Going feral over the parallels between Gideon and Harrow.
They were both born out of an intense violation and betrayal, by a process thought to be impossible, meant to be a tool for the Tomb (one to keep it and one to open it).
They were the only two children left of their House, and were both dehumanized and depersonalized (one by being put on a pedestal and one by being demonized) and not allowed to be children.
They both were brilliant but in very narrow applications.
Harrow and Gideon both got what they ostensibly wanted at the beginning of the series-- Harrow became a quasi-Lyctor and wanted to never see Gideon again, and Gideon wanted to be a cohort officer and make Harrow regret how she treated her. And how they both desperately tried to undo it when they got what they thought they wanted.
Gideon failed what she was born to do (open the Tomb) and Harrow failed what she was born to do (keep the Tomb sealed).
Harrow was a devout little nunlet who Jod wholly does not understand, while Gideon would only go to the Ninth's religous services when forced, blackmailed, or coerced and yet was space Jesus.
Both Gideon's and Harrow's mothers died for the Tomb and tried to kill their children for it. Gideon talked to a skeleton pretending it was her mom; Harrow puppeted her parents and spoke for them.
Harrow had a surrogate father in Crux, and Gideon found and reconnected with her father John. They both had to contend with their fathers (surrogate and bio alike) being terrible, manipulative, abusive people while still caring for and being cared for by them.
They're both in some sort of weird situationship with Ianthe.
Just aaaaah
