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Gideon, Honey, You're Not Even Trying To Hide It.

A Gideon the Ninth comic. Gideon Nav stands in a darkened hall, arms crossed and brooding about how much she "hates" Harrow. She's been pulled into this nerd contest against her will, and there's nothing to fight, and now the Reverend Daughter is ignoring her. Or at least Gideon thinks that - Harrow has been missing for over a day.
Behind Gideon, Palamedes And Camilla kneel by the hatch, inspecting the clues. Palamedes looks at some blood between his fingers. "Intravenous blood," he says. "HER intravenous blood."
Gideon starts and glances over. There is a moment of silence as the other two regard her...

A gif of Gideon Nav throwing herself at the hatch with all she's got. She yanks on the handle so hard her wrists nearly pop, tries to pry it open from the side, and clangs against it uselessly with the rapier as though it were a club. She is clearly panicked.

Gideon, honey, you're not even trying to hide it.

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seeker-of-wonder

11 months ago

I still don't understand why Aiglamene thinks Gideon is so bad at being a cavalier when they're training. I guess her standards are impossibly high, but from my perspective it kinda seemed like Gideon stepped foot into Canaan House and immediately Pokemon-evolved into one of the best fencers ever lol

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11 months ago

A black and white toned, manga-style comic of one of the scenes from The Locked Tomb series, specifically the Gideon the Ninth book.
The first panel is open, with two speech bubbles.
"I challenge the sixth for their keys. I name the time and the time is now," someone says, raising the blade of a weapon. In the below panel, Palamedes Sextus and Camilla Hect look up, glowering, at the figure, bracketed by his legs since he is looking down on them from the table.

The middle panel shows Naberius Tern, who is standing at full height, pointing his rapier down at the two he challenged. From the sides of his panel are four smaller ones - the Fourth, Second, Ninth and Eight house look on in various flavors of shock. While the Fourth and Second don't bother to hide their indignation, the Ninth and Eighth are quietly observing.
The next panel shows Coronabeth, looking a bit stupefied. “No, you don’t,” she begins to say.
“Yes, he does,” replies Ianthe, who is mirrored in the opposite panel. “You need a facility key, don’t you? Here’s our chance. I suspect we won’t be given a better.”
Judith Deuteros begins to turn to Ianthe, looking grimly alarmed. "You have no cause."

The top panel focuses on Ianthe, still lounging on the chair. “Neither did you, if we’re all being honest with ourselves," she says to Judith. "Sextus was perfectly right.”
The next two panels show Judith and Ianthe, their profiles facing each other as they argue.
“If you want to cast me as the villain, do it,” says the captain of the Second. “I’m trying to save our lives. You’re giving in to chaos. There are rules, Third.”
“On the contrary,” Ianthe replies, “you’ve amply demonstrated that there are no rules whatsoever. There’s only the challenge … and how it’s answered.”
A small panel shows Gideon glancing over to the twins. Ianthe looks away and glances up at Coronabeth, who has been standing beside her chair, not looking at anyone else. She reaches out a hand to her sister and says, more softly: “This is for you, dear, don’t be picky. This may be the only chance we have. Don’t feel bad, sweetheart—what can you do?”
Corona continues to stare ahead, a bit blankly. A shadow falls over her face. “I can do nothing,” she replies.
Ianthe pulls her in, and they nearly tough foreheads, their hands tangled tightly.
“Then let’s do this together. I need you," says Ianthe.
“I need you,” echoes her twin.

Another small panel shows Gideon looking back to the Sixths House. Camilla tightens a bandage on her arm, which is already bloodied. "Right," she says. "Second round." Behind her, Palamedes looks panicked and angry all at once.
Gideon grits her teeth, suppressing a growl. A series of quick panels shows her gripping her sword and sliding her off hand into the knuckle knives. She looks as though she's about to surge forward when Harrow's speech bubble cuts through the panel:
"The Ninth House will represent the Sixth House," she announces. Beside her, Gideon looks a bit startled. Naberius also starts, looking completely confused by the turn of events. Ianthe looks on, not surprised but annoyed. "The plot congeals," she says. "Since when has the Ninth been bosom with the sixth?" she asks.
Harrow replies: "We aren't." Gideon's mouth begins to stretch into a grin.
"Then--" continues Ianthe, but she is cut off.
""

The page is dominated by a single vertical panel, showing both Harrowhark and Gideon, with Gideon standing firmly behind her necromancer, her rapier casually balanced on her shoulder. Her grin is wide, and her eyes shine through, even from behind her shades. In front, Harrow is pulling off her hood, her eyes narrowed. "Death first to the vultures and scavengers," she says. The background has grown dark, and both of the Ninth are lit from underneath, throwing them into rather appropriate spooky shadows.

Harrow's necromantic power includes the ability to create underlighting whenever it's necessary.

Bonus:

A very quick and messy sketch of Gideon and Harrow. Gideon is lifting Harrow up with both arms and hugging her, a big smile on her face. "Thanks for backing me up, my midnight hagette!" she says. Harrow looks like a stick insect heading to a funeral. Her legs are awkwardly kicked up a bit, but she is otherwise stock-straight, and her eyes are wide and staring into the middle distance, though she is also visibly blushing.

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seeker-of-wonder

11 months ago

working on some silly tlt memes for my friend's bday and I liked how this one came out 🥲

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seeker-of-wonder

11 months ago

one of the best gideon moments hands down is when, post battle with new lyctor ianthe, she finds out that dulcinea and palamedes are sort of exes and she LIES DOWN ON THE GROUND ABOUT IT AND GROANS FOR FIVE WHOLE MINUTES. everyone is like “gideon get up” “gideon it’s not a big deal” and she is like literally i’m going to end it all. this is so embarrassing for me and palamedes must hate me (cam has told her four times this is Not True) i must go make things right with him immediately. babygirl there’s a feral infant proto-god who just consumed the soul of her 1950s greaser chewtoy sprinting around canaan house you HAVE to change your priorities. and yet she won’t and she doesn’t. i love her so bad

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seeker-of-wonder

11 months ago

I listened to the entire audiobook for Gideon the Ninth a very short amount of time, and then essentially only got through the first chapter of Harrow the Ninth

AND NOW I HAVE TO WAIT UP TO 2 WEEKS FOR THE FULL BOOK OF HARROW THE NINTH TO BE AVAILABLE FROM THE LIBRARY

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how am i supposed to focus on anything else?????? gideon the ninth harrow the ninth

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