i'm not trying to wake you up

So I'm still having a lot of Narnia cast feelings. I'm not entirely sure where this came from. I have this theory that because there were about three years between each movie, it's a sort of biological clock thing? Like some part of me recognises that three years have passed and there has not been a Narnia fandom resurgence and so it's like. Psst. Hey. HEY. IT'S NARNIA FANDOM TIME.

Or something. Alternatively, as starsimpulse put it, "Narnia is like this old flame that you keep going back to for comfort and embarrassing sex."

Anyway I've been getting super nostalgic and missing the days of talking about the Narnia cast on LJ and then I kind of realised that I can still do that?? So this is going to be kind of an update post where I talk about what everybody is up to these days. Maybe? Let's see.

( News about Anna, Georgie, Skandar, Will, Ben, and Will P. under the cut. Also pictures and screencaps and stuff. )

Okay I think that's everything? I mean it's probably not everything, but it seems like a reasonable summary.

Somehow I've ended up making gifs of the Prince Caspian DVD commentary on Tumblr, and in order to do that, I basically transcribed all the cute/funny/interesting parts of the commentary. I feel like since I went to the effort I should probably post all of that here, like I did for the LWW one a few years back! I always meant to do it because the only other post I'd made on the PC commentary was when I first listened to it and I don't think I went into much detail. And I'm really determined to try and drag as many people as I can back into this fandom with me.

Oh oh, also! The wonderful prunesquallormd finally finished his epic Lucy/Susan fic, With A Clouded View, and you should all go read it right away if you're interested in that kind of thing, because it's utterly lovely and he worked really hard on it for a really long time. ♥ Edit: I forgot to mention it's also on AO3, here!

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So. I bought the Dawn Treader DVD and I probably should have waited for a two-disc special edition of some sort because IT KIND OF REALLY SUCKS. The special features are basically just deleted scenes and commentary with Michael and Mark, plus music videos that I don't care about. FAIL. >:(

I'll probably end up listening to the commentary anyway because I suppose they might tell some cute stories about the cast but it's nowhere near as good as actually hearing the cast interact themselves and I'M STILL REALLY CROSS/SAD ABOUT THIS OKAY, THE COMMENTARY IS MY FAVOURITE PART. There aren't even any behind the scenes things. Apparently there's more on the Blu-Ray or something? And from what I can tell there's going to be a special edition version at some point in the future, but. Sigh.

Well, I watched the deleted scenes tonight and took a few caps and thought I'd talk about them anyway.

( Under the cut. )

In case you don't have the DVD yet and are avoiding spoiling it for yourself,

( other things. )

HEY so I kind of forgot about the fact that the Narnia cast might still be like, going to events and stuff. (Except Ben, obvs, with Killing Bono and everything.)

And then there were the Empire Awards and this heart-meltingly sweet moment occurred and I was all preoccupied with realising that I ship James McAvoy/Keira Knightley and like, duh, why did I not realise that before, and then I wanted to write them and part of my brain was like "Hey, you also wanted to write James with Ben?" and so it just added him into the mix, and I was like "MAYBE BEN WAS AT THESE AWARDS TOO" and decided to Google it for potential fic realism, and Google was like "No, but you know who was? Just Georgie and Will P., looking adorable and couple-y. Nbd."

And I was like OH YES, THEM. And they are adorable and couple-y, and also Georgie's shoes are the cutest. THEY SAY 'LET'S DANCE' ON THEM.



( Moar. )

The end.

ONLY NOT, because then my brain had some more delayed realisations and WHAAAAT, JAMES AND GEORGIE WERE AT THE SAME EVENT AND THERE ARE NO PICTURES OF THEM TOGETHER, WHAT THE HELL, UNIVERSE? THAT IS NOT COOL.

I mean, they were at the same event, though. That's pretty cool. And I want to theorise about how that went down but wtf, I am legit writing James McAvoy/Keira Knightley/Ben Barnes??? SEND HELP.

...I feel like this entire post reads like something produced by the LJ Random Text Generator.

Edit: Oh my god you guys!

( JAMES AND GEORGIE REUNITED: PICTURE PROOF )

Look at me, updating about the Narnia cast on New Year's Eve. TYPICAL.

Half an hour before midnight, even. I should probably get a life sometime in 2011.

But for now, look! There's new stuff.


Can we talk about how hard I'm shipping Ben/Will P. now? I DIDN'T MEAN FOR THIS TO HAPPEN but Ben is so adorable whenever he talks about him, he just GUSHES. He saw School of Comedy before it was even commissioned for a series—"I always knew he was brilliant." And lmao the voice he puts on imitating him. And also "he just deserves it, because he's such a lovely boy." HE'S SUCH A LOVELY BOY. Bennn.

( Another Ben interview clip, a DAWN TREADER QUIZ with Skandar and Georgie, and some stuff about Georgie and Will P. on Blue Peter. )

( CLICK FOR MY USUAL COMMENTARY AND OBSESSIVE QUOTAGE. )

Also I was looking through my past Narnia posts because I have no life, and stumbled across this conversation and promptly cracked up:

5th September 2008
likecharity: The Ben/Georgie thing squicks me out because the age gap is so giant and she's so young, but I think I could come around to it, idk. There really ARE no taboos in the Narnia fandom, it's fantastic. XD
starsimpulse: By the time Voyage stuff starts turning up, with all the caspain/lucy that I'm sure will be floating around, I'm sure ben/georgie will seem totally normal. I'm scared when that day comes but (creepily) excited, too.

AHAHAHA. Oh, that day has come. That day has definitely come. (Although—does it seem totally normal yet? I'm not sure. I've definitely come around to it, though...)

So can we talk about this picture and how it is my new favourite picture of all pictures?

That might be a slight exaggeration but LOOK:



♥_♥ Look at Ben being all big-brotherly with his standing up and putting his hands on Skandar and Will's backs! And Skandar and Will's sort of awkward smiles! And Georgie just chillin' at the front looking all pretty. I think this is from the same photoshoot as a couple of others from before, and oh my god I want to see all of them and in high quality RIGHT NOW PLEASE.

( More, random. )

PLUS I also have a whole bunch of random quotes I've taken from interviews because they were cute/amusing. And in the process of doing this I have totally lost track of sources, so it's a bit all-over-the-place, but...

( ...here you go, anyway. )

I have a bunch of videos to post too but THIS IS TOO LONG NOW and the videos deserve lots of attention, so they will come in separate post in a moment.

GEORGIE DID A PHOTOSHOOT FOR FLAUNT MAGAZINE AND IT IS SLIGHTLY ODD BUT ALSO CRAZY GORGEOUS:



IS EVERYONE ELSE SEEING THIS RIGHT NOW. WE ARE ALL GOING TO GO TO JAIL HOW PRETTY IS SHE.

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The actual point of this post was going to be all the Narnia randomness I've been gathering up from the past few days, but then those pictures turned up and I lost track of what I was doing.

( I do still have a bunch of other pictures, though, and gifs, videos, quotes, etc. THE USUAL. )

Aaand finally, I had this crazy idea for a Skandar/Georgie/Will P. fic based on the movie The Dreamers, with Skandar and Georgie as Theo and Isabelle, and Will P. as Matthew. And I'm already discussing it with starsimpulse who is being AWESOME, but if anyone who's seen the movie has any input, I would be very happy to discuss further. :D You can read the comment discussion thread here. IT'S REALLY WEIRD, I KNOW, BUT IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE IN MY HEAD.

I forgot how when the Narnia fandom gets going, hardly a day passes without there being something for me to post.

harmonyalr very kindly alerted me to these videos from a recent Dawn Treader press conference, and I thought I'd share. You can watch part one here and part two here, on a site hilariously called "Hollywood Jesus".

The highlight is probably when they're talking about keeping mementos from the film and Ben says he asked if he could keep Will P. And then Will says he asked if he could keep Ben. Why yes, that IS all it takes for me to start slashing them, why do you ask? But...so adorable.

( More quotes & commentary under the cut. )

There's also some more inexplicably entertaining pictures of them all meeting the Queen.


Seriously, these are COMEDY GOLD to me for some reason. Who is Joe McElderry making eyes at here? Will??

( The rest under the cut, plus a few videos from the premiere too. )

I bet that two hours after I post this, something new is going to show up. I'M SORRY IF I'M SPAMMING YOUR FLISTS, HERE. You know this is how I get around Narnia time.