#cols

[tu-vieja-steve]

One thing about Isabelle Lightwood is that she will always be there for her brothers and whatever they are she will still love them.

[witchlingcirce]

I don’t think we talk about Isabelle Lightwood literally ripped Sebastian Morgensterns hand off.

and the fact that his wrist is still SCARRED.

Everyone say thank you Isabelle !

[lxdyblackthorn]

no bc this conversation between clary and julian in cols:

“I don’t have any brothers or sisters.”

“None?” Disbelief registered in the boy’s tone, as if she’d told him she had webbed feet. “Is that why you look so sad?”

kill me now.

[bookishjules]

Best Sizzy moment in your opinion?

it's the bite scene. it has to be the bite scene.

the thing is.. this is the first truly intimate moment we have between the two of them. up until this point they've both been almost dancing around each other like a whirlpool, slowly moving closer and closer, leaning on each other, protecting each other, etc., but in ways that don't necessarily have to be acknowledged as indicative of just how much they mean to each other, yk?

and if isabelle hadn't gotten drunk the night before. if she hadn't let down her walls enough to invite him over just to sleep, and if that night hadn't set a precedent for this one where they are both sober and awake. if simon hadn't been hungry.. it's just one thing after another that strips the layers between them until it's just simon and isabelle. and the bit of forced vulnerability on simon's part leads izzy to give him pieces of herself as well. admittedly it's babysteps.. but that's still huge for izzy. she doesn't like seeing him like this. doesn't want him to put off prioritizing himself and his needs out of fear.. of himself, of izzy's opinion of him. because she does trust him. she does want him. so she shows him that. and as she does so she reveals, at minimum, the implication of her own insecurities in this situation. and those willing cracks in the facade of fearlessness she clings to are like the flecks of gold simon notices in her not-as-black-as-he-thought eyes.

the fact that the scene starts with the two of them awkwardly trying to fit together and ends with an easily achieved comfort, and that between those two moments sits a conversation dipping into vulnerability and intimacy.. i could hurt you. let me see your face. you're not nothing. nothing about you is ugly. they're a part of you. i trust you. i want to be with you. it scares the hell out of me. you are a heartbreaker. maybe you'll break my heart. ..it says so much. so much about what a shift this night is, even if its intangible, even if the result isn't that obvious. the shift toward ease and simplicity and security is there.

and don't even get me started on the metaphor of simon siphoning the output of isabelle's heart into himself. of izzy letting him. the acknowledgement that this is different than it has ever been before. in so many ways this is just a physical representation of everything they achieved through their conversation. it's izzy saying you need me. let me be here for you. let me let you use me. which is itself a reciprocation of not only the night before, when izzy needed simon and he came just for that reason, but also of moments like that in cog when he comes to her after max, and he lets her use him because it was what she needed. but it's deeper. it's vein-deep. and the pleasure they both get in the act of sharing blood is just proof of how right they are together. of how scary this whole thing is but also how worth it.

[green28go]

I was so in shock when I read that.

[lunacy-loon]

"for all these times you keep reviving me from my crusades, I say you got a thing for me~"

"Don't push your luck.."

SugarXCrazy but cult of the lamb style, I like calling this au Cult of The Skull where Crazy serves Sugarberry for a period of time for reviving him hehe. I was gonna finish this but I don't think I'll be able to so here have the sketches instead since I somehow became feral for this crack ship again IADUAIWD Sugarberry belongs to @mr-mischievous-trickster @straightforward-sweetness

[wikitpowers]

me @ everything magnus says: 🤭

[jaimrennnn]

so Valentine had all types of clothing packed for Jocelyn except jeans and pants. It’s funny cuz in every scene we see Jocelyn in jeans.

[teehee413]

This has spoilers! Unpopular opinion (and I may be biased because I love alec lightwood so much) but so many people mention how his fight with Magnus in COLS was out of character but I think it's pretty accurate. Let me explain. Alec has spent years repressing how he has felt, thought, and acted. He is 18 years old and never had any experience in a relationship. DO you guys remember your first relationship? Or being 18? Because I was extremely immature about so many smaller things than IMMORTALITY. Which is pretty fricken big. So he was a little bit slut shaming, but that wasn't his intention. He was insecure and hurt. I'm not saying it's an excuse, but I am saying it makes sense that he wasn't all understanding about it. He hasn't been with anyone else, magnus is his end all, that would hurt anyone. Red scrolls of magic was insane for his character growth and I adored every single part. But I liked his flaws in COLS too. Because it made him real, and we all have some flaws and in reality we don't look pretty all the time. Magnus absolutely had a right to break up with him of course he made a huge mistake, but its said in the books so many times that it wasn't the SOLE reason he broke up with him. So much more was going on with Magnus, he just wanted to protect Alec and himself from the heartbreak he knows so well. Also, exs have a way of getting under your skin, and I'm actually glad it showed that. I love these books endlessly and just wanted to share that thought.

[balladofbells]

Maybe I’m delusional but

When Magnus said this:

city of lost souls

It also sounds a little bit like this:

chain of thorns

[softboyshaven]

Putting bets in on how mad baby is gonna be when Malec breaks up. I'm going for 7/10 angry,but not surprised.

[witchlingcirce]

I think there’s something really cute about Simon always comparing really good looking guys to Jace.

Also the fact he said the literal Angel reminded him of Jace ksksks. Simon talks about Jace’s good looks the same way the fandom does HAHAH

[lxdyblackthorn]

now who the FUCK allowed sizzy to be that FUCKING adorable

[bookishjules]

"i came over to see simon, but he wasn't here so i decided to crash in his room. and i'm going back in there now."

[helenofblackthorns]

I was flipping through city of lost souls the other day & came across this quote. and now it lives rent free in my head like?? hello??

[julianblackthornspancakes]

that one part in CoLS when Jace’s ✨Sebastian rune✨ got a boo-boo: