The Golden Compass - Blog Posts
I took a quiz to find out what my Daemon would be and this was the result:
I imagine he is a calico bobtail and his name would be Tarin (which I find an ironic name, since when I researched its meaning I discovered that there is a species of bird with the same name. lol.)
His Dark Materials Based on the first book of the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
Fanmade trailer was directed by Louis Holmes, Agathe Leroux and Léa Rey Mauzaize Original Score: Jean-Loup Didelot Violinists: Dario Herraiz-Sabater, Eugenia Saval-Llorca Sound Design: Théophile Loaec Storyboard: Léa Rey-Mauzaize, Louis Holmes, Gabo Camarillo Gil Art Direction: Agathe Leroux Vis Dev: Agathe Leroux, Louis Holmes, Léa Rey-Mauzaize, Juliette Brocal Animation Leads: Louis Holmes, Léa Rey-Mauzaize Animation: Victoria Gregiry De Millo, Maxime Jouniot, Jade Khoo, Sandy Lachkar, Agathe Leroux Additional animation: Grégoire De Bernouis, Stella Besse
Love Covers a Multitude Of Sins
Realising that all behaviour is the result of a complex web of cause and effect invites us to embrace a deeper understanding and forgiveness for ourselves and others.
While the specifics of each reaction may elude our understanding, shaped as they are by our own singular journeys—we can find peace in the knowledge that everything reflects this universal principle and grounds our relationships in the reality that non of us are right or wrong, allowing us to see the reflections of our shared humanity in one another’s actions.
If you think about it the plot of His Dark Materials is basically the plot of an anime:
It starts with and young girl setting off on a coming-of-age adventure with a talking animal companion...
And ends with her KILLING GOD
Thinking about how a lot of the cultural-political worldbuilding in His Dark Materials might not even be true because it's filtered through the perspectives of biased characters. Things like, do the Northern Tartars actually form a distinct group, or is it just an abstract term the European characters use for a collection of peoples they don't fully understand? It doesn't seem like the Yenisei Pakhtars are connected at all to the Tartars attacking Muscovy. I feel the same way about the description of the insect automata as "Afric." The worldbuilding is full of ironic exoticism and we are never given a 100% objective look at how things work
What's Tony Costa age in canon? I vaguely remember from my first read he being a teen but now on my re-reading of NL Lyra says he's a grown man and I'm really confused. Maybe I messed up because of the tv show or confused him with another character?? But I remember something about his daemon settling recently so I assumed he was young...