Exponiert: Die wirkliche Geschichte hinter Narnia, die Netflix löscht

Narnia was (and still kinda is) one of my favourite series, so I would love to believe there’s an Armenian connection. BUT, while it’s interesting to imagine what kind of influence the news from the Genocide would have had on CS Lewis while he wrote the series, I really dont love this guys’ takes.

To his credit, it’s known that Calormen and everything involving Tash was clearly a commentary on Islam, and it was definitely influenced by the general orientalist trends of the time (Tolkien had similar things), so he’s right about that (and that’s not a new analysis).

However some of what this guy is saying is ahistorical and clearly just him using Armenians as his noble victims as right-wing Westerners often do… at one point he claims that in the Ottoman Empire, Christians weren’t ever allowed to put crosses on churches or celebrate Christmas…?

Also the cross he shows on the flag of Archenland looks nothing like an Armenian խաչ

Idk, the -ian endings of all the Telmarine princes was definitely something that made me wonder as a kid, but these connections he’s making are so feeble and clearly just him pushing an agenda.

I got really excited by the title of the video but was really disappointed by the content.