"Now, Claudia and Archie's fitness as parents has been discussed already (and I'll discuss it again), but I always saw Archie as a decent if not fantastic stepfather. He's not terribly affectionate, and like Claudia, he fumbles in his parenting of Alexandra — a lot."

I used to score Claudia's parenting skills as 45% = below average, but NOTHING like the Dursleys,

I am thinking of giving them a higher score because with all their faults, Alex turned out MOSTLY OK.

I never noticed the Alex shop-lifting scenes.

Lyra silver Tongue is bad-ass: more Lyra tropes, please. Game of Thrones: Arya says Lyra's motto, "I won't be a Lady."