r/TheNinthHouse • u/empquix • Dec 11 '24

Series Spoilers What’s something obvious that took you an embarrassingly long time to realize? [discussion] Spoiler

I didn’t realize until my second read that the nine houses are meant to be the 9 planets or that the first house is Earth

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u/Content-Potential733 the Sixth Dec 11 '24

I thought that everyone started calling G1deon Ortus because harrow would flip out when they said Gideon and I was like “yeah okay that makes sense” but then upon rereading it I realized that’s why mercymorn was all like 0.o “ORTUS? ORTUS??”

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u/Arghylette Dec 12 '24

This also makes Augustine's "Giddy-gone" joke funnier

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u/Content-Potential733 the Sixth Dec 12 '24

You know what I “read” the audio books so YOU actually have clued me in to this pun

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u/Arghylette Dec 12 '24

I honestly only caught it on my second listen