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Song: I'll Try
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Why: This is my first ever attempt using clips from outside the fandom in question to create a constructed reality. The song struck me for a long time before I actually sat down to vid it as the perfect song to express the ending *I* wanted to see for Susan after The Last Battle, but obviously that particular book hasn't been filmed and isn't likely to be. So, I used clips from the movie "Pearl Harbor" and the Torchwood episode "Small Worlds" to represent Susan during and after TLB. The idea is, Susan tries to reject Narnia and everything it meant to her, but the memories refuse to entirely go away. After the train wreck, she is devastated and has to come to grips with what her choice has cost her. The moment the flashbacks turn color is the moment she accepts her past and is able to move forward. The first part is before the train wreck, the second immediately after, and the song's conclusion follows her through the years as she goes on with her life: marries, raises a son, dies, and is reunited with her siblings in the Real Narnia. Tada, happy ending. :-)
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Song: Winter's On the Wing
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Why: This is Dickon's solo from the Broadway version of The Secret Garden, so it's always been one of my favorite songs from the musical. Still, it wasn't until I watched the Disney feature film of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe that it hit me how perfectly this fit that story (book or movie *g*). In particular, the lines "melt, ye waterfalls / part ye frozen winter walls" are *literally* in the movie. Put that together with the song's slow build to a triumphant finale, just like the story, and I couldn't resist.