#ty as always ruth for this masterpiece

[man-i-love-folklore]

who gave him the right to be such a cutie patootie.

[tenrose]

I'm not sure if you were asked about this so sorry if I repeat someone else's question but so far what do you think of His Dark Materials? In terms of pacing, how story unfolds, characters, visuals. And how would you like the season to end? Ty!

Hey thank you for asking! 

So I’m absolutely not objective about it cause I love it somuch. So far it has been a very good beginning, it’s clear thewriters know the story (the whole intro credit is a huge massivespoiler from the beginning to the end if you know where to look, it’sa masterpiece and I love it) well and also know the we, the fans, areready with an axe behind their door if this adaptation is fucked uponce more. To be honest, I don’t think it’s an easy book toadapt, cause there is a lot you can say in words, that are very hardto transcribe on a screen, but I could say that for a lot of books.Anyway I’m guessing for someone who is unfamiliar with theuniverse, the beginning may be a bit slow ? They have to immersethe viewers into Lyra’s universe and it could take time. But Ican’t really tell cause I already know the story. However I cantell that it looks a lot like what I imagined, and my love forzeppelins is fullfiled. Mind you from a strictly gif maker point ofview this yellow sucks a lot. But yes the universe looks like Ipictured it, although there’s a kind of a lack of daemons, but it’sbeen talked about it, it must be expensive as hell so I’m going tobe indulgent about it.

For the characters… They are perfect ! I had some doubtsabout James McAcvoy, cause you know he looks young and nice, andhonestly Daniel Craig was like one of the few highlights of themovie, but so far he did well ! His smile at the beginning, helooks like an absolute madman, totally fanatic about his work and Ifreaking love that ! So no complains here. Ruth Wilson isabsolutely killing it, she both turn me on and terrify me and that’sexactly what I wanted for Mrs Coulter to be. Her smile will haunt mein my dreams. Also she adds so many layers to the characters andthat’s very interesting to see. She always has been, to me, themost complex character of the story and I’m dying to know more. Butat the same time I don’t want to know too much about her you know…I don’t know how they are gonna explore her complexity, I’m bothwaiting with anticipation and with a bit of anxiety but will see. Asfor Lyra, Dafne is perfect for the role. But I do hope she’s gonnabe more feral and unapologetic towards adults like she is in thebooks. I love that we see her vulnerable side but at the same time Ifeel like the writers tried to modernise her a bit to be closer ofmodern heroines of today. I’m not sure I like this, I’ve heard alot of people couldn’t really handle her in the books cause she’sa tiny storm, she’s not nice, she’s bittching, she’s aggressivebut that’s why I love(d) her so much ??? So yeah I really hopewe’re gonna see her being a lying angry cat.

 For the story, there’s like only one major divergence from thebooks, the parents’ reveal, but I can see why they choose Marisa totell Lyra who’s her father, it allows to show one her other sidethat we don’t have much in the books. Also it gains time, causethere’s like so few episodes left already. And we don’t know thewhole story yet so once again it might me intriguing for the newviewers. And then we have the Lord Boreal’s storyline. Now that’sa surprise. And that’s very clever, cause there’s technically nodivergence from the books, the reader already know, except it’smentioned in TSK. But we know… So seeing it is kinda exciting, andalso I’m sure I can speak for a lot of people here, being so closeto Will is a case of absolute torture but a good one. And at the sameit helps the show being less slow and linear I think. My only concernis about the end of the season, it might disminish a bit what LordAsriel does, oooor it might just makes it even more horrendous causenow everyone will know there was another way and not just the reader…Also I absolutely did not imagined the windows between worlds to belike this, but I can’t even explain how I would have made them it’svery confuse in my head lmao.

As for the end of the season… I would love it to have it like inNothern Lights to end you know for the drama and the tears… BUTsince we’ve seen Will’s world already my ultimate cliffhanger toend would be to have Will appearing at the end. Like turning his headat the window, watched by Thomas and realizing he’s being watched.Or at the supermarket with his mother. Anyway I just want Will andthe end just so I suffer through the whole hiatus after.