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That's Gotta Suck! Minor Spoilers!

posted 4 years ago by Jeepster (1024)
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I'm talking about the death of the journalist who tried to help Lyra who was caught by Mrs. Coulter & Boreal. Her daemon was a butterfly, all the guy had to do was "squish" & that was it.

Must really blow having a insect as a daemon, I mean someone can accidentally step on it or bug spray it with Raid or something. Felt bad for her because she didn't even have a chance. At least with any other animal you have to put some effort in it to kill, but it was no contest for the ladies daemon. Guess all daemons are not created equal.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 4 years ago

Yeah and imagine if your daemon was a snail ! It would take a hell of a long time just to go the toilet in the morning, not to mention how easy they are to squish.

[–] Otter (24464) 4 years ago

In the books, someone mentioned a guy who had a dolphin as a daemon. Everyone was sorry for him, because he basically had to live his whole life on boats, he could never go more than a few feet from the water.

It must also suck to have a daemon that's just plain uncool, like a dung beetle.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 4 years ago

Yeah you'd be right in the shit then wouldn't you...

[–] R_Kane (15828) 4 years ago

Hitler’s daemon would have been a cockroach.

[–] Otter (24464) 4 years ago

If all servants have dog daemons, do all criminals have rat or roach daemons?

Or would the police just rounding everyone with bedbug demons be considered profiling?

[–] Jennie_Portrait (804) 4 years ago

It looked like all the Gyptians had some type of bird as their Daemons. I was absolutely cringing at the Daemons of the people at the Magisterium. Ick- bugs, reptiles.

I did think it was interesting how Ruth Wilson would slap her own Daemon. It shows she is really soulless.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 4 years ago

Or one of those fleas that carries the plague...

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I don't think she was killed, at least not then. Daemons disappear when their humans are killed, but it was still there in Coulter's hand.

[–] Jeepster (1024) 4 years ago

Respectfully disagree with you on that point Foebane. We all know Roger dies when Asriel severs his daemon from him in the books, so I think it's a fair bet that your daemon dies, you die.

The poor journalist wasn't scared for nothing when she pleaded "Don't hurt me" to Boreal.

Unless someone points out that there's instances in the book where that's not so.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

In the book and GC movie, when the Tartar warriors are killed, their Daemons disappear in a puff of Dust. Why didn't the journalist's Daemon do the same in this adaptation?

"The poor journalist wasn't scared for nothing when she pleaded "Don't hurt me" to Boreal."
Wasn't it Coulter this time?

[–] Jeepster (1024) 4 years ago

No, it was Boreal, who had her in the car.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Yes, it was. I just now rewatched it, but for some reason, I thought it was Coulter. My memory sucks.

In any case, Boreal closes his fist around the journalist's Daemon and she is knocked unconscious, BUT when he opens up his hand, the Daemon is still there but hardly moving. Then he closes his fist again and I suppose he crushes it for good and she dies. I guess they'll show the Daemons dissolving into Dust in the third episode.