I had a really vivid dream last night that tamsyn muir published a new short story, and in that story none of the characters were referred to by their actual names bc it was kind artsy and abstract, but the character that everyone was pretty sure was gideon nav was referred to exclusively as iphigenia.
I have been informed by my classics major gf that the implications of such a thing are extremely Fucked
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Wake up babe a new way to interpret the Alecto the Ninth wedding spoiler just dropped
something i love about the soup scene is how many little details are COMPLETELY RECONTEXTUALIZED when you know what she’s planning. things you wouldn’t even question.
harrow is pacing and jumpy in the kitchen: she’s understandably on edge from repeated attacks and lack of sleep -> she’s worried someone will walk in on her and realize what she’s up to
harrow panics and adds “a great deal of water” to the soup at the last minute: harrow has no fucking idea how to make soup -> she’s worried the bone marrow will be more detectable if the broth is too thick
john tries the broth, sets down his spoon, and takes a “discrete sip of water”: the soup sucks because harrow has no idea how to make soup -> john knows there’s bone marrow in there and he’s just waiting to see what she’s going to do
harrow flinches when augustine makes a comment about confessing before they find a finger in the soup: harrow is sensitive about her shitty soup -> harrow literally put her own bone marrow in the soup and that comment has her severely on edge
harrow uses all of g1deon’s least favorite vegetables: she fucking hates that guy -> she needs him to drink as much straight broth as possible because she is going to kill him with the broth
it’s just. such a good scene. it’s such a completely different scene when you read it for the second time.
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