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his-dark-materials-trilogy · 2 months ago

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ovenproofowl · 2 years ago

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His Dark Materials is a franchise that tackles so many branches of physics and even creates a universe where the main course of study is experimental theology which is all about identifying and explaining dark matter while also adding dimensions to string theory, the multiverse theory, and the very concept of the human soul. At the same time, it aggressively calls out the problem with the state being controlled by the church, how people are condemned for being different and religious fearmongering stops the chance at growth both on an individual and a societal scale. It’s a franchise where the heroes of the story are two children who aren’t allowed to know the prophecy they’re a part of, who save the world unwittingly simply by doing what they believe to be right. Meanwhile, the person who thought he was the hero all along, the person who rallied an army from multiple universes to FIGHT. GOD. HIMSELF. is ultimately consumed by his own ego and forced to take a back seat when he realises he’s just one tiny piece of a much larger story that’s true heart is his own daugher. The child he abandoned, the child he didn’t know or care to know how to look after. It’s a franchise about finding love even when your biological family abandon you, it’s about looking evil in the eye and seeing your own mother, it’s about good and evil not being black and white but instead a complex and cruel mixture of both. It’s about the two worst people you know banding together at the last second to save their daughter with their final breaths. It’s about exploration and learning how to grow through experience, it’s about kindness being shared across the multiverse, exchanging stories with strangers and saving the whole world by doing something perfectly ordinary and receiving no reward.

Oh, and it’s also a franchise rich with fantasy, with giant talking polar bears, witches and ghosts, angels and daemons, and a mammal-like species from another world that travels exclusively on roller skates.

And it fucking. rocks.

#his dark materials #phillip pullman #hdm #lyra belacqua #will parry #marisa coulter #lord asriel #mary malone #northern lights #the subtle knife #the amber spyglass #i feel like i didn't even scrape the surface. the universe created here has fascinated me since i was a kid #but as i've gotten older i've really learned to appreciate all the scientific theories that are expanded upon using fantasy and philosophy #as someone who has a weird obsession with theoretical physics hdm scratches a very specific itch 😂#anyway that's my little rant over. i'm done now.

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winter2468 · 2 years ago

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His Dark Materials where everything is the same except Mrs Coulter’s daemon is the stylish but illegal monkey

#this is not a his dark materials quote #his dark materials #hdm #mrs coulter #marisa coulter #stylish but illegal monkey #the golden monkey #the northern lights #the subtle knife #the amber spyglass #daemons

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casualavocados · 2 months ago

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I actually think it's more complicated than that. I think, if bad people think it's bad, then, maybe it's good.

HIS DARK MATERIALS 2.01 | The City Of Magpies

#hdmedit #his dark materials #hdm #hisdarkmaterialsedit #the subtle knife #lyra silvertongue #will parry #dafne keen #amir wilson #hdmsource #userzhr #userstarminster #userplatinum #userpegs #usernik #userjjessi #usernuria #*cajedit #*gif #this is for that post that said will laughing at the idea of dust being sin was the thesis of the story 🫶#flash forward to lyra's 'so dust isnt sin. its just as good or bad as we are'#i love Dust. Dust my beloved. my best friend Dust. my best friend consciousness and knowledge and experience and curiosity and passion #and growth and learning and sharing and thoughtfulness and imagination and questioning #the most righteous things i know.#no and literally i would kill for both of them during this scene #lyra's scorn vs will's bemusement #they dont know it yet but they are gonna save Dust and all the universes and love each other so so hard

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internetfriend-movedmoved · 2 months ago

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#hdm #his dark materials #the golden compass #the subtle knife #the amber spyglass

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quotespile · 10 months ago

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Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to obey and be humble and submit.

Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife

#literature #quotes #Philip Pullman #The Subtle Knife #quote #books #lit

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kirjavas · 2 months ago

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Into this wild Abyss The womb of Nature and perhaps her grave Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire But all these things in their pregnant causes mixed Confusedly, thus must ever fight Unless the Almighty Maker them ordain His dark materials to create more worlds Into this wild Abyss the wary Fiend Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while Pondering his voyage⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

HIS DARK MATERIALS as Penguin Classics

#is the pear on the knife painting clever foreshadowing for the fruit in the next book #or is it just a reference to that one post about will trying to use the subtle knife to cut an apple. you decide #his dark materials #hdm #hdmsource #northern lights #the subtle knife #the amber spyglass #philip pullman #my edits #edits #hdmedit

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chaotictoast · 1 year ago

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I love series where the main character(s) didn’t actually save the world to save the world.

They were just doing something else and happened to save the world at the same time.

#lyra silvertongue #lyra belacqua #kaz brekker #six of crows #his dark materials #the golden compass #the subtle knife #the amber spyglass #grishaverse #shadow and bone #nina zenik #matthias helvar #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #inej ghafa #text post #for the crows it was money #for lyra her BFF JUST DIED #like give her a break

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saltwaterandstars · 6 months ago

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JOMP BPC - 7th May - Favourite Sequel

I was so excited when this was published, having been impatiently waiting since devouring Northern Lights.

#jompbpc #justonemorepage #books #reading #the subtle knife #philip pullman

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clarisimart · 1 year ago

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Every single adult who comes into direct contact with Lyra and talks with her for any period of time (and is not related to her): I only had Lyra for ten seconds, but if anything happened to her, I would kill everyone in this room and then myself.

Meanwhile, her bio parents: Excuse you, the only one who is allowed to horrifically mistreat my daughter and do unforgivable things to her and those she cares about, is me!

#His dark materials #lyra belacqua #lyra silvertongue #marisa coulter #lord asriel #Both of them get parent of the year awards #Different brands of abuse but still #Marisa's I don't care about my daughter until I remember she existed and then get possessive and controlling #Vs #Asriels I couldn't get less of a shit but I'll guess she'll be safe but not cared for and then get jealous when she's more special than me #FIGHT #AT LEAST THEY KINDA DIED PROTECTING HER KINDA #Lyra really frigging lucked out when it came to progenitors #Northern lights #the subtle knife #the amber spyglass

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his-dark-materials-trilogy · 4 months ago

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