John Created A New Gender Binary With The Necros And Cavs Is All Very Well And True. But.

“john created a new gender binary with the necros and cavs” is all very well and true. but.

never forget what he did to mercymorn. never forget what he did to her. never forget the way he turned her into the nagging wife. never forget how he rendered her unlovable. never forget how he (and augustine) discount her at every chance they get. never forget how john turned her into the ‘hysterical’ woman.

Gideon: I have made Harrowhark into a Lyctor The Emperor: You've fucked up a perfectly good necromancer is what you did! Look at it. It's got anxiety

Thinking about Them (the threefold Cavalier-Necromancer-Saint of the Third).

Thinking about how little effort Coronabeth put in at any point to try and pass as a necromancer at Cannan House. Going so far as to risk blowing their cover by trying to duel Gideon only to be stopped by Naberius, who promised not to tell Ianthe.

Thinking about that bit in the Harrow Nova scene where Harrow tries to challenge Ortus to a duel so she can take the role of cavalier primary.

Thinking about how Ianthe, according to Judith’s records, never preformed necromancy without her sister in the room prior to Cannan House.

Thinking about how Ianthe, evil, lying, cannibalistic, soul-eating weirdo that she is, denied killing Naberius even as she was happy to brag about her years of pretending to be two necromancers and how she surpassed all of them to become a Lyctor.

Thinking about the man who said he should have stayed home and gotten married instead of dealing with this nonsense. Thinking about the woman who said she was going to marry Harrowhark one day.

Thinking about the permeability of the soul.

Thinking about how Naberius was killed with a sword through the back. Thinking about the Crown Princess of the third. The non-necromantic heir. Thinking about how if she was unable to fulfill her duties then Ianthe would become the scion of the Third.

Thinking about how Harrow didn’t remember how well the title “saint of awe” would have fit Naberius Tern. Thinking about how John said he picked the titles for the cavalier and not the necromancer.

Thinking about the deal with the devil made with a soul that was never her’s. Thinking about how the Third plots and plans and then acts.

Thinking about the Butterfly and the Moth and the Tern. About Cainabeth and Abella and the one named after a demon prince of hell. Thinking about the twin necromancers of the Third. About the two cavaliers.

I’m thinking about a murder, and an ascension, and a girl left crying on the floor because her sister, didn’t take her, and a girl who would stab someone over the implication that her sister was dead to her.

i desperately need to start rereading harrow the ninth but i am purposefully putting it off because i KNOW that i am going to get completely obsessed with mercystine. and knowing me that’s equivalent to the commitment of a full time job

ianthe-as-dominant-twin this, coronabeth-as-dominant-twin that. here's the real answer: it's push and pull. it's give and take. they're partners in crime, they're a one-sided obsession, they're a codependent clusterfuck. they take turns manipulating and belittling each other. coronabeth is the spoon flashed in front of your face so you don't see ianthe's hand in your pocket and they both think they're the brains of the operation. and they both think the other is so stupid and would be lost without them. and they're both right.

Harrow: God have mercy

God:

Mercymorn:

God: here? right in front of your salad?