#the alternative is that aiglemene brought back lots of swear words from the front to teach her

[purplecarseat]

Rereading Gideon the Ninth, it struck me again that Gideon really doesn’t talk like you’d expect a Niner to talk, at all (re: several people at Canaan commenting on this). While she probably tries very hard to not sound or act like the rest of them, that’s easier said than done when everyone she’s grown up around talks like Crux or Harrow. She’s never had anyone that’s not a Ninth penitent to learn slang from.

All this to say, Gideon’s probably quoting her comic book heroes’ corny catchphrases all the time.