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| β | + | Parodying the experience of finding that things you saw as a child are much smaller than you'd perceived them to be, [[Cueball]] is convinced that this will be the case with his childhood slide, only to find that it is indeed quite large. (As a child, it's roughly nine times his height; as an adult, it's only about triple.) | |
The title text references {{w|Aslan}}, a lion from ''{{w|The Chronicles of Narnia}}''. In ''{{w|Prince Caspian}}'', the fourth chronological book in the series, {{w|Lucy Pevensie}} tells him that he has grown since she last saw him. Aslan tells her that this is because she has grown; as she grew up, he grew in size to match her. Aslan is often regarded as a Christ figure, but since ''Narnia'' is a children's series, many readers don't realize this until long after they've read the books β another instance of how perspective changes with age, and of the comic's title, "subjectivity." | The title text references {{w|Aslan}}, a lion from ''{{w|The Chronicles of Narnia}}''. In ''{{w|Prince Caspian}}'', the fourth chronological book in the series, {{w|Lucy Pevensie}} tells him that he has grown since she last saw him. Aslan tells her that this is because she has grown; as she grew up, he grew in size to match her. Aslan is often regarded as a Christ figure, but since ''Narnia'' is a children's series, many readers don't realize this until long after they've read the books β another instance of how perspective changes with age, and of the comic's title, "subjectivity." | ||
