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But the biblical Gedeon is not her namesake, Gideon the first is, and that name was chosen by Jod for a very on the nose reason.

Gedeon was asked by god to lead an army, and asked for two miracles before he did so. God gave them to him, just like Gideon witnessed the cow dome and the walking corpses. God wanted Gedeon to be seen as an extension of his will and not his own might so he sends him with 300 men chosen by him instead of the 3200 he had rallied. Jod sends gideon with the suitcase nuke he got, and he is the one with the dead man switch. Gideon has no agency, he is only an extension of the will of John.

Later Gedeon is used to dethrone prince's, high placed enemies of god, like Gideon is sent to fight Resurrection Beasts. Both are tools for massacres where they have little to no agency. Near the end of both stories they act independently, Gedeon by killing the murderers of his brother, Gideon by falling in love with Wake.

When Gedeon died the region he took back for god instantly went back to the cult of Baal, turning their back on God. The second Gideon dies, Mercymorn murders Jod, the betrayal plot is revealed, Pyrrah Dve flees with the body of Gideon and Harrow, his two most devout followers, and he is almost killed definitely by Augustin.

And what does John do? He creates another attack dog, using his daughter, Gideon, renamed Kiriona (the Maori translation of Gideon). And he locks her in further than her predecessor by making her indestructible, but leaving her dead.

This is one reason I'm so adamant on loving the word lesbian. It is a boundary, it means no, a solid rock, an absolutely never, a not even if. Lesbian! 💞