Game of Thrones begins....

[Eddie Teach]

Narnia fail.

I'm fairly certain that factoid is never mentioned in the books.

[Viking]

Narnia fail.

I'm fairly certain that factoid is never mentioned in the books.

I suppose you also don't know that Narnia is a village in Latium and the birthplace of Nerva?

[garbon]

Narnia fail.

I'm fairly certain that factoid is never mentioned in the books.

Nor does it really make a difference if you know Alp Arslan's name means nor that it would be the same as Aslan.

[HVC]

Yes, we get it, you read Wikipedia.






*edit* Viking, not garbon.

[Viking]

Yes, we get it, you read Wikipedia.

alas, all this I knew long before there was an internet.

[garbon]

Yes, we get it, you read Wikipedia.

alas, all this I knew long before there was an internet.

So yay you know trivia!

[HVC]

Yes, we get it, you read Wikipedia.

alas, all this I knew long before there was an internet.

elementary school book report?  I can't even recall what my grade seven book report was, actual. Probably found a synopsis somewhere

[Viking]

Yes, we get it, you read Wikipedia.

alas, all this I knew long before there was an internet.

elementary school book report?  I can't even recall what my grade seven book report was, actual. Probably found a synopsis somewhere

More than that. I love the books while somehow managing to miss the whole religious symbolism bit when I was a kid. I found narnia on the map myself (just like lewis did). I don't remember learning that Aslan was Turkish for lion, I just always knew. Maybe my parents told me. Maybe I looked up aslan in an encyclopedia. On a different note, I also "knew" that Turkish Delights weren't Turkish, which is true in the sense that the ones I got as a kid weren't turkish, but also untrue since the ones peter is talking about were (or at least near identical copies).

[viper37]

Like what?

Sorta like that:

Nobody is forcing you to have homoerotic fantasies Viper - only you can do that.  Or do you mean having a more... refined sensibility?
G.

<sigh>  I was joking G.  I'm not afraid of turning gay because I happen to like a very pretty and intelligent woman character on a tv show...

[crazy canuck]

<sigh>  I was joking G.  I'm not afraid of turning gay because I happen to like a very pretty and intelligent woman character on a tv show...

Way to ruin Grallon's day

[Barrister]

Yes, we get it, you read Wikipedia.

alas, all this I knew long before there was an internet.

elementary school book report?  I can't even recall what my grade seven book report was, actual. Probably found a synopsis somewhere

More than that. I love the books while somehow managing to miss the whole religious symbolism bit when I was a kid. I found narnia on the map myself (just like lewis did). I don't remember learning that Aslan was Turkish for lion, I just always knew. Maybe my parents told me. Maybe I looked up aslan in an encyclopedia. On a different note, I also "knew" that Turkish Delights weren't Turkish, which is true in the sense that the ones I got as a kid weren't turkish, but also untrue since the ones peter is talking about were (or at least near identical copies).

Same here.  I read the books numerous times.  Th religious allegory made a gigantic *whoosh* sound over my head each time.

[Viking]

Same here.  I read the books numerous times.  Th religious allegory made a gigantic *whoosh* sound over my head each time.

When I heard Walden Media were making it BECAUSE Aslan was an allegory on Jesus, my reaction was surprise that they didn't realize that this was a literary trope.

Plus I never say Aslans "sacrifice" as a sacrifice, but rather as magical power granted by altruism. When the link was brought up my reaction was to conclude that Jesus' sacrifice was pretty much a non-sacrifice, just like Aslan. If anything telling the story without the religious context allowed me to see it without societal pressure or theological interpretations for the pathetic sham that the jesus story is.

Let the theo-flame-war commence, I won't be participating.

[The Brain]

Jesus was Jewish for more than 30 years. And you doubt his sacrifice?

[Neil]

Let the theo-flame-war commence, I won't be participating.

If you're not participating, then there won't be a flame war.

[jimmy olsen]

Has anyone read the combined, chronologically ordered pdf of Feast and Dance? I heard it was much better than the individual books.