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Adult Lyra actually has fewer self-preservation skills than pre-teen Lyra did. But at least she’s self aware enough to know she’s stupid.

There’s not really an explanation for why a blind person’s daemon is also blind. Blindness doesn’t affect the soul, it’s a physical affliction.

I can’t remember what Delamare wants with Lyra but blaming a child for his scheming adult sisters disappearance is deranged.

Malcolm correctly stating his attraction to Lyra is morally wrong and other characters disagreeing to push him towards her is INFURIATING! It is wrong and gross and creepy and all these adults involved are just as wrong and creepy.

Feels like going from “Lyra’s missing” to “Pan must have run off and she’s gone to find him” is jumping to conclusions a bit from Asta’s pov. There is literally nothing to make them think that other than the author knows that’s what happened.

I think it’s quite telling that Pullman says Malcolm’s been in love with Lyra for 4 years. That would make her 16, very conveniently the moment she became legal this 27 year old man decided he loved her. A man who knew her when she was a BABY.

Check Pullman’s hard drives istg.

“But four years later, was it still so wrong to think about it?”

YES IT FUCKING IS YOU CREEPY WEIRDO! Gross gross gross. I will never forgive Pullman for this creepy plotline.

Likening lovely Will to creepy Malcolm is insulting. Get the fuck out of here.

“I rather kind of hate this”

I miss guttersnipe Lyra, this Lyra is boring. Pan is right, she’s changed.

Malcolm’s crush gets more gross upon rereading because it’s so clear he really creeped Lyra out. She’s spent like 50 pages going out of her way to avoid talking to him even though he has the info she needs.