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Hi folks! I finally made myself some time – during my day-to-day job, will not lie to you – to write down a silly little idea I had while reading HtN:

My self-indulgent Judaeo-Christian mysticism, XIX Century, lesbian-revolutionaries AU Griddlehark fanfic that I needed to keep my job.

Rating: Mature

Relationships (main): Gideon Nav/Harrowhark Nonagesimus – although this will dip its toes in other places. This author is an Ianthe stan (in many ways thanks to another dweller of this den of cryptids).

Summary:

“In the year of our Lord 1847 – if one condescended to accept the practicality of the Gregorian calendar – Gideon Nav and Harrowhark Nonagesimus kneeled in contemplation”. At the outset of the maturity of the XIX Century, while the dormant spirit of revolution is beginning to stir in Europe and half the world trembles under the weight of imperialism, eight exorcists are summoned by the Pope to clean the Vatican. While people fight against the tide of history in the name of their self-determination, and while the Abrahamic denominations try to mend century’s old riffs in their struggle against an evil larger than their faith, Gideon Nav and Harrowhark Nonagesimus can only think in their freedom. Freedom from God, freedom from the dusty walls of the convent that locks them, freedom from each other.

I haven’t written anything with so much care for research as this since I was like… 20? Perhaps??? A couple of differences are that now I’m both a lawyer and a historian, so I guess my writing has gotten worse.

HOWEVER – I’m really excited about this! It is really the three things I can be confident about knowing:

Judeo-Christian mystic polemics;

The history of revolutions of the XIX and XX centuries;

International law (?).

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Moscow's neon signs (1964)

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girls night girls night

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i've been watching katekyo hitman reborn.. have some doodles, my humble offering. some gokutsuna as well

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i've been watching katekyo hitman reborn.. have some doodles, my humble offering. some gokutsuna as well

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life is still busy, but the usual stupidity continues :)

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Do you really think he’s going to show up? Yes, undoubtedly, knowing my luck. He may be a cowboy, but I know the breed. His word is his word.

THE MUMMY (1999) dir. Stephen Sommers

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THE LOVE WITCH (2016) dir. Anna Biller

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Italian lobby cards for Inferno, 1980.

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he could be sooo tequila sunset

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🐅 Liger I DO NOT REPOST

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tower princes doodles i made when i was reading nona the ninth (a few of them were wips but they're all abandoned at this point)

leaving an ianthe under the cut bc i'm not sure if it counts as suggestive or not 😭 cw ianthe tridentarius??

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*throws pocket sand at u, except the sand is just more khr stuff*

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hello KHR fans we r so back — 2759 can I get a HELL yeah 🔥🔥🔥🧨🧤🌪️

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My little lion