#But anyway. The first few chapters put a lot of emphasis on the viscera and personality behind being hit in the face

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I wonder if the fact that Gideon has never hit Harrow is going to come back in Alecto...

#More like I'm scared that I will #👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 that phrasing #That factoid is burned into my brain because it's in proximity to 'nearly did lay hands on her then and probably should have' #But anyway. The first few chapters put a lot of emphasis on the viscera and personality behind being hit in the face #Being backhanded like a barking animal vs (the premise of) being hit with trembling affrontedness vs being kicked with a booted foot #Later the act of Harrow turning her back on Gideon as almost an act of violence in their fight on the stairs #(Which when paired with the htn Harrow-as-Orpheus angle shkdhherjfkrhdjfj but we have to move on) #As kids going from elaborate traps and proxy skeleton fights to clawing each other in the dirt #And now I think the last time they touched was when Harrow poked her cheek at the end of gtn? 😭 #Idk exactly where I'm going with this but if Kiriona hit Harrow that would certainly be A Change #Especially with Harrow bitchslapping Ianthe as a dismissal in ntn #It just feels like a setup waiting for payoff yknow #the locked tomb #griddlehark #gideon nav #harrowhark nonagesimus #gideon the ninth spoilers #Nona the ninth spoilers #Harrow the ninth spoilers #Only in the tags but w/e