[ SECRET POST #4487 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4487 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Dave The Barbarian (TV Show)]


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[Lady and the Tramp]


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07. [WARNING for possible discussion of rape? erring on side of caution here]

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

You're right that people being kind to him despite his predicament might be expected to change him. But remember that in the book, Eustace has this realization:

In spite of the pain, his first feeling was one of relief. There was nothing to be afraid of any more. He was a terror himself and nothing in the world but a knight (and not all of those) would dare to attack him. He could get even with Caspian and Edmund now But the moment he thought this he realized that he didn’t want to. He wanted to be friends. He wanted to get back among humans and talk and laugh and share things. He realized that he was a monster cut off from the whole human race. An appalling loneliness came over him. He began to see that the others had not really been fiends at all. He began to wonder if he himself had been such a nice person as he had always supposed. He longed for their voices. He would have been grateful for a kind word even from Reepicheep.

When he thought of this the poor dragon that had been Eustace lifted up its voice and wept. A powerful dragon crying its eyes out under the moon in a deserted valley is a sight and a sound hardly to be imagined.


... and he does this complete about face BEFORE he goes back and interacts with the others. It's strictly the transformation that is responsible for his change of heart, supposedly.

[(Anonymous)]

... I mean, that seems like a totally reasonable reaction, though? It's pretty easy to see how someone could think they wanted revenge, but then when they actually get the chance to do so, they realize that isn't what they wanted at all. Especially in a case like this where he was no longer even human and would be feared and shunned by everyone else because of it.

[(Anonymous)]

It's also good to remember that in Voyage of the Dawn Treader... Eustace is EIGHT. He's the exact same age as Lucy was when she came to Narnia the first time being a year younger than her. And he's not nearly so level headed or prepared not having read the right sort of books. He acts out.

Eight year olds are fickle, emotional and moody whose interests are liable to change at a drop of a hat. Being changed into a dragon would be rather traumatizing. And sure, the first thing he wants is revenge and then suddenly he wants COMFORT. He's a child. He's also in pain and doing very embarrassing things for a vegan, eating MEAT.

Did Lewis write it that well? Eh, I'm not sure. And w/ the new movie adaptation not being faithful to the books and the BBC old television serial having the actors too old. The new one has Eustace while being a coward wanting to be included/feeling ignored by the older, more experienced Edmund. And the old BBC one did the traumatic "No. Oh no. NOOOO!" Crying really well.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, he is a child. A kid might scream, throw tantrums and act like a nasty little brat, but most kids (hell, most *humans* ) are afraid of being genuinely alone. He might resent these people, but they're all he has in Narnia. If he is stuck as a dragon, they are possibly the only people he will ever have again, because he will never be able to return to his parents.

Being suddenly faced with the now very real prospect of being alone and hated by everyone forever can be one hell of a wake-up call.