Reepicheep's Song

[Delpheas]

Ok, I was watching the new clips and Reep's line about a dryad combined with his new voice had me thinking back to PC, and I realized that he must be pretty old if a Dryad sang it to him, as they were asleep for a long time prior to PC...

[coracle]

Yes, but perhaps there were one or two who still ventured out occasionally. Lewis never explained that bit.

[aragorn2]

I think this is just another case of Lewis not totally thinking through what he wrote(the pirates in PC for example). It isn't that hard ofa mistake to make.

[Eustace]

But that tune that they gave to Reepicheep's Song didn't sound like a tune that a dryad would sing. I didn't really like the tune they gave it. It was sing songy.

[FriendofNarnia2]

Maybe Reepicheep just couldn't sing it very well. haha

[wolfloversk]

Or maybe he added his own tune to it- Reep can be quite...creative

I'm just happy it's in the movie

[aragorn2]

This thread is to discuss how Reepcheep could have heard his song from a dryad if they had been asleep form a thousand years, not tune.

[GlimGlum]

Since the title of this thread is Reepicheep's Song, discussing the tune is OK. That's official and from a real mod.

[Lirenel]

I agree with the others, Lewis probably just dropped the ball on that one. It's also possible that his nurse was a part-dryad, like Dr. Cornelius was part dwarf, and that half-and-half dryads (seriously, how do I describe them?) didn't fall asleep like the full-...sapped? dryads. Or dryads woke up occasionally, just not enough for the majority of Narnians to notice. (Or, really, Lewis just messed up - he wasn't a perfectionist like Tolkien).

As for the tune, I can never carry a tune precisely how it should be without accompaniment (musical or choral) and I kinda make it up as I go along and hope it's similar. Maybe Reepicheep has the same problem? However, to answer Eustace (the Narniawebber, not the character), sing-songy is precisely how I think the song would have sounded regardless. The words are more nursery-rhymy than lullaby-y, and nursery rhymes are sing-songy as opposed to 'real' songs. If that makes sense. (I got up early this morning, my brain is kinda dead).

[Bookwyrm]

With that tune, Reep really should have been wearing a tuxedo and performing a little Fred Astaire dance routine.

[Liberty Hoffman]

I love that bit! so cute



well, they did say that they were trying to age Reepicheep in VotDT.....

[ChristProclamer]

Thank you, Bookwyrm. My thoughts exactly.

Yeah, I always thought of it as a prophesy-type thing, with a very...noble tune to it, more like a poem than a song. The film song was...a little wierd, really. Jarring.

As for the dryad thing...It's a prophesy. Magic happens. I am of the opinion that the Dryad just woke up in time (wakened by Aslan) to say the prophesy and then head back into hibernation for a few years.