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The Magician's Nephew
this was my first introduction to the concept of multiple realities and it blew my little 7 year old mind
That's the Narnia prequel, right? It was by far my favourite book in the series as a kid, though I was already familiar with the concept of multiple realities thanks to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I always hoped it would get an adaptation. I haven't reread any of them as an adult, but my memory of it still makes me hope for that one day.
I mainly want to seen a screen adaptation of Jadis causing a ruckus in 1900s London lmao
yeah like at that point as a kid I had the concept of "going to a fantasy land" stories but always sorta applied Neverland logic where the existence of the fantasy land was somehow tied to our own (e.g. via wardrobe door)
The Wood Between the Worlds introduced to me the idea of multiple realities existing completely independently from our own. Ironically, given C. S. Lewis' intent with Narnia, this concept helped me challenge the Protestant beliefs that I was being raised with, and brought me some form of comfort in the idea that maybe I could someday escape Yhwh's reality.
See, child me was NOT thrilled with the idea that my afterlife was going to consist of ETERNALLY WORSHIPPING GOD AND DOING NOTHING ELSE, even if the church claimed that was some sort of unbeatable joyous bliss. After all you can be happy but still be fucking bored and that sounded like just a slightly less shitty Hell to me...
So I actually got really into mysticism as a kid to try to learn how to magic myself into a reality where you got to go to an Aslan's Country style afterlife instead of eternal sitting in church.
This did not go over well with my religious parents, lol. Thankfully I eventually dropped all the magic and religion shit in favor of a love for science. Though I still love mystic aesthetics and high fantasy ofc
YESSS. I loved this as a kid and I was so angry it didn't get a movie adaptation. I think a lot about how the ground made everything grow because the world was new. I still think about the "you can't unring the bell" thing.
the concept of the Deplorable Word spell that kills every living thing except the caster was also terrifying and amazing to me. Took a few years to realize it was probably a metaphor for nuclear weapons