History Fanfic / Carpetbaggers

It can be found beginning [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/4249 here]]. It's complete. There are two other oneshot stories which take place in the same universe.

A ''Literature/ChroniclesOfNarnia'' fanfiction that revolves around the first weeks of the Pevensies' reign after being crowned Kings and Queens of Narnia.

It can be found beginning [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/4249 here]]. It's complete.

A completed ''Literature/ChroniclesOfNarnia'' fanfiction that revolves around the first weeks of the Pevensies’ reign after being crowned Kings and Queens of Narnia. It [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructs]] the idyllic reign of the Pevensies, and [[ReconstructedTrope reconstructs]] their reign in terms of the practical difficulties and complicated politics that would naturally arise from taking over the rule of a country that’s just been liberated from a continual winter imposed by an evil tyrant and isolated from the outside world for a hundred years. It balances plot and character arcs, and is a good deal more gritty and less idealized than the vast majority of “Golden Age” Narnia fics, though it retains an optimistic ending.

It can be found beginning [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/4249 here]].

!! ''Carpetbaggers'', aside from the usual tropes common to ''The Chronicles of Narnia'', provides examples of the following tropes:

* EnemyMine: When the Pevensies need backup to fight a horde of the Witch’s creatures, who do they recruit? The rebels who were holed up in the castle bullying and blackmailing local Narnians.
* {{Forgiveness}}: This is the carrot Peter and Susan offer to the Western Narnian Patrol and even some of the Witch’s remnant, in order to build a loyal armed following.
* HistoricalInJoke: The title of the fic is a reference to people in the post-American Civil War era who moved from the northern United States to the South in order to profit from the Reconstruction. Though the readers know the Pevensies as saviors and honest rebuilders of Narnia, many within the story perceive them as profiteers taking advantage of the chaos caused by the Witch’s fall to establish their rule and seize the coveted supplies of food and other resources. The term "carpetbagger" can also be used in the U.S. to refer to a politician that holds office in an area where they do not have community ties or roots -- a characterization indubitably true of the Pevensies, who have only been in Narnia a matter of days before being crowned.

* {{Knighting}}: Peridan comments in the last chapter that Rhea is “a worthy vassal”, and Edmund suggests they knight her. (The sequel confirms that they did so, off-page.)
* NewsTravelsFast: Averted, to the point where many people don’t even realize that anyone replaced the Witch after she was dethroned.

* {{Realpolitik}}: As advertised in the author’s summary of the fic.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The fic starts out with the Pevensies waking up the day after the coronation to realize that being rulers of a country isn’t all parties and fun. They proceed to spend the fic trying (successfully) to be this.

* SuccessionCrisis: Because the Pevensies were crowned by Aslan after the fall of the Witch, there isn’t ''actually'' a succession crisis, but thanks to the [[AvertedTrope aversion]] of FamedInStory, almost everyone else seems to think there is and wants to get their fingers in the pie.

* TrappedInVillainy: One or the other of these tropes was the stance of basically every Narnian who survived the Hundred-Year Winter, where their options were basically “obey the Witch and hope for a reward” or else “starve” or “be turned to stone”.
* {{Unexpected Successor}}s: The Pevensies. It causes problems.

* FamedInStory / NewsTravelsFast: Averted, to the point where many people don’t even realize that anyone replaced the Witch after she was dethroned.

* HistoricalInJoke: The title of the fic is a reference to people in the post-American Civil War era who moved from the northern United States to the South in order to profit from the Reconstruction. Though the readers know the Pevensies as saviors and honest rebuilders of Narnia, many within the story perceive them as profiteers taking advantage of the chaos caused by the Witch’s fall to establish their rule and seize the coveted supplies of food and other resources.
** The term “carpetbagger” can also be used in the U.S. to refer to a politician that holds office in an area where they do not have community ties or roots – a characterization indubitably true of the Pevensies, who have only been in Narnia a matter of days before being crowned.
* HostageSituation: The Telmarine mercenaries hold Susan at knifepoint, as leverage to guarantee their safe passage to the border.

* NobleWolves / SavageWolves: Rhea’s self-sacrifice, humility, and heroism are contrasted with the ruthless and self-serving attitudes of Maugrim and the rest of her former pack.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The dragon which [[spoiler:Edmund frees from the Witch’s lingering power]] is established to be a wyvern, bearing two legs instead of four, which makes for less comfortable riding.
* ParentalAbandonment: The children, particularly Susan, are acutely aware of and somewhat saddened by their lack of parental direction.
** There’s also Rhea, who (albeit temporarily) left her pups in order to serve the Pevensies.

* TrappedInVillainy / JustFollowingOrders: One or the other of these tropes was the stance of basically every Narnian who survived the Hundred-Year Winter, where their options were basically “obey the Witch and hope for a reward” or else “starve” or “be turned to stone”.
* {{Unexpected Successor}}s: The Pevensies. It causes problems.

It can be found beginning [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7231695/1/Carpetbaggers here.]]

* {{UnexpectedSuccessor}}s: The Pevensies. It causes problems.