The series also hasHeartstopperactorKit Connoras the voice of Pantalaimon, Lyra’s animalistic soul companion, a.k.a.
That’s a stacked ensemble!
Even when the storylines took place in alternate universes, they felt connected.
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For better or for worse, this was not a luxury afforded toGame of Thrones.
The show expands on the adult characters and relationshipsoutside of Lyra and Will’s viewpoints as well.
It explores the evil Magisterium, and the witches who oppose them.
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The series also spends more time with characters like Lee Scoresby (Miranda), John Parry a.k.a.
She flips between terrifying and sympathetic on a dime.
It makes sense that a world like this wouldn’t be especially whimsical.
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Lyra and Will are not trying to take power or even reluctant leaders.