Tamsyn Muir's Locked Tomb series (so far, Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, and Nona the Ninth) offers a rich, humorous look at power, agency, and relationship under empire. Join Claire Beans (she/they), Han Koehle (any pronouns), and guests as we reread the Locked Tomb series chapter by chapter, analyzing Muir's universe and characters and connecting them to the real world through theory and fandom.
Spoilers will be spoilt.
Rimona (she/they) and Han (it/any) welcome guest Tom (they/them) to discuss the Epilogue of Gideon the Ninth. Catch more of Tom at dayneonychus (https://www.tumblr.com/dayneonychus) on Tumblr.
Content Note: death, grief, deception, manipulation, sexual abuse against children, grooming
Further Reading:
Christopher Nolan (2014) Interstellar
Robert N. Proctor and Londa Schiebinger (2008) Agnotology: The Making and Unmaking of Ignorance
Enough Abuse (2024) Why We Should Teach Children Proper Names for Private Body Parts (https://enoughabuse.org/why-we-should-teach-children-proper-names-for-private-body-parts/)
American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (2023) Sexual Behaviors in Children: What's Normal, What's Not? (https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/preschool/Pages/Sexual-Behaviors-Young-Children.aspx)
Philosophy Tube (2021) Ignorance & Censorship (https://youtu.be/ATITdJg7bWI)
Jennifer Freyd (n.d.) Definition of DARVO (https://www.jjfreyd.com/darvo)
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29 Sept 2026
It's Done
Rimona (she/they) and Han (it/any) discuss the very last chapter of Gideon the Ninth. The final battle ends. Gideon and Harrow deliver some of the best one-liners in the book. At least two of us have some Big Feelings about the book of Ruth.
Content Note: Suicide, death, hallucination, unreality,
Further Reading:
The Pottery Scene from Ghost (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fGAZTPZeCU) (1990)
Toon Ruins (2019) Explaining Fusion in Stephen Universe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs7tioagjso)
Douwe Draaisma (2026) Grief Hallucinations (https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/grief-hallucinations)
Evelyn Elsaesser, Chris A. Roe, Callum E. Cooper, and David Lorimer (2021). The Phenomenology and Impact of Hallucinations Concerning the Deceased (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8388006/). BJPsch Open 7(5):e148.
Duncan Trussell Family Hour (https://www.duncantrussell.com)
Caitlin Doughty (2017) From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Ruth 1:16-1:17 (https://www.sefaria.org/Ruth.1.16?lang=bi)
Nun Pod With Left Grief is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike International License. Find us at NunPod.com (http://NunPod.com) and get our attention with #NunPod.
15 Sept 2026
You Don't Know What You Are To Me
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 (https://historicalfightingguide.tumblr.com/multipleopponents&groupcombat)
Birgit Kleim, Belinda Graham, Richard A. Bryant, and Anke Ehlers (2013) Capturing Intrusive Re-experiencing in Trauma Survivors' Daily Lives Using Ecological Momentary Assessment (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3906879/). Journal of Abnormal Psychology 122(4):998-1009.
History Hustle (2022). Nestor Makhano: Ukrainian Anarchism and the Free Territory of Ukraine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWwEnAheJsQ)
unexpectedbaggageinitemarea (2026) Tamsyn Muir Oxford Speaker Event (https://www.tumblr.com/unexpectedbaggageinitemarea/816077003176476672/tamsyn-muir-oxford-speaker-event).
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989) "The Survivors" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Jb4PEmMaM)[clip]
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