Drawing skeletons is goofy ahh

Ngl Ianthe is my fav character ever. The way she acts, totally careless of others but following some sort of fucked up plan she made, very girlboss of her. And also I LOVE how Muir potrays her, as a tall seraphic crazy lady thirsty of blood but yet very pale and weak. I haven’t read Nona the Ninth yet, I hope to see her again there.

Imagine a whole book abt her tho (delusional)

Ianthe <3

Obligatory pool scene drawing

Ok so I recently read Harrow the ninth and I love her so much

Me explaining HTN sober: It’s the story of a person that has lost everything to reach the top and regrets it, but doesn’t even remember her biggest sacrifice. But still, she aches for what she lost, and has to deal with the people she risked everything to surround herself not being what she expected and being the worst among them. It’s a story of disappointment and regret, but it’s also about sacrifice and love

Me explaining HTN drunk: So this psychotic nun meets God, alright, but he’s a normal bisexual Kiwi man who hosts orgy parties sometimes, and-

twitter got it first, but happy late Father’s Day to pyrrha “never could help giving the girls what they wanted” dve

We are one flesh.

I am your end.

“You've got two scientists and an engineer and a nun and a lawyer and a banker and a cop and an artist. That's not a defence force, that's a cop and six different kinds of nerd.” JOHN IS SO FUCKING FUNNY GOOD FUCKING BYE

“Harrowhark Nonagesimus had always so badly wanted to live. She had cost too much to die.”

Especially with the release of The Unwanted Guest, I feel like I see too much focus on the “romantic” (as in idealized and regarding any type of love) message of the series and not enough on what I personally think tazmuir’s actual thesis statement is. We forget that she is a horror author, and I think that is her entire goal. Every set of relationships we’re presented with are codependent, unhealthy, consumptive. Someone is consuming someone they love, someone is being consumed by someone they love. Even if they claim not to, even if they try to find a more “fair” way to do it (ex.: Paul), it’s still what is happening in the end. (Abigail and Magnus are the only exceptions I can think of.) Pyrrha is the only character who seems to recognize this, and she tries so hard to call it out, but no one listens because they think it’s romantic. Because every relationship is either seen as romantic or wretched, both by the characters and by the readers, even though they are all so bad. I think tazmuir is trying to make readers question this. Why do we find certain toxic relationships - like Harrow and Gideon - romantic, but others - like John and Alecto - horrifying? Why is one acceptable but not the other? Where do we draw the line? In regards to TUG, why do we jump from changing each other with love, to consuming each other in its name?

I think this will be even more clear in AtN.

the priestess crushed beneath the new - laid rock.

god forbid women do anything

gideon coming out of her crib to shame the ninth house

GIIIRLLL DINNERRRR

Tamsyn Muir on “This American Life” October 1, 2023

Tamsyn is a guest on this week’s episode of the renowned radio program This American Life. She discusses how she loves fandom, but cannot participate in it. 😭

A written transcript is available here.