They found the fountain of youth and you call them “fucking idiots”. Go to Narnia, live a full life, leave Narnia with your adult mind in tact, walk out of the wardrobe a kid again, repeat.
If you leave Narnia, you will eventually forget Narnia. First it’s like a dream, then a dream of a dream, and then you just completely forget ever having gone.
The same applies in reverse. You will eventually forget Earth and spend your time in Narnia instead.
You can’t go to Narnia without Aslan taking you there. The Professor, who was infact one of the entities present at the creation of Narnia, tells the Pevensies that they won’t be getting back to Narnia through the wardrobe again.
Even if you could pass through to Narnia on command, there is a varying degree of time dilation between Narnia and Earth. The entirety of Narnia’s 2,555 year existence is compressed into 50 years on Earth, but the first 1000 years of that existence was compressed into the first 40 years of the timeline, and the remaining 1,555 was in that final 10 years. Also, you can spend 10 minutes in Narnia and end up having been gone for weeks on Earth, so the time dilation goes both way and is pretty inconsistent then too.
Listen, no one said attaining the fountain of youth would be easy. A properly motivated party has all of eternity to consider and solve these issues. And while the memories might fade - the muscle memory you develop learning skills and other brain development couldn’t possibly be wiped out.
Maybe consider detailed journaling - and once time slips into the modern era, record video recaps. It’ll be like in Severance, an outie getting a video message from their innie and vice versa; or like Drew Barrymore catching up with a video recap of her whole life thus far, as in 50 First Dates. Establish the mental pathways in your earth brain with new memories of LEARNING what happened in Narnia, before you fully lose your Narnia memories.
Believe it or not, muscle memory is one of the first things you forget as soon as you leave Narnia. For example, Lucy learns how to swim in Narnia, but when she goes back to England, she instantly forgets. No muscle memory, nothing, it’s all fresh. The same applies to skills like swordsmanship, archery etc. You won’t remember how to do any of that when you leave, but you will if you come back.
From a storytelling perspective (and arguably Aslan’s perspective), Narnia pulls in people that need to learn a life lesson and are needed for something in Narnia. Aslan doesn’t let you keep everything you gained while there, he only lets you retain information he deems important to your life on Earth… Because despite being literally Jesus, Aslan is a bit of a dickhead sometimes.
I’m impressed with your knowledge of the universe. 😊 I think I only ever read one, MAYBE two of the novels, and I definitely saw and loved the early 2000s films - but only ever saw them the one time in theaters. There’s a LOT of story here that I missed, I should probably go back and explore this series properly.
They found the fountain of youth and you call them “fucking idiots”. Go to Narnia, live a full life, leave Narnia with your adult mind in tact, walk out of the wardrobe a kid again, repeat.
So there’s a few problems with that plan:
If you leave Narnia, you will eventually forget Narnia. First it’s like a dream, then a dream of a dream, and then you just completely forget ever having gone.
The same applies in reverse. You will eventually forget Earth and spend your time in Narnia instead.
You can’t go to Narnia without Aslan taking you there. The Professor, who was infact one of the entities present at the creation of Narnia, tells the Pevensies that they won’t be getting back to Narnia through the wardrobe again.
Even if you could pass through to Narnia on command, there is a varying degree of time dilation between Narnia and Earth. The entirety of Narnia’s 2,555 year existence is compressed into 50 years on Earth, but the first 1000 years of that existence was compressed into the first 40 years of the timeline, and the remaining 1,555 was in that final 10 years. Also, you can spend 10 minutes in Narnia and end up having been gone for weeks on Earth, so the time dilation goes both way and is pretty inconsistent then too.
Listen, no one said attaining the fountain of youth would be easy. A properly motivated party has all of eternity to consider and solve these issues. And while the memories might fade - the muscle memory you develop learning skills and other brain development couldn’t possibly be wiped out.
Maybe consider detailed journaling - and once time slips into the modern era, record video recaps. It’ll be like in Severance, an outie getting a video message from their innie and vice versa; or like Drew Barrymore catching up with a video recap of her whole life thus far, as in 50 First Dates. Establish the mental pathways in your earth brain with new memories of LEARNING what happened in Narnia, before you fully lose your Narnia memories.
Believe it or not, muscle memory is one of the first things you forget as soon as you leave Narnia. For example, Lucy learns how to swim in Narnia, but when she goes back to England, she instantly forgets. No muscle memory, nothing, it’s all fresh. The same applies to skills like swordsmanship, archery etc. You won’t remember how to do any of that when you leave, but you will if you come back.
From a storytelling perspective (and arguably Aslan’s perspective), Narnia pulls in people that need to learn a life lesson and are needed for something in Narnia. Aslan doesn’t let you keep everything you gained while there, he only lets you retain information he deems important to your life on Earth… Because despite being literally Jesus, Aslan is a bit of a dickhead sometimes.
I’m impressed with your knowledge of the universe. 😊 I think I only ever read one, MAYBE two of the novels, and I definitely saw and loved the early 2000s films - but only ever saw them the one time in theaters. There’s a LOT of story here that I missed, I should probably go back and explore this series properly.
They didn’t have the same body is why, they were in their 40s and had an entire life when they left and were still children on earth.
This guy Lion, Witch and Wardrobes.