The Chronicles of Narnia/Fridge: Difference between revisions

* The ending of the last book is fine...as long as you don't think about the implications. After all, it indicates that Aslan [read: God] could reach from one universe into another, bringing the souls of the seven dead Friends of Narnia into the Narnia universe and, from there, into Heaven. That implies that Aslan could just as easily have reached in from the Narnia universe and ''prevented'' the train wreck, thus saving the lives of the Friends of Narnia, the Pevensie parents, and anyone else killed in the accident and sparing anyone who would otherwise be injured or maimed...but he deliberately chose not to do so.

* The genocide of the Old Narnians by the Telmarines. The Telmarines conquer Narnia and instantly start wiping out Talking Animals and supernatural beings, driving survivors into hiding for hundreds of years. And yet Aslan not only doesn't strengthen or comfort his people while they're being exterminated OR prevent the extermination in the first place, he's physically absent from Narnia during this time, to the point where many Old Narnians regard him as a myth. In other words, the god of this world vanishes when his people have the greatest need of him.

** Not only that, but this isn't the first time Aslan disappears. We're told that the White Witch ruled for a hundred years. And during that period of time, the divine being that sang Narnia into existence is nowhere to be seen; her magic keeps spring, Father Christmas and the aforementioned deity out of Narnia. This means that either the White Witch is, at least for a time, more powerful than a god, at least in terms of the rules that she is forcing Aslan to obey...or that Aslan could have re-entered Narnia at any time and just--didn't. He has to be prevented from doing too much for the sake of the story, but since Aslan is Lion Jesus, and therefore presumably omnipotent and omniscient, his inaction does not make him look good.