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aelin-rattlesthestars · 2 years

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I am a Herondale. We love but once." "That is only a story." "Haven't you heard?" James said bitterly. "All the stories are true.

Cassandra Clare, Chain of Gold

#chain of gold #james x cordelia #james #jamesxgrace #books #lovethisbookidc #chainofgold #chain of iron #will and tessa #clary x jace

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aratilightwood · 4 years

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Cordelia’s thoughts after James abandoned her on the dance floor to meet Grace, really hit hard for me. I want to set aside the obvious factors because even though it was (a) the bracelet, (b) Grace’s siren-like abilities and (c) shock, that prompted him to break form, Cordelia wasn’t aware of this. Instead, she concluded that she couldn’t be the girl he was in love with by comparing herself to Grace’s beauty.

Society in the early 20th century promoted a subjective narrative of ‘ideal beauty’ i.e. fair skin, blonde hair and striking eyes. Anyone who didn’t live up to these expectations were sometimes considered second best, or worse, not good enough. I think that’s how Cordelia felt when she first saw James and Grace standing together in the ballroom. Some might argue that this narrative is retained even now, in the era we live in. So it’s something we should strive to break away from as well.

#cassandra clare #the shadowhunter chronicles #the last hours #chain of gold #chain of iron #chain of thorns #james herondale #grace blackthorn #cordelia carstairs #jamesxgrace #jordelia #discussions #this concept of ‘ideal beauty’ is absurd #the phrase shouln’t even exist #it’s a social construct that’s been drilled in us over time and through media

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heronxpotter · 5 years

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😭😭😭

#spoilers #chainofgold #chof #cog #shadowhunters #jamesherondale #graceblackthorn #jamesxgrace #james herondale #cassandra clare

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thestarkster1465 · 3 years

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Dark!James

Okay, but seriously, why does no one talk about how much potential dark!James has?

I’d forgotten to read The Bane Chronicles, but The Midnight Heir shows so much potential for dark!James.

Think of how much more he could have been than just a boring good-looking man. Think of what he would be like if he was more like Edmund than like Will, more like Belial than like Tessa. Think of James if he’d been more like a Prince of Hell.

Maybe it doesn’t show at first. Maybe it comes on slowly, as he grows older and learns what the world is like. Maybe Tessa and Will didn’t know, but slowly, they started to have a sinking realization of what was happening, and they both denied it at first, but they knew they would have to confront this one day. Maybe James and Grace as she is in The Midnight Heir team together running through the world, wild and laughing, lights blurring past them as nothing exists for them but each other and the sound of their own laughter.

Maybe, instead of being snippets from a Batman comic from Commissioner Gordon’s perspective, these are Tessa Gray’s thoughts:

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