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I finished all three Locked Tomb books within this past week so now I'm feral.

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no one had “real names“ in ancient times if you wanted to be called broadback or servant-of-god or whatever everyone was chill about it

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atn predictions:

gideon: *meets pash*

gideon: holy shit hot undercut dyke

pyrrha suddenly dropping everything and dashing across the room to intervene: "COUSIN! COUSIN. THATS YOUR COUSIN."

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Once again thinking about phyrra dve, worlds most transgender cisgender woman

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Superhero concept where a hero can split their superpowered bodily systems apart and form a team.

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big if true

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I love love love the moment in Gideon the Ninth where the Third challenges the Sixth in a clearly unfair move, and Gideon, half-on-instinct, still faking a vow of silence, simply unsheathes her sword, at which Harrow doesn't miss a beat and says her "The Ninth House will represent the Sixth House" line, while Gideon just smiles.

In Gideon's head this is "I am not standing for this shit anymore. For the love of God, Harrow, please understand what I'm doing and back me up here. Oh thank fuck you've got it. I'm so happy I could kiss you."

In Harrow's head this appears to be "For fuck's sakes, Nav, what do you think you're doing. Ok, think. Can't give anything away. Have to project unity, but fuck you, Griddle, for making me do this."

But for everyone else this is the legendary, mysterious, terrifying, bone magicians of the Ninth House, with no warning, stepping between the Sixth and the Third. The skull-faced cavalier who hasn't said a single word simply drawing her sword. The shockingly powerful and inscrutable necromancer matter-of-factly declaring an alliance that no-one, even the supposed allies, knew about. The sinister smirk on the cavalier's face. And the line from Harrowhark: "Death first to vultures and scavengers."

I love it so much and I love additionally the moment that this sets up in the climax, which is essentially the same emotional beat, the key changes being 1) both Harrow and Gideon have become open and vocal with each other; 2) both Harrow and Gideon are working together consciously as well as instinctively; 3) their opponents don't back down so they follow through. "Nav, show them what the Ninth House does." "We do bones, motherfucker."

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bones !

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Reverend daughter,,,

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CEOs of yearning

n the aftermath (I wonder what they did...):

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stay. still.

ig: d.ill.usion

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harrowhark nonagesimus ⚔️