#babs was literally perfect as a cavalier except when it counted. except when he was meant to embody the whole point of a cavalier | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

carnivalls · 1 year

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do you guys ever think about how babs hated ianthe (or at least had a strained sort of friendship with her) but was the perfect archetype of a cavalier, while gideon l*ved harrow but was a terrible archetype of a cavalier, and those are the only two pairs at canaan house who became lyctors.

& while we're at it, do you ever think about how, despite babs being literally born and raised for the role, it was gideon who actually served as the 'better cavalier' in the end

#the locked tomb #gideon nav #naberius tern #gideon the ninth #the unwanted guest #babs was literally perfect as a cavalier except when it counted. except when he was meant to embody the whole point of a cavalier #& die for his necromancer. which gideon (the terrible cavalier) did without a second thought #and then the book ends with gideon desperately trying to become that perfect cavalier and stay dead & in her role for harrow #while babs is still the one prone to kicking up a fit in ianthe's body. even as she still insists he was ever so loyal #i just find them real fucking neat.#books #notnow #bonus bonus: still deranged thinking about a world where babs knew this was his point from the start. or also (as a friend pointed out)#if he knew it was between him and corona in the end. would he have gone any quieter?

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