Locked Tomb Character & Relationship Thoughts

These are my general thoughts on my favorite relationships in the Locked Tomb series. If you've arrived here, it is probably from an exchange! Hello, and thanks for considering writing for me!

Frequent DNWs (superseded by the sign-up box)
Violence more than canon-typical
Non-canonical pregnancies, babies, and children
Unrequested AUs
Pregnancy, Adoption, Babies and Toddlers, non-canonical Children
Incest Between Blood-relations (Tridentarius twins okay), Unrequested Underage, Major Character Death
Zombies (classical zombies, BOE referring to necromancers okay), Vampires
Cervix Penetration
Omorashi, Golden Showers, Piss, Scat
Police, Interactions with Punitive Criminal Justice Systems
Caves and especially cave-ins (Drearburh okay)

For any Solo characters, I just like to see their perspectives! Canon-adjacent stories are great!

Anything involving Noodle -
- Noodle is a good boy! Such a good boy!
- Does Pash have to walk Noodle sometimes? Or other BoE members?
- Does Aim have to deal with Pash being an a-hole about Aim walking Noodle?
- A Day In the Life Of Noodle The 6-Legged Dog
- Nona would spoil Noodle if she could, probably.

 

Everyone and anyone with Nona - She deserved everything good in the entire universe. Just be so incredibly nice to Nona. She got her party, and her gifts and everyone loved her more than they could express but they still tried.

Solo Aim - What is the deal with Aim The Angel? She's a message in a person and a doctor and a dog owner and a strategist(?!) and suddenly Nona is not just a traumatized child, but also a lyctor. She's BOE, but somehow more than BOE, and at the end of Nona's book, she's in the heart of the empire and I just want to know everything about her!

Aiglamene & Gideon Nav - Aiglamene is like, the one person who saw the value in Gideon pre-canon. I would love to see anything about their relationship. In so many ways, Aiglamene is Gideon's mom more than anyone else.

Nona & Pash - Nona has a little crush on Pash, but also just thinks Pash is a badass. If Pash ever noticed this, how would she feel about the lyctor having a crush on her?

Ortus & Abigail & Magnus are in an impossible situation in Harrow's mind-bubble, but despite the nightmarish qualities, they seem to be doing alright. How do they all get to know each other, and how do they figure out remotely what is happening? What is it like for Ortus to finally have friends close to his own age? What is it like for them all to basically know they're already dead?

Ortus & Harrow - Boy, Harrowhark cannot catch a break, even in her own head, huh? Chill hangout with Ortus Nigenad? Just a nice quiet vibe for Harrow in her time of need. They were necro & cavalier for some time before the events of GtN, and I love their dynamic in HtN. I'd love to see them be as close to friends as they can be with, you know, all of the Ninth situation.

Cam/Pal/Pyrrha - I think they're bone-meltingly hot because they are all so controlled in everything they do, what happens when they let go? Pyrrha is a desperately passionate person and a hyper-competent badass both with people and as a weapon. Camilla and Palamedes cannot be together, but they can both be with Pyrrha, and they can share as many words as they want. That little apartment was a pressure cooker in many ways, and I think one of those ways was sexual.

Cam & Pal & Pyrrha - They had to take care of Nona and not get killed for a LONG time. How did their collective adjustment take, and how much did they all step on each other's toes about everything? Pyrrha hadn't had that kind of relationship in about 10,000 years. Cam & Pal were best friends and couldn't talk to each other. They were all so messy with history, and that last week was just ONE WEEK of all of their lives with Nona.

Cam & Pal - They're just IN THIS together. Ride or die in a thousand ways. They are a team who respect each other so intensely, but there's also a generosity in their friendship that includes others outside just them. I love them in any way, whatever form their relationship takes.

Cam/Pal - They seem pretty clearly in love in NtN. Sharing a body is so incredibly intimate. I would love to know if they ever consummated their relationship, or if one of them never realized they were in love until it was impossible to touch. There's so much angsty romantic potential!

Gideon & Nona - They really don't seem to like each other, but Nona is fascinated by Gideon despite their mutual aversion. I'd love to know what all of their NtN interactions were like from Gideon's perspective! This is the body of Harrow with the mind of someone else! Gideon has literally been in there herself. What is any of that like?

Gideon & Pash - I feel like there's really big "Who's that other dog" energy between them. They're both the tank, and that could go one of many ways. Pash is pissed to be going anywhere in Dominicus, and Gideon is pissed about everything. How hard do they engage in a strap-comparison?

Hot Sauce & Nona - Who among us didn't have that one bad friend as a kid? Who among us doesn't still remember that one bad friend with such fondness it hurts? That's Hot Sauce to me. Tell me what Hot Sauce remembers about Nona as she grows into a badass BoE agent.

Jeannemary & Gideon and Jeannemary & Isaac - Oh the teens are just so teenaged. I love them in all their rebellion attempts! They're both so in awe of Gideon, and Gideon seems pretty baffled by the whole thing.

Palamedes & Juno Zeta - I loved the affection between them in NtN! What's their relationship like? What was it like for Juno to learn about ANY of the lyctor trials and know that Palamedes was living in first Cam's and then Naberius's body?

Pyrrha & Gideon Nav - I just think Pyrrha would feel deeply protective of Gideon, as someone accidentally named after her best friend, and the daughter of her lover. If not for the John experiments, Gideon might have literally been G1deon's child via Pyrrha. Probably they both have a lot of feelings about this and other than Gideon's "eww" I'd love to read just about anything about these two being badasses together.

Abigail/Magnus - I just love their love! They are unusual in that their necro/cav bond is also a marriage! That's apparently taboo, and I would love to know why, and how they navigate the taboo. Tell me any cozy, weird, joyful story you like about them!

Gideon/Harrow - They want to fuck so badly it makes them look stupid. Also, they are really mega assholes to each other, and they will need to figure out how NOT to do that if they ever want to be together. Neither can die at the moment, though, which should be interesting!

Ortus/Abigail/Magnus - I think the Fifth flirted with Ortus constantly for months, so they should really get to have some fun between all the nonsense that was happening in HtN. Inexperienced Ortus being initiated into the joys of love and sex with Abigail and Magnus can't go wrong. Abigail probably runs the fuck and gets everyone what they want. Magnus is very into Ortus's epic poetry and probably would like to show Ortus how much.

Ortus/Matthias - This could just get so weird since Ortus has been writing the Noniad for years. Matthias reading the Noniad and annotating it would be absolutely incredible. Or, Matthias falling in love with Ortus through reading how much Ortus loves and idolizes him. Ortus Nigenad needs more love. Give Ortus Nigenad more love than he knows what to do with. Mathias Nonius is such a specific dude. Probably Mathias and Ortus should make out. Or, Ortus recites Matthias some of the Noniad and Matthias gives notes on the historical accuracy between kisses.

Pyrrha/Paul - You know this got weird REALLY FAST and despite how much Pyrrha loved Cam+Pal, Paul is both a whole new person and also both of the people she loved. Show me how absolutely bonkers it gets! Paul wants to experience everything again? Pyrrha seems best placed to volunteer as tribute!

Pyrrha/G1deon/Wake - Good lord, how messy. I love it. Wake/Pyrrha when Wake is chased by G1deon?! How the fuck did any of that work? And, WHY on earth did G1deon join in? What's it like for Wake to be with two different people in one body, as fucking BoE?! She knew she was fucking a lyctor, surely!

Pash/Coronabeth - Pash is established in BOE, and Corona seems to want to do well in the organization. Corona is one of the hottest people in any room, but also Pash doesn't trust her, so what's that tension like between hot and distrust? And for Corona, what's the tension like between wanting approval from someone established and knowing they'll never really accept you?

Coronabeth/Ianthe - No one has ever been as good to Corona as Ianthe is, and that's the most believable thing in all of the sexual relationships in this series. Give me the mutual manipulation and Ianthe exerting her necromantic will on Corona so hard that Corona doesn't even think about it most of the time.

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In the beginning, they are referred to as only "he" and "she". Later, they become Aleksander and Emma. So far they have an extremely close romantic friendship.

They come to live next to each other in the same hallway of their building. Emma often sneaks into Aleksander's bed in the morning to get warm. She works in his station answering the telephone and leaving messages.

One of the themes of their relationship is Emma wanting independence despite her blindness and Aleksander wanting to give her the independence she wants, while also feeling protective of her and needing her in different ways to how she needs him.

There is not much dialogue, and most of the first few volumes are told in somewhat un-linked vignettes. It is extremely easy to read through all of what is currently translated in a few hours.

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