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Harrowhark from Gideon the ninth?

Character breakdown:

1. How I feel about Harrow:

Harrow is really interesting and I’m grateful the next book will be focused on her development. In gtn we saw her through Gideon eyes, we don’t know if she has a guilt complex for real, nor how strong her necromancy is (especially now). I can see many aspects of my personality in Harrow (the tendency to isolate herself, pushing her body and mind to the brink to achieve what she wants) so I felt close to her from page 1.

2. All the poeple i ship romantically with Harrow:

Ianthe: they are both acid as lemons and obsessed with power. I can see these two having a complicated relationship.

Pallamedes: a couple of cute necromancer nerds? That absurd dispise each other but end up working together because overwise they will die? I smell an enemy-to-lovers dynamic that is *chef kiss*

Alecto: this is more a theory but I think the girl in the locked tomb is 1) Alecto the Ninth and 2) the daughter of the Emperror. I can imagine Harrow opening the tomb, whisking Alecto away and then show up in front of the Emperror hand in hand with his hated daughter.

3. My non-romantic OTP for Harrow:

Gideon: people will hate me, for me Harrow and Gideon have a beautiful platonic relationship, but that’s it. I can’t imagine them being lovers, they are different in many aspects (personality, ideas, goals) and I don’t think they would work as a couple.

Camilla: their dialogues shouted bromance from a thousand miles.

Magnus: if Harrow knew him better he would be father figure for her, especially because I don’t think Primhark was the best of the parents.

The Emperror: again, father figure. I have this scene in my head where Harrow is crying and he wipes away her tears and tells her everything is going to be okay

The 3 Lyctors: i somehow hope one of them will befriend Harrow and help her go on after what happened in the House of Canaan.

4. My unpopular opinion on Harow:

I don’t know if this is an unpopular opinion because the gtn fandom is pretty small up to now. Anyway, I think Harrow should move on with Gideon. She surely was an important part of her life, but as the Emperror said what Gideon did can’t be undone. I really hope they talk one last time (maybe through a strange necromantic channel), but Harrow has to accept Gideon’s sacrifice and find another person to rely on (that girl is too lonely).

5. One thing I wish would happen / had happened to Harrow:

Based on my unpopular opinion I wish Harrow would find happiness and be okay with herself. Her possible guilt complex is something she has to overcome, her tendency to isolate as well.