Palamedes Sextus is a good character because he’s written exactly like someone who would be the hot boy of the series if the rest of the main cast weren’t exclusively made up of lesbians
palamedes: tall, has the most striking and beautiful grey eyes, kind but forceful, very intelligent, one of very few who can meet harrow on her level as a necromancer
gideon: he’s nice :)
ianthe: *hasn’t even noticed his existence*
camilla: actually is attracted to men but knows him way way too well to be into him
There was silence, except for Camilla’s ragged breathing and the lieutenant’s tiny, half-amazed gasps. Then Jeannemary said, “Hot dog.”
[id: a digital painting of a scene from Gideon the Ninth, depicting Camilla and Palamedes. Pal is a young white man with dark curly hair, gray eyes, dark gray robes, and round glasses. Cam is a young brown woman with shoulder length dark hair, she’s wearing a dark gray robe, and wielding a knife and a rapier. at the top of the drawing there’s a frame with Palamedes saying “Cam”, and at the bottom there’s one with Pal pushing his glasses up, and they’re shining like an anime character’s. he’s grinning and saying “Go loud.” /end id]
i’m SCREAMING can u imagine weeks of hanging around some pious nun who took a vow of silence + never shows her bare face and the first words you ever hear her say, during a murder investigation, are:
