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A moment from Fear of Fire, my His Dark Materials prequel novella about Marisa Coulter as a teenager.
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Lord Asriel Belacqua moodboard
Gerard Bonneville moodboard
"The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman ❄️
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"The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman 🔭✨
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An earlier piece from 2020: Lyra from the His Dark Materials, played by Dafne Keen.
I drew her in 3 variants of clothes from the 1st season and Pan in his ermine and arctic fox forms. I tend to pay attention to costumes in movies, and I love pet companions ^^
I left the drawings a bit loose and sketchy, this is another style I like to work in. I love the story and the TV show, and everything in that. The third season comes in December, can’t wait!
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POV: Lord Asriel returning to Jordan College from the Abyss™️ to keep Malcolm Polstead, Marcel Delamare, Olivier Bonneville, and the entire Magisterium the hell away from Lyra and make the Secret Commonwealth 10000x better
welp! i need a help-
guys, can someone like gimme the good synopsis of the Northern Lights without giving away any spoilers?
so basically the friend who got me hooked in the soc (which led to my obsession of kaz and grishaverse and bla bla bla) is going to lend it to me tmmrw in scl
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(ill be lending her the Divergent)
(PS: i have been eating every single person's head in scl today by going: ROBERT PATTISON IS HOT-)
Why did I never wonder about this?
The mystery is finally solved
Till we're grey and old
"Charles?"
You walk around the corner, seeing nobody on the corridor yet you hear his voice in your head giving you orders where to go. You follow the instructions and they lead you to the grass fields of the mansion. You look around but don't see Charles.
"Charles?" You call out once again. You sense someone behind you. He turns you around, looking dazzling in his slacks and dress shirt, which is tucked into his slacks.
"Hello, love"
He steps behind you, wrapping his arms around your waist. Charles puts his chin on your shoulder, looking towards the sunset. You on the other hand look at him, wondering why he suddenly is acting weird.
"Charles, is everything okay?"
"Everything's perfect"
He starts fidgeting with the necklace, with two white diamonds and one green diamond, which he gave you last year as an anniversary gift.
Then you feel his hands leave your waist. You turn around and see him down on one knee, holding an open box, which has a simple and beautiful ring in it.
"I prepared a speech for this, but.. I'd rather speak from my heart"
"Y/N, the first time I laid my eyes on you, I knew that I had found the one, the one I want to spend my life with, so will you marry me?"
"Yes, yes" You nod as he slides the ring on your finger. He stands up and kisses you passionately. You kiss him back just as passionately.
You break the kiss in desperate need of oxygen. You put your foreheads together.
"Till we're grey and old?"
"Till we're grey and old"
Author's note: I don't know if anyone else has used the last lines (till we're grey and old), probably have but I took them from James Arthur's song called Say you won't let go.
I keep seeing posts about how Jason should have chara development that makes sense regarding his morals and stop killing because of that rather than because Bruce told him to stop and like - it's not like I disagree. Of course, that would be great. Of course I want him to be written his age by writers that like him and have development that makes sense and work with Bruce and Dick and evolve on his own as a person.
But the thing is.
A few weeks ago I saw a critique of His Dark Materials that was so absurdly daft it made me want to peel my skin off. For context, His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman is a children/young adult book set in fantasy worlds that doubles as a retelling of Paradise Lost in which Lucifer wins, and criticism of christianism is preponderant in it. (This will spoil a good part of book 1 of HDM btw). I'm far from a HDM fan, I saw a few episodes of the adaptation and read it once when I was ten and thought the characters and world was fun but the rhythm in the 2nd and 3rd books was off and I didn't like the ending, so like it was fun but I definitely not a re-read for me. But the point is, this critique clearly had a degree in not getting the fucking point, because his arguments against the books clearly stemmed from an inability to shift his viewpoint out of the christian framework (I promise this is still a Jason post). One of his most ludicrous argument was the lack of character depth in HDM. This is particularly silly because one of the main characters, Mrs Coulters, is one of the most interesting complex characters I've ever seen in fiction. Now Mrs Coulters is interesting because she is a bad guy. Like, tortures and kills children level of bad guy. She doesn't magically grow to sacrifice herself in the name of martyrdom to repent for her sins or something silly like that; but still, she sometimes does very good, helpful things for the characters, because the tension between her character is between her ambition (and her faith though that's more questionable) and her motherhood, as she truly loves and cares for her daughter, one of the protagonists, and wants a better, safer world for her. Now the critique claimed that there was no character depth because there was no concept of sin and no redemption arcs in the books- but those are utterly Christian concepts, so of course they wouldn't be endorsed by a book that challenges their validity. Just because Mrs Coulters doesn't have a redemption arc doesn't mean she isn't deep; and the fact that she does good things not out of morality but out of love is what makes her a fascinating character.
So, thinking about that asinine critique, I was suddenly struck with the realization that Jason is somehow similar to Mrs Coulters in that he is a very loving person who tends to put his personal connexions above everything else (of course, he doesn't experiment on and torture children, that's not what I'm saying). My point is, I don't think why we shouldn't have a Jason who evolves not moved by his morals (though he has them and they matter) but by his love. The point of Death in the Family is Jason wanted to be loved and have a family and trying to shield Sheila's body with his and telling her he loved her. The point of UTRH is Jason doing horrible things in the most theatrical, strategically planned mental breakdown as begging for proof of love because he can't reconcile being loved in a different way that he loves and because he can't understand someone putting their moral code over love. And as much as RHATO #25 fills me up with dread, I have to say I love Jason's behaviour in that final stint. "I am my father's son" holy shit what a line. Jason is Willis' son and because of his filial love, his loyalty demands he avenges him. Jason is Bruce's son and because of his filial love, his loyalty demands that he does not kill. Jason almost murders Willis' murderer with a blank bullet and then when Bruce beats hims halfway to death he doesn't defend himself, doesn't fight back (like, one punch but come on, we've seen him fight, he just gives up). That right there? Hate to say it with how questionable RHATO's Jason is in general, but that's peak characterization. The conflict is entirely about Jason's conception of love, family and worldview, and it's deep and interesting and has nothing to do with morality. I want Jason storylines that explore that. I want Jason to work with the batfam in stories that make sense, I want the writers to acknowledge him as a victim and trauma survivor and allow him to grow from there instead of demonizing his mental illness, I want him to stop killing out of love and I want him to allow himself to love in healthier ways and for the width of his love to spread exponentially and for that to affect his behaviour and worldview.
And that's not just because I like Mrs Coulters and dislike the idea of holier than though moral characters! The christic symbolism Jason is crystal clear (especially in Lost Days), but it's not just about Jason: Talia is associated with Mary (which makes sleeping with him that much more obviously incestuous and horrible and ooc), Joker is the Devil and Bruce, of course, is God (which begs such interesting questions about the Holy Spirit - Robin maybe? To explore at a later date). Now, everybody's experience with Christianity differs wildly, but the way I learnt it growing up in catholic culture was basically God being an Authority of Judgement and Law, strict and all about morality; while Jesus is about love, unconditional love, even and especially the sinners and the damned (and as for the devil Lucifer is a fallen angel who fell after losing to God, and Satan is the demonic incarnation of temptation ain't that interesting). So I would argue that by having Jason kill or not kill out of love for his family, Jason is already his own character with autonomous thought process, independent morals and original interesting values that are a breath of fresh air in the world of superhero which is all about moral codes. Additionally, I think it's interesting and full of potential (and hope) that that very thing is why Jason and Bruce are held in opposition so often when in christianism they are two sides of the same coin.
TLDR: Jason going through character development that doesn't involve an evolution of his moral code is a great idea and if executed properly should give us fascinating stories with one of the most interesting characters in the DC universe, I used to think he should get a sort of "redemption arc" after UTRH where he questions his moral code but now I feel like I'm stuck in the same Christian/superhero framework as the pedantic guy who didn't understand His Dark Materials and I refuse to agree with them about anything so now I'm a hardcore "love over morals" Jason girlie. Obviously I still think moral code development would be a good and interesting storyline and better than anything DC is giving us rn, but I think we could do even better without it.
(also Star Sapphire Jason ftw)
oh, lee.. the man you are
Chapters: 1/? Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Midoriya Izuku & Uraraka Ochako, Midoriya Izuku & Todoroki Shouto, Iida Tenya & Midoriya Izuku, Iida Tenya & Todoroki Shouto, Iida Tenya & Uraraka Ochako, Todoroki Shouto & Uraraka Ochako, Iida Tenya & Midoriya Izuku & Todoroki Shouto & Uraraka Ochako, Jirou Kyouka & Yaoyorozu Momo, Bakugou Katsuki & Yaoyorozu Momo, Kaminari Denki & Yaoyorozu Momo, Ashido Mina & Bakugou Katsuki & Kaminari Denki & Kirishima Eijirou & Sero Hanta, Shinsou Hitoshi & Yaoyorozu Momo, Kaminari Denki & Shinsou Hitoshi, Midoriya Izuku & Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko, Kurogiri & Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko, Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko & Toga Himiko, Dabi & Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko & Toga Himiko, Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko & Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko & Todoroki Touya, Dabi & Takami Keigo | Hawks, Takami Keigo | Hawks & Usagiyama Rumi | Miruko, Todoroki Touya & Usagiyama Rumi | Miruko, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Other Relationship Tags to Be Added Characters: Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko, Yaoyorozu Momo, Midoriya Izuku, Original Daemon Character(s), Bakugou Katsuki, Shinsou Hitoshi, Todoroki Touya, Takami Keigo | Hawks, Toga Himiko, Usagiyama Rumi | Miruko, Todoroki Shouto, Iida Tenya, Uraraka Ochako, Kaminari Denki, Jirou Kyouka, Bakusquad - Character, Dabi, Nedzu (My Hero Academia), Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Other Character Tags to Be Added Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Daemons, Yagi Toshinori | All Might Adopts Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko, Toya hasn't become Dabi, Alethiometer Use, U.A. is a University (My Hero Academia), Sort Of, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor's Bad Parenting, Aircraft Hijacking, Crossover, Other Additional Tags to Be Added Summary:
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