His Dark Materials
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Not sinceFleabagseason two has there been so much blinding sexual subtext on a small screen.
Thats not to say Marisa Coulter is the stablest person; Dust knows that lady has ProblemsTM.
But (andsorry to Xaphaniafor this) Asriel Belacquas delusions are utterly typical of his station.
He was clearly like this long before he and Coulter met all those years ago.
His fortune, his reputation theseare the big sacrifices of his life.
Asriel thinks emotional warfare is his ally?
He was merely adopted by it.
She was born in it.Moldedby it.
Shell never be who he wants her to be, and thats half the reason hes obsessed with her.
Speaking of clarity, somebodys daughter is doing a little philosophizing.
She snaps at poor Pan; she tries to bully Will.
How dare she call thepanserbjrneking a liar!
Its rich, too, since Lyra cant seem to cope with the idea of failure, either.
Our girl is, at least, desperate to do the right thing.
(Also shes still, what, 13?)
Your father is right about you, you are insufferable, the Gallivespian snaps.
Not to call another magical beings expertise into question, but insufferable compared to what, lady?
Have you met your boss?
Besides, youre the professional spy letting children lead you around by the nose!
The alethiometer closes ranks, too, apparently.
You may have good intentions, but the knife has intentions, too, he cautions.
A hammer intends to strike, a vise intends to hold fast, a lever intends to lift …
But sometimes a tool may have other uses that you dont know.
Sometimes in doing what you intend, you also do what the knife intends, without knowing.
Can you see the sharpest edge of that knife?
Then how can you know everything it does?
The only thing that feels certain in any world right now is Lyra and Wills faith in each other.
Lyras campaign against Iorek?
In defense of Will.
When Will is instructed to find what matters as he wills the knife back together in the flames?
The vision that steadies him is Lyra.
That kid, bless his heart, literally follows her to the underworld.
Now if she could just extend that same loyalty to Pantalaimon.
She emerges onto a savannah deserted, but not for long.
Just an observation, but we havent passed the Bechdel Test even once this season.
Ruta Skadi deserves better.
Painfully brief appearance from Balthamos this week!
At least he can self-reflect.
Jurys still out over here; I hope they do both.
