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GUYS THE NEW TID ART IN THE LITJOY SPECIAL EDITION HAS ME IN A CHOKEHOLD. LIKE---THE ACTUAL SCREAM I LET OUT IT'S SO GORGEOUS (and SO expensive BUT)

THE INFERNAL DEVICES SPOILERS AHEAD!!

If Will Herondale gave ME a book from a library, I'd die (Tessa you are stronger than me)

JEMJEMJEMJEMJEMTESSATESSATESSATESSABLACKFRIARS AHHHHHHHHHHH

THE. CLOCKWORK. ANGEL.

INCREDIBLE. SHOWSTOPPING. A WORK OF ART. I FEEL BLESSED. The colours are so SO pretty

HAHA THE DEMON POX TRANSFORMATION IS KILLING ME

TESSA LOOKS SNATCHED AND WILL LOOKS HIGHLY ATTACHED (I wholeheartedly approve)

ME TOO TESSA ME TOO. (these poor babies dont know the fate that awaits them yet 😭)

ok so I havent read the books in a while so I kind of forget whether the guy is Belial or Mortmain(it's Mortmain though I think. didn't expect him to look that old). On another note, Tessa looks STUNNING here (idek why). Her hair SLAYS.

I think that's T A T I A N A but feel free to correct me If I'm wrong. I REALLY need a reread.

OK SO OMGGGGG THIS WAS A NEED THIS IS DEF MY FAVOURTIE OF THE LOT AND GOD TESSA AND JEM LOOK SOOOOOO GORGEOUS HERE. ITS ICONIC. AND MAY I POINT OUT A STARK CONTRAST TO THE PREVIOUS OLD BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE PICTURE. THEYRE SO MUCH HAPPIER. IT'S EVERYTHING THEY DESERVE.

A LITTLE HERONSTAIRS MOMENT!!!! This one was angsty as hell (understandably. It would be if you got to know your soulmate was dying). Still, they look hot af. No one's doing it like them

ICONIC BATTLE SCENE FINALEEE. love that we got Jem as Brother Zachariah too

Honestly getting so much new shadowhunter art after SO LONG feels like oxygen (I'm starving for TWP crumbs but this will suffice for now). It's all so stunning!!

For anyone who wants to know, I got these pictures from the official Litjoy website

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Happy belated birthday to this queen 🙌🏻

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I've been seeing this too. How could Jem not be relevant?? He's literally Brother Zachariah, he's seen everything.

people on twitter and tiktok having a debate about whether jem is relevant in tsc lmao i am here on this hellsite for a reason there is no room for that kind of silly discourse on tumblr we all know he's that bitch 😌

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think I might crumble

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I’m hatching a fic in my mind, and I need some help brainstorming:

If Magnus had a catering company, what would it be called? (AH AU)

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This is amazing omg, thanks for the sobbing 😭.

Like if you really think about it, if Tessa never arrived in London and never had Will and Jem fall in love with (and the 3 of them loving each other as much as they do), almost none of the modern day cast of Shadowhunters would even exist.

I feel like Gideon and Sophie still could’ve met each other without Tessa being there, but they don’t have modern day descendants anyway.

And I think Charlotte and Henry could still have descendants, but in this timeline without Tessa I don’t know if they would still be the Fairchilds or if they would’ve been Branwells (can you imagine Jocelyn Branwell? Clary Branwell? lol 🥲)

you ever think about how ending of tid is so bitter-sweet because Jem is forced to take a step away from the two people he loves most and watch their lives on the sidelines. and how 130 years later he gets saved by someone who would have never existed if they all had not loved each other so so much, and could never have saved Jem if people hadn't loved him just as much. no adaptation will ever be able to capture this btw.

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literally just woke up one day and thought "i will spend the next few days drawing the entire cast of the infernal devices". and then i did! much time was spent looking at grainy pictures of late 1870s fashion plates.

ive been wanting to draw everyone together for a long time now so im glad i finally got to it <3 still an absolute favourite series of mine ⚙️🪽

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Oooh I want these so bad 😍

Maybe an early birthday present to myself.

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Sorry I haven’t been very active here lately, but I just wanted to wish everyone Happy Holidays!!

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You’re kidding me 😭

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Chairman Meow to Church

Well, it's been a while! I am trying to be better about posting, I truly am. Today, since it is a miserable rainy day here, have an adorable letter from Chairman Meow to Church, after Church has moved to England. :) Written for Diane from Kickstarter.

Church Cat,

My person, the taller one, promised me that he would bring this message to you at your new palatial home in England. He has told me that the palatial home actually belongs to your human, but I do not believe him. That sounds like humanist anti-cat propaganda.

He also said he did not know what a small cat would do with such a large home. Clearly he does not understand us at all. As you know, there are many rooms that can be important in a cat’s domain. There is the room for lying around sleeping in, and the room for chasing mice, and the room for meowing loudly, and room with the best sunspots for napping in, and the room with the best furniture for sharpening claws, and the room where there are most likely to be mice.

This is the second time I have mentioned mice. I must be hungry. I will find my other human and alert him that it is time for the can-opener. Please accept this housewarming gift of a false mouse stuffed with drugs. The humans call it catnip. I’m sure you have enjoyed it before, since you are very old.

Meow,

Meow

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Brother Zachariah in the new TMI graphic novel I'm 😭

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"It had to be unsent or there be no Wicked Powers" what does that even mean Cassie??

THIS WOMAN IS GONNA FUCKINF END ME

be nice to us, kitty stans! we’re emotional! 💔

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And they apparently only use a small portion of it 😭

i just saw pictures of the real life cirenworth hall for the first time and holy shit, you're telling me THIS is where jem, tessa, kit and mina live?!

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This is probably a really dumb question. You know the Shadowhunter nursery rhyme?

“Black for hunting through the night, for death and mourning the color’s white…” that one.

For the majority of those colors there is a canon meaning to it. For example: black is the color of gear, gray is for the Gray Book, bone is for the Silent Brothers, Red is for magic, etc. And we’ll most likely find out what “bronze to summon wicked powers” means in The Wicked Powers.

The ones I’ve never seen a canon reference to is “blue banners when the lost return”, “flame for the birth of a nephilim”, “and to wash away our sins”, “saffron lights the victory march”, “green will mend our broken hearts”. There is definitely a big possibility that these colors were mentioned in canon and I just didn’t catch it difjdjd.

I’m thinking of writing a Christmas countdown fic based on the nursery rhyme, so I’m just trying to get my shit together.

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Happy Birthday to the Shadowhunter and Silent Brother extraordinaire Jem Carstairs!

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So I know I haven’t been very active here lately, but if anyone needs to vent, my dms are always open.

Hey y'all. If you're from the US and of legal age, don't forget to vote today!! 💙💙