#Chot

[tys-kitty]

That one scene in ChoT…

Thomas: Alright, so I‘m in love with Alastair

Matthew:

Thomas: Thoughts?

Matthew: And prayers

[helenofblackthorns]

oh so when Lucie Herondale, a 16 year old shadowhunter with unusual powers, raises her boyfriend from the dead it has no major consequences and when she goes to Edom with her bestie and future parabatai the worst thing that happens is that they have to share a secret but when I, Clary Fairchild-

[jamieswoodenspoon]

me in barcelona: wow this is so thomas lightwood on his sabbatical year core

[rinadragomir]

Chain of Thorns Illumicrate edition arts🔮

[queenmollixofshadows]

Christopher I love you

[pansexual-lilychen]

”we need more complex female characters“

y‘all couldn’t even handle her

[allthestories]

Charles to Alastair, Thomas, and Math: No, none of you understand, my secret is too shamef—  

Thomas: You dumb bitch every person in this room right now is gay

[edwinspaynes]

My super unpopular take is that all the miscommunication is what makes TLH so good. It's essentially a display of what makes the characters tick, and the way that they resolve it all shows how they fit together and what the spaces between them represent.

At its core, TLH is a series about trauma.

James has been sexually abused for years, making him unable to communicate about his lack of free will and the lies that his life were made up of. Cordelia grew up in an abusive household and is just now learning that her life isn't what she believed it to be. This of course makes it hard for them to communicate since both of them were blindsided by this new knowledge that all of their past experiences were lies.

Matthew has PTSD from his perceived misdeed, his Great Sin that has made him believe he's a murderer for years; he loathes himself, makes self-destructive decisions, and refuses to communicate as a result of the self-punishment stemming from that. Part of this punishment and self-harm is throwing himself into James and Cordelia's relationship to break his own heart and pay penance. Matthew miscommunicates to HIMSELF that this is what love is and this is what he deserves.

Alastair's canonical cPTSD puts him in the position of a protector who must keep secrets that have left him feeling broken and unlovable. Thomas, who has loved him since childhood, cannot speak of it for fear of upsetting his close-knit friend group. Not to mention that in his grief he's extremely rash.

Only by talking can they make their situations better, can they fit the puzzle pieces of their lives together and heal. But they have to wait until they're ready, and seeing when and how that happens is both a massive character study and a study in trauma. The things trauma makes us do and makes us hide.

This is the point of TLH. This is literally the reason it works.

[butterflysclaws]

“we are married, and we will remain married, and in love, until the stars burn out of the sky.”

Cordelia and James from Chain of Thorns by @cassandraclare

[perpetualprocrastinationisme]

A Persian prince from a fairy tale? SHUT UP, THOMAS.

While Thomas could understand this from a purely moral standpoint, he was tormented by the thought of Alastair mopping Charles's feverish brow and feeding him grapes.

"I don't like girls," Thomas said. "Well, I like them. They're lovely people, and Cordelia and Lucie and Anna are excellent friends-" "Thomas," said Matthew.

Thomas glared at the fruit basket, and the fruit basket glared back.

Thomas Lightwood, never change ♥️

Art: @cassandrajean

[seatawinan]

[heronchildlove]

[balladofbells]

RIP Lucie Herondale you would of loved writing fan-fiction

[rinadragomir]

I spent 3 days colorizing Chain Of Thorns arts, please tell me it looks good🙇🏼‍♀️

I know that someone has already made a similar post and they inspired me to make my own version, but I don't remember their username😭pls let me know if you remember, so I can tag them

[c-herondale]

In TID Gabriel says that Gideon is an unsung comic genius and I think he 100% passed that on to Thomas.

That boy is the funniest mf in the series omg.

A child raised by him AND Alastair Carstairs? The comedic power it would hold.

[pansexual-lilychen]

matthew having nightmares every night since christopher died… i can’t do this