I remember! I don't think they can fix the kids and I personally believe that Billy died sharpish after getting into the camp, they just didn't show it. Even the way the characters were delivering their lines smacked of desperation and the false reassurance that adult's do. It will all be all right, we'll fix it, even when they can't. And Roger is going to die. They completely set it up. 'I'm taking him what he needs!' Yes, Lyra, your little friend who is marked for death
I think James Bond on the ice did more to convince me of his James Bondyness than Casino Royale did.
2)omg so fabulous so fabulous. (see, I am reduced to incoherency and his wonderfulness. Even those clunky, 'I heard you were in a tight spot, let me tell you my life's story' lines he pulled off with panache) And, rowr, Serafina Pekkala, though I see you have claimed her by striking the first blow in the terrible come on stakes.
3)Marked For Death If they don't kill him the whole of the Amber Spyglass is gone and most of hte motivation of the Subtle Knife. Don't worry, poor sweet innocent boy shall be ripped apart and then dropped off a cliff. The real thing about the exposition is it really felt like the scriptwriter ws cutting and pasting Pullman and occasionally wrote in things like [replace later: he is the king of the ice bears] and such and then they never got edited out. This is very uncharitable of me.
4)by stayed do you mean, the order? Because I've dealt with the order of events and am now questioning motivations and such. I guess giant battle trumps polar bear getting his jaw ripped off in the tension stakes. In a weird way, I'm grateful that they pushed the literal cliffhanger to the next movie. That ending tortured me when I read it
5)I feel like Lyra's intensely bright but that's she's not hmm, organized. Like the information's there, but she doesn't question it as it comes in, or file it into proper places, it all sits there and then she gets huge omg moments when it all clicks together. Every thing she's observed (and she does more than average) just is in there, waiting. And I love that she wasn't written as an amazing precognitive genius. I have two types of character love, the kind I love and admire and sort of wish I was (even when it's real dysfunctional) and the kind I love and worship and wish I could be with as weird as I know that to be. And Lyra's in the second group. Oh Lyra, never change
6)I've been avoiding spoilers! I don't know! And I don't want to blind google. gah. Think you can convince your brother to help?
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I think James Bond on the ice did more to convince me of his James Bondyness than Casino Royale did.
2)omg so fabulous so fabulous. (see, I am reduced to incoherency and his wonderfulness. Even those clunky, 'I heard you were in a tight spot, let me tell you my life's story' lines he pulled off with panache) And, rowr, Serafina Pekkala, though I see you have claimed her by striking the first blow in the terrible come on stakes.
3)Marked For Death If they don't kill him the whole of the Amber Spyglass is gone and most of hte motivation of the Subtle Knife. Don't worry, poor sweet innocent boy shall be ripped apart and then dropped off a cliff. The real thing about the exposition is it really felt like the scriptwriter ws cutting and pasting Pullman and occasionally wrote in things like [replace later: he is the king of the ice bears] and such and then they never got edited out. This is very uncharitable of me.
4)by stayed do you mean, the order? Because I've dealt with the order of events and am now questioning motivations and such. I guess giant battle trumps polar bear getting his jaw ripped off in the tension stakes. In a weird way, I'm grateful that they pushed the literal cliffhanger to the next movie. That ending tortured me when I read it
5)I feel like Lyra's intensely bright but that's she's not hmm, organized. Like the information's there, but she doesn't question it as it comes in, or file it into proper places, it all sits there and then she gets huge omg moments when it all clicks together. Every thing she's observed (and she does more than average) just is in there, waiting. And I love that she wasn't written as an amazing precognitive genius. I have two types of character love, the kind I love and admire and sort of wish I was (even when it's real dysfunctional) and the kind I love and worship and wish I could be with as weird as I know that to be. And Lyra's in the second group. Oh Lyra, never change
6)I've been avoiding spoilers! I don't know! And I don't want to blind google. gah. Think you can convince your brother to help?