#WE DONT KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN TSC

[luvbug724]

next person to remove renee from jean's wiki page i'm going to track your ip address, go to your house, and throw something at you

[the-gayest-tree-you-ever-did-see]

what is this jean/Jeremy/Kevin thing it looks interesting and the art is cool

oh boy oh boy!!!!!!!! i am absolutely going through it anon. so basically there is this book series called all for the game by nora sakavic that you should totally read (the first book is called the foxhole court -- but please check out a list of trigger warnings for it because it is very heavy and deals with a lot of serious and painful topics. i myself have had to disconnect for some of the scenes and come back when i was ready; its completely okay to do so, or to not read the books at all if its uncomfortable). its about gay athletes, guys just going through the absolute worst, the yakuza, fucked up families, a running game of how pathetic can you get answered in 15 different ways by each person, fucked up relationships, all not-so-neatly packaged into a completely made up fictional sport. (its funny because i am NOT a sports person and barely even understand cricket even though i watch it all the time, but i know the rules of exy forwards, backwards, and inside out. its that serious.)

i also need to warn you that the first book is slow. the second book is also kind of slow. i personally didnt have any trouble with it because im more of a character reader and aftg had PLENTYYY to keep me busy, but i think its a fair warning if youre sensitive to pace. however. the payoff is so incredibly worth it. its an amazing read with obsession-worthy characters, detailed and balanced plot beats, flowing and natural dialogue, very creative sports , and the relationships will make you want to reread it twenty thousand times. the romance is also the slowest burn to ever burn. if youre going in for romance at the start, you Will Not Get what you want -- but you will get it. i think we as a fandom focus on the romances a lot (im new so dont take my word for it) but its 1) because we're tumblr dont come and 2) because the romances and relationships are incredibly interesting to see through the lens of the books and vice versa. what i really love most (and youll see this in the ec doc) is that it feels like each and every choice was deliberately made by the author to make the book. like. down to the ice cream flavor they get at one point. especially with the sunshine court, i feel like i can see exactly where she made a choice and what mightve happened if that choice wasnt made. its intoxicated to read. it feels like breathing and it feels like drowning.

i just read the sunshine court (where jean and jeremy are more from) so thats what all the recent stuff has been, but you should read the foxhole court series first for it to make sense. i think tsc is 100000x times better and better written than tfc but you have to work for it lol. and!!!!! the author is on tumblr (@/korakos)! also if you do read it, please tell me!!!!!! you can keep sending anons or you can dm me or you can come to my house and live in my room but tell me!!!!! theres also an extra content doc (thanks @jeansyvesmoreau for sending this to me) between the series' (so after the kings men, before the sunshine court) that you should definitely definitely read. but im getting ahead of myself.

i hope that helps?? or at least doesnt hurt. if you liked the raven cycle by maggie stiefvater, i think this is a good step up. let me know if you have any questions at all!!

okay ive been normal for this whole thing, ranting and incoherent noises below cut:

ANON ITS SOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD ITS SO GOOD. ITS SO GOOD. i told mel this but i cant possibly say i love these books because its not necessarily love. its not something i can explain but youll get it if you read it. there is a piece of my soul that was carved out, reformed, and then put back into me by nora sakavic. i dont think ill ever be the same again. i need a therapist who has read these books so they can understand exactly what im going through. each character was like a bomb to me. jean moreau is like a straitjacket. they mean so much to me. theyre nothing. i hate them. i need to feed them breakfast. OUGHHHHHHHHORGHEURGHEOGH. there is so much grief entangled with them but they are so vibrant and full of life it hurts. i cant stop thinking about them. i finished tsc yesterday and ive been sobbing ever since. i am dead serious. i cried myself to sleep last night thinking about one of the characters. i need you to know how real i am being.

i think if i meet nora sakavic i will probably kill her. just fully black out and kill her and not even know it. so i wont meet her for the better! but i need this to be out there. my fingers hurt from typing all this but know that there is MORE in my head. so much more. i am fit to burst with it all. love you anon thanks for asking

[mollyolikeme]

Thoughts as I read TSC: A Stream of Conciousness Part Two!

Filthy Spoils!

classic kevin.

LOL keep saying i see how much you bench as if thats an indicator of someones ability to kickass

HA! i always forget about the sixteen hour days shit, i cannot, i find it too fucking funny it's fucking impossible. mfs would be DECEASED. like DEAD.

they are so hardcore this fantastical has me CACKLING every time

like a ken doll!

BLONDE.

ill advised thoughts....

uh oh jean, your crazy is showing.

goddamn. to hate but need. complicated and absolutely screwed up relationship dynamics are fascinating.

okay, i like to rag on our beloved kevin (because its fun and easy) but like props where props are due. i know we didn't get to see his transition from raven to fox but i honestly think the boy would have handled it a lot better than jean jean morose over here. boy isssssss messed up.

foreshadowwwwww SWIM SHORTS!

dangerously low? dangerous for who jean?

do not be slut shaming, lucas. thats fucking gross of you and i'm not even gonna mention the nonconsensual factor...........

oh. my. word. its not funny but i feel the morbid sense to laugh at the ravens dropping like flies.

bad therapist. you cant force it. where is Dobson?

OMG LOL i summoned her!

dont you worry about kevin babe, the foxes got him

thats two hands on chin! thats two!

he's got a big dick! lololololololol boys not tryna be gayyyy

oh the heat! the HEAT! yes jeremyyyyyyyy

fear of water.

what happens when he losses his grip......i want to see you lose control......... hi familiar phrasing and trauma, i ADORE you.

in my head, jean has a very french tsk of his tongue reaction to almost everything people do around him.

yesssss the foxes ARE synchronized.

you tell him jeremy! none of his raven intentionally injuring people bullshit

omg were gonna get a little kevin trip to cali! reunion of the abused buds! (again gotta take the morbid hilarity into account for my health)

LOL wheel throwing! Patrick Swayze where are you?!

not the self flagellating notebooks he kept.....

oooooo intense. it all comes to the surface. the truth will always come out.

this is clever, gives just enough info about the ravens without explaining the crime side of things. go nora.

okay damn lucas.... issues buddy. dont be comin after jean jean. you'll regret it.

chin grab number 3! this time by jeremy 🤩

omg cuuuuuuuute little motorcycle ride and seashell gifty

again. uh oh jean. your crazy is showing to the coaches now. this truth is really spilling out the cracks

pause.......... guys my sanity........ my INsanity upon reading this........... im losin it! ......... okay resume.

morbid laughing morbid laughing morbid laughing fuck fuck fuck

yo. to somehow make me feel like neilio's story is a positive tale................

wow lucas. doubling down are we. his character does have a very difficult truth to come to terms with. its fuckin rough and a hella interesting arc.

you should call dobsonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

OH SHIT! neil's here! Thats not good news for you jean!

fy faen neil. you're kind of a gangster babe!

oh. dead sister. so sad. (typing it out like that looks sarcastic. It's not.)

yaaaaasssss thats the smart mouth we know and love! telling an agent he parked illegally!!! ahhhhh lolololololoolol

OMG Neil!!!! sweetheart! you care so much! awwwwwwwww wow nora seriously, what. a. treat! he cares about his buddy jean.

jeremy...... you got it so bad hun. always with the 'what do you need?' like just promise yourself to him forever and ever.

CHIN!!!!!!!!!! FOUR TIMES NOW.

woah Jer.

i like that jean actually doesn't like exy. such a good contrast to neils pov obsession.

im curious where this whole 'its not freedom its a pretty cage' thing is gonna go. like, yea i dont think you'll ever be 'free' free jean. but honestly this is pretty damn close. professional athletes lives are very straight forward. and if youre that good, fuckin easy.

[kiss2012]

tsc thoughts under the cut cause i finished

i literally cannot wrap my thoughts around my overall opinion of it i feel like i absolutely need to reread it first

but also i need to reread tfc because I MISS TFC SO BAD ➡️ girl who reread it last may. i do think i spoke tsc into existence by doing this because i hadn’t looked at the trilogy since 2019 and then all of a sudden i decided to reread and found that unfortunately they still make me batshit crazy. what is in those books.

however i do like tfc better 🤷🏽‍♀️ so if i did reread tfc after this and read tsc again i would just want to read tfc again

this is not fair to say at all because tfc is a whole trilogy and this was only book 1. and i rlly need to start saying aftg instead of tfc cause it’s getting confusing because like i do think tsc is better than tfc (the first book). however i just…like aftg better? i feel like it’s more fun which is probably a weird thing to say considering it’s a lot More than tsc is. and obviously this book was more about jean’s recovery. but more happens in aftg. idk we’ll see tho

i do love jean and the trojans but i miss neil and the foxes every page. i feel like it’s harder to connect to the trojans because there r so many of them. and idk sports so the three coaches is probably normal for a team of this size i really wouldn’t know lol but i couldn’t keep the coaches straight in my head either

point is the foxes r my everything 4ever. i love jean jeremy cat and laila and i see what she was trying to do by introducing the floozy line (cute name) however i dont really have a strong feeling about them because we met them for like 5 minutes

i do love nabil tho why is he not part of the floozy line :(((((

i think cat and laila were absolutely perfect. they’re given a lot of depth especially cat and they’re so important to me. they’re better here than in fanon i think but i feel like fanon did get their personalities and relationship down mostly right. apart from cat not just being called alvarez LMAO bless neil only calling her that and fanon having no choice but to do the same because no one agreed on one single name. i remember sara was one that i saw a lot but i like catalina way way better i love cat <3 i love laila <3 their friendship with jeremy <3

an evening breeze rainbows open roads friends 😭😭😭😭😭😭

bi jean is so dear to me

also jean rooming with cat and laila (and then jean) literally perfect omg. no one ever put that in fics but i think it was the best thing to do. sorry for having to compare tsc to fanon im not trying to say one is better than the other at all but what you have to understand is how many fics about jean post tkm are out there and how many of them i read so my mind is going to go there. i wasn’t rlly obsessed with jerejean but i was (and am) a jerejean girl. and i had (have lmao) very high standards for fic so i stand by a lot of those fics WHILE still standing by everything tsc is

by which i mean i cannot get poc jean out of my head thanks to that one fic where he is moroccan. in that same fic jeremy was also spanish and i sort of adopted that into my image of them so i am trying to let go of it but i mean even the hatfords being pakistani still lives in my head despite how unlikely it is. and most of the time i pictured jeremy with golden hair (sometimes curls) so even though i think nora’s compromise being to have naturally brown-haired jeremy bleaching his hair is hilarious and iconic. sort of impossible for me not to picture him with golden hair.

however when jean was all startled and went “blond” when he saw jeremy’s hair. reader i died

english major jeremy is still a gift to me personally

kevin bargaining and arguing for his history major..my baby…the mentions of kevin and kevin’s actual appearances in tsc are everything. the postcards and magnets…kill me

every time neil showed up i lost my mind i love him SO MUCH!!!

see my problem is i wish the foxes showed up more even though it makes no sense for them to. i want kevin jeremy and jean in a room together. i will kill for jean and allison interaction especially if they talk about renee (yes i am holding onto renison still). i want jeremy and cat and matt and dan to hang out. i need laila to meet andrew. i need more renee I LOVE RENEE we did get a good amount of her though i think. she was everything.

genuinely think the way jean and renee was handled here was so perfect. i totally see the merit of it if they end the series together. i also see why jean might end the series without being with anyone romantically. but narratively i cant help but feel jerejean is what makes the most sense. the reason i liked them in the first place is their narrative appeal. and they were genuinely so good in this. so. idk. can’t think about that too much.

i have some problems with the writing like i did with the og series but um the thing is i cannot view these books objectively because they impacted me so much at a young age. i will say i wish tsc could have had a professional editor lol.

i also have some issues with the pacing tho because i did not expect it to end there at all? im so glad she started it where she did but when it ended i was like WAIT WHAT

i have a feeling the reason riko did what he did with the backliners is because he saw jean looking at kevin. could be wrong here but judging from how often jean talks about learning his lesson about looking at guys too long. well.

the main thing for me is that i don’t see how we’re going to get to championships in 2 books if this book only covered till the summer. you could argue exy games arent that important for jean’s story but i do think they are insanely important for jeremy’s story. and if he’s a pov character i want more about him!! that man is keeping his issues locked up (I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY R) but we can tell he loves exy and he needs to win his last year

my memory of the extra content is so dim and some of it i have voluntarily chosen to forget or just not consider plus i think some of it will/has changed. but i think i remember reading that trojans win for their last year and i Need that to happen. cause in my head it went: foxes win neil’s first year and trojans win neil’s second year and jeremy’s last year. idc for the rest i want neil to have won championships twice or at least once as captain so that’s what happens in my head.

like i need more about jeremy teaching jean to love exy again and more about jeremy’s apparently complicated family issues with exy???? jeremy let me in.

anywayy. this book feels like a fever dream and im going insane

[bodylanda]

🏳️‍🌈♣️✨ chodark for tha ask game ^_^

God this ended up long and kinda rambly OOPSIES… SORRY

Also idk how to read more ok mobile without possibly breaking the post so 🫡 im sorry, but thank u again for sending this ask!!

Link to the list of questions: [click here]

🏳️‍🌈 what’s some queer headcannons you have? (Can add a specific character in ask)

I think i have some pretty simples ones all things considered? And they’re all pretty fluid/all exist at the same time but for these

Chosen: made with they/them in mind -> experiemented with she/they/he -> had a crisis abt it -> she/her at the end

Dark: started we they/he -> she/they at the end

This isn’t really a queer headcanon (maybe?) but i do think theyre soulmates in a “whatever souls are made of, yours and mine are the same (insult)”, which is probably the closest thing i have to a queer headcanon LDNWOODOW.

I typically use they/them when discussing them in general tho!

♣️ angst headcannons? (Can add a specific character in ask)

I got a bunch here but not sure if it counts as angst? Makes me 🥹 so i’ll count it as such

Headcanon 1: Chosen knew about victim

-The moment chosen was born she immediately started being a hater. She threw the first punch (fireball?)! Why’d she do that? The moment second was born, they seemed more curious and inquisitive, but none of that curiosity happened to chosen.

-i know the popular theory is that its bcs chosen’s a virus (considering she was beaten by an antivirus in ava 2 + in a way so is tdl and tsc) but idk, they were made by alan (maybe tsc is a virus but thats a theory for another time), but i also like to think its more that chosen knew about victim in some like, unfathomable way?

-like the avatar in ATLA hahaha. Is this angst? I’m not sure. But this is why i think she immediately started going sicko mode

Headcanon 2: Chosen is the tragedy of a stick born without love

-honestly just took this one from kirby

-Chosen’s creation was definitely intentional, while Second’s wasn’t. Why are they so different? Its not like second got that much love either initially, but they did manage to get some free time.

-Second was less a literal second coming of chosen and more of a “history could repeat itself again”

-this is. Getting into second & chosen territory Moving back to chosen/dark APDJOWKFOWKDP

Headcanon 3: Dark has nightmares about killing chosen

-well she was made for it wasn’t she? Sometimes the directive just takes over for a bit

-a lil like wall-e

-Will isolate herself during these moments

-Shrugs it off after the fact but kind of always has this lurking lingering fear that one day her programming will take over and try to kill chosen (even though their friendship handshake thing and also their literal friendship in ava 3 kind of nerfed it a lil to the point that it can’t actually make her do that.

-in the end she discovered a new fear; She actually choose to fight Chosen and it wasn’t some divinely mandated/program forced thing.

✨ fluffy headcannons is you have? (Can add a specific character in ask)

SIKE I DONT ACTUALLY WANT DARK DIED

More AU than headcanon: Dark survived!

-Sees error of her ways

-Still awful

-Actually doesn’t she just doesn’t want to get her ass handed to her again by a fucking kid that was pretty embarassing

-Morality gained through wanting to avoid getting an ass whooping. Like “Hmm i think today i will make a virus- no i wont. That fucking orange kid’ll beat me up somehow”

Headcanon: They both have their own way of communicating

-Both can technically speak in the same way Second can speak, but chooses a different method almost always.

-the way they communicate is so completely all over the place. Its a mix of formal (actual proper typing/Some kind of sign language (stick version of it? Body gesture language?) used correctly) and informal (impact text font memes like fucking philosoraptor format)

-Kind of a contrast to tsc and color gang’s communication method that is also all over the place, but older memes and refs bcs they’re an older generation

-Dark: Back in my day the best cat on earth was longcat and now everycat can just be i can haz cheeseburgers…. Tch this used to be a respectable career

Yellow: (what the FUCK is she saying…….)

-Chosen being gaptek is something thats actually so near and dear to my heart and also a lil bit of jadul chosen. She gets sent some really gen z memes on stick whatsapp by second or color gang and just squints and shows it to dark like “what is she saying” and dark just gags

[rinadragomir]

Okay let's talk about it🤗✨

So Cassandra Clare posted that Fairstairs art yesterday or sth where Cordelia was obviously whitewashed. We all know what art was that🤷🏼‍♀️

So people started being mad about which is obviously fair cause it was our first official chot art and that's what we got. What happened next:

People posted these CJ's arts talking about whitewashing. ⚠️As a person who spent LOTS of years being a part of tsc fandom, I remember that these ones were created around 6 years ago, before the first book came out, cause Cordelia was supposed to be a white girl⚠️And that's what i said. Did i support new fairstairs art? No, but if you don't believe me, you can always read what i said.

⚠️Next thing: i defended CJ saying that it's CC who controls how these characters should be depicted.⚠️Why i did it: cause that person spent years and years creating beautiful arts for this fandom, adding those works to whitewashing post seemed weird.

My fault: i focused my words more on protecting CJ. That's absolutely true, i said that new Fairstairs art is a fckn joke, but for some people who also have emotions, my answer looked like I don't care about the whole point of the post. That's not true at all and for that I really wanna apologize.

⚠️Next thing: people who really know me and cared about me showed me some of CJs arts where Cordelia has a really really dark skin and some of her weird answers about "why cordelia always has different skin colour on different arts" (she didn't take it seriously). AND THEN i saw that CJ is problematic. WHITE PEOPLE ARE STUPID AND NEED TIME TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES DUH and i really appreciate those people who just explained everything. Now i know that it was wrong to defend CJ that time.🤝

Was it too late? Of course it was🤗 Did i say that we deserve new versions of Cordelia AND Alastairs flower cards? Yes, and you can find it. Did people notice? Of course not, it's not that entertaining✨💅Happy Hunger Games🤤

Was i stupid when i started talking about CJ when the post was about CC? YES OF COURSE literally no ones surprised)))))

Am i gonna apologize to those 6-7 people i dont even know (lmao who are they really), who started to send 535842 hate asks to my friends (wishing them death of course?) when i didn't even insult anyone? I'm so sorry you were left without an individual apology letter. It will happen again ❤️

Oh and FUN STORY ABOUT ME BEING TRANSPHOBIC, that's really entertaining 👻

For the record: I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE, CIS BOY/GIRL, TRANS BOY/GIRL, NON BINARY, SAD SEAGULL you're always welcomed on this page, it's not a cheap drama channel🤗

So remember that day when that fantastic beasts trailer came out? It's a short story:

I, person who never even watched any of these movies (talking about fb not hp), saw that Mads is playing grindewald. AS A HUGE HANNIBAL STAN ( i love this fandom too much, you don't understand), i was like: lmao mads just can't stop playing evil gay killers🤣😭

And i made a post about it (i didn't even tag hp, only mads, grindewald and hannibal)

BUT UNFORTUNATELY I'M TOO FUNNY😌 so it became popular. That day Mads deleted his inst page and i made a post saying: STOP WISHING HIM DEATH, THAT BITCH ROWLING IS ALL YOURS, SAY IT TO HER CAUSE THAT'S WHAT SHE DESERVES.🤬 People started making posts "one note - one terf dies" and one kid tagged me and told their friends I'm a terf and I was UPSET YOU KNOW but again

As a person who spent lots of time here i just know that justifying yourself is a useless thing, cause people see what they wanna see. They don't understand that some might really commit su*cide. (But not me, you can't hurt me if I don't have a soul😌)

👉This post was made for 3 reasons:

1 - to clarify this situation for those who still don't understand what's going on.📍The thing is: some people who follow me now receive million asks where people wish them death, so if you don't feel safe please just UNFOLLOW ME cause I'm worried. And if you stay, please turn off anon asks for a while, people only send hate when they can hide.

2 - explain what really happened, so you can hear it from me, NOT MY WORDS DISTORTED BY OTHER PEOPLE WHO JUST ENJOY ALL OF THIS~~~

3 - I'm done with my uni homework and i can't find any good new kdrama and i love writing😌But honestly, I'm just too worried about people on here that i really care about, SEND ALL THIS SHIT TO ME, NOT THEM, I'M GONNA ENJOY IT OKAY. I'm not afraid to lose followers it's not the end of the world when you actually have rl friends✨

Please feel free to share your thoughts, any opinion is important 🌼

Love y'all~

[complete-clownery]

so like--you would be suprised how complicated this is like--

Lets take the canon that we know about stickfigures exist naturally on the internet but there is one thing about them: all of their heads are filled in(?)/(whole???) and only the stickmen that are hollowheads (like my boy Cyan) are made by someone (Alan) cuz im pretty sure everyone has noticed that the only hollowheads are the one made by Alan (TDL TCO TSC Victim) and i think its interasting since according to a fan analysis their power is decided by their name for example: first ever stickfigure, victim they didn't have powers they were normal sticks, TCO: their name is literally the Chosen One soo i dont think i have to explain the power that comes with it. TDL: same thing TSC: also the same the stickfigure just decided to be alive,, it wasnt the same way the others were made (ill look for the amazing analysis and put it here for you to read)

Now what about Cyan/Carlos weell i have made things so much more complicated than it needs to be like-- the whole thing started out as a joke and now i have to think of lore and maybe ideas about how would they interact with the other sticks. Anyways back to our topic--- Cyan is a hollowhead who is created by someone. There are three pahts we can take with this one (i already know which one will i chose but ill break it down for yall) so---

1. Alan made them: now this one would be logical and it explains itself since Alan is the one who made all the hollowhead sticks so it would be an easy answer. But like --- why would they make one?? Why would they create a new stick, if i were to chose this one this would be a very complicated thing to think about and i dont think i would be happy with the stuff i would come up with, sooo not this one--, also Alans sticks all have very simular powers Cyan wouldnt fit in with the rest

2. I made them: this is a boring option in my opinion also i dont really like to include myself in stuff like this so noo

3. Nameless creator we dont know about made them: i was thinking this could be the best one i got. Someone saw Alans videos and was like-- "wait i wanna do that" and they create the child Cyan. I was thinking maybe they lived happily together, the stick and the creator, but something happened to the computer, so now cyan is stuck on the internet looking for their lost friend the creator, who probably taught them how to do origamis.

Now about powers- which i messed up as well--- cyan is a name like victim they shouldnt have powers but after i made the art and answered the question have i realized how badly have i once again messed up but whatever let me try and make it make sense: so ngl victim sounds kinda miserable soo we are just going to act like cyan/Carlos holds more power to the name- not as powerful as TDL or TCO but they still have funky little powers. i imagine how both the creator and the stick freaked out when "oh wow you are so talented you made your first origa-- OMG IT FUCKIN MOVES?!!"

[aroace-cat-lady]

Do you like talking about your interests? Because i will like to know what is that ty and kit thing I don’t understand JSJSJS

🙈🙈🙈

I've never feel the need to use this emoji until now, cuz... yeah i do like talk about my interest. And like. Kit and Ty have a really special place in my heart, mind and soul.

I'll tell you all about them, but first things first: HIIII im juliet (or jules what ever you prefer) nice to meet you and thank you for asking me about the one thing i consider MY thing.

So... Kit and Ty. They're characters from my favorite book series, the shadowhunter chronicles. To be clear, Kit Herondale is my favorite character of all times. And Ty Blackthorn is just amazing in every single way.

I dont know if you've heared about TSC, but are tons of books. Like, its a saga of sagas. We have the original series (TMI), two precuels (TID and TLH), a sequel (TDA) and one more to go (TWP). In TDA, Kit and Ty are introduced. And at first they are present as a cute, wholesome, friends to lovers with potencial slow burn (a perfect combo for a lovequeer aroace romo abvivalent like me, tbh).

But. The worst thing that could've happen, happens. And then more shit keeps happening. I dont want to go to deep into the plot (this would last forever otherwise) but Ty lost someone, and is willing to do everything to bring them back. In TSC, necromancy is forbbiden magic. Playing with it means play with the natural order of things, and when Ty perform the resurection ritual bad. things. happen.

In TDA, we only have Kit's POV, so we dont actually know what was going thru Ty's mind. But they both say really hurtfull things to each other and TDA ends with Kit accepting be adopted by a new family just to get away from Ty and running the hell out of the country.

They're suppost to meet again at the beginning of TWP (the next and last series), that happens three years after TDA. Cassandra Clare (the autor) have said that they barrely interact in those three years, so it'll have to get to know each other all over again.

So... currently, Cassie is posting installments weekly as part as a proyect called Secrets of Blackthorn Hall. It's telled with postcards, letters and diary entries. And today's sobh was a single picture of Ty and Kit standing uncomforable in the same room. So the whole fandom is losing it and its been the only thing i've been anble to think about today.

Again, thank you so much for asking. And sorry for the ramble. Its just i love them so much i cant stop talking about it.

[khaleesiofalicante]

Hei! Jeg leser endelig dette! Og jeg er så glad for at du er ferdig med rapporten!💙💚

"The angel himself. The motherfucker." Lexi!!

Raziel is a bro and I'm laughing my ass off😂

David really be an angel🥺💙💙

“Well, I could have looked like a blonde, white girl,” Raziel suggested. “But I thought you’d find that a little distracting.” (THE WAY I LAUGHED AT THIS 😂😂😂 He's not wrong tho...)

HES BEEN LIVING IN HER FOR 10 YEARS??? WTF?? But it makes sense tho

"My girlfriend could have died!” “Uh,” Raziel said. “I thought y’all broke up?” “Raziel, you are on thin fucking ice right now.” (dont tease with my heronstairs feelings bitch🔪🔪)

"I kinda messed up.” Yeah, no shit!!!

He's got a point... But really??

You idiot shit!! Even I know that!!!

“Go to therapy, goddamn,” I firmly support this.

Ok, now the Belial thing makes sense

“If I die,” Raziel said. “You will all die with me" (I already knew that but HOLY SHIT)

Transmissomancy really is strong..

Now I undestand the Selena's power thing!!

Raziel said homophobia is a sin everybody!!!!

“Yo, we are responsible for overseeing the entire universe,” Raziel said incredulously. “Do you really think we have time to bother about who is sleeping with whom?” (I will print this and wave it at the family dinner 💙)

“Besides, it’s not that angels are entirely…you know,” Raziel grinned. “My brother Gabriel is kinda fruity.” (I shit you not, I fell off my bed laughing at this 😂😂😂)

OMG it all makes sense now!!

You are all clowns here dudes..

You dont know shit Raziel!!

I mean... They are princes of hell?? They are obviously planing something?!?!

“I didn’t give her the rune,”  Wtf??

I NEED ANSWERS!!

WOW. THIS. WOW. WHAT? I'M SPEECHLESS.

“I was just telling Rafe we are going to find him soon and bring him back.” 💙💙💙!!

“It doesn’t matter if he is God himself,” Honeslty I'm a little scared of them in the good way

I dont know if I like this promise...

I'm with Max in this one. Because Magnus would absolutely do everything he can to get David back even if it kills him and NO!

Also I'm with him with the apology thing 😂

"I will drag his ass out of Edom if I have to do it myself.” THATS MY CONSUL!!

Dont tell me they wont believe Lexi!!

Oh, never mind. They did. THANKS MAGNUS!!

"Two dreams," Magnus whispered, mostly to himself. "Two battles." (OH MY GOD OH MY GOD, DOES THIS MEAN CLARY AND MAGNUS' DREAMS??)

I'm so glad she told them!! No miscommunication!

“All of this happened…technically…because of Raziel?” Yeah, basically...

The Idris Rune!! The dots are connecting!!!

Oh shit, Clary must feel terrible 🥺🥺

Uh,” Simon replied. “I kinda summoned Archangel Michael and bribed him to give it to me." “You know,” Emma whistled. “Sometimes I forget how fucking cool you guys are.” (yes they are😎😎)

I will repeat this until I die. Gigi is a godness. She has solve half their shit!!

YESS, let Max go jfc!!

TMI GANG 💙💙

Julian is still scary...

YESS. Tmi gang are THAT bitches😎😎😎

Jace and Lexi fighting over Cortana>>>

“I don’t need an oath to make stupid decisions,” Magnus pointed out. “I’m completely capable of doing that on my own.” (tsc characters: a summary)

Anjali!!!! 🥺💙🥺💙🥺

"I see you, Alec told his son quietly. I see what you see in her" OK, but the parallels with "I see your heart, and why she stole it" WOW. Masterpiece. Talented. Brilliant-

I live for Alec and Anjali interactions!!

Roman is the cutest. I rest my case 💙💙

The way Gigi's brain work is just awesome!!

Love those law breaking lil shits with my life 🥺💜💙

“But I was raised by the gays!” Roman pointed out. “Are you sure that doesn’t help with my case?” (OMG I CANT WITH HIM 🤣😂)

Sister Emilia is a queen. Two queens in a room is just too much for me!!!

Omg they figured the ingredients!!!

"They are all different,” HOLY SHIT.

OMG IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE!! Now they just need the ingredients for two princes of hell🙂🔫

The way I get happy with every David POV 💙💙

“Look at this. Remember I was here. Remember I love you. Remember I am coming back.” MAVID SUPREMACY!!!!

David really said ✨healthy relationship✨

“Love belongs among fools, David Beauchamp.” “Well,” David said. “Then I am dumb as fuck (first of all, I LOVE WHEN THE TITLE IS MENTIONED I JUST JDBDKJSOS. Second, I love David<3)

“I keep reaching out inside you. I try to find something. But there is nothing. There is nothing for me to feed on. You have nothing for me to offer.” BECAUSE HE IS DAVID AND WE LOVE HIM. HE IS AN ANGEL

“I’m not abnormal,” David said in a ridiculous tone. “I go to therapy. Maybe you should try that sometime.” (Everyone there should, honestly)

“I asked Max why he loves you. But I suppose the answer is rather obvious. Darkness does look for the light.” DONT TRY ME WITH MAVID SLANG🔪

"The love he had for Max was impossible." My son is such a simp 💙💙😂

“I’ll admit I don’t know much about the boy. I’m afraid his parents never let me babysit,” And why would that be I wonder....

“Oh, David. Haven’t you heard?” Asmodeus grinned. “All the stories are true." (bitch no)

"And even after all these years, and even after all that therapy, David flinched at the voice." I have a pen right here and I'm in the mood to kill someone🙂

Coraline!!!

“Very good, mon ange!” OMG OMG OMG OMG

That man makes me sick because it also happens irl and I just...

“Coraline Moreau,” Asmodeus shook his head and passed David a leaflet. “She has made quite a name for herself, you know.” (wtf???)

Jia knew!!!

"And the vision disappeared. Just like Coraline had, all those years ago." I.... I have so many feelings....

But there was no pain. Only peace. “Thank you,” (Ha! Fuck you Asmodeus!!)

“There was only one monster in that story,” David said. “And it wasn’t her.” (David is simply beautiful and amazing and I'm so happy he realized that!!) (I wouldn’t have had that same judgment and first tbh)

CLACE RIGHTS!! Fuck you again Asmodeus!!

Dont you dare mess with Chopin!!

“I don’t like shitty fathers.” Ngl, that have me chills...

They are walking into a trap?? That makes sense, why am I surprised???

Wow. That chapter left me speachless. I love it 💙 In other news, I hate chemistry :)

Ha det! Ser deg snart! Hvil også litt fordi jeg vet ikke hvordan du klarer å skrive så mange sider😂

ilysm.

reading your thoughts give me the same out of serotonin my stories give you.

ilysm.

actual footage of me reading your reactions after each chapter:

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hi @chocolatecarstairs came up with these post-CHOG questions and i really want to answer them because im sad that im finished reading it :((

MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW

what was your favorite part, 1 or 2?

Honestly I loved both parts, but I’d say I loved part two just a little bit more for the time that James wasn’t under the curse anymore and LOVED Cordelia

which scene in the book was your favorite?

EVERY scene that had Matthew and James being wholesome parabatai in it!!! my favourite chapter in this book was Blue Ruin, the one after Grace takes the bracelet back from James  (aside from the whispering room ofc).

what scene (or scenes) made you cry the most?

ok ngl i didnt spend much of this book crying, but the only scene that actually made me tear up was when james was dying and matthew could feel it and jesse (WHO I FUCKING LOVED MORE THAN I THOUGHT I WOULD) gave him his last breath :(((((

what scenes were unsatisfactory?

there were not enough Christopher scenes (but to be fair, even if the entire book was just Christopher it still wouldnt be enough for me)

but fr, i cant think of any off the top of my head but i’ll edit this if i do later

what made you laugh the most?

matthew!! james!! thomas!! christopher!! also some of the things Jesse said

what bored you?

this wasn’t boring, but the whole charles/alastair plot line didn’t have me very invested. I did love the alastair/ cordelia scenes tho, so it was just charles that was the problem

also no offense to james bc he was my first actual fictional crush after reading TMH/NBS but like whenever he talked about being in grace i would literally zone out lol the bracelet curse makes him so boring but whenever he isnt in the curse/ is with someone who is NOT grace i just!! love him!!

what disappointed you?

cassie honestly had me kinda shipping matthew/cordelia for a solid FIVE SECONDS there when he stepped in to dance with her after james left her standing there, but that was one of the only scenes that made me feel like they had natural chemistry (along with the scene where he drops her off at her house). I felt like the during the rest of their interactions in the book, cordelia was kind of uncomfortable, which made me really sad because even tho she has every right to feel that way, i felt bad for matthew. I kind of want him to fall for someone else completely and for it to be reciprocated. also, i just really want for matthew and cordelia to become good friends because i feel like they could have such great natural chemistry if matthew didnt love her.

what is the top thing you wish had been done differently?

see above.

what things did you predict that came true?

JAMES BURNING DOWN BLACKTHORN MANOR I FUCKING SAID HE WOULD DO IT TWO FUCKING YEARS AGO IF YALL WANT ME TO LINK THE THEORY LMK

what are some things that were really unexpected?

ok there’s quite a few things here so bear w me babes:

- James genuinely loving cordelia from the start. I wasn’t expecting him to naturally feel nothing for grace at all, so i was expecting a slow burn jordelia, but finding out that he actually loves her makes me so happy but the end where cordelia thinks he was just pretending breaks my heart :(((

-matthew liking cordelia lol definitely was not expecting another parabatai love triangle but i hope it doesnt last. i do think it adds to the plot and i love it, it just hurts to see matthew so emo :(((

-I was expecting to like cordelia as a character, but i ended up LOVING her so fucking much???? she’s so three dimensional to me, and it’s interesting to see how her personality adapts around different characters as people adapt around different social circles irl

-liking jesse as much as i did

-ok so james’ entire character was a surprise to me. it’s so fascinating to see how the bracelet actually affected his personality.If you recall him in The Midnight Heir from TBC. he’s like an entirely different person. i still loved him in TMH but i went into CHOG thinking that if he was gonna be like that the entire time i’d probably get over him really quickly. i was pleasantly surprised by how much i ended up loving him even more tho

-i didn’t expect oliver hayward to die and im going to stay emo about it

- Christopher is so much more clear headed than he was made out to be prior?? like there were so many scenes where he was fully there and when he defended anna to alastair i just kfdsnfkld i love him

are there characters that you didn’t like before that you like now?

yikes umm... Alastair, maybe? he’s somewhat okay to me now, I dont dislike him as much as I used to. ooh and Hypatia Vex. the only scene i remember liking her in QOAAD was when she helped out kit, ty and dru (me, going a whole TSC post without somehow mentioning kit? not possible)

are there characters that you liked before that you don’t like now?

I started CHOG ready to give Grace the benefit of the doubt, and I was surprised by how timid and shy she seemed at the start, but it was interesting to see how it was all an act and how she doesn’t have an actual personality yet. one could argue that she actually does love james, but i doubt it at this point. i dont hate her yet, even tho she IS fucking up james’ life, but she’s on thin fucking ice.

who was your favorite new character?

does new character mean completely new or just never been in a novella new? because for the first, it would be Cordelia (i LOVE her sm!!) and other wise it would be james, matthew and co. also!!! jesse!!

what places in the book would you like to visit?

that hell dimension sounds pretty lit ngl

did you like the ending?

ok so. we KNOW that jordelia is gonna be endgame. cassandra clare always takes the hardest path to get there, but when has she not delivered? it’s just a matter of waiting. so, yes, i did like the ending in sense of the plot because it was a great twist, but i also feel really bad for all of them even tho ik they’re eventually gonna be together :(((

what did you think of the epilogue?

i wasnt surprised, since we alr know that Tatiana is shady asf, but i just really wanna know how she partnered up with a GREATER demon like lol wtf. again, im really happy in terms of plot with this

what are your thoughts on the engagement?

i feel so. fucking bad. for cordelia. and james too, even tho he’s under the bracelet’s curse so he doesnt even KNOW he’s being manipulated. but i love how even through the curse, james still loves cordelia in his own way.

what did you want to see that didn’t happen?

matthew getting therapy periodt

umm honestly i just want more “merry thieves” content like i just love. all of them.

what do you wish had been resolved that wasn’t?

i really want matthew to tell james or cordelia what happened because i just need him to be loved and supported lol i want to give him a hug. 

what is your favorite pairing as of now?

jordelia!!! and lucie and jesse are kind cute rn, and i like them if theyre gonna be pining after eachother but i feel like if they actually get together i wont like the relationship as much.

which characters would you like to see more of in the next book?

CHRISTOPHER CHRISTOPHER CHRISTOPHER 

ANNA!!! i lovED reading about her she’s so badass

matthew!! jesse!! also i wanna see more of those bitchy girls lol just so we can see anna or cordelia tell them to stfu

what is one character whose death you would undo if you could?

ok i know that jesse is still very much a conscious character despite being dead but like,,, i want him to be the way he was before and also i want him to come back to life

and barbara!! she seemed so sweet 

which characters got bad/unsatisfactory endings?

ummm barbara? i cant really say much on this yet bc its still only the first book and when has the first book ever ended up with anyone being happy.

oh but also can we sign a petition to make cassie let matthew actually survive the series because my heart aches just at the THOUGHT of eventually having to read a scene where he dies

which characters got what they deserved?

literally. none of them yet. :(

who should have died but didn’t?

Tatiana lol also lowkey charles but i also feel pity him to an extent 

what plotline are you most excited to see in the next book?

okay the entire jesse plot has me hooked because i LOVE his character. also i love the bracelet plot but its making me MAD because i just want james to be happy but

what is one scene that you wish hadn’t happened, but you know was unavoidable?

THE ONE WHERE GRACE PUTS THE BRACELET BACK ON JAMES. i mean obv there was no way he was completely done with grace, but i literally got so sad at that part like why HIM of all people smfh let him be happy

which pairing do you like the least?

alastair x charles, grace x james, lucie x matthew bc neither of them actually like either imo lol

what are some theories you have for chain of iron?

- not necessarily for COI but i think matthew is gonna get exiled and turned into made into a mundane

- the bracelet will break (?)

- jesse will come back to life (like actual life) at the end of the book

-grace is gonna do something to help the main characters, making it hard for us to hate her.

what characters do you think should have gotten more plot time?

lol are yall gonna hate me if i say christopher again (also anna)

anyways this was really fun!!!!! PLEASE ASK ME STUFF ABOUT MY OPINIONS AND STUFF OR JUST SAY ANYTHING ABT THE BOOK BC IM DESPERATE TO TALK TO PPL ABOUT IT

[darklingswhxore]

I dont think we've talked much but Im very introverted so thats actually a lot of interaction compared to my usual BUT I love seeing you on my dash and notifications, you keep me up to date about the Shadowhunter world (bc I started off as a tsc blog but its anime and shitposts rn-you probably know who I am now 10 points if you guess right) we struggle against our dumb desi norms together, we're sisters in arms <3. Thanks for offering to bury the idiot I nearly killed, Id do the same for you ily

Me tooo i love to see you on my dash and notifications tbh you were one of the reason i kept going with this account .... So even if you don't know Thank you for that 😊.... And we are sisters in crimes 😜 love ya too ❤️ ohh and what happened with the counsellings......

[elftwink]

LUP and if you're cool with doing multiple, magnus, merle, and taako

i’m absolutely good to do multiple i love Having Opinions

LUP:

How I feel about this character: loml like IDEAL character god like not to show emotions i main but i cried when she was introduced and then she showed up and was just undeniably the coolest character on the podcast god BLESS

All the people I ship romantically with this character: lucretia or barry but like honestly to be honest with you. more w/lucretia and how much i even like barry and her relationship w/him is really more due to fan created content vs anything actually in the show, especially because literally we just dont hear anything about her feelings until they’re already together like griffin i get it its a big show theres a lot to cover but like. idk lup could have mentioned once that the feeling was mutual or something. this part should have been under unpopular opinion but whatever

My non-romantic OTP for this character: MAGNUS….. they r good friends

My unpopular opinion about this character: a tame opinion i have thats more just a hc is that i have is that she has a bob because she’s bisexual and also because chin-to-shoulder length hair is “just started transitioning and i need plausible deniability” culture and sometimes after that’s all done you’re like “this length isn’t bad as long as i properly cut and style it” and thats my proof. my other opinion is that i 100% honestly believe if she had switched places w/lucretia she would have done something similar and thats why she forgives lucretia so fast bc she understands the choice lucretia made. she would have executed it differently to be sure but like. same principle

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: interactions…… with lucretia….. more of them i am so starved ever since griffin said he wished we saw more of their friendship i have been in a pit of despair. give it to me

the rest are under a cut bc Long

TAAKO:

How I feel about this character: fucking superb you funky little wizard

All the people I ship romantically with this character: tbh mostly just kravitz. there are other ships im not against but honestly most other ships just sort of feel like….. like ppl just feel the need to ship taako w/every man to walk the earth and im over it, especially w/ppl he barely speaks to or to whom other members of the thb have better relationship dynamics

My non-romantic OTP for this character: ren!!!!!!! also davenport i feel like especially post canon they’re really close friends. also hurley. 

My unpopular opinion about this character: i DONT understand shipping him with sazed and i never have. for a long time i was CONVINCED there was going to be some brief mention of him being an ex or them being involved or even just of the relationship dyanmic being complicated or having a power imbalance favouring sazed or SOMETHING but literally all that happened was sazed got jealous and tried to poison taako. and like. idk was that backstory of watching 40 ppl die not traumatic enough for people? did we also need to add in that sazed was an abusive boyfriend? stop writing gay ppl suffering for entertainment

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: i fucking lie awake at night thinking about what would have happened if taako fell under the thrall of the gaia sash and magnus and taako had to help him and hurley and sloane came back right away as dryads and joined the team. it haunts me. he failed that will save and i wanted CONSEQUENCES. also b4 anyone is like “they’re immune” prove it.

MAGNUS

How I feel about this character: Projection Central tbh like……. travis and magnus both are like uncanny valley like me. like so much like me that it is sometimes deeply uncomfortable. anyway i love magnus 

All the people I ship romantically with this character: julia obvs and also avi like… me and 4 other ppl for that one

My non-romantic OTP for this character: lucretia like…. team human. also 100% magnus lucretia and lup are the dream team in every single way they are great friends and they compliment each other really well change my mind

My unpopular opinion about this character: honestly. i think he should have taken the chalice like first of all it would have been dope for gameplay second of all i think every day about the way that would have affected his character

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: kravitz sidequest in suffering game like is arms outstretched cool? yes. do you know what would have been cooler? a fucking sidequest through the astral plane. we are denied plot points because magnus refuses to die…. unbelievable. also i wish we got to see more of him post canon like bc his finale was when he died we missed out

MERLE:

How I feel about this character: dilf

All the people I ship romantically with this character: davenport and like. kind of john i guess but not as much

My non-romantic OTP for this character: probably lucretia also…… its important to me that lucretia has friends. also like. i think post canon merle is one of the first people to forgive her and hes most like he was during tsc with obviously more growth and so they get along like old friends the quickest and the most. honestly i really do think merle is charming in a very specific merle way and he gets along with so many people so its like. honestly everyone. the man tried to be friends with the hunger like the compassion……. the care for other ppl… the commitment to joy…… i fucking love merle

My unpopular opinion about this character: DILF. THE TAZ FANDOM IS AFRAID OF THE TRUTH BUT IM NOT

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: i always thought it was a weird choice to bring up merle’s arm during the chalice because it was played so much as a joke metatextually that it felt out of place next to the other two. especially knowing merle has backstory fodder too. i dont remember if they’d gotten to it yet. anyway i wish either they’d taken the arm thing more seriously the whole time or his option at the chalice was something else, i think the scene would have been more balanced. maybe it just felt out of place to deal with something we saw in game tho because the other two were backstory hooks. who knows.

then again griffin also brought up phandalin and they NEVER cared about that like it was always a joke so think partially it was griffin being like “CARE THESE ARE VERY SERIOUS THINGS THAT HAPPENED” so i guess thats fine. idk where im going with this. 

[emmieroxuniverse]

I have been obsessed for DAYS!!! TLH!!! MORE THEORIES! 💗💗💗💗

For the last week or so, ive had The Last Hours on the brain. I think i may be more excited for Chain of Gold to hit the book shelves than i was for the birth of my first nephew. Im not even sure if im kidding or not.

Well if you knew him you would understand, hes terrible, anyways, ive been theorizing along with my bestie and have come up with some pretty cool theories

So here we go! Before i get started i must warn you there are #MAJORSPOILERS for Tales From the Shadowhunter Academy, The Bane Chronicles, Ghosts of the Shadowhunter Market, and other TSC books. Okay lets begin.

Theories

One: Grace Blackthorn

There is alot of speculation about Grace Blackthorn. Her last name, the one she is given at birth is Cartwright. James Herondale knew her when she was in Idris. In TftSA he speaks of her and the year is 1899 at the age of 13. He says shes in need of rescuing.

He says she has no other friends, my theory starts there.

I believe thats where Tatiana comes in to play. She is devoted to Tatiana because Tatiana is her saviour. I believe Grace is part fae and that she isnt just any fae, shes part siren which explains the allure she holds over James. She has to be something other than an ordinary shadowhunter because the comments Tatiana Blackthorn made about her in The Bane Chronicles and James' reaction to her when hes older is just crazy. Then of course her cruel words " there nothing i cant make you do" hmmm... interesting

Two: Jordelia Heronstairs marriage

I adore this marriage. I hope these two end up happy and i really hope our little Jamie doesnt end up heartbroken and stuck in a loveless marriage but from what we know so far, hes madly in love with Grace Blackthorn (which i suspect isnt all his doing) Moving on...

I believe their marriage is the arranged marriage that Cassie spoke of. I think that it has to do with saving Cordeila herself and not just the name. We know according to Cassie Cordelia and James marry at the end of TLH 1 and i assume alot after their marriage is crazy complicated. We know already Cordelia cares deeply for James but will he reciprocate those feelings eventually? who knows.

I think they marry because of how severe her fathers crimes were. They were said to be worse than Tobias Herondales and comparing the two makes me believe that the punishment will be as cruel or worse. It makes me think that the Clave will intend to strip Cordeila and Alistair as punishment for Elias's crimes, that or execute them. My theory is that Will and Tessa and Jem along with everyone involved in helping come together and decide that James should marry Cordelia because it will save her life. She would no longer be a Carstairs and the Clave wouldnt touch her.

Three: Lucie Herondale

Now this is a theory i have had for a while. A long while actually. People have speculated about Lucie's powers and i believe i have an idea of what she can do. Lucie has been extremely curious about Jesse Blackthorn for ages. She was lost in the forest in Idris as a child and someone helped her find her way home. I believe this was Jesse Blackthorn. We all know Herondales can see ghosts, my theory is that Lucie can actually make physical contact with ghosts. In TLH its why shes so freaking fascinated with him. He saved her all those years ago but he still looks the same. She could always touch him of course because of her gift but now so can everyone else and thats why everything about him is so intriguing to Lucie.

Four: Grace Blackthorn and Christopher Lightwood marriage? Sham?

I know it sounds crazy but of all of the marriages in TLH i believe this one is the one that is definitely most likely NOT a sham. We know theres a definite possibility it could happened. Think about this... Herondale eyes. they had to be passed down and the only person we know for a fact that has those eyes now is Alec. Alecs ancestor is Gabriel Lightwood and Cecily and how else would the gene get passed unless it was through them?

Anna has blue eyes but i doubt she would marry and have children, no other women have been introduced or spoke of in the slightest who arent related to him so i just dont think it could be anyone else. Aloof but beautiful underneath it all Christopher Lightwood marries mean heffer Grace Blackthorn. I really think that. I know the family tree is missleading but it does give you some idea of how far the familes go back, how many generations from TDA to TMI.

Or....theory Grace Blackthorn and Anna Lightwood.

Ive considered this as well. Ive read pieces where Cassie has commented on the two of them speaking and it makes me wonder what type of relationship they end up having or if she just lets Grace have it for treating James like crap. You see Gabriel and Cecily have a baby named Alexander and it makes me think that maybe thats Alecs ancestor and the map is extremely inaccurate after all ☺

Five: Matthew and Christopher theory.

I believe Christopher and Matthew could be the boys in this snippet.

He took a deep breath, and crossed the floor of blades and constellations to the other boy’s side. He stood at the foot of the stairs, looking down.

“But of course,” he said, very softly, “your sentiments are reciprocated.”

He stooped over him, tilting his chin up. Their lips met. The other boy made a soft sound, almost like surrender, stretching under his body. He slid an arm around his neck and pulled him down onto the stairs.

Why?

Because Matthew is always taking responsibility for him. He calls him a genius. Christopher spends time at the Branwell houshold with Matthews father.

Matthew even says he loves taking care of people and hes good at it. He says be takes care of his father. He actually said in TftSA that he took care of Christopher Lightwood. The words spoken do sound like Matthew too.

Six: Love triangles

Recently there was a post about a love triangle in TLH with 2 women and 1 man. My guess is its gonna be with Anna, Grace, and James or it will be with Grace, Lucie, and Jesse. They arent really siblings and ive seen pics like this...

They make me think that the both of them want Jesse's heart. This photo was on Cassie's Pinterest it seemed to be the sort of photo like "its on" or "may the best woman win" i dunno. The kiss was just...this photo made me think of the two of THEM facing off. Judas Kiss or something.

Another thought was maybe Anna, Grace, and James is because i think the marriage between Cordelia and him could be a fluke at first and maybe he persues Grace still. Anna could end up falling for her as well and theres your triangle. I just have a feeling that Grace Blackthorn is involved in this thing.

Because i hate her.

Like i seriously hate Grace Blackthorn and its sad because i 💙 Blackthorns 😣

Seven: When its all said and done, Matthew Fairchild will not be a Shadowhunter.

I think he will either die, be stripped of his marks, or be turned into a downworlder which i freaking hate, i dont want Matthew to change hes perfect just the way he is and because i love him like a fat kid loves cake.

Eight: In the end when its all said and done Jordeila will be a thing (in love) and so will Jucie Heronthorn?

Is that their ship name?

Anyway that will be all for today. Im sure theres more, in fact i know there is bit theres so many details and i have so little time so have a great day and i hope you enjoy your day!

[softshelltaakos]

Ooo that thing you said about the hunger in taakos headcanon thing? Could you elaborate for me?? Give me that sweet sweet angst?

oh my god i just woke up and for a second i saw “hunger” and “sweet” and i was trying to remember where i’d said anything about his appetite or tastes given that i don’t know a goddamn thing about food

anyway, this is gonna be disjointed cos i dont have well-organized thoughts but here’s some talk about taako, mental illness, and the dangers of not caring/not letting people help you. more warnings in the tags. here’s 1k words of nonsense

sooo in my head & my heart the hunger doesn’t just kill. it doesn’t just slam tendrils down and call it a day. john hurt, and he wanted other people to feel what he felt and to see what he saw. he’s a charisma build! the hunger worms its way inside of a person’s heart and fucks you up from the inside. that’s my theory.

when it comes to the ipre, like, no one there isn’t mentally ill. there’s ptsd out the wazoo on that boat, and that’s AFTER the hunger has started chasing them. taako specifically i hc as borderline (with some other cluster b traits) – he’s got abandonment issues, he’s emotionally volatile, he splits and lashes out and assigns blame in all the wrong places. he’s also an intensely codependent person, most obviously with lup, but i’d also point to how easily he attaches himself to kravitz when he’s typically so closed off. we know these things. SO.

i’m also gonna explain smthn real quick, i have three Modes for taako: Taako With Lup, Taako Without Lup, and Taako Alone. taako with lup is pretty self-explanatory i think, that’s pre-memory-wipe, u know. taako WITHOUT lup is during the memory wipe, so the time of the actual podcast. taako alone is the period in which he remembers lup, but she isn’t around – the period in which he threatens lucretia and gives his speech about the world ending and him not giving a shit because he doesn’t have anything.

that’s coming from a taako who has formed important bonds with people! he has a boyfriend, he has a protege, he’s got the other two thb, he’s been reunited with most of the rest of the birds, and none of that matters to him bc lup is gone. it’s a snap judgment borne of grief, and while it’s totally understandable, i think it’s also a great example of how intensely vulnerable taako can be – even an example of how intensely vulnerable he MAKES himself by… trying not to be vulnerable. taako is a MESS, y’all

now comes the part where my thinking is less concrete – it’s more that i think there’s a lot to play with than that i have specific ideas. say taako misses the boat while they’re escaping a plane. even knowing that he’ll regenerate on the starblaster, it’s hard not to let the thought that they left him worm its way into his brain. if they’d waited thirty seconds, he wouldn’t have the hunger tearing him apart. if they’d waited thirty seconds he could have flown out there with him. if they’d waited thirty seconds he could hold lup’s hand until they respawn. but they didn’t, and now it’s inside of him, worming its way into his thoughts and making everything worse, and before the starblaster is even out of sight there’s an elf standing on the plane watching it go with black opal eyes.

think about taako during the first cycle where lup dies. he’s restless, he’s reeling, he doesn’t know what to do without lup or even who he is without lup. the other birds help (i still need to write some luc&taako shit about this) but they’re not lup, you know? no one is lup except lup. when the hunger comes that year he’s exhausted and lonely and so, so easy to take. they practically pluck him off of the boat. the call of Not Caring is so attractive when you care too hard. when he wakes up on the deck of the starblaster clinging to lup he clings harder and says nothing.

we know taako didn’t die a whole lot during tsc, but can you imagine when he did? how did it happen? what did it do to him? nothing good, i’m sure. we know taako has night terrors. how many nights do you think he dreams about the hunger claiming him, memories made worse by his own hell brains?

and then there’s purely theoretical situations. what if lup wasn’t in the umbra staff? sure, he goes along with the rest of the party, but if lup was truly gone, do you think he would’ve survived story and song? i’m not sure. that’s not even touching the fact that it’s lup who pushes him to transmute the circle of black glass. would anyone have survived story and song if taako had fallen to the hunger?

what if they weren’t both on the ship? what if he lost her to the hunger? i think he’d lose himself, too, respawning every year to be cold and hateful. imo lup was the impetus for taako to befriend the others, point blank, he wouldn’t have done it if not for her – especially not if he knew she was dead somewhere and he’ll never see her again. i don’t think it’s entirely unlikely that taako alone in these circumstances kills himself. i don’t think it’s entirely unlikely that he doesn’t do it several times. again, the draw of the hunger is in understanding that nothing matters. it’s nihilism incarnate. i think that would attract taako like nothing else. all he wants in the world is not to care. it hurts too much.

and what if lup was on the ship and he wasn’t? he watches her fly away, not knowing if she’ll escape but absolutely certain that he won’t. maybe he fights back in the hopes that he’ll see her again. maybe he thinks it’s a foregone conclusion and just holds his breath waiting for it to end. he’s unconscious in the opalescent sludge (Or Is He, god i wanna know more about how the hunger works) but he greets lup at the end of every year without fail.

i also think, given the right set of circumstances, taako could be the hunger, point blank. taako has the capacity for incredibly strong emotions that he tries to push down. he’s incredibly intelligent and competent at magic. i don’t think it’s beyond reason that he could see Beyond or whatever the fuck and come back so horrified and hurt that he spreads.

i mean, what does john say the hunger is? dissatisfaction. and what do the judges accuse taako of?

i mean, come on. can’t you just hear him? 

the speech patterns are different, obviously, but this level of self-assured arrogance? this delusion of grandeur? tell me that’s not taako.

[fcirfolk]

In fandoms, if two boys hold hands people ship them all across the board. No two boys can be very platonically close. But if the same thing happens with two girls who have even more of a bond and it could be seen as romantic? "gal pals". there's so much prejudice against wlw and i'm not gonna go into why because uhh yeah.

there are hardly any sapphic ships in popular series. if wlw want to ship two female characters who they see romantically and who they can identify with? fucking let them oh my god.

have you ever shipped two straight people and hoped they'd be together? it's not any different apart from there being more hope because we've had to struggle with not being accepted and even thinking there's something wrong with us. having representation is important.

so before you go off on your long ass rants because internally you're upset that queer people want to see themselves in media, maybe just think about how it feels? these characters and ships mean so much to us. more than any of ur otps might mean to you.

some of these ships (mostly canon ones like haline and malec) have saved peoples lives. yet there are hardly any, still. there is the whole aspect of publishers and editors or whoever not allowing queer characters or ships into the books. that's very bad. so with the lack of queer ships, what the hell is wrong with queer people shipping non-canon queer ships because they mean a lot to us and we need to feel represented? they're just fucking ships that we're not forcing onto anyone else.

"they're not lgbt+ so why are u shipping them???2?1? thats bad!!2!1!" i don't know gemima have u seen the colossal amounts of straight people in books? we dont get that. fucking let us ship what we want. it's not harming you.

is it considered bad to ship basil hallward and dorian gray because dorian isnt canonically gay? considering the events of that book i'd say that's uhhh a wild ship but no, people embrace it. is it bad that people ship remus lupin and sirius black? no, it's not. it's fine, and remus lupin is married. so why is it suddenly not allowed for people to ship a girl who's in an unofficial het relationship w another girl? by fandom standards, that should be fine. people ship draco malfoy and harry potter, theyre both married to women. it's not sexuality erasure so that's okay too. the difference? it's only considered ok with f/m and m/m ships. it's not okay at all for jk rowling to say that people shouldnt ship remus/sirius or anyone. what people have been saying about sapphic ships is exactly the same context except theyre not the author of tsc. people ship non canon queer ships in basically every fandom. usually due to the lack of them in the first place. it's the same thing here with sapphics and f/f ships, though i'm certain that cassie would include more if she were allowed. which is why she is going to include more in later books.

the fact remains: you have to question yourself if everyone you support is white and not diverse at all. you have to question yourself when most-all of the books/movies/tv shows you like are uninclusive and unrealistically undiverse. you have to question yourself when the only ships/characters you like are m/m or f/m, or even if you have a bunch of non-canon m/f and m/m ships but no non-canon f/f ships (although if you're not into shipping any non-canon ships that's absolutely fine.) you have to ask yourself how you can do better, and listen to the marginalised groups that you're affecting.

when it gets to this point— when you're being extremely discriminatory agains sapphic characters, ships, and even people in fandoms— it's not good at all. this is why we had haline day, because they're the only sapphic ship (apart from the werewolf girl and her girlfriend in tbc, they never came up again so they don't really count sbbssj) in any published tsc books so far, and they're married, but there was little to no content of them. it was mostly sapphic people who made content for them. (which isn't okay, because straight people and sapphic people as well as mlm create content for loads of different mlm ships). but since then there's been a huge improvement, and it's absolutely great. but this is another hurdle. all we can hope to do is do better as a fandom.

it's not that you have to ship every non-canon sapphic ship— you don't. although, like i said before, if you ship non-canon f/m and m/m ships, not shipping non-canon f/f ships is a problem. and, not to subtweet or anything, but this is just an example using something i saw. it makes no sense to say "yeah sorry i don't like them much because i dont like the friends to lovers trope ://" but your main het ship is a friends to lovers ship.

there's no need to spread negativity about a ship that is unproblematic. i don't like jemma, i've talked about it because i don't like a lot of things that have happened w them, and that's my opinion. i dont force it on people knowingly. i don't ship heronchild non-platonically (i love their platonic relationship though), and i think that they're one of the male friendships that's made romantic because of the "if boys show affection towards each other they're gay" thing, but it's fine that people ship them! it's absolutely fine.

what's not fine is what has happened: sapphic people having one canon ship to identify with and feel represented by, so we ship non-canon ships in peace. they're entirely unproblematic (honestly, name one problematic thing about rosast@irs or lil/ia in canon), but people are creating anti tags for them, and saying that we shouldnt ship them or want to feel represented by them.

as a fandom this is something we need to change and do better on. there's no use in arguing with the marginalised people in question (in this case: sapphic people) especially when the majority of us feel this way. i've seen sapphic people themselves doing what i am addressing here, that doesn't justify it.

i hope you've gotten my points without feeling like it's an attack, because it's not. it's a bad thing that needs to be addressed and changed. the discrimination and erasure against wlw/sapphic people, characters, and ships is a lot. it's toxic, and if our fandom can do better, isn't that a good thing?

[sydhina]

@clockworkanguish and @forget-me-not-james-hrndle tagged me to do this thing so shoutout to them for being awesome

are you excited for the tid tv-show? why or why not?

— i have some hope. since cassie answered that question about it and tbh im always pretty excited to have some of my favorite books adapted (so i can force my friends to watch them) i do hope they dont fuck this up

what’s your favorite quote from tsc?

—“fiction is truth even if it is not fact. if you believe only facts and forget stories your brain will live but your heart will die” or “beautiful things, cruel things. cruel in a way that only people who absolutely believed in the rightness of their cause could be cruel” (also i love how these are like 9 pages appart from each other)

which character is most like you and why? (physical appearance or personality)

— kit. he’s a sarcastic nerd who gets tired after running for like ten minutes, loves cookies and would probably die for tiberius blackthorn and honestly same. (for appearance dru or livvy because same hair and eye color)

any theories on what will happen in queen of air and darkness?

—everyone you love will die and so will I (i suck at theories)

any theories on the wicked powers?

—...kitty... also i will probably cry over dru a lot

if you were going to get a shadowhunter chronicles tattoo, what would you get?

—the dragon of wales so will and i match IM JOKING i’d probably get the voyance rune or just a nice quote

are you a sh tv fan?

— not really i only saw two episodes so idk anything about it. i saw some gifs though

how long have you been a fan of cc’s books and have you been in the tumblr fandom as long as you’ve been a fan?

— i read her books when i was about twelve so around 2014-2015 and no i’ve had tumblr since july last year and this blog since april

favorite ship, brotp and notp

—ships: kitty, haline, sophideon, herongraystairs and rosastairs

brotp: lily and raphael, the s4, alec and lily, magnus ragnor and raphael,

notp: clebastian and clalec

which characters do you think are under appreciated and why?

— *banging pots and pans together* look appreciate my boy og thomas please. i beg you. i know he was only in one book but he deserved so much better

three things you associate with/love about your favorite season

—autumn: the smell of the air, hozier songs and hot chocolate

what’s your hogwarts house, ilvermorny house and patronus?

—ravenclaw, pukwudgie and a saint bernard

what’s your favorite song, lyric and band/singer?

— song: this changes everyday but currently i’m in a very ‘karma police’ by radiohead mood

lyric: “whe don’t own our heavens, no, we only own our hell” from ‘buy the stars’ by marina and the diamonds

singer/band: uhm idk marina and the diamonds?

if you're in high school (or an equivalent) and you want to go to uni, what do you want to study?

—i’d like to study literature or classics. so since i live in belgium i’ll probably studie taal-en letterkunde or study abroad

coffee, tea, water or soda?

—water, unless orange juice counts as soda

what’s your favorite mythical creature?

— faerie or phoenix or siren

what could you do a 40 minute presentation on with no preparation?

— with no preparation?! bitch i’m stupid. nothing. maybe i could talk about how im stupid for 40 minutes but besides that idk

if you could live anywhere in the world, where would you move to?

— somewhere cool in the us like new york or los angeles. maybe prague or london. amsterdam because weed. and if it doesnt have to exist: the shire

what 'dumb' accomplishment are you proud of?

— i caught the ball during basebal in pe once and i still think of that because i usually suck

what’s your name

—lena

i’m tagging whoever wants to do this because idk who of my newer followers even likes tsc