Fan CastingGideon the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir

Story added by ravickan on January 19, 2022

The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense. Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as arcane revenants. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy. Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, ...read more

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Fan Casting Harrowhark Nonagesimus

Role added by ravickan on February 25, 2022

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Description of Harrowhark Nonagesimus:

the ninth necromancer Harrow is a scrawny teenage girl with black hair cut short (as befits someone in a monastery) and truly black eyes: [...] She has a pointed, rather triangular face, not very long, a triangular heart rather than a triangular diamond or oval. [....] She’s more femme-androgynous than outright butch; in Book 1 she’s a bit birdlike and free of specific masc or femme gender markers in terms of outfit or build. I imagined her as being mixed Māori.

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Harrowhark Nonagesimus
Erana James

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Cara Gee

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Sydney Park

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Sasha Calle

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Courtney Eaton

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Sasha Lane

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Michaela Jaé Rodriguez

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Rowan Blanchard

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Fivel Stewart

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Angel Haze

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Nyla Rose

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Isabelle Fuhrman

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Kristen Stewart

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libbyanderson Sasha Lane has the perfect small, pointed, youthful face for it. Cara Gee would be brilliant if she were younger, but it sounds like Harrow can be easily mistaken for 14 or 15 rather than 19. Cara Gee looks much older.

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generatorabel My reasoning for the ethnicity of the actors I keep casting being all over the place: since Indigenous is often a broad term used by a lot of ethnic groups, like Aboriginal Australians, Imazighen Morrocans, Native Americans, and First Nations people, I am casting a variety of different Indigenous people. Okay, so the Michaela Jae thing was mainly because I'm sick of her not being in anything, and what better for her to be the love interest/future protonagonist in an adaptation of a lesbian and VERY gender sci fi? Off the advice of a friend, I chose Sasha Calle only telling them her description, but I'm genuinely unsure if Sasha Calle has Indigenous ancestry in her. Then, I saw Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander on the other Harrowhawk fancast page, and went scrambling for AAPI actresses, where I found Sidney Park. I know Nyla Rose is a stretch, but listen: pretty lady wrestler hot. Angel Haze has Indigenous (Creole, Cherokee, and Blackfoot) ancestry, and I love them so hey, why not. Last, I chose Rowan Blanchard off my assumption that Indigenous could mean Morrocan Amazigh people.

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