His Dark Materials
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Chief among them: Mrs. Coulters seduction of Gods Regent, Metatron.
In making a point about the weakness of men, Pullman hurts his most powerful woman.
Its a classic disappointment.
Was the fall of man when Eve heeded the Serpent and shared the fruit, a.k.a.
Dust, with Adam?
But the parts of the story that warranted the adapters attention were unquestionably transformed for the better.
For one, its much clearer this time just how powerless Asriel truly is.
A mortal who has not confronted their own darkness is as helpless as a child before [Metatron].
Metatron gets a little upgrade, too.
(A rising tide truly lifts all boats.)
Hes seduced by her soullessness, by the opportunity to mold her in his own image.
Metatrons envy takes the form of subjugation.
And boy, do Marisa and Asriel offer him that fantasy on a plate.
But shes always been the one with the plan.
The one who couldsuppress the best of herselfto achieve her goals.
She needed him feeling this wretched, for Metatron to crow, Look at him.
He knows hes beaten.
His end has come.
But I lied too well.
I was lying with every nerve and fiber and everything Id ever done.
I wanted him to find no good in me, and he didnt.
When Will uses sahttr to cut his and Lyras dmon through to safety, Metatron is momentarily distracted.
Its Asriel who says it, but its Marisa who makes it matter: For Lyra.
Field Notes
Wills dmon?
Kitty!!!!!!!!!!!
Lets hold off on talking about Lyras reaction to the golden monkeys disintegration until the next recap.
Much to think about there.
Why is Asriel so obsessed with saying in the earth rather than on earth?
if it wasnt so inextricably linked to his over-the-top rhetoric.
This makes both less and more sense.
What I am is far beyond your comprehension.
