#powder offhand

[carys-the-ninth]

Let's settle it. In Gideon the Ninth,

Powder offhand is:

A gun & gunpowder

Bone powder

Pocket sand or similar physical powder

Some sort of flashbang/smoke bomb

I don't know & I don't subscribe to any of the above

Other option which I will provide in the notes

Voting ended onMay 24

[tibbsdibbs]

Have we considered that the "powder offhand" was a passive aggressive comment from harrow about how Gideon is really bad at makeup?

"give her powder as an offhand so she can at least try and fix her face before being humiliated in battle"

[nonasbirthday]

in conclusion, gideon having a gun would either make the book longer, shorter, or exactly the same. glad we got that sorted

[nonasbirthday]

ok but what if aiglamene didn’t push back and harrow’s insistence about gideon’s offhand was obeyed. and they get to canaan house and naberius challenges gideon to a duel and he busts out his gay little trident knife and gideon just pulls out. a gun