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Something fun I’ve noticed from my most recent rereads: Colum’s eyes turning into windows to Hell/the stoma (tongue, teeth and all) while he’s possessed and them turning into River water after he dies. Ianthe saying that Lyctors cannot regrow limbs that have been severed but Gideon regrowing Harrow’s thumbs. Harrow telling Ortus that he could to declaim to the Sleeper if all else fails.
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Okay, so I just finished reading Gideon the Ninth, and enjoyed it. Got Harrow on hold at the library, excited to read. I was discussing with the friend who recommended it to me, and was wondering: is there a general consensus as to why Cytherea did not just kill everyone when they first arrived at Canaan House?
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smug n stuff posted:Okay, so I just finished reading Gideon the Ninth, and enjoyed it. Got Harrow on hold at the library, excited to read. Yeah, she goes into it near the end. Just slamming everyone to death would lead to god sending in other lyctors to go collect her, but doing it piecemeal, getting him to hover outside the system, watching in horror, would draw him in eventually.
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smug n stuff posted:Okay, so I just finished reading Gideon the Ninth, and enjoyed it. Got Harrow on hold at the library, excited to read. She says it herself at the end: she was trying to lure the Emperor to the First House. If all the scions died in one fell swoop 1) no one would have contacted the Emperor since Teacher wouldn’t have (Teacher certainly wouldn’t’ve) and if someone had 2) the Emperor would have sent the other Lyctors instead of coming himself. E: f,b
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That may have been the plan, but we all know the actual reason behind it all is that she's an overdramatic twit who was absolutely enjoying hamming it up as the slasher movie murderer as well as playing the poor dying sick girl. There's no way she wasn't doing it for that.
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After 10,000 years you really gotta ham it up on your final month (?) of life before your glorious beautiful end.
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DreamingofRoses posted:She says it herself at the end: she was trying to lure the Emperor to the First House. If all the scions died in one fell swoop 1) no one would have contacted the Emperor since Teacher wouldn’t have (Teacher certainly wouldn’t’ve) and if someone had 2) the Emperor would have sent the other Lyctors instead of coming himself. Ah, okay, I guess I missed that somehow. Now I'm thinking about all the ways she could have done this more efficiently so that she didn't run the risk of anyone actually becoming a Lyctor, but I guess that isn't the point. Definitely a melodramatic person in general, lol. Seems like the emperor should establish some kind of system for keeping track of his Lyctors, imo.
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disposablewords posted:That may have been the plan, but we all know the actual reason behind it all is that she's an overdramatic twit who was absolutely enjoying hamming it up as the slasher movie murderer as well as playing the poor dying sick girl. There's no way she wasn't doing it for that. You're 100% right, of course.
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smug n stuff posted:Seems like the emperor should establish some kind of system for keeping track of his Lyctors, imo. He tried chipping them but just had to give up on taking them to the vet in the face of Gideon the First's puppy dog eyes.
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The Emperor frankly did a lot of inefficient things regarding his Lyctors. Just look at all the poo poo discovered in Canaan House, like the regenerating bone, that he kept secret for a myriad even though you don't need to be a Lyctor to do it. Not to mention letting them get whittled down to three before opening up recruitment in the dumbest possible way.
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Rand Brittain posted:Not to mention letting them get whittled down to three before opening up recruitment in the dumbest possible way. Remember how Silas, Sextus and Harrow reacted to figuring out how to become a Lyctor? Recruit more and you wind up giving BoE recruiting fodder in the Houses, and manage to piss off the original set further.
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You know, I’m not sure if the Emperor’s plan of taking the most maladjusted individuals in the system, giving them ultimate power, and subjecting them to 10,000 years of memes is a good one.
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The Emperor is - surprise! - an imperialist. He uses the structures of Lyctorhood, Necromancers, and Cavaliers as new axes of oppression and social control in place of race, sex, and gender, because being a bisexual indigenous person makes those old axes inconvenient.
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Luigi Thirty posted:You know, I’m not sure if the Emperor’s plan of taking the most maladjusted individuals in the system, giving them ultimate power, and subjecting them to 10,000 years of memes is a good one. I'm honestly unable to figure out exactly what John thought was going to happen. DoctorWhat posted:The Emperor is - surprise! - an imperialist. He uses the structures of Lyctorhood, Necromancers, and Cavaliers as new axes of oppression and social control in place of race, sex, and gender, because being a bisexual indigenous person makes those old axes inconvenient. I'm not sure this tracks. Like, the Nine Houses seem to involve oppression of other planets, for reasons we don't quite know yet (although the bits from the opening of Nona that Amazon spoiled give me some ideas), but I'm not really sure if the necromancer/cavalier bond is a specific tool of oppression rather than a practical matter stemming from the needs of a necromancer for a tank and someone to spill first blood, and the fact that the Emperor isn't familiar with any non-codependent relationships.
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Rand Brittain posted:Did he even pick the individuals? It seems like he just asked for all the heirs (since Teacher was surprised when two princesses showed up). He did name Harrow directly in the missive to the Ninth, so he knew which names to call, but most likely was still just calling for the heirs because they'd be most invested in continuing his empire since they're already on top of it. I imagine he called for Coronabeth formally in his letter because she is the heir but the house had to push the "born at the same time" excuse to have Ianthe along, given she's the actual necromancer of the pair.
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Do we actually have any proof that John's death means the end of the solar system of the Nine Houses? While it seems likely enough, from what I recall we only have his word on it thus far.
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No, not as such; he seemed pretty blase-grim about it after reconstituting, though, the whole "hope the sixth didn't get cooked in the blast" he didn't need to say...
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Keret posted:Do we actually have any proof that John's death means the end of the solar system of the Nine Houses? While it seems likely enough, from what I recall we only have his word on it thus far. We also have Augustine’s who specifically worked out that the sun in the system gets its power from Jod instead of the other way around
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Cugel the Clever posted:Is that a typo or a portmanteau? Portmanteau! A very fun one that I picked up in TLT fan circles
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Right now I'm mostly plotting drinks to post when Nona drops (Wairarapa Necromancer, Varun the Drinker, Perfect Lyctor, Blood & Eden, and whatever one I can come up with that's as perfect and precious as Nona herself) but here's something I made tonight: https://twitter.com/ElixirLibris/status/1566316928104542208
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That's so perfect for Abigail and Magnus 
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https://twitter.com/TorDotComPub/status/1566803350892322817?t=9HzC9pKMT-daIRQzgGcVgQ&s=19 Ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy 
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Just read both books for the first time this week, super excited to see where this one goes.
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I'm really feeling this tumblr post right now https://the-unlocked-tomb.tumblr.com/post/694327167138594816/i-feel-like-nona-is-going-to-belike-whats-the tumblr posted:i feel like nona is going to be...like what's the opposite of enrichment in my enclosure? this will not make me better, it will make me actively worse. i am going to be so annoying from the moment nona is in my hands to the moment alecto is in my hands. i am a tiger in a cage and i am chomping at the bars
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Loel posted:Just read both books for the first time this week, super excited to see where this one goes. On one hand I am glad I read Gideon the week it was published (and have re-read it several times since)... On the other hand I am extremely jealous of those of you who didn't have to wait years for Harrow and then Nona... (finishing up a Harrow re-read at the moment)
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Happy Landfill posted:I'm really feeling this tumblr post right now
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If I haven't read or thought much of Gideon and Harrow since Harrow's release, how difficult an onboarding will Nona be?
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am i gonna die
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tiniestacorn posted:am i gonna die We all are Im sorry u had to find out this way
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I'd say it's worth reading As Yet Unsent if you haven't already.
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Definitely, 100% read As Yet Unsent 
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Happy Landfill posted:Definitely, 100% read As Yet Unsent Holy gently caress it's really good
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EVERYTHING IS FINE
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Is there a good recap of Gideon and Harrow? It's been a little while since I read them and I'd like a refresher before next week.
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If you want a fancy set of trade hard covers, Illumicrate will have their set open for public sale later today. https://mobile.twitter.com/illumicrate/status/1567869856883539968
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