Rereading this and the scene where Harrow is siphoning Gideon in order to get through the double-layered wards, and you hear (the person pretending to be) Dulcinea talking to Gideon, that's a very honest moment for Cytherea (who is pretending to be Dulcinea) I think, and some insight into how she really feels and her true motivations for what she's trying to do. I can see why the Emporer speaks of her so highly, even though she betrayed and tried to kill him.

Also it's pretty cool that a character like Dulcinea/Cytherea is featured in the story, who is disabled and sickly and supposedly dying, and this has a real impact on what she can do, but she's also still brilliant and a formidable adversary when revealed at the end.

The book itself has plenty of gothic horror elements but there's much levity as well. And the rivalry/enmity between Harrow and Gideon is fantastic, so much tension, you really want to see them come together.

#GideonTheNinth

Gideon showing us what the Ninth House does

#thelockedtomb #gideontheninth #tlt #gideonnav

I think I need to put into my talk this line that keeps running through my head

So many leaders want people to trust them, which is exactly backwards

In organizations, positions are typically appointed through the hierarchy and authority of the organization. However, like trust, "leadership" is earned: slowly built and quickly lost.

Asking how to earn trust means admitting you have failed, and more importantly means committing to a change. If you don't uphold those changed behaviors, you will simply lose trust again and consequently fail as a leader no matter how the organization helps you fail upwards.
#GideonTheNinth

If you ever need a reminder how fucking dangerous Camilla hect is remember as a character with no necromancy or other special powers she took on a LYCTOR with centuries more experience than her basically solo and managed to hold her off for quite a while, not only surviving but walking away with all her limbs intact.

With only two knives and a grudge no less.

#tlt #lockedtomb #thelockedtomb #gideontheninth #Camillahect

Sending this around again, in case any Locked Tomb fans haven't seen it yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i1-N2_vZmg&list=RDMM3hRRtKfJdhI&index=2

#GideonTheNinth #TheLockedTomb

the painted-all-inktober urge to draw in ink. This is like, v4 of this drawing, trying to figure out how I wanna express myself in ink. think I went a little too hard on the shadows, probably wanna stick generally closer to line work with shading.

#art #traditionalArt #ink #gideonTheNinth #lockedTomb

#GideonTheNinth translated into biblical Hebrew. The notes are pretty fun if you like etymology or ancient language fonts.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/61088662

75% of the way through Harrow, and while I love Gideon, this book is indeed brilliant.

After I finish Nona I will need to re-read from the beginning.

#Reading #SciFi #Fantasy #Mystery #LockedTomb #HarrowTheNinth #GideonTheNinth