#harrow spoilers

[froopa-coopa]

love a canon (?) coffee shop AU

[canis-latransbian]

So my sibling just got to that part of HtN.

[saltwife]

Ortus I love you bb. Inspired by one of my favourite Achewood strips, which is probably older than many people on this website. 😅 Image descriptions below the cut.

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Image descriptions

Panel 1: Harrowhark is standing with her arms crossed, addressing Ortus. “You REALLY need to step it up if you’re going to be believable as my cavalier.” Panel 2: Ortus looks downcast. Harrow continues from off panel: “For instance...” Panel 3: Harrowhark, scowling, holds up a black t shirt that says 'I’M THE GUY WHO SUCKS.’ “Were you ACTUALLY planning to wear this to Canaan House?” Panel 4: Ortus says nothing but looks more ashamed of himself. Panel 5: Harrowhark, scowling even harder now, flips the shirt around to reveal that the back side says ‘PLUS I GOT DEPRESSION’ Panel 6: Ortus covers his face in his hand, possibly sobbing. Harrowhark says “for fuck’s sake,” from off panel.

[onegreasygal]

I’ll say it once and I’ll say it again, Augustine was a bottom.

[coelecanthheart]

I often think about Anastasia too, like did she truly misapprehend the process or did jod kill her because she figured it out?

I think she was too smart. I think the face paint serves a functional purpose. It's not just for cult reasons. I think, after getting to know Nona, and how she reads humans and faces and lips and body language, the black vestals disguise themselves as the dead because Alecto is mad at the "living". The living, of course, meaning the resurrected.

I think it's why Gideon lived and Jeannemary died, impaled by the construct in Canaan House, even though they both were asleep in the room. Bc the part of alecto that jod didn't consume still lives on the first house and she resents the resurrected.

And ya know, I think a lot about Canaan house. I think about how the OG lyctors mentioned RBs are so big they sit halfway in the river and halfway in the physical world. I think about Palamedes complaining about how he can't accurately date the room the tower room, the one to access the facilities. Which is probably the room Jod first ascended in. And I wonder how much of that room is half dipped in the river, and what they see in the first book is just a projection? A river bubble in reality? How much of the river is tied to a rift on Canaan House?

And now that Nona's awake, and the first RB is on the move, no wonder the river is all messed up. She's on the move and with it everything else.

Where exactly is hell? And is it just life Pre-resurrection? Abigail Pent deserved to stick around more.

[trambrosia]

But have we thought about Augustine's power? He can instantly toss anything into the River Styx. He can cast insta-death on a space station.

[pdalicedraws]

“I finished Harrow and I’m still processing” shitpost doodles: Gideon’s Parentage Edition

(Alecto in the tee shirt was @chaoticcreaturehideaway‘s idea, thank you Lizzy I’m still laughing)

[senshibignaturalz]

Maybe it's because I'm a lil Late on tbe scene but... I wish I saw more dialogue about harrows psychosis idk it was really fucking well done imo and I never see it touched upon in posts let alone in fics

[n3c20515]

Imagine meeting god and he’s just some weird dude who makes dad jokes and admits that he was doing war crimes just cause

[frontlinebicepsoftheninth]

ianthe getting rejected by harrow and then gideon describing her walking away "all split lips and gay loneliness" PLEASE how did i forget this line

[vi-arcanes-left-biceps]

I know people are expecting Harrow to harrow hell anytime in Alecto but actually Harrow the Ninth representing the harrowing of hell is A Thing i think about a lot tbh.

I mean, this whole book is the period of time between Gideon's sacrifice and her later resurrection which is basically the whole deal about the harrowing of hell (Jesus saving the souls in hell in between crucifixion and resurrection). And meanwhile Harrow -the harrowing- is the one that's there, the main character while Gideon's lying around in half-absorved limbo (Harrow carrying Gideon's sword and repenting like she's carrying her and her parent's sins tickles my brain and makes me feel they are both 'Jesus' in some ways but that's another topic).

The whole bringing salvation to the souls trapped in hell since the beginning of time.... That's Alecto. A soul existing from the beginning of time. Trapped since the beginning of the resurrection, the beginning of their world. Gideon's sacrifice and then Harrow's in HtN is what will finally allow Alecto to come back. It kind of IS the harrowing of hell, if we considered both of them 'save' Alecto's 'soul' from 'hell'.

Anyway just some toughts I have sometimes, I love all bible interpretations you can bring out from TLT

[millionth-attempt]

part of the magic of harrow the ninth is that neither of them understand SHIT. they dont get it, they are both stubborn assholes that don't get it. they love each other aggressively, in a completely selfless way that above all assumes that they are. not. loved. back. in a way that doesnt allow them to fully love each other, because beneath all, they hate that the other shouldn't be able to love them back (they accept it tho, they accept that it is impossible to have their love be requited). gideon will continue to joke around the fact that harrow simply is too obsessed with her bones and deads, fully respecting that and willing to give her whole self to support her.... and harrow is not able to express how much she honestly doesn't give a fuck about bones compared to how fucked she is with gideon, because ultimately she is willing to sacrifice every connection with gideon just to save her and not continue to ruin her.... so they keep surrendering, staying away, separated from each other while aching for the other, AND YET they are not physically (or spiritually) able to stop feeling the twisted and insane need to be with the other, not because they are the important part of the ecuation themselves, BUT TO PROTECT THE OTHER AND NOT LET THEM BE HARMED WHEN IT IS PRECISELY NOT BEING TOGETHER THE MAIN PERPETUATING FACTOR OF THEIR DISTRESS AND SELF-DESTRUCTION.... it is absolutely crazy that while not interacting at any point throughout the book, the story is never not about their love, about their missing each other in a desperate, world shattering way and i wont be able to ever be over it

[neurodiverse-necromancers]

Absolutely obsessed with how protective Gideon is of Harrow.

[dumpster-fire-sapphic-failgirl]

Trying to convince someone to finish Harrow the Ninth is absolutely wild

Like “well, you can’t truly judge the book until you’ve reached the coffee shop AU. Also, the book really doesn’t make sense on the first read. You will need to reread it. But it is a brilliant piece of writing. That spends a lot of time brilliantly not making sense. The confusion and frustration and the missing her hours are feelings you should be feeling. it does pay off tho”

[onegreasygal]

I think Wake and Mercymorn should kiss, for the drama.

[onegreasygal]

Happy soup Day fellow Necromancers and Cavaliers! Go consume a soup today

Soup Day: a proposal for a TLT fandom holiday

Because Mean Girls wear pink on October 3rd. Star Wars celebrates May the 4th. Hitchhikers and Discworld fans don towels and lilacs (respectively) on May 25th.

Locked Tomb friends, we need a holiday.

I propose that 9/9 of every year is Soup Day. We celebrate, of course, by consuming soups. We share photos, recipes, and if you have a group of irl bone bitches, the soup itself.

If you can’t eat soup, put bread in a drawer. If you can’t eat bread, stare in anguish at a cup of lukewarm tea while contemplating the ways your God has disappointed you. Use your own moral judgment on whether you consume cow products on that day, as cows do exhibit mourning behavior.

Anyways that’s my plan for dinner on September 9th and you’re all invited! 🖤🖤🖤 I’m telling everyone nice and early so you can start hoarding bones. For stock, of course.