#BBC HDM

[nooowestayandgetcaught]

will & lyra | touch (s3 episode 8c)

[razpb3rry-shortcak3]

as in the thing from his dark materials? absolutely

Does anyone know a person I can rant about the Magisterium to

[atharianwriter2024]

Fandom things (3)

[throwing-roses-into-the-abyss]

ngl I'm mildly confused about and very intrigued by mrs coulter's relationship with her daemon in the hdm tv series. her daemon's part of herself, yet she hates it so much, she can't stand her daemon, and he's scared of her in turn. so is she at war with herself? is this the last part of herself that still has some humanity, fear and guilt? is she really so fucked that she's at odds with the entire world and herself? is this part of why she can't imagine why it would hurt other people to be severed from their daemons? because she'd love to be rid of him once and for all?

[kaizsche]

JAMES MCAVOY as LORD ASRIEL BELACQUA HIS DARK MATERIALS, 1.01: LYRA'S JORDAN

[unchangingwindoww]

so naturally their speculation flourished.

― The Secret Commonwealth, Chapter 2

[kirjavas]

From the very beginning of the show, we had all these discussions with her wardrobe and fabrics and colours as I came in knowing what colours suited me, as Dafne and what colours I felt were Lyra. For all of season one it was her vitality and her colour was red. Whereas colder tones came into season two after (spoiler) the death of Roger where we investigated blues and greens, those colder tones. Season three was all of those elements and shades combined - she’s wearing everything she’s been through. It was a way of, for me, finding that when you grow up you don’t stop being the things you were, you add onto them.

Dafne Keen as Lyra Silvertongue in HIS DARK MATERIALS (2019–2022)

[alethiosr]

I think there’s something so symbolic about people who have daemons who settled as animals not native to where they grew up. People who are so far from where they belong but often don’t even realize it or give their daemon’s form a second thought. Do they long to go to where their daemon would be more at home? If so, do they chase that feeling or do they ignore it?

Lee Scorseby ended up far in the arctic simply looking for work, not even aware that Hester was an Arctic Hare until Iorek told him. He had assumed that Hester was a Jackrabbit and only realized that the arctic meant something to him after speaking with Iorek. He could’ve found work anywhere else but he somehow ended up where he needed to be anyways.

Lord Asriel is probably the most interesting example of this though. He was always traveling, always looking for something, never being content to relax and exist in one place for long. The first time we ever see him he’s described as looking like a wild animal trapped in a small cage, totally out of place with his surroundings. When he finally stops moving is when he creates the Republic of Heaven and the basalt fortress is built. It’s in another world with vague geography, but it’s likely roughly within natural snow leopard range. The last place Asriel ever lives is where he and Stelmaria might’ve finally felt some sense of belonging.

It’s not something given much depth and thought within the books, but in a way it doesn’t need to be. We get to see it naturally in a way that isn’t forced. It’s beautiful and real just like many of the other intricacies regarding daemons. It adds to these people as people instead of becoming something too fantastical and bizarre.

[his-dark-materials-trilogy]

This object featured in the BBC/HBO television show His Dark Materials, Series 2, based on the original novel The Subtle Knife, which is part of the ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy by Philip Pullman. The character Dr Mary Malone is a courageous visionary investigating how Dark Matter affects consciousness in our present day Oxford.

On loan from the production company, Bad Wolf.

You're telling me that when people consult the I Ching, they're getting in touch with Shadow-particles? With dark matter?  The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

I Ching is an ancient Chinese divination text, used in a practice where bundles of yarrow sticks are used to produce numbers which are then interpreted.  

To coincide with these film objects going on display, the museum is running schools sessions linked to His Dark Materials. These encourage students to reflect on the literary themes and characters in Philip Pullman's novels alongside usual interactions with the collections in the Museum and thinking about the many worlds represented through objects within the displays.

[plainlo-inthemorning]

[ssmhhh]

fuck it if she can’t have him !!

i hate how perfect this is so much

[nooowestayandgetcaught]

[bookishable]

You said it was a ghost story. It isn't. It's a love story. Same thing, really.

[kaizsche]

What does it do? It tells you the truth. HIS DARK MATERIALS, 1.01: LYRA'S JORDAN

[unchangingwindoww]

That voice, delivering that judgment, shook Mrs. Coulter profoundly. She knew it was coming, and she dreaded it; and yet she hoped for it too, and now it had been said, she felt a little gush of triumph.

[kirjavas]

Where shall I find rest?

— J.R.R. Tolkien