#hellie ninth house

[zarasaurus-studios]

“You killed them,” he said. “All of them. Leonard Beacon. Mitchell Betts. Helen Watson. Hellie.”

The silence stretched. But all she said was, “Not Hellie.”

[noobsydraws]

People seemed to like the Ninth House sketches I shared last time so I thought I'd share this drawing of Hellie and Alex as well.

I've almost finished reading it and very excited to start Hell Bent!

[demondarlington]

alex + being compared to stars

[juliasgoodusername]

Caught on the girlboss cam

[safirefire]

Ninth House spoilers

“There were two Hellies in the room. There were no Hellies in the room.”

fuck

[dishonestfairy]

darlingstern this, darlingstern that. what about Alex and Hellie????? The yearning, the guilt, the trauma. Why is no one talking about them!!

[ramblings-of-lola]

So I'm reading Ninth House for the first time. I'm about 130 pages in and just read a part of Alex's backstory. I'm in shock. When it was hinted earlier that Alex had experiences with ghosts physically interacting with her, I didn't think it was going to be something as extreme as what the ghost did to her on the fieldtrip. That's so scary and my heart breaks for her. Having that context when, I think it was Darlington, says he wishes he had her "gift"... I can't imagine.

[thisisridiculois]

Galaxy Stern & Hellie Watson

[magpiesbones]

LOOK OKAY. IF YOU VIEW ALEX AS SAD ABOUT DARLINGTON (which I’m not even saying she isn’t!) THEN YOU ALSO HAVE YO UNDERSTAND SHE IS EQUALLY AND POSSIBLY MORE SAD ABOUT HELLIE. LIKE CMON.

it’s more and more interestingly fucked up than ‘my not quite boyfriend went to hell and I’m distraught in a pining way’ it’s like. It’s not ‘I’m a curse’ but ‘I’m a very dangerous weapon with free will’ and also ‘nobody can know I am a knife’ and ALSO being not exactly chill with but willing to do murder. Sometimes there’s worse things than death!! often in fact!!

I would actually put at least two thirds of Alex’s motivation at any point down to Hellie Thoughts and that last third is equally split between getting as Much out of a free ride as she can, getting A Justice, and Immediate Self Preservation.

[adowryofblood]

I'm rereading Ninth House in preparation for Hell Bent and while I do remember most of what happens I totally forgot that Alex basically has a feet fetish

[twdeadfanfic]

None of my followers has read Ninth House and Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo?

It’s just im obsessed with them, and I really need to talk with someone about some stuff about Hellie and Babbit Rabbit, but I don’t know anyone who’s read it :(

[satoshihiwatari]

truly a book about necromancy and a Ninth House will make me cry

esoecially if there is a scene where there is a lesbian more-than-friends-but-not-officially-a-couple pairing, where one is a skinny necromancer and the other is an athletic jock, and the jock sacrifices herself and dies, and then appears in one last scene as a ghost to share the necromancer's body and help her fight off those around her, then disappearing into the afterlife without enough time to properly say goodbye.....

[wingedshadowfan]

ninth house spoilers!!

here's the quote at the very end of the chapter with the moth scene, before darlington figures out that alex killed everyone at ground zero with the help of hellie's ghost

Months later, he would remember the weight of the moths’ bodies in his palm. He would think of that moment and how foolish he had been to think he knew her at all.

it feels like a nod at what north says towards the end of the book, when he finds out daisy has been eating girls' souls to sustain herself for years

“I didn’t know she was capable of such things,” he said over the clamor of the crowd. “I never knew she had such a heart.” “You never knew her at all.”

i don't know if it was intentional but it's such a beautiful parallel between the wheelwalker/murderer/survivor girl and some ordinary guy in love with her, groveling and being unable to grasp what she is and what she can do

[selkiemaidenfae]

ninth house dream casting

alex: lindsey morgan (she's literally the perfect alex, if you've seen her as raven in the 100 you know what i mean)

darlington: thomas doherty

dawes: tazmin merchant

the bridegroom: ben schnetzer

+ bonus lindseys for your alex consideration

hellie!alex

how i imagine alex looks when talking to most ppl on campus

rare domestic moment with darlington

just…alex

[macbookamateur]

I absolutely adore how Darlington is consistently referred to as a knight, a gentleman, someone who "stinks of goodness" (lmao), and these things are genuinely all true, especially in relation to his treatment of Alex.

Ninth House had me excited to see someone treat her right after years of abuse with Len. I had all these headcanons about how, if they finally get together, she would be surprised and maybe even initially freaked out by someone who cares and is gentle (was Hellie? I don't know).

And now in Hell Bent we see that he's become a demon, he's dangerous, he's lusting after her an awful lot more than before, but he's still a gentleman. We aren't going to get any possessive, overprotective crap because he's still himself despite being bound to protect and serve her.

I am massively excited for the third book just to see what happens to their dynamic. I'm all for assholes in the romantic shit I read because it's not real, but it's SO refreshing to see a respectful and genuine connection like this. Nice to see something where they're BOTH potentially dangerous and the power dynamic is fairly equal, he has the knowledge and she has the control.

[that-blue-spren]

Comments on Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

After re-reading Ninth House in order to be ready for the next book, I can understand some points in both parts.

The reason the two students in Lethe are called Virgil and Dante like the characters in the Divine Comedy.

The reason the secret organization is called Lethe... the river with water that makes you forget your past.

Alex spent all time feeling bad because she has no remorse for her actions, but, she was sorry for Hellie and the bunny. She knew the gang were cheap people, but Hellie and her pet were out of place there. Alex recognizes that Turner, Dawes, Mercy, Tripp and Darlington are her found family and she cares about them.

Alex relationship with Darlington: she thinks he is attractive, but, she admires him because he is a knight and an intellectual. Darlington took seriously his role as Alex's mentor. When he is not there any more, she remembers all their conversations and try to act like him. “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness”.

Alex and Daniel are very different: Alex has a natural power but low self-esteem. She hasn't receive special help to deal with her problems that were confused with a mental disease. Daniel was raised with the best education, everyone respects him but he dies for touching some kind of magic.

Dawes the witch and Turnes the human lies detector.

Ninth House is more like a police novel with secret societies and macabre rites. But, Hell Bent is more like Charmed tv series.