Who's your favorite character?

Who's your favorite?

  • Peter

    Votes: 67 15.1%

  • Susan

    Votes: 30 6.7%

  • Edmund

    Votes: 76 17.1%

  • Lucy

    Votes: 100 22.5%

  • Mr. Tumnus

    Votes: 30 6.7%

  • Aslan

    Votes: 122 27.4%

  • White Witch

    Votes: 20 4.5%
  • Total voters
    445
Lucy is my favorite Narnia character and always will be. She is the first to discover Narnia in LWW. And the first Pevensie too. She holds firm in her beliefs throughout LWW until the others end up in Narnia too. She never goes away from her convictions of it all being real. And she is sad at some point having to leave Narnia, but ends up back there when she dies, because she never falters away from the belief in Narnia and Aslan.
 
I voted for Aslan, because He is the Great Lion. He is the one who terrifies the White Witch with His mighty roar. He is the innocent who willingly dies on the Stone Table for another's crimes. He is the one who brings the statues held captive in the Witch's castle back to life with His breath alone. He is the one who brings spring to Narnia. He is central to the stories of all the other characters that I love so much, and He is the one who saves them all:D

After Aslan, Edmund is my favorite LWW character. I can relate to his deep fear of being overshadowed by his other siblings, and the rivalry that he feels for Peter. It can be hard to feel like your siblings are better than you, or more loved than you, and that your older brother is bossing you around all the time or always judging you. Those, I think, are very terrible but very human emotions.

At the same time, I think that his falling for the temptations of the White Witch is written in a very believable way. I can understand why Edmund, who always feels inferior to his siblings (especially, in my opinion, to Peter) would want to believe that the White Witch would make him king after her and that he could have his siblings as his servants. Then, of course, there is the very human temptation of eating food offered by evil incarnate that may seem nourishing but is not and is very addicting. Edmund was willing to, basically, give his soul away from Turkish Delight and vague promises of power, and that is such a human action.

However (and this might be what I love about Edmund most), despite his human folly and frailty, he can be very strong and wise. He is the one who goes after the Witch's wand, after all, which, to me, suggested that he, because of what he had suffered, had the deepest understanding of the awful power the Witch had because of that wand. We are also told that, in the end, he becomes extremely wise in counsel, and, in my head canon (which I think is supported by Edmund's behavior in VotD and Horse and His Boy) his justice is mixed with a mercy he could understand because of what Aslan did for him on the Stone Table. If it makes sense, Edmund's wronged sense of justice (seen in his indignant thoughts about Peter, for example, when he goes to the Witch's castle) eventually becomes a true sense of justice tempered by mercy because of what he suffered at the Witch's hands and because Aslan endured the punishment that (by the law) he should have suffered for being a traitor.

So, in short, I think Edmund grew the most because of his experiences in Narnia, and, therefore, I would place him as my favorite LWW character after Aslan. Edmund has always provided me with the hope that I can change my ways and be a better person, and I'm grateful for that:D
 
I like both Lucy and Edmund first but if I had to choose I'd go with Edmund. He undergoes the most change and growth of character throughout the series, and I've always related to him the most.
 
Copperfox said:
Edmund is thought to represent Mr. Lewis himself, with some people also thinking that Peter is Lewis' brother Warnie.
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That's an interesting idea. Edmund's initial doubts and dislike of Aslan could definitely reflect Lewis' early atheism. To me, Edmund's thoughts, especially as he goes to and arrives at the White Witch's house provide perhaps the clearest proof that he understood what it meant to be an atheist hostile to the very idea of God. Edmund's emotions are portrayed very realistically and even fairly sympathetically as feelings humans are prone to, but they are also shown to not be admirable or worthy of imitation, which is very important. It would make sense if Lewis was describing himself at his worst when he wrote that scene.

As for Peter being based on Warnie, well, I suppose that there is nobody better for Lewis to base a big brother on than his own big brother:)
 
amdd97 said:
I have a question. Why does every one love Lucy the best(and should I make a thread for it?)?
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I don't like Lucy the best (but, because Georgie has a great smile, she is my avvy), but I would hazard a guess that a lot of people like Lucy because she comes across as genuinely kind, quite brave, honest, faithful to Aslan and Narnia even when everyone else doubts her word and her sanity, and quick to forgive her siblings when they apologize for doubting her. She also does have some really sweet moments with Aslan, such as their reunion in PC. Her cuddling with Aslan is a very poignant moment.
 
Hey Sunshine, I don't remember seeing you post before. Welcome. I agree with your assessment of Lucy. One reason I am so fond of her is that she gives her heart to Aslan without reservation, and even when she doesn't understand him, she trusts him. That is admirable.
 
inkspot said:
Hey Sunshine, I don't remember seeing you post before. Welcome. I agree with your assessment of Lucy. One reason I am so fond of her is that she gives her heart to Aslan without reservation, and even when she doesn't understand him, she trusts him. That is admirable.
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Thanks for the welcome, inkspot:D

One of Lucy's best traits is, as you say, that she gives her whole heart to Aslan without holding anything back, and, even when she doesn't understand Aslan, she places her trust in him anyway. Of the kids who go into Narnia, she probably best embodies the pure, simple, and honest faith of a child.
 
Yes, Maugrim was a case where book-to-movie adaptation DID NOT ruin the intent of the author. Maugrim's part in the book was very small, but the movie did a good job of "expanding" him into a sort of politician as well as a killer.
 
Yeah, I admit I was a but disappointed at how small Maugrim's role was in the book. When his death scene came in the book I was like "Is that it?" He was a cool villain who doesn't seem to get enough attention, seeing as his fanbase is pretty small.

The fox on the other hand should have gotten a bit more screentime. But he was flat out awesome in the scenes he was in(the Fox even had the guts to talk down Jadis briefly("Not to be rude, but I wasn't actually talking to you")).

I actually like the Fox more than, say, Reepicheep(as cool as he is) and that says a lot.
 
Somebody once categorized movie characters in four groups:

GOOD-GOOD GUYS: Heroes who don't need to repent of really major sins, as they are _already_ firmly on the side of light and goodness. Peter Pevensie, as long as Andrew Adamson's filthy hands are kept off him, is one of these.

GOOD-BAD GUYS: Characters who have to repent of something serious, but who do repent of it, so that audience sympathy naturally comes to them. Edmund comes in this category, be it book or movie version.

BAD-GOOD GUYS: Characters who start out on the good side, or who _pretend_ to be on the good side, but who really are out for themselves. Nikabrik might be said to fit this type.

BAD-BAD GUYS: Villains without the tiniest shred of justification for what they do. They know they're wrong; their only mistake is thinking they can get away with it. Think Miraz, Jadis, Rabadash.

In an old-time movie, the good-good guy kills or captures the bad-bad guy; the good-bad guy kills or captures the bad-good guy; the good-good guy gets the girl; and the good-bad guy either dies heroically, or gets to make a new start in life.


For those who remember "The Tale of Sophia Renee," a writer's block of several years' duration is now broken. The alternate endings have begun to be written!
 
My favourite character is Edmund, because he has been wrong (Have I written it correct?), but he knows it and he doesn't want to make the same error! And he's very nice...:rolleyes:
 
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