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Thing I forgot to mention in the update post:

croissantkatie podficced the first of my National Service Narnia fics*, Might Shape Up Well. Go fanperson, it's really rather good. She's now drunk with power and contemplating doing more.

*For newcomers, this was essentially the result of me screaming every time I saw a 'what if the train crash never happened in Last Battle' au (it didn't, CS Lewis was hallucinating. it's crappily written anyway.). Where the writer (mostly due to sheer ignorance) fails to notice a) rationing and b) the fact that conscription continued for a good decade or so after WW2. In the UK it was known as National Service. And oh look, the male Pevensies were exactly the right age for it. Cue me going 'oh dear god, medieval warlords warrior kings meets 1950s British army...'

Saw Hunger Games. (haven't read the books yet, they've been eyeing me resentfully from my bookshelf since I bought them at the summer fete last year) Really good film - great on action and as a really pitch perfect piece on reality tv and oppression(creepy Donald Sutherland is creepy. No, Simon Cowell, you may not grow a beard and then shave it into weird shapes like Wes Bentley). If anything it could've done with being a bit longer so we could see the reactions of the average viewers commenting on it á la Truman Show, not just the presenter and showrunner. a) brilliant adaptation of a book since you need *nothing* explained to you - if a film requires the explanation of 'well, you need to read the book for that bit to make sense', the scriptwriters, director and editors have FAILED. b) adult-oriented action films? TAKE NOTES. tension is great. POV is fucking brilliant

Title : Tales from Legend to Scare their Children
Author : Gunbunny
Fandom : Narnia
Pairing : none
Rating : No sex and very little violence. :sigh:
Summary : Miraz underestimates the beasts. Glozelle believes in keeping an eye on them.
Disclaimer : Not mine. CS Lewis'.
Feedback : I accept burnt offerings and alcohol.
Archive : http://burntcopper.com/fic , anywhere else feel free.
( The beasts are an annoyance )

Title : A Thin Veneer of Civility
Author : Gunbunny
Fandom : Narnia.
Pairing : none.
Rating : A bit of violence. No blood.
Summary : Some people really don't understand the concept of playfighting. (post-PC)
Disclaimer : Not mine. CS Lewis's.
Feedback : I accept burnt offerings and alcohol.
Archive : http://burntcopper.com/fic , anywhere else feel free.
Notes : Follows on from Original Suspicious Bastard.
( A Thin Veneer of Civility )

Title : Judge His Reactions
Author : Gunbunny
Fandom : Narnia.
Pairing : none. (Edmund/OC mentioned)
Rating : a smidgen of violence.
Summary : Some lads stand out when they're called up. (post-PC)
Disclaimer : Not mine. CS Lewis's.
Feedback : I accept burnt offerings and alcohol.
Archive : http://burntcopper.com/fic , anywhere else feel free.
Notes : National Service went up to 1960. Just so you know.
( Some lads stand out when they're called up )

Title : Might Shape Up Well
Author : Gunbunny
Fandom : Narnia.
Pairing : none.
Rating : Violence. A wee bit bloody.
Summary : Soldiering is soldiering, even when you're using a gun rather than a sword. And they're underestimating you because of your age. (post-PC)
Disclaimer : Not mine. CS Lewis's.
Feedback : I accept burnt offerings and alcohol.
Archive : http://burntcopper.com/fic , anywhere else feel free.
Notes : After calculating age (film) and officer training time, I didn't think Peter would be quite old enough to be in WW2. So after discussing it a bit with a military buff *and* chucking in the fact that you were posted by regiment rather than individually, I went for the Emergency in Malaya which *officially* started in 1948 (though the British soldiers were already out there). :deep breath: CT = Communist Terrorist.

( Might Shape Up Well )