Thoughts on "His Dark Materials" trilogy? Book and show :marseypolarbear: :marseywitch2: :marseypope: :marseyfedoratip:

!bookworms what are your thoughts?

I never read, I only watched the Nicole Kidman film and the first season of the show. But I did some wikipedia reading on their fictional world

>people have dæmons which are their souls living outside their bodies in the shape on an animal

>Jean Calvine became Pope and the Church, I mean, the Magisterium, became some totalitarian uber powerful org in charge of Europe.

>God and the angels exist and our heroes want to kill them because the Kingdom of God is bad, Republic of Heaven is good and Church bad or something.

!catholics thoughts?

I did like the victorian-to-dieselpunk aesthetics the film and show have with the dirigibles and balloons, even if dirigibles are gay.

@ACA can you ping the calvinists and atheists please?

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Read two of the books, never watched the movies or shows.

They're... okay. If he wasn't so insistent on RELIGION IS BAD, CHRISTIANS ARE HORRIBLE, I HATE C.S. LEWIS they would be a lot better. He's so het-up on S*X IS THE ANSWER S*X IS GREAT S*X MAKES US ADULTS that he very nearly has a pair of twelve year olds fricking at the conclusion, and just about avoids that with a late realisation that this is supposed to be a kid's book and he's not Stephen King and "It" so he'll get into hella trouble if he does that.

Then he breaks up his pair of pubescent lovers eternally so they'll never meet again, and that's supposed to be the happy ending?

There's some good bits, take those (most people love the bears, for example) and forget the messaging.

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He's so het-up on SX IS THE ANSWER SX IS GREAT S*X MAKES US ADULTS that he very nearly has a pair of twelve year olds fricking at the conclusion, and just about avoids that with a late realisation that this is supposed to be a kid's book and he's not Stephen King and "It" so he'll get into hella trouble if he does that.

!nooticers another author writing about pre-pubescent s*x, what's funnier is that he makes it part of his RELIGION BAD! CHURCH EVIL! message :#marseynooticeglow:

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Yeah both authors seemed to go with "sexual awakening is what makes you grown up and mature and human and blah blah blah"

But that's just not how it works. At best it's a case of people forgetting what that age is actually like. At worst it's :marseypedo: vibes

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REAL authors don't even know what s*x is.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17208899196709244.webp

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Lovecraft found sexuality repulsive. Deep ones aren't male feminist because any s*x act repulsed him significantly. Especially with tthe welsh fishmen.

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His wife had to explain it like a magic system. See, they can fuse their essence together to create a new entity with both of their traits, but it all depends on a complex biological cycle. And if she doesn't c*m the baby won't have a soul

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Be careful there buckaroo, you're starting to make s*x sound cool.

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The muzzies that burnt alexandria :marseyaoc: to ash did more positives for the whole of humanity.

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I read hull 0 3 the other day and it had literally 100s of nude 10 year old girls at its conclusion

The things scifi does to a mf

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I think the scifi establishment became a haven for those people. There's been articles written about it

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The socially awkward are easy prey.

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Link?

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:#chadthankskingcapy:

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It's actually crazy how often an author who's work is commercially successful ends up being a p-dophile. Really gets my noggin joggin

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https://i.rdrama.net/images/17208896200406764.webp

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This is why you have to read them when you're a little kid. S*x? Antitheism? idk what you're talking about HOLY HECK THAT ENDING THIS BOOK IS AMAZING LET ME BOTHER EVERYONE ABOUT IT

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Applies to The Catcher in the Rye too

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Nah, that one has three distinct phases.

1. "He is literally me"

2. "Darn this guy is cringe and annoying, not like me"

3. "Poor kid. I remember being that age. Shit sucked"

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