
The Emperor drummed his fingertips atop the plain coffin, and he said, a little whimsically: “ Why have we not an immortal soul? I would give gladly all the hundreds of years that I have to live, to be a human being only for one day.” (p.40) “Anything with a thalergetic complexity significant enough to… have a soul. The Body watched you with careful, filmy eyes. The questions were beginning to sound stupid, or sophistic.

I guess theoretically this is a reference to an SNL skit Dan Radcliffe was in, but as an extremely online person myself, I am prepared to state with optimistic confidence that it’s mainly just a reference to the relevant reaction gif.

said, “Well, I tried, and therefore no one should criticize me,” before ducking through the arch to the foyer beyond (p. “My body is ready” is also a meme! I am most familiar with it with the gif of Snape, but your mileage may very. (thanks to dreadhorse actually for this one!) “Each time, the news that you have not spent your life in acquiring martial virtues comes as a little less of a shock to me. “I didn’t think this was the time for dirty talk, but I can roll with it,” said. There are going to be oblique and explicit spoilers in this post, so do not read it if you mind being spoiled! Also, please hop into the comments to chat with me about the conversation God and Harrow have in chapter 14, because I have… some ideas about it. I was home sick one day and it was one of those days where I was casting my mind about for something to do that would feel productive but be moderately insane, and this is what I plumped on. Please comment to add things - I know I missed stuff. This is a clearinghouse for all glossing of book references, memes, etc., for Harrow the Ninth.
