#their meet cute is everything

[im-out-of-it]

part two of season one recap

im backkkkkkkkkk!!!!! back with my recap shitposting (and will have a bitchfest probably the next one)

im not going to number this because it would probably be at 72918928 something but I do want to go over malecs first meeting (plus wonderful memes some talented people came up with)

the first meet cute plus MAGNUS CALLING ALEC PRETTY BOY LIKE THAT SHIT WAS SET IN STONE. AND ALEC IS SUCH A STUTTERING MESS

and it’s also very important to remember that Alec has never felt as if anyone would chose him. it’s been jace jace jace all the time. Alec is the one who pays consequences, who gets the blame, and who everyone counts on for EVERYTHING. so the fact that Magnus 1. calls him pretty boy 2. is making it clear that he notices Alec AND ONLY ALEC and 3. is telling Alec he finds him attractive is EVERYTHING

I just love how Magnus gets Alec. I’ll post more of Magnus understanding Alec in the next one

and I know I’ve stated this before but I seriously love that they upped the ages because could y’all imagine 800+ year old Magnus chasing not even legal yet alec? no because I hated it the first time

above some of my fav moments of Alec calling people out and not having it. and I love that for Alec. I love that he can stand up for himself and stand his ground. added a few of my fav alec expressions as well (I had to add the one telling Magnus he doesn’t get it because he kinda is calling him out IM SORRY)

Alexander isn’t just some grumpy moody law abiding shadowhunter but he’s caring, giving, and dedicated to doing what is right. and a lot of ways, he and Magnus are similar. I also love how matt portrayed Alec. he’s not biphobic, jealous of Magnus’s past, and always running off. I love that Alec is a great fighter and isn’t some guy in the back who doesn’t seem to do anything besides think and save jace. he’s his own person and I can’t think of anyone being Alec but matt. he really transformed Alec Lightwood and made him a fan favorite. literally Alec is an afterthought in the books and I don’t think some people realize how wonderful and exciting it is that Alec has a voice in the show

magnus name dropping: 1

let me just squeeze this in:

so I’m going to move to part 3 probably tomorrow but I should be done shortly. I still have another parallel to go, some Malec moments, alec, magnus, and I would love to add some Izzy and Simon content because they also made the show watchable. see y’all in a minute

[lazylittledragon]

mombin pt 6 and look who showed up

(1)(2)(3)(4) (5)

[chiquilines]

Public garden study date!!

[canisalbus]

You should plan on doing a meet and greet one day!

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[bones-of-a-rabbit]

Sun is a serial daydreamer in the Readerbot au. It’s just a fact I don’t make the rules

[3416]

Auston & Mitch meeting the Little Hustlers Lemonade Stand kids | 01.13.24

[bondagebimbo]

I - I have a date tonight ???? oh god, I hope I make a good first impression in person 😅💀

[moonsvillain]

have been toying with the idea of an au wherein shen jiu, after burning down the qiu household and running away, comes across xie lian rather than wu yanzi poaching him immediately afterwards:

i'd imagine in this verse he runs away to town rather than immediately being found in the aftermath of what he's done. at this point, shen jiu would be too paranoid to consider reaching out for directions to cang qiong mountain even if he wanted to make it there: what if they knew what he did? or figured it out if he did know? (if he even had the mind to think of these things through his panic)

he doesn't want to end up begging on the streets again, though—too alike his childhood and last time he was in that position, shen jiu ended up with the qius in the first place

so he takes refuge in temples that he comes across, stealing food when he can before moving to a different part of the rather large town he's ended up in so there's no clear pattern of when he shows up at whichever food stall

despite not holding that same respect and unwavering belief in gods (how could he, after everything he's gone through? shouldn't they have stepped in, sometime? what god would let him suffer as he did, separating him from the only person he loved?) he knows better than to try them, and begrudgingly thanks them for the shelter (because this he did appreciate, at the very least, if nothing else)

winter hits hard when it does, and shen jiu, after spending so many years in the qiu household, forgot how the cold seeps into your skin and bones without solid walls to keep out the frigid breeze.

he quickly falls ill with nothing to protect him from the elements but his threadbare clothing, and when he grows ill, he becomes slow. shen jiu nearly gets caught stealing, running away before he can be dragged to a town guard for his offence, but earning himself a nasty wound to his leg as he retreated

sickness + the cold + the wound leave him weak and wanting: missing qi-ge, reminiscing on nights where they'd curl up together for warmth, still cold but not alone, the two of them steady against the storm that raged on ahead of them

fever-ridden and teetering close to death, shen jiu wanders into a temple late at night and sinks to his knees, falling to his side, heart-rate slowing. in his delirium, he misses the figure taking shelter from the storm in the corner, watching him

shen jiu wakes up (he doesn't expect to), warm while he hears the wind whistle. he's still in that temple from earlier, but it's considerably... cozier. a small fire warms the inside and his clothes aren't as damp against his cold skin. his fever's broken, too—he doesn't know how long it's been, but he's glad he didn't die: never realized that he wanted to live until he was close to forfeiting his right to

here is where he meets his accidental saviour: xie lian stood over a slowly bubbling pot of stew that smells heavenly to shen jiu—he'd eat just about anything at this point, starved

his immediate distrust of xie lian stops him from being truly excited about his appearance

their relationship is veryyy shaky at the very beginning: shen jiu refuses to trust him and xie lian refuses to abandon this strange child he found on the verge of death

(there's a strange sort of bond built up when you nurse someone back to life, dragging them away from the brink of death and xie lian isn't interested, but he's curious about this kid who stumbled into his temple at the dead of night on a midnight in winter)

shen jiu's torn between distrust and this desire for company he didn't know he possessed; after being alone with no one but the qiu household [before he went on his massacre] he didn't realized how much he wanted to share space with someone who wasn't actively hurting him until he was afforded the opportunity to experience non-violent company with xie lian

his distrust slowly declines when he finds out that xie lian is a cultivator. despite being arguably too old to learn cultivation to the fullest extent he could have if he started a few years earlier, he still desperately wants to learn

xie lian, perceptive as ever, slowly starts teaching him bits and pieces of the basics, teaches him to meditate, takes care to keep his distance when it looks like shen jiu's getting overwhelmed

shen jiu can't help but get attached. he hates it

shen jiu decides to test xie lian before resigning himself to this

he was snappy, impatient, and argued with xie lian, when he came over, one day, waiting for some form of punishment to come, bristling like a spooked cat.

nothing came of his experiment but a slight frown from xie lian, which made shen jiu feel almost bad—xie lian almost reminded him of qi-ge, which made him feel doubly bad because he desperately wants to find him

shen jiu came to xie lian the next day with a pastry [that he stole] as an apology. and a request:

"teach me how to cultivate so i can be a disciple at the cang qiong sect"

xie lian agrees easily enough: he's been around shen jiu to see that despite the late start, he has potential to be great [especially untouched by wu yanzi and his twisted form of cultivation]

shen jiu throws himself into his studies, working himself to the bone

xie lian is concerned by this and after trying to soften the load of his work doesn't make shen jiu slow down, he becomes stern: warns him against trying to chase too much frivolously

this leads to a breakdown of sorts—where shen jiu gets angry, dismissive, before becoming upset. the average emotional depth of a teenager but, like, 4 times worse because of the circumstances

xie lian coaxes the story out of shen jiu here; qi-ge [the first time he's mentioned aloud by name], the qiu household [only the barest of details. shen jiu refuses to dwell], and the night shen jiu made qi-ge leave, as well as qi-ge's promise to come back

shen jiu finishes by telling xie lian he needs to make it back to qi-ge, needs to see if he's still alive, he's been selfish for sticking around as long

shen jiu tells xie lian that he needs to figure out as much as he can, as fast as he can, so he can leave and make his way to cang qiong mountain with some sort of base knowledge to make it in. and that he's not sorry for pushing himself because he doesn't have time

xie lian is quiet for a while

puts a comforting hand on shen jiu's shoulder and tells him he understands; he knows someone who would do anything to make it back to the one they loved, understands the pain that comes when time and distance separates the two

however, xie lian tells him, he can't let shen jiu push himself. he'll only stunt his progress by hurting himself rather than speed things up

shen jiu is ready to argue again before xie lian offers to make the trip with him

shen jiu doesn't believe it at first—who would bother with helping him for this long if they weren't getting anything out of it? he already found this hard to believe, let alone the fact that xie lian would drop everything to travel with him for weeks on end

xie lian doesn't shake in his resolve, though. shen jiu figures out he's being serious and wants to argue, but he's just—relieved

so many people have stood as roadblocks on his path back to qi-ge; xie lian might be the first person actively trying to help them

it almost reignites hope in him; someone other than him believes in them. someone other than shen jiu thinks they'll make it back to each other and succeed in reuniting. xie lian's faith in him is like a gust of wind beneath his wings

he agrees to their road trip

[xie lian makes sure to tell his beloved he'll be away for a while]

[shen jiu doesn't notice that xie lian buys steamed buns off the same stranger in nearly every town they stop by for a night of rest in the following few weeks]

[xie lian notices, years later, when shen qingqiu doesn't recognize him upon their first meeting in decades. shen yuan doesn't know xie lian, but xie lian knows this isn't shen jiu, anymore]

[appropriatelystupid]

thinking about agatha feeling so betrayed by rio, unwilling to listen or reconcile the truth of her role and her passive nature, feeling haunted by death herself, that she hides herself away as soon as she gets the darkhold

but witches still seek the road and who is she to pass up a quick powers boost when they come so willingly into her presence

so for years and years (decades surely, centuries probably) she collects covens and lures them to open the road and leaves them husks in her wake

death comes, as she must, unable to find her love but confronted so clearly by the remnants of her work

and so death becomes the one haunted

[virgothozul]

Ok. I have listened to the people. I have watched the thing. It is very wholesome.

Kazu comes home. He is hopeless and tipsy. And he swings between excited and wasted.

[rocketrouquine]

Someone : What scenes do you want to revisit from Lestat’ POV for season 3 ?

Me : Yes.

[beaft]

this episode of "evil" is homosexually charged to frankly unprecedented levels. i can't believe it's not on purpose.

[lorebird]

Continuing my “Cynthia is Volo after chilling out and transitioning” propaganda: Consequences Edition

[ryssbelle]

trying to be more active starting by tryna post all the stuff I've been neglecting to ;w; Heres a doodle I did for @sparkspsps of @heroesspirit Ravio!! I've done a lot of heroes spirit art so expect to see a lot of it, its a very good comic so yall better get your eyes on it and your hands reblogging!!

[wintergreenoreo]

I’ve been thinking of a simple TailAU where its just all the drivers having different kinds of tails but Fernando hasn’t been able to wag his tail for like a decade cause he hasn’t been able to fully trust anyone or feel the right amount of happiness to get it to wag anymore.

So he joins Aston and as he and Lance start to get more and more comfy with each other Fernando starts to feel like he can trust again because he knows Lance is different and will always be on his side no matter what. Plus seeing Lance’s adorable smile and how his face lights up when he gives him attention makes Nando feel very warm inside…which makes his tail swish unconsciously whenever he’s around Lance.

Lance makes Fernando be able to finally wag his tail again…. but only for Lance tho nobody else.

[ryllen]

it’s okay for things to be messy sometimes