as if the story were deliberately trying to avoid contradicting Christianity while operating in a different realm
Otherwise known as THE STORY OF MY AUTHORIAL LIFE.
*is currently trying to figure out a theology that accommodates the existence of faeries without explicitly contradicting Scripture and whether or not a world of fallen humans in another galaxy would have their own Christ-equivalent or whether Christ's death on Earth would be the means of their redemption as well*
Hmm, interesting. By "Christ-equivalent," I assume you mean an Aslan-type character (not necessarily in talking animal form, of course!), in which the one Christ appears in a different form in the other world and dies for their redemption?
I note that "Narnia" kind-of-sort-of takes the former of your options, and "Perelandra" the latter (though of course "Perelandra" is in the same solar system!). I suppose the former makes a better story (or at least is easier to make into a good story), but the latter makes better theology (Heb. 9:26).
Yes, the difference between Narnia and the Planet Trilogy is exactly what I mean -- Lewis played with both options, but neither one entirely satisfies me.
In my case, though, I have no intention of writing an Aslan or Christ-like character anywhere in my story, and theology is very much in the background -- I'm just trying to settle it in my own mind so I can write with a clear conscience . Right now I'm musing over the possibilities of a situation like that of the Telmarines, in which people from our world tumbled through into another habitable world and established their own civilization there, eventually forgetting where they came from.
1 Extremely unusual though he was, at that moment Harry Potter felt just like everyone else: glad, for the first time, that it was his birthday.
2 And next moment, he was out in the dark, quiet street, heaving his heavy trunk behind him, Hedwig's cage under his arm.
3 "That's the spirit, dear," said his mirror sleepily.
4 Crookshanks leapt lightly off the bed and led the way out of the room, his bottle-brush tail held jauntily high.
5 They reached their familiar, circular dormitory with its five four-poster beds and Harry, looking around, felt he was home at last.
6 "I'm takin' yer all back up ter school, an' don' let me catch yet walkin' down ter see me after dark again. I'm not worth that!"
7 "What would it have been for you?" said Ron, sniggering. "A piece of homework that only got nine out of ten?"
8 There was utter silence, broken by the smallest of terrified squeaks. Neville Longbottom, trembling from head to fluffy-slippered toes, raised his hand slowly into the air.
I suspect book 7 dreams will only be increasing in frequency as we get closer. I just had one last night in which I was making notes on what happened, but I wasn't very thorough in my notes because all I had written down was that Percy was the third character to die. I'm sure we dream about the deaths because that is what we're most anxious about.
Anyway, that was a fun quiz! I totally guessed on 12 and 13 and I didn't look at any of the other answers first.
1. s 2. u 3. e 4. b 5. c 6. p 7. k 8. o 9. i 10. q 11. h 12. g 13. t 14. m 15. d 16. n 17. r 18. j 19. a 20. v 21. l 22. f
I just wasted nearly an hour working on this and it didn't really fall into place until I remembered that Crookshanks lead the way out of the Shrieking Shack at the end of the book SO I ~think~ this right. Crosses fingers...
1. s 2. u 3. e 4. b 5. c 6. p 7. k 8. t 9. i 10. q 11. h 12. g 13. o 14. m 15. d 16. n 17. j 18. r 19. a 20. v 21. l 22. f
YEAH!!! I would have felt VERY badly if I'd botched the whole thing, considering that I rewrote the story from Remus' PoV and all. I had placed the Crookshanks tale line earlier on the list and things just weren't working out for me.
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CHAPTERS:
1. Owl Post -- s
2. Aunt Marge's Big Mistake -- u
3. The Knight Bus -- e
4. The Leaky Cauldron -- b
5. The Dementor -- c
6. Talons and Tea Leaves -- p
7. The Boggart in the Wardrobe -- k
8. Flight of the Fat Lady -- t
9. Grim Defeat -- i
10. The Marauder's Map -- q
11. The Firebolt -- h
12. The Patronus - g
13. Gryffindor versus Ravenclaw -- o
14. Snape's Grudge -- m
15. The Quidditch Final -- d
16. Professor Trelawney's Prediction -- n
17. Cat, Rat, and Dog -- r
18. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs -- j
19. The Servant of Lord Voldemort -- a
20. The Dementor's Kiss -- v
21. Hermione's Secret -- l
22. Owl Post Again -- f
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Otherwise known as THE STORY OF MY AUTHORIAL LIFE.
*is currently trying to figure out a theology that accommodates the existence of faeries without explicitly contradicting Scripture and whether or not a world of fallen humans in another galaxy would have their own Christ-equivalent or whether Christ's death on Earth would be the means of their redemption as well*
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I note that "Narnia" kind-of-sort-of takes the former of your options, and "Perelandra" the latter (though of course "Perelandra" is in the same solar system!). I suppose the former makes a better story (or at least is easier to make into a good story), but the latter makes better theology (Heb. 9:26).
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In my case, though, I have no intention of writing an Aslan or Christ-like character anywhere in my story, and theology is very much in the background -- I'm just trying to settle it in my own mind so I can write with a clear conscience . Right now I'm musing over the possibilities of a situation like that of the Telmarines, in which people from our world tumbled through into another habitable world and established their own civilization there, eventually forgetting where they came from.
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1 Extremely unusual though he was, at that moment Harry Potter felt just like everyone else: glad, for the first time, that it was his birthday.
2 And next moment, he was out in the dark, quiet street, heaving his heavy trunk behind him, Hedwig's cage under his arm.
3 "That's the spirit, dear," said his mirror sleepily.
4 Crookshanks leapt lightly off the bed and led the way out of the room, his bottle-brush tail held jauntily high.
5 They reached their familiar, circular dormitory with its five four-poster beds and Harry, looking around, felt he was home at last.
6 "I'm takin' yer all back up ter school, an' don' let me catch yet walkin' down ter see me after dark again. I'm not worth that!"
7 "What would it have been for you?" said Ron, sniggering. "A piece of homework that only got nine out of ten?"
8 There was utter silence, broken by the smallest of terrified squeaks. Neville Longbottom, trembling from head to fluffy-slippered toes, raised his hand slowly into the air.
9 Slowly, she ( ... )
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Anyway, that was a fun quiz! I totally guessed on 12 and 13 and I didn't look at any of the other answers first.
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8. t
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12. g
13. o
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