I love how in Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Lucy, Edmond and Eustace find a Lamb. The lamb transformed into Aslan. At that point Aslan then told Edmond and Lucy that they could not return to Narnia, and that now they would know Aslan’s earthly name. Implying that Aslan indeed was the Son of God, Jesus
“It isn't Narnia, you know," sobbed Lucy. "It's you. We shan't meet you there. And how can we live, never meeting you?" "But you shall meet me, dear one," said Aslan. "Are - are you there too, Sir?" said Edmund. "I am," said Aslan. "But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.”
C. S. Lewis held in mind a much deeper meaning than simply the Great Lion. Aslan represents Christ Himself, as this entire series is subliminally portraying Christianity and the life of Christ. “In your world, I am known by another name...you must learn to know me by it” (3rd movie). -Aslan. He teaches virtue, lovingly chastises vices, and commands respect and faith. Aslan, for these reasons and more, is my favorite character. I recently rewatched all 3 movies, and I cried when it was over. I want to actually read the original books by C. S. Lewis.
If anyone ever wanted to take up the mantle of Narnia, I don't think there's ever been a better time than now, to write the story of Susan grieving the loss of her family, slowly reasembling her memories of Narnia, fighting her way out of depression and finally being reunited with Aslan and her lost family.
I have a feeling when Susan passes away, Aslan will come to her, ask her does she believe. In tears, Susan would say yes, reaching to touch Aslan's main, her hand de-ages before her eyes. Susan as a young woman, would stand up, leaning on Aslan. Aslan will let out a roar, that makes where Susan was dissapeare. They walk onto the beach before Aslan's County, 3 people are standing there waiting for them. It's Lucy, Peter and Edmund. They all run to each other's arms, laughing and crying. After a few minutes of small talk, Aslan gets them ready to go to his country. Then the four kings and queens, siblings, and friends, hand in hand walked into Aslan's County, a family once again
I’d like to believe that Susan will restore her faith in Narnia and will be allowed back in Aslan’s Country where she’ll be reunited with her siblings, and Aslan.
I loved the part where the editor of the video added the part about Aslan having a plan for Susan in this world. In my head cannon adult Susan ending up meeting with C,S Lewis by divine appointment. She relayed her and the other friends of Narnia's adventures,and Lewis being a gifted writer put her stories to paper and created the Chronicles of Narnia. In other words in my head cannon Susan was left behind to collaborate with fellow Christian C.S Lewis,and help bring the word of God/Christ to young people in a way they could easily understand. That was her purpose....
@@ragingpanda2207 good thing your immoral god doesn’t exist. So you say it’s sad that people turn away an irrational belief in a god? I don’t find that sad at all but instead good and rational
@@KC-py5vq everything is irational. everything in life takes some faith to believe in. I'm having faith right now that the chair I'm sitting in isn't going to break apart and fall to the ground. I've never sat in this taco bell chair before but based on previous experiences and just my lack of any better option I'm believing in this chair. we all will have faith in what we decide to have faith in. you have faith in whatever god you believe in or if you don't believe in one you have an incredible amount of faith in scientific evidence which some people say shows how our existence happened without a god
@@emekaumeh3993 I mean Christians believe that God appeared out of nowhere soooooo don't be so quick to judge boyyo. everyone has reasons for believing what they do and just saying someone's beliefs are sad isn't gonna help anything. rather maybe try and give evidence for what you believe. idk 🤷♂️ I'm just a kid what do I know hehe
I always assumed that Susan not being there at the end was the author's way of paralleling the Bible, how at the end it is said during the great rapture that one person would go and one person would stay. I am glad to see that there are many theories as to how Susan is not lost! ❤️
@tom st that is true that the end of The Chronicles of Narnia just showed how this small group of people essentially got to a version of heaven. And it is not necessarily portraying the rapture. However I have heard the end of days interpreted a few different ways , and one way that I have heard people talk about it is that all those who die will go to sleep and at the end during the Great Rapture they will all awaken together, at the same time. I'm pretty sure there are parts there at the end of The Final Battle where they're reunited with characters as if no time was lost .. So I do think that is one way that these scenes could be interpreted, I will have to reread The Final Battle sometime soon
At least they got to Aslan's country and reunited with everyone they met in Narnia though 💜 All of them except Susan,... I still find the fact that Susan stopped believing in Narnia really unbelievable, like she went in that world twice, and especially the first time she was in there for several years and even ruled as a queen. I find the fact that Susan stopped believing in Narnia even more depressing tbh... 😞
Apparently in the 1960s, CS Lewis told a fan who wrote him about Susan, that he had always planned on telling a "more grown-up" story of Narnia with Susan. So.....I think he must have thought he wanted to save one character to use to examine the evolution of innocent trust to mature faith. It would seem that Lewis did not leave Susan behind. He just died before he could finish her story.
I can actually see the symbolism with Aslan and Jesus! He took place for the sacrifice for Ed and came back because there was more to the magic (and also 9 lives)! And was able to forgive everyone and win the war by defeating the evil frozen witch queen! I love lion sand he’s 😎
In some ways the fact that Peter, Edmund, Lucy, their parents Jill, Eustace, Digory and Polly all end up in Narnia at the very end of "The Chronicles of Narnia" ties everything up for them so well with a final flourish that it's finished with a bow. They all get to live in the real Narnia as a family in what is clearly meant to say that they all lived happily ever after. However, the stark reality is that while they get to live on in Heaven Susan is the only one who lives on earth who must now identify all their battered bodies and live with the absolute grief and agony of dealing with the six deaths of her family and their friends all at once so she is left to process all of her grief over them with no way of knowing if she will ever get a happy ever after with frills or a bow at all, on her own. The other tragedy though, and perhaps the one that bears equal weight if not more is that in the process of growing up Susan deluded herself into believing that all the very real events that she lived through in Narnia with her siblings were nothing but the figments of playing a childish game rather than a series of life affirming lessons on how to live as her best self while on an emotional journey through a magical land that really existed. She is permanently stuck where she is at the age she is by the end as a result of forgetting to and refusing to apply what she learnt from Aslan to the life she's living on earth. Moreover, she dismisses the very real trauma she experienced of having witnessed His crucifixion by the White Witch, the power of the unconditional sacrifice He made for her own brother and all of Narnia and the glory of His resurrection all in one as nothing but a story along with the fact that He was brought back by a Deeper Magic so as to make her a Queen of Narnia. Lucy is the one of all the Pevensies who always has faith In Aslan no matter what happens as it comes so naturally to her as a pure and innocent child with the strongest connection to him; she is the truest believer throughout the whole story. Susan has to learn to come back to the same faith the hard way and it's far harder for her than it ever is for Lucy as she must deal with her losses on her own on earth in the end, without her little sister who always wanted her to believe right alongside her. Susan views Narnia through the lens of a teenager going through puberty throughout the series however, and so she seems to think at certain times even when she's in Narnia itself, especially in the films rather than in the books that Narnia must be part of a nonsensical teenage phase in her life as she grows older and that the mature, logical thing to do is to grow out of that phase when actually she was sent to Narnia to learn to become more mature by allowing herself to grow into a strong, independent woman who is sensible, self-aware and wise. Susan's story mirrors the internal battle that C.S Lewis had with himself and his faith in the most realistic, gut wrenching way possible. In his anger over his mother's death before he came back to the Christian faith C.S Lewis seemed to see Christ's crucifixion and resurrection as a story when he knew, deep down, that it had really happened. Susan makes the same mistake due to having failed to apply what wisdom she learnt from witnessing Aslan's death firsthand to how to live her life on earth. As a result, she unwittingly leads herself to extreme suffering since she's living a lie by pretending that her experiences of life in Narnia never happened when deep down she knows they were real and that she could get back to believing it all if she only allowed herself to do so. She's not as grown up or as mature as she likes to think she is which is exactly what Aunt Polly highlights about her upon entering the real Narnia. Aunt Polly wants Susan to grow up by acknowledging the truth that she is not grown up as she is keeping up a pretense that will only cause her intense emotional pain if she carries on with it. The other problem for Susan by this point though is that she won't know what to feel except grief and maybe even guilt in not knowing how to believe as she must now deal with the painful loss of all of her family first. That in it's own way though should hit her that their deaths are just as real as Aslan's death and resurrection always was, and how both these events left a such real, raw impact on her when she witnessed it. She admired Him for going through with it when he explained it, she loved Him for it since Aslan ensured that Edmund would not have to suffer such a horrible fate and in her wisdom she knew that neither she or anyone else should ever tell Edmund that Aslan had given his life for him in such a bloody, brutal ritual to restore balance in His world. She grew into a sceptic upon returning to earth not out of malice but out of insecurity, self-doubt and immaturity and wanting a sense of permanency in that earthly life outside of Narnia after the Golden Age. She continued to be a sceptic upon returning to restore the native Narnians who had also become sceptics back to their own faith so much so that she couldn't see Aslan. Aslan forgave her for her scepticism though and told her not to listen to the fear of losing faith in him once she could see him again. She fell prey to that fear by the end though in entertaining the idea that she was the one who was growing up in growing out of some childish 'attachment' to Narnia which was never childish at all. I like to think that by the end of "The Chronicles of Narnia" and upon losing her family that in being the only Pevensie left to grieve over her dead family and as the last, living Queen of Narnia though is that Susan Pevensie knows, in her heart that she must now be as gentle as her title Queen Susan the Gentle suggests with herself and that she must let the pain of losing them help her to make peace with herself over having dismissed the true significance of Aslan's death and rebirth in the country she became Queen of because otherwise she will never forgive herself if she doesn't. The best thing she can do for herself now is to grow into what wisdom she could still attain from having to mourn her family and the death of her faith and forgiving herself for dismissing Aslan's lessons in all the time she spent in Narnia and it will be then, after processing it all and become wiser and is willing to believe once more that He will open the golden gates of the garden, forgive her for having turned her back on him as he once did when she was a young girl and let her into Heaven.
I wonder what Netflix will do with Susan’s Character since C.S Lewis never finished telling her story. I’m just gonna assume she believes in Aslan again after the death of her entire family. She was my favorite character.
8:19 My pet theory is Susan had to be the mother of someone important on Earth :) and she was probably trying to save Lucy from being committed due to the wrong person overhearing her.
The question of what happens to Susan always gets me when you listen to the books. I would have loved to see what her future had in store for her. I never thought she would be banished to tash for the path she took but still what what was the continuance of her story
I thought she was just supposed to be an example of a "good christian who has strayed from the path and focuses on material possessions and logic!" but still having time to believe again since he doesn't just have her die and sent to aslan hell, so I don't think cs lewis really had her future in mind 😭
Thank you for the summary about ASIAN. Because of this, I wished all 7 books would have been made into a live action film. I really enjoyed listening to the background of ASIAN. I've subscribed.
While watching this video, it reminds me of the entire New Testament Bible. Just sharing. Hahaha! Nice video, by the way! I've learned so much about Narnia and my favorite character, Aslan, which I believe is the representation of our Lord Jesus. :)
@Wirrling precisely Christianity is one of the most corrupt religions on the earth, such that there is more than seven branches and teaching. The Bible has more than ten versions. Not such which one of those versions this move is related to. 🤔
When you think about it, the personification of Aslan as a lion and considering who he’s obviously based on, it also makes some sense. Also angels are sometimes described as having lion faces. A BIT ironic though is that the demon Rath also appeared to Solomon as a lion.
I think Aslan is so cute. I think at the end of Susan's life she is get into Aslan's country. Susan's just not in Adam's country yet because she still has time left on this Earth. Good video.
Bro. I still want The Horse and His Boy to be made. Like, I can live without The Last Battle, but I just want one more movie of this wonderful world. And Tashban brought to life? *Chef's Kiss*
Ah Narnia, the sister world to J.R.R Tolkien's middle earth. Tolkien and Lewis were friends so Im seeing some similarities and connections in their work. Great video!
Yes. C. S. Lewis (the author) made many connections to the Bible. Aslan is Jesus his father is God. Aslan’s country is heaven. The sacrifice on the stone table is Jesus dying on the cross. There are so many representations of you look.
He died for his people, came back to life after a certain amount of time, and performs several miracles in his life. This lion is basically Jesus in his world
The Narnia films are actually based on seven books by C. S. Lewis. Only three of the books were actually made into films. The video draws extra info from the unfilmed books. In chronological order the books go: The Magician’s Nephew, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Horse and his Boy, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, and The Last Battle.
Let us not lose sight of the fact that though Aslan may be the great one unto the Narnians...the Lord is ineffable, greatest of the great, utterly peerless, and worthy of all worship! Though characters such as the 'Emperor Beyond the Sea' and 'Eru Ilúvatar' are considered great in their own right--and devised by very talented and well-meaning men to point towards God, I might add--in a true comparison these story characters cannot even begin to express the boundless splendour and holiness ascribed unto the Holy One of Israel. For no human mind can measure the outstretched mighty arm of the Lord of Hosts and no naked eye can see Him seated in His power and glory and live to tell the tale.
Also a good reminder to us that this is just a representation of the King Of Kings and let's not get Asland crossed with the true Lion of Judah. Got to say the subtle way C.S Lewis was very subtle about the representation here, the movie really brought it to life.
When I was a little girl and I watched The lion the witch and the wardrobe (bbc version) I sobbed and sobbed when they sheared off his mane. It Broke my heart.
Yes he is. C. S. Lewis was one of, if not the greatest Christian writer of the 20th century, and he made Aslan to literally be Jesus, I guess if God made another world populated by non-human rational beasts, that would be how He would appear to them. And it also reflects Jesus being called the Lion of Judah.
Definitely ,even more evidence to the fact is the mention of the demon Tash or Satash/Satan. It’s mentioned that they are thought to be one in the same being.
If Aslan made Narnia by a roar (sound). 'Everything was made by, for, and through the Word (Logos)' then Jezus might symbolically be the incarnated Word made flesh through whom the Holy Spirit spoke for the glory of the Father. At the end Aslan (king of the jungle) will return and pass judgement.
I think someone should make a video on Aslan’s Country and Aslan’s farther the Emperor Beyond the Sea 🤔. Because I have always been interested in those two things because nobody has explained anything on those two things.
I’d like a story where Susan eventually goes to Aslan’s country. Maybe she becomes a missionary or the like an stumbles upon some Narnians fleeing judgement following Narnia’s destruction. He
In The Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says, "I am the lion amongst animals" in Chapter 10, Verse 30, titled "The Opulence of the Absolute". The verse continues, "and Garud amongst the birds". Krishna also says he is Prahlada among the demons and time among subduers. Garud means(garuthmantudu) Bhagavad Gita, The Song of God
From my understanding they took too long developing the 4th film and simultaneously forgot to renegotiate their contract with the Lewis Estate. So, their licensing rights expired.
Ok 3 questions most important for me 1) who is the professor in the beggining of Narnia 1 ( is it digory character ) ? 2) If Jadis can kill with a simple spell whole Charn, why did not do the same to avoid the kings and queens to claim their right to the throne of Narnia ? 3) How the hek in the "Golden Age " of Narnia are so many humans amongst the Narnians. I mean how they all together managed to create a whole Nation under the name of "Telmarines " ? Is it so famous to enter from real world to Narnia , coz before it was such a rare thing for Narnians to sight humans in it.
Lewis was going to make Susan his own portrait, especially at a time in life when he abandoned faith for human reason and became an atheist He was going to portray in her this moment of his life and obviously she would come back to believe in Aslan and Narnia and would meet her siblings Unfortunately for us there was no conclusion, where Susan never came back to believe in Aslan and probably didn't meet them again
I just wish they finished this series. The first 2 movies were brilliant and quite spectacular. And god the score was breathtaking. But it diminished. I like Dawn Treader and its damn shame we'll never see its conclusion
Which Narnia character should we cover next?
Prince Caspian.
Mr beaver tumus repachet Lucy Peter Edmund Susan or the white witch
The white witch
Cover the witch
Susan or Lucy
I love how in Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Lucy, Edmond and Eustace find a Lamb. The lamb transformed into Aslan. At that point Aslan then told Edmond and Lucy that they could not return to Narnia, and that now they would know Aslan’s earthly name. Implying that Aslan indeed was the Son of God, Jesus
Well c.s lewis took all his ideas from the bible
Yup, just as Aslan was the lion and the lamb so is God. Cs lewis did an amazing job with this allegory.
I remember realising in the movies that they changed this detail and he was just in his loon form. I guess the lamb would’ve confused movie goers.
Yes, we know how your mythology works
@@KC-py5vq not everyone does...
Fun Fact: “Aslan” means “Lion” in Turkish
I knew that too
@Jodi Nicole Borrega Oof.
I know ;-)
Aslan mean lion in Mongolia too
Does anyone else see the similarities between this story and the most famous story ever told? 😉
This is epic
Definitely.
Whoa u are here
Whoa he watches other video essay channels too
Are you going to analyse Narnia and PJO series?
Yayyyy
“It isn't Narnia, you know," sobbed Lucy. "It's you. We shan't meet you there. And how can we live, never meeting you?"
"But you shall meet me, dear one," said Aslan.
"Are - are you there too, Sir?" said Edmund.
"I am," said Aslan. "But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.”
I never understood what he meant by that😔
What does he mean he has another name to another world?
It's Jesus
Gods name is literally “I Am” too. Looking at that from this point of view also puts it into perspective that he is Jesus
I cried my heart out at this scene... I struggle with my faith because of severe depression. Fuck.
So when he said to Lucy, that he is known by another name on her world, did he mean that he’s Jesus ?
Yes I just found out too is amazing I was surprised
Lewis was actually a really profound Christian so I believe that is what he meant.
Aslan is a standin for Jesus or God. This is a confirmed fact I believe. But I’m not sure where I heard it from.
Aslan is better than God. Aslan actually offers practical help.
@@kendrad9933 God is giving everyone choices and a second chance and people still wanna fight him.
C.S. Lewis was writing another book titled: “Susan: Queen of Narnia” at the time of his death. I’m sure Aslan wasn’t going to abandone her.
Well, Aslan never abandoned anyone, she who abandoned Him
@@yeyosilver7067 ngl but i am not a huge fan of the ending
The last book is my least fav one
Thats been proven untrue
C. S. Lewis held in mind a much deeper meaning than simply the Great Lion. Aslan represents Christ Himself, as this entire series is subliminally portraying Christianity and the life of Christ. “In your world, I am known by another name...you must learn to know me by it” (3rd movie). -Aslan. He teaches virtue, lovingly chastises vices, and commands respect and faith.
Aslan, for these reasons and more, is my favorite character. I recently rewatched all 3 movies, and I cried when it was over. I want to actually read the original books by C. S. Lewis.
I also saw that connection. As a Christian, it is refreshing and heartwarming to see the gospel being told from a different perspective.
@@jillianh7565 as an atheist, ok so glad your immoral god doesn’t exist
@@KC-py5vq Why are you being an asshole to someone you've properly never met before?
@@varundavid7620 Keyboard warrior...or just a troll.
@@jillianh7565
It sure is better than seeing the same cliches repeated over and over in fantasy or in church.
If anyone ever wanted to take up the mantle of Narnia, I don't think there's ever been a better time than now, to write the story of Susan grieving the loss of her family, slowly reasembling her memories of Narnia, fighting her way out of depression and finally being reunited with Aslan and her lost family.
Yea since many projects from the past are returning like Avatar, Percy Jackson etc
YES
I have a feeling when Susan passes away, Aslan will come to her, ask her does she believe. In tears, Susan would say yes, reaching to touch Aslan's main, her hand de-ages before her eyes. Susan as a young woman, would stand up, leaning on Aslan. Aslan will let out a roar, that makes where Susan was dissapeare. They walk onto the beach before Aslan's County, 3 people are standing there waiting for them. It's Lucy, Peter and Edmund. They all run to each other's arms, laughing and crying. After a few minutes of small talk, Aslan gets them ready to go to his country. Then the four kings and queens, siblings, and friends, hand in hand walked into Aslan's County, a family once again
This is lovely 💕
Aslan was the animal version of Jesus.
Yep
@@raedgueddich3403 He's the animal version of any version of Jesus?..
C.S Lewis purposefully made Aslan as an allegory to Jesus
@@raedgueddich3403 and so what?
@@isaiahgere9283 I know right?
I’d like to believe that Susan will restore her faith in Narnia and will be allowed back in Aslan’s Country where she’ll be reunited with her siblings, and Aslan.
god doesn't choose to save everyone irl. I feel like Susan is a representation of fallen away christians. it's sad but it's a real thing in life :/
I loved the part where the editor of the video added the part about Aslan having a plan for Susan in this world.
In my head cannon adult Susan ending up meeting with C,S Lewis by divine appointment.
She relayed her and the other friends of Narnia's adventures,and Lewis being a gifted writer put her stories to paper and created the Chronicles of Narnia.
In other words in my head cannon Susan was left behind to collaborate with fellow Christian C.S Lewis,and help bring the word of God/Christ to young people in a way they could easily understand.
That was her purpose....
@@ragingpanda2207 good thing your immoral god doesn’t exist. So you say it’s sad that people turn away an irrational belief in a god? I don’t find that sad at all but instead good and rational
@@KC-py5vq everything is irational. everything in life takes some faith to believe in. I'm having faith right now that the chair I'm sitting in isn't going to break apart and fall to the ground. I've never sat in this taco bell chair before but based on previous experiences and just my lack of any better option I'm believing in this chair. we all will have faith in what we decide to have faith in. you have faith in whatever god you believe in or if you don't believe in one you have an incredible amount of faith in scientific evidence which some people say shows how our existence happened without a god
@@emekaumeh3993 I mean Christians believe that God appeared out of nowhere soooooo don't be so quick to judge boyyo. everyone has reasons for believing what they do and just saying someone's beliefs are sad isn't gonna help anything. rather maybe try and give evidence for what you believe. idk 🤷♂️ I'm just a kid what do I know hehe
I always assumed that Susan not being there at the end was the author's way of paralleling the Bible, how at the end it is said during the great rapture that one person would go and one person would stay. I am glad to see that there are many theories as to how Susan is not lost! ❤️
Amen. This is a beautiful and accurate idea.
@tom st that is true that the end of The Chronicles of Narnia just showed how this small group of people essentially got to a version of heaven. And it is not necessarily portraying the rapture. However I have heard the end of days interpreted a few different ways , and one way that I have heard people talk about it is that all those who die will go to sleep and at the end during the Great Rapture they will all awaken together, at the same time. I'm pretty sure there are parts there at the end of The Final Battle where they're reunited with characters as if no time was lost .. So I do think that is one way that these scenes could be interpreted, I will have to reread The Final Battle sometime soon
@tom st this makes sense to me 👍🏽
Rapture isn’t biblical
Everytime I look at him in the movie and hear that kind voice of his, I feel safe and I forget about all my problems.
Aslan is a divine.👑👑
The end of the series was kinda sad and depressing
When I found it out I was just sad
Like appa's lost days sad
Yea like they died in a train crash it’s super depressing
At least they got to Aslan's country and reunited with everyone they met in Narnia though 💜
All of them except Susan,... I still find the fact that Susan stopped believing in Narnia really unbelievable, like she went in that world twice, and especially the first time she was in there for several years and even ruled as a queen.
I find the fact that Susan stopped believing in Narnia even more depressing tbh... 😞
@@Anomalous1879 Yaaasss the episodes when Appa was lost I was really sad and 😭😭😭 Glad he found his way back to Aang again 💜💜💜
Minh Đăng Kim yea
I love Aslan so much he has always been my favorite animal character ever. But if I'm going to be honest these book series are really dark.
That’s cause it’s a Christian tell for children.
@@Ladiesman2417 really?
@@majdiroidal-jihad9554 yes
This is soo touching.....
I acted this play in 3rd grade....
Fun Fact: At my launguage (Turkish) Aslan means lion
They also had Turkish Delight in the book and movie.
Really? Harika, Türkçeyi her zaman ilginç bir dil buldum.
Fun fact 2: "Alsan" is lion in Mongolia too
Well your right it is fun
Hi
I wish that they’d made a screen adaptation of the Magicians Nephew. That’s my favorite story from the series.
Wait hold up they all died exept for Susan, and she just forgot all about Narnia? the end? thats so sad and depressing
Susan didnt 'forget' she just convinced herself that it was fake and never happened because it's "illogical"
That’s not “the end” lol there’s a lot more to it
@@Lee-nm9tf Exactly.
They did die but they went to Aslans country after that and went on many more adventures
Apparently in the 1960s, CS Lewis told a fan who wrote him about Susan, that he had always planned on telling a "more grown-up" story of Narnia with Susan. So.....I think he must have thought he wanted to save one character to use to examine the evolution of innocent trust to mature faith. It would seem that Lewis did not leave Susan behind. He just died before he could finish her story.
I know it is just a movie, but when I see Aslan I always feel safe and emotional.
This is the video I didn’t know I needed
Amazing detail and look into the life of Aslan in Narnia keep up the good work.
"In your world, I am known by another name, and you must learn to know me by it."
I can actually see the symbolism with Aslan and Jesus! He took place for the sacrifice for Ed and came back because there was more to the magic (and also 9 lives)! And was able to forgive everyone and win the war by defeating the evil frozen witch queen! I love lion sand he’s 😎
The mispronunciation of Pevensie all throughout this video is killing me lol
In some ways the fact that Peter, Edmund, Lucy, their parents Jill, Eustace, Digory and Polly all end up in Narnia at the very end of "The Chronicles of Narnia" ties everything up for them so well with a final flourish that it's finished with a bow. They all get to live in the real Narnia as a family in what is clearly meant to say that they all lived happily ever after. However, the stark reality is that while they get to live on in Heaven Susan is the only one who lives on earth who must now identify all their battered bodies and live with the absolute grief and agony of dealing with the six deaths of her family and their friends all at once so she is left to process all of her grief over them with no way of knowing if she will ever get a happy ever after with frills or a bow at all, on her own. The other tragedy though, and perhaps the one that bears equal weight if not more is that in the process of growing up Susan deluded herself into believing that all the very real events that she lived through in Narnia with her siblings were nothing but the figments of playing a childish game rather than a series of life affirming lessons on how to live as her best self while on an emotional journey through a magical land that really existed. She is permanently stuck where she is at the age she is by the end as a result of forgetting to and refusing to apply what she learnt from Aslan to the life she's living on earth. Moreover, she dismisses the very real trauma she experienced of having witnessed His crucifixion by the White Witch, the power of the unconditional sacrifice He made for her own brother and all of Narnia and the glory of His resurrection all in one as nothing but a story along with the fact that He was brought back by a Deeper Magic so as to make her a Queen of Narnia.
Lucy is the one of all the Pevensies who always has faith In Aslan no matter what happens as it comes so naturally to her as a pure and innocent child with the strongest connection to him; she is the truest believer throughout the whole story. Susan has to learn to come back to the same faith the hard way and it's far harder for her than it ever is for Lucy as she must deal with her losses on her own on earth in the end, without her little sister who always wanted her to believe right alongside her. Susan views Narnia through the lens of a teenager going through puberty throughout the series however, and so she seems to think at certain times even when she's in Narnia itself, especially in the films rather than in the books that Narnia must be part of a nonsensical teenage phase in her life as she grows older and that the mature, logical thing to do is to grow out of that phase when actually she was sent to Narnia to learn to become more mature by allowing herself to grow into a strong, independent woman who is sensible, self-aware and wise.
Susan's story mirrors the internal battle that C.S Lewis had with himself and his faith in the most realistic, gut wrenching way possible. In his anger over his mother's death before he came back to the Christian faith C.S Lewis seemed to see Christ's crucifixion and resurrection as a story when he knew, deep down, that it had really happened. Susan makes the same mistake due to having failed to apply what wisdom she learnt from witnessing Aslan's death firsthand to how to live her life on earth. As a result, she unwittingly leads herself to extreme suffering since she's living a lie by pretending that her experiences of life in Narnia never happened when deep down she knows they were real and that she could get back to believing it all if she only allowed herself to do so. She's not as grown up or as mature as she likes to think she is which is exactly what Aunt Polly highlights about her upon entering the real Narnia. Aunt Polly wants Susan to grow up by acknowledging the truth that she is not grown up as she is keeping up a pretense that will only cause her intense emotional pain if she carries on with it. The other problem for Susan by this point though is that she won't know what to feel except grief and maybe even guilt in not knowing how to believe as she must now deal with the painful loss of all of her family first. That in it's own way though should hit her that their deaths are just as real as Aslan's death and resurrection always was, and how both these events left a such real, raw impact on her when she witnessed it. She admired Him for going through with it when he explained it, she loved Him for it since Aslan ensured that Edmund would not have to suffer such a horrible fate and in her wisdom she knew that neither she or anyone else should ever tell Edmund that Aslan had given his life for him in such a bloody, brutal ritual to restore balance in His world. She grew into a sceptic upon returning to earth not out of malice but out of insecurity, self-doubt and immaturity and wanting a sense of permanency in that earthly life outside of Narnia after the Golden Age. She continued to be a sceptic upon returning to restore the native Narnians who had also become sceptics back to their own faith so much so that she couldn't see Aslan. Aslan forgave her for her scepticism though and told her not to listen to the fear of losing faith in him once she could see him again. She fell prey to that fear by the end though in entertaining the idea that she was the one who was growing up in growing out of some childish 'attachment' to Narnia which was never childish at all.
I like to think that by the end of "The Chronicles of Narnia" and upon losing her family that in being the only Pevensie left to grieve over her dead family and as the last, living Queen of Narnia though is that Susan Pevensie knows, in her heart that she must now be as gentle as her title Queen Susan the Gentle suggests with herself and that she must let the pain of losing them help her to make peace with herself over having dismissed the true significance of Aslan's death and rebirth in the country she became Queen of because otherwise she will never forgive herself if she doesn't. The best thing she can do for herself now is to grow into what wisdom she could still attain from having to mourn her family and the death of her faith and forgiving herself for dismissing Aslan's lessons in all the time she spent in Narnia and it will be then, after processing it all and become wiser and is willing to believe once more that He will open the golden gates of the garden, forgive her for having turned her back on him as he once did when she was a young girl and let her into Heaven.
i always wondered if aslan was Mufasa’s dad...
How
Simba's, perhaps.
Another robot chicken skate waiting to happen!
@@ekinstonwalker9736 skit*
Long live the king
Never realized the parallels when watching this as a kid. It's pretty cool to think about.
Nice that you're doing Narnia lore...lets see more!
The destruction of Narnia gives me "Here were dragons" vibes
What was once a large room is now merely a box
Bro…
A lot of holes were filled for me. The Narnia series is one of my favorite pieces of literature. Thanks 👍😊
I wonder what Netflix will do with Susan’s Character since C.S Lewis never finished telling her story. I’m just gonna assume she believes in Aslan again after the death of her entire family. She was my favorite character.
@Podcast - SørenCast Z 😂😂😂 your response to my comment made my day
@SørenCast Zyou’re not supposed to judge a character by their gender. ...Unless if they’re supposed to be relatable.
@PODCAST - SørenCast Z lol, im male, my favourite character are lucy.
@@bepopxxx Dont feed the troll guys
3:07
Tumnus: You all look like you’ve engaged in battle, but I’ve never actually done battle. I just push some people and then run away.
8:19 My pet theory is Susan had to be the mother of someone important on Earth :) and she was probably trying to save Lucy from being committed due to the wrong person overhearing her.
for all the times ive watched dawn treader i never noticed that the handle of the bell on susan's desk at 7:53 looks like the lamppost!
The question of what happens to Susan always gets me when you listen to the books. I would have loved to see what her future had in store for her. I never thought she would be banished to tash for the path she took but still what what was the continuance of her story
I thought she was just supposed to be an example of a "good christian who has strayed from the path and focuses on material possessions and logic!" but still having time to believe again since he doesn't just have her die and sent to aslan hell, so I don't think cs lewis really had her future in mind 😭
@@luvcherry he was writing a book about Susan just before he died he wanted to do more for her character but sadly he died
What a great video, thank you and Happy Valentine's day y'all 😂💕
"Representation of everything that is good?" Aslan is a Christofany, a representation of Jesus Christ.
Thank you for the summary about ASIAN. Because of this, I wished all 7 books would have been made into a live action film. I really enjoyed listening to the background of ASIAN. I've subscribed.
While watching this video, it reminds me of the entire New Testament Bible. Just sharing. Hahaha! Nice video, by the way! I've learned so much about Narnia and my favorite character, Aslan, which I believe is the representation of our Lord Jesus. :)
Please more Narnia
THE LIFE OF REEPICHEEP ;-)
When I first seen & heard about Narnia I was a 6th grad boy I absolutely fell in lovd with " The Great Lion "
The Jesus Allegory is STRONG with this one
Nsw is the kids and we are going to have drinks for us
The song is something I can meditate to. If I only knew the name.
As a Christian, I can confirm that this story was pretty accurate as in telling the story of Jesus Christ. Different perspective, but pretty accurate
Correct
@Wirrling precisely Christianity is one of the most corrupt religions on the earth, such that there is more than seven branches and teaching. The Bible has more than ten versions. Not such which one of those versions this move is related to. 🤔
@@imtiazmohammed8677 same is at least every religions and religious books almost everything is fiction.
Thanks for the video essay on the history of Aslan.
When you think about it, the personification of Aslan as a lion and considering who he’s obviously based on, it also makes some sense. Also angels are sometimes described as having lion faces.
A BIT ironic though is that the demon Rath also appeared to Solomon as a lion.
I think Aslan is so cute. I think at the end of Susan's life she is get into Aslan's country. Susan's just not in Adam's country yet because she still has time left on this Earth. Good video.
Bro. I still want The Horse and His Boy to be made. Like, I can live without The Last Battle, but I just want one more movie of this wonderful world. And Tashban brought to life? *Chef's Kiss*
Ah Narnia, the sister world to J.R.R Tolkien's middle earth. Tolkien and Lewis were friends so Im seeing some similarities and connections in their work. Great video!
The Pevensie Siblings never heard of Aslan before, 🦁he's one strange character and he's even the god.
Is aslans country heaven
Yes. C. S. Lewis (the author) made many connections to the Bible. Aslan is Jesus his father is God. Aslan’s country is heaven. The sacrifice on the stone table is Jesus dying on the cross. There are so many representations of you look.
@@mh7915 aslan's father is Emperor of the Sea
@@lianelli2425Who is implied to be God
Well done.
The Horse and his Boy is my favorite book.
He died for his people, came back to life after a certain amount of time, and performs several miracles in his life. This lion is basically Jesus in his world
*For Narnia !*
Diggory Kurk was the professor
i didnt know there was more parts can somebody tell me wat are they and were can i find or read them
The Narnia films are actually based on seven books by C. S. Lewis. Only three of the books were actually made into films. The video draws extra info from the unfilmed books. In chronological order the books go: The Magician’s Nephew, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Horse and his Boy, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, and The Last Battle.
ERU ILUVATAR: I sang with my Ainur to create my world
ASLAN: I just roared to make Narnia...the humans were too slow to create the karaoke
Let us not lose sight of the fact that though Aslan may be the great one unto the Narnians...the Lord is ineffable, greatest of the great, utterly peerless, and worthy of all worship! Though characters such as the 'Emperor Beyond the Sea' and 'Eru Ilúvatar' are considered great in their own right--and devised by very talented and well-meaning men to point towards God, I might add--in a true comparison these story characters cannot even begin to express the boundless splendour and holiness ascribed unto the Holy One of Israel. For no human mind can measure the outstretched mighty arm of the Lord of Hosts and no naked eye can see Him seated in His power and glory and live to tell the tale.
Also a good reminder to us that this is just a representation of the King Of Kings and let's not get Asland crossed with the true Lion of Judah. Got to say the subtle way C.S Lewis was very subtle about the representation here, the movie really brought it to life.
How did I miss that the creation of narnia mirrors the genesis story !! And part Noah’s ark as well .
When I was a little girl and I watched The lion the witch and the wardrobe (bbc version) I sobbed and sobbed when they sheared off his mane. It Broke my heart.
Aslan, The Lion of Judah
Aslan be vibing 😎
He is voiced by Irish actor, Liam Neeson.
I need to read all the books
"... Do not quote the deep Magick to Me Witch!.. I was there When It Was Written! "
My mom Loved it
The Lion of Judah
Classic bible inspired story C.S lewis is a genius
Will u cover The Lion King or The Lion Guard characters
Lewis got a lot of inspiration from the bible when he wrote The Chronicles of Narnia.
Aslan be like: " Everyone goes to heaven but Susan!"
Do u think because she was Lilith of the story, but 'good' version?!
She might still get there but it'll take longer -- sometimes it takes a great loss to recognize what's important.
So good!
3:39 that one little girl: *we will see about that*
I absolutely love this video!
Pls, more Narnia videos.
So is Aslan _literally_ Jesus and not just an allegory for him? He said he is "known by another name" in our world after all
Yes he is.
C. S. Lewis was one of, if not the greatest Christian writer of the 20th century, and he made Aslan to literally be Jesus, I guess if God made another world populated by non-human rational beasts, that would be how He would appear to them.
And it also reflects Jesus being called the Lion of Judah.
I think he was part of a christian group of writers (I think tolkien was in it too) where they actively involved their faith in their writings
Definitely ,even more evidence to the fact is the mention of the demon Tash or Satash/Satan. It’s mentioned that they are thought to be one in the same being.
If Aslan made Narnia by a roar (sound). 'Everything was made by, for, and through the Word (Logos)' then Jezus might symbolically be the incarnated Word made flesh through whom the Holy Spirit spoke for the glory of the Father. At the end Aslan (king of the jungle) will return and pass judgement.
Yes, he is.
Lion of Judah, anyone. 😉
All hail Lion Jesus!
Beyond his sophisticated persona, he's still a lion. He ate that witch like steak
No wonder I always liked this movie series, it was about God the whole time… 😮♥️
We did the lion the witch and the wardrobe at school and I found the “I was there when it was written meme”
Jadis the White Witch or Mr Tumnus, Please.
Is it just me or does the background music remind u of avatar and it doesn’t match any other videos lol
They use the same music (I think)
I think someone should make a video on Aslan’s Country and Aslan’s farther the Emperor Beyond the Sea 🤔. Because I have always been interested in those two things because nobody has explained anything on those two things.
Aslan is so beautiful.
CS Lewis was such a genius
What's the music where you use it in Narnia video? I LOVE IT. Can you send this here as a link, if that's not possible then forget it. But Thanks.
I’d like a story where Susan eventually goes to Aslan’s country. Maybe she becomes a missionary or the like an stumbles upon some Narnians fleeing judgement following Narnia’s destruction. He
In The Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says, "I am the lion amongst animals" in Chapter 10, Verse 30, titled "The Opulence of the Absolute". The verse continues, "and Garud amongst the birds". Krishna also says he is Prahlada among the demons and time among subduers.
Garud means(garuthmantudu)
Bhagavad Gita, The Song of God
A work of art and heart🖼❤️
Very well done. Amazing.
How did susan not believe in aslan? Did she somehow forget what she saw with her own eyes?
Aslan
Remind me again why they only made three movies?? This is probably one of, if not the best, fictional literary series ever written!
From my understanding they took too long developing the 4th film and simultaneously forgot to renegotiate their contract with the Lewis Estate. So, their licensing rights expired.
Ok 3 questions most important for me
1) who is the professor in the beggining of Narnia 1 ( is it digory character ) ?
2) If Jadis can kill with a simple spell whole Charn, why did not do the same to avoid the kings and queens to claim their right to the throne of Narnia ?
3) How the hek in the "Golden Age " of Narnia are so many humans amongst the Narnians. I mean how they all together managed to create a whole Nation under the name of "Telmarines " ? Is it so famous to enter from real world to Narnia , coz before it was such a rare thing for Narnians to sight humans in it.
Lewis was going to make Susan his own portrait, especially at a time in life when he abandoned faith for human reason and became an atheist
He was going to portray in her this moment of his life and obviously she would come back to believe in Aslan and Narnia and would meet her siblings
Unfortunately for us there was no conclusion, where Susan never came back to believe in Aslan and probably didn't meet them again
He is sairoarg 😂😂😂 only a highschool DXD fan will understand
"Actually Jesus" comment goes here.
I just wish they finished this series. The first 2 movies were brilliant and quite spectacular. And god the score was breathtaking. But it diminished. I like Dawn Treader and its damn shame we'll never see its conclusion
They gotta bring those movies back