08-19-2012, 11:33 AM | #1 | |
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The Beavers
So I have been re-reading the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe and I'm a little confused. When the four Pevensies are taken to the Beaver's house, we are given a description of it and we find that:
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I know I'm probably being a little too picky but I thought it would be interesting to bring this up. So... thoughts anyone? |
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08-19-2012, 12:09 PM | #2 |
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I guess it would have been the humanoids who ran farms with dumb animals to be traded as meat. Dwarfs, perhaps? Possibly Centaurs, but somehow I see it more as a Dwarf thing.
And I think ham is only slightly less plausible than beer or tea as a part of a Beaver's diet ...
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08-22-2012, 06:27 AM | #3 |
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Yeah, it's a problem for any anthropomorphic animals in stories, and how realistic do we make them- same thing in "The Wind in the Willows" for example.
We know Narnian humans hunt, and the carnivorous Talking Animals do too- they must have a deep-seated knowledge of the differences between dumb beasts and and Talking Animals. Still, I imagine mistakes would happen: "Who just shot me in the butt with that arrow?!?" "Oooops, sorry- my bad." And some Monty Python type scenes. Farmer:Here's a nice fat porker for you. Pig: Wait, I'm a Talking Animal! Butcher: Didn't he just say something? Farmer: No, no, don't listen to him. Pig: I don't want to go in the cage...
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08-23-2012, 01:54 AM | #4 |
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One thing that bothers me from the movies is that Mr. Beaver has a Cockney accent- surely a nice Somerset burr would be more in keeping? Or Shropshire? Someplace more rural, anyway.
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08-23-2012, 11:51 AM | #5 |
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But perhaps those Beavers were more urban-minded than other Beavers would have been?
Interested in technology and such (sewing-machines especially) ...
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