#c: alec lightwood

[kaitcreates]

*trying to pick out a game to play*

Jace: Growing up, I played the quiet game with my dad all the time.

Jace: I would play the Quiet game, the Sit Still game, the Ask For The Cheapest Christmas present game… One year I won because I asked for a pile of dirt.

Isabelle: Your childhood makes me sad.

Alec: What about apples to apples?

Jace: Is that like Wash the Dishes?

Isabelle: By the angel it just got sadder.

[carelessflower]

Anh’s list of top tier angsty scenes in Chinese drama that’s so good someone make a Malec au for this (1/4)

Drama: Goodbye My Princess

Context: the guy get ambushed while on a mission in the girl’s country, she saved him, he faked his identity and they fall in love. the day of the wedding, he brought his troop with him to take over the girl’s tribe and killed her granddad in front of her. then they both jumped in a lost river and loose their memory. he got made a crown prince and she the assigned bride. but then she got her memory back, she couldn’t deal with not being able to kill him for killing her family or the two countries at war again. this can be the PERFECT malec scene omg just image all the angsty feeling aghhh the I forgive you the last wish promise me you will be happy

[twpsyn-who]

Saw this TikTok and now I can't stop thinking of Alec Lightwood doing exactly this to recover his arrows. The number of times increased drastically the moment Magnus Bane came in the picture, but he was always doing that to begin with.

Izzy and Jace got so used to it they didn't really understand why Clary and Simon were so shocked Alec was doing that.

Said TikTok :

[buffyspeak]

honestly i remember there being a lot of Rage on the alec stanning side of the fandom because of 3.04 and how upset/off he seemed after his fight with jace / in his very sweet scene with magnus. but now watching it’s like. yes he’s possessed but they don’t know that yet, for all the people in his life (including him - he has a hard time talking about it with alec because he feels backed into a corner, but he seeks out luke to learn more about his mother’s history) jace struggling with some kind of mental illness is a very real possibility! and lashing out at people when you’re coming to terms is sometimes part of that! i’m not saying it’s justified or that in an ideal world he wouldn’t apologize, but i just find it so strange that on a website so adamant that we need to accept and not demonize even the messiest parts, it was still sort of a prevailing idea that jace was like. evil for this when he was struggling?? like yes he was unknowingly dealing with effects of being possessed too but undeniably he is mentally struggling in the process.

[adrianivashkv]

“Yes boss,” Adrian replied, his tone dripping with sarcasm. He’d already planned to blow the session off, and considering Eddie was paired with him, he’d hoped that the fellow blonde would accompany him in his procrastination. There was little to no point training when he’d rarely engaged with it to begin with; he’d only attended in hopes of seeing some drama ensue. Grabbing his bottle that was filled with vodka, he turned to Eddie, eyebrows raised in interest. “We’ll take room three. — ‘You ready sweet face?”

“Alright, everyone give me your full attention,” Alec spoke up, eyes glancing at the Shadowhunters and Guardians that stood before him. There’d already been some mindless chatter, mostly between Mason and Rose, but the time for playing catch up had passed. With the recent threats against their town, they had to begin training as they had before. There’d been a shift in dynamics over the course of the rebellion, and although apprehensive in the decision, Alec knew it was his time to step up. He had to lay the foundations, set the rules, and take the brunt of eye rolls and sarcastic backtalk that coincided with being the head of the academy. Confident that he finally had the room, he began listing off the pairings he’d spent weeks considering beforehand.  “Today’s training sessions won’t be finalising your bonds, but they’re a test of balance and chemistry. I need you to work hard, prove to me that you’re willing to put the effort in. — Izzy, you’re with Elijah. I trust you’ll keep him on task,” after the last conversation they’d had regarding the young guardian, Alec knew it’d be pointless trying to pair Isabelle with anyone else. He didn’t agree with it, especially considering Elijah would need to siphon Isabelle in order to perform, but he respected her decision. “Eddie, you’re with Adrian. I see no reason why we should change that.” He addressed them individually as he spoke, holding their gazes and therefore their attention. “Rose, since Izzy’s already paired, you’re now with me,” Alec’s lips pressed into a line, knowing it wasn’t ideal for either of them. But he’d put aside his differences for the sake of the cause. "Mason, Neville's waiting for you in the library, he needs to understand the theory before he trains physically. Max and Jace are there too. Which means Benjamin and Juliet, you’ll be working together. Remember to go easy on him, don’t use your vampire abilities to your advantage. It’s a guardian pairing, so one of you will have to play the front role. It shouldn’t be too difficult. Is everyone clear?”

[cityofdownwardspirals]

I just realized that in almost all the mlm relationships in TSC, yeeting is a very popular way to deal with feelings:

Exhibit A : Alec "I will yeet myself out this window if I don't get laid" Lightwood

"It's your first time," Magnus said. "I want it to be perfect for you."

To Magnus’s surprise, Alec grinned. "Magnus," he said, "I've been waiting for this for so long. If we don't do this literally right now, I will jump out of the window."

-The Red Scrolls of Magic, Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu

Exhibit B : Kieran "I will yeet myself off this mountain if you don't stop acting stupid" Kingson

Kieran’s black and silver eyes gleamed. “When you ran out into the storm, I thought only of how dangerous Mynydd Mawr is, how many have fallen to their deaths here, and how if anything were to happen to you, Mark, how I myself would die. You are unbearably precious to me.” “As a friend?” Mark said, completely dazed — Kieran was holding him, and touching him, half frantic and half adoring. It shouldn’t be possible. Kieran couldn’t feel like that about him. “Mark.” Kieran’s voice flared. “I beg you, stop being obtuse, or I may jump off the mountain myself.”

-Stars to Burn, Cassandra Clare

Exhibit C : Alastair "Oh, oopsie, I yeeted myself off this moving carriage cause I didn't want to talk about my crush" Carstairs

"Thomas helped you?" she said instead. "Thomas Lightwood?"

"Oh, look, we're here," Alastair said brightly, and threw the door of the carriage open, leaping from it before it had quite stopped rolling.

-Chain of Thorns, Cassandra Clare

[olderthannetfic]

Okay I NEED to know what the current most popular slash ships are, being on tumblr just feels like slash fandom is dying out, and I'd like to look up some ships because even if I don't like them, following other slash shippers feels so much nicer than seeing people bash them all the time.

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On AO3, the m/m category is a tag like any other.

That means you can go directly to that tag and look at the sidebar, either in general or filtered for the past year. (No need to rely on those faulty ship stats.)

Broadly, the really massive juggernauts are still going, chugging along on fanon long after their canons have ended or gone to shit. A bunch of fandoms that younger people like are huge. And a lot of older people who used to only be into Western fandoms fell for The Untamed a few years ago and are now into lots of other danmei and BL fandoms. Thai dramas seem to be really heating up lately.

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Here's the sidebar in general:

Castiel/Dean Winchester (108832)

Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski (68896)

Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter (66461)

Sherlock Holmes/John Watson (66324)

James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers (60107)

Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens) (51611)

Steve Rogers/Tony Stark (44020)

Sirius Black/Remus Lupin (42921)

Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson (42063)

filtering those out:

Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku (39754)

Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian (37086)

Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung | V (36739)

Keith/Lance (Voltron) (32031)

Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester (30843)

Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood (29711)

Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) (29591)

Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter (28681)

Jeon Jungkook/Park Jimin (28574)

Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chuuya (Bungou Stray Dogs) (28260)

Or filtered for updating in the past year:

Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens) (14878)

Sirius Black/Remus Lupin (12640)

Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson (10617)

Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chuuya (Bungou Stray Dogs) (10353)

Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku (8964)

Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter (8391)

Alhaitham/Kaveh (Genshin Impact) (8284)

Regulus Black/James Potter (7721)

filtering those out:

John "Soap" MacTavish/Simon "Ghost" Riley (6879)

Castiel/Dean Winchester (6751)

Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet (6723)

Getou Suguru/Gojo Satoru (6253)

Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji/Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian (6245)

Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV) (6228)

Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor (5725)

Han Jisung | Han/Lee Minho | Lee Know (5632)

Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung | V (5201)

Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter (4199)

In general, I would look at things with canon gay and/or at big anime, c-drama, and kpop RPF fandoms.

And block dickheads liberally when you see them in the tags on tumblr.

If you want to hang out with oldschool people, you could always come to Escapade con. We should be having an online one some time in the summer. There's also a discord. We're currently doing a group watch of Mysterious Lotus Casebook among other things.

[foodsies4me]

September Malec fic rec! (yes we're ignoring this is getting posted in October)

This (last) month's theme has been suggested by @just-add-butter, for which thank you because my brain couldn't think of one. So this time we have the theme Flowers and Flower language! As always, I have tagged the authors but if you prefer I don’t, please tell me because I don’t want these to be annoying for the authors.💜

If you want to add your own recs, please feel free to do so!😊

One-shots:

bloom by @smilebackwards: This fic is just pure tooth-rotting fluff and I love it so much.

Summary:

Alec loves watching Izzy get flowers but he thinks he would have liked, just once, to know what it felt like for someone to send him something so bright and sweet, frivolous, just because they cared.

Alternate Universe by @sugarandspace: An adorable, pre-Malec, mundane meet-cute where Magnus is a florist and Alec is stressed.

Summary:

The man stopped what he was doing and looked at Alec, his eyebrows raised. “Are you aware that white lilies are usually funeral flowers? They symbolize modesty and purity, and can be used on different occasions too but that’s what they are most famous for.” “Oh, what would you recommend then?” Alec asked the man, who seemed to light up at the question.

Flowers by @facialteeth: Magnus is having a bad day aka Alec had to cancel their date because demons never sleep. Cue Alec making sure to get Magnus some flowers as an apology in between his shadowhunter-duties.

Summary:

There weren't many things that could ruin Magnus' day. The world ending. His favorite show being canceled. Perhaps, Alec texting him that morning and informing him that he couldn't accompany Magnus on their date tonight because twenty shax demons had popped up. Or, Alec finds a way to apologize, even amidst his duties and the demons that he is suppose to be battling.

Flowers for you by @sugarandspace: Breaking my own rules by rec-ing two fics by the same author, but this author just has the loveliest flower fics.

Summary:

Alec is a Shadowhunter, he probably doesn't care about flowers, Magnus thinks as he's nervously waiting for Alec with a bouquet of red carnations in his hands. Slowly, he gets to learn how wrong he was. -.-.- Or five times Magnus gave Alec flowers.

Where Flowers Bloom by Shergar: Another fluffy fic that never fails to bring a smile to my face when I read it!

Summary:

After their marriage and their move to Alicante, Magnus and Alec's lives are even busier than they had been before. When Magnus realizes that they both have an open few hours in their schedules, he steals his husband away for a midnight date.

Multi-chapter fics or series:

The Language of Flowers by @astudyinfic: Mostly fluffy with some sad bits aka Max is dead and my heart is weeping. Starring Alec as a florist and Magnus as a tattoo artist. (Complete)

Summary:

Following the loss of his brother, florist Alec Lightwood wants to do something to remember him by. Enter tattoo artist Magnus Bane who brings beauty and love into his life. What starts as a one-time thing blooms into an expression of love for all the important people in Alec's life.

out of some dreaming tree by @faejilly: It's a jilly fic, what else can I say except that it's stunning. Seriously, pretty words with pretty descriptions and flowers, what else do you want or need? (Complete)

Summary:

Demons, a hunt, a quest, a partnership that seems too good to be true. Something dangerous is lurking around the edges of their worlds, and Alec and Magnus are determined to do something about it.

Heliotrope by @wirewrappedlily: This series hurts. It's beautiful and lovely but it *hurts*, so tissue warning for those who, like me, get easily weepy. (Complete? The different parts of the series are all complete so putting this under complete)

Summary:

If his client got quite a bit more than a simple cover of the scar from the emergency C-section; if Magnus's magic softened the edges of the hole of grief she had fallen into, just enough that she could find some peace with her own body once more--well, Magnus made a note that, Shadowhunters be damned, the little flower shop down the street was worth the risk.

Invictus by Lecrit: This is technically a one-shot, but at 36k words I have decided to place it with the multi-chapter fics because long one-shot is long.

“You should get a tattoo.” Alec firmly believed in coincidences, in the serendipity that could bring the hazards of life, but even he could admit that sometimes, things seemed to happen for a reason. He was too much of a pragmatic person to truly believe in fate and destiny. So even when Jace blurted those words at him as he stumbled into his shop, they remained abstract concepts to him, no matter how it nudged at the back of his mind.

amor in lingua florum by Hamaithor: And a last fluffy-two part series to tie of this list. Nephilim have a certain affinity for plants which is a HC I adore and Magnus seems to be just as enraptured by it.

Summary:

Alec ends up spending a lot of time at Magnus’ loft, and with him come the flowers. A canonverse AU where Nephilim have a certain affinity for plants; and Magnus knows that, but that doesn't mean he was prepared for anything like this.

[eww-y-tho]

Every Single Thing I Have Ever Shipped!

Okay, let me be clear with a disclaimer that this has been throughout my entire life, and obviously, media targeted towards children that are mentioned are most definitely in the past.

I have them formatted with a small chunk of info as to why I ship/shipped them. I sorted them in order of how weird I think they are, from plain vanilla to the esoteric. I am also going to have a checkmark [✅] signifier that will indicate whether I've read fics for the ship or not.

This is a long one, so turn away while you still can, because "keep reading" will kill you unless you're actually invested, which, I don't know why you would be.

Also, this couldn't possibly be everything I have ever shipped. But it's as much as I could possibly think of.

Nick Nelson/Charlie Spring ✅

Heartstopper

I love these two, and even though I figured out most of the things about my sexuality before Heartopper graced my screen, Nick Nelson still had a very similar, albeit not identical, journey of discovery to mine, which makes me even more attached. 

Elle Argent/Tao Xu ✅

They are so adorable. I love what their relationship represents and their dynamic in the sense of their attachment to each other. Like most people, I think I got a bit frustrated on their first date scene, but it was understandable, so that’s just a small gripe I have.

Darcy Olsson/Tara Jones ✅

I already made a post talking about how I felt about the foil between Darcy and B*n, but my opinion boils down to ‘the girlboss is slaying despite her situation,’ and I think Tara is an amazing girlfriend for her and they genuinely made me cry.

Supernatural

Bridgerton

Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington ✅

Bruh. Just look at my acc.

Dean Winchester/Castiel ✅

I could not be more late to Destiel and the queerbaiting was murderous, but I still love the ship. They also trigger my religious trauma sometimes but I never claimed to value my mental health, so yeah.

Samuel Winchester/Eileen Leahy ✅

C’mon, she was the only fit that I loved for Sam other than Jess. She could not be any cuter with him and I just think they’re adorable af. Another reason to hate 15x20.

Shadowhunters

Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood ✅

Are you joking? How could I watch this show and not ship it? They’ve made me straight-up sob on multiple occasions. The immortality thing does depress me, but I can live with it.

Simon Lewis/Isabelle Lightwood ✅

God, when I tell you this ship single-handedly revived my interest in the nerd/hot person trope I am not lying. They’re honestly too perfect for each other sometimes.

Lord of the Rings

Frodo Baggins/Samwise Gamgee

“Sam.” But meme aside, I was fighting tears by the end. Honestly, I love their dynamic as it is, but I could still see a romantic reading.

Aragorn/Arwen Undómiel

Fuck, they got me so invested it’s not even funny. I felt less attached to them than I could’ve been but I still loved the dynamic and rooted for them so much.

Star Wars

Anakin Skywalker/Padmé Amidala

I think everyone loves this ship as a tragedy to some degree, even if you hate the prequels. Plus Clone Wars just made me sad af all over again so they deserve a spot on the list.

Star Trek

James Kirk/Spock ✅

Okay, you got me, I never watched an ounce of Star Trek besides Spirk content. And even from a peripheral view knowing that Kirk is supposed to be a lady's man, they’re still gay beyond reason.

The Nanny

Fran Fine/Maxwell Sheffield

This show was my childhood, I think I started watching it with my family when I was under 10. Anyway, I feel like they were a slow burn done correctly. Wholesome as all hell, plus Fran is an amazing character and I love how she integrated herself into the family the right way.

C. C. Babcock/Niles

You cannot deny that the “I loathe you” kiss was perfect. They hated each other for so long, and I get the dislike of that aspect to the relationship, but they still made them believable without squashing their pre-established chemistry.

H20: Just Add Water

Cleo Sertori/Lewis McCartney

I cannot believe that Sea Change and the episode where Lewis left made me cry. I must’ve watched Sea Change like 50 million times because it was just peak cinema to me, but I couldn’t watch Lewis leaving again because it crushed my soul so violently. The moment when he came back with that sweeping camera motion made me audibly gasp and kick my legs. It was that bad. 

Rikki Chadwick/Zane Bennett

I’m really sad they didn’t work it out in the end, although I completely understand Rikki and I wouldn’t want to go back to Zayne myself. Although it did seem like Zayne was trying to make things right with her in the last episode? But Mako Mermaids didn’t show her with Zayne, so I’m inclined to believe they never made up.

Yuri On Ice

Yuri Katsuki/Victor Nikiforov ✅

When I tell you I fully screamed at the kiss scene AND the proposal, I am not lying. They were just the ship you freak out over, you know?

Yuri Plisetsky/Otabek Altin ✅

Welcome To The Madness made me open my third eye. I didn’t ship them before then, even though I did think they would be good together. 

Free!

Makoto Tachibana/Haruka Nanase ✅

This was my OTP ride-or-die for a solid year. I’m still very fond of the ship because I joined the fandom just when the war was ending so I didn’t experience a lot of toxicity.

Rei Ryugazaki/Nagisa Hazuki ✅

These two were perpetually second place, but I still adored the dynamic and was obsessed with two specific fics for ages.

Rin Matsuoka/Sousuke Yamazaki ✅

Is perpetually in third place. I’m not as invested in this ship, but a fic would get +5 points if it was a side pairing, you know? That vibe.

Kuroko No Basket

Tetsuya Kuroko/Taiga Kagami

I’ll be honest, I only like this ship by aesthetics alone, and I haven't seen enough of this show to really get into the fandom, because, you know, I dropped off of sports anime. I still like how they look, but I just don’t care about them enough.

Pirates of the Caribbean

Elizabeth Swann/Will Turner

Like, I don’t think I need to explain myself here. The sheer sexual energy present in this ship is suffocating. 

Hunger Games

Katniss Everdeen/Peeta Mallark ✅

Oh my god, where to begin? I love these two, they were my Bella and Edward if that comparison makes sense. Except for a better relationship in every single way, no biggie. Personally, that quote is a bit overused to explain their relationship, but it still made me shrivel into a prune.

Finnick Odair/Annie Cresta

The only person I would want Finnick with other than myself. They gave cute, wholesome, true love and just passed the vibe check with flying colours.

Merlin

Merlin/Arthur Pendragon ✅

Again, another ship I love even though I haven’t watched the source material. I do remember watching the ‘two hours of merthur scenes’ YouTube video a few years before I got into the fandom, so It’s been in my peripheral view for a while.

My Hero Academia

Izuku Midoriya/Bakugo Katsuki ✅

Oof, I don’t like MHA anymore because it was just too toxic, and this ship used to be the OTP after Free!, but like, it’s fallen in the ranks super hard. 

Shōta Aizawa/Hizashi Yamada ✅

They were the subtle one that I shipped because why wouldn’t you, you know? They were beyond cute in their scenes together, and I loved the perpetual teasing.

BTS

Jeon Jeongguk/Kim Taehyung ✅

My OTP for two years after MHA, I used to be pretty crazy about them. I realized that these were people and it started to feel gross so I fell off the ship pretty quickly after that.

Kim Seokjin/Kim Namjoon ✅

Again, my youthful mind just reduced them to mom and dad and I didn’t think about it until I got more into fandom politics.

Min Yoongi/Jung Hoseok/Park Jimin ✅

I would ship them in any configuration, I liked all of them, although I did have a preference for Yoonmin.

Dan and Phil

Daniel Howell/Philip Lester ✅

DON’T KILL ME, I WAS A TWEEN. I wasn’t insane about it, but I read some fics and watched ‘Moments That Hit Different’ videos once they both came out. I know they haven’t confirmed anything, and I am respectful of that. I still watch them and I’m glad they’re in a better place now. 

DC

Batman/Joker ✅

Judging by the posts I have already made, you can tell I’m very passionate about this one. But it’s honestly more of a guilty pleasure ship than anything else. I don’t like that I like them.

Harley Quinn/Poison Ivy ✅

They’re another story. Cuties indeed. I love them. I think their relationship is very interesting although it can also cross into toxic territory.

Telltale: Batman

Bruce Wayne/John Doe ✅

I’m singling these two out because they’re just unique from the rest of the ship in a way I can’t explain. Like… If normal Batjokes yearning levels were dialled up 10x more.

Marvel

Venom/Eddie Brock ✅

It’s just a hot ship, sorry. Not to mention their really weird relationship with each other and the fact that they HAVE CHILDREN. Plus I love the cute Venom blob fanart.

Peter Parker/Wade Wilson

I just think they’re an amazing dynamic, with the whole team-up comic and subsequent moments together.

Detroit: Become Human

Simon/Markus ✅

Even if the cut romance path with Simon is just a rumour, I feel like we were robbed of some great LGBTQ representation. “Our hearts are compatible” will make my heart clench to this day.

Hank Anderson/Connor ✅

Another one I’m not too proud of, in retrospect, although I still do see some romantic tones to the relationship. But the fics were great, not gonna lie.

Kara/Luther ✅

I love them in a found family way, but I can see them being together in a hypothetical future together in Canada scenario.

Tales of Zestiria

Sorey/Mikleo ✅

Boi, another ship I feel very strongly about. Objectively, they are canon and I’m going to continue to believe they are. I love their shared dream and I think the foundation of their relationship is very precious.

Rose/Alisha ✅

Super cute. They honestly feel stronger in The X, but the DLC did also make me ship them.

She-Ra

Catra/Adora ✅

I understand the arguments against this ship, that it’s kind of toxic and all that, but I just don’t care. They literally feel like soulmates and I just vibe with this dynamic. A perfect kiss, and a great ending.

Sailor Moon

Haruka Tenou/Michiru Kaiou

I only watched the first few episodes of the original Sailor Moon and the ending with my sister for my birthday, so this is another ship that I haven’t seen. But I still love them from what I’ve been exposed to and I hate that they were reduced to friends with the English dub.

Cardcaptor Sakura

Touya Kinomoto/Yukito Tsukishiro

Again, a peripheral ship where I didn’t watch or see Cardcaptor Sakura, but I mean, they’re adorable and canon. Not much else to say about it.

Attack On Titan

Ymir/Krista Lenz ✅

Let me break this down before everyone hates me. I love Ymir and Krista. Ymir was really the push she needed to become her own person and I love that arc. But I’m also a firm believer in bisexuality existing, headcanons are fine, and that it’s okay to move on from past loves.

Eren Yeager/Historia Reiss ✅

I was kind of cringe during this era, and I did think they were endgame, which is why the ending tainted my opinion of the show overall. I fell off the show pretty shortly after the manga finished. But sometimes I will revisit these two to torture myself for some reason. I’m sure Destiel and Merthur shippers can concur.

Erwin Smith/Levi Ackerman ✅

You know, I loved the fake Ackerman lore that Eren came up with because it was an interesting literary device and at least confirmed this ship slightly. They felt very gay in a weird way.

Armin Arlert/Annie Leonhart ✅

It’s funny, I shipped them before Annie was revived and fell off the ship once they became canon. It felt really strange, but the way the relationship played out felt just contrived and fake afterward.

Haikyu!

Hinata Shoyo/Kageyama Tobio ✅

Ya’ll, symbolism at its finest. I’m not sure what happened to their relationship after watching season 3, which is when I dropped the show because I lost interest in sports anime in general.

Daichi Sawamura/Koshi Sugawara ✅

Oof, another mom and dad ship that I appreciated a lot. It was another constant +5 if it was a side pairing in a fic.

Seraph Of The End

Mikaela Hyakuya/Yuichiro Hyakuya ✅

(For anyone that’s alarmed and doesn’t know, they’re not actually related.)  They’re very frustrating for me because they are so aesthetic, and they are honestly quite close to canon. But I just think there are certain aspects to the relationships that I don’t like, like Mika’s obsessive behaviours toward Yuu. Just reminds me of Eremika.

The Betrayal Knows My Name

Sakurai Giou/Luka Crosszeria

Okay, the one thing that I actually love about this ship is the reincarnation aspect to it because it really drives home how in love they are with each other. Yuki will always love Luka even if he doesn’t remember him, and Luka will love Yuki no matter what form he takes. Very deep.

God Of War: Ragnarok

Atreus/Angrboda ✅

I don’t understand why a lot of people didn’t like this relationship. They were very cute and gave me some Rapunzel/Flynn Rider vibes, especially in the very beginning. And I can see them in a very cute, mutually supportive romance.

Last Of Us Part 1

Ellie Williams/Riley Abel

I refuse to have my adolescence destroyed by part 2 after I saw the smallest clip of Joel dying, so I’m sticking to Left Behind. I was sobbing by the end of that DLC. Also, the show handled THAT scene perfectly. Loved it.

Last Of Us Part 2

(so. I decided to bite the bullet as soon as I wrote that. and I watched a playthrough.)

Ellie Williams/Dina

Okay. Listen. I would love it if they got back together in that theory with the bracelet. But I also see a poetic parallel to Tommy and Maria. Tommy kept disrespecting Maria and putting himself in danger, and it's clear that that's the main reason for them taking a break. There might be a chance to get back together, but it would take a lotta time.

My Little Pony

Fluttershy/Discord ✅

I am shooketh at the implications of the last episode. They were my favourite ship in MLP, and I am sad to share the cringe that I watched Bride and Daughter of Discord when that was around. But the whole paper bag thing during the epilogue made me implode, I’m so happy they ended up semi-canon.

Rainbow Dash/Apple Jack

They did have many moments that left me in a chokehold when I was in my older childhood years, but I fell off MLP for a solid 5 years before hearing the rumours on the grapevine that they became canon. And they are super close, you can tell.

Undertale

Undyne/Alphys ✅

These iconic chaotic lesbians made me squeal at Undyne’s cheek kiss in the end credits. I love practically every single one of their scenes together.

RG 1/RG 2 ✅

They literally made me blush during their boss fight. Raw dude bro love that turned into something more. Something deeper.

Lightning Point

Zoey/Kiki

I’m pretty sure no one in existence knows what this show is, but lemme tell you, Zoey and Kiki just gave me the vibe of an alien couple on a little adventure that gets trapped on Earth. I don’t remember the ending, but I do remember how cute they were. 

Life Is Strange

Chloe Price/Maxine Caulfield

Despite the bad rep this ship has gotten over the years, I would still sacrifice Arcadia Bay at any opportunity. Their kiss was truly a magical moment.

Stanley Parable

Narrator/Stanley

The Not Stanley ending still breaks my heart when I watch it, and Ultra Deluxe just expanded on their relationship so well. They give “I hate to love you and love to hate you” vibes.

Ace Attorney

Phoenix Wright/Miles Edgeworth ✅

Oh come on, anyone who doesn’t ship them confuses me. They have the backstory, they have the revealed, close relationship, and everybody acknowledges the subtext. This ship feels so similar to the Destiel situation rabbit hole, honestly. And it’s also incredibly frustrating.

Little Nightmares 2

Six/Mono

Kind of crazy, considering the end of the game, but I thought that their dynamic was very poetic and tragic. Personally, I don’t think that Six was malicious when she let go of Mono, I think she just recognized Mono was The Thin Man and wanted to prevent him from becoming himself in the future.

Mario

Bowser/Luigi ✅

I love how this ship exploded so quickly and I just love the duality of the ship. It’s either very good smut or the cutest diabetes-inducing sugary fluff.

Scream

Billy Loomis/Stu Macher

Textbook queercoding. I’m sorry, that back hug still makes me shiver. They truly felt threatening and scary which is an especially difficult emotion to get from me.

60 Parsecs

Baby Bronco/Emmet Ellis

I have Markiplier’s video of his playthrough of this game to thank for me shipping them. I couldn’t stop laughing when he was like ”You were elevated, de-elevated, ascended, descended, repeatedly.” He made me ship them so quickly it was actually insane.

Sims 4

Malcolm Landgraab/Cassandra Goth

It’s a weird ship that I found from someone else, but I do love the idea of a Romeo/Juliet situation with these two. Except that they’re both rich. And Malcom is an asshole. Who cares though, that can be fixed in post with a little thing called MC Command Center.

Kim Possible

Kim Possible/Ron Stoppable ✅

This show opened my scope for multishipping. To this day, this is the only time where I ship two things at once with the same level of love. Anyway, Ron was just such a dumbass and I love them.

Kim Possible/Shego ✅

COME ON NOW. They were the first jerk of a pull start to the discovery of my sexuality. Also very cute, I love their storyline together. I find it easier to believe Shego was in love with Kim, but it’s still a very solid ship.

Ever After High

Apple White/Darling Charming ✅

I know people make a huge drama over it, but I also can’t get over the fact that Darling’s kiss breaks the curse. But even then, their small moments do make me think that the story might’ve been gearing up in that direction. I’m not sure, though.

Raven Queen/Dexter Charming

These two are miscommunication gold. And I hate it. But I love it. They are less compelling than the other ships that I enjoy from this show, but I still like them together a lot.

Rosabella Beauty/Daring Charming

I don’t know, I’m just a sucker for a good Beauty and the Beast story, plus this is the only relationship that gave Daring even a modicum of character development, in my eyes at least.

South Park

Craig Tucker/Tweek Tweak ✅

This ship is wild. Like, I love it so much, but I honestly think it came out of nowhere. Their unique energy just gives me life, the ball of stress next to a cool bean.

Ok. SO CORNELIUS' VOICE- "AND I'LL NEVER LET YOU FALL-"

Thumbelina

Thumbelina/Cornelius

Me and my mom had a moment where we were both sobbing when Thumbelina got her wings. Like everytime we watched this movie. Like 15 times. One of them last week. Yeah, this one hits different.

Sesame Street

Bert/Ernie

CLASSIC HUSBANDS. How could you not ship these literal LGBTQ icons? They say they aren’t in a sexual relationship, but does that matter? No. I love them as Bert and Ernie, two puppets in love.

Henry Stickmin Collection

Henry Stickmin/Charles Calvin ✅

I refuse to talk about the Valiant Hero ending. I’ve never seen such a strong marriage between bro and mance, and their scenes together are always fun.

Reginald Copperbottom/Right Hand Man ✅

I’m just saying that the amount at which Right Hand Man protects Reginald is sus beyond normal proportions. Also the level of trust? “Reg?” It feels absurdly gay.

West of Loathing

Player/Gary

This is one of the weirdest things I’ve ever shipped, considering one of them is just the player character. But Gary is so cute! I love him so much! Any playthroughs where they go with Gary make me so happy.

Dream Daddy

Player/Craig

Another player character, but this one tugs my heartstrings differently. I know a lot of people think Craig is the most bland. Honestly, I just think everyone else is super messy. Like I’m not about to get with the youth minister, my religious trauma did not crush me for this.

VeggieTales

Bob the Tomato/Larry the Cucumber

I actually heard this isn’t too crazy of a ship, but I swear, if you grew up as a Christian queer and watched VeggieTales, you felt the vibes. Like Bert and Ernie, tbh. But also, a scroll of the fics indicates gratuitous smut that I am not down for.

Tom and Jerry

Tom/Jerry

I love the fanart of human Tom and Jerry, but if you think about their relationship, I would say they’re almost as fucked up as Batjokes. They care about each other, but they also inadvertently or purposefully almost kill each other. Love them tho.

Magic School Bus

Carlos Ramon/Phoebe Terese

A wtf ship. But hear me out. I was a literal child and saw a very adorable relationship dynamic that made my heart squeeze. That’s it.

Clifford

Emily Elizabeth/Jetta Handover

Okay. I know what you’re thinking. “What the fuck’s wrong with you?” I know. Another wtf ship. But they were cute, no denying that. I love how Jetta’s character developed and the friendship these two managed to cultivate together. And again, I WAS A CHILD. 

Greek Mythology

Hades/Persephone

I love them. They scream love in such a unique way, and they trigger my arranged marriage turned love story guilty pleasure. Also, we love the fact that Persephone has equal authority to Hades.

Achilles/Patroclus

Have you ever seen anything as gay as these two? They are true mythological tragedy icons at their finest and are just peak masculine love.

Babylonian Mythology

Gilgamesh/Enkidu

More gay tragedy. This one actually makes me emotional, though. Who knew we could find that much of the first story known, have it be major character death and enemies to lovers, on top of being gay af?

Bible

David/Jonathan

Is it heresy? Yes. Is it assuming things? Yes. Is it benefiting from a dodgy translation? Yes. Do have any fucks to give? No. Besides, I have no respect for the Bible. They are gay.

[siblingshowdown]

Sibling Showdown!!!

This showdown consists of 64 sibling sets facing off against each other, as well as a few one-off polls of sets who didn’t make the actual bracket but who I wanted to include in some capacity.  Polls will last a week.  Round One of section A will go live on April 16, with section B going live the day after, section C the day after that, and section D the day after that.

Propaganda is allowed!  I just ask that it be kept positive.  Argue for your faves instead of against someone else’s.  Every sibling set who made it in the showdown is there because someone wanted them to be, so keep it kind.

Will the winners be the siblings that love each other the most?  That are most capable of killing other sibling groups with their bare hands?  That have the most sibling swag?  It’s up to you to decide!  You get to choose the manner and parameters you judge each sibling set for.

Section A:

Edward and Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs. Seiko and Ryuunosuke Tanaka (Haikyuu!!)

Wirt and Greg (Over the Garden Wall) vs.  Han Yoojin and Han Yoohyun (The S-Classes That I Raised)

Shigeo and Ritsu Kageyama (Mob Psycho 100) vs.  Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)

Sans and Papyrus (Undertale) vs. Tanjiro and Nezuko Kamado (Demon Slayer)

Jiang Yanli, Wei Wuxian, and Jiang Cheng (Mo Dao Zu Shi/The Untamed) vs. Hikaru and Kaoru (Ouran High School Host Club)

Vi and Jinx (Arcane) vs. Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara (Naruto)

Sokka and Katara (Avatar: the Last Airbender) vs. Maya and Mia Fey (Ace Attorney)

Vash the Stampede and Millions Knives (Trigun) vs.  Lucas and Claus (Mother 3)

Section B:

Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo Hamato (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) vs. Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack Parr (The Incredibles)

Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner (The Animaniacs) vs. Jazz and Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom)

Huey, Dewey, and Louie (Ducktales) vs. Sitka, Denahi, and Kenai (Brother Bear)

Dion, Frazie, Razputin, Mirtala, and Queepie Aquato (Psychonauts) vs. Skipper, Rico, Kowalski, and Private (Madagascar)

Eda and Lilith Clawthorne (The Owl House) vs. Snap, Crackle, and Pop (Rice Krispies)

Bonnie and Clemont (Pokemon X and Y) vs. Annika and Brietta (Barbie: Magic of Pegasus)

Candace, Phineas, and Ferb (Phineas and Ferb) vs. Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup (Powerpuff Girls)

Nani and Lilo Pelekai (Lilo and Stitch) vs. Kai and Nya (Lego Ninjago)

Section C:

Maddie and Buck Buckley (911) vs. Steven, Shirley, Theo, Luke, and Nell Crain (The Haunting of HIll House)

David and Alexis Rose (Schitt’s Creek) vs. Dennis and Dee Reynolds (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia)

Jonathan Byers, Will Byers, and El Hopper (Stranger Things) vs.  Prue, Piper, and Phoebe (Charmed)

Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Five, Ben, Viktor Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy tv) vs. Mary, Billy, Freddy, Pedro, Eugene, and Darla (Shazam! movies)

Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Damian Wayne, Cassandra Cain-Wayne, and Duke Thomas (DC comics) vs. Simon and River Tam (Firefly)

Elliot and Darlene Alderson (Mr. Robot) vs. Kara and Alex Danvers (Supergirl TV)

Connor, Kendall, Siobhan, and Roman Roy (Succession) vs. Sharpay and Ryan Evans (High School Musical)

Thor and Loki (Marvel Cinematic Universe) vs. Sarah and Felix (Orphan Black)

Section D:

Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin, Amrod, and Amras (The Silmarillion) vs. Antigone, Polynices, Eteocles, and Ismene (Greek Mythology/Sophocles’s Theban plays)

Coronabeth and Ianthe Tridentarius (The Locked Tomb) vs. Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie (The Chronicles of Narnia)

Nico and Bianca Di Angelo (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) vs. Declan, Ronan, and Matthew Lynch (The Raven Cycle/The Dreamer Trilogy)

Alec, Isabelle, Max Lightwood, and Jace Herondale-Lightwood (Shadowhunters) vs. Lark and Sparrow Oak (Dungeons and Daddies)

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire (A Series of Unfortunate Events) vs. Linus and Lucy Van Pelt (Peanuts)

Boromir and Faramir (The Lord of the Rings) vs. Bellamy and Octavia Blake (The 100)

Katniss and Primrose Everdeen (The Hunger Games) vs. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March (Little Women)

Kiryu Kazuma and Nishikiyama Akira (Yakuza) vs. Cain and Abel (the Torah/the Bible)

[im-out-of-it]

part three of season 1, episode 13 continued

41. well, at least Lydia remembered hodge was the one who whacked her

42. “No way. we’ve known him our entire lives.”- well Izzy, never say never

43. well what would you know Izzy 😭

44. it’s one thing for hodge to be a traitor but for Maryse and Robert to be traitors is a stretch jace. I don’t agree with everything they do but they’re always focused on doing what the clave needs. if they’re doing anything enough, it’s having the clave’s best interests

45. my double standard I see often is the stuff Alec says or does vs jace. Alec outed his parents of being members of the circle and jace and Izzy thought that was crazy. Alec was messed up after and apparently was the bad person after his choices with meliorn. (not defending his actions) but when jace says “that’s what you said about hodge” about being traitors, no one bats an eye or defends them

46. look, I’m not Maryse’s or Roberts biggest fan but it’s a huge stretch to make. I get that jace is upset he let Valentine go and that hodge turned out to be playing them but why doesn’t anyone say anything vs when Alec did, suddenly he’s gone mad????? Alec had every right to be mad that he didn’t know about his family’s history and jace can be mad about Valentine but it’s the double standard for me

47. just because hodge ends up being a traitor, it does not mean that everyone they know is. literally jace was so hard on Alec this whole season and then when jace does similar shit, it’s okay????? because he’s been through a lot????? it irritates me that no one ever smacks the shit out of jace. Alec has had nothing but issues all season

a. he’s had to sort through feelings or feelings of friendship for jace

b. found out his parents were in the circle and never told him

c. had an arranged marriage

d. wasn’t sure if he should come out or not

e. taking the blame for every decision jace and clary made

f. all the shit he dealt with Jace and clary- watching jace fall in love with her while babysitting her and taking the blame and all the hurtful words Maryse and jace threw at him

g. Maryse practically disowning Alec for doing something for himself

48. like I could literally go on. Alec has had nothing but snide remarks and bullshit all season and this has only been a few days. it’s the fact that almost no one says anything to jace when he throws tantrums and all the fucked shit he does. and Alec does get better treatment later on. but I can’t stand the way Alec gets treated vs jace. he practically gets away with any type of behavior

49. side note- show jace is at least better than book jace. but he almost pays zero consequences for any decisions he makes and it’s like everyone is expected to drop everything to save him. literally goes off to join Valentine, a decision he made and almost everyone is like omg let’s save him!

50. honestly it’s easy to see why hodge does what he does. I love my lightwoods but he was basically banned to spend all his life in the institute while the lightwoods got off for probably doing worse 😬 it’s not very often I call out my fav family but I try to look at things from all pov possible. (punishment for Maryse and Robert tends to be incomplete though at this stage) but it’s understandable why hodge does what he does. Alec and Izzy thought they treated hodge like family but that’s not the way hodge felt about it

51. just because you think you treat someone well, it doesn’t mean it’s how they feel. look at alec and jace. alec does about everything for jace no questions asked cause wE’rE pArAbAtAi (ban this word please) and jace treats him like utter shit- and Jace doesn’t see anything wrong with his behavior. I mean, he’s toxic on a whole but he thinks he treats alec fine if I would guess. just like clary and Simon, as well as clary and Izzy. she does hurtful things to both but in her mind, she treats them well. these comparisons obviously aren’t all equal to each other- but point being, you never know what someone is going through and how their actions affect you. either because that person is a dick, shit at communicating, not paying attention, or some other reason. sorry for my rant!!!!!! (am I though?)

52. point being, so many treated Alec shitty in season one and I didn’t see much apologies or changed behavior towards Alec. MY BOY DID NOT DESERVE THAT

53. I haven’t noticed this in forever but apparently they have a Russian flag just hanging at the place Valentine is in???? На хую видеть 💀

54. Valentines actions will never make sense to me

55. “I hate downworlders but I’m going to inject my children with demon and angel blood so they can be the ultimate warriors” so you want them to be downworlders then? IM SORRY HIS ACTIONS DO NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME

56. “when I was trying to find my mom, I didn’t care about anything else”- clary. are we missing some development on clary because I don’t see it. like did she just magically change or something????? because she still seems pretty selfish to me. was she not the one two days ago that was trying to rummage around ragnors stuff when he had just died???? or having Simon have to go to Camille for the book of the white? like am I missing something lmao

57. Jace is like I already have this evil inside of me (we already knew you’re a dick, this isn’t news to us) and clary has to remind jace they’re related lmao

58. nothing like a good reminder that the girl you “love” is really your sister 💀 that’s some good old fashioned karma

59. why does jace have to be like stop thinking with your stele to Alec? so sue a man if he wants to see his boyfriend

60. how nice of Luke to use his wolves for his own agenda. not saying he can’t use them but he’s always telling them to do what HE WANTS but when it comes to keeping them safe, he’s like y’all are on your own bye

61. “the shadowhunters have no business interfering in the night children’s affairs”- tell clary off Raphael 🔥 I mean, they really don’t

62. Hodge: I was a prisoner. not agreeing with his choices but I understand in a way. I don’t agree with what he’s doing because putting the cup in valentines hands is asking for a war but I understand why he did it

63. BEAT HIS ASS HODGE! BEAT HIS ASS HODGE! BEAT HIS ASS HODGE! now y’all got me rooting for hodge lmao

64. why is jace’s facial expressions so weird?

65. it’s so extra lmao I don’t know if it’s because I can’t stand the character but it’s so cringe to me

66. “he’s a traitor, he deserves to pay.”- jace. at least when Alec was following claves orders, he wasn’t actively cutting off meliorns hand. (AGAIN NOT DEFENDING) and jace went out on his own

67. went from “Robert and Maryse raised me to my mother is Maryse to Robert and Maryse aren’t my parents” in short of 10 episodes. well, make up your mind jace. I get he’s going through a crisis or whatever but I can’t sympathize

68. I’m tired of seeing the “I’m going through something” trope so I can do or say whatever. like if you want to be a villain? wonderful! I could probably sympathize but when you go through that villain stage and you don’t adapt, grow, and use excuses. I’m not sorry but get out of here. and that’s all jace does. everyone is constantly fighting for him and saving his life and he’s like ahhhhhh I’m about to go do more reckless shit because I can

69. he’s just as bad as clary doing whatever he feels like while everyone else pays the consequences (mainly Alec)

70. RAPHAEL 🥰 (couldn’t find the gif but I love Raphael’s iconic lines)

71. Raphael and Camille are some of the characters I felt were also underutilized. I understand why they decided not to keep Camille around and Raphael at least gets his storylines but I wished to see more. I think the show could have turned things around and done more for the downworlders or featured them more. yes it’s called shadowhunters but show some growth for fucks sake

and Camille is super iconic and was in like four episodes

72. “Valentine really messed with his head. He went through a lot recently.”-alec. I guess he gets a pass?????

73. CAMILLE IS BACK

74. Simon: I beg your fucking pardon?

75. Camille: you’re such a predictable lot

76!!!!!!!!!! I’m going to forget that but part 4 coming soon!

I’m sorry this one was so long. Jace breathes and irritates me so I rant

[ataraxetta]

the anon from before, I moved to the PC to type better. Shall we talk about the time he went undercover at a circus with Artemis and Bizarro and called Dick under the pretense of getting help while he was having one of the biggest puppy love flashbacks in history? As if he had simply accepted it finally? Or that time Dick unhesitatingly believes Jason's innocence regarding the murder of those FBI agents. Why is it that every time those two are framed together it seems like something painful, unsaid and interrupted hovers over them when they're not being jerks or at each other's throats? So yeah, I'm totally here for it and I totally agree with you about Jason, like if he was a weird cross between Young Holden and Alec Lightwood. PS: And let's not forget that according to an enlightening article by Screen Rant, Nightwing practically dated the female version of Hood

S C R E A M the circus flashback oh man. Like I oftimes get irritated with the fact that apparently the entire DC universe saw the flying graysons perform but oh man did reading that Jason bit sweep me off my feet and into the beyond. And the Annual with the bruise examination! And Dick knowing Jason didn't do The Murder cos he'd have crowed about it to them already if he had! chinhands* I love every bit of it. But PLEASE share the screenrant article! I have not seen! It sounds right up my alley.

[carelessflower]

Anh’s list of top tier angsty scenes in Chinese drama that’s so good someone make a Malec au for this (2/4)

Drama: The King's Woman Context or not imagine either dark!alec/dark!magnus and the other with this scene TOP TIER I TELL YOU also technically i did do one for dark!alec lmaoo

[cantfuckbracket]

Can't Fuck Bracket: Group Stage Release Schedule

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

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

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

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

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

CLUSTER A GROUPS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[multistanisms]

Shared Souls || Shadowhunters

FANDOM: Shadowhunters

PAIRING: Alec Lightwood x Jace Herondale

WORD COUNT: 2,612

RATING: PG

POTENTIAL TRIGGERS: Mentions of death

SUMMARY: The second shuffle of the Ten Song Challenge series. This challenge’s pairing is Alec and Jace of Shadowhunters. The music player is set on shuffle and the first ten songs that play? You write a quick mini-fic based on it, so it’s basically quick glimpses into the relationship.

TAGLIST: @no1likemybbgcharlie, @spookidema

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1; I’ll Fight - Daughtry

Alec didn’t know when it had started, by the time he realized what was happening, it was way too late to stop. It was in the middle of a mission, and he’d gotten separated from Jace, and he suddenly felt a pain through his shoulder. A scream escaped him as he nearly collapsed, gasping for air briefly before he fought his way back up and began to look. “Jace!” he half-screamed, moving quickly despite the pain in his shoulder. He didn’t know what was wrong, but he knew his parabatai; the person he loved, was hurt really bad. He turned a corner sharply, finding Jace leaning against a wall, blood soaking through the leather of the blonde’s jacket. “Jace!” he ran over, tossing his bow over his shoulder and kneeling beside where Jace was sitting propped up. “Hold still, I’ve got you.” he said. He could hear Jace’s voice, probably trying to reassure him, but Alec was far more concerned with finding his stele and healing the other male. He breathed a sigh of relief as he tugged the fabric of Jace’s shirt up to activate the iratze, pausing when he noticed Jace’s eyes were closed. “Jace, wake up.” he said softly, reaching up to lay a hand on the blonde’s cheek. “Jace, come on. Don’t you leave me.” he urged, a soft begging to his tone. He leaned forward to kiss Jace’s forehead, eyes closing as he held back tears. “Jace, come on. Wake. Up.” he demanded, relaxing visibly as Jace took a gasping breath, bicolored hues meeting blue and for a moment, nothing existed but the fact that Jace was alive. And then suddenly, there were lips to his, and Alec reached up to cling to Jace as he returned the kiss.

2; Stars - Skillet

Jace had always been the one everyone noticed. He was the one people followed after, the one that caught the tail end of more than one bad rejection. No matter what, he’d also always seemed to orbit Alec. It seemed odd that when he’d been stabbed, the last conscious thing he’d thought was an apology to his parabatai. And then there was a dull voice and he felt as if someone had pushed him. He gasped as he surfaced, eyes locking on Alec’s and his breath caught. Alec had found him; he always did. He couldn’t think for a moment and then he moved to kiss the older male, the arm not hurt reaching to take the dark haired nephilim’s hand and tug him closer once the kiss was returned. Everyone in his life had been a star for as long as he could recall, and it was strange that he just noticed Alec had become a sun among the stars in the sky that was Jace’s life. “You found me.” Alec gave a soft laugh when Jace spoke, leaning to steal another kiss.

“What was I supposed to do, just leave you? Not a chance.” he countered. “Come on, let’s get you home. I won’t go far until you’re healed.”

3; I Miss the Misery - Halestorm

Alec had decided a long time ago that no one would ever know, aside from his sister, that he’d ever cared about Jace. He hid it, never wanting to be found out or cause problems. That didn’t mean he liked the way Jace hung over Clary’s every word. Sometimes he missed the old days, when he’d have to follow Jace and Izzy into some reckless assignment, reminding them to follow rules while watching their backs at every possible moment until they were home at the Institute taking care of wounds and paperwork. Clary had turned everything, and not just in the natural sequence of Alec’s life. He had to put up with the looks Jace gave, looks he wished would be directed at him despite knowing it couldn’t be. He hated the angry jealousy that would spark whenever Jace’s touch lingered on Clary’s skin, turning away and forcing himself to breathe. Jace wasn’t his; he never would be. And the fact was, he’d only had the misery of being in what the mundanes called the “friend zone” in his life, so somehow in the years since discovering how he felt for Jace, he’d learned to accept...and almost enjoy it. It was the only constant thing he still had left from before Clary stumbled into their lives.

4; Baptized - Daughtry

Jace woke up to the quiet sound of a heart monitor, blinking slow as he moved to turn his head, hissing low for a moment. He felt a hand cover his and he looked up to find Alec standing at his bedside. “What happened?”

“Sebastian came at you from behind. We thought…” Alec’s voice got low and he looked down. “It was bad. But I knew you’d come back. You’ve escaped worse.” There was a mix of emotions in his parabatai’s voice and Jace turned his hand over to lace his fingers with the other male’s.

“Why would I leave you, Alec?” he asked, looking at him. “I couldn’t leave you behind.” he managed a smile, closing his eyes when Alec leaned to kiss him. “I’m nothing without you.”

“No, you’re everything.” Alec countered. “Get some rest, you’ve got a bad head injury.”

“If you stay with me.” Jace replied, trying to adjust so that Alec could lay beside him. He stopped when Alec laid on his side, fitting in the room that was between his side and the rail of the bed.

“Why would I go anywhere?” Alec asked, giving a soft smile.

5; Second Chance - Shinedown

Being dead had never been in Jace’s plans; but being brought back was certainly not in them, either. He was sitting on the edge of the roof, looking out over the city, when the door opened. Turning, he laid eyes on the one person who always knew where to find him. “Hey.”

“Hey.” Alec walked over with a quiet smile, leaning forward on his forearms beside Jace. “What was it like?”

“What do you mean?” Jace asked, not looking at his parabatai.

“You know what I mean.” Alec replied. “The other side.”

Jace turned to look at Alec, realizing that the one probably struggling more than he was would be Alec; their bond was gone and then returned now, voided when Jace had drawn his last breath and sparked back to life when he resurfaced. “It wasn’t so bad, really.”

“Why?” Jace watched as Alec’s face stayed in profile, eyes staying out over the city.

“I was there with you.” he replied. That made Alec’s head turn and they locked eyes. “I mean, you weren’t dead, but...you were there.” he replied. “We were just laying in bed. No demons, no Valentine, no Sebastian. Just us.”

“Together?” Alec’s voice was a strange mix that Jace couldn’t identify. That was hard enough considering he knew every single one of Alec’s tones.

“Together.” he replied, nodding. “It was like...a look at where I could be happy forever.”

“And that was with me?” Alec asked, clear shock in his voice now. Jace could almost hear the ‘What about Clary?’ that had to be passing through the dark haired man’s mind.

“Yes, with you.” Jace answered, leaning forward so his lips were a breath from Alec’s. “It’s always been you. And this is our second chance.”

6; Undefeated - Daughtry

Alec had been sitting in the room, staring at nothing as he waited for any news. He couldn’t bear to be near anyone, his body felt wrecked from wounds that weren’t his, weak from screams he hadn’t spoke. He hadn’t moved in hours as he tried to focus. He just wanted the pain to stop, the panic to stop. A knock made him freeze. ‘No.’ he thought. He couldn't make a choice like that, he wouldn’t.

“Alec, it’s Clary.”

Alec chanced to look over his shoulder. He knew, deep down, he couldn't exactly hide away. He was silent as the door opened, but he froze as there was more than just Clary on the opening side of the mahogany door.

“Alec.” His name on full lips was what finally got the catatonic body moving again, and he practically tossed himself at Jace, his weight causing Jace to briefly stumble and spin them, his hold strong and protectively warm; the lion catching his lamb.

“You’re okay.” Alec breathed as he buried his face in the crook of Jace’s neck, laying kisses on the skin.

“Of course I am, I have to keep your back protected, Alec. Nothing will ever be enough to make me leave you, got it? You’re stuck-” Jace’s words were cut off as Alec pulled back to kiss the blonde, arms tightening around the broader shoulders as Alec clung to him.

“Don’t you dare go off on your own like that again. Understood?”

7; Paralyzer - Finger Eleven

Clubs were not his thing. Alec actually never willingly set foot in one unless he was tracking a demon. He wasn’t sure why he’d agreed to go to this club without a mission, if he was being honest. Maybe a part of him wanted to be able to protect Jace and Izzy if something happened. A part of him, that he couldn’t admit out loud, wanted to watch Jace. He would hide in the back and drink water while he watched the way his parabatai’s body moved. Alec was used to being a backdrop to the beauty that was his sister and Jace, and most people noticed the two of them well before Alec, and some never noticed Alec at all. So he was perfectly capable of hiding as he watched. Tonight was the first time in a while he could just observe.

Jace was dressed in his usual gear, his weapons of choice those which he could hide without hindering his ability to move fluidly. And Alec indeed enjoyed the fluid movements of Jace’s body. Lithe hips swaying as Jace was pressed against a young girl. Alec really envied the ones who got to press close, to feel the warmth and smell the cologne on Jace’s skin. Alec bit his lower lip, hiding it behind his water glass as blue eyes watched and wandered over Jace’s figure appreciatively. He was startled when a mundane wandering by tripped and spilled drinks all over him. He jumped up, his own glass forgotten as it tumbled to the tabletop beside him. The girl apologized and promised to fetch towels, disappearing into the mass of bodies. Alec stood, soaked with whatever alcohol had been in the glasses, before looking to the dance floor only to have panic overcome him when he realized Jace was gone. He tensed as hands found his hips, reaching instinctively for his seraph blade when there was a warm mouth at his neck and Jace’s voice in his ear.

“Looking for someone?”

Alec startled, pulling away to turn and look at him. “When did you-?”

“It wasn’t hard to figure out.” he replied, moving to pull Alec towards him. “The girl mentioned my boyfriend watching and I noticed the look. So I came to finally have what we’ve both been craving.” he leaned in to kiss Alec, hands sliding along the archer’s hips to hold him close, giving a soft moan as he felt Alec returning the kiss, the two nephilim lost in the kiss as the beat played around them in the darkened club.

8; Lips of an Angel - Hinder

Jace was very mad. Not at anyone in particular, though. Well, if one could count the Clave as a single person, he supposed that would be the one he was mad at. Alec had been gone for over a month, and even though he could tell his parabatai was fine, he hated the distance. To top that off, he missed waking up to kisses, and going to sleep with Alec’s back pressed firmly against his chest, his face buried in Alec’s neck along the deflect rune. He just wanted the raven haired male back. The night had been uneventful and he’d retired to his bathroom to shower, a low music to keep the silence away. As he stepped out, towel wrapped around him, he heard the music turn down. He opened the cabinet door and pulled his small seraph blade, twirling it in his hand and walking to the door in only his towel, rushing out only to pause. Alec was sitting on the bed as if he’d been there when Jace had gone to shower.

“Hey, beautiful.” the elder shadowhunter murmured, standing only to lose his balance as Jace quite literally pounced him onto the bed. He laughed and gave quiet moans as Jace kissed over any part of skin he could find. “I missed you, too.”

“Why were you gone so long?”

“I had some convincing I needed to do.” Alec countered with ease, shrugging a little as he looked up at Jace, smiling. He reached into his pocket, pulling out a little clear box with a golden ring. He watched as emotions crossed Jace’s bicolored eyes. Curiosity, confusion, observation, realization and then pure love before he was kissing Alec again.

“I love you, Alec Lightwood.”

“Pretty soon, I’ll be Alec Herondale.” Alec answered, smiling as he pulled Jace in for a deeper kiss.

9; Angel - Theory of a Deadman

Jace had never thought he could love anyone as much as he did. Let alone that the person he loved would love him back. After all the hell he’d been put through growing up, he finally felt like he had gone through it for a reason. It had all led him to this moment; to have a family that believed in him, loved him. Alec loved him more than most, even if no one really knew. He hadn’t even realized Alec was a literal angel in his life. Alec had saved him on many more levels than he could ever admit to anyone [except his parabatai]. Their love, their souls, were unique in their connection, and Jace was willing to explore everything about it for as long as Alec wanted him at his side.

10; Life After You - Daughtry

It didn’t seem real, to live without the one person you held so close you thought that you would die without them. Jace was finding out first hand that no matter how precious someone was, he could be ripped apart and still live. He held the chilling body close to him, crying into a neck with no pulse. THere was no happy ending, not for him. Not ever. Valentine had seen to that. Jace woke with a gasping breath, a scream forming on his lips as he sat bolt upright, sweat soaked skin making him shiver in the cool air of the bedroom.

“Jace?” The voice is sleepy and confused, a warm body moving as Alec sat up beside him and draped himself over his husband. “What’s wrong, baby?”

“Just a nightmare.” Jace replied.

“The one about Valentine killing me?” he asked. It had happened on occasion since before they’d ever been married. And Alec was always there to remind him that Valentine was dead, and they were safe. That Isabelle and Max were alive and well, and Clary was content in her role as godmother to the various children, including the ones she’d been a surrogate for so that Jace and Alec could have children. “It’s just a bad dream. Come on, lay back down.” He carefully coaxed Jace back into their bed, curling into the younger male and giving him a soft kiss. “Go back to sleep, I’ll be here when you get up. I swear.”

[julietblackwell]

Alec had truly surprised Juliet by inviting her to their first official training session, considering who she was now, but apparently he was more forgiving and open-minded than their leaders before them. If he hadn't been so focused on his own teaching duties, she'd almost suspect Troyan had something to do with it. But she was willing to try, to attempt to work around her enhanced advantage, and rekindle the structure she'd been forced to lose. Guarding gave her purpose, and focus, and her duties had once meant everything to her, enough to betray her heart over. To serve as a reminder, her eyes glanced over to Benjamin as Alec spoke, her throat tightening. The ache of missing him didn't come in waves, it was permanent and unmoving, a constant physical pain. But today wasn't the day to address it. If she was going to commit to this, she couldn't be burdened by her emotions; she rarely had been before.

She tsked as Elijah and Rose began winding each other up, but she wasn't as irritated as she would have been in the past. It was nice to hear them playing around again, nostalgic even. She was eager to get started, to remember what'd it been like to feel valued and needed. That was, until, Alec listed off the pairings. It was no surprise that Jace was preoccupied, but she hadn't believed Alec to be blind enough to pair her with Benjamin in his absence. She swallowed hard, freezing in place, her appreciation for their leader disappearing there and then. Juliet would already have to work harder than her peers by relying solely on muscle memory, and rewiring her brain to rededicate to the cause. Having Benjamin reteach her, the most committed of them all, was already arguably a cause for concern, even outside of their complicated history. She wasn't sure he'd understand her wavering beliefs, or how hard it was for her to rejoin the academy that'd banished her for a failure out of her control.

Before she could protest, Benji was already standing in front of her, gesturing towards the door. Perhaps he had the right approach, cold and monotonous. They'd done this dance plenty of times before without issue, but it felt different now. So much time had passed, so much had changed. And still, despite it all, she loved him so deeply that the mere sight of him stopped her from breathing for a moment. The humanity switch was there, tempting her to run away from the feeling, but she wasn't sure she could let go of her adoration, clawing into it no matter how much pain coincided with it. Time with him was better than nothing at all, even if it was rule abided, in an environment where they couldn't give into themselves. "Fine," she finally replied back, pulling her mask up. She walked without waiting for him, grabbing a spear on her way through the door, remembering to hold onto the strength she'd had whilst doing this years ago.

“Alright, everyone give me your full attention,” Alec spoke up, eyes glancing at the Shadowhunters and Guardians that stood before him. There’d already been some mindless chatter, mostly between Elijah and Rose, but the time for playing catch up had passed. With the recent threats against their town, they had to begin training as they had before. There’d been a shift in dynamics over the course of the rebellion, and although apprehensive in the decision, Alec knew it was his time to step up. He had to lay the foundations, set the rules, and take the brunt of eye rolls and sarcastic backtalk that coincided with being the head of the academy. Confident that he finally had the room, he began listing off the pairings he’d spent weeks considering beforehand. 

“Today’s training sessions won’t be finalising your bonds, but they’re a test of balance and chemistry. I need you to work hard, prove to me that you’re willing to put the effort in. — Izzy, you’re with Elijah. I trust you’ll keep him on task,” after the last conversation they’d had regarding the young guardian, Alec knew it’d be pointless trying to pair Isabelle with anyone else. He didn’t agree with it, but he respected her decision. “Eddie, you’re with Adrian. I see no reason why we should change that.” He addressed them individually as he spoke, holding their gazes and therefore their attention. “Rose, since Izzy’s taken, you’re now with me,” Alec’s lips pressed into a line, knowing it wasn’t ideal for either of them. But he’d put aside his differences for the sake of the cause. “Unfortunately Jace can’t attend today, he’s doing theory work with Max. Which means Benjamin and Juliet, you’ll be working together. Remember to go easy on him, don’t use your vampire abilities to your advantage. It’s a guardian pairing, so one of you will have to play the front role. It shouldn’t be too difficult. Is everyone clear?”