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HDM Episode 1x06 recap

Recap of His Dark Materials Episode 1x6: The Daemon Cages

So we start off with Lyra getting introduced to life in prison Bolvagar

Establishing shot to remind us that we’re in the north

so lyra decides to sit by herself so as not to let the gobblers/bolvangar guards know that her and roger are friends

of course they decide this via a not-at-all obvious tete a tete between their respective daemons

a girl comes to sit at Lyra’s table and anyone with the slightest sense of narrative framing should already know where this is going

Of course their dinner is interrupted by the Bolvangar doctor, accompanied by handmaid# 2, who asks for lyra’s table buddy to come with her

then we get a 10 second creepy shot of handmaid# 3 staring right at us, for no real reason, until she's interrupted by the doctor

which segues into the intro music

up next, we get another doctor, who tells lyra that he needs to take some kind of "measurements" from her

lyra figures out that he’s taking pictures of the dust around her through the special camera

which prompts the doctor to ask where she found out about dust

the doctor buys it, of course

then lyra, truly the child of lord "gives no fucks" asriel and marissa "gives negative fucks" coulter, straight up calls him out on cutting children from their daemons, which the doctor of course denies

then they get interrupted by the fire alarm, and handmaiden #4 (or just #3 again? I'm losing count) gives directions to go to the nearest fire exit in the most robotic voice ever

we then cut to a very prison-like locker room where all the children are getting into their jackets, while being watched over my more handmaids

more handmaids are taking roll call outside

surprise snowball fight started by lyra and roger, because this show is really determined to drive that schoolyard/recess allegory in with an anvil

lyra and roger escape while the snowball fight is happening

they run in a direction which roger thinks is the way out and i have Questions as to why he would ever think that

another dead-eyed handmaid is coming around the bend (seriously do they order them from handmaid-costco or something?) so lyra and roger have to hide

they realize that they're in the room where the children's severed daemons are kept, neatly filed away by name

but cage containing billy costa's daemon is empty, of course

then they find the room in which all the children who have undergone intercision are kept

lyra and roger rejoin the other children as they go back in, resolving to escape before lyra is chosen for intercision next

meanwhile, bolvangar has an avian visitor

then we get a way-too-creepily-normal breakroom scene with the two bolvangar doctors

doctor# 2 seems to be exhibiting signs of having an actual conscience

then we cut to "our" world, where will is listening to an interview of his father's on his laptop, and then tucks his mother into bed

of course they're being watched by Lord Boreal's goons

STAY AWAY FROM THEM! GET A JOB!!

meanwhile back in Lyra's world, She is here, and the children all know it as soon as they wake up

lyra has a talk with the other girls and they agree to hide her from mrs. coulter

the girls tell lyra to hide under the bed, and the rest of them pretend nothing is out of place when marisa comes in to inspect them

meanwhile, we check in with the Gyptians who are trying to break into Bolvangar and save the kidnapped children (seriously, how is this show managing to juggle so many locations and characters in 50 minutes??)

back in bolvangar, lyra is organizing the girls to break out

doctor# 1 is back, and asking for Lizzie Lyra this time

lyra says goodbye to her newfound friends

lyra tries to make a break for it, but is stopped when doctor# 2 catches her daemon

dr. conscience locks pan up in a cage

of course lyra raises hell trying to get him out

LYRA YOU’RE DOING AMAZING SWEETIE

but she’s eventually subdued

doctor# 1 primes the intercision machine

pay not attention to the incredibly sharp giant blade

as a last resort, lyra screams out for mrs. coulter and well, speak of the devil

then, marisa sees who's in the cage

of course she stops the “experiment” and saves lyra

we cut to lyra recuperating in what are presumably marisa’s quarters in bolvangar

we finally get a chance for lyra and marisa to talk, and for some things to be explained

and it just kinda goes downhill from there, guys

lyra asks her mother why she is intercising children and marisa gives her the same half-gospel half-pseudo-science spiel that we've seen everyone else give

Lyra of course calls her out by asking the obvious question here... if intercision is such a positive thing, then why was Marisa so afraid of Lyra undergoing it?

marisa promises not to hurt lyra's friends and of course lyra claps back because billy is already dead

marisa then explains to lyra that this experiment is her calling in life, and she's not about to be stopped by petty things like a conscience

marisa asks for the alehtiometer, and lyra hands over the box that it's presumably in

lyra escapes while marisa and her daemon are busy fighting off the metal-insect-spider-tracking thingy

synchronized screaming... loving these mother daughter bonding sessions the show is giving us!

lyra pulls the fire alarm, and tells the other kids to get out while she keeps the bolvangar guards distracted

in a truly horrifying intermission scene, we learn that the dead-eyed handmaids have in fact had their daemons intercised from them

roger finds the intercised children and tries to get them to leave with him, while lyra blows up the intercision machine

the children try to escape but are waylaid by Dr. Conscience and his bolvangar goons

who are then waylaid by the Gyptians coming to the rescue

because prison break-in is a family fun activity, the whole gang is here

meanwhile, the Gyptians are obviously outnumbered by the Bolvangar guards

why, perhaps a witch by the name of Serafina Pekkala?

I didn’t have to take this many screenshots of Serafina taking out the trash. I CHOSE to take this many screenshots of Serafina taking out the trash.

then she peaces back out as quickly as she came

look who's still alive

we don’t even have time to breathe after the battle, before lyra says goodbye to the Gyptians and the freed children, and continues with roger, scoresby and iorek to free lord asriel

serafina pekkala shows up on the balloon out of nowhere but i'm not complaining because i'm always happy to see madame pekkala on my screen

lee and serafina have a very Important and Foreshadowing talk about lyra

cut to cute scene of Lyra cuddling to sleep with Iorek

LEE ADMITS HE LOVES LYRA THE ADOPTION PAPERS ARE GOING THROUGH IMMEDIATELY

then serafina bounces, and we should have the nice, peaceful, hopeful ending THAT WE ALL DESERVE, but of course we don’t, because lee gets woken up in the middle of the night by some noises

between all the chaos of fighting off the cliff ghasts, lyra tumbles out of the balloon

the return of synchronized screaming, the only true Lyra Family Bonding Experience

and that’s what you missed on Glee

#his dark materials #hdm #the daemon cages #lyra belacqua #lee scoresby #marisa coulter #iorek byrnison #serafina pekkala #ma costa #john faa #farder coram #bolvangar #pantalaimon #mrs. coulter #hdm recaps

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clownsgobeepbeep · 5 years

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21.)Affectionate Kiss

A future birthday party

@grotesquegabby ‘Cause yours are here

I apologize for this will be a little long, that being because I tried including as much interactions as possible

After a while of planning and setting things up, Cosmos and Vespers were finally at ease...some ease at least. Thankfully, no money was spent on the venue in which a birthday party was being held, Phoebe’s birthday party.

She had decided that she wanted a “small” party with just her family and thankfully had asked to have it at Cosmos’ diner, so he closed it off to celebrate his little moth.

“Hi there birthday girl.~”

“You actually came!”

“Well, why in the world would I miss my niece’s birthday party?”

“I dunno, why would you miss my birthday party? It’s the best there is!” Phoebe giggled as she greeted her aunt Juno, taking her hand as she walked her through the diner, or rolled around with. “Why are you late?”

“Just some hold up, nothing to worry about.” Juno smiled down at her noticing the sparkly skates on her niece’s feet. “What are those?”

“These are one of the gifts my daddies gave me! I sparkle so much! Hey, did you bring me a gift auntie?”

“Of course I did.” Juno nodded as she revealed the box she had somehow been hiding behind her.

“Auntie!”

Phoebe and Juno looked up ahead where they heard running footsteps, Juno soon feeling arms and legs wrap around her legs which made her laugh.

“Guuuuys, get off auntie! I was greeting her!” Phoebe frowned as her twin siblings giggled to themselves.

“You have to learn to share Phoebe.~” they creepily said in unison, Phoebe rolling her eyes before she rolled away on her sparkly skates. On her way away from the twins, she grabbed a large basket that was filled with sparkly bags that each contained goodies like candies, and she thought that maybe now was the time to pass them around. At least there was a whole lot of other family around the diner. Soon enough, she saw a friend who sat alone, smiling as they looked out into the rink full of guests.

“Hiya Rory.”

“Hello Miss Phoebe.” the doll smiled at her, talking quietly yet was surprisingly heard by Phoebe despite the loud music playing. “How do you do?”

“I’m a little bored. I already went skating, and then bowling, and then the arcade, and to get food.”Phoebe shrugged as she also watched the rink. “Where’s Clara?”

“She is with Rudy.” Rory chuckled to themself as their eyes landed on said boy.

“I feel bad for that kid.”

“Why is that?”

“Well I mean look at him! He’s a mess!” Phoebe exclaimed as the pair watched as Rudy stumbled to the ground right in front of Clara, and she worriedly helped him up before checking his face for any injuries. Rudy practically melted in her hands, but this was because he was extremely embarrassed.

“And I mean, he’s even best friends with-”

“What are you two marks doing here all alone?” asked a voice that made Phoebe’s antennaes droop and her lips frown.

“Hello, Carney.” Rory plainly said as they turned to their right where Carney now squeezed in between the pair, reaching over to grab a bag from Phoebe’s basket.

“Candy bags! Nice!” he laughed before shoving one of the candies into his mouth. “Hey Buggy, give me some more for my sisters! I’m gonna give it to them.”

“No you won’t, you’re going to keep them all to yourself.”

“Nuh uh! I’m gonna give it to them. Right,-” Carney turned to Rory, his smile fading as he looked at Rory’s own smile. It was an innocent, sweet smile...but...there was something...very off...”Um...w-where’s, um...have you seen my mom?”

Carney turned to Phoebe, his eyes widening as he saw her green eyes turn fiery which made him gulp. He turned back to Rory, and then Phoebe, and it continued like that for a while before he gave a cough, sliding off the bench they had all been on. In an instant, he ran away, even forgetting his candy bag.

“Well anyways.Here you go Rory, a goodie bag for you.” Phoebe now smiled as her eyes went back to normal, Rory gratefully taking the bag before the two waved goodbye to each other. Soon, Phoebe was on her way once again. Now, she reached another set of benches which made her grin as she skated over to them.

“Grandpa Peri! Grandma Lyra!” she exclaimed before sitting on Peregrine’s lap, hugging him tightly as her grandparents smiled at her.

“How is the birthday girl doing?” Lyra asked as she pinched Phoebe’s cheek. “How does it feel being a year older?”

“Great! Just seven more years till I’m the Dancing Queen!” Phoebe shouted before looking at Peregrine. “Aren’t you guys gonna go skate with us?”

“We’re gonna sit it out for now, is that okay with you?” Peregrine asked as he tucked Phoebe’s hair behind her ear.

“Oh yeah, that’s fine! Even Auntie Magpie is sitting down, probably ‘cause of all the times she crashed into the wall and the floor.”Phoebe shrugged, then giving Peregrine an affectionate kiss on the cheek which made him lightly chuckle. “I’m gonna go with everybody else now, I just came to drop off these goodies that my auntie Juno made for everybody. She even got sparkly bags!”

“These are so sweet Phoebe.” Lyra smiled as she took a bag. “But I’m afraid your grandfather-”

“My grandpa what?”Phoebe interrupted, giving her grandparents a sweet smile and a flutter of her long eyelashes that not even Peregrine could resist.

“I love this bag, thank you Phoebe.” he ‘finished’ for Lyra, taking the bag as he gave Phoebe a kiss as well before she hopped off his lap and rolled away to the next guests.

Peregrine peeked into his sparkly bag, looking at all the sweets inside which made him scrunch up his nose a bit. However, just for Phoebe he would take them.

“Did you hear that?” Lyra interrupted his thoughts.

“Hear what?” he asked, then looking around before he gave a frown, the couple speaking together as they heard arguing and inhumane sounds that they easily recognized as:

“The twins.”

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“Why aren’t you guys skating?” Phoebe tilted her head as she now stood behind the trio consisting of Davey, Benjamin and Harper, all sitting on the rink’s rail.

“We’re taking a break.”Benjamin stated before taking a sip of his soda.

“And think this stuff is pretty boring. “Davey shrugged before taking a bite of his pizza slice. “Besides, I don’t want to be on the same rink as doofus over there.”

Phoebe turned to the rink as she caught sight of her cousin Ula and her boyfriend Schrader, both of course skating and laughing with each other.

“Schrader? But he’s a cool guy.”

“Pfft, sure.”Davey rolled his eyes before finishing his pizza. “Like I said, he’s a doofus and I don’t want to do any boring skating.”

“Not even with your mommy?~” a voice said behind the kids, Davey’s eyes widening as they all turned around to see Jelly with Penelope and Cordelia on each of her sides.

“Mom, I don’t wanna-”

“Come on you salty sailor, you’ve been sitting here the entire party.” Jelly shook her head as she helped Davey down, turning to the Cordelia and Penelope. “You two girls go on without me, I’ll be there in a sec.”

“Moooom.” Davey slightly groaned as he was being carried away, though he didn’t really mind that part nor the affectionate kiss given to him by his mother. Phoebe then gave a snicker before turning to the remaining boys.

“Anyways, I’ve got some goodies for you guys!”

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Phoebe was now on the rink, watching her family skate around as she realized that...she surprisingly hadn’t seen her fathers in a while. Hm, she imagined papa would be dancing his awesome dances while dad video taped him with his phone.

“What’s up birthday girl?”

Phoebe turned to her side as she noticed her cousin Ula skating right next to her.

“Oh, nothing. I just don’t know where my fathers are.”

“They’re probably off making out in the kitchen.”

“What?”

“I said they’re probably hanging out in the kitchen, handling food and your cake, ya know?” Ula giggled. “There’s nothing to worry about Pheebs, they’re just trying to make today super special for you. And my mom also told them to not constantly be on your tail.”

“Oh, so they’re giving me some space then?”

“Yeah.”

“Hey, where’s your boyfriend?”

“Oh, he’s just taking a break with Dante. We came a little late because he had to finish work before coming here so he’s a little tired.”

“What about your uncle?”

“Pepper? Billy?”

“No, the hamster guy.”

“Ah, James. He’s hanging out with Magpie, having a little chat. Both seem to suck at skating.”

“Yeah, I can tell.” Phoebe giggled as Ula did so as well before noticing Phoebe’s basket.

“What’s that?”

“Oh, these are the goodie bags my auntie Juno made for the guests!” she smiled before handing two to Ula. “For you and Schrader.”

“Thanks. And what about those last two?” Ula pointed at the remaining bags.

“These are for my daddies but like I said, I haven’t seen them.”

“Well, I’d say your luck is turning around.”Ula smiled as she made Phoebe stop skating, then pointing to the outside of the rink which made Phoebe smile with a gasp. Soon, she skated her way out of the rink at full speed before jumping in the air, her wings spreading before she landed in Vespers’ arms.

“Dad! Papa!” she exclaimed before giving a pout. “Where the heck have you two been!?”

“We were getting your cake ready.”Cosmos chuckled as he gave Phoebe an affectionate kiss on the cheek.” Your uncle Pepper and aunt Belinda were helping us out.”

“All this time!?”

“Well, not really.”Vespers gave a small laugh as he stepped away along with Cosmos, revealing the gift table behind them that had one more gift.”We had to drag this in, and without you noticing it.”

Despite the stacks of gifts, the newest addition was the one that stood out for it was the largest one, and very large it was.

“I wanna open it! I wanna open it!” Phoebe reached out towards the gift as her fathers laughed.

“Let’s cut the cake first, yeah?”

“Hurry up then!” Phoebe wiggled in Vespers’ arms before she was set down to skate away on her sparkly skates, but not before both Cosmos and Vespers kissed her cheeks in an affectionate manner. “Everyone get your butts over here! We’re cutting the caaaaake!”

“Oh god.” Vespers shook his head as he laughed, then feeling Cosmos kiss him on the temple with the same affection given to Phoebe.

“What do you expect? We raised a cute, energetic, little moth.” Cosmos chuckled as he watched Phoebe hurriedly gather everybody up, even noticing each set of her grandparents holding each twin. “She’s gonna disown those skates you made soon.”

“Shut up dude.”Vespers playfully hit Cosmos before giving a sigh.”But you’re right.She’s gonna go crazy once she unwraps that car you made.”

The couple turned to each other, sharing one more kiss before excited chaos ensued.

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