CChuuni
Whatson
So remember how my thesis was on C.S. Lewis and how it gets different with age, even when it's accessible young?
CChuuni
Some dumb ho was talking about the Turkish Delight as if it was that the candy itself was ~otherworldly~ etc.
CChuuni
And I was just passing it by like "No, not today Satan" but then when someone else temporarily restored my faith in humans being semi-literate by pointing out it was a WWII British boy taken from his home (London) sent to the country and promised treats etc.
CChuuni
And I was like "Yeah it was almost exactly the seduction promise of "get in the van, I've got candy""
CChuuni
and THEN I started thinking about how she then used him to phish for the others and that was like Maxwell/Epstein's technique
CChuuni
So now I kind of want to read the Narnia Chronicles again 
an essay at 8, 16, 35. Next one can be at 66 if I make it
an essay at 8, 16, 35. Next one can be at 66 if I make it
Whatson
i dont understand (but I want to). what is this about CS Lewis?
i dont understand (but I want to). what is this about CS Lewis?
Whatson
why are they a dumb ho if they like a certain candy?
Whatson
... what does London expat to the country children have to do with this
Whatson
CChuuni
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scroll up but
CChuuni
He uses simple language and concepts, so it's easy for kids, but then at the same time he presents really deep ideas
CChuuni
And I guess my 35-year-old self iteration would be on how my greater understanding and knowledge of the world shapes the re-read
Whatson
that's mean, cc
CChuuni
That's my CENSORED Version
Whatson
CC don't be mean
CChuuni
>>
CChuuni
It's too late
Whatson
but i agree, yes, that situation might have more sway over the young one than what the actual treat is
Whatson
but it sounds like a delightful thesis, you should write it
Whatson
I want to read CS Lewis some day
CChuuni
No not that
CChuuni
I mean it's a metaphor for the seduction corruption of evil which is applicable at all ages
CChuuni
It was just Turkish Delight as a starting point because 
not just he's a kid, but he was a WW2 British boy sent out of London to the countryside sooooo
not just he's a kid, but he was a WW2 British boy sent out of London to the countryside sooooo
Whatson
It doesn't matter specifically that it's "Turkish delight" does it?
CChuuni
No, that's the fucking point
CChuuni
OP is dumb
CChuuni
Oh right you haven't seen the movies either??? EHHHH I don't wanna spoiler you, it's REALLY early in so
tronja307020
FWIW, the books are really interesting, if not a bit (or a lot, depending on your tolerance for these things) problematic by today's standards. And CS Lewis himself was pretty fascinating, too.
tronja307020
I'll agree with CC in that they are a very different read when you're 8 vs when you're 35. When I went back and reread them decades later, I was very 
tronja307020
A lot.
S A E R
i love this cs lewis talk my gosh
S A E R
he shaped a lot of how I approach my faith
S A E R
the last battle is essential and precious to me
S A E R
and gosh the space trilogy
CChuuni
My thesis paper :3
CChuuni
As it is I'm thinking I'm going to write the Problem of Pride to sort of follow up his Problem of Pain
𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔟𝔬𝔴 𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔞𝔠𝑦~
I mean they're not wholly wrong
𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔟𝔬𝔴 𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔞𝔠𝑦~
THey were enchanted Turkish Delights iirc
𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔟𝔬𝔴 𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔞𝔠𝑦~
and it's mentioned somewhere in lww
CChuuni
It's not the fucking Turkish Delight
CChuuni
It's the promise of more
CChuuni
More everything: sweets which were IMPOSSIBLE to get at the time, luxury (ditto), being treated like a prince, etc.
CChuuni
It could have been candy canes, except the idea was not something associated with religion etc.
Rosesrosabella
I'm enjoying the past generation teaching the next generation about the meaning of context related to C.S Lewis.
𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔟𝔬𝔴 𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔞𝔠𝑦~
I swear I saw a reference that it wsas enchanted D<
𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔟𝔬𝔴 𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔞𝔠𝑦~
it could hae been the fucking turkish delight
mariscorner🇺🇦
Effing Turkish Delights. I remember that one college class had tackled The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe at one point. Me and my classmate had to done a report on it too.
CChuuni
CChuuni
Yes it was enchanted, but again, it's a metaphor for the seductive nature of evil
CChuuni
It doesn't literally possess him and it's not that he thought turkish delight was the BEST THING EVER that he was willing to sell out his siblings specifically and only for that
CChuuni
And the enchantment/promise of more wouldn't have even worked on say Lucy or Peter because they care more about their siblings etc.
CChuuni
And she had him come back several times like the fox in the Little Prince
CChuuni
Which AGAIN
CChuuni
Reminds me a fuckton NOW of Ghislaine Maxwell and how they used young girls to get other girls
CChuuni
Which is also SOP for pedos
Rosesrosabella
Thank you for reminding me that Hollywood needs to be wiped off the face of the earth for that reason
CChuuni
