the lee scorseby “you love her but thats not enough is it” line is also like at the very heart of the story. the fact that mrs coulter loves lyra doesnt stop her from treating her cruelly and it doesn’t stop lyra from rejecting her. the fact that lee loves lyra doesn’t stop him from dying and leaving her. the fact that lyra loves pan doesnt stop their separation. the fact that john parry loves his wife and his son doesnt stop him from leaving them and it doesn’t bring him back. the fact that will and lyra love one another doesnt stop them from being torn apart. love never conquers loss in hdm the way it usually does especially in kids media and thats what makes the ending so jolting and devastating because you keep believing until the last second before will closes the window that there's going to be a happy ending, because how could there not be, they're in love…. but then they lose each other anyway
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never not thinking about iorek byrnison eating lee scoresby's dead body, so as not to let it rot but instead allow it to sustain an old friend on his journey. and how this act fulfilled lee's dying wish to help lyra by giving iorek the strength to go on and find her. thinking about consumption as a form of love, loving someone in their entirety and wanting to eat them whole but also love and grief being something you carry inside of you that guides you forward
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Season 3 has been a wild ride so far and we are all just holding on for dear life.
His dark materials - my gifs + text posts
@arduennas @casualavocados @luminous-faerie @mxrisacoulter
@alrightsnaps @nonasbirthday
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you never believe them when they tell you that hdm will end up obliterating you emotionally you just read the books and/or watch the show thinking "hey this looks cool" and now you're crying because its the end and this bear just ate his dead best friend as a symbol of honor, this girl had to leave her literal soul behind to save ghosts from suffering, two of the most high - chemistry asshole parents ever just fell down a hole for eternity to give their kid a future and two preteens who finally understand they're in love just had the literal universe tell them "lmfao u thought" and split them apart forever
but yk it's fine because at least we got to watch a lesbian scientist making friends with wheel elephants and climbing trees while thinking about love and marzipan.
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in my feelings over the way the ending of his dark materials said all that matters is love and stories and working hard to live full lives. that the act of falling in love was enough to bring dust back into the world. that curiosity sparks love and the imagination that makes us human. that playing the serpent just meant telling a simple story all along. that the ease and grace of childhood can be regained through work. and that living for love is more romantic than dying for it
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“You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?”
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