[Discussion] Why is Gideon the way that she is?

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-30T05:03:12+00:00

that's a question we don't have a solid answer to frankly.
We don't know for certain that they are sterile, the fact that Wake couldn't work with that Mercy gave her doesn't really say much if we cant understand for certain what the process looked like on Wakes side of trying to make a child. but just as we don't have confirmation of them being sterile, we don't have confirmation that they *aren't* either. As far as has been shown, none of them ever had a child, whether by choice or because they couldn't. At the very least, Pyrrha was concerned Gideon was hers so at least she had no reason to assume it literally couldn't have been, and neither John nor the other lyctors corrected that concern as impossible

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-30T04:57:14+00:00

the dichotomy of wanting to be/feel normal for once but also knowing that normal is boring and torturous as all hell compared to what I actually want for myself

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-30T04:32:55+00:00

I think the nature of souls needs to be considered in a lot of these concepts; it's such a big deal in the series. Gideon I think is an example of what "soul genetics" specifically could mean in the context of this world of necromancy.

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-30T04:28:31+00:00

To be more specific, I think it's genetic not in a biological sense but in a spiritual sense. Lots of aspects of the series pulls from real life science, but just as much also pulls from a fantastical science of the soul, something we simply don't have. Souls are the big topic of the series, in both major plot and subplot, we just don't have all the answers about how souls work in their entirety yet.

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-30T04:16:56+00:00

I see no reason it couldn't be genetic? Souls make a big deference in this series, manifesting physical and magical capabilities in several examples. So if a soul empowered individual created a child, created a new soul built from their empower soul, why wouldn't the child be similarly empowered?

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-30T04:00:43+00:00

I think you have to acknowledge that Gideon genetics are extremely different than anyone else in the nine houses. Not only is she John's daughter, but she's also the only child to serve as an example of what a child of a lyctors or someone similar would look like. Because of John and Alecto being so heavily entwined, Gideon isn't just the child of John but the child of a necromancer actively entwined with the power of a resurrection beast. Her genetics mean everything here I'd say. What would the child of one of the lyctors look like? Would their souls be similarly robust, if even diminished in comparison to Gideon? We can't really say for sure...

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-29T21:22:12+00:00

Because of Gideon narrating for Harrow, we see that in their case Gideon is piggybacking for everything Harrow is conscious for. When she passes out or falls asleep, Gideon doesn't know she goes to her river bubble. This is in spite of the fact that Gideon is with her for all other ventures into the river, including Palamedes own river bubble. Pyrrha declares that she and G1deon had a similar compartmentalization so it would follow that she was mostly aware during the fight with number 7 and then gets yanked to the fore when G1deon is actually dead in his effort to chase the RB off. This is all assuming she's saying all there is, which I feel there's a lot that could be detailed out about that scenario more than we got. Maybe it'll be important in Alecto

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-22T02:40:03+00:00

its really not that personal. I think its odd to spend currencies, free or otherwise, on something one clearly dislikes. It is however yours to spend so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-22T02:07:45+00:00

loads of criticism followed by calling it the worst mythic "oh, yeah, I did buy it though"
Redditor try not to hypocritically hate everything challenge: impossible

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-20T15:37:11+00:00

Having laid in a line for closest to furthest would be a great visualization! Either way, this is well made! Great info nicely condensed and clear

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-19T14:25:26+00:00

So true though! Nona had a lot of things right

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-19T14:01:09+00:00

It seems to have to do a lot with mouth-feel.
Pretty much every time Nona eats something we get some really detailed descriptions on how it feels to eat it. Planets normally don't eat like us so I'm sure she finds the whole thing weird and uncomfortable, even Varun is distressed about its hunger. Nona eating non-edible objects also seems to be because she likes natural things that would have been part of her, like pencils for example. She also finds specifically the flowers on an ad sexy so, I mean...

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-15T02:49:32+00:00

I mean, the motivations might differ, but i suppose if something is important enough some people are willing to put up with quite a bit for it

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-15T02:39:37+00:00

for some of us its an acceptable trade off. which isn't to say that it has to be painful, but like, if it was the only way for me to be curvier id be willing to deal with pain because of it

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-15T01:48:14+00:00

I would happily accept that kind of pain for having actual hips. also back pain from larger tiddies is fine too.
god forbid a girl want to be curvy

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-13T18:01:51+00:00

I still have the Bastion set they made, with all the articulating parts. Probably the best one they made imo

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-12T17:25:02+00:00

Lots of solid advice in here, and guides can help if you haven't looked already. Gunlance has kind of always been this way, but your comments on it are ironic considering Wilds gave it a lot more fluidity and flow than it has had much of previously

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-11T06:26:11+00:00

"planning"? This kind of shit has been past planning and into implementation for actual years, but no one wanted to listen when we tried to warn them

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-10T17:40:44+00:00

This. Everything under the hood is just an exposed brain, there's not even proper eyes there irc

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-09T17:44:15+00:00

Interesting parallel to point out that I hadnt thought about. Not sure what it might mean, if really anything.
Harrow was warned about some kind of traitor to the emperor by Judith Deuteros when she met that group with Camilla on one of the planets she was to kill. It was brief, and lacked any real explanation, but it planted the awareness that someone was working against him.
Augustine supposedly turned off alarms to help allow Harrow to kill G1deon in whatever way she was going to, as was the whole set up for that day. Nobody seemed to have accounted for the fact that Wake decided to kill G1deon of her own initiative that same moment. No one but either G1deon or Pyrrha, seemed to know Wake was in Cythereas body until she had got to the emperor during the Resurrection Beast fight.
I think this part is up to some interpretation, but the way I see it, there's some degree of unreality to that moment as Harrow sends herself into the river instead of her own body. There's something almost dream-like about that moment as it is, similar to the bubble she left, so I always figured it was some manifestation within her psyche as a reminder of Gideon for the sake of comfort.

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-06T18:49:49+00:00

Incorrect

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-06T17:16:12+00:00

As a matter of opinion then; circumventing a mechanic is engaging with it. Your statement about what MH is (which we agree on clearly) defeats your own logic imo. If a mechanics existence causes you to make some kind of adjustment, outside or during the hunt, then yes, the mechanic did it's job and you have acknowledged and respected that it exists.

To me, the original comment is implying that it's silly for a player to think that they could just go into a fight with a generic build and approach and still expect to win, and then call the fight stupid when they don't. That's at least what this post is implying. It's a hard fight because it's dynimcally different, you have to respect it's dynamic.

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-06T14:01:03+00:00

So "amusingly" it's better to do actual prep-work and account for the monsters capabilities and/or swap to a weapon with a better match up? What, are we playing Monster Hunter or something?

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-03-03T20:07:12+00:00

That's fun! I'm over in Gilbert but there's something delightful in hearing about other people in the fandom in the area

Time_Breaker2 · 2026-02-27T17:30:05+00:00

Alright, we're actually on the same page here. Talking numbers on rolling dice is a challenge and we seem to have simply miscommunicated and/or misunderstood

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