His Dark Materials

Hello ! This is a blog dedicated to my obsession with the series His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman. I basically reblog cool stuff and make original posts once in a while. My ask box is always open ! This blog will not be spoiler free, although I do try to tag it as much as possible.

[ruta-skadi]

no i haven’t been active on here for months. yes im making this post only to say that i screamed at the trailer for the series. okay bye gonna go back to crying

[dreamingpartone]

hello yes I love Malcolm Polstead with my whole entire heart

[bookbeani]

I don’t know why I find this hilarious

[loiskane]

character aesthetics: lyra belaqua + pantalaimon (his dark materials)

“I wish…” she said, and stopped. There was nothing that could be gained by wishing for it. A final deep shaky breath, and she was ready to go on.

[thesnappsblog]

Sketch dump. I added some rare Feyre doodles too🤓

[anywayfuckjkr]

so who’s up for a trip to oxford on the 24th june, the agenda is the botanic gardens for an hour at noon and lots of bench sitting and crying xxx

[ruta-skadi]

Re: different daemon species getting more description than others, I think a lot of the problem is because as much as it's a third person narration, it's very influenced by the people we're viewing it through. Like Lyra is very oblivious and unless it's hinted at through descriptions (I.e farder Coram's daemon is likely a Maine Coon based on description) she's very oblivious to breeds of animals that are being shown. I'm amazed honestly at times that she recognises anything beyond "it's a bird."

Yeah, that’s what I thought ! Since her education was a bit random, she probably goes with what she knows, and she probably remembers most easily details about cool, charismatic animals, than the name of species of domestic cats, because she’s Lyra. 

(and omg that’s probably true and I love Main Coons so much they’re so fluuuuuuuuuff)

[hatters-workshop]

I know right?? From my experience main coons are 95% fluff, 5% sass too so it would feel applicable but I’m sure other people might interpret different things from it.

But I like the idea of like any of the species that Lyra actually recognises are from like her seeing one of the lecturers at Jordan reading a book and there’s an illustration and immediately asking about it but then the lecturer getting Super Hyped about it and going off on one, and she walks off 2 minutes in like ‘Sorry I think that’s the master yelling me byyyyyeeeee’ but the illustration and the name of the creature sticks. And like maybe her and pan go back to their room and pan tried out the animal for size while Lyra points out like 'nah you got the feathers wrong ’ or 'nah the legs were longer ’

[filthyprotozoan]

you asked for hdm how about mrs. coulter & lee scoresby?

uuum yes pls thank u

marisa coulter -

general opinion: fall in a hole and die | don’t like them | eh | they’re fine I guess | like them! | love them | actual love of my life

hotness level: get away from me | meh | neutral | theoretically hot but not my type | pretty hot | gorgeous! | 10/10 would bang

hogwarts house: gryffindor | slytherin | ravenclaw | hufflepuff

best quality: i love how unapologetically evil she is i mean she’s brutal and she’s brilliant and she’s so good at fucking people over but you know what, in the end she really steps up as a mother and sacrifices everything for the love of her daughter & i cry about it every goddamn time

worst quality: she literally helps the church traumatize & mutilate children

ship them with: asriel not that either of them are apparently capable of a healthy romantic relationship but holy fuck they’re so interesting together

brotp them with: has she even had a friend like ever

needs to stay away from: innocent children

misc. thoughts: dont get me wrong shes a terrible person most of the time but as a character oh my god i love her and i come alive every time she’s mentioned. also i will headcanon her as a brunette until i fucking die and philip pullman cant take that from me

lee scoresby -

general opinion: fall in a hole and die | don’t like them | eh | they’re fine I guess | like them! | love them | actual love of my life

hotness level: get away from me | meh | neutral (he’s?? too old??? but like if i was fifty hell yeah??) | theoretically hot but not my type | pretty hot | gorgeous! | 10/10 would bang

hogwarts house: gryffindor | slytherin | ravenclaw | hufflepuff

best quality: 10/10 father figure with the biggest heart & doesnt put on airs

worst quality: being dead

ship them with: nah

brotp them with: iorek!!

needs to stay away from: bullets

misc. thoughts: im so fucking sad

[thesnappsblog]

I LOVE THE SERIES TOO. HERES A LYRA SILVERTONGUE.

(I know this is a little disappointing but I’m planning on drawing something BIG FOR THIS SERIES. My current project is Six of Crows but I’m planning on doing a full painting tribute for this series. Hopefully after I finish the last book 😭)

[tenrose]

The separation of Lyra and Pan will forever remain the most painful heartbreaking moment in history of fiction ever.

[alrightsnaps]

‘‘..But it gradually seemed to me that I’d made myself believe something that wasn’t true. I’d made myself believe that I was fine and happy and fulfilled on my own without the love of anyone else. Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very interesting, and some people went there, but I never would. I’d spend all my life without ever going to China, but it wouldn’t matter, because there was all the rest of the world to visit… And I thought: am I really going to spend the rest of my life without feeling that again? I thought: I want to go to China. It’s full of treasures and strangeness and mysteries and joy. I thought, will anyone be better off if I go straight back to the hotel and say my prayers and confess to the priest and promise never to fall into temptation again? Will anyone be the better for making me miserable?

And the answer came back—no. No one will. There’s no one to fret, no one to condemn, no one to bless me for being a good girl, no one to punish me for being wicked. Heaven was empty. I didn’t know whether God had died, or whether there never had been a God at all. Either way I felt free and lonely and I didn’t know whether I was happy or unhappy, but something very strange had happened. And all that huge change came about as I had the marzipan in my mouth, before I’d even swallowed it. A taste—a memory—a landslide…’’

— Mary Malone

[alrightsnaps]

‘‘But he loved my mother,’’ said Will. ‘‘And I can tell her that he was never unfaithful.’’

Lyra, looking at Will, thought that if he fell in love, he would be like that.’’

— The Amber Spyglass

[deathbyvalentine]

I lost you and I could not find you amongst the air the stars the clouds. We deserved a thousand more moments. We deserved a thousand more lifetimes. We deserved to carve out a palace and have an entire world contained within it, to be only ours for eternity.  I would pray but all my words just lead to your grave of moonlight and breath.  I won’t ever love again -  I haven’t got a whole heart to love with, you took your half with you.

Baruch (a.v.p)

[lions-and-dandelions]

Just wanted to post a little something about an event I went to in soho the day before last where Philip Pullman was speaking.

Firstly, it was amazing! He’s such a great speaker, funny, intelligent, charming, etc. He recited some bits of poetry which I enjoyed.

He spoke a lot about the book of dust and he read a section to us which was great. I loved what he said about Malcolm and Alice. He said some VERY exciting stuff about the next book!!

He spoke about his dark materials too, including about the scene between Lyra and will where they say they love each other, particularly the moment with Lyra feeding will and how it reflects Mary’s story… I fangirled so hard!

Honestly, I love listening to writers speak so much?! Unfortunately I didn’t get the chance to properly meet him, but hope I will one day :)

[folding-corners]

I can’t wait to finally get to this beautiful book!

[hummingbee-o0o]

Lord Asriel

(I’m reading Philip Pullman’s The Book of Dust and I remembered how much I loved Daniel Craig as Lord Asriel.)

[alrightsnaps]

Rereading His Dark Materials inevitably means falling in love with William J. Parry all over again.

[ruta-skadi]

Waking up every morning means falling in love with him again.