Lyra Silvertongue + maternal figures
HIS DARK MATERIALS (2019—2022)
in my feelings over the way the ending of his dark materials said all that matters is love and stories and working hard to live full lives. that the act of falling in love was enough to bring dust back into the world. that curiosity sparks love and the imagination that makes us human. that playing the serpent just meant telling a simple story all along. that the ease and grace of childhood can be regained through work. and that living for love is more romantic than dying for it
LYRA & THE GOLDEN MONKEY IN “THE CLOUDED MOUNTAIN”
[Caption: gifs from His Dark Materials. Marisa’s daemon extends his hand towards Lyra, pleading, and she approaches him extending hers back. Right before their trembling fingertips touch the monkey starts dissolving in shinny dust particles. The camera moves between Marisa, who’s slowly falling into the Abyss for eternity with a pained expression, and Lyra with Will behind her, both with shocked expressions as they realise this means Lyra’s mother is dying. Lyra gasps, blinking away tears. She tries to held them at bay, wiping them with her hands when two fall down, visibly calming herself.]
Time is the thing. Time is the essential piece of interpretation.
You cannot start without me; I start the clock.Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár in
Tár 2022 dir. Todd Field