Cant wait for Alecto where Harrow fixes Gideon’s Chunt in a scene that parallels the bone-arm reconstruction scene with Ianthe, except it will be so achingly emotional. With Ianthe Harrow is satisfied because she reclaims part of her agency in proving that she’s still a master of her art. With Gideon, Gideon is the one that will be given agency and by Harrow. It will be a deconstruction of their relationship prior - Gideon who only ever wanted to give and Harrow who could only take. Gideon as martyr. It will be symbolic and it will be painful because Harrow doesn’t only know the bone, Harrow knows Gideon. It will be like the first time they fought alongside each other, except quieter, closer. They’ve both lost something of themselves and this is an action, a symbol of recovery and of connection. Of potential rebirth.
My opinion on the ‘would modern au Harrow be goth or Catholic’ debate is that she would be both and it would throw everyone off. She goes equally hard on both of those things and no one knows what to do about it.
Trust me when I’m done with all my uni essays I WILL be writing long tlt meta about the book of John (the bible) and how it relates to Jod and the themes of love in the books.
