#〈 ✧*. ◝ will herondale. ◟ files.

[pookie-mulder]

whaddup cassie time to get some new names

[catreadsbooks]

Jace kisses Alec (cut from City of Glass)

So below is, the original version of the scene that begins on page 137 in City of Glass, “Jace looked at Alec steadily. “What’s between you and Magnus Bane? In the original version, Jace actually does kiss Alec, more to make a point than anything else, but the resultant scene made me laugh and made my editor laugh, hysterically. It didn’t work — made the emotional impact of Jace telling off Alec less. I warn you, it is not romantic.  - Cassie

Jace looked at Alec steadily. Then he said, “What’s between you and Magnus Bane?” Alec’s head jerked to the side, as if Jace had slapped him or pushed him. “I don’t — there’s nothing —” “I know better,” Jace said, forestalling him. “I’m not stupid. Tell me the truth.” “There isn’t anything between us,” Alec said — and then, catching the look on Jace’s face, added with great reluctance, “any more. There’s nothing between us any more. Okay?” “And why is that? Magnus really liked you.” “Drop it, Jace,” Alec said in a warning tone. Jace was having none of being warned. “Magnus says it’s because you’re hung up on me. Is that true?” There was a moment of utter silence. Then Alec gave a despairing howl of horror and put his hands up to cover his face. “I am going to kill Magnus. Kill him dead.” “Don’t. He cares about you. He really does. I believe that,” Jace said, managing to sound only a little bit awkward. “Look. I don’t want to push you into anything, but do you maybe want to —” “Call Magnus? Look, that’s a dead end, I know you’re trying to be helpful, but —” “—kiss me?” Jace finished. Alec looked as if he were about to fall off his chair. “WHAT? What? What?” “Once what would do.” Jace did his best to look as if this were the sort of suggestion one made all the time. “I think it might help.” Alec looked at him with something like horror. “You don’t mean that.” “Why wouldn’t I mean it?” “Because you’re the straightest person I know. Possibly the straightest person in the universe.” “Exactly,” Jace said, and leaned forward, and kissed Alec on the mouth. The kiss lasted approximately four seconds before Alec pulled forcefully away, throwing his hands up as if to ward Jace off from coming at him again. He looked as if he were about to throw up. “By the Angel,” he said. “Don’t ever do that again.” “Oh yeah?” Jace grinned, and almost meant it. “That bad?” “Like kissing my brother,” said Alec, with a look of horror in his eyes. “I thought you might feel that way.” Jace crossed his arms over his chest. “Also, I’m hoping we can just gloss over all the irony in what you just said.” “We can gloss over whatever you want to,” Alec said fervently. “Just don’t kiss me again.” “I’m not going to. I have other business to take care of.” Jace stood up, kicking his chair back. “If anyone asks where I am, tell them I went for a walk.” “Where are you actually going?” Alec asked, watching him walk to the door. “To see Clary?” “No.” Jace shook his head. “I’m going to the Gard. I’m going to break Simon out of jail.”

[thevagabondexpress]

can a humble mutual, such as myself, request a humble Progress Marches On snippet this fine winter evening? 👀

so i am working on the second book, but my brain is refusing to let me reread cp1 which is slowing me down. pmo2 doesn't even have a title yet 😭 that being said i do have a tiny bit written so i can at least give you crumbs:

Wynne didn't fight on the way back, didn't even struggle. Jiao had been dimly hoping for a physical fight, so they could both get this ugly, festering anger gone from their systems, but it didn't happen. Wynne's unexpected silence was far worse than any punch she could have thrown, any insult she could have hurled. Perhaps she was doing it on purpose, forcing Jiao to wallow in poison. Why, Jiao didn't know. The list of things she didn't know about her own parabatai, she realized, had started to become more concerning than intriguing. Wynne Herondale had no past, save for what they knew about her mother's egress from the Clave. As far as the Institute in London was concerned, Wynne had simply appeared fully-formed on the doorstep like Venus from the ocean, with wild hair, wild eyes, and a Clave letter in her hands, bearing a sealed file and a restriction on traveling unglamoured and alone. Chester had never opened the file, or if he had he feigned total ignorance of what was inside it.

[jamesbracket]

The matchups have arrived!

This tournament includes 96 characters named James, Jim, Jimmy, and Jay (with some others too), and they will all be competing in 6 brackets of 16, and the winners of those will be participating in two semifinals, and the winners of the semifinals will fight each other in the final finals! (Basically, it’s just how I did it on @blue-character-brawl, but with the amount of participants cut in half.)

Here are the matchups:

Bracket 1

Jim Hopper (Stranger Things) VS. Jim Halpert (The Office)

James “Rhodey” Rhodes (Marvel) VS. James “Bucky” Barnes (Marvel)

James Bonde (Moriarty the Patriot) VS. James Blond (Super Mario Brothers Super Show)

Jim Rockford (The Rockford Files) VS. James Bond (James Bond)

Jimmy Carter (Real Life) VS. James Madison (Hamilton)

James Byrd (@byrdsfly) VS. James Byrd (Spyro the Dragon)

JayMoji (Real Life) VS. James Phryllas (Real Life)

Jimmy Z (Wild Kratts) VS. Jimmy T (WarioWare)

Bracket 2

James Baxter (Adventure Time) VS. James (Adventure Time)

Jamestown, Virginia (Real Life) VS. James Webb Telescope (Real Life)

Jim Henson (Real Life) VS. Jim Davis (Real Life)

Jimmy Olsen (DC Comics) VS. Jim Gordon (DC Comics)

Jay Gatsby (The Great Gatsby) VS. James Henry Trotter (James and the Giant Peach)

Jimmy Neutron (Jimmy Neutron) VS. Shimmy Jimmy (Phineas and Ferb)

James McCloud (Star Fox) VS. Jay Elbird (Ace Attorney)

James (Wii Sports) VS. James (Papa Louie)

Bracket 3

Captain James Hook (Peter Pan) VS. James Norrington (Pirates of the Caribbean)

Jim Hawkins (Treasure Island) VS. Jimmy Hopkins (Bully)

Jamie Waring (Black Swan) VS. James Flint (Black Sails)

Jamie McCrimmon (Doctor Who) VS. King James IV (Doctor Who)

Dr. James Possible (Kim Possible) VS. Jimmy Pesto Jr. (Bob’s Burgers)

Prince James (Once Upon a Time) VS. James (Princess and the Frog)

jim teacher (This TikTok) VS. Nagasaki James (Noonbit Man)

James March (American Horror Story) VS. James Vane (The Picture of Dorian Gray)

Bracket 4

James (Pokémon) VS. James T. Kirk (Star Trek)

James the Red Engine (Thomas and Friends) VS. James P. Sullivan (Monsters, Inc.)

Jamie Fraser (Outlander) VS. James Sunderland (Silent Hill 2)

James Ironwood (RWBY) VS. Private Jimmy (Red vs Blue)

James Rallison (Real Life) VS. James Huckle (The Search for Santa Paws)

Jay Walker (Ninjago) VS. Jimmy McGill (Better Call Saul)

Jaime Lannister (Game of Thrones) VS. Jimmy Novak (Supernatural)

Jem Carstairs (The Infernal Devices) VS. James Herondale (The Last Hours)

Bracket 5

James Wilson (House MD) VS. Jamie Tartt (Ted Lasso)

Jim Lake Jr. (Trollhunters) VS. James Hunter (Animal Ark)

James (The Walking Dead) VS. Jimmy (Scott Pilgrim)

James-Roman Grilfalinas (@artificialkids-2k23-official) VS. Jimmy Lightning (Peggle)

Jamie Wellerstein (The Last Five Years) VS. Jamie Winter (Midsomer Murders)

James Holden (The Expanse) VS. James Ford (Lost)

James Garrett (Zoey 101) VS. James Amber (Life is Strange)

Jay Merrick (Marble Hornets) VS. Meanie Jim (Junie B. Jones)

Bracket 6

Jim Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes) VS. James Maguire (Derry Girls)

James Black (Detective Conan) VS. James Gunn (Real Life)

James the Cat (James the Cat) VS. Jimmy the Robot (The Aquabats)

Jimmy King (Emmerdale) VS. Jim Johnman (Monster Factory)

Jame Palrose (Terror Island) VS. Jimmy (Johnny the Homicidal Maniac)

James Diamond (Big Time Rush) VS. James Herriot (All Creatures Great and Small)

James West (The Wild Wild West) VS. James Maxwell (We Happy Few)

Jimmy Campbell (Bandstand) VS. James E. Negatus (Yonderland)

Round 1 of Brackets 1 and 2 will be going up on Saturday, May 20!

[nouxplum]

The Sims 4 TV Show Legacy Challenge

@elleejayy

Original by: Elleejayy’s Simming Adventures

Converted by: Nouxplum

Generation One - Elena Gilbert

The Vampire Diaries

Traits: Family-Oriented, Romantic, Good

Aspiration: Any

Career: Any

(Do not have to complete career or aspiration)

Start in a fresh, untouched save file

Have 2 BFF’s

Fall in love with a sim

The fall in love with their sibling

Have 2 children (2 boys) with second sim

Die as an adult. Accidental or on purpose

Following your death, your partner has a one night stand that results in a baby

Generation Two - Dean Winchester

Supernatural

Traits: Family-Oriented, Goofball, Hot-Headed

Aspiration: Big Happy Family

Career: Any

Move to a new town as a teen

Never have any close relationships except your younger brother

Have a negative relationship with your father

Meet your half-sibling as a YA

Move out with your brother

Meet the lover of your life at a bar

Have 5 children with them

Have a one night stand with a werewolf, results in a baby (HEIR)

Generation Three - Niklaus Mikaelson

The Originals

Traits: Mean, Kleptomaniac, Erratic

Aspiration: Werewolf Initiate

Career: NOT Allowed

Start as a teen

Have a negative relationship with father, step-mother and half-siblings

Earn all of your money through hunting/collecting as a werewolf

Have an affair with a siblings partner, results in a baby (Heir)

Adopt a teenager, turn them into a werewolf

Only have a close relationship with your children

Generation Four - Jace Herondale

ShadowHunters

Traits: Outgoing, Goofball, Athletic

Aspiration: Nerd Brain

Career: Doctor

If you are a werewolf, get cured. You don’t want to harm anyone

As a young adult, disown your werewolf parent

Meet the love of your life at work

Have 2 children

Have 2 BFF’S who are siblings, your adoptive family

Generation FIVE - Cleo Sertori

H2O JUST ADD WATER

Traits: Loner, Family-Oriented, Romantic

Aspiration: Beach Life

Career: Not Allowed

Move to Sulani as a Teen

Make 2 Best Friends

Find an abandoned beach

Fall in love with a visitor to the beach

Have as many children as desired

Optional: Become a mermaid

Generation Six - Lucifer Morningstar

Lucifer

Traits: Party Animal, Romantic,  Adventurous

Aspiration: Renaissance Sim

Career: Detective

Move Town

Master Mixology

Become a casanova

Throw a party at least once a week

Have as many children as desired

Generation Seven - Fallon Carrington

Dynasty

Traits: Outgoing, Perfectionist, Proper

Aspiration: Fabulously Wealthy

Career: Business

Master Charisma

Max Business Career

Throw a dinner party once a season

Have 5 children 4 boys & 1 girl

Generation Eight - Thomas Shelby

Peaky Blinders

Traits: Athletic, Hot-Headed, Romantic

Aspiration: Serial Romantic

Career: Criminal

Master Athletic

Endless failed relationships, until you meet the one when you’re days away from becoming an adult

Have twins (Use Cheats/Mods)

When the twins are teens, one must dies (or disappear)

Generation Nine - Cheryl Blossom

Riverdale

Traits: Erratic, Romantic, Self Absorbed

Aspiration: Friend of the World

Career: Any

Be best friends with your twin before they die/disappear

Find love as a teen with a rebel

Have as many children as desired

Generation Ten - Sheldon Cooper

The Big Bang Theory

Traits: Genius, Loner, Socially Awkward

Aspiration: Nerd Brain

Career: Science

Must attend university

Always keep an A in School

Perfect GPA

Master Logic

Master Gardening

Master Handiness

Master Fishing

Have an alien baby (HEIR)

Die a virgin

Generation Eleven - Master Chief

Halo

Traits: Athletic, Genius, Ambitious

Aspiration: Bodybuilder

Career: Military

Live in StrangerVille

Master Athletic

Master Handiness

Find love with a supernatural sim

Have as many children as desired

Generation Twelve - Hope Mikaelson

The Originals

Traits: Genius, Family-Oriented, Loner

Aspiration, Purveyor of Potions

Career: any

As a teen you focus on learning more about your supernatural abilities

Earn money from selling potions

Have as many children as desired

Generation Thirteen - Derek Hale

Teen Wolf

Traits: Gloomy, Good, Self-Assured

Aspiration: Werewolf Initiate

Career: Any

Become a werewolf as a teen

Turn a few sims on a full moon

Become an alpha

Have a single child later in life, (Older Adult)

Generation Fourteen - Allison Dilaurentis

Pretty Little Liars

Traits: Ambitious, Outgoing, Snob

Aspiration: Any

Career: Professor

Optional: Cure Lycanthropy

Move to a new town after your parent dies of old age

Have 4 best friends

Date and marry one of your best friends

Adopt one child, due to fertility issues

Generation Fifthteen - Rachel Berry

Glee

Traits: Self Absorbed, Creative, Music Lover

Aspiration: World-Famous Celebrity

Career: Entertainer

Live in Del-Sol Valley

Master Singing

Have 3 Friends

Be a 5-star celebrity

Marry someone with athletic trait

Have as many children as desired

Generation Sixteen - Rick Grimes

The Walking Dead

Traits: Outgoing, Self-Assured, Family-Oriented

Aspiration: Friend of the World

Career: Detective

Move to Brindleton Bay

Master Logic

Master Athletic

Have 1 best friend

Get married to a townie

Have 1 child with the townie

Your partner has an affair resulting in a baby

Raise the baby as your own

[princeofiron]

Hello! I haven’t made a post in awhile but my roleplay group for Shadowhunters is looking for the following characters if anyone is interested! (It’s for people 18&over)

This is the link^ and below is some of who’s needed! We’re doing a time travel type plot for post the wicked powers so that all the books are in one place, Livia is alive and so are a few others, we’re trying to make it active and if you’d like to join but haven’t quite finished the books but want to? I have the book files for anyone interested in joining us^^

Tmi

Jace Herondale (needed for ship)

Isabelle Lightwood

Simon Lewis

Seelie queen (needed for ship)

Valentine Morgenstern

Jocelyn Fairchild

Luke Garroway

Tda

Julian Blackthorn (needed for ship)

Aline Penhallow

Helen Blackthorn

Livia Blackthorn

Diego Rosales

Diana Wrayburn

Gwyn ap nudd

Anush Joshi

Thais Pedroso(needed for dru)

Tid

Sophie Collin’s

Cecily Herondale

Gabriel Lightwood

Gideon Lightwood

Charlotte Fairchild

Henry Branwell

Jessamine Lovelace

Tlh

James Herondale

Cordelia Carstairs

Matthew Fairchild

Lucie Herondale

Jesse Blackthorn

Anna Lightwood

Ariadne Bridgestock

Christopher Lightwood

Charles Fairchild

Grace Blackthorn

[cantfuckbracket]

Can't Fuck Bracket: Group Stage Release Schedule

Alright everyone, now that Group 1 has been posted, I'm going to be a normal poll runner and post the release date for the group stage

Each group has 3 characters, and I'm going to release them in 3 clusters so there aren't too many at once

Obviously, not all characters who fit into a particular group are in it, because I needed to organize them and it would be impossible to find 32 forms of criteria that would apply to 3 characters and 3 characters ONLY in a group of 96. So if you're thinking "X character would also fit in Y group!" - you're probably right. But I made executive decisions to be able to distribute them equally

Cluster A - Groups Separated by Fandom - 29/04 at midday UTC

Some fandoms had several characters submitted, so I tried to keep those together so that 1- the same big fandom can't own half the bracket; 2- small fandoms can have at least one round of fun before they're inevitably swept by Pikachu; and 3- we can have some healthy fandom debates

CLUSTER A GROUPS:

Group 2: Mob Psycho 100 (Part 2) - Toichiro Suzuki versus Dimple versus Reigen Arataka

Group 3: Chainsaw Man Male Characters - Aki Hayakawa versus Denji versus Kishibe

Group 4: Chainsaw Man Female Characters - Asa Mitaka versus Kobeni Higashiyama versus Power

Group 5: Endless Summer Characters - Jake McKenzie versus Everett Rourke versus Aleister Rourke

Group 6: Marvel Characters - Tony Stark versus Peter Parker versus Steve Rogers

Group 7: Shadowhunters (All Media Types) Characters - Jace Herondale versus Book!Alec Lightwood versus Clary Fairchild

Group 8: The Mysterious Benedict Society Characters - LD Curtain versus Jeffers versus Dr Garrison

Group 9: Death Note Characters - Light Yagami versus L Lawliet*

Group 10: Final Fantasy XIV Characters - Zero versus Estinien Wyrmblood versus Wedge

*only two characters from this media were submitted, so this group has 2 contestants

Cluster B - Groups Separated by Genre/Media Type - 01/05 at midday UTC

Group 11: Video Game Characters - Kaname Date (AI: The Somnium Files) versus Scout (Team Fortress 2) versus Stanley (The Stanley Parable)

Group 12: Adult Animation** - Strong Bad (Homestar Runner) versus Tord (Eddsworld) versus Gojo Saturo (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Group 13: Horror and Thriller - Adam Murray (The Mandela Catalogue) versus Jurgen Leitner (The Magnus Archives) versus Jack Chambers (Don't Worry Darling)

Group 14: Children's Animation - Osmosis Jones (Osmosis Jones) versus Grunkle Stan (Gravity Falls) versus Eberwolf (The Owl House)

Group 15: Books - Jason Grace (Heroes of Olympus) versus Peter Pevensie (Chronicles of Narnia) versus Hardin Scott (After)

Group 16: RPG - Hubert von Vestra (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) versus Anduin Wrynn (World of Warcraft) versus Gilear Faeth (Dimension 20: Fantasy High)

Group 17: Visual Novels - Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney) versus Sigma Klim (Zero Escape) versus Duke Richards (Desire and Decorum)

Group 18: Nintendo - Ghetsis (Pokémon) versus Bill Hawks (Professor Layton) versus Toad (Mario)

Group 19: Medialess - Mount Everest (Real Life) versus The Letter W (Latin Alphabet) versus Leg Emoji (Keyboard) versus Scoliosis (Submitter's Body)***

Group 20: Big Popular Anime - Black Leg Sanji (One Piece) versus Todoroki Enji (Boku No Hero Academia) versus Touka Kirishima (Tokyo Ghoul)

**NOT porn. That's pretty much the opposite of this contest. By this I mean "animation whose target audience is not children"

***to make up for Death Note having only 2 contestants, this group has 4. I picked this one to make up for it because it, by its nature, won't have any fandom involved, so it's not particularly unfair to its contestants that they have a slightly smaller chance of going forward

Cluster C - Groups Separated by Character Traits - 03/05 at midday UTC

Group 21: Submissions That Would Have Sent 2012 Tumblr Into A Nuclear War - The Onceler (The Lorax) versus Sherlock Holmes (BBC Sherlock) versus Jean Luc Picard (Star Trek The Next Generation) versus Wheatley (Portal 2) versus Dean Winchester (Supernatural) versus Sans (Undertale)****

Group 22: Characters The Submitters Didn't Think Needed Explaining - Olaf the Snowman (Frozen) versus Lord Farquaad (Shrek) versus Goofy (Disney)

Group 23: Immortal Characters - Booker (The Old Guard) versus Edward Cullen (Twilight) versus Dracula (Hotel Transylvania)

Group 24: Characters Tumblr Loves To Hate - Scott Pilgrim (Scott Pilgrim vs The World) versus Peter Griffin (Family Guy) versus Walter White (Breaking Bad)

Group 25: Childhood Classics - James (Pokemon) versus Ken (Barbie) versus Saruhara Shinichi (Super Sentai Franchise)

Group 26: Characters From Media Tumblr Could Be Normaler About - Palpatine (Star Wars) versus Greg Hirsch (Succession) versus Stede Bonnet (Our Flag Means Death)

Group 27: Vegan-Friendly - Indoor Peace Lily (Submitter's House) versus Seedless Watermelons (Grocery Store) versus Vegan Leather (Real Life)

Group 28: Characters That Inspired Paragraphs - Jiang Cheng (MDZS/The Untamed) versus Bertrand Beaumont (The Royal Romance) versus Joe Goldberg (You)

Group 29: Canon Incels/Shitty Lays - Severus Snape (Harry Potter) versus Tim Campbell (Crazy Ex Girlfriend) versus Ace (Powerpuff Girls)

Group 30: Failgirls - Lydia Rodarte-Quayle (Breaking Bad) versus Lumpy Space Princess (Adventure Time) versus Reagan Ridley (Inside Job)

Group 31: British Men - Prince Charming (Shrek) versus Wallace (Wallace and Gromit) versus Steven Merrick (The Old Guard)

Group 32: Others - Chuck McGill (Better Call Saul) versus Neelix (Star Trek Voyager) versus Dozen Roshuto (Reigen Manga)

****since this group has 6 contestants, 2 will move forward. This makes up for Group 1 technically not sending any character forward, and maintains the chances of a character getting through as the same as the other ones

[tetsunabouquet]

Heir To The Lands Chapter 37

A Dark Worry Masterpost

Alec Lightwood stared at the box that had been delivered to him by a postman. He thought it was one of Magnus' usual mail, until he peered into its contents. It were the Clave files that had been stolen. It left him quite baffled. How many people had read its contents and why on earth had it been posted back to him? Was the thief remorseful? Had the thief been betrayed Whatever it was, Alec knew he was never going to hide these at his office again. Now, Simon and Clary were put to tracking down the postman, whilst Isabelle, Magnus and Jace tried to find the thief whilst Alec arranged himself an office at Magnus' apartment. Being the most important man in the Clave in Exile was more stressful then he had ever imagined.

Riding the winds and feeling them tickle his feathers was ever growing to be Ash's favorite hobby in the world. He needed a break and to breathe for a while after partnering up with Manuel. With his mother now being secure thanks to the deal, Ash finally had the chance to just take off for a flight. Ash enjoyed the whiffs of scents that flared in his nostrils if he flew close enough to the many trees. He had decided to fly to the house of the First Heir once more, finally allowing himself to give in to his temptuous thoughts of what had happened to Drusilla since he helped her escape from Faerie. He had first considered flying to L.A, as the Blackthorns run the Institute there, but with her closeness to the First Heir he decided to first check there considering it was closer to the secret tunnel from Faerie before heading to Los Angeles if he could not find her or catch word of her. He decided to fly more stealthily, not wanting to reveal himself to the First Heir or his family. Whilst saving Dru might have earnt her trust, he was not going to engage in risks of getting shot down by the First Heir or his family. He crept closer, flying swiftly from one high tree branch to another until he saw the gathering of a group. The First Heir held a small, young child who had her little arms wrapped around his neck and seemed to be babbling something not too far from him to see. Everyone else seemed to be teenagers, friends of the Herondale boy, probably. His heart skipped a beat as he saw Druilla amongst them. She had made it safely back after all. The Blackthorn girl was caught in a conversation with an Asian looking girl sporting shoulder length black hair and pretty plain, nude colored clothes opposed to Drusilla's more darker, casual goth aesthetic. He wondered if they were friends. Ash didn't really had friends, Janus was more like family then a friend and neither the Unseelie King or his parents allowed people of his age to be near him and possibly become a cherished friend. Royalty was not awarded those kind of luxuries, his mother often would say on the notion of friendship. Ash accepted that as part of his burden as a prince. Still, he couldn't help but feel curious. What was it like, to just be able to tell your secrets and most inane thoughts alike to someone who genuinely liked your company. He spotted the Rosales boy walking their way and it seemed like his strength was returning ever so slightly, they must have been feeding him well from the moment he got back from his prison cell. Drusilla immediately turned around and shot the Rosales boy a warm smile that chilled Ash to the bone. He did not like the way she was smiling at the Nephilim boy. With a churning stomacn, he watched as the boy returned her smile with one equally warm his own, the chemistry being apparant even from this distance. Ash couldn't help but feel jealous, and he quickly turnt around and leaped back to the branches, back to the sky once he was far enough. He would convince her he was the right choice for her, someday.

[cordeliaxcortana]

watching that maurice had the audacity to make a whole file with pettyass things against herondales & lightwoods -

[imherongraystairstrash]

Merry xmas 🎅🎅🎅!!! Can I ask for you a present in form of a snippet of a fic in progress? If it has any of the Lightwood Herondale in it it would be amazing

Helloo!! Of course you can have a *late* christmas gift! I would have replied earlier, but I was at my grandparents house all week, and I didn't bring my computer (which has all of my fic files hahah)

But, you know what they say: better late than never

//

“We’re home,” Will said cheerfully.

Tessa ceased her pacing and rushed to the staircase to see both Will and James standing by the door. James had been bent down, fixing a latch on his truck, before she looked up and saw his mother. Tessa’s heart skipped a beat and she stood frozen for a split second before she quickly went down the staircase, clutching the banister as she descended.

James smiled weakly at her and she came down. Went she reached the final steps, she practically jumped them and threw her arms around her son. She held him against her, caressing his hair and rubbing his back lovingly.

Hope you liked it!

Sending you all my love,

Anya <3

[carelessflower]

a little HC (ignore any inconsistancy)

Gadreel was the eldest of her family (she was the queen) her father gave her a land as a gift on her coranation , called Idris, however, she said that she would give her land to her disendants to whomeever wants it

Her younger brother, Raziel fell in love with Johnathan Shadowhunter and Gadreel being the Queen at that time refused to awknolwdge it as Raziel was a spiteful dick and Johnathan disevered a better man, when Gadreel died, Ithuriel who disendants are the Herondales took the Land and claimed it as he liked this person, but Raziel took it of him as he is the second born and gifted it to Johnathan Shadowhunter, Ithuriel and Raziel was banished from the Kingdom by his nephew Samuel Morningstar who was now King. However the Princes hid Idris from the King, so Samuel was unaware

However the disendants of Gadreel are Tessa, Magnus and Malcom Fade, the land rightfully belongs to either one of them

So Gadreel disendants are Magnus Bane, Tessa Gray, and Malcom Fade, including others which are unknown

Raziel took the name Shadowhunter and left and went into his own witness protection, the Shadowhunter family name was changed and is now found in East and South Asia,

Ithuriel fell in love with a woman who was an Herondale but left before he knew she was pregnant.

Johnathan Shadowhunter created his own government and gathered his closest friends such as the Lightwoods, Herondales, Morgernsterns, Fairchilds, Starkweather, Dragonway, Blackthorns families to alliance to form a secret country. The history of its country was left in the accords and securly locked away and only the president or some council can access this.

And Alec finds this all at the accords, and he goes and tells Jace, Jace decides its best to keep it silent and go through it later and discuss this with his mother, Alec takes the file home to show his mother, however baby Max was there, and a 2 papers slipped out talking about the Idris and Max picked it up and starting to draw, Magnus came a few minutes later to pick up Max, and he sees the paper, he takes the paper and hides it as Alec comes to greets him.

Maryse also tells Alec that its best to keep this silent, as thats the way it would be and that people wont like this

As Maryse goes to Jocelynn and they talk, about Alec bringing the papers outside of Idris, which Jocelynn just says that its for the best that they know about it, and that it wasnt fair for them to keep it a secret

Now back at the Lightwoods, Magnus talks to Tessa about the piece of information that he has, and that he still hasnt talked to Alec about it. Tessa suggests that they both talk to their fathers since they probably would know more about this, and their own history.

Alec notices that a page is missing, as he retraces his steps but cant find it, he then begins to worry and tells Jace he lost a paper, and Jace tells him not too worry since its just a piece of paper and that its nothing, which kind of puts Alec's mind at ease.

Now Tessa and Magnus have a talk with their fathers, as Asmodeus knew that Idris was a gift to his Great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother, and he knows that Samael has notes who also lives in New York

Magnus and Tessa visit their great Uncle who shows him the notes and that the the eldest son of the Shadowhunter (after its change) lives in Tokyo, so Tessa asks Jem if they want to go on this trip to Tokyo which he agrees, and Magnus ask Alec, leaving Max with his grandmother, and Mina with her uncle.

Now back in New York, Asmodeus goes to the Lightwoods and hands Maryse the paper, telling her that he knows, but keeping this a secret will probably anger his family as he can confirm that the romers are true, Asmodeus also tells her that Magnus is going to Tokyo to visit a great uncle, who knows more about this

Asmodeus babysits Max, as Maryse text Alec that Magnus knows but Alec has not seen it, so she tells Luke, who then says to get to Tokyo,

Max has the second piece of paper as he takea Asmodeus to his cot and and he shows his grandfather his drawing, which is the family tree and also the secret plan to overthrow Gadreel as her young brothers were both asshats at that time. Now Asmodeus takes the picture of the paper and sends it to Leviathan who is in Tokyo, and also to Belial who is on his way to London.

Asmodeus calls Magnus, but it gets disconnected, as Max begins to cry for food.

A few hours later, Tessa, Jem, Alec and Magnus are at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, however they both get off sepretly.

Magnus begings to tell Alec stories about his first time in Tokyo and also says he has visted Idris which is quite busy like Tokyo but small

Alec asks when he went to Idris, which Magnus says he only went once when he was a teenager

Tessa and Magnus say that they have a family living here, Magnus gets a missed call and a long text from his dad, while Tessa gets the image and nothing else.

Alec gets two calls one from his mother, and the second his father in law, and a text from his mom, saying that Magnus knows

Alec realizes he has no signal, but Magnus gets to his Uncle Leviathan's house, as Tessa and Jem head to Samael appartment

Leviathan is a popular influence, and also works for the British and Japanese Navy and is now an animator for a anime studio, also Simon loves him and has met him twice at anime conventions.

Magnus shows the image to Alec as Alec says he didnt know about it until now.

Tessa rings Magnus saying that before Gadreel tragic death, her younger brothers were plotting to take the throne and the empire

However, Gadreel has four children, and the eldest married twice one to Miran who was killed when their child was two a few weeks after Gadreel death, and the next marriage was to Lucas Morngingstar, Samuel took the name Morningstar after his mother and Wife death, and Samuel wanted to charge his uncles for treason, but banished them as they asked for forgivness, Idris was supposted to be his but that was changed by Ithuriel.

Tessa also tells Magnus that Robert Lightwood and Imogen Herondale must know and both are death, but Jace may know.

Magnus hugs Alec, and tells him its not his fault and that he was sorry for dragging him out, Alec and Magnus go on a week date in Tokyo before coming back, Alec decides that he would allow Gadreel disendants to enter and run alongside him, which angers a few citizens, Tessa and Magnus goes to talk to Jace, who says his grandmother never told him.

Magnus and Tessa decides its best to stay out of Idris politics and it wasnt really their home.

So Alec makes his father in law the vice and also a member of the council

anon i need this fic on my desk

[placesgoneby]

wasn't tagged but hiiii

Suzuya Juuzou (Tokyo Ghoul)

Mae Borowski (Night in the Woods)

Mizuki Date (AI: The Somnium Files)

Kit Herondale (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)

anddddddd last bit definitely not least, and I'm a little embarrassed by this one

Amy Dallon (Worm)

five comfort characters, five tags

(had to start a new thread, got too long) thanks for tagging me @loulooser ooh i like this okay - nick nelson (osemanverse) - aled last (osemanverse) - peeta mellark (hunger games) - linh song (keeper of the lost cities) - xavier hawthorne (the inheritance games)

tagging @lyssified @mister3127 @raeny-nights-and-faery-lights @weirdo09 @charliethinks

[amchara]

Not the distance that scares me (1/2)

Kit Herondale, Ty Blackthorn (Kit/Ty)

Wordcount: 1,542

Post-TWP, Kit finds he has a choice in what he does next.

It makes me sad to think of it. Kit is a good kid who deserves a good, ordinary life. I know that’s what Jem and Tessa want for him, more than anything, after the chaos that was his growing up. But I am not sure he will have a choice in the matter. Fae may not let him choose. - Magnus to Alec (Secrets of Blackthorn Hall) 

(This is me, defying Magnus and Cassie's whole arc for Kit, or at least twisting it, so he gets his happy ending. Er- so there's still angst but look, part two will be happier- happiness through angst, mmkay? 😅

This story fits into my London Files 'verse but no need to have knowledge of them to read this story. But if you're wondering where Ellie comes from)

---

When he woke up, Ty was beside him. Time must’ve passed from the battle because his face was no longer a blood-stained, desperate ricus; the last image Kit had seen before he passed out. 

There was a softness in Ty’s sharp angles, despite purple shadows highlighting his left cheek; there was a release in his jaw, which had been constantly tense since Livvy had passed on in Thule. A lightness in his storm-grey eyes that told Kit it was all going to be okay.  

“We won.” It wasn’t a question. 

Ty nodded. “But…”

Kit had already known what was missing. The power that had thrummed in his chest, the heaviness of pure energy that he had worn like a mantle for the past few years, the electricity in his veins. It was all gone. 

He closed his eyes. “I know.” 

--

Ash let out a sigh- and Dru tightened her hold on his hand, providing moral support. 

“I am forever indebte-”

“Shut up,” Kit said amiably. “You would’ve done the same thing for me.”

There was silence between the three of them. Maybe it was true. Maybe it wasn’t. Didn’t matter.

“Plus- I never wanted any of this-” Kit waved his hand around the Seelie Court, decorated to the brim with riotously-coloured flowers and filled with partying Fae. “Have fun playing King of the Castle. You’re much better suited to it.”

Ash rolled his eyes. “The prophecy never mentioned which one of us had to take the actual responsibility for ruling. It’s not too late- you sure you don’t want to rock-paper-scissor for it?” 

Dru snorted lightly as Kit grinned and held up his hands, declining. “King Kit would’ve been too on the nose,” she said. 

“Exactly - plus kinda think you need magic to be a faerie king,” He sketched a full bow he had learned from Kieran, appropriate for a Queen Consort, wondering if she would pick up on it. 

She narrowed her eyes and Kit was delighted at her suspicious look. 

Then he turned serious for a moment. “But- I do have a few loose ends that I might need to tie up.” The folk in the forest, and Juno and the others who had helped him during his brief reign. To be exiled forever from Faerie– Ash was within his right to do so. Or at least, heavily restrict Kit’s access, given his Nephilim blood. But he was banking on some good will being carried over from his First Heir heritage. 

Ash held out his hand. “You are always welcome here, my brother.” A pendant flashed in his hand- a similar trinket to Cristina and Jaime’s eternidads.

Kit accepted it with quiet thanks, beating down a brief pang of jealousy at Ash’s ease and fluidity of summoning it.   

--

Alec raised an eyebrow. “It doesn’t normally work like this, Kit.” But his face wasn’t unsympathetic, and Kit was fairly sure he was going to get his way.

“You would’ve lost me to the Faerie Courts, if things hadn’t turned out differently,” Kit said, trying to keep from crossing his arms, remain relaxed. “Also consider - it works for the Amish. They have like- an 80% return rate for their rumspringa. Consider it something like that for me.” He didn’t want to be adversarial with Alec. He wasn’t sure what the future held but he didn’t want this door closed forever. 

“Are you coming back?” Alec asked, his blue eyes grave below dark eyebrows. 

Kit shrugged. “I might not. That’s the risk you have to take. But if you say no, it’s not exactly endearing me to Shadowhunter life, is it?” he countered.

Alec sighed. “No, not at all. But you have to understand- usually when people leave, it’s permanent. They can’t return. It’s the law.”

“So change it,” Kit countered. “It’s a bad law. You’re the Consul- that’s within your power.”

A hint of a smile crossed Alec’s face. “You’ve been spending too much time with the Blackthorns.” 

Despite Kit’s attempt to keep a steady countenance, something must’ve slipped through, as Alec sighed. “All right- I’ll see what I can do.”

“And don’t make it an exception just because it’s me,” Kit pressed. “Really- you should let all Shadowhunter kids have that choice.”

“I know.” Alec’s voice was firm. “Now, get out of my office and stop telling me how to do my job.” But he smiled too. “Enjoy your mundane year.”

Kit left the Gard feeling like a second invisible burden had lifted like wings off his shoulders.   

--

“Not fair! You’re abandoning me just when I’m about to get my training wheels taken off,” Ellie complained, her voice sharp on the phone. “I haven’t shown you my wicked demon-slaying prowess yet.”

“Not sure that you’re gonna get to do that much demon-slaying in upstate New York,” Kit said. “Apparently the second last stop before Boringtown. Or that’s what Magnus keeps insisting is  the case.”  

“Hey! We’ve definitely seen a couple of raveners around. But more importantly, second years get more privileges to visit the local town, which is very Hogsmeade of them,” Ellie admitted. “Okay… but you’ll be back for my Ascension ceremony, right?”

Kit smiled. “Wouldn’t miss it for the world.” But he suddenly shivered, as if a cold wind had blown through the room. 

--

“Am I the last one?” 

“To say good-bye to?” Kit felt rooted to the spot. He hated this. He wanted to go to Ty, who was standing behind his chair, as if to shield himself from Kit. His eyes kept sliding past Kit’s to the gold and green paneling behind. 

“Yes.”

“Yeah,” Kit said. “I said good-bye to Tessa and Jem and Mina, and then asked Tessa to make me Portal to Blackthorn Hall.” 

“Hmmm.” Ty put down his tools, letting one of his long, elegant hands smooth over what looked like one of his Sensors. It was calm and deliberate, and if Kit hadn’t spent months with Ty, relearning every little tic, studying every small movement as if he could etch it on his heart, he would’ve thought Ty didn’t care. 

“Ty- you understand why I have to go, right?” Some of the misery must have bled through in his voice, given how sharply Ty had looked up, his hands fluttering briefly before calming. 

Their eyes met across the room, and Kit clenched his fists, willing himself not to move. He wished. Slowly, Ty walked towards him. Kit could feel his heart beating wildly and he didn’t stop his traitorous hands from reaching out, wrapping Ty in a tight embrace. 

“Kit. I need you,” Ty’s voice was barely above a whisper, said into Kit’s ear. He took a deep breath. And then another. And another. Kit breathed in sync with him. “I know,” Kit said. “I do too,” he admitted. 

They held one another, as close as they had in the caves of faerie. As they had in the safehouses of Thule. As they had in the ruins of Edom. 

Kit wondered why this was the hardest embrace to break. Perhaps it was because this time, they had a choice what they did next, rather than a destiny to fulfil. Perhaps it was because he was still choosing to walk away from it all. 

But it’s different this time, he tried to remind himself.   

Ty pulled back. “But you need to go,” he said. “I also need you to go.”

“Hey,” Kit tried to keep it light, despite the fierce ache in his chest. “I thought we stopped saying that kind of stuff to one another after Thule.”

Ty smiled but it didn’t reach his eyes. “You’re the one going away again. I thought this time I could at least have a say.”

Kit winced and Ty’s face crumpled. “Sorry. That’s not what I meant to say,” Ty said. He muttered something under his breath that Kit couldn’t quite hear. 

He looked directly at Kit. “You’re going because you want to figure out who you are, outside of your lineage,” he said softly. He reached up to trace Kit's jawline, sending a shiver down Kit’s spine. “And you can’t do that here in the Shadow World.” 

Kit nodded.

Ty dropped his hand. “The glamour is very subtle but you do look different. I expect that’s part of it.”

Kit sighed. “Yeah, I asked Tessa and Catarina to put on their strongest spells, so that I’m disguised completely as a mundane.”

“That’s smart,” Ty’s gaze was looking at his neck, wrists, forearms- all now completely devoid of Marks, including his very first rune, the voyance one given to him by Ty.  

“Will you be okay here?” Kit hated how wistful his voice sounded. 

“I will be,” Ty said, and he was already looking back at his sensor. 

Kit wasn’t offended. He knew that Ty had his work as a Centurion, Anush, Irene… he had his family- who were all helping him heal from Livvy’s passing. Kit wasn’t his whole world. And that was a good thing. 

But just as quickly, Ty was back watching him. He looked steadily at Kit. Unlike others, he didn’t ask if Kit would come back. 

Instead he said: “I’ll be here.” 

And Kit, with his eyes starting to blur with tears, leaned forward. He kissed Ty and then left. 

(part two will hopefully be up tomorrow/Friday)

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[themortaltextposts]

City of Ashes textpost

*Magnus opens the door to his apartment to the gang when he's still babysitting Jace*

Magnus: "I know what all of you are thinking: my jacket is wrinkled. I would have ironed it, but someone here thought it would be a great idea to use the iron to make a grilled cheese sandwich!"

Jace: "I had bread. I had cheese. I had an iron. What was I supposed to do?"

[lovetaled-a]

i.  A DEMON IS LOOSED, A PROPHECY ENDOWED.

edmond herondale kept few secrets from his children:   and the ones he did,   he did not conceal so much as omit details about them that may have been important.   like the pithos he kept in his study,   for starters.

as a claimed son of mercury,   edmond had once trained as a legionnaire at camp jupiter.    he’d faced the wolves (literally) and then decided to stare down those in the senate who questioned his loyalty when he renounced his position in the first cohort to marry a mortal woman and return to her world.    he didn’t want to continue to serve new rome,     or to fall under the watchful gaze of the natural enemies of demigods like him,      who might not exactly give the welcome back to ordinary life he wanted.    edmond was disillusioned with monsters and demigods,     but mostly he was disillusioned by the gods themselves.   he was taking a gamble that the past wouldn’t still follow him,   and for the first time of many to follow,   it was a gamble he lost.

...  the monsters at first left the herondales alone,     even after the birth of three kids.   it was hoped that as descendants of a god removed by a generation that maybe they’d escape notice,     and that idea held out until edmond started taking it for granted,   trying his luck other places.       the stock market,      the business ventures that made their family grow not too bad off and brought them to london,   where more sinister forces could sense them,   and the gambling problems that arose while will was growing up.     one day will’s older sister ella swore she saw a wolf,     walking home from her first day of the high school.     this seemed to put their dad in a contemplative mood,    and his solution:     send ella off to prep school,       a place so boring monsters wouldn’t possibly find her.     it made will bitter,     missing his sister and always trailed by the younger,       like his company was to make up for hers.     when ella came back for the summer,     she seemed different too:     like something had gotten to her,     a paranoia and indifference for things as they once were at once.     that night they were all supposed to go out,     and will waited on their dad at his corporate office one day.     he wasn’t showing,     so will got curious,     looking through his things until he found a strange-looking vase with a gruesome looking pattern on it of a guy hanging by a thread. 

will would always remember it,     the odd shape of the container,       like more took it up than it than it should be able to hold.     the motif of a staff with the angel wings and snakes engraved on the lid,     and the blistering,     terrible mist that emerged the minute he got it open.     the terror that flooded his twelve-year-old veins,     the scream that made his throat raw for weeks and his sister putting down her phone to run to his aid,     and of course the monster that emerged.     will herondale would later learn it was a daemon he unleashed,     an ungodly creature with no taste for demigods or forgiving slights,     trapped into the pithos on the quest his father was most known for.     he’d learn his father was a hero first and a coward later,     that love had been his downfall and will’s love would be twisted against him with cruel irony when his sister fell to the monster’s poison and he was given no choice but to watch.     the murky eyes that rolled back in the creature’s head,     the prophecy that was a poison of its own and made a poison of will:    all those that loved him would die,     and something-about-mercury’s-heir and the son of revenge and a blood oath ending in blood shared,    fallen,     and a hero’s sacrifice.     he forgot the details in the traumatic aftermath but never their meaning,     etched in his bones and stained on his soul. 

will escaped the building with the parchment scroll wedged into the bottom of the pithos,     sharing space with a monster for untold years.     the papers outlined the entire ancestral claim of edmond herondale’s family to camp jupiter,     descendants of mercury,     the god of thieves and liars and tricksters and commerce and the crude luck of gambles and unutterable truths that tore families apart.    he fled a home that had never been his home,    and set out for california,    which might as well have been in another realm than the one he’d already left.

ii.  CAMP JUPITER, BLOOD SHARED AND SWORN.

will was spoken for by the fourth cohort when he was accepted into the twelfth legion of camp jupiter.    there was something about him that promised potential even as anything of heroism had been drained from him long before he got his probatio tablet and joined the ranks.    edmond herondale had depended on a fool’s hope to protect his children,    and as luck would have it,    the removal of a generation saw fit to slowly give will the powers and standing his father had forsaken.    it was as if he’d stepped into those shoes by leaving his sister cecily behind in grief,    taking up the calling of a demigod so she’d grow up without monsters and ghosts,    and nothing of will’s curse to touch her.    while some things came easy to will,    they didn’t always get him out of a jam,    which he learned quickly enough in the barracks.    he’d thought to make himself a lie,    cruel and unlikable as he could so that the prophecy the daemon spat could never fulfill itself.    trying to thwart fate was the mistake he was destined for,    and in the end the loneliness inspired by the act began to corrode his heart.    he forgot who he was. 

...  will wasn’t much of a fighter because he had no fight left in him.    the daemon had known it,    and so did everyone at camp by now.    the supposed comrades that he trained and lived with were frequently bullies he had no qualms about sparring with in return.    one night a trick of his went too far,    some cheap revenge he thought to rely on when pushed to his limit.    that was the day will finally spoke to one of the newest arrivals to camp:    jem carstairs,    recently claimed by nemesis at the last round of war games after saving the city from being overrun.    this feat of heroism had alienated will further,    when he realized the other loser in his cohort was now lauded with approval.    it happened after the kid sprang gracefully out of the shadows and chased off will’s rightfully-incensed adversaries.    jem then proceeded to scold will for his actions,    which felt strange,    coming from the son of the goddess of revenge.   that’s what he ended up saying,    yet the moment stuck with will,    for he couldn’t shake the show of unnecessary kindness:    and a friendship built over shared loss and hopelessness was forged between the two.

at the age of fourteen will swore a blood oath to jem after dueling him for the right,    which he considered his greatest privilege.    the oath granted both enhanced abilities,    especially when fighting together.    they made a pact to reach the second cohort through their ambitions,    and went on many quests together over the years.    the daemon’s prophecy was never far from will’s mind,    nor this fulfillment of harrowing assurances,    death looming to sever and strengthen the bond of their entwined fates.

iii.  A HERO’S SACRIFICE.

by the time will was nineteen,    he’d climbed the ranks in the way his father had:    the gifts which were natural to him and those that seemed entirely individualistic proved his knack for strategy,    quick thinking,    and recklessness which was often lacking among the legion,    yet the saving grace that helped on several quests.    yet enemies remained,    who saw first his crude exterior and never scrutinized his true self,    the flippancy of his tongue and the qualities of leadership which gave will a penchant for asking permission later.    what proved will most a hero and even one with leadership qualities was the war against axel mortmain in london,    the courageous result of a quest he led with jem to defeat one of vulcan’s champions,    who in a fit of hatefulness for mortals and demigods alike sought to even the balance and eventually corrupt new rome itself,    bringing forth a rulership of monsters and spirits over the world created by the gods.    will meets tessa gray during this quest,    who he falls for despite her initial dislike of him,    and whose tie to vulcan fulfills the prophecy of the augur. 

...  in the aftermath of the battle for camp jupiter,    will’s heroism on the field along with the many demigods that protect the city is made hollow by the loss of jem to a fatal wound.    when will is offered a centurion position by the senate as a mark of his valor in the defeat of mortmain,    he turns it down to the bafflement of the camp and sequesters himself in the family home given to honor the herondales as restored heirs in new rome.    during the months following,    the god mercury finally visits will and fulfills the last part of the prophecy.    will chooses sacrifice over glory as jem chose sacrifice over his life,    and takes up the task of an emissary to serve his father’s form psychopomp as messenger of the gods and the chtonic realm to new rome.    the role tasks will with the guiding of souls to the underworld and the crossing of realms to deliver important information,    which enables him to meet again with jem after he is relegated to the silent city of the cult of aesculapius.    he encounters jem several times during his mission to stop the demon yan luo from escaping the underworld,    and the two once more fight alongside one another while separated from tessa,    whom they both love.    will vows to one day return to her and his sister. 

iv.  ABILITIES.

power of persuasion:    the ability to persuade:    through deception,     cleverness,    or omissions,    and thereby influence the minds of those listening to think or feel a certain way,    with a heady sense of power while speaking.    similar to charmspeak (for children of aphrodite), but specifically graps the mind’s inclination instead of the heart’s.    an especially powerful voice and ability to communicate in general,    as children of mercury / hermes are gifted with sharp wits and intelligence through their words.

speed and agility:   as a descendant of mercury,    will has incredible agility and speed which he will rely on more than fighting skill in battle.

clairvoyance:    will is able to see the escaped souls from the underworld or those that linger after death,    and immediately empathize with their feelings or desires,    whether he seeks to hear them or not.    he also attracts lares and cthonic monsters over other forms.    this is due to the prophecy which would later be fulfilled,    as he is able to cross realms into the underworld under mercury.

command of language:    can speak in multiple tongues automatically without knowing the language innately (a gift from mercury, post-main timeline).

trickery and deception:    able to create illusions by willing them into being,    craft clever traps and fool people into obeying them.    can alter,    to an extent,    the reality appearing in another’s mind through spoken thoughts,    which can be used for good or evil.

commercial affinity:    as mercury is the god of commerce,    strategies involving money,    especially gambling or speculating,    come naturally to will.    this also extends to making bargains,    with mortals and monsters and gods alike.

blood oath:    increased fighting ability through the swearing of an oath to defend and protect another in battle,    until a specific fulfillment is achieved.    will swears this oath to jem carstairs and it is not broken until jem’s death / transformation.

v.  OTHER.

mercurial blade:    a dagger (or pugio) passed down through will’s family,   bearing the wings of mercury’s caduceus extending from the hilt.    will leaves this dagger behind on the battlefield surrounding the camp,    where jem falls,    as a symbol of remembrance.

herondale ring:    a ring made of imperial gold,    enchanted to appear silver,    that belonged to edmond herondale,    which he was given for his eleventh birthday.    it bears the letter H and is the last token will carries of his mortal life,    as well as the last happy memory he has of his father.

balius:    a famed immortal horse,    made by the god posieden and once owned by patroclus,    that came to reside in camp jupiter’s stables.    mercury / hermes allows will to ride the horse as a mount that can cross between realms when he becomes emissary for new rome.

SPQR tattoo:    will’s brand bears the caduceus of mercury and stops receiving new lines once he takes the role of emissary and gives up the legion,    permanently bearing six marks for the six years he trained at camp jupiter,    for the rest of his life.

mirror of the mnemosyne:    while in the underworld,    will is given a mirror by the titanness mnemosyne,    who rules over remembrance.  when he considers drinking from the lethe to forget his painful past,    she instead gives him the trinket to remember those he has left behind.    he can see his family and tessa in the mirror,    as well as jem *  though it does not work when he is dead,    if they are close to his mind.

PJO / RIORDAN  VERSE.    ⋆ ›    WILL  HERONDALE.

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[drawn-and-talk-of-peace]

Alec: Was there any sign of—

Jace: Two small puncture wounds on the neck?

Alec: That's not what I was gonna ask.

Jace: Too bad. We've got 'em. Check it out.