#Thule!isabelle

[witchlingcirce]

My honest truth is that I loved the Thule plot in QOAAD, and I think it opens really good opportunity’s in the wicked powers.

Mainly (and I’ve talked about this over a hundred times) is that I think Janus and Thule!Simon (I’m banking on my theory that he’s alive) could have such a phenomenal arc that I need so badly. I know a lot of people want reconciliation with the two but I don’t want WAR. The last thing Simon ever said to Janus was “I’ll kill you Jace herondale” THATS what I need. Because I want you to put this into Simon’s perspective, Clary died trying to save Jace, Jace helped Sebastian turn this world into hell, The same Jace that did nothing to help Isabelle when she wanted to kill Sebastian (rip my goat no one has balls like you Thule!Isabelle). It’s true that Jace didn’t do this by his own accord, but he still did them. I can’t imagine how that Simon feels knowing that Lilith coming back, or Clary getting glorious is his fault.

I think Janus as a villain is so interesting because he’s quite literally just a shell of what Jace is. Reading his perspective is so interesting because it’s almost like he’s mixed himself with Sebastian. But his relationship with Ash is so interesting as well. There’s so much more interesting possibilities within Thule as well.

Kit being able to meet his mother (if she’s alive), Ty see Thule!Livvy, and there’s literally so much more. I am so excited for TWP and I hope there’s a good Thule plot for me.

[kaitcreates]

Imagine in TWP there’s a scene where Thule!Simon come into contact with our Clary and Isabelle. He doesn’t know that our Simons a shadowhunter so while he acts extremely similar to our Simon both Clary and Izzy immediately freak out because Simon suddenly looks 8 years younger. Also where are all his marks? Thule!Simons just super confused when Clary asks him if he’s a time traveler from the past.

[witchlingcirce]

IK he’s going to have the most visceral reaction when he meets Thule!Simon again, TRUST.

[balladofbells]

When you realise Sebastian did turn the world into hell when he created Thule.

Everyone’s worst fears came to life. Julian looses his heart and Emma looses Julian and is unable to protect the blackthorn children. Alec takes magnus’ life away. Maryse was hurt by jace in the end. Isabelle made a blow that never delivered. Tavvy was taken away from his family by a demon. Simon, as Magnus said, is the last person still alive. Sebastian is alone. Livvy watched her entire family get murdered. Helen couldn’t contact her family again. Tessa is alone forever and living in a cave like the one mortmain put her in. Lily dies a prostitute’s death. Raphael sees what remained of another person he was supposed to protect. Luke failing to protect Jocelyn from another Morgenstern. Dru being left behind again. Jace having to hold Clary as she dies in his arms. Clary never making a difference.

[margareturtle]

Ngl I think TWP would be hilarious as simply a social media au—kinda SOBH Style

Somethings it would include:

- Kit tweeting publicly about his angsty feelings for Ty (convinced he’s safe bc Ty would never be on twitter)

- Dru and Kit have a snap streak through which we see snapshots of there povs

- Dru teaches Ty about Tumblr where he has a blog about the cases he’s investigating (he uses fake names—but shadowhunters would never see it so he’s safe) and Ty gets a ton of ppl following his blog for updates

- Dru has an insta where she does outfit of the day and has a run down of the day (but she has a pic from the beginning and end of the day—sometimes it’s the same but sometimes it’s rly messed up from demon fights or messy and people are invested in her stories in the comments)

For ex: Dru somehow has service in faerie; beginning of the day: fishnets and horror t under corderoy overall shorts. End of the Day: a full whimsical faerie dress (today was a long day guys)

The only person Dru follows is Isabelle Lightwood (who she bonds with over fashion and teaches millenial Izzy about insta)

- Blackthorn Family Gc (there’s a lot of convos between Helen+Aline, Dru+Emma, Dru+Tavvy (he has a mini ipad) etc that Julian’s like “does this have to be in the main family gc?!” “YES”)

- Herongraystairs Family Gc (it’s just Jem, Tessa, + Kit—it’s mainly Jessa: hey kit, do you think you’ll be coming home soon, no worries if not, just let us know— then Kit: responds with a vine or meme Tessa: *confused at first till she reads up on them and starts replying in memes*)

- Kit’s youtube channel— Kit interviews “my 150 yr old parents* about historical events they’ve lived through asking the *important questions* ppl just think they’re phd historians with SUPER niche interests

- Thais loves photography and takes cool pictures of a lot of shadowhunter things and nature for her insta and for Dru’s as well ofc

- thais and jaime rivalry on twitter— no matter what the other says they will disagree (kinda jace simon dynamic)

- Ash is a gamer (he’s done all the games in thule lmao) and he does streams—ppl think his commitment to faerie cosplay is cute

- Anush helps Ty with his blog, but he’s also on Snapchat where he has Dru and so we get insight to the scholomance and Ty in the background of a lot or snaps

- sidenote: Izzy is also obsessed with making pinterest boards for her and simons wedding (I like to think that sizzy has a hybrid themed-jewish-shadowhunter wedding bc they can make it however they want)

[delightfullyterrible]

Starting off my birthday month by giving y'all some ✨ pain ✨

This whole fic is based on one angsty movie dialogue and Thule Malec......so you know double pain 😊

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"Do you ever wonder what life would be like if we were ordinary?" Magnus asked, staring at the ceiling.

They were still lazing in bed even though it was already mid-morning. The previous few mornings had been spent like this, wrapped in sheets and talking about the most random things, until one of them got hungry enough to get up and make breakfast (or in Magnus’s case, summon it). No one knew they were back from vacation already and neither Alec nor Magnus was in any hurry to tell them.

"Ordinary? Like if we were mundanes?" Alec asked.

"Yeah, because I do".

This piqued Alec’s curiosity. "And what do we do in our ordinary lives?" he asked. 

"You do a regular, boring 9-5 job, I wait for you to come home and give me attention”. 

Alec chuckled. “What else?”

Magnus turned towards him and raised himself slightly. “On the weekends we do laundry and taxes. Maybe host a barbecue once in a while".

“And who does the grilling?”

“You of course,” Magnus replied sunnily. “Or maybe Jace or any of our other friends. But not Isabelle”.

“Not Isabelle,” Alec agreed. "Do we still live in New York?"

"We could live wherever,” Magnus said. “New York, London, Florence, Mumbai, Tokyo, anywhere. Any special preferences?"

Alec shook his head. "Any place is fine as long as it’s you I wake up next to. Whichever city, whichever country, whichever universe".

Magnus smiled. “Alexander Gideon Lightwood, you will be the death of me,” he said and kissed him for a long time.

~~~~~

The memory felt like a lifetime ago. Alec wished he could go back to that time when life was so simple and the only thing he had to worry about was how to keep Izzy and Jace away from trouble or how to get the glitter out of literally every surface in the house.

But the world as he had known had changed completely. Sebastian Morgenstern turned it into his playground. Demons roamed freely, mundane numbers were dwindling and Shadowhunters were either Turned or killed or barely managed to escape. There was personal loss too - his mother was missing, his sister was dead and his parabatai was worse than dead.

His sister had died killing Sebastian and his parabatai’s very soul had been corrupted by him.

And then there was Magnus, on his knees in front of him, begging to be killed. 

“You have to do this Alexander,” Magnus pleaded. “There is no other way”.

“There has to be another way. Tessa and Ragnor are still searching, they could find something that….they could find something”.

“Even if they do, it will be too late,” Magnus said. “I don’t have any more time left”.

It was true. The blight had started affecting warlocks all over the world. One by one they were all falling ill and no cure had worked. Magnus, being an Eldest curse, was affected the most.

Alec kneeled so he could be at eye level with him. Magnus was beyond exhausted. His bones were jutting out and his usually beautiful face was pale and sunken.

Magnus clasped Alec’s hand. “Alec, my brave archer boy, I know I am asking a lot from you but I can’t see myself turning into a monster,” he said, tears welling up in his eyes. “For centuries I have kept my humanity intact, trying my best to not let my father’s blood taint the good in me, trying to not give in to evil”. He shut his eyes as if in pain and whispered “I can’t fail now”.

A teardrop rolled and fell on Alec’s hand. “Look at me Magnus,” he said and lifted Magnus’s chin. “Look at me and listen to me, you are kindness, strength, humanity, and patience all wrapped up in one person. All your life you have helped people and saved lives. Even if they didn't deserve any of it. You are not evil. You never will be”

“I wish it was true Alexander. I wish that was my reality right now. But when this illness takes over my body, everything you said about me will vanish. I won’t be part human anymore and I would rather die than lose my humanity”.

Alec knew that. Magnus’s humanity had made Magnus what he was today. It was what Alec had fallen in love with first. So how could he see it leave his body? How could he deny him his last wish?

“Is this what you really want?” Alec asked in a small voice.

“Yes I do,” Magnus said. “You know why it has to be you right?”

“I know,” Alec replied. “I just wish we had more time”

“I wish that too. Maybe it's possible in another universe”.

“Maybe in another universe, we have a different life, a happier one”.

“Like the one we talked about a few months ago?”

“Yeah, like that one,” Alec replied softly.

Magnus closed his eyes and touched his forehead to Alec’s. He pulled away after a few minutes and whispered “You have to do it now before anyone else comes”.

Alec nodded and slowly retrieved a knife from inside his jacket. With his other hand, he gently touched Magnus’s face. “Just so you know, in another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you”.

Magnus smiled and kissed him with all the passion and love he could muster. Tears flowed down his face, mingling with their kisses. He gasped as the knife went in but didn’t move away. 

They stayed like that in each other's arms until Magnus’s breaths became shallow. Alec pulled away and gently lowered him to the ground. Blood seeped from the wound and darkened the soil around him. Magnus opened his mouth to say something but he started sputtering and reddish-black blood spilled out. Alec made a move to shush him but Magnus stopped him. “Alexander Lightwood…. it has been an honor being loved by you,” he said finally and went still.

Alec closed his eyes in pain and let the tears fall. He wanted to do more than that. He wanted to scream, shout, break something, bring Magnus back but nothing would work. He had lost everything and everyone he once held dear. The only thing he was left with now was grief and pain.

Once upon a time, Alec had dreamed of changing the world so the people he cared about could live and love freely. But what was the point now if they were all gone? What kind of world would he fight for? And for whom?

It was one of the quickest decisions Alec had made in his life. He curled his fingers around the hilt of the knife embedded in Magnus’s body and pulled it free. He thought of his family one last time, of Clary who died trying to save the world, of Tessa, Ragnor, and Catarina who were desperately searching for a cure. He thought of Magnus, the man who made him come alive with one look, who made him feel deserving of love.

A world without Magnus in it was not a world worth living in. With that thought in mind, Alec plunged the knife into his chest. It stung at first but it was okay. This pain was better compared to the pain of living. He laid down next to Magnus, clasped his hand, and closed his eyes. At least in death, they could be together.

The last thing he saw was a vision of two boys standing in front of a door. One was a toddler, barely 2 or 3 years old, with blue skin and tiny white horns jutting out of his head. The other one was slightly older with unruly curly hair and a solemn expression on his face. The boys looked like they were waiting for someone. He heard them call out, then the image faded and darkness took over as if signaling the end.

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[witchlingcirce]

Thule!Simon killing Janus ooooo I know that’s right!!!

I know Thule!Simon is itching to avenge Isabelle and Clary 🙂‍↕️

I keep hearing about how people think cassie is hinting at the death of one of the TMI gang, but hear me out......

It's Janus

[willherondalesdragontattoo]

for the real ones: best tsc crack ship

@bookishjules tagging the queen here 👑 (we had too much fun making this lol)

[livingfictionsystem]

Queen of Air and Darkness Review (SPOILERS)

It was good timing that I read this when I did because I was beginning to get self-conscious over the fact that a novel I was about to publish was nearly 600 pages. I am, by no means, a slow reader but this 900-page monster took A While.

So, the bad first. Cassandra Clare, please, I beg of you, stop with the 'We're so in love but we have something stopping us being together for three novels in a row.' With Cordelia and James, that was fraught and interesting---loads of twists and turns with the false marriage and Grace and all. It was also time-period relevant. With Tessa and Will and Jem, you came up with one of the more brilliant conclusions to a love triangle I've ever seen. The circumstances to Will's curse was darkly laughable and tongue-in-cheek creative. Clary and Jace---hated it. Categorically hated the incest bait and I knew they weren't actually related a long while before you probably wanted your audience to. Emma and Julian's star-crossed thing was almost as bad as Jace and Clary's deal.

The 'parabatai curse' felt forced and contrived. I don't recall any mention of this all-important plot device in previous novels and the explanation seemed vague and weak. The way it was resolved was an afterthought.

Also wasn't that big of a fan of Julian. He was neurotic and moody to the point where he made Jace Herondale look stable. Emma was wonderful, though.

There really is more to build a relationship other than to make it impossibly star-crossed, I promise. You seemed to realise that with Alec and Magnus and many of the other 'non-main' couples.

Speaking of which, I love, love, love that you Cristina, Kieran, and Mark to be your polyamory triad. It was a brilliant representation, but it took a frustratingly long time to get there. Even in the end, you teased us with, 'Oh but they were torn apart, never to be together aga-- JUST KIDDING.' CASSANDRA, PLEASE, I HAVE ANXIETY. But I loved their dynamics and Cristina is a *great* character. Perhaps it was my fault, being as I had such a big time gap in between reading Lord of Shadows and Queen of Air and Darkness, but I'd completely forgotten her plot with her family heirloom/Diego/Jaime. It wouldn't have hurt restating it to remind the audience, but that's also probably on me.

I wasn't quite sure how I felt about the journey to Thule at first. It was risky. On top of 'Make Idris Great Again', Star-Crossed Part 4, and Necromancy Gone Awry, I was sceptical as to whether you'd pull off a multiverse plot in the middle of the last book, but it actually worked surprisingly well.

One of the better aspects about this book is that it takes place a few years after Mortal Instruments and the Cold Peace. It shows how everyone, particularly the Blackthorns, were affected by post-war bigotry. The fact that this was written in 2018 was no surprise, as Horace Dearborn, Zara Dearborn, and Manuel Villalobos were absolute MAGA stand-ins, but I love how it translated into the magical world. And of course, seeing where Clary/Jace/Alec/Simon/Isabelle/everyone ended up was satisfying for any fan of the original series.

Wonderful with the queer representation. I believe this is the first series where you've done a transgender individual and I liked how Shadowhunter culture played into it. There were at least three queer couples on centre-stage in the entire book without it feeling exploitative, so bravo there.

I will say, the autistic representation with Ty seemed sort of heavy-handed. Just about every mention of him mentioned stimming or aversions to change and such. But as an autistic individual, I have no actual *problem* with it, as there are people like that and I've known many.

The introduction of Ash was mind-blowing and welcomed, I'd say. I can't wait to see how that character plays out. It feels sacrilegious but I almost sort of missed Sebastian.

I will say, throughout the series, Annabel Blackthorn starts out as an extremely intriguing story but it ends up nearly... written out? Like geez, have one bad breakdown and murder a couple people and suddenly, your character depth goes away. It started out strong with Malcolm's grief twisting his ambition and Annabel having understandable PTSD, but something was lost, there.

So, quite long and not without its issues, but absolutely worth the read. Especially if you're wanting some warm fuzzies about your favourite Shadowhunterverse couples.

-Xanthe

[malec-ao3feed]

Reading the Future with the Shadowhunters

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/p7gVAGC by hpmaniac55 Magnus portals Julian and the others to Alicante for the meeting while sick. Of course something had to go wrong. Now the group is stuck in a room with friends and foes while they read about the Blackthorn family. What could possibly go wrong. Julian now has to deal with his and Emma's secret coming out but also has to stop Emma from killing Zara. Why is this his life. This starts right when the group portals to Alicante with Annabel and the Black Book. They will start reading from that chapter so they are reading everything in the future. starts at Chapter 29 Ultima Thule. Words: 762, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare, Shadowhunters (TV), The Shadowhunter Chronicles - All Media Types, The Shadowhunter Chronicles - Cassandra Clare, The Dark Artifices Series - Cassandra Clare, The Eldest Curses Series - Cassandra Clare Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi Characters: Tiberius Blackthorn, Helen Blackthorn, Julian Blackthorn, Mark Blackthorn, Drusilla Blackthorn, Livia Blackthorn, Octavian Blackthorn, Aline Penhallow, Jia Penhallow, Patrick Penhallow, Magnus Bane, Tessa Gray, Ragnor Fell, Catarina Loss, Alec Lightwood, Jace Wayland, Clary Fray, Isabelle Lightwood, Simon Lewis, the cohort - Character, Maryse Lightwood, Robert Lightwood, Jocelyn Fairchild, Luke Garroway, The Clave - Character, Cristina Rosales, Kieran (Shadowhunter Chronicles), Diego Rosales, Jaime Rosales, Kit Rook, Jem Carstairs, Rafael Lightwood-Bane, Max Lightwood-Bane, Lily Chen (Shadowhunter Chronicles), Maia Roberts Relationships: Julian Blackthorn/Emma Carstairs, Julian Blackthorn & Emma Carstairs, Helen Blackthorn/Aline Penhallow, Mark Blackthorn/Kieran/Cristina Rosales, Livia Blackthorn & Tiberius Blackthorn & Kit Rook, Helen Blackthorn & Julian Blackthorn & Mark Blackthorn, Tiberius Blackthorn & Kit Rook, Helen Blackthorn & The Blackthorns, Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood, Clary Fray/Jace Wayland, Alec Lightwood & Jace Wayland, Clary Fray & Simon Lewis, Alec Lightwood & Isabelle Lightwood & Jace Wayland, Jem Carstairs/Tessa Gray, Tiberius Blackthorn/Kit Rook, Simon Lewis/Isabelle Lightwood Additional Tags: Reading the Books, reading lord of shadows, reading queen of air and darkness, zara dearborn hate club, clave in exile read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/p7gVAGC

[witchlingcirce]

everyday i mourn what could have been good tv/movie interpretations of the tsc books. imagine an edit of thule sebastian and jace to girl, so confusing by charli xcx… i would’ve eaten that up

or maybe i’m just chronically online

IMAGINEEEEEEEEE the fire edits 😭😭😭 I’m a believer that the shadowhunter chronicles should get an animated adaption over a live action, it makes so much more sense in my mind 😞

Also imagine like cunty Isabelle edits to 360 😞 we where robbed

[aroace-cat-lady]

Sometimes im like fine, but then i remember that TEC 3 is called The Black Volume of the Dead and that Alec is writing to Manuel and that Janus is going after Clary and that Cassandra has an evil and beautiful mind and then im not doing so well anymore.

[green28go]

The Mortal Instruments Gang as Infinity Stones:

Clary: The Soul Stone.🟠

If not for her, there wouldn't have been the TMI gang and the soul stone contains a mysterious pocket dimension just like Clary, who is pocket-sized but capable beyond anyone's imagination. She is indeed the soul of the group.

Jace: The Power Stone.🟣

Jace is one of the best shadowhunters ever to exist and he's very powerful. The power stone can be incredibly destructive when used in the wrong way just like Jace( Thule) when he is driven by emotions such as rage that can turn out to be lethal.

Magnus: The Time Stone.🟢

This is self-explanatory. Magnus is immortal and therefore exists forever if something tragic does not happen. He also witnessed most of the things that happened in the universe and is the warlock who created portals. Time-saving travel medium. He is a person of incredible knowledge and is wiser than anyone in the group.

Alec: The Mind Stone.🟡

Alec is intelligent, no denying that but the only exception is when he's with Magnus, recklessness joins the chat. Power of mind stone can dominate the minds of others and influence them just like Alec. He's the most influential person in Shadow World and has the diplomacy and power to muster support with just his words though he doesn't admit it.

Simon: The Reality Stone.🔴

This stone can exist in a fluid state unlike others and is everchanging. So is Simon throughout the series. He went from a human to a vampire to a shadowhunter in the end, not to forget the rat and daylighter aspects. He is also pretty realistic except sometimes.

Isabelle: The Space Stone.🔵

Now you might think there is no connection between Isabelle and the space stone but there is. For soul, power, time, mind, and reality to exist there should be a space. Isabelle is the person who holds the group together. She is the one who has the slightest hint of what is going on with a person when the rest of the group remains clueless.

That is what I think.

Now imagine all of them wielding their respective stones.

[claryshortredheadedwabadtemper]

jealous of himself from the original dimension lmao

[drusilla-carstairs]

I know that everyone wants Alec or Clary to figure out that Janus is Not Jace—and I love that of course—but I really want it to be Izzy??

For multiple reasons. 1) We do not have NEARLY enough canon Izzy & Jace content. Izzy is just as much his sister as Alec is his brother! She would totally notice if Jace was off! 2) I absolutely believe that Izzy wouldn’t hesitate to kick the imposter’s ass, while Clary and Alec might have even the slightest hesitation against knocking someone with Jace’s face out

[28onlythebrave]

Thule Jace was left alone in the world when he was just 16. He only had 6 years of happiness with the Lightwoods (although he was still struggling to heal after 10 years of abuse with Valentine), only knew Clary for 6 months and never took the Herondale surname. He saw each one of the people he loved die, had to kill the only mother he ever had, and then got stuck in Edom alone with Sebastian, who controlled him and forbid him to think of the loved ones he lost forever. As if it wasn’t enough, for next 8 years Sebastian took what was left of him and used it for his own interests, making Jace a heartless killer. But even after all of this, Jace was still able to love and protect Ash as if he was his own son. If this doesn’t say a lot about how pure Jace really is.