#izzy Lightwood quote

[dayque]

Magnus: What happened to my cute baby? Do you remember when I could hold him and he would ask me to read him stories every night?

Izzy: He once burned down the greenhouse.

Simon: Helped Kit steal the silver weapons to sell it on the shadow market in exchange for Xbox video games.

Clary: He broke all my cell phones trying to figure out how they worked.

Alec: He sold his brother's milk horns in the shadow market. It took us 3 years and 10 thousand dollars to recover them.

Jace: He disorganized the library's over 5,000 books into unbreakable code just to annoy me. By him self. IN ONE NIGHT.

Ragnor: He stole my spell books and, I have no idea how, translated them and posted them on every social media site known to the shadow world.

Magnus: My clever little baby, at least you have to give him credit for being persistent.

[overheardinidris]

Maia: Do you cook?

Izzy: I made a cake once.

Alec: Yeah, it was good.

Izzy: Really?

Alec: Don’t make me lie twice, Izzy.

[starrieshq]

Alec: he got turned into a rat

Jace: and then a vampire

Clary: and then a daylighter

Magnus: and then proceeded to lose all memories of you

Isabelle: *stumbling* wHeRE

[fluffyballme]

so here’s my take on this meme but main couples in TMI

jace and clary

magnus and alec

simon and izzy

[evacrstairs]

i want you for worse or for better, i would wait forever and ever...

the mortal instruments (sizzy) headers. like or reblog if you save use. 💥

[lurafita]

Magnus: "Rules are meant to be broken." Alec: "Rules are meant to be followed. Nothing is meant to be broken." Magnus: "Piñatas." Izzy: "The enemy's neck." Jace: "A person's mind." Alec: "… Magnus, good argument. Izzy and Jace, I'm making an appointment with a therapist for you two."

[daily-clace]

“‘Have you had dealings with demons’?” Isabelle echoed in what Jace felt was an unsuitably mocking tone. “Was that your version of ‘come here often? What music do you like?’ Because you were totally obsessing over her.”

“Clary was here for about five minutes,” said Jace. “Not enough time for me to form an obsession.”

“Clary? You noticed her name?” Alec’s eyebrows went up.

Awake, Cassandra Clare

[lauherondaleandlestecarstairs]

Jace: What are you making? Izzy: Dinner. It’s a new recipe. Jace: That smells... interesting. Izzy: Interesting? Jace: Like something we should feed to demons as a distraction. Izzy: I hope you enjoy starving tonight. Jace: Better that than dying of food poisoning.

[the-mortal-incorrects]

Jace: So, what’s for dinner? Isabelle, staring at the food she just burnt: Regret.

[emilyskinners]

[malecftmaxrafe]

“How’s everyone in New York?” he added quickly. “Clary dragging Jace into any more trouble? Jace dragging Clary into any more trouble?”

“That’s the cornerstone of their relationship, but no, Jace is hanging out with Simon,” Isabelle reported. “He says they’re playing video games.”

—The Red Scrolls of Magic, The Eldest Curses 1.

[dayque]

Although I love the Shadowhunter characters, I can't forget their social context. I don't expect them to be perfect parents, perfect couples or perfect characters just because I love them, I think they have strengths and weaknesses (like Alec, who learns quickly but has been raised in a colonial world and must learn day by day not to replicate that violence, Julian used to lying rather than trying to dialogue because that was his only solution as a child or Tessa, who escaped from her family because she wanted to avoid the pain of loss).

Idealizing characters in a book series, that is precisely about learning to grow and accepting our past mistakes to learn from them, is forgetting the entire meaning of the books.

I think Robert is the best example of this. When he was young he made a lot of mistakes, he married a woman even though he didn't love her, he was strict with his children and lost their trust, he insulted his best friend for something he couldn't change about himself and it was nothing wrong. But over time he learned, apologized, was a better father, got divorced and reconciled with his emotions for Michael.

Jace probably has to fight not to be a controlling father and Clary has trust issues with her children and friends, Alec doesn't know how to have a non-white family, much less one of Downwolders, and Izzy can't trust her own partner. Emma spent years following a murderer who sat at her table, Julian dangerously borders on sociopathy, Ty LITERALLY got into playing necromancer, and Dru and Helen feel like strangers in their own home.

But they will learn, because that's what shadowhunters is all about.

It's okay not to know everything today.

@cassandrajean draws

[overheardinidris]

Alec: I don’t trust him.

Isabelle: Who, Magnus? He’s the most trustworthy warlock I know.

Alec: I get this weird feeling when I’m around him. Nervous. And sweaty. And like I want him to...

Alec: Oooh.

Alec: Never mind.

[livsoulsecrets]

Part 2 of my “I’m losing my mind about the Lightwood siblings” breakdown while I read City of Heavenly Fire again:

-

“Jace thought of the wooden soldier he’d given to Max, and closed his eyes in sudden pain.”

-

“It’s good to have people worry about you,” said Alec. “It means they care. It’s how you know they’re good friends.”

Emma’s gaze went from Alec to Jace, curious. “Do you worry about him?” she asked Alec, surprising a laugh out of him.

“All the time,” he said. “Jace could get himself killed putting his pants on in the morning. Being his parabatai is a full-time job.”

-

“I like her,” Isabelle said finally. “She kind of reminds me of Jace when he was little, and stubborn, and acted like he was immortal.”

-

“Go without me, and you disrespect our parabatai oaths, you disrespect me as a Shadowhunter, and you disrespect the fact that this is my battle too.”

“Jace looked shocked. “Alec, I would never disrespect our oaths. You’re one of the best Shadowhunters I know—”

“Which is why we come with you,” said Isabelle. “You need us. You need Alec and me to back you up the way we always have.”

-

“And how old are you?” Isabelle said.

“Nine,” said Max. “I’ve always been nine.”

Isabelle stared. The kitchen around her was wavering. She could see through it, as if she were staring through printed fabric: everything going transparent, as mutable as water.

“Baby,” she whispered. “My Max, my baby brother, please, please stay.”

“I’ll always be nine,” he said, and touched her face.”

-

“She knew Jace hated it when Alec was angry at him. She wasn’t sure if he could feel the discord through the parabatai bond or if it was just ordinary empathy, or a little of both.”

-

“I just wanted to say that you don’t always have to be all right. I asked you to be my parabatai because I needed you, but you’re allowed to need me, too. This”—he indicated his own parabatai rune—“means you are the better, other half of me, and I care about you more than I care about myself. Remember that. I’m sorry I didn’t realize how much you were hurting. I didn’t see it then, but I see it now.”

Alec was very still for a moment, barely breathing. Then, to Jace’s surprise, he reached out and ruffled Jace’s hair, the way an older brother might ruffle his younger sibling’s hair. His smile was cautious, but it was full of real affection. “Thanks for seeing me,” he said, and walked off down the tunnel.”

[carelessflower]

Alec: daddy can you pass the salt?

Magnus & Robert, both reaching for the salt: sure

Magnus & Robert:

Everyone at the dinner table:

Alec:

Alec: i mean it in a fatherly way haha, magnus must be mistaken cause he's max's dad that right...

[alec-prettyboi-lightwoodbane]

Simon: Alec is amazing at concentrating. Once he starts reading, the only way he’ll notice you is if you take his book away. Not even if you hit him or shove him!

Izzy: That was him ignoring you.