i do love how gideon would absolutely be a mary sue in the hands of a lesser author. like what do you mean she’s jesus. and moses. and the best swordswoman like ever. and hot. and funny. and noble. and smart. and brave. tbh the pimples and penchant for puns are load bearing.

traits that do absolute wonders for gideon's entire character:

You ever think about what Joli (the teacher of New Rho) must think about Nona.

You’re a teacher at the end of the world. Some of your students are homeless. Some of your students are soldiers. Some are just harmed beyond belief.

You run into a young girl who is just so bright and happy even in the midst of this hell. She’s a teenager but seems young and you don’t know if it’s trauma or a mental disability but she seems so excited about the prospect of school.

She lives with a beautiful woman in her twenties and another man who you assume is her father until you realize he is absolutely not. Oh.

It’s not an uncommon story especially for girls like her. Pretty orphan girls with no education, with mental disabilities. They say she’s nineteen and you don’t fully believe them but you convince them she can be an aid.

She’s wonderful with it. She makes friends and begins to learn. You notice she comes everyday groomed with clean clothes and that’s more than a lot of kids can claim.

Does she think about her when it’s all falling apart. Is Nona still being taken care of at the end of the world? Did she do enough to make this exploited girls life a little happier? Could you have done more? Could anyone have done more?

Don’t kiss boys at midnight. It’s New Year’s Eve. Not New Year’s Steve. Be lesbian HAPPY NEW YEARS

im sorry i love that harrow is kinda straight up evil, in the politically apathetic sense. i love that she doesnt give a fuck about the implications. i like that she only cares about things insofar as how much they affect her and the people she directly gives a shit about, ie gideon, the body, and the ninth as an entity, with the rare exception being people who inexplicably stuck their necks out for her expecting nothing in return when she would Not do that shit. she does not care about the annexation of non house settlements, she doesnt care about slitting the throats of planets, she doesnt even really care that john is a lying despot, just that hes not the god shes looking for. its incredible i love her

harrows evil but if you say it as a criticism ill kill you. this is a feature not a bug

wore a white dress and walked in the rain to the barracks so all the knights could see my skin peeking through the fabric and i said “oh my, excuse me ladies, it seems i got myself lost in the downpour… i’m all alone and no one even knows i’m here…” and they just gave me warm clothes and made me soup so i didn’t catch a cold and escorted me back to my room. i fucking hate chivalry

just watched the knight that escorted me pick up a maid and twirl her around and carry her back toward the barracks while she giggled and blushed and kicked her legs. fuck my extravagant princess life

I hope one of the book announcements is alecto and it looks short because it's gone through mitosis again. I hope it keeps shedding pieces in perpetuity. I hope alecto the ninth iii isn't even a full act I hope it's half an act. I hope alecto the ninth iv is 450 pages of alecto eating a single eraser. god I fucking hope a strong as fuck ice mummy reference is in there. I hope you die. I hope we both die. hand in gilded skeletal hand.

Alecto'nt the Ninth eve. Alecto the Noneth eve. No Alecto Left Ninth eve

None Alecto, Left Tomb. She is currently AWOL.

Alecto the Neinth? Alectain’t.

that alectaint got Anastasia feeling unwise

starting the year right with my faves

2025 sounds like the perfect year for the release of a fourth and final book in a sci-fi fantasy tetralogy with lesbian necromancers in space and a beautiful, strong, and angry barbie titular character

2026 sounds like the perfect year for the release of a fourth and final book in a sci-fi fantasy tetralogy with lesbian necromancers in space and a beautiful, strong, and angry barbie titular character

enough of your middle aged man blorbos whos your specialest middle aged woman. if anyone tags a woman under the age of 40 on this post ill kill you in real life

I hope one of the book announcements is alecto and it looks short because it's gone through mitosis again. I hope it keeps shedding pieces in perpetuity. I hope alecto the ninth iii isn't even a full act I hope it's half an act. I hope alecto the ninth iv is 450 pages of alecto eating a single eraser. god I fucking hope a strong as fuck ice mummy reference is in there. I hope you die. I hope we both die. hand in gilded skeletal hand.

Really funny concept I just invented: ghost writer who does nothing but add sex scenes to novels by people who don’t want to write the sex scenes