i mean come on!! I guess thats the point. But. Or Be Eaten is a welcome feast of levity--and clearly a labor of love. He does it in an almost mechanical way. WHERE IS YOUR ENDING? Or Be Eaten, The Monster in the Hollows, and The Warden and the Wolf King.The series chronicles the adventures and transformations of a family . My only consolation is that Artham and Alma Rainwater ended up together again. What was the water that could heal and bring people back from the dead? Calvin understands what we discovered in the last chapter: a cohesive biblical worldview makes it possible for us to perceive and cherish the truth we read in non-Christian books. Janner and his family pray. Andrew Peterson: And so, my imagination is often where, if I go dark, its because I begin to believe something about myself that isnt true, and its because Im listening to the voice of the enemy and not the voice of the Father. Im a Christian, husband of one, father of two, university lecturer, Baptist lay-preacher and Christian Education director. The Wingfeather Saga / YMMV - TV Tropes James, What a Democracy Can Lose without Christianity | National Review. If you eat from a tree that is poisonous, then you become poisoned. And as I thought about that, I think you do have that element to your songwriting, and its certainly there in the stories. More on that later. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Wingfeather Saga FanFiction Archive | FanFiction And then theres what Tolkien calls the sudden joyous turn., Andrew Peterson: The moment where the author lifts the curtain and shows you that he had some amazing surprise in mind all along. That idea of inheriting this new name from Jesus is pretty powerful. He lives in Lincoln, NE with his wife Joie, their daughter Davy Joy, and sons Wendell, Austin, and Ambrose. Im zipping and picking bits from Petersons autobiography to show you the writers journey from fantasy and back again. Jake Meador: Thanks so much for doing this, Andrew. Andrew Peterson: I just wanted, if I had to choose one or the other, I wanted The Wingfeather Saga to tilt toward something like the Shire, an actual place that people actually want to visit. A redeemed fantasy nerd sees, through gospel lens, the story of another world. Andrew Peterson: I just knew from a very young age, I think I was seven when I began to recognize that it wasnt just the world out there that was dark; it was the world inside of me that was dark too. And so the why was the story. Its like the long defeat idea that the Elves talk about in Lord of the Rings; that okay, even if the bad guys win, that doesnt let me off the hook; I still fight for what is right. I named all three of our kids. Janner had to be the one. Andrew Peterson: I think it comes down to the fact that I wanted the world to feel real, and therefore, I wanted the characters to feel real. D: i think the main theme is actually selflessness. And just like the Discworld novels, the footnotes in Wingfeather resent being footnotes. I dont know if youve seen Breaking Bad? The Wingfeather Saga Andrew Peterson Wonder Woman is the daughter of the Gods of Olympus. So, thats the first answer to the question: it was just pulp fantasy, followed by a slowly-increasing discernment for what good literature was. One job. Three Honoured and Great Subjects: Word, Form, and Song.