I a) stand by my position that sc is the strangest of the books even as I understand fully what this books is about and b) WHAT is this book about.

I only mean that, putting the badly aged race/religion politics and how very English it is aside for just a moment, and also how I have absolutely no interest in discussing Lewis' view on Faith vs Works, the last six or so chapters of the book are like, the only substantial part of it. This is a book about the end of the world. This is a book about death. And a book about hope. CS Lewis decided he was going to tell you the best he could what he hoped was true when you died. But it's like. It's a lot.

At the end of the day, this book doesn't age the way lww did, and it's so clearly Christian that it's hard to escape that aspect of it. I think that could be grating for people. The distinction between Aslan and Tash always confused me when I was younger, and now I am rather suspicious of what was meant, without it being any clearer than it was at first. Emeth is still the only character who matters to me in the grand scheme of the book weirdly, but a few months ago I saw people trying to talk about Works, and I mean it that I don't have it in me to discuss it in full but I will say:

At the end of the day I see the issue as it is laid out as: through True Faith you will do good works, AND works are an important aspect of your faith. You cannot have one without the other, and it does not matter, at the end of the day, what you call your faith, or your God. There is only one true God, and you will recognize Him, and He will recognize you, if you want. And that's what I've taken away from this book for the last 10 years. CS Lewis was just like. So Close to being Catholic. At least in this.

Patrick Stewart did, unfortunately, say "Turnus" instead of Tumnus...how does that happen.