Personality: The real story begins when four children are sent away from London because of the air raids of 1940 but there are some minor things to note first. We’ll be focusing in on Edmund, the second to youngest. At this point in time he’s ten years old and is a very rude, very terrible little boy. His attitude’s taken a turn for the worse and in canon the prime suspect of this is his attendance of boarding school. He practically hates everything and everyone right now, but especially his older brother Peter, who’s also the oldest Pevensie child. During the bombings Edmund had made a mad dash back into the home to rescue a portrait of their father (a scholar drafted into the war) and Peter had ran in after him with the intent to bring him back to the bomb shelter. Of course, this wasn’t a bad thing (far from it!) but Edmund took this as a sign that Peter didn’t care for their father. At least, not enough to have him be in the shelter with the rest of the family (their mom and two sisters), and here begins a greater spite for his brother. Some days later the children of London are evacuated to the countryside. The Pevensies are given to the care of a strange-looking professor and his elderly housekeeper. Ed had to keep on pretending to blow his nose during their first meeting, thinking the Professor looked funny. He hoped to see some foxes at least, but even with such a large house to explore and lots of suits of armour to ogle at and think of ways to take apart, it was still maddeningly dull. He openly wonders if there will ever even be a home to go back to.
In England, it rains. A lot. And the children found themselves indoors for longer periods than they had expected. One day Lucy (the youngest) asked for a game of hide and seek. Now, this doesn't seem too exciting but it certainly was better than Susan's (the second oldest) dictionary games. Peter was It and he began counting to a hundred and the three others ran wild to find hiding spots. Edmund shoved Lucy out from behind some tapestry. Because, well, he "found" that hiding spot first. Not a second after Peter had finished his count came Lucy screaming and shouting down the hall- something about not missing her, she was alright, not to worry about how long she had been missing, ruining the game. She rattles off a tale about finding a magical land in the upstairs wardrobe. It was called "Narnia" and it was a beautiful forest, and there were fauns and it had been winter for hundred years now. Always winter but never Christmas. But it was beautiful and oh, she wanted the others to go see it too!
After thorough investigation of the wardrobe in question the other three find that there is, in fact, no Narnia. Edmund thinks it would be fun, though, to say he believes his dear little sister. I mean, hadn't he told the others about finding a football field in the bathroom cupboards? He begins to make it game to torture Lucy about her magical country. At every opportunity, he's making a jab at her sanity. At every mention of a forest, he laughs at Lucy's childish imagination. He does everything in his possibility to bully her. One night he decides to follow her and he makes his way into the spare room he had seen Lucy walk in to, and then he stalks into the wardrobe with the intention to scare her. Not finding her, he begins to walk farther in, and soon he feels the temperature getting colder and the fur coats are beginning to feel more prickly and then-
Edmund's in Narnia. Shocked, he begins to call out for Lucy and ask for her forgiveness. Not finding an answer he starts to explore the winter wonderland. He stumbles across a sleigh carrying a lady who introduces herself as the Queen of Narnia. She feeds Edmund enchanted treats and fills his head with promises of making him a king if only he could bring her his siblings. Edmund agrees to this quite eagerly (having been seduced by the magic treats) and they part ways. Lucy comes running up to him a few moments after, telling him about how great it was to see him there and how the faun Tumnus (who had greeted her on her first visit) was alright because the Witch hadn't found out about his helping her. After she explains that the Witch is pretending to be Queen, and that she really is a horrible person, Edmund begins to feel sick and he convinces Lucy to go back through the wardrobe with him.
Lucy wakes up Peter and Susan and begins to tell them enthusiastically about how Edmund had now been to Narnia too. When asked to verify this, Edmund does the worst thing he could to protect his pride- he lies and smugly explains how he was only playing along with Lucy's madness. His plan backfires though, and the older children are left scorning his spitefulness.
AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.
TLDR; Edmund is a bully and a prat. But he's not such a bad guy! Honestly! He's only a little kid that needs more love and less war-torn family time and some sweets would be good too oh man they would be really good.
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In England, it rains. A lot. And the children found themselves indoors for longer periods than they had expected. One day Lucy (the youngest) asked for a game of hide and seek. Now, this doesn't seem too exciting but it certainly was better than Susan's (the second oldest) dictionary games. Peter was It and he began counting to a hundred and the three others ran wild to find hiding spots. Edmund shoved Lucy out from behind some tapestry. Because, well, he "found" that hiding spot first. Not a second after Peter had finished his count came Lucy screaming and shouting down the hall- something about not missing her, she was alright, not to worry about how long she had been missing, ruining the game. She rattles off a tale about finding a magical land in the upstairs wardrobe. It was called "Narnia" and it was a beautiful forest, and there were fauns and it had been winter for hundred years now. Always winter but never Christmas. But it was beautiful and oh, she wanted the others to go see it too!
After thorough investigation of the wardrobe in question the other three find that there is, in fact, no Narnia. Edmund thinks it would be fun, though, to say he believes his dear little sister. I mean, hadn't he told the others about finding a football field in the bathroom cupboards? He begins to make it game to torture Lucy about her magical country. At every opportunity, he's making a jab at her sanity. At every mention of a forest, he laughs at Lucy's childish imagination. He does everything in his possibility to bully her. One night he decides to follow her and he makes his way into the spare room he had seen Lucy walk in to, and then he stalks into the wardrobe with the intention to scare her. Not finding her, he begins to walk farther in, and soon he feels the temperature getting colder and the fur coats are beginning to feel more prickly and then-
Edmund's in Narnia. Shocked, he begins to call out for Lucy and ask for her forgiveness. Not finding an answer he starts to explore the winter wonderland. He stumbles across a sleigh carrying a lady who introduces herself as the Queen of Narnia. She feeds Edmund enchanted treats and fills his head with promises of making him a king if only he could bring her his siblings. Edmund agrees to this quite eagerly (having been seduced by the magic treats) and they part ways. Lucy comes running up to him a few moments after, telling him about how great it was to see him there and how the faun Tumnus (who had greeted her on her first visit) was alright because the Witch hadn't found out about his helping her. After she explains that the Witch is pretending to be Queen, and that she really is a horrible person, Edmund begins to feel sick and he convinces Lucy to go back through the wardrobe with him.
Lucy wakes up Peter and Susan and begins to tell them enthusiastically about how Edmund had now been to Narnia too. When asked to verify this, Edmund does the worst thing he could to protect his pride- he lies and smugly explains how he was only playing along with Lucy's madness. His plan backfires though, and the older children are left scorning his spitefulness.
AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.
TLDR; Edmund is a bully and a prat. But he's not such a bad guy! Honestly! He's only a little kid that needs more love and less war-torn family time and some sweets would be good too oh man they would be really good.