2023-04-20 7:21:46 ¶ ●

The fatal 8th house flaw of being completely right and going about it in the worst way possible.

Upon rereading Gideon (and Harrow) the Ninth, I find myself warming to Silas and Mercy. They’re so right all the time, and they hate everyone else because of it.

Silas was innocent of literally everything leveled at him and was only really guilty of being arrogant, being autistic, and hating the 9th house for incredibly legitimate reasons.

Mercymorn is the crystallized essence of an ignored woman who has been right for 10,000 years.