#himbo gideon nav

[asthedeathoflight]

I think the thing that feels really revolutionary about Gideon Nav's lesbianism is that she's not a lesbian in opposition to anything. She doesn't like women instead of men. It's just that her entire sexual world is female.

A lot of time having a gay character seems to necessitate a scene in which they confirm emphatically that they do not like the opposite gender. Gideon doesn't need to do that. She just talks about women all the time (and, lesbian character who is openly and unashamedly horny and actively pursuing women in general outside of once-in-a-lifetime romance, that's its own post entirely) and the absence of any mention of men makes it obvious that she's not interested in them.

And, as a queer person constantly having to explain WHY I don't want this or that, it's really refreshing to see a queer character who is so totally focused on what they DO want and not what they don't.

[san-sebastienne]

[fidelishaereticus]

so, old news obvious news blah blah, but i keep seeing people not getting this about my girl gideon nav so have to say: i think at first blush, people get the impression that Harrow’s got all the convolutions and layers and hidden vulnerability whereas gideon wears her heart on her sleeve and is just brazenly herself (a loveable rowdy himbo) & that’s the contrast. and yes, that’s there, but that’s not all. that dynamic itself is a part of their mutual (codependent) front, and like everything else in this book, it gets peeled back. 

i think the real contrast is that they’ve both got masks, and those masks are complimentary. they’re both kids who never got a childhood. they grew up tortured in the same place from very different angles with no one but each other to butt heads against. they both had to play-act grown up versions of themselves with few models for what a well-adjusted adult even looked like. so it’s cartoonish. gideon is the plucky hero of her own adventure story that will totally have a happy ending some day, far far away from her nemesis whom she’s totally not in love with. harrow meanwhile (to grossly oversimplify) has to imagine herself as someone cruel and cold enough to cope with being alive at the price of 200 other people. these two things fit very well together. gideon can play the hero to harrow’s villain, and harrow can enact cruelty toward gideon to make herself feel strong and mean (and generally just to vent anguish). the way they hate one another is a kind of mutual protection - it re-enforces the self-image that each of them needs to get through the day. but that’s the coping mechanism. harrow the ruthless bones overlord. gideon the hapless swords idiot, who thinks of nothing but tiddies & sweet sweet vengence (harrow’s corpse in various states of disgrace ) all day. and behind that they’re both tearing apart at the seems beneath caricatures of themselves that are deeply unsustainable and neither of them feels safe letting on the extent to which that’s the case. their hearts are a goddamned mess. neither of them is wearing that shit on their sleeve.   so yeah, there’s a lot more to gideon than being a swords himbo but that’s not the wild thing. the wild thing is she’s so convincing that she somehow manages to sell people on her no braincells act while being the pov character of entire first novel.

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[kangaruthi]

[vengeful-horde-of-angry-ghosts]

I AM VINDICATED! GIDEON IS NAIVE AND NOT USED TO PEOPLE AND A TOTAL DUMBASS BUT SHE IS NOT STUPID!!!

[highseasslime]

Started reading The Locked Tomb series and Gideon & Harrow are pretty great.

[theriverbeyond]

Can get quite large and strong

Very smart!!

Good at following commands

Eager to please and thrives on recieving praise

Energetic

Needs to feel useful to prevent destructive behavior

Will become distressed with perceived abandonment

[n1ghtwr1ter]

Dear Tamsyn Muir,

Is the terrible joke that The Locked Tomb is a setup for that

gingers have no souls???

No love,

Me

[immortalbutterflycos]

Gideon and Harrow are my wives now. If you have any issues with that, you can take it up with The King Undying.

[sailor-zoo]

My Gideon the Ninth cosplay <3

Been working out/HIMBO TIME for this forever. So proud of how it turned out! DIY includes:

First time cutting/full-on styling a wig from a bowl cut to Giddy!

Handmade bracers from foam

Tailored my own removable sleeves/buttons

Knuckle knives

HANDMADE HIMBO BUFFNESS

We do bones, motherfucker.

[san-sebastienne]

things I love: all the different ways we decide to do Gideon's hair. We know it's Short, Orange, and Butch. beyond that, let's get freaky.

[starling-dust]

Sketch - Gideon Nav

So I read Gideon the Ninth,,,

[skycaptainkai]

Gideon the Ninth: a summary

[notwhatiam]

I AM A:

— Cynical brunette overachiever

SEEKING A:

— Lovable and traumatized ginger himbo

TO:

— Greatly inflame a fandom over whether or not we’ll ever hook up

BECAUSE:

— My favorite pieces of media are Inside Job and The Locked Tomb and I’m pretty sure this is just how relationships work

[gideonnah]

my mom doesn't like the objectification of women even if it's coming from another woman, but gives gideon a pass bc she's proud of gideon for finding enough braincells to form a complete thought (which usually consists of either boobs or swords).

[wholesomepal]

This is a safe space for everyone who doesn’t really understand the locked tomb and reads it only for the vibez - it’s what daddy Tamsyn would want