"what a pedophile lion" wtf??? Narnia sullied forever

[Evelight]

last night I was reading "The Horse and His Boy" to DS- which is one my favourite childhood books and favourite from the Narnia books.

I got to the part where Aslan is walking quietly by Shasta on the mountain pass and "breathing heavily".

DD14 saunters by and makes some comment regarding "ugh that creepy pedophile lion".

I keep on reading and it seems to become even more sexual (perfumed mane... glowing light sweeping Shasta up and he didn't know what was happening...) By this time they are both in hysterical laughter at that "inappropriate creepy old lion"

A part of my childhood is destroyed.

Do ppl feel Aslan the High King Emperor-over-seas is a creepy old pedophile lion?

Did ppl feel he was creepy and inappropriate when first reading the books as a child?

"I don't know, I just really, really hate the word 'paedophile' or 'pedo' chucked around as an insult and being found funny."

Yes- and for some reason it has become quite common in teen/tween language (I haven't heard adults use it in the same free and easy way)- I don't know where it comes from and how it happened- whether they do it to be "shocking" or "edgy" or "rebellious".

Picking battles- I'm not going to get in a huge fight with DD over calling a fictional lion a creep/whatever. But it did surprise me, and now I can't unsee it from the books.