#he needs a tartarus style ironic punishment

[proustianrevelry]

extremely weird to see ppl characterizing John in Harrow the Ninth as a guy who's worried abt Harrow and just wants her to get some sleep. Did you . . . Have you gotten to the part of the book where you find out John is the reason she hasn't slept in six days and is terrified of being murdered in her sleep? Because John noticed she was not an effective tool, hadn't murdered and absorbed her partner's soul quickly and completely enough, and so he ordered his pet killer to push her to this exact brink in hopes of traumatizing her into fighting shape?

Harrow kneels at John's feet begging for mercy after he foiled her attempt at self-defense because she used the tools she had instead of developing the standard lyctor powerset. I was mad enough at him the first time I read it, but finding out that mr "im sorry harrow i cant help u :,(" is the one who SET UP this entire scenario in the first place?

John wants to use her. Gideon wants what John wants. Wake wants to kill her soul and puppeteer her corpse. Mercy feels obligated to euthanize her like a dying pet.

The only adults not actively planning to kill her are Augustine, who doesn't give a shit abt her, and Pyrrha, who can only surface long enough to give her one piece of advice.