#first flower of the ninth

[valancietrinit]

get nostalgic for disaster (or, i put griddlehark in the torment nexus setting of the bear bc it entertains me greatly) (you do not really have to have any pre-existing knowledge of the bear to understand this)

[holistic-alcoholic]

this gorgeous art is a commission from @meowrty that @linguist-in-a-blanket gifted me for new year (and he has commissions open rn check it out!!)

it's amazing!!!! thank you both a lot I love it I can't stop staring at it!!!

[finiel]

world's most normal blond women

[mayasaura]

I think the best possible time travel fic would be to slingshot Harrow from the end of Harrow the Ninth back to the beginning of Gideon the Ninth. Highest hilarity potential, highest angst potential, highest pining potential

Things Harrow knows now that she didn't before:

Who Alecto was

The names of God and his lyctors

The secret of lyctorhood

That the lyctor trials are a death trap

Gideon could be easily persuaded to die for her

Gideon dying for her is the worst thing possible

She would do almost anything to prevent Gideon from dying

Gideon's sword is haunted by a very angry and oddly familiar-looking woman who bears a remarkable resemblance to Gideon

Things Harrow still doesn't know:

What Alecto is

Gideon's parentage

Jackshit about BOE

Mercy and Augustine are both traitors

Things Harrow knew then and still knows now:

Gideon—this Gideon here and now—hates her

She owes a debt of two hundred lives and a future to the Ninth

The survival of the Ninth depends on her becoming a lyctor

[sarsaparillaswords]

Listen. Pal and Cam had pretty good boundaries with Nona (OK I’m lying no they didn’t, but given the challenges of their situation, they were doing their best). And I know those two will turn nearly anything into a research project but still--if they are taking 6 pages of notes about Nona kissing the mirror or asking what she thinks is sexy, they must have had good reason to believe that it would help them to identify which amnesiac soul they were talking to.

And that in turn only makes sense if they knew that Harrow and Gideon were attracted to each other.

Like. Gideon and Harrow must have been so visibly gay for each other at Canaan House. A mutual pining so obvious that every single other person there was aware of it. There was a betting pool about when they would finally get together. Everybody participated except Silas. Teacher submitted a bet and so did 2 of the skeletons.

[notedchampagne]

harrow the ninth, gideon pov & seven stages of grief feat. harrowhark nonagesimus

[basilthefruit]

“Gideon the Ninth, first flower of my House,” she said hoarsely, “you are the greatest cavalier we have ever produced. You are our triumph. The best of all of us. It has been my privilege to be your necromancer.”

[dream-to-be-frog]

i have a lot of thoughts about “first flower of my house” but perhaps the one that makes me want to chew glass the most is the fact that she called gideon a flower on a planet of dead things. we trod you underfoot. you refuse to die. first flower because you are the first thing to truly live on a dying house, where everyone else is either dead or on their way out. you are young and vital and alive.

[valancietrinit]

(she makes me feel so ill at ease) my heart's really on its knees (or, a follow up to my The Bear au, taking inspiration from the s2 finale)

[lady-harrowhark]

mentally rotating “first flower of my house” vs “flowers die on necromancy’s grave” vs “the two sexy flowers on the poster”

the way camilla looks at nona for “a few seconds too many” when she says the flowers are sexy. the way camilla was right there for “first flower of my house”

just thinkin about it is all

[bisexualgenderclown]

i am experiencing emotions which can be best described as “not super jazzed”

[tonsillessscum]

My darling, darling girl

[gallifreyanhotfive]

Assigning each Doctor a flower

Based purely on my opinion and vibes. I know nothing about flower language, etc, so behold the nonsensical fuckery that is about to commence (though for some it should be obvious why I chose that particular flower).

1st Doctor - Black Eyed Susan

2nd Doctor - Aster

3rd Doctor - Daffodil

4th Doctor - Kangaroo Paw

5th Doctor - Cherry Blossoms

6th Doctor - This Thing

7th Doctor - Foxglove

8th Doctor - Hollyhock

War Doctor - Pitcher Plant

9th Doctor - Rose

To be continued because I can't add more pictures....

[mountainmagpie]

I told my therapist about The Locked Tomb. She asked me why I thought it resonated with me so much. I told her the story is completely unique and that I love the characters. She then had the audacity to point out that the character I love the most, Gideon, is a queer woman who believes she is completely unlovable and then wondered aloud if I had any thoughts on that.

Well now I do, Carol. Thanks.

[fortjester]

versus

there's an analysis to be made here and i would make it myself if i had any energy

[incoherentbee]

harrow is undone without gideon, but the entire point of gideon is harrow