#etta (the mortal instruments)

[tu-vieja-steve]

Summarize Magnus’s relationships from thank u, next by Ariana Grande

Thought I'd end up with Sean

But he wasn't a match (Camille)

Wrote some songs about Ricky

Now I listen and laugh (Woosley)

Even almost got married

And for Pete, I'm so thankful (Etta)

Wish I could say "thank you" to Malcolm

'Cause he was an angel (Etta again)

One taught me love (Etta x3)

One taught me patience (Woosley)

And one taught me pain (Camille)

Now, I'm so amazing (YESSSS MY LOVEEEEE)

[morningstar-chronicles]

have another old draft i never posted lmao

so in my crossover dr my early life is going to consist of me growing up with my father (valentine morgenstern) and being raised in his weird blood purist cult. i'm in his little freaky group (actually we're on the run because the clave wants to find and prosecute him) until i'm about twelve, when either the mundane police catch up with him for murdering a bunch of mundanes, or the shadowhunters catch up with him for being valentine morgenstern.

quite honestly i don't remember a lot of the mortal instruments and i can't be arsed to read it because clary's my sister and i don't want to read about her love life (and i definitely don't want to read the smut scene y'all i can't-) but i do have the shadowhunter's codex and i've read some of the other books more recently, so most of my dr will be based on either what i remember from the series' or what i find on like... wikipedia.

so anyways he raises me in like niagara falls or smth because we were chilling running from the law, and he was close mundane business partners with tony stark, norman osborn, and bruce wayne, because rich people are funny like that. anyways, i usually just sit in tony's lab in utter silence until ben parker (who works for tony stark in my dr) takes pity on me, the like, seven year old, sitting in utter silence, and brings in his nephew, peter parker, who i then befriend. peter then brings in his friends, ned leeds, harry osborn, and gwen stacy, and that's how i meet them. so basically, gwen, harry, peter, ned, and i are childhood friends kinda. eventually my dad decides these mundane kids are a bad influence on me and starts leaving me at home instead. i'll reconnect with them later.

when my father gets caught/i get taken away, i move to paris and meet my new family, but i also start going to french school. when i first arrive, my french is abysmal (much like my OR self ). the first person to find and help me learn french is mika couffaine (younger brother of luka and juleka couffaine) who is fully bilingual and speaks both english and french completely fluently and without an accent. juleka and luka are also fully bilingual, but speak with a slight french accent in english. anyways, mika quickly becomes my best friend.

i can never remember what i've already talked about on here, but my other parisian friends are abby, julian (adrien's brother), hana (kagami's sister), manon, chris, etta, ella, and your usual alya, nino, adrien, juleka, luka, etc. mostly i hang out with the people my age though (see: mika to ella), because they're the ones in my classes. chris, manon, ella, and etta have all been aged up so that they're not really that much younger than marinette and co. we're all only about two or three years younger.

[incorrectbridgequotes]

Etta: Don't talk down to me.

Roger: Well I can hardly talk up to you. You're too short.

[laciefuyu]

Rating:

Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning

Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories:

F/M

Gen

Fandoms:

Shadowhunters (TV)

The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare

Relationships:

Magnus Bane/Camille Belcourt

Magnus Bane/Etta

Characters:

Magnus Bane

Camille Belcourt

Etta

Additional Tags:

Sad

Hurt

Emotianally Hurt Magnus Bane

Camille being Camille

Etta is a sweetheart but yeah

Angst

Pain

[ao3feed-malec]

Lover

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/37r7wxY

by poopdiepie

Forever. Funny, that word was especially when you're immortal. But unlike some other immortal, Magnus actually meant that. Of all the great loves he had, which was surprisingly few for someone who had lived for over three hundred years, he always meant it when he'd say he'd love them forever.

Words: 2228, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of I Listened To Taylor Swift Too Much Recently Now Here We Are — A Trilogy

Fandoms: The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M, F/M

Characters: Magnus Bane, Etta (Shadowhunter Chronicles), Alec Lightwood

Relationships: Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood, Magnus Bane/Etta

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/37r7wxY

[meleuki]

Thanks for the tag angel ! @satans-helper xx

1. Name : Addy

2. Zodiac: Aries Sun/ Leo Moon/ Gemini Rising

3. Height: 5′4

4. What time is it?: 11:02am

5. Favorite musician or group: Greta Van Fleet, GnR, Muddy Waters, Babe Rainbow, Billie Holiday, SWMRS, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Howlin’ Wolf, Jimi Hendrix, Aerosmith, Metallica, Hozier, The Frights, King Gizzard and The Wizard Lizard, Led Zeppelin… This list could go on forever so I'm gonna stop lmao

6. Favorite sports team: Toronto Maple Leafs (although I'm in a completely different country)

7. Other blogs: @shiftsticker, I use it just to reblog aesthetic shit I like lmao, but I’m thinking of doing something else with it eventually. 

8. Do I get asks?: rarely, but I’m not worried about it. 

9. How many blogs do I follow?: 427

10. Any tumblr crushes? @solohqrry. 

11. Luck numbers: 1,714. there’s a story behind it I promise lmao. 

12. What are you wearing right now: a long patterned skirt and a cropped olive singlet. I feel quite pretty. 

13. Dream vacation: Toronto, oh my god I wanna go to Toronto. 

14. Dream car: 70s Ford Coupe. 

15. Favorite food: Dumplings, and German Donuts. 

16. Drink of choice: Water, Orange Juice, or Iced Coffee. 

17. Languages: English and Indonesian (I’m not completely fluent, but I’ll understand). 

18. Instruments: Guitar and Piano. 

19. Celebrity crushes: Oh boy. My main ones, Jake Kizska, Slash, Kirk Hammett, and Aiden Turner (he’s not rock I know, but whew baby)

20. Random fact: I’m a stubborn ass sometimes, well, a lot of the time… Anyway!

PART II thank you @pomegranatecurses!!!

Name: :)

Height: you already know!

Wearing: :)

Introvert or extrovert: Introvert 100%. I love talking and hanging out with people, but I constantly need time to myself. 

Siblings: An older sister.

Following: :)

Followers: 665, thank you angels x 

Degrees: none, I haven’t even finished high school. 

Instruments: :(

Favorite author: uh, Tolkien? I’m not gonna lie to you, I don't read much. So Tolkien or maybe, Chris Carter. 

Favorite Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi. 

Last google search: Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones (tis a good movie, unfortunately I haven’t read the book)

Recommend a video game: Ratchet and Clank. 

Recommend a music album: Etta James - Greatest Hits Vol 1. 

Recommend a book: I AM DEATH by Chris Carter (If you don’t like gore or anything confronting, you might not want to read it)

Recommend a recipe: Pesto and Cream Cheese on bread, some salami or mince or sandwich meat of some kind in-between, and then chuck it on a press and you have something amazing. 

Share a creative thought you had today: I’m going to paint my shelf when I get back home. 

I tag @xx-kurt-cocaine--xx @livewiredroger @satans-helper @solohqrry @guns-n-crue @flowrxchild xx

[ao3feedmalec]

Schwarz-Weiß

by LookWhatIHaveWaitingForMe

Wie Rafael Magnus in Erinnerung schwelgen ließ und wie Magnus Alec ein Stück mehr von seiner Vergangenheit zeigte.

Words: 6479, Chapters: 1/1, Language: Deutsch

Series: Part 10 of Chroniken des Rafael Lightwood-Bane

Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV), The Shadowhunter Chronicles - Cassandra Clare, The Shadowhunter Chronicles - All Media Types, The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare, The Dark Artifices Series - Cassandra Clare

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Magnus Bane, Alec Lightwood, Rafael Lightwood-Bane, Max Lightwood-Bane, Etta (Shadowhunter Chronicles), Ragnor Fell, Raphael Santiago, Clary Fray, Jace Wayland

Relationships: Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood, Magnus Bane/Etta

Additional Tags: Fluff, Erinnerungen, Heiratsantrag, dad!Alec, Dad!Magnus, Kidfic

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[movietvtechgeeks]

Latest story from https://movietvtechgeeks.com/wonder-woman-spoiler-review-villain-problem/

Wonder Woman Spoiler Review and Villain Problem

First off, the nerd kingdom is still surprised at how good the DC-produced Wonder Woman is, and we congratulate director Patty Jenkins, Gal Gadot and Chris Pine for delivering a great film. It’s just fitting that Wonder Woman’s first theatrical outing be a great thing. We can probably say that the Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman film is DC’s counterpart to Christopher Reeve’s Superman. The film is reported to have set another record for the lowest Friday to Friday loss percentage for a Superhero film and has beaten Tom Cruise and Sofia Boutella’s The Mummy and may have eaten into Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’s worldwide earnings pie as well. This continues as internet hype, and word of mouth continues to spread. By now, most of you have watched the film at least once so we can now proceed to spoilers and what we think made the film so great and those little flaws that need to be ironed out. One of those little flaws involves Wonder Woman joining the ranks of Marvel Cinematic Universe films in terms of villainy. Still spoiler alert for those who have yet to watch the film. Please do whether or not you’re a comic book fan. Personally, I have not read a single issue of DC’s Wonder Woman, but I have been exposed to other media, mainly on TV beginning with Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman, then the Superfriends cartoons, the 90s Justice League and other DC Animated Universe films. The film borrows some elements to her animated film by the way. First off, this is not your typical DCEU film. The sun exists in this movie. Patty Jenkins is not afraid filming in the sunlight because she probably won’t sparkle like Zack Snyder does (we know he’s having a hard time, so this ends here). The film begins by immediately telling us that this is DCEU connected by showing us a Wayne Security van bringing a package to Diana Prince. Sorry, no guys from Powerless are shown here, but that was the first thought that came to mind upon seeing the van. Well, still dreary skies over the Louvre but Diana takes the audience back to Themyscira upon seeing her World War I picture last seen in Batman V Superman. This is where we finally get to see sunlight in the DCEU. Yes. It’s a big thing. With the sun comes colors and Themyscira is the paradise that it’s supposed to be. We first see Diana as a child kept by her mother Queen Hippolyta from training with the other Amazons. But from the beginning, we see that Diana already has a passion for fighting and is seen by her aunt, General Antiope. Against Hippolyta’s wishes, Antiope trains Diana. From here, there’s also a mystery of Diana’s true nature which is the reason she’s forbidden to train. The release of Diana’s fighting spirit would make her easier to track and would expose Themyscira to the outside world. Once discovered, Hippolyta tells Antiope to train Diana as hard as she could in order to prepare her for her destiny. During a training session, Antiope trains her so hard that something is triggered in Diana that releases a burst of energy that may or may not have affected the protective field around Themyscira and allows a plane, piloted by US spy Steve Trevor into crashing near the island’s shores. Diana rescues him but he is soon followed by German mariners, and a battle ensues. Due to the animated features, one would think that Amazonians are more powerful than they look but when thrust into battle with German guns, they’re just as vulnerable as normal beings and here, the Amazons, as well as the audience, are shown the realities of war and death. You’d think that these Amazons have not dealt with death for thousands of years as they’re immortal except for mortal wounds. The Germans are wiped out at the cost of several Amazons including Antiope which adds to the drama. But the action here from the training to the fighting is pretty intense and well-choreographed. Many of the Amazon fighters cast female athletes by the way. So it’s evident that the film doesn’t start slow. The action is spread out quite well. The second chapter reveals the circumstances of Steve Trevor’s arrival. Steve is a US spy in German territory who discovers the Germans’ ultimate weapon and steals its notes but is pursued by German forces. The flashback to that has its own action sequence for Steve as he escapes in a plane and delays the Germans efforts by bombing the chemical weapons factory before escaping. Steve describes to the Amazons that the war occurring in the outside world is the war to end all wars. This makes Diana obsessed that the God of War Ares is behind all of it. Growing up, Hippolyta told Diana stories about the world of men, that the world was a beautiful and peaceful place until Ares gave men their hostile nature and that after his defeat Ares will someday return and that it will be up to the Amazons to stop him. Why World War I? Let’s stop here for a minute about World War I. Like Captain America, Wonder Woman’s origins are tied to World War II. But in this film, DC took a different approach. World War II is basically done to death but there aren’t many films that depict World War I. World War II is also associated with Nazis, and that gives any film about that war a definite villain. The film’s aim is to show a little ambiguity. No Nazis, no Hitler, no Holocaust, just the horrors that come with it. Diana’s Quest Diana’s convinced that Ares has to be stopped and makes it her quest to do so. Against her mother’s wishes, she volunteers to help Steve back to men’s world on the condition that he take her to the war and to Ares. She’s convinced that the war will end after taking out Ares. Diana steals the Godkiller sword which is said was made to kill Ares. In doing so, she discovers that she is somehow stronger and invulnerable than the others. She takes a shield, and the magic lasso used to make Steve divulge his mission. Steve and Diana are met by Hippolyta at the coast. Instead of stopping her, Hippolyta gives her blessing to the mission accepting that the whole thing is destiny. Wonder Woman’s origin differs here as she didn’t enter into a contest to prove who should be worthy to be Themyscira’s representative and receive the bracelets, the bodice, and lasso. That would make her fellow Amazons equal to her. In the comics, fellow Amazon Artemis took the mantle of Wonder Woman, even Hippolyta herself became Wonder Woman. I was hoping to hear Artemis’ name mentioned. Anyway, Diana’s quest to kill Ares and end the war makes up most of the film but grown up audiences know full well that war is complicated and that Diana is naïve and childish. The real quest is knowing how Diana discovers that she’s wrong. That underlying plot gives the film some of its charm. Darkness and Humor with a Purpose Steve and Diana make it to London, and we’re back to the DCEU’s dark and dreary atmosphere. But London and much of the world is in the period of the Industrial Revolution. A period of industry and pollution when man didn’t know any better, and that makes Jolly Old London hideous to Diana. That and the smog and fog often parodied in mainstream media. So the dreary atmosphere actually serves a purpose in the film. The pollution as well as the fog of war. The film isn’t dark and gloomy for the sake of it. Hopefully, other DCEU films after Justice League films follow suit because we’ve already seen the trailers. This is the part where she’s a fish out of water which is much expected. She struggles to fit in London assisted by Steve and secretary Etta Candy. This is also the part where much of the humor takes place. Speaking of humor, it’s not forced or shoehorned into the film. The humor is quite natural. It’s part of the film like Diana’s reaction on seeing a baby, wearing modern clothing and tasting ice cream for the first time as well as her interactions with Steve. More than Support Like Diana, Steve Trevor is much more than a love interest. He has his own quest which coincides with hers. The war is in a phase of armistice due to the Germans’ lack of resources but the villains General Ludendorff and chemist Isabel Maru (Dr. Poison) have other plans, and after seeing their weapons, Steve needs to return to the front and stop them. Britain’s imperial war cabinet forbids further intervention despite Diana deciphering the contents of Maru’s notes. Diana is also distressed that she cannot go to the front to seek out Ares. Steve promises to take her along with his own ragtag band in an unsanctioned mission to stop Ludendorff. Sir Patrick Morgan (played by David Thewlis, Harry Potter’s Remus Lupin), part of the imperial war cabinet gives his support. As mentioned in our non-spoiler review, Wonder Woman has similarities with Captain America: First Avenger. Steve here has his own Howling Commandos composed of Sameer, a French-Moroccan spy; Charlie, a drunk sharpshooter and Chief, a Native American smuggler whose an expert in getting through enemy territory. A Great Action Sequence Perhaps one of the greatest action sequences I’ve seen in a superhero film is when Diana penetrates the front lines. Diana who can no longer endure the suffering of civilians affected by the war decides to punch through the lines to rescue a besieged town. This happens as the team make their way to Ludendorff ignoring the suffering along the way. This is when Diana basically becomes Wonder Woman for the first time. Gal Gadot carried that same charisma she had when she first entered the scene in Batman v Superman but multiplied several times in this scene. The audience cheered as she walked towards the enemy and deflected the bullets with her magic bracelets. She then becomes instrumental in allowing the allied forces to leave the trenches and finally reach the town where she really kicks ass. Patty Jenkins direction is awesome, and you’ve got to see it to believe it if you haven’t yet done so. After that, there’s a time of lightness, and some celebration for the team and the town and Diana and Steve get to consummate their budding romance. This is when the photograph of the team was actually taken. The Conflict This is the part that I like the least in storytelling when the protagonists come at odds with each other which kind of ruins the fun but is essential to practically all plots. The German High Command is holding a gala attended by Ludendorff as a demonstration of his new weapon which Maru reworked despite the loss of her notes. Steve forbids here as their mission could get jeopardized, but she is determined to get to Ludendorff, convinced that he’s Ares. Ludendorff gets away but not before launching his demonstration killing everyone in the town. Diana blames Steve for intervening with her mission and proceeds to attack Ludendorff’s nearby base where he’s about to launch his offensive in the front. Steve and his team follow her. Diana fights Ludendorff enhanced by one of Maru’s potions and kills him. But her hopes of ending the war disappear as the conflict continues despite Ludendorff’s death. Steve meanwhile boards Ludendorff’s plane containing the chemicals. This is when Ares makes his appearance in the guise of Sir Patrick Morgan and tells Diana that war is inherent to humans and that he only nudges them with weapons and ideas. This is when Diana’s true nature is revealed that she is the true weapon that can destroy Ares and not the Godkiller sword which Ares destroyed on a whim. That Diana is actually the daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta and not a clay child given life. Ares tries to convince Diana to join him in destroying humans to rebuild paradise, but she refuses. Almost beaten, she gains more power upon seeing Steve sacrifice himself to blow up the chemical plane. Ares tries to use Diana’s anger to have her turn dark side by killing Dr. Maru but with Steve as an example, she tells Ares that humans are as capable of good as they are of evil and should be nudged in the right direction. The two have a final battle and she finally destroys Ares releasing a momentary burst of energy that temporarily removes hostility in the area. The story then switches back to the present day. Diana thanks Bruce for the photograph and she dons her costume to patrol the world. The Villains The film has it all. Intense action, drama, adventure and humor. The film almost follows the Marvel MCU formula but not quite as most MCU films have an inherent lightness to them. Anyway, what becomes similar to the Marvel films are the forgettable villains. Who the heck are Ludendorff and Dr. Poison? Dr. Poison is one of Wonder Woman’s recurring enemies in comics. Not sure if she already made a TV appearance anywhere including Lynda Carter’s series which I was too young to remember. Ares, we know is a major villain for Wonder Woman and is also the major villain in the Wonder Woman animated film. From TV, many would probably identify Cheetah, Giganta and the witch Circe as her rogues’ gallery. Perhaps this is one reason why Wonder Woman had to wait over 75 years to get a movie. She lacks identifiable villains despite her many years in animation. This is probably the same reason the Adrienne Palicki TV series failed to take off. That and her wonder pants. But this villain problem isn’t really a problem when it’s really the hero that takes center stage. Who was Kaecillius in Doctor Strange? Who was Yellowjacket in Ant Man? Who was Iron Monger in Iron Man? Who was Malekith in Thor 2? With films like these, the villains only serve to move the plot along in identifying the hero. They’re not meant to be really remembered though it would be nice if that were the case. A rare case is Loki in Thor. With Superman who has a long history, everyone knows his chief enemy is Lex Luthor. As for Batman, who is popular as heck, the common person won’t think twice in mentioning The Joker, Penguin, Catwoman, Riddler and Two-Face. Perhaps it’s also because the budgets for such human villains aren’t so outlandish to execute unlike Spider-Man’s villains like Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus that require a lot of special effects magic to pull off. At least, hopefully with Wonder Woman, Ares has already cemented his position with Cheetah and Giganta as one of Wonder Woman’s opponents aside from being the Greek God of War. Aside from the villains and being rather slow during the non-action sequences, Wonder Woman is a great film. If we were to rate this film, let’s say 4 out of 5 sounds about right.

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[resplendentreads]

Book Review: Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

Rating: 2.5/5

Favorite quote: You are not helpless. Being down wasn’t the same as being out.

Spoiler Free Review: Okay, I’ll admit it. I judged a book by it’s cover - by it’s shiny, silver and teal feat. a NYC skyline, aesthetically pleasing cover. (Hey, at least it will still look nice on my shelf.) Maybe my expectations were too high from the amount of hype caused by this book on BookTube, but I found very few redeeming qualities aside from the initial concept (a time traveling violin prodigy who has to save the day - not bad.) There was exactly one interesting character, the plot often felt muddled, and the romance was cringe-worthy. I enjoyed this book for about the first hundred pages while everything was new and fast-paced, but then the actual plot hit and I was over it. All in all, this is one of the first books I have considered completely overhyped. 

Spoiler Review Below.

Like I just mentioned, I was convinced for about the first hundred pages that I would enjoy this book. I really enjoyed reading about Etta’s performance and disappearance, her time on the ship, and her time meeting Cyrus. Then the pacing fell off a cliff. The chapters were all twenty pages long, the settings were over-described (and still didn’t feel real), and chunks of information overload were not uncommon. I just finished the book and I couldn’t tell you all the rules of time traveling in that universe.

Despite the buckets of information we were fed, I still didn’t understand the ending. I remembered Nicholas explaining being orphaned by time, and yet I still don’t really know what that means for Etta. 

Speaking of the characters, they were all shallow and one dimensional. Etta was like a boring version of Clary Fray from Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments series. She was careless, impulsive, and never thought about the consequences of her actions, such as running away with Sophia’s things or chasing her mother in Damascus. Nicholas was the stereotypical YA hero, falling for the female protagonist while harboring a dark secret that he could never possibly tell her. Except wait, when he does she then fully admits romantic feelings for him? Their romance had no concrete foundation or development and felt very insta-lovey. 

I thought it was obvious Sofia wasn’t to be trusted, since she had never shown anything but self-interest. And ROSE. When we finally meet her at the end, are we supposed to care about her? Because during her brief conversation with Nicholas, she came off as pretty emotionless to me. 

But! I did like a character! Hasan surprisingly seemed like the most rounded with the most likable personality. I just wanted to give him a hug because he was being a genuinely good person. 

As I previously mentioned, the world-building was pretty confusing due to the sheer amount of information you had to remember. I did like the concept of your personal timeline continuing to move as you traveled, though. For example, if it’s February of 2017 and you wanted to change something in January of 1900, then you have to wait until January of 2018 to travel. 

So, as you might be able to tell, I probably won’t be purchasing the sequel. I know I am in the minority here though, and many people really enjoyed this book! If you’ve read it, let me know what you thought! Thanks for reading!

Anna

PS - How the heck does Rose’s code work? How does Etta know how big to cut the shape? Doesn’t laying a shape over a letter only cut out a few words? How does she read the secret message?

[magnusbanewastaken]

ENCHANTED

SUMMARY: In 1938 Magnus comes across the most enchanting woman he has ever seen in that century. He promised her that she would see him again and that they would dance for however long she wanted.

RATING: G

CHARACTER/S: Magnus Bane, Etta

also @ AO3

 ㅤㅤThis night is sparkling don't you let it go.

 ㅤㅤㅤㅤ I'm wonderstruck blushing all the way home.

 ㅤㅤI'll spend forever wondering if you knew,

 ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤI was enchanted to meet you.

ㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤ

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — 1938

When one has lived for as long as Magnus Bane had lived, rarely does anything ever feel new. All his "firsts" in this century would often feel like a rehash of another set of "firsts" he'd experience the century prior. Most of the time, he doesn't really bother himself too much anymore with the finer details; the names and faces might change but the experience and feelings have become all too familiar. Unless of course on the rare occasions when they're not, and such was the case that night at the Quellcrist Club.

The booze kept flowing and the band was playing some lively jazz music. It filled the heads of the Quellcrist patrons who let the music take over their feet and bodies. There were no miserable faces in the club that night even though most of them were likely not as gleeful as they seemed to be. It truly was like any other club in Brooklyn except for the fact that it was one of the few clubs out there that welcomed a melting pot of people, not just the white ones. If it wasn't, he wouldn't have met the most enchanting woman Magnus has ever laid his eyes on in the last century. 

Magnus had seen her by chance a few times in the Quellcrist before and some other time in other clubs around the area. Though he has seen her a few times, he only felt an infatuation towards her the last time he saw her. She was singing then, a bittersweet melody that disrupted his mind and kept him up all night that night. The first thing he did the morning after was to find the record for the song she sang, but not even the original singer could compare to the golden voice that has enraptured Magnus Bane. It was then that he decided that the next time he sees her, he would come up to her and let fate decide where it would go, he was hoping it would turn out well of course, but if not, well, better luck the next decades or so.

She wasn't singing or playing the piano on stage this time but she was with some girl friends dancing the night away in a flowing golden beaded dress that perfectly emphasized her beautiful dark skin. She was a pretty little live wire, that much he knows. Always sprightly, always a smile on her face, as she sings or plays the piano, sometimes even the saxophone if she was feeling great. Even now on the dance floor too, she was all smiles and Magnus couldn't hear it through the music but he assumed her laughter was just as delightful as her singing. If he didn't know any better he would assume she would be one of the fair folk, with a voice like that and looks to match, but she seemed to be far kinder to be one of them.

As the band shifts their tune from an upbeat tempo to a soulful slow jazz and some patrons moved their way towards the bar and tables to rest their feet and have a drink, Magnus saw this as an opportunity to approach her. There were many eyes who followed him or took a gander at him as he did so. It was difficult for anyone, mundane or not, to not look at Magnus Bane, especially not with the cerulean blue patterned suit he was wearing and the shade of glitter painted around his eyes that were in a similar shade of blue.

When Magnus reached her, her girl friends were giggling as they left her with him. She looked up at him confidently, unfazed at the attention he has drawn to himself, and now to her as well.

“Enjoyed the show? I’ve seen you looking, mister,” she smiled. “I was wondering when you'd come up for a little chat.”

“Was I obvious?” he asked, as if he didn't let his presence be known to her on purpose.

“It was hard not to notice you on account of your...” she pulled back and looked him up and down, a smile drawn across her face. “Well, everything about you.”

“Glad you noticed,” he smiled. He presented his hand for her and asked, “How about a dance, darling?”

“What, my dancing ain't a show enough for you, mister?”

“I was hoping we could put on a show together.”

She held out for a moment and he looked at her, amused, as her brilliant hazel eyes regarded him. Finally, she reached for his hand. She was the one who pulled him to the dance floor with her and Magnus was pretty much happy to be dragged around by her. He knew how to dance, an important skill to learn if he were to woo just about anyone, but next to her he almost felt helpless.

The way she looked at him, smiled at him playfully, and the way she moved her body to the rhythm of the music, moving around him before closing in the space between them. She leaned her back against him as she made small movements, slinking her body sensually. She rubbed her shoulders against his chest before facing him and reaching for his neck and wrapping her arms around him. His hand wandered around the small of her back in return while the other hand reached for her face, gently caressing her cheek at the back of her fingers. She smiled at him as she reached for the hand that touched her face and slipped her fingers in the spaces between his. They weren't the only ones dancing on the dance floor that night, but it sure felt like it.

They finished their dance shortly before the band played another upbeat tune. She had pulled him to the side, in a corner of the club where they could hear each other. She sat on a seat by the bar while he stood in front of her, leaning against the bar as his arm rested on the surface.

“I hope you won't mind my frankness but I think I may have fallen for you a little bit there, mister,” she told him, smiling as she gazed at him fondly.

“Just a little bit?”

“Just a little bit,” she affirmed. “ For now.”

It was what he wanted to hear, he thought, and all the while reminded himself that she was a mundane. He was aware of what this would mean eventually but it was quite difficult for Magnus to distance himself from mundanes or to entangle himself with their ever so fleeting lives. Mundanes may not be born with the blood of demons or angels, but there was still something inexplicably fascinating about them. One would think that after years of passion, infatuation, lust, and the inevitable heartbreaks he would have known any better, but that was a lesson he has yet to learn as an immortal being. So he told her,

“I hope you won't mind me saying but I may have fallen for you as well, even before the dance.”

“Well, aren't you a sweetheart.”

“No, truly, I have,” he replied. Magnus hummed and sang the song he'd heard her sing before, the one that enchanted him and kept him up all night.

“I sang that song at the Cotton Club, a couple o’ weeks ago,” she was surprised to hear that.

“You wouldn't leave my head after that,” he smiled.

“Let’s sort ourselves out in the morning,” she told him then stood up from her seat.

“Are your feet rested?” she asked, offering her hand for him.

“Again?”

“You better get used to it, mister,” she replied. Magnus happily took her hand and went back to the dance floor with her.

Her name was Etta, he learned after they left for the club. They had been too preoccupied with the dancing, the drinking, the laughing, and more dancing that both have forgotten to ask for each other's names. She had drunkenly introduced him to her friends as the love of her life, it was in jest, but Magnus couldn't help but feel delighted by the sound of that. She laughed when he told her his name, she thought it couldn't be a real one, it sounded like a name from a fairytale.

He walked her to her home and in their walk they've managed to sober up a bit and talk more, about music, the stars, each other. He promised her that she would see him again and that they would dance for however long she wanted. She agreed and their dance went on for about fifteen more years or so after that night at the Quellcrist.

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MANHATTAN, NEW YORK — 1978

Magnus fell in love all over again with Etta after he told her the truth of what he was and his world. With no more secrets between them, they would fall deeper in love with each other in each passing day and in every year that passed until eventually she couldn't be with him anymore; she needed to go and he had to let her go.

When they parted all those years ago, Magnus took it upon himself to stop seeing her. Sometimes he would send letters and gifts but he never saw her again, not when she finally had the family she'd always dreamt of having. Neither of them had fallen out of love; he knew that she knew that he loved her even when the time came that they had to part. He wished she remembered that, but she couldn't anymore. It was painful to see her and not recognizing who he was but it wasn't anything he couldn't endure. He regretted not seeing her after the last letter she'd sent to him, he didn't know then that that might have been the last time she could ever remember his name or his face.

Still, he would visit her at the nursing home whenever he can. He visited her again that day and he was lucky to have caught her in a bright mood because he was able to dance with her again. Magnus mostly did much of the moving while she leaned against his body for support. He held her close, carefully hugging her frail body as they danced. Her presence and her touch felt familiar, warm, nostalgic.

“Thank you, my darling,” she told him as they danced. “You remind me of my husband. Oh, how he would always shine, and glitter!”

Magnus almost teared up. She would sometimes do that, recalling memories of him but never really recalling him. She may have forgotten him but Magnus would like to think that he was still there somewhere in her thoughts, now faceless and nameless and obscured behind a haze, but still there, always with her.

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 ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤI was never in love with someone else

 ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤI never had somebody waiting on me

ㅤㅤㅤ 'Cause you were all of my dreams come true

 ㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤ And I just wish you knew,

 ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤDarling, I was so in love with you.

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[ao3feed-malec]

Schwarz-Weiß

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by LookWhatIHaveWaitingForMe

Wie Rafael Magnus in Erinnerung schwelgen ließ und wie Magnus Alec ein Stück mehr von seiner Vergangenheit zeigte.

Words: 6479, Chapters: 1/1, Language: Deutsch

Series: Part 10 of Chroniken des Rafael Lightwood-Bane

Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV), The Shadowhunter Chronicles - Cassandra Clare, The Shadowhunter Chronicles - All Media Types, The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare, The Dark Artifices Series - Cassandra Clare

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Magnus Bane, Alec Lightwood, Rafael Lightwood-Bane, Max Lightwood-Bane, Etta (Shadowhunter Chronicles), Ragnor Fell, Raphael Santiago, Clary Fray, Jace Wayland

Relationships: Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood, Magnus Bane/Etta

Additional Tags: Fluff, Erinnerungen, Heiratsantrag, dad!Alec, Dad!Magnus, Kidfic

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