2022-11-02 11:56:08 ¶ ●

I think one of the reasons The Locked Tomb hits so hard is because of its message that getting help can only make you greater than what you were before. So many narratives nowadays reinforce the belief that you need to be completely self-sufficient in order to have true value as a human being and that admitting you need help is in any way a burden to the people around you. Not only is this ableist, but it is also an extremely sad and lonely notion. Harrow is no less of a necromancer for needing Gideon to pick her up when she falls, and Gideon is no less of a fighter for needing Harrow to watch her back. At the end of the day, the very concept of being a Lyctor (however damaging it is), encapsulates the fact that we’re only truly whole when we work together, and I think that’s beautiful. Even when we see Harrow lose her mind completely and fall into a state of utter helplessness, she is still not a lesser necromancer - quite to the contrary. Her skill is still very much there, and more powerful than ever, but we can see that she is undone. As the reader we know that all she needs is a push in the right direction by someone with enough kindness and understanding so that she can stand back up. Ironically enough, as it is for so many people in real life, that’s the one thing she can’t get. We see her treated with contempt and disgust, we see her gaslighted and disregarded as the weakest of the Lyctors, we see her thrown aside as something which deserves to be dead. Not only does this narrative feel wrong to the reader because of love for the character and because we’ve seen what Harrow is like when she’s “relatively healthy”, it also serves as an extremely strong point in defense of people with disabilities (both physical and mental), since it gives an intimate look into what this kind of treatment feels like. I don’t know. I think about that a lot lately.

2022-11-03 20:56:15 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

theartistichuman:

> I love you violence I love you descent into madness I love you transformations into an unrecognizable self I love you monsters who were human I love you questioning if I’ve changed or been like this all along I love you being scared I love you secrets I love you twisted coming of age stories

2022-11-04 19:21:33 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

chillyfeetsteak:

> casgirl:

> > Griddlehark rules they’re like lesbian yzma and kronk

> is it sad that this was sitting on my ipad already drawn before i saw this tumblr post

2022-11-11 21:56:41 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

battletailors:

> guess what book series i’ve been enjoying lately!
> i’m still reading through Nona, so no spoilies please

2022-11-12 21:33:44 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

taylachan:

> taylachan:

> > It’s so hard to have great tits and correct opinions

> Why are you roasting her?

2022-11-14 11:54:09 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

ikeafood:

> woe! old tlt fanart be upon ye

2022-11-19 22:24:43 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

kyotospartyart:

> One flesh, one end, you know the drill Edit: many of you wish these were bookmarks…and they actually are! They’ll be at kyotosparty.bigcartel.com very soon💕

2022-11-21 14:49:12 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

punishervinyl:

> lesbianthe

2022-11-23 19:48:14 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

puffywiz:

> Necropractor 💀

2022-11-25 17:21:28 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

synnyi:

> CAMILLA HECT

2022-11-26 10:27:35 ¶ ●

God and Gideon Nav’s situation is the literal definition of the phrase “fuck around, find out”

2022-11-28 12:30:02 ¶ ● ⬈

moonssnail:

> Drew this little griddlehark comic while going through something and I thought I’d share it:)

2022-11-28 20:56:58 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

bkyngw:

> > In the original draft of Gideon, Harrow doesn’t say ‘Oh, I have hurt your heart,’ she says ‘Oh, I have rustled your jimmies.’ She says that purely because that’s what my brain thrust into my hand and I liked the way it sounded. Carl said, ‘You can’t put that in a novel’ […]

> drawing out my feelings on the most recent tazmuir interview