#not to talk about the fact that i can't really place will and jem as only platonic or only romantic or both or neither (or even filiar-

[garvalhaminho]

i think the part i like the most about jem, tessa and will as characters is that they show love is what makes them human, what keeps them grounded. jem, throughout tid, has to live with the knowledge he will die soon, but the love he feels for the people around him, specifically tessa and will, is what keeps him sane. we see that even more with him as a silent brother, when silent brothers block their emotions and become almost robots, the thing that keeps jem human is remembering the people he once loved and still does. remembering tessa, will, their children, the people he cared for and the people that cared for him. it is what keeps him grounded, what makes him feel human again. and with tessa, tessa who is immortal and outlives everyone she loves, and has and will have to watch them die again and again, she continues to love. she chooses to do so. it is what makes her human, and it is rare for a warlock to continue being attached to and loving mortals. and will who believed himself to be cursed so that everyone who loves him back would die, he shut off a part of him to the rest of the world, the part that loved freely. but he didn't do it to jem. he allowed jem to love him, as much as will loved jem. their unconditional love for each other was what kept will sane. it was what kept him human, and not the emotionless farse he had around everyone else.

[virdemption]

Revised A-120 Headcanons :)

She/They/Jey

Usually the one watching Curious Light if A-90 is busy/severely reverted. They always make sure to prepare drawing supplies for her.

Human! Wowie. She's with entities because they're just very unique and interesting to jem and is just generally always craving some sort of color in her life that normal society just... Doesn't provide. They love the color of the world that the government(?) tries to cover up from the humans.

Obviously being human still has it's downsides, jey still can't look at Eyes, A-60's fur will burn them, etc.

Deaf and communicates via writing. It just kind of happened naturally from being around A-60 and A-90 so often for so long. This was mostly (unintentionally) caused by A-90 actually because jey're the person who handles him when he has more severe reversions (Considering A-60 can't touch anybody).

A-60's gf! A-120 was one of the scientists in the 60 project but the two grew really close and decided to ditch the lab together.

Those two were the second to enter the hotel preceded by Jeff and they showed up to find a place to crash together away from their annoying lives.

Artistic as hell, extremely talented with painting and drawing. She made all of the paintings in the hotel before banishment. Depth, Silence, and Greed are all jer OCs :] (They don't know the Greed painting came to life though hehe).

Gives nicknames to the people they care about albeit won't use it if requested. This is where the terms "Multi Monster" and "Happy Scribble" came from, albeit A-60 coined the term Happy Scribble. They also call Curious Light "Sunlight" and A-90 "Heartstopper"

Very friendly! Is like Rush in the sense that they get along with most everybody. Hell, jey forgave El Goblino for their previous meeting. Halt is the only person I can name who genuinely doesn't like her.

Sort of the manager of the rooms but is also the mechanic. Very skilled with machinery and even made a machine to bring back dead entities in the chance it happens.

They can also revive entities by hand but kind of just... It's weird because they come back as human but she can alter how entity-like they are. Fun fact: Halt doesn't know this.

As for being the "Manager" she sort of took that role because they discovered contracts in the room of the same name and learned that jey'll get just about anything just for requesting. So wonderful!

Puts :) somewhere in LITERALLY ANYTHING JEY WRITE OR TYPE and lots of entities are pissed off at it. "Stop talking like a robot >:(" someone might say.

[mistwraiths]

2.5 stars

I usually find that Cassandra's second books are usually better at upping the stakes and letting me love the characters more, I do find that they're usually very good. However, this seems to be the exception here because Chain of Iron was far too tedious, repetitive, boring, and way, way too long.

To preface this, I'll admit I didn't particularly like the idea of James and Cordelia being in a relationship in the first place from the first book. Their sole moment both use as when their love started was her reading when she was 12 or 13 to him at 14 when he was sick and she hugged him once when he was disappearing. It's not enough for me and everything beyond that it's just being physically attracted. I don't feel connection or chemistry with them. And then after I got the secondhand embarrassment from Cordelia saving his ass and ruining her reputation, it didn't help. I love arranged marriages and marriages of convenience, I would have ate this up if I rooted for them. But I didn't.

The biggest problem for me with Chain of Iron was that the plot gets put on the back burner for too long to focus on the marriage to James and Cordelia. There are so many pages on pages of their domesticity and games and he/she definitely doesn't love me that do absolutely nothing to move anything forward. There are so many times they get interrupted before saying something important or simply misunderstand something and rub off that it's BEYOND annoying. There's always been a BIG reason the characters of a Shadowhunter book think that they cannot be together. Clary and Jace think they're actually related. Tessa and Will don't want to lose Jem or hurt Jem in any way plus Will had that "demon curse". Emma and Julian literally have the parabatai bond. James might love Grace and she's getting married to someone else just DOESN'T HIT THE SAME? Cordelia could still be honest with her feelings because James would obviously still would have married her because he's honorable and she helped him and he'd do anything for his friends. James doesn't even think about Grace in any point romantically, he just cant take the bracelet off so there's NOTHING stopping him from ever saying anything at all. I just don't see why this was considered a we can't be together reason like the others.

For having Lucie on the book, there's a surprisingly little amount of her in this book. Most of the time she's just thinking about bringing Jesse back and not trying to go TOO far into necromancy. I would have liked to have seen more of her trying to do anything and working with Grace. The whole blackmailing the ghost did was so silly since Lucie can literally COMMAND ghosts. She barely had any hesitations to do it except the one convenient time she did. I do still like her and did enjoy her arc to get Jesse back alive, but I hope she does face consequences because playing with necromancy, even her ghost powers, seems something the Shadowhunters would HATE. I'm also sad that there wasn't much of a friendship between Grace and Lucie, and I wanted them to grow as acquaintances, their partnership, to friends. There is an OVERWHELMING lack of female friendships in this series.

Also, I'm VERY annoyed that we still haven't gotten Lucie or Cordelia as parabatai nor being really any sort of semblance of a good team? At this point, I don't think they should be. All they do is keep secrets and not tell each other and not work with each other at any point. Cordelia acting hurt that Lucie wouldn't tell her someone else's secret was silly when she was keeping far more from Lucie.

In fact, everyone is keeping secrets and information from everybody that it gets a little irritating. Of course, if everyone talks to each other the conflict would likely be over and if the conflict is so easily solved by talking it out I personally don't think it's that strong of a conflict to begin with. Also, there's too many "they will hate me/never forgive me" parts between characters with loving and strong friendships who very much have the brain capacity to know hey this wasn't their fault. I also found some parts where characters say certain things or act a certain way or think something that feels very BIZARRE. For example: why is Anna reluctant to pity Grace when they don't know anything about her?? Why did Cordelia randomly lie to a fairy at the party when she asked a question? Why did James think Cordelia had such a hard childhood because she braced and steeled herself for something when from our knowledge through Cordelia she had a PERFECTLY HAPPY CHILDHOOD??? There's a few other instances too but those are off the top of my head and don't really make sense to me as a reader.

The bracelet STILL being a plot device that we know is causing problems since the first book and is dragged on and on throughout the near entirety of this second book is so infuriating to me. There was no point in dragging it on for so long.

Grace is literally my favorite character in this series and I will defend her with my entire chest. She can do NO WRONG. She's a product of her upbringing, surviving the only way she knows how and understands. Also, her interactions with Christopher were EVERYTHING and I need more of them.

The saving grace of this book was mostly the side characters and their relationships going on. Anna and Ariadne, even though that's a little frustrating when you put together Ariadne is a woman POC in Britain high society, feeling like she doesn't belong in her or their culture, doesn't have blood family or the famous last name to protect her like Anna does, and thought to marry a man because that's what is EXPECTED of her in that time period and many people don't have the courage or can deal money/society/etc with breaking from the status quo, I'm rooting for them. Thomas and Alistair, I love. We're literally given BREADCRUMBS and don't even get me started on Thomas being a whole idiot.

I am generally struggling to find what purpose Matthew served in this book however. We know he knows Cordelia loves James. He has an unrequited love for Cordelia. But otherwise hating Grace and Alistair and himself, and driving Cordelia to a place she could get herself to eventually, there's really nothing he's done. Don't get me wrong, I love him but????? Cordelia and Matthew running to Paris together feels EXTRA and will likely cause more drama. Also again, it does feel weird Will or James wouldn't understand the parabatai bond of needing to work together??

I did like the consequences of Cordelia's fealty popping up. To be honest in my notes I take while reading, I literally wrote is it smart to swear fealty to someone or something you don't really know or acts like they are MORE than a god or something? I did laugh. But I am curious on how Cortana is so freaking powerful of a sword to kill a prince of hell (literally a fallen angel) and also shattered the MORTAL SWORD back in the other books. I do hope we get answers.

Lastly, the whole people being murdered was barely a plot that didn't really come into focus until the back half of the book. Belial is a bit of lame hell of prince and there's entirely too much join me and I'll kill your family talk and other talking then actual action. A Prince of Hell should be TERRIFYING. You're telling me he's just like whatever about Lucie when he could have tried to kill her to force James to accept him. Like he should be DEADLY and he isn't. Also, there's extra drama between him and Lilith. I like the idea of demons, fallen angels, actual angels, and stuff having these ANCIENT long term plans. But it just feels like the execution is poor.

Overall, there are good moments but this book was just entirely too long. I'm interested in seeing the end of this series. I think someone might die in the next book. I think it could be Matthew but watch it be Jesse (cop-out) or someone else like Christopher or Grace. I hope we don't have too much love triangle drama and I hope there are at least some consequences for Lucie.

It just really felt that NOTHING changed or was resolved in any kind of way. Like nothing happened really in this book.

[demonfamilytherapist]

When I was thinking more about Unseelie!MC I thought about King Titania in Final Fantasy XIV. This in particularly really fits with the whole fae are eldritch beings, much like a demon, but of nature and old, old magic.

"That's something you must remember about us fae folk. Though our existence may be eternal, we exist only for the present. We live in the here and now, paying no mind to futures that may or may not be."

- Fairy King Titania

Unseelie!MC appears human, at least skin deep, she is anything but underneath. Talking with MC is frustrating at times for the brothers - she has such a roundabout way of answering questions. Still, mc never lies, and always make good on a promise. However they can't help but wonder how mc always manages to get promises out of the brothers that they never intended to make.

The Unseelie Fae can make pacts with others, not unlike the one's demons make. But the payment she accepts isn't souls - it's memories, dreams, or names. Perhaps something intangible but important. There's many stories of faes asking for the most important treasure in a person's life. Even more about how these odds almost always in the fae's favor. True names have power for the fae - it's why you never give them it. It's also why MC doesn't share her true name with anyone.

Belphie trying to figure out how he can even court Unseelie!MC after his attempt to kill them. He'd be so jealous of the time and attention the fae gives to his brothers. The only thing he misses from his time in the attic is how mc's attention would only be on him. How her eyes only focused on him. Now she barely even glances at him, and when does it's always so cold. He would make a pact with her in an attempt to forge some sort of bond.

Due to the legendary pettiness of the fae I can only imagine what nearly impossible task she requests of him. Or a request to read his grimoire.

There's just something funny about the idea of demons attempting to court fae!mc and how entertained she is by their failure. Maybe for the fae instead of flaunting your strength or power they value displays of cleverness and trickery. Court by entertaining them - the fae get notoriously bored and will shift their attention elsewhere.

Of course the Unseelie won't turn gifts of jems or silvers or silver and gold.

Diavolo's displays of strength and power being ignored. No one ever ignores him but the fae never play by anyone's rules but their own.

Satan might be the only one with an advantage due to him reading about the fae and their habits. Granted Belphie has knowledge of them from his fascination with the human realm he's still on MC's bad side for the whole attempted murder thing. It was so rude.

Though imagine the demons panicking when they can't find unseelie!mc because she's wandered off alone. What did they expect? Faes can't resist being curious.

I- I can't tell if you're the same anon or just using the same quote-

Fae having a natural affinity for animals and nature - when Fae!MC wonders into Cerberus, the brothers freak out but - oh. Oh, she's fine... in fact, Cerberus seems quite charmed.

I have a big Satan bias so him being the best placed to properly court Fae!MC is so beautiful. Belphie being so bitter because that could've been him, easily if it weren't for the shit he pulled. Just how far is Belphie willing to go to get MC's attention back on him?

At the very least, they're both immortal, so he's got time now.

I think Barbatos would also have a solid advantage here. He seems knowledgeable and it wouldn't surprise me if that extended to the Fae. Not to mention, he seems to have his own rather rigid rules on how he acts, so I think Fae!MC can appreciate that.

[kiyoo-omi]

from my love to you

Hello moots and followers! I just want to say happy new years and heres to 2021 treating us right. I’m not too good with words tbh but here I go!

I really can't believe I'm in a position to know so many great people on here! I’m so thankful that each and everyone of you are so welcoming. Every little likes and reblogs mean so much to me as as artist. But interacting with me makes my day so much better and brings such the biggest smile on my face! I’m so grateful that you guys even bothering interacting with me. I wouldn’t have continued this blog have it not been you guys!! I appreciate it so much and it means the world to me. You guys makes me strive to me a better artist (and writer)! I want to be able to make you guys happy and I hope whatever I do on my blogs bring u guys joy as much as it does me!

I hope to be better moot for everybody (cause I’m just a little too shy to interact with you all) Thank you so much for giving me a place in this community and I love you all!

To my lovely friends!

@lavenderpisces

JEN! MRS. BOKUTO! MRS. AIZAWA! MY BABY MY LOVE MY ANGEL CAKES LIGHT OF MY LIGHT APPLE TO MY EYEE! BOKUJEN AND SHOUJEN SUPREMACY UP IN THIS THIS BITCH 🤪! Aaaahhhh bby I don't know what to say but I love you so much!!! I know I don't show my appreciation as much lately or its been a while! But you are literally a light to my life and I value our friendship so much! I remember our baby talks on here and can’t believe here we are today! I'm counting five/six years girl and I want to celebrate every new year together until we are old as hell. I love when we fangirl, I love our little movie nights, I love getting you gifts, I love daydreaming about our future together and I hope you do too??? Please know I'm literally here for you, I would fight the world and book a ticket there for you if u ever need me to too. Just say the words! Please don’t ever hesitate to hit me up if you ever need to. I hate whatever you you are experiencing that makes you sad, I wish I could be there to fight it away for you! I know this year hasn’t been too nice, but please know that I’m literally just a text or call away! You are my priority. I can't wait for the day where we can see each other one day! I love u so much!

@coralpeachcalm

MIMI! HI!! Asdfghjjkkll sorry if this is a little awkward but I'm so glad you were one of the first person I have had the pleasure to meet! I don't remember who reach out to who but I’m so glad one of us did. I remember us fangirling so much back then! Thank you for being so supportive on my art and literally anything, and I’m so glad to have found you again! Here's to 2021 treating you right! I value you so much and I love you!

@seijuroww

Hi cameron! I hope you’re doing well lately! I just wanted to say holy shit! Im so proud of you and what you’ve done an accomplished! Just seeing you’re growth and journey has been so awe-inspiring. I hope you’re happier lately and im just so happy for you! Please know I’m here for you if you ever need help! I love you so much! 

To my lovely close mooties! 

@chibishae34

Hi SHAE!! Thank you for being one of my biggest supporter back on dinnachusart and just constantly liking and reblogging my works. You don’t know how much it meant to me being a small as artist and trying to scramble for a crumb of notes (XD lol). Sorry if I don't have much words to say I'm just so thankful that you were able to see me grow as an artist and i hope you still do!! Thank you for also being my penpal and please expect something hopefully this month! Here to 2021 treating you good and spending it together!

@datech

HI DIANA!! It’s the way you have my heart! You’re so sweet and adorable, you interaction in anything can brighten up anyones day. I'm still so surprise that were moots! It blows my mind cause I really admired you and your writing and I was intimidated by you!! Now look at where we are now! I’m ur disamu art dealer asddghhjkklldd.Thank you so much for your support on my art! It really does means the world and your comments are absolutely everything. Thank you for being one of the reason I stay on here! Cheers to 2021 love you and you deserve the best!

@sanriobimbo

HI PLUMMIE! PRETTY PLUMMIE SOULMATE!!! I'm so happy and glad we were able to hit is off so well! You’re one of the person I can feel so at ease with! I love our interactions and me just joking around with you lol! Just wanted to let you know that I'm here for you! Don’t ever doubt your writing please! Its the greatest and the world to my eyes! Make sure you take breaks and don't ever force yourself to provide or write! You simple being here is the greatest thing to happen to everybody you’ve come across! You deserve the world and imma fight 2021 if it ever crosses you! Love you lots plummie!

To my mooties who I'm so thankful that you even follow and interact with me!! I be fangirling and get so happy when you do! just know I love you all and appreciate you so much! I hope to see you all grow andsucceed to the absolute best in your life! Love you lots! Cheers to 2021. 

(In no particular order! I’m sorry if I sound repetitive. I’m sorry if you don't considered us moots ill take u off if u don't wanna be on here!)

@tsumtsumland : hope you doing well! Love you lots and ahhh im so thankful for you!! I love interacting with you! thank you for being my penpal and I hope to see more of eachother! I hope 2021 can be kind to you! 🤲🏽🥺💞💞💞

@midnightweeds: hi weeds! I just wanted to say im so grateful for you! Thank you for being so generous and lending a hand when i needed it the most! Thank u for sending me sakusa pictures as well! 🥺💞

@atsumuse: hi lay! ur such a cool person and I admire u so much! I hope 2021 treats you well! I love ur writng please its the best. 🥺💞

@tsukkis-crybaby: hi felicity! ur so beautiful and thank u for our interactions togther! I love seeing you on my dash and inbox! I hope 2021 is a good year for you! kisses for you!😘

@amberalisa hi alisa!! I hope ur doing well! I really love ur suna fic and can’t wait for your other one! happy New Years and I hope this year is a good year for you!!

@hisoillusandwich: hi Mae!! 🥺💞 ur sakusa fic is one of my favs and omg the fact ur interact with me at all my heart! here to 2021 being good to u beautiful!

@prettysetterbaby: hi jj!!! *screaming* you are so beautiful and deserve the utmost best in life! I love seeing you on my dash! thank you for being such a great person and supporting my art! you are so loved and I’m wishing nothing but the best for you! 2021 better treat you right!

@bucketofforks: hi hi bof! I’m so grateful for your interactions! they bring such smiles and laughs, I hope 2021 goes good for you!

@hq-trashies: hi kaley!! love seeing u on my dash sorry if we don’t interact as much! But you are such a beautiful person! Thank u for your book recs! send more my way haha’ I hope 2021 goes well for u!!

@velvesagi: hi jem!! Love seeing u on my dash!! thank u for ur interactions they mean a lot! Here’s to 2021 being a better year for you!

@sunaswife : hi knifey! I found you through ur suna series and I really love it!! I hope 2021 is a good year for you! Thank u for even interacting with u, pretty sure I was fangirlibg! Lol

@lovingnekoma: hi artimes! thank u so much for your interactions! they really do brighten up my day! I hope to be a better mutual to you! I hope 2021 can be ur year!

@inxriyama: hi bunny! 🥺🤲🏽💞💞💞really love ur writing and really enjoy our small interactions together! Here’s to 2021 being a good year!

@kurooblesse: hi tesh! I hope ur doing well and ughhhh please ur writing!! 😩💦 🥴 gives me the hots! Here’s to 2021 being good to you!!

@kenmasbb: hi tia!!! gaawwddd ur writing!! Please give me room to breathe! I really love our interaction and I hope u doing well and happy 2021!

@rintarhue: hi Kopi!! ur smau series are the best and ur rin one is so creative!! such a great writer and I hope to see more from you! here to 2021 being a good year to you!

@shoyosun: hi Marta!!! your art is so cute and can’t wait to see more of it!! thank u for being such a sweetheart and I hope we can interact more! cheers to 2021 being a good year!

@omijime: hi nini!! your so adorable and omg thank u for interacting with me! It means a lot! I hope you Samu, and suna have such a happy 2021 together!

@dxddykeiji: hi Sammy!! I know we don’t interact as much!! but I enjoy seeing you on my dash! thank you for being my moot and I hope 2021 is the best for you!

@radiantful: hi Martha! I’m so thankful for your interactions they brighten up my day! I hope 2021 is good to you!

@ukeishin: hi Celeste! thank u for poppin in my inbox here or there! I love our little interactions and hope we can interact more! I hope 2021 will treat you right! U deserve it!

@ladyrenart: hi Lena! I love your popping in my inbox! they make me smile so much! I appreciate you so much! cheers to 2021 being good to you!

@toniiihime: hi toni!! your so beautiful and your drawings are so cute! I can’t wait to see more! Can’t wait to see you grow! 2021 is ur year!

@aiiishiiiteru: hi nona! I know we don’t interact as much but I looove ur writing!! I’m screamed when u followed back XD! Cheers to 2021 being a good year for you!

@mi-yams: ren wifey!!! I love our interactions together!! you’re so fun and cute! I hope 2021 treats u well!

@darlingoshiki: hi saint! I hope 2021 is good to you! Thank u for popping in my ask here or there and I enjoy seeing on my dash!

@helloaisabelle: hi aisy! I love ur writing!! ur national team got me 🥴🥵 thank u for your interaction and I hope we can interact more! I hope 2021 is the best for you!

@onefortyninecm : hi Danielle! I’m grateful for interactions together m! Your art is amazing!! and you deserve all the love coming your way! you’re very beautiful and I hope I can be a better moot! here’s to 2021 treating you good! 🥺💞

@picassho-18​: hi Kate!! just wanted to say thank you for your support and I love seeing you inbox abs post! Wishing 2021 the best for u!

@inarizakicafe​: hi ni! I know where new moots. But I absolutely love your writing! I hope to interact more with you if that’s okay! cheers to 2021 to be a good year for you!

@itzdaichi​: hi lovely!! I just wanted to say your so sweet and adorable! Your interaction bring so much joy to me! I hope 2021 treats you right!

@tsukkikou​: hi kou! I really love our interactions and thank you for popping in my inbox for a while! It makes me really happy and I hope your doing well!

@suhkusa​: hi hi guys! Just wanted to say I love your writing and I hope 2021 is good to the both of you!

@sunseteyes​: hi gel!! ur so beautiful and I know we don’t interact as much! but I love when we do! I hope 2021 is a good year for you!

@alto-march-of-death​: hi al!! I appreciate our interactions and thankful that you even do in the first place! I hope to be a better moot and wishing 2021 is good to you!

@churochuu​: hi chuu!! I love our first interaction together!! you're art is so cute and adorable! 2021 better treat you right!

to my lovely anons and character interactions whoever you are. you guys absolutely have my heart. im so thankful that you guys even do this for me?? i feel like i dont deserve it. you guys make my day so much and i hope 2021 treat you so good. you dont know how much you guys are appreciated by everyone! love you! 

thank you to everybody for making the remaining month of 2020 one of my best! i love you all! 

[andieperrie18]

Prodigal Daughter (Ben Hardy x Reader)

Prompt: Ben and the cast finds out reader is an expert drummer.

When your dog-loving boyfriend auditioned for Bohemian Rhapsody, he's been working hard to be able to play the percussive set as he wanted to honor the character the he was going to play in the movie. You supported him as a loving girlfriend would do although not that he didn't knew much about you but the fact that you were actually an expert on the drum set had him, his castmates and the two members of Queen in total awe as they eyed from across the stage set.

It happpened like this….

"Awe love, thanks coming here to support me." Ben had an arm around you while walking together, following his cast mates and the others to the stage. The iconic Live Aid was their first scene as Ben told you and for support, you went to watch him as you wanted to see the hard work of your dear lover.

"Love, you should rest for a bit. You've been playing for a quite a while." Your voice laced with concerned. You watch him shake his head no, "It's okay, love." He continous to do the drum routine.

You know that he will nail it. And what better way to boost him than be there and cheer for him.

You stood afar from the set as they shot the scene. You would catch him glancing at you with his biggest smiles as you would bob your head to his beat. The beat that you fell inlove with in your teen years. You didn't even notice the way your foot tap to the ground, each stomp so acute to the beat of the biggest drum.

"and….CUT!!"

You were the first to cheer as you ran to the stage to meet Ben, him doing the same by jumping off it with a large smile welcoming you in his muscly and comfy embrace. You could tell he was proud of himself.

"Babe! That was so cool!!!"

"I KNOW, I was like--" he babble with some sound effects, making some clear emphasis of what he had seen himself doing behind the drum set. Giggling at his action, you both walked together to the bottom of the stage where the peeps had gathered.

Exchanging different compliments, Ben and his castmates were rained with praises from Roger and Brian.

"My almost prodigal son is here." The lead drummer of Queen quoted earning a shy smile from the lad. The man has been a great role model for Ben as he almost stood as a father to him and to you aswell.

"Almost."

"I think we could all agree to that can we?" Gwilym said.

"Well, he did nail it. Good Job Benjamin. But I think Cardboard Ben is Better." Laughter bursted inside the loose circle, you laughing along Joe's affection to your boyfriend carbon copy in cardboard.

"Stop it, Joe. Your hurting my feelings here."

The chatter continued, talking and complementing Rami and Gwylim of them rocking their own routine.

"O My Goodness! Y/n M/n L/n. Is that really you?"

Now this somehow caught everyone's attention. Turning to the owner of the voice, you met the very, very familiar face of a female. It didn't made you hold back the smile the moment you met her gaze.

"JEM!! ITS YOU!!" Basically scurrying out of Ben's embrace, enveloping the girl in a bear hug, and vice versa.

Joe was the first to speak out of all the confused faces.

"Jem, love? You know Y/n?"

Ben was also confused as he knew all of your friends yet he wasn't very much familiar with this one but not in a bad way. The interaction you gave looked genuined and so did hers, it was as if you knew the said stranger almost by heart.

Jem, who is basically bear hugging you looked back to her boyfriend and said,

"OH, Joe, guys, remember when I said I was in a band?"

Everyone nodded.

"Well, you see we were a four person band and I know you have met my two other former band mates and I said I had lost contact with one of my members since our accounts have been hacked before. " you still had the girl in your grasp while looking at the small crowd cowering around the both of you.

"W-wait? Are you saying Y/n's your long lost band member?"

Jem nodded furiously at Lucy's question.

"Wow! Y/n, why didn't you say anything?"

Ben had a seemingly excited look on his face as if he was a boy who just found a treasure chest in his backyard. His eyes trained on you. Curiosity lingering on them.

"Well, nobody real asked about it and that was way too long ago." You trailed.

Joe suddenly pops up statement.

"Hold on a minute, Viola said that she was the pianist and Jax was the bassist. And you told me that you were lead vocalist…"

Ben was the next to speak, following his friend's statement.

"Which would mean that my girlfriend, is your band'--"

"Lead drummer? Yeah!"

The confidence your dear friend radiated as she began to brag you to your friends turning you into a shy fly. And the fact that your idol, nome other than another father figure aswell known as Roger Meddows Taylor, who is basically standing beside you is hearing all this things got you shy chills.

"Hey, Jem thats enough. Besides, as I said that was quite a long time ago and I don't think I could be that great on it anymore."

Jem gave you and eye roll, "Y/n, there's no way that you could loose your touch. Even if your mind doesn't remember, your hands and feet does. Also, I heard from Ben that he would sometimes catch you playing with your chopstick while doing the dishes. I should've known your dating the hunk of a man sooner." You rolled your eyes as Jem whispered the last sentence to you.

"How 'bout you plah for us love?" Roger placed a hand on your shoulder, handing you a pair of sticks. Your eyes turned into saucers.

"I-i don't know Mr. Taylor--" "Roger kiddo."

You smiled, "Roger, as much as I want to play. I not as good as I was before."

This time Ben talks you out.

"You can't be that bad love, we just wanna see you play. You can go do any song."

You looked at him, rather unsure of yourself. Sure, one can't unlearn what is learned. Everyone around you started to encourage you aswell. Ben's puppy eyes, was the last warning bell you could ever receive as you sighed and took the drum sticks. Suddenly feeling a spark in your palms after having contact with it after a long while.

"Go Y/N!!"

"YOU CAN DO IT LOVE!!"

You ran up to the stage, thanking yourself for wearing a pair jeans on this unexpected day. Jem skipped her way as she followed you and as if she already knew what song you were gonna play, she hurriedly plugged her phone on the jack and waited for you settle.

"Brings back memories doesn't it?" You shrugged off and smiled as you held the sticks in position.

"Damn, feeling deja vu here."

"You just miss it." Jem replied to you.

You stared past the drum set meeting Ben's eyes as he howls your name. Roger doing the same and so does the others around the stage. Father and boyfriend, cheering for you. What a heck of a combo.

You nodded to Jem who proceeded to play the track with a little low volume so it won't over power your routine.

"GO! Y/N GO!" she called out.

Taking a deep breath, you let yourself get lost on the music.

(0:00 to 0:15)

Like your hands had its own mind, it smashed the sticks tips to the first beats. Nearly missing the timing.

"That's a good start." You joked to yourself as you continue to the beat.

Eyeing back to back to your small audience. Their heads bobbing with your beat with smiles on their faces. Watching as your pace gradually quickened along the way.

(0:16 to 0:25)

"I think it's getting faster."

Rami's comment made Ben aware with his girlfriend beat. After having countless practice and hearing some bands drummer plays, Bon Jovi's song had some of the trickiest drum routines and he could tell how complicated the beat and yet, seeing you calmly beaming with each hit, your hands and arms swiftly moving to the next beat as if she practiced the whole routine for almost a week. Whats more was also, it looked quite your style.

Your face looked calm and composed with each beating.

He marvelled you and as if you were so used to the clashing and bashing, you didn't miss any timing.

(0:26 to 1:09)

No eyes left your figure while staying on your beat. Each pair beaming the quicker your arms switch directions as the chorus neared then, what happened next was a small yet seemingly gigantic movement when they caught it. That was the moment Ben knew that his girlfriend wasn't an amatuer drummer.

You twirled one drumstick in between your fingers as the other hit the cymbals, your lips mouthing the lyrics with a smile etched on it. Then slamming both down to the clash instrument.

"Ohhh!!!" "She twirled them! Did you see that?!"

Your hands swifting left to right like accelerate, still singing to the chorus. You drowned yourself to the symphony of each percussion that surrounded you like no one was watching, eyes closed you, staying with the beat.

(1:09 to 2:00)

Maintaining a heck of speed had Roger Taylor screaming his heart out for you. Calling your name, screaming 'thats my kid!!' Out of now where and jumping along the music. Like a proud dad, he cheered.

People were bouncing like they were in a rock concert. Joe was banging his head to your melody. Gwilym and Rami were arm in arm and singing to the song. Brian was dancing around with Lucy.

(2:00 to 2:03)

Your speed growing to a thunderous amount that had everyone going out of their mind while you sat there like you practiced the whole performance for weeks.

"Oh my god! She's freaking nailing it."

"UGH! Ben she's a freaking Queen!"

Ben was freaking out like everybody else while watching your routine with the sticks that even thought he can't do.

(2:03 to 2:32)

The crowd under the stage as the staff was singing along while you drum your heart out. Your movements were so in sync with what your mind had thought of in every sequence, executing everything perfectly. Continuing to the music, each beat was a perfect hit. You caught sight of Ben who had a hand on his forehead and another on his, face had saucer eyes and a slack jawed smile, staring at you.

You let yourself meet his gaze as he notice this.

You winked at him.

(2:34 til end.)

Ben's breath hitched as Roger muttered an 'oh my god' beside him as you threw a stick in the air, then catching it perfectly before hitting the beat perfectly once again.

Everyone was screaming after that, Joe was grabbing his permed hair as if he had witness something insane before him. Lucy could tell that after this mini concert, she won't be able to talk the next day.

Doing a couple more stick twirling and fast paced movements, you finally reach an end with a satisfying clash from the cymbals. Panting, you turned to you now large crowd, screaming for you.

"And there goes your Prodigal Daughter." Roger could only nod on Brian's statement.

Ben rushed up to stage and immediatly lifted you off the ground. Rambling how insanely amazing you were.

"You gotta teach me your ways love." He mumbled against your lips.

"As long as I get something in return." You said after quick peck on his lips.

[cordiforms--a]

I was reading your rules and had to ask: why pearlmethyst? Not trying to be rude! Just curious abour your take on the ship

*   OKAY,   this  has  been  sitting  in  the  askbox  for  a  few  days  now.   i've  been  kind  of  staring  at  it,  trying  to  figure  out  how  best  to  answer  without  writing  a  wall.   i've  had  no  success,  so  here  goes  anyway.amethyst  is  literally  pearl's  perfect  other.   amethyst  is  pearl's  most  ideal  partner  in  every  sense  of  that  phrase.   mind  you,  they  can  also  be  absolutely  terrible  for  each  other  for  the  exact  reasons  that  they're  wonderful  for  each  other.  the  relationship  will  only  work  if  pearl  and  amethyst  are  healthier,  more  self-actualized  individuals  than  they  were  in,  say,  season  one.   that  having  been  said,  here's  why  they  work.   i'm  mostly  going  to  be  talking  about  this  from  pearl's  point  of  view,  because  amethyst's  pov  is  at  the  jurisdiction  of  the  ever  lovely  @thuskindlyiscatter / @roughedaround.anyway,  opposites  attract.   i  know,  i  know   —   that's  a  cheap  way  to  start  off,  but  it's  true!   pearl  needs  someone  to  counteract  her  strict  realism  and  rationalism,  someone  to  make  her  laugh,  someone  to  loosen  her  shoulders.   not  to  quote  becky,  but  remember  how  they  said  that  opal  is  a  peace  pearl  and  amethyst  can't  really  find  on  their  own?   they  bring  each  other  balance.   it's  that  sweet,  sweet  "she  was  the  kite  and  i  was  the  line"  dynamic.   they  suit  each  other  perfectly  in  this  regard;   pearl  grounds  amethyst,  and  amethyst  reminds  pearl  that  it's  okay  to  drift  for  a  little  while.   like,  at  a  most  base  level,  amethyst  brings  such  adventure  and  joy  and  laughter  into  her  life,  while  also  providing  pearl  with  something  to  protect  and  care  for.   kill  me.and  in  that  vein,  like.   amethyst  is  a  force  of  nature,  you  know?   pearl  loves  adventure,  but  she  has  that  good  ol'  fear  of  (large)  change.   amethyst  is  a  constant,  a  touchstone;  she's  always  there,  a  warm  and  familiar  presence.   and  pearl  doesn't  even  have  the  time  to  be  paranoid  about  it!   she  tends  to  stew  in  her  own  anxiety  and  mull  over  every  last  potential  bad  outcome.   she  has  difficulty  reading  other  people  sometimes,  which  mixes  terribly  with  the  fact  that  she's  hypersensitive  to  atmospheres  and  mood  changes.   pearl  can't  read  the  room  for  the  life  of  her,  but  she  knows  when  something  is  awry.   she's  able  to  tell  when  something  is  even  slightly  wrong,  but  she  won't  be  able  to  pinpoint  it,  and  so  she'll  automatically  make  a  mountain  out  of  a  molehill.   she  assumes  the  worst;  her  brain  jumps  to  the  "they're  growing  tired  of  me,"  "i've  done  something  wrong,"  etc,. etc.   and  when  pearl  IS  experiencing  these  fears,  she  gets  to  self-sabotaging.   she  starts  desperately  trying  to  circumvent  them  by  behaving  in  ways  that  ultimately  realize  them.   (i.e.,   isolating  in  hopes  that  the  person  will  follow  her  or  getting  so  unbearably,  nervously  clingy  that  she  pushes  them  away)but  amethyst  never  lets  that  happen  in  the  first  place!   she  never  gives  pearl  the  time  to  consider  these  stupid  fucking  fears!   pearl  can't  sit  and  wonder  if  amethyst  is  getting  bored  of  her  when  amethyst  is  in  her  face  all  the  time  like  HEY,  PAY  ATTENTION  TO  ME,  I  ADORE  YOU!   and  amethyst  doesn't  even  do  it  on  purpose,  that's  the  funny  thing.   she's  just  naturally  Like That.   and  amethyst  is  such  an  easy  read  too?   there's  virtually  no  guesswork!!   amethyst  is  super  transparent;  you  know  when  she  is  and  isn't  upset.   it  works  perfectly  for  pearl.and  i  have  more  shit  to  say.   like  i  could  talk  abt  how  important  it  is  that  amethyst  is  the  only  one  of  the  crystal  gems  who  hasn't  experienced  homeworld  conditioning.   i  could  talk  about  how  pearl  is  a  stupidly  romantic  individual  and  how  she's  so,  so  blown  away  by  the  fact  that  out  of  all  the  amethysts  that  could  have  emerged  late,  it  was  this  one.   it  almost  feels  like  fate!   not  that  she  believes  in  that  sort  of  thing,  of  course.   ...but  god  knows,  sometimes,  just  sometimes,  when  they're  lying  down  together  and  amethyst  has  defiantly  made  herself  the  big  spoon  despite  the  position  being  so  awkward  bc  of  their  height  difference  —  pearl  can  almost  believe  in  destiny.   every  choice  in  her  life  has  led  her  to  this  moment,  this  peace.   a  billion  and  one  things  could  have  happened  to  lead  them  in  different  directions,  but  here  they  are  despite  it  all.AND  OKAY  WAIT  HERE'S  THE  IMPORTANT  THING:  it  isn't...  obsessive.   pearl's  love  for  amethyst  isn't  a  feverish,  intense  "i'm  going  to  pour  100%  of  myself  into  this/you";  it's  a  very  sweet,  very  calm  "at  last."   it's  a  very  simple  "of  course."   in  me  and  august's  SACRED  LORE,  pearl  and  amethyst  don't  even  HAVE  a  big  confession  or  an  "okay,  we're  together  now"  moment.   it  literally  just  sort  of  HAPPENS.   like...  they  sink  into  each  other  over  the  period  of  a  couple  of  months  and  reach  an  unspoken  understanding.   like  JESUS  CHRIST. ANYWAY,  I'VE  GONE  ON  TOO  LONG  SO  JUST  TAKE  MY  WORD  FOR  IT.   amethyst  is  pearl's  perfect  opposite,  perfect  other.   thx  for  coming  to  jem's  rock  talk.

[lover-of-trash-and-people]

First of all, I love the attitude and the tone taken. I haven't ever gotten into a fandom disagreement and I'm all about new experiences, especially in fandom, because I've always been sort of a silent observer. So, this ought to be fun.

Second, when I say herongraystairs child, I did not mean to indicate some scenario where the three of them somehow produce a child together. I meant a child of either pairing raised or parented by the three of them.

Third, wow, language, we love to see it. So, from your statement, I understand that you already have a strong opinion about this. However, I must, in good faith, place mine. Having two partners at the same time does not make someone a wh*re. So far as we talk about being faithful, polamory is based on mutual consent and trust. Your partners are aware of your other partners and are comfortable with you having other partners. Having multiple partners does not make someone 'a selfish b*tch', especially in a loving polyamorous relationship built on mutual consent and trust. YA characters only adhere to these strict ideals of monogamy because that is what is accepted and seen as 'normal' or whatever. As for 'force them to watch her f*ck another man', that is completely based on what a person is comfortable with and interested in. And I am not trying to talk about forcing anyone to do anything. These kinds of relationships are entered into with mutual consent, they aren't forced on anyone. These are YA fictional characters (and they were, y'know, minors in most of TID) so obviously, I don't really know their detailed sexual proclivities and I can't particularly comment on the 'watch her f*ck another man' part.

Fourth, I loved the vitriol behind the singular word 'THOSE'. And due to your tone and your implications, I will clarify this once more. When I say herongraystairs, I do mean, Will and Tessa together, Jem and Tessa together, AND, Will and Jem together. I mean them being together, the three of them, as a family. As an adorable misfit poly throuple family. So, I guess that means, yeah, I would classify as one of THOSE. Okay, for this one, I agree, I have taken liberties with the text. The fun part about literature and media in general is that it is always somewhat open to interpretation. Now, consider this. William Herondale and James Carstairs were two Shadowhunters growing up in the 1870s. Consider the social and legal backdrop of England at the time. Cast your mind back to the confusion Will experienced surrounding Magnus and Woolsey, and Magnus making references to his attraction/dalliances with men (or male presenting people, whatever). (I'm still not over Magnus kissing Will without his consent btw, Clare should've thought more on that choice and scrapped it in my opinon.) Jem and Will read like they are not very familiar with the concept of queerness and growing up leaning on each other as the person closest to the other might have led to them considering the other with a sort of affection reserved for their families and hence the brotherly bond spoken of in the infernal devices. They have no other name, no other comparison for it. I doubt they ever even thought of the other explicitly non-platonically purely because they do not know there is such a way. I do not interpret 'brothers' literally. There are far too many barriers from them potentially discovering that the love that they hold for each other, which can be easily misinterpreted by them as familial and purely platonic, might be something else. The social backdrop, the time period, and a few other factors limited them from ever considering any other form that their love might take. For clarity, I don't think their love for each other is truly brotherly. I fear it is clouded by other factors. I am not heralding an inc*st ship, those do not appeal to me in any manner. In fact, they unnerve and discomfort me. I really do not understand what you meant by 'this fetish of yours'. If you believe that such an interpretation is any expression of a fetish, then I have no idea what to say to you more than what I have to dissuade you of the same.

Finally, I am currently on my fourth read of TID. And, merely because my reading, interpretation, and understanding of the characters and their dynamics differ from yours does not mean that I have not understood.

If you read this far, thank you. I did not mean to blabber on for so long. Do feel free to point out or comment on anything you feel like in this.

Edit: Oh, dear. I hadn't quite known about Clare openly saying they're straight. That would change things for me if this was literally any other ship. However, labels relating to attraction and orientation are tricky. They are simply words. One is allowed to identify as a lesbian and yet feel something for a man. Only you may choose your label and even therafter, it need not strictly define all your feelings or your attraction.

i will preach herongraystairs supremacy till my pyre

They just loved each other so much. They were so in love with each other.

'My Tessa'

'My Jem'

They deserved to live a long and happy life together, all three of them. As a beautiful happy family.

Imagine a herongraystairs child, imagine how much love that child would be born out of and how much love they would receive in their life. (of course, a family need not have children to be considered a family)

If we weren't cowards and we weren't so stuck to our singular definition of love and family, maybe we could have seen that play out.

Of course, I understand why the narrative took the path it did and how it had a role to play in the bigger series. And I love the path it took, to some extent.

I am re-reading the Infernal Devices and I just had to get this out. In the mean time, anyone who comes across this, point me towards herongraystairs happily ever after AU fics/oneshots because my soul is starved.

And for anyone still unclear, I mean William Herondale, James Carstairs and Theresa Gray being a throuple and building a life together.