doing this now cause I don't know when I'll get back online
Converts are often the ones with the greatest faith. (This isn't just true for religion. I have seen people who "convert" to healthy eating do this or those who suddenly become active in a political or social cause.)

Or new citizens of a country. Or people who have sobered up after decades of raging alcoholism/drug abuse.


I do think that Edmund's faith gets "the big picture" and, thus, he is willing to think outside the box, bend the rules, etc.

He has to be the "big picture" guy. The one who thinks of the practical stuff the others get too carried away to remember, the one who can do what they could never bring themselves to ("now's not the time for chivalry, Peter!")

but after finding the basics of his conversion I've wondered if there is a bit of himself in Edmund.

Wouldn't surprise me at all. I've heard that theory before and there's some other evidence to indicate that.

(I also wonder if that factor influenced Susan's fate. It almost feels like he was going after a part of himself and his past he didn't like.)

That wouldn't surprise me either. He comes off as a little vicious about it, and some readers think "oh, it's because he hates women" but I'd say "No, it's because she represents who he used to be and he hated himself when he was that person".

This is one reason I am surprised at how many people say they identify with Lucy when it is very, very rare to see that type of faith (again not just religious faith) in people.

People probably want to believe the best about themselves. Actually, I have no idea, lol.