#feels good to have locked tomb posts in my queue again. all is right with the world

[lemon-natalia]

Harrow the Ninth Reaction - Prologue

so firstly, a couple of noticeable things from the list of Lyctors:

i recognise the name Mercymorn from somewhere! no clue who she is though, other than a Lyctor obviously

huh, there’s someone named ‘A.L.’ who was specifically the emperor’s guardian, not his cavalier - but they’re still listed dead along with the cavaliers, interesting

oh the name of Harrow’s cavalier is scratched out and obscured - i was wondering towards the end of the last book as well if becoming a Lyctor didn’t work properly for Harrow or something, and that’s why Gideon isn’t there?

also even though Harrow is now Harrow the First, since she’s the ninth saint to serve the emperor, she’s still technically Harrow the ninth!

now onto the Prologue!

‘The night before the emperor’s murder’ well this book is starting off with a banger

also, instead of the human skull chapter headers from the first book, this prologue has what resembles the animal skull symbol from ‘GtN’

ooooh 2nd person pov, that’s new

ohhh we’re in Harrow’s perspective! this is her being a Lyctor doing Lyctor things presumably

'i have always lived’ barely Harrow, c’mon, you’ve almost died of anaemia and 'too much bone magic' multiple times now

oh Ianthe’s back, glad to see she’s still her incredibly creepy self

ok WHAT is going on. Ianthe talking about letters, Harrow probably dying, but refusing Ianthe’s protection for … some reason? i mean not that i would take anything Ianthe offered me quite frankly

ok this interaction is very homoerotic i won’t lie. also Ianthe is calling her Harry?! very reminiscent of Harrow’s ‘Griddle’ nickname for Gideon

of all the dynamics i was thinking the Emperor might have with his Lyctors, ‘beleaguered dad’ was not top of the list. also calling them his ‘children’ is at best mildly creepy

‘your idiot dying mouth rounded out three totally different syllables’ istg if Harrow dies too i don’t think i’ll recover

hmmm… three syllables … does ‘Gid-eon-Nav’ count as three syllables lol. Or just ‘Gid-e-on’ 😂 if not i have no guesses yet

[cryptidqueerr]

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#5

i’m your biggest fan, i’ll follow you because i love you, nosfer, nosferatu

117 notes - Posted October 1, 2022

#4

i s2g if you’re new here from twitter you had better not bring all that over-the-top asshole behavior over here and start trying to bully our nice celebrities out of town. this isn’t like twitter, this isn’t a vehicle for your stunted rage, you don’t get to just throw bullshit around and get a power trip off being a dick to someone more famous than you. they’ve been here longer than you and by god they’ll be here after if I have anything to say about it

145 notes - Posted November 9, 2022

#3

me every day reading a new letter from my friend jonathan harker or, alternatively, receiving no new communication from my friend jonathan harker:

496 notes - Posted May 18, 2022

#2

okay real serious talk from your internet big sister: i really need y’all to be prepared for conservatives to retake a lot of societal ground in the next few years. there are so many younger people, especially young queer people, who don’t remember the bush era, don’t remember the 2000’s, who only see society as it is now where left/liberal ideologies really dominate the general social fabric and are going to have a really rough time when conservatives start controlling a lot of the social dialogue. a lot of what we’ve been used to being able to avoid because the really blatant conservative messaging has mostly kept to itself might be about to become mainstream. their beliefs are going to start to show up the TV you watch, the advertising you see, the music you listen to. it’s going to feel like losing ground, losing time, being pushed out of spaces where you were welcomed and acknowledged.

this isn’t to scare you, honestly. we lived through it not so long ago and still pushed through and got here, we’ll do it again. it’s just to make you aware and let you know that if you do start seeing those kinds of messages or start seeing the representation that you love go away, it’s going to be okay. people haven’t suddenly regressed around you - the assholes just got louder. you’re still loved and welcomed and you can still find places to have a home, they just might be a little harder to find for a while. but people will always work to push things forward again, and even if we lose now we will get back one day ❤️

4,792 notes - Posted May 13, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

i am here to tell you that it is okay for there to be good things in your life right now. to celebrate the little, local, personal wins. it is okay for today to be a good day for you, even when there is so much bad in the world. actually, if you’ll permit me to tell you a secret: it is absolutely imperative when the world at large is this bad that you enjoy the moments that are good. sing because you are in love, for the first time or for the first time in a long time. celebrate a good grade, good work feedback, a successful dessert finally achieved. sleep in a bit of sun and enjoy feeling safe and warm and comfortable. it doesn’t mean you don’t care. it doesn’t make you callous or cold. you know bad things are happening but you also need, desperately, to know that not all things are bad. find it when you can, and enjoy it without guilt, and if you need permission then here it is, freely given

7,338 notes - Posted June 27, 2022

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