#The Locked Tomb

[karvviie]

I am undone without you.

#this poor little freak #the locked tomb #harrowhark nonagesimus #harrowhark the ninth #my art #tlt #gideon the ninth

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Griddlehark art by Rocio Sogas

This poll is a celebration of fandom and fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with many of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement, and refrain from harassment.

#polls #destiel #griddlehark #supernatural #the locked tomb #dean winchester #castiel #gideon nav #harrowhark nonagesimus

[themaybug]

"I've lived my whole wretched life at your mercy, yours alone, and God knows I deserve to die at your hand. You are my only friend. I am undone without you."

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i finished Gideon the Ninth yesterday, and oh boy. that ending 😭 please no spoilers for the rest of the series, i am going in blind and i'm very excited

#the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #gideon nav #harrowhark nonagesimus #my best friend got me into this series and now im getting everyone else into it too #my art

[drawerbread]

griddlehark wedding shenanigans

#tazmuir i’m begging at your doorstep #either this or ianthe gets left at the altar (sorry) #i kind of want to draw their wedding outfits next #the locked tomb #tlt #gideon the ninth #illustration #tlt fanart #gideon nav #digital art #harrowhark nonagesimus #griddlehark #art

[homeofwyrm]

7ft girlfriend upset because she accidentally crushed the spider when trying to catch it

#art #the locked tomb #tlt #alectostasia #anastasia the first #alecto #was gonna make this the couple in bed meme and it still sort of is

[cutetanuki-chan]

she thinks flowers are sexy

#wanted to draw this dumb idea for such a long time #the locked tomb #alecto the ninth #anastasia the first #anastasia the ninth #alectostasia #nona the ninth #harrow the ninth #art

[kalonicc]

at canaan house

#my art #wlw #art #illustration #procreate #the locked tomb #tlt fanart #gideon the ninth #gideon nav #harrow the ninth #harrowhark nonagesimus #griddlehark

[queondagrey]

Bonus (two pages later):

#my art #griddlehark #gideon the ninth fanart #harrow the ninth #the locked tomb fanart #the locked tomb #griddlehark fanart #nona the ninth #gideon nav #harrowhark nonagesimus #tlt spoilers #tlt fanart

[ooctlt]

I see Harrow is the designated driver- is this usually the case? Is she a good driver?

shes poor with turning

part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |

#palamedes sextus #camilla hect #gideon nav #harrowhark nonagesimus #the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #artlog #EVENT: tridentarii party #driving #car #sleep

[scalierpepper]

Was messing around and accidentally reminded myself I'm capable of painting things

Fast + unplanned so there's not much to it but I like it enough to share

#my art #harrowhark nonagesimus #the locked tomb

[perpetual-ash]

↑ i am constantly thinking abt this reply because it is deeply reflective of the general attitude i see displayed toward palamedes, and camilla too, wherein people seem to assume that they are inherently more rational and comparatively unbiased as a whole when compared to everyone else. they are treated as if they are comparatively free from the same confines of thinking that affect other characters; they are characterised as a shining example of a truly equal necromancer-cavalier bond, of loyalty and love, and are treated as if they are perfect geniuses who can do no wrong—an attitude i feel very much inclines people to romanticise their devotion & treat paul's birth as a victorious thing.

@dve i feel summarised this phenomena the best: "i think cam and palamedes are nowhere near as revolutionary as a chunk of the fandom would like for them to be". i'd even go as far as to say that, in their role as foils to gideon and harrow, they are meant to showcase just how damaging the necro-cavalier dichotomy is to the individuals involved. i've spoke on this before but the bond is explicitly modelled on the example of john & alecto—which is already not ideal—and was built on a foundation of deception, with john hiding the fact the lyctoral process did not necessarily have to end with the death of the cavalier: the sacrifice of the cavalier is baked into it, because the history of cavaliership is indelibly tied into the avoidable deaths of the first cavaliers.

the equality ascribed to their bond is based on their seeming inversion of the exploitative nature of the necro-cav bond—compared to silas' siphoning colum, it seems improbable to say that they are anything but true equals who break away from the model, revolutionary in nature. they are devoted to each other, endlessly loyal! to the point camilla will violate the wishes and autonomy of palamedes in the name of her devotion.

camilla frames the fact she cannot sustain both of their souls in her body as her being weak, as opposed to being a product of the reality maintaining two souls in a single body the way they are doing is extraordinarily difficult and unnatural, doing herself a disservice in the process, because in her eyes she is failing in her duty to him.

his presence in her body is killing them both, and she frames this as [their] choice, but then wants pyrrha to lie to him about the fact it's killing her: meaning his choice would be based on her exploiting his absence in this moment, on a deception.

they can't keep this up forever, it is killing them both, but camilla's devotion to him means she won't accept that and doesn't want to give him reason to vacate her body. she wants pyrrha to lie—even though it's killing him too!—because she doesn't want to let him choose to let her live at the cost of his own life.

her death is avoidable but her role and her duty is to die for him, to sacrifice, to hold the sword for her necromancer. she won't let him, the necromancer, choose the cavalier's life because it is intended to be used by him—a soul to be eaten. she won't let him choose, violates his wishes and autonomy in the name of her devotion to him; i personally don't think equality in a relationship is based around denying the other their autonomy and lying to them, do you? and in this moment, camilla is treating herself as expendable, their inevitable death as inconsequential because it prolongs palamedes for as long as possible.

palamedes, conversely, has a very interesting perspective on lyctorhood:

he presumes that the original lyctors, the first necromancers and their cavaliers, sought to merge themselves from the start and that they achieved this incompletely. he posits the existence of true lyctorhood; palamedes views two becoming one, one being two, as something admirable, a truth not yet seen—grand instead of petty.

we also see somebody else who expresses a similiar belief in a perfected lyctorhood, one of the original lyctors, mercymorn the first:

the original lyctors did not seek out to merge with their cavalier, their other half in necro-cav terms, and only did so as a result of a lie, the idea of a one-way energy transfer. from mercymorn's perspective true lyctorhood is a process that preserves the cavalier; from palamedes' perspective true lyctorhood is a process that merges the cavalier and necromancer to form something new, the truest response to the call of "one flesh, one end" yet seen. palamedes' conception of lyctorhood is removed from the original context of lyctorhood's formation, and is shaped heavily by the ideals of the society he and cam were raised in.

If the cavalier and the necromancer do not take "one flesh, one end" as a maxim for their passion for each other, their bond is nonexistent. They must each take the other as their ideal. […] Their love is the love that fears only for the other: the love of service on both sides. Some have tried to characterise this relationship as the cavalier's obedience to the necromancer, but the necromancer must be in turn obedient to the needs of the cavalier without being asked or prompted: theirs is arguably the heavier burden. — Tamsyn Muir, A Sermon on Cavaliers and Necromancers

suffice to say, i do not think paul is a defiance of the empire's ideals, so much as a perfected expression of them; paul is the embodiment of the love of service on both ends, the product of a mutual death. their choice to die as two to become one was exactly in line with what a necromancer and a cavalier are intended to do.

"One flesh" is the underpinning of our whole Empire [...] One end is one empire. — Tamsyn Muir, A Sermon on Cavaliers and Necromancers

#the locked tomb #cavaliership #camilla hect #palamedes sextus #meta

[sinshiney]

When Samael was still there...

[Anastasia headcanon time!!: There's a line in GTN about the 9th quarters at Canaan having stone ramps and I decided that's because Anastasia is a wheelchair user. The saltwater pool was originally for physical therapy.]

#i drew Anastasia in loose comfortable clothing here with the idea that she didn't lean into the 9th House aesthetic until after Samael died #anastasia the first #samael novenary #alecto #gideon the ninth #the locked tomb #locked tomb series #alectostasia if you squint #sinshine draws

[renstrapp]

kirianthe armpit licking from last year

#kirianthe #the locked tomb #gideon nav #kiriona gaia #ianthe tridentarius #nona the ninth #ianthe naberius #my friends tell me armpits are in question #i'm an armpit enjoyer FOR THE RECORD #this is the kind of stuff i post to patreon and my subscribestar btw

[parttime-creative]

Gideon is nearing her end (of building)

#gideon the ninth #Griddle #griddlehark #The locked tomb #Tlt #Gtn #Gideon nav #Gideon Cosplay #Long haired Gideon cosplay #Sorry I was to lazy applying the facepaint

[procrastinationaccount]

Reverend Daughter Gideon complaining to Nova that she has to come to the Fifth's anniversary dinner because otherwise she'll be "the only one without a date :(((("

#the Harrow Nova au is so intoxicating #I would literally read every event in GtN playing out in the same way but with griddlehark's roles swapped and new dialogue and have a blas #the locked tomb #griddlehark #tlt shitposting #gideon nav #harrowhark nonagesimus #harrow nova #htn spoilers

[homeofwyrm]

Obligatory tableau-ish TLT art post. Temptation of Eve perhaps?

Closeup:

#art #the locked tomb #tlt #ianthe tridentarius #harrowhark nonagesimus #i wanted to try out a new brush I made if it wasn't obvious by all the space and clouds #only really like harrow in this and the sword lol #harryanthe #harrianthe #this is post-dinner scene if that wasnt clear