[discussion] Thinking about the parallels between Corona and Gideon
First, both Corona and Gideon showed up at the first house pretending to be something they are not.
Corona showed up pretending to be a necromancer with the intention to be Ianthe's cavalier, and Gideon showed up pretending to be a cavalier with the intention to fuck off after all of this is over.
Then when Babs died Corona was not heartbroken that Ianthe killed Babs.
It was that Ianthe didn't pick her. She was devastated that all her efforts to be a cavalier were for naught. She was 100% mentally prepared to be Ianthe's cavalier.
Gideon, similarly, did everything in her power to make Harrow a full-fledged lyctor. Threw herself onto spikes to literally die for Harrow. Then Gideon suffered in the back of Harrow's mind knowing that no matter how hard she wanted to die for Harrow, Harrow would never let her.
I don't know where this is leading but I just thought it was interesting.