#Being backhanded like a barking animal vs (the premise of) being hit with trembling affrontedness vs being kicked with a booted foot
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I wonder if the fact that Gideon has never hit Harrow is going to come back in Alecto...
#More like I'm scared that I will#๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ that phrasing#That factoid is burned into my brain because it's in proximity to 'nearly did lay hands on her then and probably should have'#But anyway. The first few chapters put a lot of emphasis on the viscera and personality behind being hit in the face#Being backhanded like a barking animal vs (the premise of) being hit with trembling affrontedness vs being kicked with a booted foot#Later the act of Harrow turning her back on Gideon as almost an act of violence in their fight on the stairs#(Which when paired with the htn Harrow-as-Orpheus angle shkdhherjfkrhdjfj but we have to move on)#As kids going from elaborate traps and proxy skeleton fights to clawing each other in the dirt#And now I think the last time they touched was when Harrow poked her cheek at the end of gtn? ๐ญ#Idk exactly where I'm going with this but if Kiriona hit Harrow that would certainly be A Change#Especially with Harrow bitchslapping Ianthe as a dismissal in ntn#It just feels like a setup waiting for payoff yknow#the locked tomb#griddlehark#gideon nav#harrowhark nonagesimus#gideon the ninth spoilers#Nona the ninth spoilers#Harrow the ninth spoilers#Only in the tags but w/e
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