#julian blackthorn my love
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Thinking about the Blackthorn Siblings as one does
No but really
Just thinking about the Blackthorn sisters and how Helen is to Dru as Julian is to Tavvy.
Let me explain:
1) Same age difference (about 10 yrs between Julian+Tavvy, about 10 yrs between Helen+Dru)
2) Tavvy is Julian’s baby, just like I think Dru was Helens’. We know Helen was parentified at a young age as well. Dru was the baby of the family for almost 6 yrs till Tavvy was born. Of course for a while Eleanor was still alive, but being the oldest Helen still would’ve stepped up especially as Eleanor was getting sicker in the years before Tavvy was born and she died. (Although now that I’m thinking about it Mama Blackthorn couldn’t have been that sick if she was still able to have a full pregnancy with Tavvy right (?!)) (And who knows what Andrew was doing but not being a super present father and running the institute ig— tho his teen son was able to do both smh)
3) but anyways yes Helen and Dru. Helen was Dru’s go to for stories and comfort when she was little. Oftentimes little Dru wouldn’t be able to keep up when the twins + Jules+Emma went exploring, but she would stay back with Helen.
4) in addition Julian and Helen are both the main (or one of the main for helen’s case) parents in Tavvy + Dru’s lives during the same time in both their lives. Dru and Tavvy were both about 2-7/8 and Helen and Julian were both 12-17/18.
5) Which is what makes Helen’s exile and return and Dru’s reaction to it (though understandable) more tragic. Bc Dru was Helen’s baby, and at one point Helen was Dru’s main person. But now Helen is back, and while being Dru’s older sister/parent was such a big part of Helen’s identity for so long and she remembers it well, Dru’s memories of Helen are now more distant childhood memories :((
This parallels Julian + Tavvy’s relationship a bit as well (though they are not as extreme bc ofc Julian will check in often and come back to stay in LA a lot) but Julian will no longer be Tavvy’s main parent. And in time although being Tavvy’s parent was such a big part of Julian’s identity it will be more distant childhood memories for tavvy :((
6) the parallels!! Like how Dru is said to be the one who looks most like their mother but Dru barely knew her while Helen was the closest to their mom. (We learn most that we do about Eleanor from Helen’s pov) So Helen (+Emma) are the closest to maternal figures that Dru has ever gotten.
Similarly Julian is always compared to looking like Andrew, and he had to kill his own father (most of what we learn about Andrew as a parent is from Julian). But Tavvy doesn’t remember Andrew, and Julian is the best father figure he could have.
7. Finally, the way Julian + Helen switch off in their little siblings lives. Helen was one of Dru’s main parents till she was about 7/8, then Helen is exiled and Julian is Dru’s main parent from 8-13 (close to when Dru is ready to go to the academy). Where as Tavvy is the exact opposite since Julian was his main parent till he was about 7/8 and then Helen is taking over as Tavvy’s main parent from when Tavvy is 8 till presumably when he follows in Dru’s footsteps and goes to the Academy (15ish—till he’s sent back to LA bc of the pandemic lmao)
So Dru + Tavvy had the same parents just 6 yrs apart
The Blackthorn siblings as divided by who their parents were:
Helen + Mark: Eleanor + Andrew (+nerissa when they were babies but don’t rly remember)
Julian: 10 yrs Eleanor + Andrew, 2 yrs Helen + Mark + then himself :(
Livvy + Ty: 1/2 Eleanor + Andrew, 1/2 Helen + Julian
Dru + Tavvy: Helen + Julian
#it’s always mark + julian#and ty + dru#and yes I love them#but what about helen + dru#and julian + tavvy#or helen + julian#and dru + tavvy#i love all the blackthorn sibling dynamics#mark + ty#we were robbed of the trio of helen + livvy + dru#the trio of blackthorn sisters would’ve kicked ass#helen blackthorn#julian blackthorn my love#dru blackthorn#tavvy blackthorn#the dark artfices#the wicked powers#kit herondale#the shadowhunter chronicles#tsc#twp#ty blackthorn#mark blackthorn#livvy blackthorn#blackstairs#haline#i <3 the blackthorn siblings#can you tell#lmao
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Thinking about how prior to the dark war Julian would’ve been the one to help Ty sneak animals into the institute bc then Andrew and/or Helen (+Eleanor before she died) would’ve had to take care of it.
And then them all getting back from Idris and Ty tries to bring in hermit crabs from the beach or a lizard from the desert and Julian knows that it can’t stay in the institute so he finds it to and tells Ty they have to let it go (but Julian intentionally waits a little longer to find it bc it would have taken Andrew or Helen longer, but if Julian wanted to he could’ve found it immediately bc he know’s Ty’s hiding places as the brother who showed Ty where he could hide things so their father and helen (sometimes even mark) couldn’t find them so easily.
thinking about how much Ty hates change & how he was visibly distressed when he thought Julian forgot about the pancakes but he's the one who most desperately wants Mark to take over from Julian. thinking about how Julian's first line in the series is that Ty & Livvy are eating wax and how his hands are covered in wax too. thinking about how Julian thinks of them as his children but they're the siblings closest in age to him, the brother and sister he was probably the closest to growing up
#ik i already reblogged this#but i have more thoughts#and it hurts#julian blackthorn my love#how can anyone hate him#i don’t understand#julian and ty#maybe we will see them more as siblings again#parentified julian blackthorn#also parentified helen blackthorn#like she also became a parent at 16 when Eleanor died#and she was def helping with her younger siblings before that#i can’t blame helen and julian wanting to take their travel year when they were able#bc they love their families#but it is a lot#poor helen never thought julian would have to be a parent too#middle sibling julian <3#ty blackthorn#julian blackthorn#helen blackthorn#mark blackthorn#the wicked powers#the dark artifices#the shadowhunter chronicles
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When you’re in an emotionally tortured competition but your opponent is Julian Blackthorn
#julian blackthorn#the king of going through the wringer emotionally#that's my comfort character everybody#tda#the dark artifices#no but actually. what a character. needs more appreciation.#he was put through the wringer age 12 to 17 and things only got increasingly worse from there and he tried to#keep his family together at the expense of himself#and on top of EVERYTHING. had the most star-crossed love known to man.#qoaad#qoaad spoilers
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Julian Blackthorn’s constant awareness of his siblings is both so heartwarming and so heartbreaking to read
#he really is their dad#he thinks the way a parent should think and its amazing#he is always putting them first#checking if they’re okay#making note of what they need#its so sweet knowing how much he cares about them#and how amazing of a job he has done at raising them#but man does it make me sad#because he has done it all at his own expense#the idea of raising FOUR kids from the age of twelve#on top of having your father killed and older brother taken away and sister banished#this poor boy#oh and also secretly and illegally being in love with his parabatai#and secretly running the institute and taking care of his sick uncle without ANYONE finding out#truly one of the strongest and most amazing characters in this franchise#i am always blown away at how much he is constantly taking on#i love julian blackthorn with all my heart#he is just so amazing#julian blackthorn#the dark artifices#lady midnight#the shadowhunter chronicles#shadowhunters#cassandra clare#blackthorns#emma carstairs#ty blackthorn#livvy blackthorn#tavvy blackthorn#kate's post
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Two trees in one day because the hyperfixation is strong! Now it's the Carstairs family.
This one was nice and quick compared to the others (pray for me formatting all the Lightwoods tomorrow). Anyways, I am sick of writing cursives rs, why are they in so many names?
Herondale
Fairchild
Blackthorn
Lightwood
#tessa gray#jem carstairs#alastair carstairs#thomas lightwood#cordelia carstairs#james herondale#zachary carstairs#mina carstairs#kit herondale#ty blackthorn#emma carstairs#julian blackthorn#the shadowhunter chronicles#shadowhunters#tsc#the infernal devices#tid#the last hours#tlh#the dark artifices#tda#the wicked powers#twp#ooh there's few enough characters that i have space in the tags left over for my secret ramblings#i feel so powerful#guys can we talk about elias's wife being a year younger than his nephew?#i know they were both adults but it looks like she was ~20 and he was ~40 when they got married and that's yikes#considering all his other issues and how he kinda ruined the lives of her and their children#rest in piss elias carstairs#i love you sona and alastair and cordelia
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I love how Ty is a model student at the Scholomance who helps the teachers plan new courses for other students whilst Dru is getting pulled into the headmaster’s office every other day at the Shadowhunter Academy 😭💗 No one does it quite like the Blackthorns
#Dru is LIVING IT UP at the academy and I love her for it#I honestly just love how perfectly Ty and Dru’s academic records complement each other???#I love how committed Ty is to his studies and the scholomance just as much as I love how much trouble Dru seems to get herself in#Julian and Helen live in constant anticipation of what their siblings are getting up to#I just know it#I love my blackthorn babies#Dru blackthorn#ty blackthorn#the wicked powers#Thais pedroso#anush joshi#the shadowhunter chronicles#twp#TSC#the dark artifices#julian blackthorn#kit herondale
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ik everybody thinks that "his face crumpled. "he hates me," he said. "all i do is love him, but he hates me, he just hates me, i don’t know why." is gonna be ty talking to dru but what if it’s julian????!?
#like dude that would be emotional as hell#bc all julian wants to do is protect them all from harm but this isn't up to him and his brother is heartbroken#and he can't do anything about it#and and -#anyways just saying it would be super emo if it was julian but ALSO i really REALLY love it being dru#bc that would mean those two are finally bonding with eachother and letting out their fears and i need that so (i mean /so/) freaking badly#but yeah this snippet causes me actual pain#<- and i mean that#like my heart just got all knotted up this scene (and in general series) will be my downfall#ty blackthorn#julian blackthorn#kit herondale#kit x ty#kitty#the last king of faerie#the wicked powers#tlkof#twp#tsc
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TSC characters as inaccurate memes I stumbled upon
Simon while dating Clary:
Jace:
Clary and Julian:
Clary telling Simon about kissing her brothers:
Dru about that aunt from England:
Clary around Jocelyn:
Anyone about Sebastian:
Jace:
#tsc incorrect quotes#tsc#tmi gang#the dark artifices#shadowhunters#clary fairchild#jace herondale#simon lewis#simon lovelace#sebastian morgenstern#dru blackthorn#julian blackthorn#jocelyn fairchild#cassandra clare#books#lord of shadows#juless my love#part 1
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btw here is a list of every blackthorn ever mentioned (that i wrote down) either by blood or marriage/name
eva
felix
john
adelaide
annabel
abner
jerome
ezekiel
rupert
tatiana
grace
jesse
lucie
andrew
arthur
eleanor
helen
mark
julian
livia
tiberius
drusilla
octavian
#fighting the urge to make a blackthorn family tree rn ngl#blackthorns#annabel blackthorn#tatiana blackthorn#grace blackthorn#jesse blackthorn#lucie blackthorn#andrew blackthorn#arthur blackthorn#helen blackthorn#mark blackthorn#julian blackthorn#livia blackthorn#tiberius blackthorn#livvy blackthorn#ty blackthorn#drusilla blackthorn#octavian blackthorn#yes i am going out of my way to tag most blackthorns 🙏🙏god bless#tried to do the list in some kind of order but oh well#emma is an honourary blackthorn but unfortunately she doesn't fit any of the criteria 😔😔#i mean fortunately bc i would NOT want her to be related to julian thank you we went over this already#the blackthorns are my favourite family in tsc bc of the tda blackthorns (love them w all my heart) but also bc they can be soooo messy#necromancy. deals w a prince of hell. necromancy. falling in love w a parabatai. necromancy. killing the inquisitor mid public event.#necromancy. necromancy. necromancy. oh did i mention necromancy? yeah that too#the last hours#tlh#the dark artifices#tda#the shadowhunter chronicles
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sometimes i just want to give jules a very big, very tight hug and tell him that i'm proud of him for keeping it together and not giving up.
he lost his mother when he was little. he lost mark and helen. he had to kill his father at the age of 12. he survived a war. he had to hide his uncle's illness and take care of his younger siblings. he had to pretend that he wasn't in love with emma (had been for years). he had to watch livvy die.
he went through all that and, somehow, miraculously, he remained human.
he kept loving art. he kept showing his love towards his family. he learned to love new friends and to forgive.
yes, he tried to stop feeling. yes, sometimes the situation overwhelmed him. but he tried. he never stopped trying.
and i think that's the one thing i love the most about julian. when he loves, he loves with his whole being, loves knowing that he would do anything for those people, even if it destroyed him. but he doesn't stop doing it, not even if it should scare.
he just... loves.
#tsc#the shadowhunter chronicles#shadowhunters#julian blackthorn#jules i love you so much#seriously my love for him only grows as time passes#i want him to be happy always#pls he deserves it
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one thing i absolutely adore about TSC is how close of a family the blackthorns and how although Julian is not their father they still see him as one. they love him so much and i find that beautiful especially that note Ty wrote to Annabel about the blackthorns in Lord of Shadows, i just love how they’re all protective of each other
#i love this family with my entire heart#the shadowhunter chronicles#the wicked powers#ty blackthorn#dru blackthorn#livvy blackthorn#helen blackthorn#mark blackthorn#julian blackthorn#tavvy blackthorn#cassandra clare#the dark artifices#lord of shadows
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Andrew Blackthorn was a pretty shit father
But I gotta give him some credit
For the fact that he had seven children
And didn’t name one of them Jonathan 👏
Rumor has it 1 in every 5 shadowhunters is named Jonathan
Andrew & Eleanor are rly out here beating the odds
Ya know who I know did think about the Roman Empire everday
Andrew Blackthorn
And bro wanted everyone to know it too
Thus his children’s names 😭
#naming his kids#one of the few things he did right#helen & mark & julian & livia & tiberius & drusilla & octavian#the blackthorns#my loves#julian blackthorn loml#tda#tsc#the shadowhunter chronicles#the dark artifices#the wicked powers#ty blackthorn#dru blackthorn#andrew blackthorn
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You'd think that with SOBH most of the fandom will quit it with the "Julian is gonna be mad at Kit for defiling his beloved baby brother Ty" agenda 🙄
Most of you have a very shallow understanding Julian and it shows. Too many in this fandom love to make a caricature of his character, using him as a source of drama in many fics and fandom contents, when canon!Julian literally sees Kit as part of the family.
#julian blackthorn#this fandom loves to misunderstand julian and im sick of it#i think my love for julian blackthorn is showing#and idc what you all think#julian protection squad all the way#kit herondale#ty blackthorn#kitty#the shadowhunter chronicles#cassandra clare#the dark artifices#tsc#tda#twp#the wicked powers#secrets of blackthorn hall#sobh
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The moment where Julian’s holding a sobbing Tavvy and gently calling him “Tavs” is actually the fondest I have ever felt for a fictional character
#This scene is the most in love i’ve been with a tsc love interest i’m not joking#the dark artifices#tda#julian blackthorn#tavvy blackthorn#so soft i had to stop reading because it was almost too much#oh my god#tavs#😭 help me#lady midnight#lord of shadows
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(Page 102 of Lady Midnight)
Am I imagining Ty leaning against Kit, his eyes going half-lidded, as Kit rubs his back? Yes, yes, I am.
Am I also also giving myself ✨️emotions✨️ imagining this Ty and Livvy scene, and then one with Ty alone and the world dark and gray, and then one where the world is bright again with Kit sitting opposite where Livvy sat in that first mental image but the world bright again as Ty leans against him? Yup! 😭👍
#i should probably draw that one day#or try#my gosh i love lady midnight#like just...tda is full of so many different types of love#the familial bonds between the blackthorn siblings is so precious 🥹#and the fact that emma is a part of the family as well#even before everyone realized she and julian were practically married#not to mention all the friendships#i just love how much love was explored in tda#ahhh i love tda so much#no joke this is my favorite tsc series#the dark artifices#tda#lady midnight#ty blackthorn#livvy blackthorn#kit herondale#kit x ty#KitTy#the shadowhunter chronicles#the wicked powers#twp#rambling
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Why do people hate Julian Blackthorn from The Dark Artifices by Cassandra Clare? Can you tell me the reasons he is a bad character and reasons that he is good?
Janhavi answered:
I think one of the reasons Julian Blackthorn is so hated is because he is not an angsty bad boy like Jace or Will Herondale. He doesn’t have the appeal that these types of characters have to the target demographic. It’s unfortunate, because I actually think Julian is one of the few Cassandra Clare characters that has depth. He’s got flaws that don’t include being brooding and moody. His backstory actually makes you feel sympathy for the character rather than roll your eyes. He can be ruthless and will go to any lengths to protect his family. And that flaw actually makes him pretty great too. He’s a character that seems to care about something other than romance, which is very refreshing. He’s probably the most unique character in the Shadowhunter series.
Maria Lightwood Chase answered:
Unless there is some far-off corner of the fandom, Julian Blackthorn is FaR from being hated. We hate Charles Fairchild, Axel Mortmain, Valentine Morgenstern, and Zara Dearborn.
Julian?
He’s a HERO
At The age of 12, he taught himself how to care for his four younger siblings, the youngest being two because he was to young to properly have a voice in the government
When he was 14, he became parabatai with the girl he was in love with so she would have familiarity and not be shipped off to Alicante when her parents died
He learned how to run the institute so that his family would stay toget her.
He’s AWESOME, and I can think of something that happens, when we have cast or ensemble series. Julian is overshadowed by his siblings. Ty, Livvy and Dru are far more popular than he is. Mark follows after him. It’s not that he is disliked, it’s just that the fandom does not find him as asppealing as say, two 15-year-old twins who love science and are basically in love with the same guy…..
Trust me, When someone in The Shadwohunter Chronicles is Hated. They are Hated. I tis clear exactly WHY and Their perferable method of death..Personally, Zara can be killed by Demons or Downworlders.
#emma carstairs#jemma blackstairs#julian blackthorn#tsc#tda#shadowhunters#blackstairs#cassandra clare#daily jemma#the dark artifices#juless my love#julian defense squad
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