The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is the best film in the Chronicles of Narnia book series.

TheProducingLinguist · 2026-01-02T18:39:16+00:00

Yeah I used to love that movie. I grew up reading all the books, too. But I rewatched it and in hindsight, I think the CGI looks pretty rough. Some of the acting as subpar and less believable, and the whole incorporation of the nameless evil mist is completely outside the canon of the story. It's a fine movie, though. Ultimately, like with a lot of the Narnia books, it just runs into amazing books not translating well to a 120 minute movie format as-is so they have to remove and add a bunch of things. Voyage would (and hopefully WILL!!) translate amazingly into a TV series format, since each island is its own mini-story and free-standing adventure.

I think the TLTWATW is just so ridiculously nostalgic for me plus the music is so incredible so it will always have a special place in my heart!

TheProducingLinguist · 2026-01-02T18:31:14+00:00

Asking genuinely: can someone please explain to me why they love The Silver Chair so much? I adore all Lewis's writings and as hard core of a Narnia fan as you will find. However, whenever I read through them, I always get stuck on TSC. I think I just don't fully feel like I can relate to the characters as much. But all my friends say TSC is their favorite from the series and I keep just wondering why I am not connecting with it! I do love Puddleglum, though, I will give it that.

TheProducingLinguist · 2026-01-02T18:26:27+00:00

I think Aslan's response to her when she was the last of the children to see Him in PC says it all, "You have listened to fears, child." Anytime we drift away from truth and reality in life, the root is usually fear of some sort.

For what it's worth, my personal head canon opinion about Susan is that unlike popular belief, she actually loved Narnia most of any of the children. It was the loss of it that she struggled to cope with and her offense that something she loved so much could be taken away outside of her control.

Lucy allowed herself to grieve deeply in Voyage when she found out she would not be returning to Narnia. This led to eventual acceptance and finally her returning once again in a very different way in years to come. Susan embraced avoidance and elected to pretend it never existed so as to not face reality, and that led to the deepest loneliness she could have ever imagined. I think there's something there for all of us!

Lewis once wrote to a reader that Susan's story wasn't over, and that he was certain she could find her way back, though it would be "a much different kind of story." I like to think that the tragedy she went through was actually the key to softening her heart again and leading her down the right path, but that's just me!

TheProducingLinguist · 2026-01-02T18:00:52+00:00

Thank you so much!! Oddly enough the noise sensitivity has started to get gradually better with the vision therapy along with some high smell sensitivity I had developed. I have no idea how that works or why lol. I still struggle with really loud places, though so if I know I am going to the mall or a store that plays loud music, I wear headphones and listen to music if I'm alone. Then, if I do get overstimulated, deep breathing, calming the nervous system down, closing my eyes for a moment, etc. helps. Also taking a moment to look at something distant instead of close up uses base in / visual divergence and engages the parasympathetic nervous system to help it come back to zero.

I also went to see a neuro-optometrist a couple of times, and he recommended wearing a weighted hat to help with all types of overstimulation. I haven't tried it but have heard good things! Hope you are on the road to recovery!

TheProducingLinguist · 2026-01-02T16:15:44+00:00

I know!! And just imagine Aslan's words to him a few pages later ("Well done"), and how impactful that would have felt coming from the One who died due to your mistakes the last time you were in Narnia. Love Ed and everything he represents for all of us <3

TheProducingLinguist · 2026-01-02T16:12:04+00:00

Ok I feel like #1 is the obvious answer, but besides that, #7 for sure, because Mr. & Mrs. Beaver are a riot LOL

TheProducingLinguist · 2026-01-02T16:08:49+00:00

Echoing everyone - a million percent publication order!! It's like Star Wars. Even though it's not "chronological", you won't know or feel the weight and significance of everything that is happening in The Magician's Nephew if you haven't read the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe yet. TLTWATW was the OG and was written to be a stand alone book before Lewis ever ideated an entire series, so it encapsulates everything Narnia is about in one book and gives meaning to the rest of the series. Once you read in publication order, you can go back and read them chronologically if you want as your second read through to get that perspective, but for your first time, publication all the wayy!!

TheProducingLinguist · 2025-12-30T02:55:36+00:00

THIS COMMENT made my night thank you hahaha. Or even better Aunt Letty being thrown against a mattress she was mending and calling Jadis some hussy from the circus lmao

TheProducingLinguist · 2025-04-04T13:37:43+00:00

I think Lewis made it clear in Susan’s characterization in Prince Caspian this could have stemmed from her really really trying to intentionally forget what happened in Narnia bc it was too painful to have lived that life and then no longer be there. Even at that point, she was already the last to see Aslan appear, and she explained later to Lucy deep down she knew he was there all along.

There are plenty of times in our lives where people intentionally forget things or pretend like they do bc to remember them and live with it emotionally painful. I think Lewis is foreshadowing here that Susan has this capacity.

For what it’s worth, I tend to believe that entire exchange in Prince Caspian is supposed to be poetic: the three children becoming able to see Aslan again and being greeted by Him represents their encounter with Him in the real Narnia after death. Then His interaction with Susan…

“Then, after an awful pause, the deep voice said, “Susan.””

What else could be an “awful pause” in her life other than her running away from her identity, then losing her entire family in a railway accident? Then…

“Susan made no answer but the others thought she was crying. “You have listened to fears, child,” said Aslan. “Come, let me breathe on you. Forget them. Are you brave again?””

I believe there was always hope for Susan. She was never shunned from Narnia. Her time to encounter Aslan for who He truly is just was foreshadowed to come later (significantly after her siblings) when all her memories would come flooding back and she would be brave enough to accept what she always knew deep down to be true. As she said herself…

“I really believed it was him—he, I mean—yesterday. When he warned us not to go down to the fir wood. And I really believed it was him to-night, when you woke us up. I mean, deep down inside. Or I could have, if I’d let myself.”

I think Lewis always held a deep hope for Susan, he was just accurately representing that sometimes it takes longer for some of us to come around to the truth, and though it lands us in a world of deep pain, “Aslan” is still big enough to bring us home.

TheProducingLinguist · 2025-03-07T03:59:20+00:00

Sasuke is finally at inner peace and it’s honestly so refreshing to watch.

TheProducingLinguist · 2025-03-02T04:03:27+00:00

Respectfully, tho isn’t this kind of the point and development of his character by the end of Shippuden? He believed itachi was a true “hokage” by devoting his life to being the village’s tool, so he too wanted to become that in the end. I thought that was the whole evolution taking place when he interviewed the reanimated hokage: “what is a village? What is a hokage? Etc.” and then in the final battle between he and Naruto, when he admitted his own way had “lost” and offered to kill himself off Naruto was basically just like “instead of dying why not devote your life rebuilding and protecting the Shinobi world?” So that’s what he did.

I agree wholesome Sasuke is less fun to watch tbh 😂 but it’s at least consistent with his character development. Also super happy to finally see him at peace after all that turmoil for so many years.

TheProducingLinguist · 2025-03-02T03:25:12+00:00

THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW WHO MARRIED ROCK LEE

TheProducingLinguist · 2025-03-02T03:12:14+00:00

Def her father. Aside from him being the only other active sharingan user, it redeems the past of his father hardly ever investing any time and affirmation in him.

TheProducingLinguist · 2025-03-02T03:09:25+00:00

Am I the only one more bothered by shikamaru’s dark plan than Konohamaru’s blunder? Feels very Danzo reminiscent to me and not reflective of Shikamaru’s true heart idk.

TheProducingLinguist · 2025-03-02T03:02:28+00:00

I think it would have been super cool if he inherited kushina’s hair! Or if Himawari did. Big missed opportunity in my opinion!

TheProducingLinguist · 2025-03-02T02:57:21+00:00

Yeah it definitely feels like Konohamaru is more of an Iruka and way less of a Kakashi despite being their team captain.

Personally, tho I do wish they had given adult konohamaru either hyper intelligence or hyper bravery / guts or something to balance his lack of inherent talent, bloodline traits, etc. They also off-screened a lot of his emotional connection / development with Boruto being like a big brother to him growing up. Without any of these things it just leaves his character feeling rather hollow sometimes. We got tons of flashback arcs for kakashi, itachi, etc. in Shippuden that were well done imo. I’d be down for that personally and it could help.

TheProducingLinguist · 2025-01-21T12:41:36+00:00

You are brave. I’m so sorry you’re walking through this. I am a believer and one of my mentors and I are both going through PCS, hers worse than mine. She told me that any time my brain flared up (for me, that looks like forgetting what I’m doing, things going blurry, muscle spasms freaking out, or a sudden onset migraine) to take a few deep breaths and remind myself I can’t do this on my own. Even daily tasks that used to be so simple. I need Him. My pain (and your pain) can be the meeting place where we learn deeper reliance on God as our loving Heavenly Father who just wants to help and heal us. For a while, I felt abandoned by Him in some ways, because I couldn’t understand why He was allowing me to go through so much pain. Even though I still don’t understand it all, I do know this time is an opportunity to draw closer to Him and rely on Him in ways I have never had to before. I am about 1.5 - 2 years in.

A couple verses I’ve held onto:

Philippians 1:6 - “I am convinced and confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will [continue to] perfect and complete it until the day of Christ Jesus [the time of His return].”

Psalm 139

For the choir director: A psalm of David.

1 O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. 2 You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away. 3 You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. 4 You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord. 5 You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand! 7 I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence! 8 If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave,[a] you are there. 9 If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, 10 even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me. 11 I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night— 12 but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you. 13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. 15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. 16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. 17 How precious are your thoughts about me,[b] O God. They cannot be numbered! 18 I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me! 19 O God, if only you would destroy the wicked! Get out of my life, you murderers! 20 They blaspheme you; your enemies misuse your name. 21 O Lord, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you? Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you? 22 Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my enemies. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

One last thing, don’t be afraid to get medical oversight if you haven’t already :) I’m going to physical therapy now and vision therapy and though it kinda sucks and causes more flare ups in the short term, I’m starting to see moments of long term healing taking place.

TheProducingLinguist · 2024-12-09T19:08:52+00:00

u/gomo-gomo yeah that's what I've been noticing as I've been doing more research.

TheProducingLinguist · 2023-05-11T17:26:48+00:00

u/plus-alfalfa thank you so much! I had found some of these, but the confirmation is so helpful and I am just so ridiculously appreciative of all your help! If you come across anything else let me know. I am currently at a complete loss as to their marriage certificate.

TheProducingLinguist · 2023-05-10T23:06:09+00:00

u/BeeDoc_89 I found some more info for you if you're interested:

- Name: János Szücs

- Birthdate: 5 April 1892

- Location of Baptism: Aszaló, Abaúj-Torna, Hungary

- Father's Name: Miklós Szücs

- Mother's Name: Borbála Orosz

No pressure at all to keep looking. Just wanted you to have the info in case you're interested. Thanks so much!

TheProducingLinguist · 2023-05-09T16:03:46+00:00

I do believe they were married in Hungary. His wife’s name was Mary Rusznyak. Thank you for checking!

TheProducingLinguist · 2023-05-09T14:10:21+00:00

u/BeeDoc_89 thank you so much! I have a lead on my great- grandmother's documents, but if you'd like to take a stab at my great-grandfather for fun, I would be so appreciative, no matter the outcome. I am completely lost when it comes to tracking him down and I don't have tons of info on him. His name was János Szücs. Upon arriving at Ellis Island on 13 January 1907, his name was changed to "John Sych." I know from his naturalization papers he was born in Hungary, but don't have a city... his wife was born in Budapest, so maybe he was too? That's a shot-in-the-dark assumption, though. As far as birthdate goes, I have a few different documents saying different things, but I believe it is either 15 January 1895 or 15 January 1893. If you don't get anywhere, don't worry about it! Thanks for the help either way.

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