15. The Ninth Heart Is Black

Gideon is NOT having a great time as we recap Chapters 28-29, in which she has a truly awful visit with the Eighth House, is too confused to even appreciate Coronabeth's hotness, and finally makes a horrifying discovery in Harrow's closet. Then it's time for a quiz to see which houses we belong to—not to be confused with the new official Tor quiz, because we love to support our local uQuiz makers (and already tweeted our Tor quiz results). We finish with a discussion on our biggest questions and theories about Commander Wake—everything we want to get into before Nona the Ninth comes out SO soon. Please note the content warnings below.

Discussion content warnings: rape, incest, necrophilia—for the last segment of the discussion starting from 1:24:38. If you'd like to skip to  Bone of the Week, go to 1:39:20.

 * SPOILER ALERT * We reference events from GTN and HTN in this podcast, as it’s intended for readers who’ve already finished both books.

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References:

uQuiz: Which Gideon the Ninth house would you be in?

Tamsyn Reddit AMA

Tumblr posts:

• mayasaura and apelyon: John sowing distrust between the Houses

• thefankid: Protesilaus in the Iliad

• koschei: Theory about Wake, John, and Alecto (discussion content warnings apply here): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

• babylyctor: The Atomic Age and imperialism in the Pacific

• babylyctor: Alecto/Wake parallels

• abigail-pent: Christabel poem

• thunderon: Wake name analysis

"Ancient Sea Rise Tale Told Accurately for 10,000 Years," Scientific American

"The Sleeper," Edgar Allan Poe

Intro/Segment Music: "Turismo" by Spaceinvader (Icons8 Music)

Outro Music: "Warm Vacuum Tube" by Admiral Bob (2019 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0))