their bond really seemed to come more from “only two children of our generation” + something almost metaphysical about the necro/cav connection.

YEAH. Yeah. I was surprised by how on board I was with canon 'whatever those two have going on' Gideon~Harrow by the end of HtN - one line in particular completely obliterated me and I think will obliterate you as well! - but trying to find that discussion in fandom/fic just seems like more trouble than it's worth, which is a little sad.

The HtN memes mostly went right over my head, possibly because I was invested enough in everything else going on in Harrow's head, while I was in constant 'ugh, why' mode being in Gideon's head lmao.