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I think my daemon is a greyhound. She looks most like a polish greyhound right now*. I don’t think she’s settled as one yet (‘cause I’ve only had her for less than a day).

I do have a vivid imagination and frequent dialogues with myself, so at least that explains why it didn’t take too long for her to show up.

Her name (right now, I think) is Ophelia. I just scrolled through baby names until one felt right for her.

I love her, she helped keep me from freaking out when I got anxious today.

*Is it possible to get noemata for daemons? I just kind of knew how her fur felt and what her shape was without really choosing it.

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chaos family + the amber spyglass/ series parallels

1.01 “Lyra’s Jordan” // Chapter 25 “Saint-Jean-les-Eaux”, The Amber Spyglass // 1.01 “Lyra’s Jordan” // Chapter 28 “Midnight”, The Amber Spyglass // 1.08 “Betrayal” // Chapter 35 “Over the Hills and Far Away”, The Amber Spyglass // 3.03 “The Intention Craft” // Chapter 28 “Midnight”, The Amber Spyglass // 3.08 “The Botanic Garden”

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his dark materials fan week 2020 | day 6 | thing you are most looking forward to about season two/upcoming books | mary malone

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sometimes the commentary in his dark materials on class difference and the ways in which wealthy people abuse their influence is seamlessly and organically interwoven with the narrative and sometimes its like Will says something mean and lyra literally goes "this bitch is too poor to talk to me like that"

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HIS DARK MATERIALS, S01E01 | Dafne Keen as Lyra Belacqua

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making my peace with how lyra was characterised in the show vs the books because so much of it relies on her age and even dafne keen being only one year older than lyra when filming set her up to portray a different character from the very beginning. it doesn't seem like a huge difference but lyra being a child and not a teenager is of fundamental importance to her path in the books so it's inevitable that she was written more like a teenager in the show (and you can't stop child actors from ageing, you can only adapt the writing and directing to match how they mature). the show wrote lyra's arc in accordance with her maturing to the age of around 16, so they chose to have her grow out of her habit of lying and instead wield the power of truth to further her on her journey. it was a different journey from the books, but it got her to the same place: saving her friend and countless others with the power of storytelling and a silvertongue

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She sat beside Will, and her eyes never left Pantalaimon, who stood trembling at the shore end of the jetty; but as the boatman let go of the iron ring and swung his oars out to pull the boat away, the little dog dæmon trotted helplessly out to the very end, his claws clicking softly on the soft planks, and stood watching, just watching, as the boat drew away and the jetty faded and vanished in the mist. Then Lyra gave a cry so passionate that even in that muffled, mist-hung world it raised an echo, but of course it wasn’t an echo, it was the other part of her crying in turn from the land of the living as Lyra moved away into the land of the dead. “My heart, Will …” she groaned, and clung to him, her wet face contorted with pain. And thus the prophecy that the Master of Jordan College had made to the Librarian, that Lyra would make a great betrayal and it would hurt her terribly, was fulfilled. The Amber Spyglass, Chapter 21: The Harpies

HIS DARK MATERIALS (2019—2022) 1.01 Lyra’s Jordan | 3.04 Lyra and Her Death

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childhood daemon headcanons

children asking their daemons to become very small, hiding them in their pockets, and trying to scare the other children by pretending they don’t have daemons at all

children and their daemons staying up reading far after their parents have put them to bed, their daemons becoming fireflies to light up the pages of their books

daemons playing “guess which animal I am,” asking their human to shut their eyes, turning into different animals, and having their human touch them and try to guess what animal they’ve become

nerdy children reading about an exotic animal and school, and asking their daemon to become that animal so they can study it better

kids and their daemons trying to scare each other, kids making crazy faces while their daemons transform into tarantulas and bats

children trick-or-treating with their daemons, making sure that the daemons form matches their costume perfectly

daemons turning in to fishes when their human counterparts don’t want to take a bath, trying to coax their humans into the water and show them that it isn’t scary

the daemons of children who don’t have coats and blankets turning into big bears to keep them warm in the winter

children taking care of their daemons. daemons taking care of their children.

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Lyra's Marisa coming out 😈

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Characters studies - Lyra and Pan from "His Dark Materials"

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Lyra wanting to be with Asriel Asriel wanting to be with Marisa Marisa wanting to be with Lyra

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LORD ASRIEL BELACQUA, PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE

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mary malone doesn’t even know they fought god. she doesn’t know what be the serpent means. she doesn’t know who lyra is. she was supposed to find out but got distracted by roller skating elephants and the narrative just let her. they said Yeah that’s fine. let the lesbian ex-nun physicist search for shiny rocks with talking anteaters for all of season 3.

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okay so on a whim decided to watch the hbo his dark materials thingy and all i really feel the need to say is that everyone out here fightin for their lives, killin god and shit, while god ol doctor mary just went on a nice hike throughout the multiverse, then chilled with roller-scating elephants for a few months, played the role of the biblical snake by talking about her gay crush which helped restore the aformentioned multiverse and came home with a nice pet bird

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The SAND CAT (Felis margarita) is a small wild cat that inhabits sandy and stony deserts far from water sources, the only felid to appear exclusively in desert habitats. Largely solitary, sand cats are hardy and emotionally tough, likely reserved or private, but not particularly assertive and likely to be docile. The sand cat's short ears set low on the head aid in the detection of prey moving underground: these animals are highly perceptive and aware. Long hair covers the soles of a sand cat's paws and insulates the foot pads while moving over hot sand; this feature makes the cat's tracks obscure and difficult to identify: sand cats are tough and enduring, focused and persistent, highly specialised, and likely secretive. With sandy to light grey fur well matched to desert habitats, the sand cat's camouflage protects it from predators: these animals are guarded and passive, likely manipulative and avoidant, gentle, retiring, and somewhat apathetic. Sand cats are habitual, resting in underground dens during day and hunting at night. These animals are highly cautious and strongly determined, surviving indefinitely on moisture gained from their prey rather than risk vulnerability at watering holes. Methodical and efficient, sand cats are disciplined, dutiful and diligent, and will bury a carcass too large to eat in one sitting rather than waste a possible meal. These animals are loose-bonding and somewhat detached, quietly confident and self-assured, patient and tolerant, but not particularly trusting, and not likely to be loyal or affectionate.

The SAHARAN SAND CAT (Felis margarita margarita) is smaller in size with brighter, more yellow fur with more pronounced markings and 2-6 rings on the tail: these cats are mildly more expressive, dramatic, and passionate.

The TURKESTAN SAND CAT (Felis margarita thinobia) is larger in size with a darker, more greyish coat with less pronounced markings and only 2-3 rings on the tail. These cats are likely more calm, guarded and apathetic, and highly indulgent and relaxed.

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meanwhile her mother

insp (x)

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at that place we sat together today again, I'll go to where you're going