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The Fairchild Family face card
šØ: Cassandra jean, Charlie bowater
#Fairchild#charlotte fairchild#jocelyn fairchild#clary fairchild#matthew fairchild#charles fairchild#ash fairchild#ash morgenstern#ash#luke graymark#lucian graymark#henry fairchild#henry branwell#valentine morgenstern#jace herondale#mr oscar wilde#sebastian morgenstern#jonathan morgenstern#Jonathan fairchild#luke garroway#tsc#tlh#tid#tmi#clace#twp#Fairchild family
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ā Fairchild Family
Memento Vivere.
Members: Charlotte, Henry, Charles, Matthew, Jocelyn, Clary
#shadowhunters#the shadowhunter chronicles#the mortal instruments#the infernal devices#the dark artifices#the last hours#fairchild family#charlotte fairchild#henry fairchild#charles fairchild#matthew fairchild#jocelyn fairchild#clary fairchild#moodboard
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Shadowhunter Families: The Fairchilds
āHeroes aren't always the ones who win. They're the ones who lose, sometimes. But they keep fighting, they keep coming back. They don't give up. That's what makes them heroes.ā
- City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
#the fairchilds#fairchild family#matthew fairchild#clary fairchild#charlotte fairchild#jocelyn fairchild#charles fairchild#the last hours#tlh#chain of thorns#tmi#the mortal instruments#city of heavenly fire#the infernal devices#tid#tsc#the shadowhunter chronicles#ya books#cassandra clare#cassie clare#book moodboard
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First artfight post!
Here we have a Fairchild Family Gathering in a conversation pit but since they're Vast Avatars their conversation pit is a literal cloud.
OCs from left to right [ Including OC Profiles on Artfight + Artist Social Media] :
Elliot Fairchild by @zacharie-davis-draws
Sonar Fairchild (+ Void Cats) by @atinyladybug-art
Jude Fairchild by @de4r-ang1e
Luca Fairchild by riskierdaisie (instagram)
#Alt draws#artfight 2024#tma#tma ocs#fairchild family#the magnus archives#artfight#sonar fairchild#elliot fairchild#jude fairchild#luca fairchild#the void cats#avatar of the vast#the vast
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Am I the only one who would have liked to see basic characters who are in families other than The Herondales, Fairchild, Lightwood, Carstairs, Blackthorn?
I warn you, I love his families but I wanted to know more about the other Shadowhunters families because for me it could have been interesting to know more about the other families
on a bit of the same thing am I the only one who wanted to see more weapons created by Wayland the Blacksmith often used by the main characters
because the only weapon made by Wayland the Blacksmith that we have often seen used by the characters are Cortana and Phaesphoros and Heosphoros
#shadowhunters#the mortal instruments#tmi#tda#the last hours#the dark artifices#tlh#tid#the infernal devices#the shadowhunters chronicles#cassandra clare#herondale family#carstairs family#blackthorn family#fairchild family#chain of gold#chain of iron#chain of thorns#twp#the wicked powers#lady midnight#lord of shadows#queen of air and darkness#clockwork angel#clockwork princess#clockwork prince#city of bones#city of heavenly fire#city of ashes#city of lost souls
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#shadowhunters#the shadowhunter chronicles#tsc#the last hours#tlh#the dark artifices#tda#the mortal instruments#tmi#tid#the infernal devices#clary fairchild#mathew fairchild#jocelyn fairchild#charlotte fairchild#fairchild family#henry fairchild#charles fairchild#matthew fairchild
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i think amazon should ship chain of thorns to my house sooner
#my copy of chain of thorns hasnt come yet and it is PHYSICALLY draining me#also i cant draw hands but thats okay#average matt and james post#matthew fairchild#james herondale#herondale family#fairchild family#shadowhunter chronicles#chain of gold#chain of iron#chain of thorns#the last hours#cassandra clare#tsc posting
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Clary and Alec in CoB when Alec refused to admit Clary was a shadowhunter:
y'all i pray this makes sensešš»
#clary fairchild#alec lightwood#the mortal instruments#city of bones#jace herondale#isabelle lightwood#the shadowhunter chronicles#magnus bane#city of ashes#city of glass#city of fallen angels#city of lost souls#city of heavenly fire#shadowhunters#tsc#kitty#the wicked powers#twp#the infernal devices#clace#malec#modern family#sarah hyland#cassandra clare#herongraystairs#herondales#the dark artifices
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something I would love to see in better in black is wtf is going on at the NY institute. specifically whose living there because I know it's crazy and I want to see it so bad before CC inevitably has everyone move into their own wildly expensive apartments that they can somehow effort despite not having real jobs šš
like we know Jace and Clary are running it, plus Izzy and Simon are living there (at least for now). Beatriz is the tutor so she might be living there?? Mark and Cristina are both part time in NY and if Diego is the Inquisitor he's also probably relocated for that. and Maryse may also still be living there like š we haven't had a full Institute since tid I need it soo bad
#4/5 of the main families there too this hasn't happened since 1878 šš#bella talks#tsc#the shadowhunter chronicles#the wicked powers#twp#the mortal instruments#tmi#better in black#seasons of shadowhunters#cassandra clare#clary fairchild#jace herondale#simon lewis#simon lovelace#isabelle lightwood#mark blackthorn#cristina rosales#diego rosales#maryse trueblood#beatriz mendoza
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Matthew Fairchild: Beauty and the Bottle (Meta)
Alternately entitled Matthew is still in love with Cordelia in the Epilogue, or, The Love Triangle made sense thematically, or, Matthewās character arc was just excellent in ChoT, or, Matthew as one of Cassieās best.
Feel free to stream Pomme while you read.Ā
Okay, so now that weāre post-ChoT, Iām starting a new meta series where I break down some of the characters and the issues I had with The Last Hours trilogy now that itās complete. In this post, Iām exploring the intersection between the Fairstairs, Matthewās alcoholism, his characterization, and Oscar Wilde (the man). Iām starting off with Matthew, whoās my favorite character in the trilogy and like, my third favorite TSC character ever. This is a review and analysis of his character arc in the series as well as some of my opinions on his character. (N.B. thereās a lot of gushing and simping here. The other ones I have planned are not even remotely as flattering.)
How Cassie writes Matthew
All in all, I thought Matthew was the best written character in TLH and in Chain of Thorns. I thought that his character had a clear-cut narrative arc and that his character also remained consistent from start to finish. Matthew feels well thought-out because heās fundamentally a character of enigma and a character of subversion. It felt like Matthew was real and wasnāt just a sidekick or an unwilling hero. But moreover, I find that from the midpoint of Chain of Iron, Matthew changed the trajectory of the story completely. I donāt mean in the sense that the love triangle was formed and got in the way of Jordelia (okay, I guess), but rather that Matthewās character arc threw both James and Cordeliaās own arcs off guard, out of their orbits. This was for the better.
Enigma - Itās incredibly interesting that we donāt know what Matthew thinks or feels, at least not really, due to no Matthew POVs. We got a couple of pages in ChoG from his POV, but that was only to show the Grace kiss, and that was only because we couldnāt have gotten anything from Graceās POV so early on in the trilogy for obvious reasons. And besides Cast Long Shadows, we got nothing else using Matthewās narration in the trilogy. Nothing in ChoI or ChoT at all, at the very least. Likeā¦ thatās fricking weird, isnāt it? Not weird in the bad way, but weird in the sense that you have characters who are significantly less influential in the main plot/in the Jordelia plot, like Anna or Ari, who get POVs literally all the time. And yet, we never really know what Matthew is feeling at any moment. This is actually awesome. By giving us less of Matthew in the POV, Matthew becomes a larger-than-life character in the story i.e. heās outside of the reach of the reader; heās almost untouchable despite being, in my opinion, omnipresent in ChoT. I find it hard to believe people donāt see Matthew as a compelling character by default.
Subversion - Indeed, I was not kidding when I said Matthew is vaguely omnipresent. He is, kind of. He literally threw the Herondaisy ship off its course in a considerable way. His alcoholism and increased depression were always in the back of every characterās mind, and yet, we didnāt really get a peep out of Matthew until we did, and when we did, it always packed a punch. I think the fact that Matthew hides his feelings and his innermost desires is an effective trait that Cassie plays on time and time again by not giving us his POV. Weāre always getting a reveal from Matthew, or an unanticipated act from him i.e. ālove is a creeping vineā, him going to Edom with James. I know this is partly due to the alcoholism, but itās a smart narrative choice nonetheless. Matthew is always important without his importance being immediately shoved in our faces: Matthew was instrumental in both the Thomastair arc and the Jordelia arc.
Matthew and Alcoholism
I was really pleased with the way Cassie dealt with Matthewās addiction and his trauma. The scene where he tells Charlotte about the potion business should have been an extended scene, but everything else was amazing. Cassie absolutely needed to put Matthew through the wringer in ChoT for all of his foreshadowing as being a beautifully tragic young man to make sense. In fact, I had anticipated it would be way worse than it actually was, but alas, itās fine. I like the way that Matthew absolutely did not have an easy time in Chain of Thorns. Every time you thought the withdrawal symptoms were manageable for him, he either drank again, or got hurt in some way, or simply couldnāt manage the withdrawal symptoms at all. It also was the factor that ended Fairstairs, which was important, as Matthew was becoming, in Cordeliaās head at least, a potential reincarnation of her father. Matthewās alcoholism was as realistic as possible, at least in the context of a YA paranormal fantasy book. Cassie didnāt sugarcoat or water down what Matthew was facing nor its consequences on his relationships, and good.
Matthew and Cordelia
I maintain that by the Epilogue, Matthew is still in love with Cordelia, that he's leaving in part because of his feelings for her, and that she's very much aware of this (the stone thing seems metaphorical). This is why I say that Matthew's arc is bittersweet: his love will indeed remain unrequited and he has to live with that, at least until he inevitably moves on. He does not have the chance that Jem will inevitably have with Tessa in 100 years. He's leaving James and Cordelia for a reason, because he knows it will hurt to live and have to see it every damn day (in the same way that he was actually gonna run off to Paris alone and by himself at the end of ChoI anyway, before Cordelia has busted in).
In my opinion, the Fairstairs arc was excellent, from a holistic perspective. I will talk about this more in Cordeliaās meta piece, but essentially, Matthew symbolizes the self-liberation trope as it relates to Cordelia (James symbolizes stability and safety). For Cordelia, Matthew is kindled fire where James is eternal cool, Matthew is the bacchanalia where James is the hearth, Matthew is the Bohemian where James is the Gentlemanās Paragon. As you may have noticed in some of my previous posts on this topic, Matthew exists to provide an avenue of freedom for Cordelia: freedom from rules, from Edwardian morals and etiquette, from judgment, freedom from repression - he subverts Cordeliaās expectations of how her own life can play out. Itās for this reason that Matthew is characterized as the hedonist and as the decadent, and why weāre reminded of it time and time again by Cordelia herself. Matthew, by nature of the subversion that weāve covered in the earlier section, was the ideal choice to whisk Cordelia away from the path sheād thought was carved out for her. If James and Cordelia are two stars locked in each otherās orbit, Matthew is a golden comet that appears out of nowhere but whose power you cannot deny.
If Matthew effectively symbolizes self-liberation and his character plays purely on subverted expectations, then Cordelia not having Matthew and Cordelia rejecting Matthew (Jordelia stans, look away now!) represents the end of Cordeliaās quest to escape society, to escape societyās inherent restrictions, hierarchies and repression, and the end of her quest to attain self-liberation to the fullest. Cordelia has chosen the least subversive path possible at the end of her story and has chosen to stay in orbit after all, and great for her! Matthew, to paraphrase Oscar Wilde, will always represent to Cordelia all the sins she never committed, all the choices she never really made, all the opportunities she did not take, and she will always be fond of him for that. Regardless, Matthew was not in a suitable mental place for any relationship in ChoT (see the previous section on alcoholism) and weāre reminded that this freedom that Matthew symbolizes came with a caveat after all. Plus Herondale love runs true yadda yadda. But letās not pretend that anything is given for nothing - Cordelia indeed has lost something very big by the end of ChoT, and itās very bleak if you look at it with a microscopeā¦ but this isnāt Cordeliaās post! On we go!
Matthew Fairchild as Dorian Gray
So, Matthew is absolutely Dorian Gray. Starting with the physical or immediate similarities, we do notice that Matthew is lean and tall and blonde and angelic, looking the way Dorian is described in the text (we as a society must never let a certain actor, bless him, let us forget this). Dorian makes a deal with the devil to stay young and beautiful forever, while Matthew purchases a truth potion from a sketchy fairy because his trust in his mother faltered; this is the crux of Matthewās central conflict (which will always be directly proportional to Alastairās own conflict in the story). Dorian's horrid painting hidden in the attic is Matthew's grim secret about what later happened with the potion. Dorian is a murderer, and Matthew sees himself as a murderer (he isn't one, but he absolutely believes it). Dorian has sold his soul, and Matthew thinks his own soul is forfeit. Both Dorian and Matthew live for the sake of art, freedom, amorality, and beauty. After all, Matthew's key tenet in life is to do āmad, wonderful, colorfulā things. But a hidden darkness and silent suffering beneath the obvious beauty are intrinsic in Matthew's character. Matthew turns to the bottle to cope with his own painting in the attic. The fact that Matthew is also bisexual, eccentric, a lover of Oscar Wilde, and positively adored by everyone he interacts with whosoever are also signs of his parallels with Dorian Gray. Both Matthew and Dorian prioritize extensive travels as a means of attaining these mad, wonderful, colorful experiences - Dorian, like Matthew, had fled London to tour the world and gain all the experiences he could gain with his newfound gift. Likewise, Matthew and the Fairchilds having an ever so tangential link to Faerie (even if it's by virtue of his own character descriptions) also helps us picture him as eternal and larger than stuffy London life. Matthew's beauty - beauty of body, beauty of soul, beauty in suffering, beauty as a mere pursuit - is simultaneously Matthewās core value and core trait.Ā
But Matthew Fairchild eventually supersedes Dorian Gray. Dorian did not ever have the heart or soul or courage to look his own sin in the eye or to acknowledge the equilibrium that must exist between body and spirit. But Matthew finally opened up that dusty attic by the end of Chain of Thorns and looked the worst of himself in the face. And so, Matthew will retain that grace and beauty and light that is now forever out of Dorianās reach.
Concluding Thoughts
Matthew is a character who we crave more of by virtue of Cassieās choice to give us less of him than we would anticipate, especially considering that heās one of the four cornerstone characters of The Last Hours. He's one of the few characters in ChoT specifically who didn't constantly make me envision Cassie just pulling strings and making things happen out of nowhere. Matthew is aesthetically beautiful on the outside and by consequence, itās easy to merely watch him flirt with the joy of living like youāre watching a play, which is rather fitting for a character who is timely linked to stagecraft and who claims he would have been an actor in another life. But the other Matthew on the inside is also equally beautiful and shining, and he shows his capacity to love, suffer and still come out on the other side of it all with his cracks glowing gold like kintsugi. In this way, Matthew Fairchild is as relatable to us as he is still untouchable. And thatās fricking awesome.
#yes i deleted and reuploaded because of typos#matthew fairchild#the last hours#tlh#chain of thorns#chot#chain of gold#chain of iron#tsc#the shadowhunter chronicles#tlh meta#tsc meta#cordelia carstairs#cassie clare#cassandra clare#oscar wilde#fairstairs#the fairchilds#fairchild family
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why the hell am i only realizing this now??
realizing the merry thieves are 2 lightwoods, a fairchild and a herondale.
and the tmi core four are 2 lightwoods, a fairchild and a herondale :')
maybe i realized this a little late but STILL :')
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I just found this Snapchat video that I completely forgot about so
@nicascurls @barclaysangel
This is literally what happens everytime Rachel goes to the cabin to see Nica, Andy and Alice (sheās only there for Alice)
Just does not put her down š
Have I had this video saved since 2017? Maybe
#video#chucky#miss fairchild#rachel fairchild#nica pierce#andy barclay#breaking the dollhouse au#final family
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#the mortal instruments#shadowhunters#tmi#cassandra clare#clary herondale#clary fairchild#clary morgenstern#clary fray#clary frey#clarissa fairchild#fairchild family#heosphoros#weapons#the dark artifices#the wicked powers#tda#twp#Morgenstern#Fairchild#Morgenstern family#sword#kindjals#city of heavenly fire#queen of air and darkness#phaesphoros#Janus#dark war#jocelyn fray#jocelyn fairchild
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#the dark artifices#the wicked powers#the mortal instruments#the infernal devices#the last hours#herondale family#lightwood family#blackthorn family#carstairs family#fairchild family#tda#tid#tsc#the shadowhunter chronicles#shadowhunters#polls#shadowhunter poll#twp#tmi#tlh
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I just saw this andā¦immediately thought of Andy (who is 100% on the spectrum) and Rachel (who absolutely has ADHD)
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-LPKn1Rfl6/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
@fairchilds-glasses
#Luna talks#admin#chucky#chucky 2021#childās play#andy barclay#rachel fairchild#miss fairchild#final family
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There are two types of Herondales.
This:
Clary turned instant traitor against her gender. āThose girls on the other side of the car are staring at you.ā Jace assumed an air of mellow gratification. āOf course they are,ā he said. āI am stunningly attractive.ā āHavenāt you ever heard that modesty is an attractive trait?ā āOnly from ugly people,ā Jace confided. āThe meek may inherit the earth, but at the moment it belongs to the conceited. Like me.ā - City of Bones
And This:
Stupid hot people, he'd written, wonāt let me go home and get my stuff. - Kit in Lord of Shadows
Artists: @clairosene and @spacehero-23
Ladies and Gentlemen, which are you choosing and why is it Kit Herondale?
#Jace is cool but Kit Herondale-Rook-Carstairs-Gray is for life#Also#I'm starting to suspect that collecting last names is a Herondale family tradition#like necromancy is for the blackthorns but less hardcore#ah blackthorns#if they do something they're going to do it all the way you have to give them that#but anyway Kit would win because have you seen that deadly sense of humor and wicked charm?!?#nobody does it like him dear reader who was kind enough to get to this part (l love you by the way - whoever you are - you wonderful human)#kit rook#kit herondale#jace herondale#clary fairchild#city of bones#tmi#the mortal instruments#lord of shadows#tda#the dark artifices#tsc#the shadowhunter chronicles#shadowhunters#cassandra clare
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