His Dark Materials
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Okay, we need to talksome moreabout Mrs. Coulter.
This Mrs. Coulters cruelty is instead rooted in insecurity and an almost feral instability.
A woman who hits her daemon quite literally an act of self-harm is a woman who hates herself.
Shes also an abuser.
And that takes guidance.
When theyve gone and she defies Mrs. Coulters insistence that she take it off, the mask drops.
Hes a failure of a man, and a failure as a father!
Now, technically, this reveal is a retcon.
John Faa and the Gyptians were originally the ones who divulge Asriels real identity to Lyra.
(Though, come on, did you newcomers really not see that coming?)
However, much likethe updates I mentioned last week, this actually works better narratively than its source text.
(This isnt who you are!
screams Lyra, writhing on the floor.
But itis, of course, who shes become.)
The monkey has been leaving Mrs. Coulter to spy on them, so it knows they have the alethiometer.
In the second episode, no less!
Hes also doing his devious business in 2019, rather than 1997.
Its a doorway into another universe: ours.
), where it becomes pretty obvious thatLucius and Narcissaover here have a sexy history.
(People in this world use everyones first and last namesconstantly.
Just go with it.)
(Oh God, I just realizedas I write this: Ma and Faa.)
Its another heartrending twist on the books that suits actor Lucian Msamatis version of Faa.
Assorted Bits:
Bug daemons are weird, in a way that goes unexplored in the books.
They indicate frailty, yet they also suggest a kind of obscenity of spirit, too?
While the framing is offensive to me, even the journalists bold ambition could be seen as ugly.
And what wasupwith that face-crawler?
(To be fair, no one has ever calledHis Dark Materialssubtle.)
Every exchange in the Magisterium thus far has been weirdly theatrical.
The cardinals stooped posture is, like,Igor levelsof absurd.
This pack of cronies begs for a casual lunatic to shake things up.
Recently learned that Father MacPhail is played by Will Keen, Dafne Keens father.
How did Boreal manage to transfer that photo of Grumman to his smartphone?
