Rimona (she/they) and Han (it/any) dig into the very last chapter of act four of Gideon the Ninth. Alliances shift once again as the final battle rages, and everyone takes turn trying to be the one who gets to self-sacrifice.

The editing is once again a bit rough. No one seemed to mind too much last time, and grad school is grad schooling. <333

Content Warning: death, arachnophobia(?), trauma, flashbacks, stabbing [sexual?], incest(?), gore, suicide

Further Reading:

Kaja Sadowski (2019) Fear is the Mind Killer: How to Build a Training Culture that Fosters Strength and Resilience

Historical Fighting Guide (n.d.) Multiple Opponents and Group Combat

Birgit Kleim, Belinda Graham, Richard A. Bryant, and Anke Ehlers (2013) Capturing Intrusive Re-experiencing in Trauma Survivors' Daily Lives Using Ecological Momentary Assessment. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 122(4):998-1009.

History Hustle (2022). Nestor Makhano: Ukrainian Anarchism and the Free Territory of Ukraine

unexpectedbaggageinitemarea (2026) Tamsyn Muir Oxford Speaker Event.

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989) "The Survivors" [clip]

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Rimona Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) welcome friend of the show Kristen (any) to re-read chapter 35 of Gideon the Ninth. Gideon overhears a weird conversation. The final battle begins.

Sorry for the rough audio quality this week! Han has an academic article deadline that is looming horribly and we opted for Rough Episode rather than No Episode. Enjoy this behind-the-scenes edition with all of our sorting-out and extra excerpts and ums.

Content Warning: death, death threats, indentured servitude, incest mention, general necromancy badness, cancer, body horror, wounds, blood, genocide [canon]

No readings this week as Han has become temporarily illiterate. Thank you for understanding.

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NOTE: Episode re-published due to Haunted. Thank you to those who let us know our file was fucked. You are our true friends.

Rimona Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) welcome Dr. Joanna Irina "aoei" Zaitseva-Kinneberg (she/her) for chapter 34 of Gideon the Ninth. The squad journeys into the lab of Cyrus and Valancy. Chekhov's... monkey's paw? Or something? This is not the villain monologue we expected. Coronabeth is weirder than Gideon realized, and not even in a hot way.

Content Warning: murder, punching [sexual], fire play, biting, incest mention, Ianthe Tridentarius [canon], assorted body horror, viscera, demon possession, mayonnaise uncles, cannibalism

Further Reading:

Britannica (n.d.) Fresco Painting

Rijen Shrestha; Tanuj Kanchan; Kewal Krishan (2023) Methods of Estimation of Time Since Death

Mariame Kaba (2021) We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

Mariame Kaba and Shira Hassan (2019) Fumbling Towards Repair: A Workbook for Community Accountability Facilitators

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