my cats while I'm gone, and if I'll come back again. That's an aspect they don't always cover in the "mundane kids get transported to a fantasy world" trope. I get the thrill of seeing magic and wonder, but do they truly not stop to think about the damage they're doing to the people left behind? But then again, characters who stop to think about the consequences of their actions are harder to plot around.

Dryad's Blade

If Kit goes to the Realm of the Faerie, will she ever return? And will she be the same when she does? (Wide)

If a door to a magical portal opened up in the back of your closet, would you step through it? Or would you brick it up and say "Nope!"

Blackbird

To escape a terrible fate, Michael must unlock the spell that opens the portal to Corvus's kingdom, the Otherworld. It is a secret known to only one man, the powerful Guardian of the Dead. Alena is the only child of the Guardian of the Dead. Her safe, predictable life is turned upside-down when she meets Michael and must choose between obeying her instincts or the laws of her people. (Wide)

Burning Souls

Former soldier Oliver Stewart will be trapped in a hospital bed for the rest of his life. When a man named Cornelius Owl offers him a chance to escape, he knows it’s a devil’s bargain. But the darkness he must face is far greater than he was warned. Can he find the strength to defend, not just the lives of those in danger, but their very souls? (Amazon)