beaststhattalk reblogged
You guys think Rilian ever sneaks out to the stables at night to sit with Coalblack and Snowflake because Narnia has become a stranger to him and the only comfort he can find is in the animals who were captives alongside him?
#BRUH#🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺#'You guys think' NOW i do 100%#I really like this because I feel like it's a trope in fantasy for the character to return to the land they were born in#(or lived in for a short time) and immediately feel a sense of belonging#and that trope has roots in literary tradition and I think it has insights of its own to offer...#But I also feel like there are other impacts that such an experience would have on a person#such as what OP talks about here.#Now that trope I'm thinking of doesn't match up with Rilian *exactly* given that he was quite grown by the time the green witch captured hi#but still. Living with the memory of painful/traumatic periods of life isn't simple or clear-cut.#Rilian lived under the witch's spell for SO long. Those memories can't be easily cast aside.#I really like the idea that he doesn't have to be alone in this---he can be with his horses just as he was then#and in a way he can have someone who understands 💙#books#tsc#rilian#meta#Honestly sometimes life is about imagining a guy petting his horse's neck#queue