I'd love to have a rational discussion about Aravis! She's a very interesting character in a very interesting book. It's great that she gave you someone to root for when you were a kid and that the books brought you *out* of the evangelical space. I'm skeptical that she could redeem the entire series (in the article about the correct reading order of the Narnia books I argue that The Horse and His Boy should be treated as "a tale of Narnia" rather than as an installment in the series) but I'd be interested in hearing your point.