Lyra lies through her teeth a lot. (Gee, I WONDER who she got that from. >_>) Eh, basically, she'd go into Slytherin in three seconds once the Hat landed on her head.
And I might add, her mom is pretty and charming and all that AND EVIL TO THE CORE. (Except for the "ZOMG THAT'S RIGHT I HAVE A DAUGHTER AND AM TOTALLY GOING TO SECRETLY SWITCH SIDES BECAUSE OF MY MOTHERLY LURVE! NEVERMIND THAT I CHEERFULLY ABANDONED HER WHEN SHE WAS BORN, I SUDDENLY WANNA BE A MOMMY NOW! AND THAT I RIP APART THE SOULS OF KIDS HER AGE FOR A LIVING! :D" ...I believe I actually considered banging my head on The Amber Spyglass at that point. O_o) So prettiness-and-charm=/=automatic good in Pullman's world, don't worry. :)
Eh. Frankly, I thought Pullman was an amazing author for making me sympathize with and understand Lyra's actions (and often make them the ONLY real out, as opposed to "ARGH YOU HAVE AN INVISIBILITY CLOAK NO NEED TO _RUN_ STRAIGHT INTO AN AERIAL AMUBUSH!!11!!!") despite some of them setting my teeth on edge (lying herself blue in the face...)... and all her dubious actions come back to haunt her. Especially dear Roger, not to spoil anything... >_>
And I might add, her mom is pretty and charming and all that AND EVIL TO THE CORE. (Except for the "ZOMG THAT'S RIGHT I HAVE A DAUGHTER AND AM TOTALLY GOING TO SECRETLY SWITCH SIDES BECAUSE OF MY MOTHERLY LURVE! NEVERMIND THAT I CHEERFULLY ABANDONED HER WHEN SHE WAS BORN, I SUDDENLY WANNA BE A MOMMY NOW! AND THAT I RIP APART THE SOULS OF KIDS HER AGE FOR A LIVING! :D" ...I believe I actually considered banging my head on The Amber Spyglass at that point. O_o) So prettiness-and-charm=/=automatic good in Pullman's world, don't worry. :)
Eh. Frankly, I thought Pullman was an amazing author for making me sympathize with and understand Lyra's actions (and often make them the ONLY real out, as opposed to "ARGH YOU HAVE AN INVISIBILITY CLOAK NO NEED TO _RUN_ STRAIGHT INTO AN AERIAL AMUBUSH!!11!!!") despite some of them setting my teeth on edge (lying herself blue in the face...)... and all her dubious actions come back to haunt her. Especially dear Roger, not to spoil anything... >_>
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