What If? What happens when you come back from Narnia?

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MuddyAristocrat

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So, you defeated the evil emperor after getting transported to this unreal world. You go back to the good kingdom and the king, whose sons were killed by the emperor's assassin's, declares you his successor. As the king grows old and dies, you take over the kingdom, having lost all hope of going home... until one day you do. And when you do, it's as if you never left; as far as anyone can observe, only your memories are different.

Um, what now?

For the sake of discussion, I will suggest the following coming back from a typical high-fantasy setting.
  • Teenager, socially adjusted
  • Teenager, maladjusted
  • Software engineer/aircraft pilot/any other specialist whose modernistic skills were forgotten in the interim due to lack of use
  • Political leader
 
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MuddyAristocrat said:
So, you defeated the evil emperor after getting transported to this unreal world. You go back to the good kingdom and the king, whose sons were killed by the emperor's assassin's, declares you his successor. As the king grows old and dies, you take over the kingdom, having lost all hope of going home... until one day you do. And when you do, it's as if you never left.

Um, what now?

For the sake of discussion, I will suggest the following coming back from a typical high-fantasy setting.
  • Teenager, socially adjusted
  • Teenager, maladjusted
  • Software engineer/aircraft pilot/any other specialist whose modernistic skills were forgotten in the interim due to lack of use
  • Political leader
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I guess my question is... would you want to go back? Or is there a choice?

If in the case of teenagers, you might have spent more time in the new world than the old one. Sure, the fantasy world lacks amenities, conveniences, and features of the modern world, but mentally... you would be filling most of your needs. If they go back, I'm not entirely unconvinced that they could deal with the new reality of being "nobody" when they used to be "somebody." It would be an interesting story, for sure, to see them try and adjust back into modern life...
 
I think they’d best try to treat it as all one long dream and try ignoring how it was all so real

How much transfers over though? I’d presume to be King you’d have to be good at fighting(already guaranteed), good at economics, good at observing people, good at administration or at least delegating what you can and can’t do
 
The interesting thing about Narnia is they don’t come back intentionally. They end up riding to the western light and fall back.

If I was in a Pevensie situation and then came back? Oh gosh, I’d regret coming back.

I was High King and now I’m in school again?

I think most teenagers would want to remain Kings and Queens.
 
Since your body is restored to what it was before you left you would lose any muscle memory that your mental state has gotten used to, so i would expect some clumsiness. But what about your brain, you would presumably remember your experience even with your brain being reset so i guess that is 'stored' in your soul, but does your mind get influenced by your restored neural pathways just like you would presumably be influenced by your changed body chemistry (hormones)? Or would your neural pathways be overwritten by your more experienced state?
 
That sort of defeats the point?

I do think the psychological and social consequences of going “one a king or queen of Narnia always a king or queen of Narnia”(or other fantasy setting that allows that), to back to being a kid or teenager is interesting in its own right.

Especially if no one believes you.

I mean think about it, you were a king of a fantasy realm and had a close relationship with Jesus(in the form of a lion) and had access to wonders, and glories, and now your back in High School. How does our protagonist deal with that? What are the negative consequences?

The disconnect there could make a very interesting story in itself.
 
Fall into depression over the fact that you're no longer a beloved top dog in a magical fantasy world?

Goodbye nymph orgies and banquet celebrations, hello rush hour traffic and instant ramen.
 
The story does rather neatly sidestep the fact that the Pevensies should probably have had several kids each by the time they left Narnia. None of them married or had any serious relationship with anyone but familiar to one another so they didn't leave loved ones behind.
 
Bear Ribs said:
The story does rather neatly sidestep the fact that the Pevensies should probably have had several kids each by the time they left Narnia. None of them married or had any serious relationship with anyone but familiar to one another so they didn't leave loved ones behind.
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They would have been in their late twenties during TLWW, so it's not unreasonable given they were the only humans at the time.
 
Bear Ribs said:
The story does rather neatly sidestep the fact that the Pevensies should probably have had several kids each by the time they left Narnia. None of them married or had any serious relationship with anyone but familiar to one another so they didn't leave loved ones behind.
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They were still pretty young at the time of the last battle. In their early twenties IIRC.

In England years anyway.
 
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