#Palamedes sextus

[ooctlt]

I see Harrow is the designated driver- is this usually the case? Is she a good driver?

shes poor with turning

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#palamedes sextus #camilla hect #gideon nav #harrowhark nonagesimus #the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #artlog #EVENT: tridentarii party #driving #car #sleep

[perpetual-ash]

↑ i am constantly thinking abt this reply because it is deeply reflective of the general attitude i see displayed toward palamedes, and camilla too, wherein people seem to assume that they are inherently more rational and comparatively unbiased as a whole when compared to everyone else. they are treated as if they are comparatively free from the same confines of thinking that affect other characters; they are characterised as a shining example of a truly equal necromancer-cavalier bond, of loyalty and love, and are treated as if they are perfect geniuses who can do no wrong—an attitude i feel very much inclines people to romanticise their devotion & treat paul's birth as a victorious thing.

@dve i feel summarised this phenomena the best: "i think cam and palamedes are nowhere near as revolutionary as a chunk of the fandom would like for them to be". i'd even go as far as to say that, in their role as foils to gideon and harrow, they are meant to showcase just how damaging the necro-cavalier dichotomy is to the individuals involved. i've spoke on this before but the bond is explicitly modelled on the example of john & alecto—which is already not ideal—and was built on a foundation of deception, with john hiding the fact the lyctoral process did not necessarily have to end with the death of the cavalier: the sacrifice of the cavalier is baked into it, because the history of cavaliership is indelibly tied into the avoidable deaths of the first cavaliers.

the equality ascribed to their bond is based on their seeming inversion of the exploitative nature of the necro-cav bond—compared to silas' siphoning colum, it seems improbable to say that they are anything but true equals who break away from the model, revolutionary in nature. they are devoted to each other, endlessly loyal! to the point camilla will violate the wishes and autonomy of palamedes in the name of her devotion.

camilla frames the fact she cannot sustain both of their souls in her body as her being weak, as opposed to being a product of the reality maintaining two souls in a single body the way they are doing is extraordinarily difficult and unnatural, doing herself a disservice in the process, because in her eyes she is failing in her duty to him.

his presence in her body is killing them both, and she frames this as [their] choice, but then wants pyrrha to lie to him about the fact it's killing her: meaning his choice would be based on her exploiting his absence in this moment, on a deception.

they can't keep this up forever, it is killing them both, but camilla's devotion to him means she won't accept that and doesn't want to give him reason to vacate her body. she wants pyrrha to lie—even though it's killing him too!—because she doesn't want to let him choose to let her live at the cost of his own life.

her death is avoidable but her role and her duty is to die for him, to sacrifice, to hold the sword for her necromancer. she won't let him, the necromancer, choose the cavalier's life because it is intended to be used by him—a soul to be eaten. she won't let him choose, violates his wishes and autonomy in the name of her devotion to him; i personally don't think equality in a relationship is based around denying the other their autonomy and lying to them, do you? and in this moment, camilla is treating herself as expendable, their inevitable death as inconsequential because it prolongs palamedes for as long as possible.

palamedes, conversely, has a very interesting perspective on lyctorhood:

he presumes that the original lyctors, the first necromancers and their cavaliers, sought to merge themselves from the start and that they achieved this incompletely. he posits the existence of true lyctorhood; palamedes views two becoming one, one being two, as something admirable, a truth not yet seen—grand instead of petty.

we also see somebody else who expresses a similiar belief in a perfected lyctorhood, one of the original lyctors, mercymorn the first:

the original lyctors did not seek out to merge with their cavalier, their other half in necro-cav terms, and only did so as a result of a lie, the idea of a one-way energy transfer. from mercymorn's perspective true lyctorhood is a process that preserves the cavalier; from palamedes' perspective true lyctorhood is a process that merges the cavalier and necromancer to form something new, the truest response to the call of "one flesh, one end" yet seen. palamedes' conception of lyctorhood is removed from the original context of lyctorhood's formation, and is shaped heavily by the ideals of the society he and cam were raised in.

If the cavalier and the necromancer do not take "one flesh, one end" as a maxim for their passion for each other, their bond is nonexistent. They must each take the other as their ideal. […] Their love is the love that fears only for the other: the love of service on both sides. Some have tried to characterise this relationship as the cavalier's obedience to the necromancer, but the necromancer must be in turn obedient to the needs of the cavalier without being asked or prompted: theirs is arguably the heavier burden. — Tamsyn Muir, A Sermon on Cavaliers and Necromancers

suffice to say, i do not think paul is a defiance of the empire's ideals, so much as a perfected expression of them; paul is the embodiment of the love of service on both ends, the product of a mutual death. their choice to die as two to become one was exactly in line with what a necromancer and a cavalier are intended to do.

"One flesh" is the underpinning of our whole Empire [...] One end is one empire. — Tamsyn Muir, A Sermon on Cavaliers and Necromancers

#the locked tomb #cavaliership #camilla hect #palamedes sextus #meta

[patient-779h41-n7]

Imagine being born. Imagine you didn't exist one minute ago and now you exist and you are on fire (!) and there's a lot of people staring at you. You are naked and you have the memories of two people in your brain and everybody was expecting them to save the day, but they died of codependency and left you at the helm. Also outside it's raining huge insectoid monsters. Nobody wants you there and they are mourning the people whose memories are now yours. Despite being born like 5 minutes ago, you have to drive a huge truck into the afterlife and save a bunch of people. Oh, and you have to persuade the spirit of the Earth not to commit suicide killing you and the aforementioned bunch of people in the process. Also everybody hates the name you chose for yourself.

For some reason, you are in a good mood.

I must hand it to Paul: they might have a terrible name, but I really, really envy their "working under pressure" skills.

#the locked tomb #tlt #Paul the sixth #Paul #tlt spoilers #ntn #ntn spoilers #camilla hect #palamedes sextus #ntn paul

[dokhlyyyezh]

my favorite character sex pal (loves maids) and respectable camilla

#gideon the ninth #the locked tomb #harrow the ninth #tlt #palamedes sextus #camilla hect

[sumamitt]

i love how much palamedes explains things in the books and it never once feels like mansplaining. my boy is just autistic and excited to share knowledge

#tlt #pal #palamedes sextus

[thechekhov]

Harrow's necromantic power includes the ability to create underlighting whenever it's necessary.

Bonus:

#tamsin muir let me in i just want to make a full manga adaptation of your books #gideon the ninth #the locked tomb #gtn #gideon nav #harrowhark nonagesimus #palamedes sextus #chekhov draws tlt #chekhov draws the locked tomb #camilla hect #ianthe tridentarius #coronabeth tridentarius #judith deuteros #marta dyas #jeannemary chatur #isaac tettares #comics #tlt comic #the locked tomb fancomic #tlt fanart

[ydteus]

The Sixth House | Book One

Camilla Hect | Palamedes Sextus

#character art #digital art #tlt #tlt palamedes #palamedes sextus #camilla hect #Camilla tlt #the sixth house #sixth house #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #Nona the ninth #this is gtn Palamedes and Camilla #gtn #htn #ntn #digital drawing #digital artwork #the locked tomb #I love them so much

[hatepotion]

iii / vi / vii / ix

#ah yes i managed to fit literally every single shade of gray in one photoset (i thought these were all kinda uniform but alas) #this was my excuse to get procreate dreams :) #gideon the ninth #the locked tomb #harrowhark nonagesimus #gideon nav #griddlehark #ortus nigenad #campal #camilla hect #palamedes sextus #coronabeth tridentarius #ianthe tridentarius #naberius tern #dulcinea septimus #protesilaus ebdoma #cytherea the first #tlt #tlt fanart #my art

[blondie-drawings]

can't stop thinking about those skeleton lesbians (pt 1)

#palamedes and camilla my beloveds #pal gets grey hair to match his grey eyes like an anime boy because that's how i first imagined him sorryyyyy #also i think i drew ianthe's skelly arm on the wrong side. im sorry forever #also these only cover the first two books. currently reading nona! dont know wtf is goin on!! #tlt #the locked tomb #harrowhark nonagesimus #harrow nonagesimus #gideon nav #ianthe tridentarius #palamedes sextus #camilla hect #mercymorn the first #augustine the first #griddlehark #harrianthe #harryanthe #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #tamsyn muir

[albaharu]

Me, reading GTN for the first time, biased for the Gideon POV narration: why everyone is so mean to Gideon why arent they befriending her when she is so cool???

Gideon most of the book:

"Gonna spend my time not talking and standing in the shadows full in black"

#im relistening to the audiobook now paying more attention now that i know Whats Going On more #and 1st time i was just like loving gideon so so much #but now i appreciate more how fucking akwkward she is and how scary she probably seems ogkfkfkd #gideon nav #gideon the ninth #the locked tomb #camilla hect #palamedes sextus #the sixth house

[thing-with-wings]

Every time I remember that Pyrrha has never seen Palamedes’s face I suddenly want to jump into a trash compactor.

#pyrrha dve #pyrrhasixth #ntn #nona the ninth #tlt #palamedes sextus #palamedes the sixth #k txt

[cutetanuki-chan]

the unwanted guest made an unrepairable damage to my soul

#who killed naberius tern #the unwanted guest #the unwanted guest spoilers #the locked tomb #nona the ninth spoilers #nona the ninth #palamedes sextus #ianthe tridentarius #naberius tern #dulcinea septimus #cause why not #art

[ooctlt]

Hey Harrow! Do you draw at all? Could be anything from people to bones to architecture!

And does anybody else draw anything? I know Cam does, but who else? And would any of you be willing to share your most recent or favorite drawings?

why dont you do arts and crafts for 5 hours and then youll calm down

#i could not answer the specifics of your ask but this is close enough. ive wanted to do something like this for ages #gideon the ninth #the locked tomb #artlog #dulcinea septimus #palamedes sextus #camilla hect #gideon nav #harrowhark nonagesimus #griddlehark

[pierogish]

Exploring

#gideon the ninth #the locked tomb #phewwww finally. finally i'm here again. how are we doing #canaan house #gideon nav #dulcinea septimus #cytherea the first #camilla hect #palamedes sextus #harrowhark nonagesimus #napping in her bone blankey #my art #tw heights #just in case..

[lemonade-jelly]

THEY MEAN THE WORLD TO ME

#digital painting #harrow the ninth #the locked tomb #tlt #gideon the ninth #drawing #nona the ninth #camilla hect #palamedes sextus

[sunfloowerlatte-art]

69 shitpost I forgot to post here

#gideon the ninth #the locked tomb #tlt fanart #harrowhark nonagesimus #gideon nav #griddlehark #camilla hect #tlt #palamedes sextus