#the locked tomb brainrot

[ourg0dsal]

Gideon Nav CANNOT Die. Hold on- I know... but give me one second and I'll explain.

So, as I said before Gideon Nav cannot die, or at least her body can't. Cause clearly (spoiler warning) Gideon Nav died at the end of Gideon the Ninth. There is no avoiding that.

But! If you have read all the books GtN, HtN, and NtN including all of the accompanying short stories (tho I will admit I have not read The Mysterious Study of Dr. Sex yet) then there is a better understanding of the timeline of the whole story outside of just what the three main books give you. Specifically and especially with Gideon's body. But also there are many times In Gideons life were she has faced near death events or events that she should not have survived from and still was breathing on the other side.

To go in chronological order of these events, when she was first born she was found in a container held by the air depraved suit of her mother. And while ofc In the book it does state that her mother had redirected her air supply to Gideon, but it is simply being stated to cover all my bases.

Then the 200 sons and daughters massacre when Gideon was 1 (or 2 im not sure) when she inhaled poisonous air without dying. Which led ofc to the Reverend Mother and Father fearing the ground she walked. And this is a big one because, it literally creates waves in the plot. It's a defining point of Harrow and Gideons relationship. That Gideon did not die when she was supposed to.

Later in the story Gideon talks with Pal when she believes Harrow to be a murderer and openly admits to him that "she nearly killed me a half dozen times growing up" which obviously in context was to emphasize on the brutal relationship between her and Harrow. But this could also be other times where miraculously Gideon survived death when she shouldn't have. Because as we know from the first confrontation between Harrow and Gideon. Harrow doesnt hold back for her.

Finally of all the events where Gideon escapes death, this one actually happens within the main story of Gideon the Ninth. When Harrow siphons from Gideon to retrieve one of the challenge keys. And at the end when Gideon passes out, it is narrated ""ha-ha," said Gideon, "first time you didn't call me Griddle," AND DIED." Now, this could obviously just be the snarkiness of Gideon narrating. Or something incredibly clever left behind by Tamsyn Muir for a book series that is so clearly meant to be reread. But ofc to do my rounds the next line after does state "well, passed out. But it felt a hell of a lot like dying." But then immediately after "wake up had an air of ressurection." Which honestly feels like Tamysn Muir teasing the readers at this point. The question then becomes rather, which one was the tease and which one was foreshadowing/ evidence.

Now the point of listing all of these events is that in all of these cases the chances of death are so incredibly high that for most its a miracle she's alive. Ofc most notably for the siphoning trial and the poision gas, but none the less there is proof within the written story and and out that Gideon has looked death in face and moved on with maybe a headache. And it wasn't just in her child hood this is something she can just do. Some recreated in the written story! Because as Pal said. Even with the siphoning challenge done perfectly the chances of leaving Cam with severe brain damage was far to high. And Gideon didn't even suffer that.

Sadly, despite all these Gideon gets to the final battle and fights Cytherea and does die. At the hands of a particularly pointy fence. Or was it truly the fence that did her in? Rather than the lyctorship ritual that was started seconds afterwards.

My full theory, isnt just that Gideon Nav can't die. It's that Gideon Nav wouldn't have been able to die... If Harrow hadn't sucked her soul out. There are at the very least 8 seperate events that Gideon should have died, two of which were nearly gauranteed, but she was ended by a piece of metal. Yes, a very well placed piece a metal, but the point still up to that point she had faced worse a came out unscathed.

If Harrow had not completed the lyctor ritual, Gideon would not have died. Wether or not through resurrection or simply walking it off. Gideon's body has some sort of necromantic attributes to it that keep her alive. We see this in the Untitled Entry short story with Judith Deuteros that describes Gideons body, as it does not rot, cannot be injured, cannot be fed to animals forced or otherwise. And that is all before Jod ever gets a look at the body, because otherwise he would have known Gideon was his daughter before the later events of Harrow the Ninth.

And ofc during the first challenge when Harrow uses Gideon as her eyes to be able to see the construct in the other room and Gideon is able to see the thanergetic signatures that Harrow remarks should be impossible. (I assume because the process is Harrow extracting information (Gideons eyesight) from Gideon and so Gideon should not also be receiving information (the ability to see the signatures)) unless Gideon had some form of necromantic abilities, which she was tested for as a kid and apparently did not have. Alongside not having the correct attitude to be a nun of the ninth. And so we can round it out to be her body being naturally necromantic leaving Gideon without the ability to use it. (Which Is a jump from the actual point we are attempting to use, but for now this stops us from assuming Gideon as any sort of necromantic ability which is a theory all on its own. One that I personally have no evidence for or against)

Now, that I have hopefully made both my Ap Lit and Lang teachers proud with my 3 am essay, I must give you the real tragedy of Gideon the Ninth. Had Gideon not died, had Harrow been unable to complete the lyctor ritual for emotional reasons or otherwise, had Harrow not become a lyctor and killed cytherea. Gideon would have had to watch Harrow and Cam be killed, possibly even Corona, Judith and Ianthe. And then to be used for Cythereas own motives. Tamysn Muir beautifully set up the story so that the best possible outcome could have happened. Had Gideon not died. Everyone else would have. And "Camilla the sixth was no idiot" cam knew and accepted this whereas Harrow never would have. And so the unkillable Gideon had to die, and forcing Harrows hand was the only way to do it.

#The Locked Tomb #the locked tomb brainrot #the locked tomb theories #the locked tomb series #i cant believe i wrote a fucking essay for this #an unplanned and unorganized essay #but an essay nonetheless #tlt #tlt brainrot #tlt series #tlt theories #theory #gideon the 9th #gideon the ninth #gideon nav #harrowhark #harrowhark the first #harrowhark nonagesimus #harrow the ninth #im not even drunk or high i did this for FUN #essay #books #nona the ninth #untitled entry #john gauis #Jod #cytherea the first #cytherea loveday #Cytherea #judith deuteros

[maevesweirdart]

ok so i just finished reading this gay furry visual novel called Adastra, and i have to say.

it didn’t have the devastating emotional effect that i’ve heard it tends to have on many other readers, but then again i’m pretty sure that’s just because i’m attracted to large buff sword-wielding women and not large buff wolf boys.

and then i realized

thinking about this. thinking

#like. it’s the *themes* #the fuckin. space imperialism and love being manipulated by the gods #and the gods turning out to essentially just be fallible people with incredible amounts of power who also suck #and like fate and the subtextual cosmic horror of being a chosen one manipulated by cosmic forces and shit #tlt is a lot more overt about it but the themes are there in Adastra too!!! #I am so smart. so big brained #video essay coming soon #adastra #adastra vn #vn #echo project #echo vn #tlt #gtn #htn #NtN #the locked tomb #the locked tomb brainrot #the locked tomb series #the locked tomb thoughts #the locked tomb memes #adastra memes

[drawerbread]

who let harrowhark “i cannot conceive of a universe without you in it” nonagesimus out of her enclosure?!🗣️

some details:

#the locked tomb #tlt #tlt fanart #art #gideon nav #gideon the ninth #illustration #tlt brainrot #digital art #gideon the 9th #harrow the ninth #tlt spoilers #kinda??? #those are paper straws okay #i had so much fun with this!! #how to draw gideon’s face consistently #artists on tumblr #i do not draw backgrounds can u tell.

[cuervosolsticio]

Cam is flabbergasted 💥

Thank you tumblr for the inspo

#the locked tomb #tlt brainrot #campal #(platonic or romantic is up to you ofc) #fanart #my art #doodle

[ydteus]

Harrowhark Book One vs Harrowhark Book Two

Remember when we thought she had her shit together?

#character art #digital art #tlt #tlt art #tlt fanart #harrow the ninth #gideon the ninth #harrow nonagesimus #harrow #harrowhark the first #harrowhark #god I can’t believe the brainrot is back #tlt harrow #harrowhark fanart #Harrowhark doodle #tlt doodle #tlt sketch #the locked tomb #harrow I love you #lyctor harrow

[cutetanuki-chan]

I'm glad people liked previous Anastasia art cause I'm trying to do something more

#the locked tomb #anastasia the ninth #alecto won't come out soon means no one can't stop me from Anastasia and Alecto brainrot

[celira]

she's a pill. she's ambidextrous. she can diagnose an intercranial hemorrhage with one look. she's like light moving across water. she would have worked in data. she fights like a grease fire. she's a mad dog. she was the best in her house at fifteen. she's the second strand. she can do a back handspring down the stairs. she can learn anything in a few tries but thinks she's got one thing. her smile makes the earth want to marry her. she blazed like a white candle. I didn't say her name, but she popped into your head anyway, didn't she?

#i am sad and so is camilla hect #the locked tomb #just squirreling away camilla hect brainrot until morale improves #camilla hect #camilla the sixth #tlt #the locked tomb meta #tlt meta #lira does a thing

[coelecanthheart]

Sometimes I just think about Cytherea in the beginning of the story, meeting Gideon Nav, with G1deons name, G1deons glasses, bright red hair and yellow eyes, and no one to gossip with.

#the locked tomb #tlt #tlt brainrot #htn spoilers

[this-could-be-a-dream]

@torbooks For Jod’s sake, please give us some Alecto news, it’s getting desperate out here

Edit: hfs did not expect any official response but thank you and we as a fandom are very sorry. Class, say thank you to the nice (now scarred) editor and let’s return to patiently waiting for AtN (i.e. fanart, ao3 and crackshipping)

#tlt #tlt brainrot #crux #aiglamene #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #the locked tomb #alecto the ninth #come on barbie let’s go party

[the-crepuscular-queen]

I don't know if it's the pink dress that reminds me so strongly of fanart Mercymorn or just some guy holding a cigarette that makes me think of Augustine, but I can never look at this picture without seeing both of them.

#augustine #the locked tomb #tlt #tlt brainrot #tlt shitposting #harrow the ninth #mercymorn the first #mercymorn #Saint of joy #augustine quinque

[chilly-weirdo-in-a-tomb]

Harrow, at some point in AtN:

#harrowhark nonagesimus #alecto #gideon the ninth #the locked tomb #harrow the ninth #nona the ninth #alecto the ninth #tlt #tlt series #alecto predictions #alecto theories #alectopause #tlt brainrot #tlt fandom #tlt memes

[ourg0dsal]

“She felt movement behind her, but she was faster.”

This line fucks my shit up every time. that Harrow figured out what Gideon was gonna do but was still powerless to stop it.

#tlt #tlt fanart #like think about it #that heart dropping shock and fear #the immediate and never ending heartbreak #tlt series #the locked tomb #the locked tomb series #the locked tomb fanart #tlt art #the locked tomb art #gideon nav #gideon the ninth fanart #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #the locked tomb brainrot #nona the ninth #tlt brainrot #harrowhark the first #harrowwark nonagesimus #gideon nav diserved better #gideon nav fanart #fanart #cytherea the first #cytherea loveday #tamsyn muir #gideon the 9th #artpiece #my art #art

[domibomz]

i like her a normal amount

necromancer gideon tho 👀💀🖤

#my art #tlt #the locked tomb #gideon nav #gideon the ninth #kiriona gaia #necro!gideon #sketchbook #idk idk idk i got the brainrot for her

[drawerbread]

hey, catch this! *throws more barista!Gideon sketches at you*

#the brainrot is real u guys #also i’m so happy you liked the previous bari STAR gideon #so THANK YOU for that!!! #i had fun reading everyone’s tags lol #the locked tomb #tlt #tlt fanart #art #gideon nav #illustration #tlt brainrot #digital art #harrow the ninth #griddlehark #gideon the ninth #harrowhark nonagesimus

[ewdollface]

gideon and evil stick

#guys be honest…would they wear this… #gideon the ninth #gideon nav #this is my first fanart of them…the brainrot is bad #harrow the ninth #harrowhark nonagesimus #the locked tomb #gideon the ninth fanart

[portablechemist]

This is a small thing, but I find it so interesting that the lyctors wear iridescent white robes. The text describes them as being the color of an oily sheen on water, and there's symbolism there of course, but a thing I've discovered (while trying to do a TLT cosplay) is that white iridescent fabric is always polyester. Plastic-based, terrible-for-the-environment, beloved-of-fast-fashion polyester. It doesn't breathe. Every time you wash it, it leaves behind microplastics in the water (which is maybe something to be examined about the Mithraeum's water recycling system). It's a major product of the oil industry, an industry which is heavily contributing to, if not spearheading, climate change.

And I think it's just so incredibly in character that John - the man who was given the power to save the Earth but instead started WWIII, trapped Her soul in the body of a Barbie, and has used Her as his personal power source for a myriad without a care for what She wants - picked a polyester fabric as the symbol of the First House.

Likely, he didn't even think about it.

#TLT meta #if anyone else has looked into this pls let me know #I just have BrainRot about the Locked Tomb and fabrics #john gaius #tlt #tlt spoilers #lyctorhood #lyctoralsaints #the locked tomb