Gideon the Ninth Act I Chapter 5. Harrow and Gideon prepare for the challenges ahead.

Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) dig into Ninth monastic paint, the relationship between the Ninth and the other Houses, the extractive nature of necromantic war, Gideon's early childhood, and the role of propaganda.

Content Warning: death, addiction, war, suicide

Further Reading:

"Achille Mbembe: Necropolitics" (2020) Antonio Pele

"Necropolitics as Accumulation: Enforcement and Enclosure in Brisbane During COVID-19" (2023) Julia Caroline Morris

"Combat Cuties: Photographs of Israeli Women Soldiers in the Press Since the 2006 Lebanon War (2012) Eva Berger & Dorit Naaman

"Yank Magazine Created a Unique Record of American Soldiers' Roles in World War II (2022) Peter Zablocki

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Gideon the Ninth Chapter 4. Harrow has a job for Gideon. Gideon is not into it.

Claire Beans (main gauche fist) and Han Koehle (main gauche additional sword) have a combined 25+ years of sword fighting and are excited to talk about the weapons systems of the empire and what they tell us about the world. Gideon's ambiguous status comes into play again. We get clues about animal agriculture and class differences in clothing on the Ninth.

Cover Image by Eerna.

Content Warning: brief discussion of injury related to abuse and combat, medical injustice, slavery, war, calories

Further Reading:

"Critical Theory for Political Theology 2.0: Refusal" (2022) Elisha Chi

"A million other factors killing us": Black women's health and refusing necropolitics-as-usual during COVID-19" (2023). Megan A. Carney, Debi Chess, Deyanira Ibarra, Kianna Dieudonne, and Michelle Rascon-Canales

A Feminist Theory of Refusal (2021) Bonnie Honig

The Art of Swordsmanship (1482) Johannes Lecküchner

"Hostess" (1951) Isaac Asimov

"Reconciling the Privilege of a Few with the Common Good: Sumptuary Laws in Medieval and Early Modern Europe" (2009) Maria Giuseppina Muzzarelli

"Tetanus" (2025) Sawbones

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Gideon the Ninth, Act I, Chapter 3

Gideon is having just the worst day. Harrow gets a surprising message. Ortus and Glaurica change plans.

Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) explore why skeletons go to church, fatphobia in the myriadic year, and social norms around death on the Ninth. Claire waxes poetical about cosplay. Han wants to know the provenance of the Ninth prayer. Tamsyn Muir is a troll (complimentary).

Content Warning: death, suicide, physical abuse, fatphobia, body size, suggestive themes

Further Reading:

Solarpunk: Ecological and Fantastical Stories in a Sustainable World (2013) edited by Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro and translated by Fábio Fernandes

"Dehumanization is a Feature of Gig Work, Not a Bug" (2022) Eric Anicich

Myths of Empire: Domestic Politics and International Ambition (1992) Jack Snyder

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