Look— I only watched a couple episodes of the show, so perhaps it gets better. But every minute of HBO’s Dark Materials gave me such strong ‘she would not fucking say that’ that I nearly started throwing things at the screen
#i know people hate the movie but honestly?#the casting and characterization was so on point#making lyra a loner was what got me though#wtf do you mean she isn’t a feral little monster roamkng around oxford leading gangs of other children#as someone who loved and looked up to lyra for years i am still mad about that#hbo lyra could never have inspired protome to start multiple cults in middle school#hbo lyra makes no sense as an adaptation#where is the charisma tha adventure the incorigable lying little dreamer#also ian mckellan was the perfect and i mean perfect iorek#and she and pan actually felt like two parts of a whole#plot points were iffy but the movie was a better adaptation fight me#lyra belacqua#lyra silvertongue#the golden compass