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taylortruther · 10 months

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i got this ask about the golden compass but i am posting it so i can put it behind a tag to help everyone avoid spoilers (since some mutuals expressed interest in reading it, specifically).

the ask:

God I read TGC when I was 13 and I wish I could experience reading it for the first time again. I was hooked since the very first scece. Something about the writing makes you feel like you're inside the book experiencing it alongside Lyra. Lyra who's one of the best heroines ever. An icon and a legend.

AND OH TONY MAKARIOS

I was shocked the first time I read it. Stared at the book for hours like 😲. I reread the series last winter and this scene is only more horrifying as an adult.

Roger's death was also shocking I didn't imagine Lord Asriel would do something like that. One of the best things in rereading it was noticing details I haven't noticed before and I wish I had these books here with me so I could look at my annotation.

I love Lyra and Iorek I love their relationship and I still think that "sivertongue" is the most badass title ever (even more badass to be recieved by a bear). I love Lee. He's such a sweetheart and he remains a loyal sweetheart till the very end.

I can't wait to hear your thoughts on the rest of trilogy! It gets so much bigger and more philosophical. When I reread it I had a hard time with TGC because I really wanted to move on to the 2nd and especially the 3rd book.

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my answer:

agreed that pullman is an excellent writer! i'm gonna nerd out for a sec here, but he really knows how to suck you in from the first page, and the pacing of all the action, the way lyra learns information, etc. keeps you hooked. i'm so impressed by that. and i also really like how he uses parallels - for example, lyra meets iorek and pities him because he has no daemon, and soon after she finds tony makarios and sees what happens. or how she describes the bears as being at a crossroads between iorek and iofur, which they can never go back from, and soon after, lord asriel talks about how there are alternate universes where once a decision or choice has been made, it blocks out the alternative (except in another universe where those alternatives all exist.) so like, there is a world where iofur is still the king of the bears, which lyra had just been pondering while fearing for iorek's life.

and yes, i love lyra silvertongue! their relationship is so special and unique, i love it so much. and that scene where iorek tells lyra, "you tricked iofur?" and then we think iorek is about to be defeated, only for it to be a trick...! and the way lyra calls him "my dear" and helps him close his wounds. the way she says she doesn't love her father, but she loves iorek... lyra is sincerely just SO good, so fierce, a "wildcat" as pullman calls her at the beginning... i love her. i want to protect her and pan forever and i am terrified something awful will happen to him fjdaskl

super excited to start book 2 today! also if you ever want to share your annotations, i would love to hear them, seriously.

#tgc #hdm #tgc spoilers

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9fe2bf · 2 months

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oh my god the prices for the next season are actually ridiculous. tgc need to tone this down, especially with the constant onslaught of items they've been bringing back with traveling spirits and events. it feels like newer players (and broke players in general) haven't caught a break since days of feast

edit: just a heads up that these prices can change, especially since most players have complained about the prices, so please keep your hopes up, i didn't realize many people would have seen this post at all. lets pray tgc regains their sanity </3

#no id #sky cotl #sky cotl spoilers #tgc you CANNOT eat money

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albino-parakeet · 6 months

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“OKAY. GET IN.”

#sky cotl #sky children of the light #thatskygame #sky cotl meme #season of revival spoilers #season of revival #all the memes about the new quest reminded me of that SpongeBob meme #So here’s my half asleep attempt at joining the fun #TGC’s mascot sky kid is also there cause why not

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ntwhlvndthnks · 11 months

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grant and terry jr core 🤪🤪

#sorry not sorry...#im coping ok...#this is a image that i will probably only understand #but if you do... amazing you're so cool #TGC and dndads are MY hyperfixes AND I GET TO COMBINE THEM TOGETHER IF I WANT TO!!!#dndads #dungeons and daddies #dndads spoilers #grant wilson #terry jr #terry stampler

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targaryen-dynasty · 5 months

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King Aegon II Targaryen. *foaming at the mouth*

#tom glynn carney #tgc #aegon ii targaryen #aegon the elder #aegon the second #aegon the usurper #hotd #house of the dragon #hotd season 2 spoilers #house of the dragon season 2 #hotd season 2 #ccxp23 #ccxp 2023 #x

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whitebookposts · 1 year

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The concert. I- man. I am usually not so bad with words, but the concert... it just... I can’t even begin to express all the thoughts I have. But one thing I will say. While the whole concert made me emotional, I must say that it was the “through the eyes of a child” song that made me break down and start crying. It’s just... I don’t even know how to begin explaining this, but having to fly as a small, helpless butterfly through the dark after witnessing such a heartbreaking gruesome scene... as a sad and calm music plays in the background, the lonely silence after the storm... And seeing all the heartbreak and pain, left after the war, as countless dead bodies are laying in the hands of their loved ones, and even more corpses laying around, alone... And it didn’t matter who it was.

A friend.

A child.

A pet.

A family. The LOVE for them was the same. The HEARTBREAK was the same. But it wasn’t even that part that made me break down. It was this moment:

When flying through the dark, hopeless, alone, and scared, after witnessing the cruelty and pain of the world... We see a spark. That turns to be someone like us. Someone who is waiting for us there. And they fly to us so excitedly, and we start chatting as if they were waiting for us after being apart for so long. Are they a friend? A family member? A stranger? It doesn’t matter. Because we are not alone. We made it. They made it. And we met again. And then we see two mantas, flying together. All safe and sound.

Despite everything that happened, despite how many of them died... They survived. Despite everything that happened, they survived. And found each other. They aren't alone. They are going to be okay. And the sad song slowly turns into a hopeful one. A song of healing. A song of a second chance. A song about a new, kinder, world. And I am left in front of my phone, crying my eyes out.

#DAMN IT TGC I AM SUING YOU FOR THE EMOTIONAL DAMAGE YOU CAUSED ME.#sky: cotl #sky: children of the light #sky cotl #sky children of the light #thatskygame #that sky game #aurora #season of aurora #sky aurora concert spoilers #aurora concert spoilers #sky: the more you know

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tommowluvr · 5 months

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ok he might be a bitch- BUT YOU CAN'T DENY HE'S HOT AS HELL

#house of the dragon #hotd spoilers #hotd #hotd season 2 #hotd s2 #hotdsource #tom glynn carney #tgc #aegon targaryen #aegon ii targraryen #and yeah he's a lil bitch #but he's so damn hot #🔥🔥🔥#love u tom

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vela-pulsars · 1 year

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Cliffside Retreat

A hideaway for a few forlorn deserters

Fanseason of Passage/Cycles inspired by the celts that I decided to stop working on for now, it was going to be about war deserters in the Golden Wasteland, hiding near the waning peaks of the Valley of Triumph. It would be set near a mountain lake that’s at first muddy and polluted, but as quests are completed, arches would emerge from the gradually clearing waters as the landscapes slightly change to reflect each season of the year. More under the cut !

The questgiver would have been a warrior at the head of a troop who decided to desert the battlefield to save their and their people's life, they got bear themes since they were seen as rulers of the forest in some mythos, and the link to the Ursa minor/major constellations as guides was really cool. They feel like a failure and a coward though, and the fact they they all ended up getting got by darkness anyway doesn't help, so what's left of their troop will try to cheer them up during the season.

Each spirit is inspired by a realm we cross before the Wasteland (with the questgiver themselves being GW) to symbolize how much one has lived through before making it to the middle of their life. So, pretty much, this is a season about reminding yourself of how many cycles you passed through before that kind of hardship, reminding you that you got all the experience you gained so far to do so. I also like to think there could be parallels between deserters feeling guilt because they made a complicated choice, and being into adulthood realizing a lot of complex things also have higher stakes and feeling like you're betraying yourself and what you stand for.

The first few quests have you gathering items to build the hideaway back; The first one has you look for scraps with the Wayfinder, summoning the first arch (spring) and making grass and a few cold-colored flowers appear in the desert. For the second quest, you help the Laborer carry and assemble shelters, after which the second arch of summer emerges and the landscape becomes even more verdant with longer grass and warm-colored flowers blooming alongside the ones from the previous quest. As for the third quest, the Blacksmith asks you to deliver items they crafted to the other spirits, making the third arch of autumn come out of the water as harmless rain falls in the area and all the plant life that grew so far turns various shades of yellow, orange, red and brown.

The last two quests are special: Fourth quest starts off normally with you helping the Performer play a song to cheer everyone up, which works... until the fourth arch of winter emerges. A clap of thunder not unlike Eden's is heard, and it becomes split in two (mirroring the twin elders). Snow falls upon the Cliffside Retreat and covers the grass and flowers as the winds become more violent, making flight more difficult... Finally, the questgiver themselves ask you for help for the last quest: a storm is sending all the work done so far flying, and you have to catch it mid-air. At the end, the guide plays their carnyx (an instrument ultimate gift), summoning an elder bird and its flock to guide the winds into being less chaotic. The clouds part, and underneath starlit skies, you see an aurora borealis. The spirits fix what they can, and after looking over life blooming in the area even more colorful than it was before, they feel at peace and ascend to the stars.

#sky: children of the light #thatskygame #fanseason #sky fanseason #beta spoilers on the name and one cosmetic for the next season but ----->#I worked on this since before the season of Passage was announced... so seeing the name and the ult mask is a bit bittersweet #I'm happy but also a bit frustrated my idea actually wasn't new but oh well #at least I know someone at TGC got based tastes in animals and season names

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slink-a-dink · 2 years

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Season of Shattering Poems

These were taken from the official discord

Memory 1 - Jellyfish

The light that swirled here was not warm

These were no drifting currents

Songs lost to the void

Bewildered in final moments of stillness

Memory 2 - Crabs and Dark Plants

Entranced by strange brilliance

And swept into its snare

A familiar glow that hid

Nothingness in its wake

Memory 3 - Mantas

Soft wings flowing to bright beacons

Drawn from the path, trusting until too late

Bound in a merciless harness

Soft wings despairing against stone

Memory 4 - Dark Dragons

Ascending towards darkness

A distorted reflection

The hunter relentless to sate

Insatiable hunger

Memory 5 - Whales

The distant call beyond reach

Echoes swallowed in a scouring silence

Empty light scattering the fragments

Of a spirit sundered in the break

Memory 6 - Elders

Bare at the precipice

Unseen fractures crumble in the chasm

The stars under fathomless weight

Reaching to light and to dark

Carrying memory of all that was held

In the final moment of shattering

#UGH #LOSES IT #my one huge gripe with shattering is that they made these rlly cool poems that add to the memories #but didn’t implement them in game but rather only posted on social medua #LIKE I DONT GET THEM ENTIRELY BUT IT WOULDVE ADDED SO MUCH TO THE VIBE TGC #sky children of the light #sky cotl #thatskygame #season of shattering spoilers #season of shattering #anyways eden diamond calamity event real

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justsomeectoplasm · 1 year

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I am feeling very much about this concert

#sky cotl #sky children of the light #sky: children of the light #season of aurora spoilers #VSU8RHEHJDIEIWIS #CHILLS LITERAL CHILLS #THE LORE AND THE MUSIC WERE WONDERFUL #THANK YOU TGC AND AURORA IT WAS WONDERFUL

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taylortruther · 10 months

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Omg I'm so glad you liked The Golden Compass!! It's one of my favourite books of all time

I LOVED IT. also, i'm gonna put spoilers behind a tag, but... i literally cried for so long about this part

ratter and tony makarios and that dried fish he kept holding to his chest. HE WAS HOLDING THE FISH BECAUSE HE MISSED HIS DAEMON. HE WAS JUST A BABY, A LOST LONELY BOY WITHOUT HIS ETERNAL COMPANION AND SOUL. the way he cuddled the dried fish 😭 and he asked if ratter would be able to find him (presumably when he died? or just in general?) 😭😭😭 sweet ratter and her empty tank 😭😭 the way lyra did her best to give him the same treatment as the scholars' crypt, with the coins in their skulls 😭😭😭

but all that poor baby had for who knows how long was a dried fish. omg. when i say i wept i mean it. that will stick with me for ages.

#tgc #hdm #tgc spoilers

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gojuo · 2 years

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When his grief had passed, King Aegon II summoned his loyalists and made plans for his return to King’s Landing, to reclaim the Iron Throne and be reunited once again with his lady mother, the Queen Dowager, who had at last emerged triumphant over her great rival, if only by outliving her. “Rhaenyra was never a queen,” the king declared, insisting that henceforth, in all chronicles and court records, his half sister be referred to only as “princess,” the title of queen being reserved only for his mother Alicent and his late wife and sister Helaena, the true queens. And so it was decreed.

— The Princess and the Queen

#CRYING SHAKING THROWING UPPPPPPP #the way tgc has singlehandedly made me care for egg 2 whereas i didnt like him at all in f&b. thats love babey #rereading f&b with all of these new hcs and interpretations of these characters like .... i have to thank hotd for that at the very least #i liked the dance in f&b as in the perfect example of Targs being the most idiotic family in all of westeros bc they did all of this to #themselves. but now i care for the characters on a deeper level bc theyre humans now instead of personalities in a history book. aughhhgggg #tgc I LOOOOOVVEEEE YOUUUU !!!!#asoiaf #hotd spoilers #hotd #aegon ii #alicent #helaena

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moonpleaser · 1 year

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