“When she had been earlier born, and less self-conscious, sometimes she would rest her face against the mirror’s face, and try to reach her reflection. Camilla had caught her kissing it once, and had written about six pages of notes on that, which was humiliating”.
really overcome by the sixth and the ninth’s friendship rn. cam and pal taking care of harrow’s body while she’s helpless in a profoundly weird and dangerous situation because they love her. trying to jog nona’s memory for the slightest possibility that it will bring back one of their friends. just the love and the trust these two little feral lesbians inspire and they aren’t even there to see it.
pyrrha says otherwise but she’s so down to be a mom. she chases wake around the mithraeum like “what the fuck happened to my baby” and then at the end of htn when she learns gideon isn’t her kid it’s johns she’s like. hmm. okay it’s step-mom time and then tries to save gideon from drowning anyways. and now shes out here playing house and braiding nona’s hair and trying to stop camilades from getting themselves killed and she’s griping about it the whole time like “this is my personal hell blah blah blah shouldve just hijacked a ship and gone to a farm blah blah blah”
..: but pyrrha babe, my sister in christ, nothing is keeping you here. you can leave anytime like you’re the one out here adopting every kid you can find and refusing to leave them after knowing them a whole few months. you fucking softie.
if I had a nickel for every time harrowbod nearly made out with her own reflection, I’d have two nickels. which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice
We learned from Nonius that obsession can call ghosts.
It’s easier to possess people you’re related to.
I am not connecting these dots but I am looking at them thoughtfully.
Seconding that we haven’t seen the last of Wake. I want to know how her spirit hung around that long in the first place because Pent said something implying that kind of revenant lifespan - possessing Gideon’s sword for YEARS - is unheard of. I think the general assumption is “pure spite,” but no way is that the only factor.
[image description: a digital illustration of palamedes sextus and camilla hect from the locked tomb series, both in camilla’s body, standing back to back in identical poses and with identical neutral expressions. palamedes-in-camilla wears gideon’s sunglasses and holds a book. camilla holds one knife and has another at her hip. they stand in front of the clock face of a watch, which is cracked on palamedes’ side.]
[ID: Three pages of drawings of characters from Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. 1. Camilla takes notes on a clipboard. Her bangs are pinned back. She says, “Keep going.” Nona is behind her, peering over Camilla’s shoulder. 2. Nona in profile with a worried expression. Her long black hair is in three braids. 3. Camilla smiling. Her eyes are gray. There are hearts around her. A note reads, “My love,” in all caps. 4. Nona lays down and lifts her legs to stretch them. She scrunches up her face in effort. Camilla stands beside Nona with no expression. She says, “Walk it off.” 5. Nona is drawn cartoonishly small and cute. Her eyes are huge and they well with tears. She smiles and clasps her hands, saying: “At least please can you write down, “I love you, Palamedes,” please, from me? At least write, “I love you, Palamedes, from Nona.”
6. Pyrrha (in Gideon Prime’s body) places a pan full of eggs on the table. She wears a vest and sweatpants. She smiles at Nona and says, “Eggs aren’t optional, kiddie.” A note pointing to Pyrrha says “Mom” with a smiley face. Nona frowns and says, “Yuck.” She is holding two cups. To the right, there is a board that reads: “Ass Joke Chart.” Pyrrha, Nona, Camilla, and Palamedes’s names are written in an alien alphabet. Pyrrha has 7 tally marks, Nona has 2, Camilla has 0, and Palamedes has 4. 7. Pyrrha braids Nona’s hair. Meanwhile, Nona stares at a plate of eggs with disgust and chews on her hair. 8. Palamedes (in Camilla’s body) frowns. He has brown eyes. 9. Palamedes eats scrambled eggs. He says, “a very nutritious part.” Pyrrha’s expression is that of a cursed . She exclaims, “THE ASS.”
10. Camilla wears a hat with a neck flap, a mask with valves, a heavy trench coat, and sunglasses. 11. Camilla, Pyrrha, and Nona run towards the left. They all wear the same outfit as Camilla. 12. Nona crosses her arms and says, “If Cam gets to fight, I get to keep all the dogs.” 13. Lastly, there is a sketch of a Resurrection Beast Herald. It is an insect-like creature with wings and a skull for a face. End ID]
if nona is amnesiac!gideon in harrowbod does that count as a griddlehark kiss
[ID: A drawing of Camilla and Nona from The Locked Tomb. Nona’s mouth is cartoonishly elongated to kiss her reflection in the mirror. She sweats when she sees Camilla out of the corner of her eye. Camilla, facing away from the viewer, holds open a notepad and writes, “Pardon the expletives but What the FUCK.” In the corner of the page, a note reads: “Palamedes ILY ❤️, - Nona.” Out loud, Camilla says, “Interesting…” End ID]
really overcome by the sixth and the ninth’s friendship rn. cam and pal taking care of harrow’s body while she’s helpless in a profoundly weird and dangerous situation because they love her. trying to jog nona’s memory for the slightest possibility that it will bring back one of their friends. just the love and the trust these two little feral lesbians inspire and they aren’t even there to see it.
do you think when nona was making out with her own reflection the six pages of notes camilla took just said IT’S GIDEON IT’S FUCKING GIDEON over and over in red ink
