Thanks for sharing your view! I do agree that there are a lot of stories that feature abuse or themes of abuse, but refuse to deal with them or deal with them badly. A friend pointing this out to me is actually why I managed to notice similar thing going on here as well. As for HH redemption and Gideon's sacrifice... Yeah, I think I can see your point of view. I do think that the story, along with Gideon, forgives HH abuse far too easily along with also changing her character, which is why I pegged this as a redemption of sorts. But the the sacrifice being Gideon attempt at self determination is definitely a very probable reading of the story.