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hello nobody asked but i’m here to deliver. presenting: the cavs as dog breeds. photo sources and caveats after the cut.

Second House: Marta Dyas

UKC-registered German Shepherd, stock coat. A working breed characterized by its focus, confidence, and fearlessness; obedient to a fault. Strong intelligence, drive, and energy, but at manageable levels suited to all-purpose organizational use (unlike their more intense sibling breed, the Belgian Malinois). Dominates in Schutzhund (obedience & personal protection) trials.

Third House: Naberius Tern

UKC-registered Standard Poodle, red coat cut Continental. A breed with a reputation for wealth, beauty, and proud attitude, all of which distracts from its surprising intelligence and steady work ethic. A well-rounded gundog that, given the correct training and handler, dominates at both sporting and conformation events. Intolerant of rugged terrain (highland herding, search and rescue, etc.), though well suited to swimming.

Fourth House: Jeannemary Chatur

AKC-registered Belgian Malinois, mahogany coat. A legendarily intense and capable working breed, with high intelligence, drive, and fitness. With sufficient training to sate its drive for stimulation, becomes a fabulously impressive working dog. When fulfilled, will win obedience, Schutzhund, extreme vertical, and obstacle course competitions. Not well suited to scent work, diving, and herding, and lacks the patience for boring tasks like conformation. With insufficient stimulation or an unconfident handler, becomes a destructive, vocal, nervous wreck; can and will take its frustrations out on others. Benefits from the influence of living with calmer dogs. An AKC-recognized breed, but not UKC recognized; would be a source of strife with handlers that prefer UKC (… Third House).

Fifth House: Magnus Quinn

Show-line UKC-Registered Irish Setter, mahogany coat. The beautiful coat and regal bearing of this breed obfuscates its extremely goofy and friendly nature. Because of its beauty, playful attitude with children, and capability as a gundog, it is a sought-after breed of the wealthy. Working-line setters have higher stamina and intelligence for long days afield; show-line setters are suited to conformation and social settings, and are therefore wonderful family pets.

Sixth House: Camilla Hect

Unregistered Border Collie, lilac short coat. A breed with intense intelligence, focus, and drive; must be put to work constantly by its handler or will resort to self-destructive behaviors and be liable to develop strange obsessions. Movement at work is shockingly fast for its body size and build; does not speak while working, unlike other herding breeds, instead relying on glare-based intimidation. Well suited to rough terrain and independent problem solving. Lilac coat caused by rare recessive genes expressed thru inbreeding; causes grey brown eyes, as well.

Seventh House: Protesilaus Ebdoma

UKC-registered Afghan Hound, cream coat, unmarked. A lithe, long-legged athlete with regal bearing and a beautiful appearance. Independent, aloof, and generally indifferent to instruction, though loyal and affectionate with a single handler; will strongly resist a change in handlers. Whiplike tail.

Eighth House: Colum Asht

UKC-registered Great Pyrenees, white coat, slight tan markings. Unflappably calm; intelligent, but with a tendency towards indifference. A large, stalwart flock guardian that shrugs off being bloodied. Patient and careful with its flock and with children, but vicious against physical threats.

Ninth House: Ortus Nigenad

Black and Tan Coonhound. Large and strong, though without the cleverness of some other working breeds. Excels at scent-tracking over long hours. Highly vocal when bored (and, frankly, at all other times), with a booming voice. Handler focused, but can be very stubborn.

Ninth House: Gideon Nav

Australian Kelpie with red coat, or perhaps Red Heeler—lineage is unclear; genetic testing may reveal dingo ancestry. A vigorous and hardworking herder, with high stamina in rough terrain and harsh weather. Stocky and solidly built. Always eager for a job to do. Not overly affectionate, even with long-term handlers, but intensely loyal. Infrequently vocal; tendency towards shyness and reactivity around strangers and new circumstances. May have light brown (amber) eyes.

#i’m so glad the extended alectopause is making us Like This #great work OP this is the scholarship we need

prokopetz

Flavours of unreliable narrator:

Lying to the reader

Lying to themselves

Simply misinformed

Not paying attention

Has weird priorities

Assumed you knew

Hates you personally

Bad at communicating

Easily sidetracked

Will believe anything

Has weird prejudices

Just kind of dumb

aspiringwarriorlibrarian

Sometimes I think about how one of the few things we know about M— was that she was an ardent supporter of reproductive rights. Even when the investors had already dismissed the possibility, she was insistent on creating a form of cryosleep that would not force anyone to terminate their pregnancies. Even 10,000 years and a memory wipe later, when it became necessary to steal John's genetic material, she still provided her own eggs for the child that would break the wards on the Tomb.

The Eighth House is the house of justice, the house of conviction. The house of a woman who demanded complete bodily autonomy, and another woman who was willing to die to save humanity. But Mercymorn and Cristabel Oct had nothing worth fighting for, just the lies of a would-be God and his endless, pointless quest for revenge. And so the Eighth House, Keepers of the Tome, the Forgiving House, have become empty zealots, fanatics of an empire. Fanatics who use the bodies and souls of their cavaliers as batteries without consideration or consent.

I wonder how Mercymorn feels about soul siphoning. I wonder if sometimes, right before she wakes, she remembers what it was like to believe in something true.

#mercymorn #feeling unwell !!!!!!

frodo-of-the-nine-fingers

immortality as theft (you have to steal life from something else) immortality as parasitism (there is something else inside You that is keeping you alive and you become less of yourself more and more the longer it stays in you) immortality as violence (everything is trying to kill you because everything is supposed to die and the universe will always try to find a way to right the wrong that is You) you understand

ninewheels

#at least once a month I think about that one post about laminating a paper towel#and how that makes it immortal but also forever prevents it from fulfilling its true purpose#yes you will live. but at the cost of everything that makes you You

(courtesy of noknowshame)

berryinnit

t-shirt with the words “high-functioning corpse” printed on it

peniswizard69

Oh so when your mom puts a little bit of her heart in every meal that's fine, but when I, Harrowhark the First,

nepenthean-sleep

first few months of alectopause: damn can't wait until atn comes out

2023 alectopause: you know it's ok we can wait. i got some fics to write

2024 alectopause: here is 30,000 words on how john's characterization as emperor and lyctorhood interplays with colonialism, imperialism, sexual assault, and misogyny, featuring a full bibliography, a reading list, and peer reviewed by three mutuals

2025 alectopause: gideon would not fucking say that

2026 alectopause: what is everyone's blood pressure headcanons for the characters. i think harrow is orthostatic and gets a regular 90/50

lastflowerofyourhouse

pyrrha dve: look, kid. look at me. i know you're kinda reeling right now but before we're swallowed by cthulu i need you to understand that i did fuck your mother. yes i know you just met your father for the first time and hes god or whatever, but so you know you've always been a daughter to me, especially that one time when i killed your mom and also maybe you. it's ok she understood why i did it. all that said i think we should kill ourselves right now. what do you mean you don't want to kill yourself? your mother would have killed herself with me.

the-boring-distopia

The description of Mercymorn doing surgery on Judith in As Yet Unsent is so funny to me because it does not read like she's doing a surgery.

It reads like she's an upset IT/repair specialist who got tired of driving 6 hours to look at servers that were not turned on, and she's going to make everyone suffer for daring to involve her in this mess. She ripped stuff out and casually put her hands into Judith's stomach, she was one bad moment away from trying to factory reset her with a hammer.

Blood of Eden really invited Dr. Eight House to punch Judith in her pancreas until she got better.

futchrat

alright tomblrinas it’s Monday and this is another poll based off the tommy arnold ama (top results are gonna be our imaginary crew)

who would you choose/tolerate for a long ass 20+ hour roadtrip?

Gideon

Harrow

Cam

Pal

Ianthe

Corona

John

Augustine and/or Mercy and/or G1deon

Pyrrha and/or Wake

another cav or necromancer (whomst?!)

Pash (or another member BoE)

someone I couldn’t fit (tell us please!)

Voting ended onJun 16

I have (unfortunately) had to make many long road trips before (mostly around 7hr but some up to 25hr) USUALLY with some kind of minor catastrophe, so, please be sure to consider:

-could you have a conversation with this person for an entire day/would mutual silence be comfortable ?

-would this person play driving games/read all billboards and would this piss you off or vice versa?

-would they take turns paying for gas?

-how frequently are they gonna need to pee?

-does their taste of music make you want to cry? do they listen to podcasts and if so, ones you tolerate?

-are you gonna want to be around them for another 10hrs after 10hrs in a car together ?

-could they handle an emergency/do they know how to change a tire?

-will they take turns driving and/or will their driving terrify you?

highly dependent on the results and my capacity for creativity (and shoulder/wrist/neck) but I would love to draw this or write it out because road trips are so often chaotic as fuck and I find thinking about The Characters (whose stakes are usually 1000x higher) in silly situations. Also I’ve been meaning to make that post about their cars…….

I wish tumblr polls would let me add more than 13 options and an option for ranking choices because that would make my life easier

#i would go on a long ass road trip for the express purpose of chatting w pal are you kidding #no listening to podcasts we ARE the podcast #neither of us knows shit about cars. don’t worry about it.

the-boring-distopia

Nobody uses the "you think they discovered each other's bodies?" meme in the locked tomb fandom because the answer would either be:

1. Canonically yes (plot relevant)

2. Canonically yes (murder investigation)

3. Mercymorn elbows deep inside Judith's guts

4. Canonically no but there are 12 fics

5. A discussion whether lyctorhood counts

6. Canonically?? kinda?? (soup)

7. Ianthe and the mischivious misadventures of a flesh adept

8. Canonically yes (Harrowhark "let me put my tongue in yo mouth" Nonagesimus regrowing Ianthe's arm)

9. Mercymorn's canonical necromancy x-ray vision of the human body

10. No, because even though Pyrrha and Wake fucked the body was not Pyrrha's so it does not count (Pyrrha of Theseus argument)

lumentears

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okay since I recently found out that me and literally 5 other kids in my choir had a phase where we made serious plans to run away and become a 9th penitent - is this an 8th House thing or are teens just like that

Have you ever thought of running a way to a life of silent devotion on the Ninth?

8th, considered going full heretic

8th, no wtf

not 8th, considered going full heretic

not 8th, I have no idea what you're talking about

I'm bones / marrow extract / nuance in the tags

Voting ended onMar 4, 2025

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BONE CULTISTS? ON MY HELLSITE?

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It's more likely than you think.

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i was dropping off the kids at the cohort seminar and the 2nd house recruiter saw my wheelchair and asked if I was a veteran ... like aye cap they gave me ms in the war

justsomeguycore

hate when christian’s call the bible “the good book.” it’s not that good you should try harrow the ninth

cindfourth

I see you suggesting Harrow should be the saint of devotion but consider:

Right before Gideon dives onto the fence Harrow says to her "Have you really forgiven me?"

Harrowhark the First, Saint of Forgiveness

Delicious because she will never ever forgive herself

katakaluptastrophy

I went—not overseas, but by public transport—to Corpus to hear Tamsyn Muir speak.

The bad news: Alecto is not finished. It will hopefully come out "soon" and will likely be fast tracked with few ARCs when it's finished.

The news you may take differently depending on your preferences: It is not being split.

The good news: It is not all written in Ye Olde Alecto speak (it sounds like Harrow's POV will be fairly major, but there will apparently be several narrators).

A slightly random selection of things I frantically scribbled down:

The protagonists of TLT would make an "absolutely shit" D&D party ("Palamedes and Camilla would be fine")

We could have had horse plinko and begone thot, but for the anti-meme ministrations of her editor. She would love an edition that puts all of the memes back in.

On Catholic imagery and lesbianism: "you ain't seen nothing yet"

"Harrow is now a believer without a church"

She said that while John and Alecto's relationship is not meant to be a 1:1 analogue to Humbert Humbert and Lolita, there is the idea of a man fashioning (something he thinks is) a girl into a perfect partner (the question of whether that is a sexual partner apparently may be relevant to ATN)

She does not have a favourite House and would just be a regular person in the world of TLT (though she would last about 0.5 seconds)

The tension between the Houses' ostensible gender equality and the misogyny that still persists is apparently also relevant to ATN. "John has set out to make a society on values he holds dear and cherishes and in some ways he has done really well... And in some way he has fucked it up beyond comprehension" (Maybe not an exact quote. My auditory processing is questionable.)

The backstory in NTN was planned right from the beginning

Lyctors "are not truly human any more. They've crystallised themselves" and "They have lost themselves and the only thing they've been able to hold on to is what other people make of them". She said she would have liked to make the Lyctors more alien but had to balance that with them being relatable narratively.

She is dying to read TLT fanfiction once she finishes the series.

milkteamoon

I think one of Gideon's funniest moments is when she learns that Pal and Dulcie have a Thing and she's so distraught about it because she feels like a complete homewrecker. Like she just made one of her first ever friends, this weird little man whom she diagnosed as Bitchless upon first sight, and then she learns he actually does have A Single Bitch but it's the woman she's been flirting with nonstop since she got there. So naturally her reaction is to start mourning for him because literally, how was her new bestie The Most Bitchless Man Alive ever supposed to compete with her

diosapate

and i do think that mercymorn rly is tazmuir's character work at its finest... literally the perfect woman who is an absolute raw nerve and is both unwilling to and incapable of making herself likable. she also is recklessly suicidal and has subsisted solely on spite and the idea that one day she might be able to get revenge for something that happened a hundred lifetimes ago. her father is her husband is her god and she is forever condemned to be the bitch wife AND she is in a diabolical situationship with her brother who used to be a regular coworker. cold and virginal but fucks. unfathomably old but looks no older than ianthe. forced to eat a nun. forced to play big sister to another nun. i love you alive girlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

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