You can’t take Loved away

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[beholdthesword]

In honor of the upcoming Nona cover art reveal, I’ve made another Locked Tomb pillow!

This time HTN themed! I’m in love with this pillow, I’m so happy with how it turned out!!! 

I’m not a photographer and the photos don’t do it justice, the red sword pops more irl and the white yarn has a shiny thread going through it (lyctor robes, anyone?? I tried, lol). 

I think I’m going to end up making one of these for each book. Can’t wait to have a whole set - this one looks so good with my Gideon pillow! 

Both pillows are made with mosaic crochet and I designed the swords and the soup but used a pattern for the skulls and the letters. 

[cepheusgalaxy]

You'd think "John Necromancer, the inventor of necromancy and also president of the universe" would be a made-up example of an absurd oc but no his name really is John he is the inventor of necromancy and also president of the universe

[scarycatipillar]

just been reminded of the fact that harrow and gideon haven’t seen eachother in 2 years, which is the longest amount of time they’ve spent apart their whole lives

[xiaq]

One of the best things about being a writer is thinking of something small you can add to your work that’s just. Devastating. Like you’re sitting there going. Oh. That would be diabolical. People would get really riled up about that. Exquisite. Let’s do it.

[greymvs]

[futchrat]

here’s a quick drawing I made yesterday to kick off the week 🫡 anyways htn really endeared me to Ortus, I wanted to do a short comic of the whole scene but my wrist and neck said no.

Idk, I think I’ll revisit this at some point because the whole conversation feels so validating for Harrow after a whole book (and life) of being gaslit and neglected and shouldering burdens too heavy for even an adult to bare. One day I’ll rant about this longer but for now pls enjoy my silly little drawing of two sad ninth house stereotypes

[lustcannibalism]

what’s the point if girls can’t bite? consume? devour?

[sacred-portal]

[alabasterten]

Harrowhark sketch

[runasulienadanika]

GRIDDLEHARK AND CAMPAL ARE OPPOSITES BUT ALSO PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND IT MAKES ME SO INSANE

6th House is on mercury and 9th House is on pluto so they're on the opposite ends of the dominicus system

9 is 6 uspide down and 6 is 9 upside down

the Ninth House and the Sixth House are religion vs science

Gideon and Harrow are (were) childhood enemies, Camilla and Palamedes are (were) childhood friends. Gideon and Harrow had a hard time trusting each other, Camilla and Palamedes trusted each other with everything.

Gideon and Harrow are all about forgetting ("But I don’t even remember about you most of the time", the whole lobotomy situation), Camilla and Palamedes are all about remembering ("I’ve carried you, Warden. And I’ve carried your memory … I’d rather carry you", "Palamedes remembers everything: That was his problem. I always remember him. That’s mine")

Gideon and Harrow are water (the Pool Scene, Gideon being in the "well" in Harrow's mind, Harrow deciding to stay in the River and Gideon "dying" in the River), Camilla and Palamedes are fire (Palamedes's first death, Palamedes and Camilla's lyctoral ascention)

in griddlehark's case the necromancer carried their cavalier's soul, in campal's case the cavalier carried their necromancer's soul

Gideon and Palamedes sacrificed themselves, Harrow then carried Gideon's sword even though it was killing her and Camilla carried Palamedes's bones even though boe electrocuted her for it

Gideon and Camilla are both "devotion's casualties"

Harrow and Camilla risked permanent brain damage to save the souls they carried

Gideon barely had any training for her position and Camilla trained her whole life, but they both didn't normally use their rapiers and were both set on fighting rather than on traditional duelling

the 6th and the 9th are both poor, underestimated, dying houses. Harrow and Palamedes have been leading them since they were very young and they do anything to try to improve the situation

Harrow fell in love with the Body when she was 10, Palamedes began writing to Dulcinea when he was 8. both into old dead chicks (as Gideon phrased it) while also loving their cavaliers

Camilla watched Gideon impale herself to force Harrow's ascention, Gideon watched Camilla light herself on fire during her and Palamedes's ascention

"This was your shell but it was all filled up with me" & "It's not you. It's me wearing you"

"I keep turning around to find you, and there’s nobody there." "I know the feeling." & "You’d touched that letter, and I—you know it was killing me twice that you weren’t there, right? You must know it was destroying me to be there in your body, trying to keep your thumbs on, and I couldn’t even hear your damn voice?"

"Kiriona Gaia was staring politely at the side of the truck, as though there were something really interesting on the paintwork" & "Even Camilla, who had turned away to politely investigate something on the opposite wall, wasn’t there"

"It was just her and Harrow and Harrow’s bitter, high-boned, stupid little face" & "Palamedes said, and now Nona knew he wasn’t speaking to anyone else in the universe"

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there's probably more, that's just from the top of my head. but yeah, they make me insane and i'm foaming at the mouth.

[ezzzyra]

as much as I love art of buffed to all hell Gideon (specifically gtn Gideon and not Kiriona) and yes, she has biceps the likes of which Jeannemary and Isaac have never before seen—I do think something is lost by making her shredded to all hell in back. and not just the realism of the fact that she only eats snow leek gruel and protein bars when she can find them. Gideon feels like she’s the hottest and buffest and the biggest around to herself, and by extension to us. but she’s still a teenager, barely an adult, she wouldn’t even be finished growing yet. I think there’s something important about the fact that she is physically imposing but she’s also smaller than we think. yes she is strong in all measures, but she’s still so young. she’s still small. she might not be as much of a wilted flower and drowned cat as Harrow is, but she’s still breakable. and I think that’s important.

[mothfishe]

Still no spoilers for Harrow the Ninth pls!!!

(and yes, I was drawing Harrow’s hair a little longer at first because of the HtN cover)

I love drawing bones and women

Thinkin about making this one into a sticker

[loveridden1999]

do you think watching a million movies & shows is going to fill the hole in my heart. be honest

[delsicle]

I’m not sure if this will be helpful to anyone, but you literally do not have to be a good writer to write and post fan fiction. Yes you will naturally get better at writing and finding your voice the more you do it but you do not have to be or become a professional level writer to enjoy writing and sharing fics. It’s common to hear people praise fic writers by saying their work is better than published books, and while I think this comes from a good place, that’s not the norm or expectation. There is also a sentiment that fic writing is “good practice” for becoming a better writer or doing something else later, but if fic is the only creative writing you ever do that is literally okay. Your technical skill does not mean you cannot have fun and build community with your writing, or that other people cannot love and find meaning in your work.

[reimanticism]

didn't really like how this turned out but eh...

[cheetopuffpaws]

Yesss feed us allllllll your liked and unliked griddlehark art 😍

[vhen-harel]

[bulkhummus]

Wait is jerking it to fanfic like? Widely accepted?

critically acclaimed even