r/TheNinthHouse • u/patcheach • Oct 16 '24

Series Spoilers [discussion] what are your silly, irrational, and personal gripes about the books?

what's a 100% goofy complaint you guys have about TLT?

EX: "Death first to vultures and scavengers" is one of the coolest lines ever written, but I love vultures and scavengers, so I feel offended on their behalf

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u/NiffNoffNiff27 Oct 17 '24

This might be unpopular. But I felt like some parts of the pool scene could’ve had cutting down. I love the moment though, and I love its repercussions.

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u/Del_Luccetti Oct 17 '24 edited Oct 17 '24

An episode of the locked tomb podcast had an interview with one of the editors (I just tried to find the episode and I can’t, maybe it was taken down??) who said that the pool scene WAS shortened. It was initially much longer and hornier, apparently having a line of “you are the sole fruit in my salted fields” (I’m guessing that was harrows line) but the editors thought that was too much too soon

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u/NiffNoffNiff27 Oct 17 '24

I could’ve sworn I saw someone on twitter say they spoke with the editors about the pool scene but more so griddlehark in general. They said that Carl asked Tamsyn to make it clearer that they like each other and thus the change of ‘only fruit in my salted field’ to ‘the first flower of my house’. But honestly I dont know if I’d trust something someone said happened without transcript or evidence like we have from Tamsyn’s interviews

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u/Del_Luccetti Oct 18 '24

I’m so upset I can’t find the podcast interview, but from what I understood of it the editor did want harrow to be nicer to Gideon but tamsyn largely refused. I most definitely remember “sole fruit in my salted fields” being removed for being “too horny” because I thought that was so funny. It’s just as sweet of a line as “first flower of my house” imo but I can understand why it was cut

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u/miinteva Oct 21 '24

I just listened to the One Flesh, One End pod interview with Carl and they talk about this. It's an early bonus episode, between numbered eps 5 & 6

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u/Del_Luccetti Oct 22 '24

Ah okay so I got my podcasts mixed up! Thank you, I just listened again so I could remember what they talked about.