#TSC family tree

[moonyscoffeestains]

the blackthorns, jace, alec, and izzy all being descended from the same person is crazy

#the shadowhunter family tree is crazy #literally it doesn’t make any sense #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #the blackthorns #jace herondale #alec lightwood #isabelle lightwood

[the-dark-artifices-trees]

I fully believe that any and all person with the last name “Herondale” would be obsessed with The Tortured Poets Department 🤍🍂☕️📚 🌬

#Will Herondale #James Herondale #kit Herondale #Jace Herondale #Stephen Herondale #Lucie Herondale #the Herondale family tree #Taylor swift #the tortured poets department #ttpd #tsc #the mortal instruments #the infernal devices #the dark artifices #the wicked powers #the last hours #Shadowhunters #clary Fairchild #Tessa gray #Cordelia Carstairs #ty blackthorn #Jesse blackthorn

[fairdale]

headcanon where clary dreams about a man with blond hair and green eyes smiling at her while she's painting. she can't help but notice the slightly faded parabatai rune, can't help but notice the nostalgic beauty that man carries.

"it's beautiful." he says, looking at her drawing.

clary can't help but wonder if the man were an artist too.

must run in the family, he thinks, the love for art.

when clary wakes up that morning and looks at herself in the mirror, green eyes stare back at her. she smiles, turning around to see the painting drying.

a blond and a dark haired man, their backs to her. one carried a gun; the other, a chakram.

it's beautiful, she thinks.

#tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #shadowhunters #matthew fairchild #clary fairchild #i know that we don't know exactly how related they are #i don't care #let's not care too much #tsc family tree can give anyone a headache #anyway i thought this was cute #fairchild art lovers put your hands up

[wessasbitch]

do you ever stop what you're doing, think about how complicated the shadowhunters family tree is, shook your head and then go on with your life? or is it just me?

#shadowhunters #tsc #cassandra clare #the infernal devices #the mortal instruments #the dark artifices #the last hours #the wicked powers #shadowhunters family tree

[layla-carstairs]

I know everyone wants an updated family tree, and I do too. however I can't help but pity whoever will end up designing that thing because there is no way to make that monstrosity look good. like that job from hell is awaiting someone & I feel bad them already

#slightly off topic but sometimes I create posts like this and think #about how normal the tsc fandom is. like The Family Tree. the singular family tree basically every character in on. this is normal 😁 #anyone whoever you are I hope you get paid very well for that thing you will need it #anyway* #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #the mortal instruments #tmi #the infernal devices #tid #the dark artifices #tda #the last hours #tlh #the wicked powers #twp #cassandra clare #bella talks

[queenhelenblackthorn]

#actually I found this very funny some of y'all just took the family tree too seriously #chain of thorns spoilers #chot spoilers #chain of thorns #chot #the last hours #tlh #the shadowhunter chronincles #tsc #cassandra clare

[allthestories]

Okay but Cassie can we please get an updated family tree?

I need to know what path was taken to get to the modern day Fairchilds.

#after that explanation it’s the least she could do #the last hours #chain of thorns #tlh #chot #cot #family tree #cassie clare #cassandra clare #matthew fairchild #james herondale #christopher lightwood #thomas lightwood #cordelia carstairs #the merry thieves #tlh gang #shadowhunters #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #chot spoilers #cot spoilers #chain of thorns spoilers

[kaitcreates]

Shadowhunter families and their place of living.

England

Bridgstock(1903, London)

Baybrook(1903, London)

Branwell(1878, London)

Featherstone(1903, London)

Greenmantle(1903, London)

Hardcastle(1903, London)

Highsmith(1903, 2012, London)

Gladstone(1903, London)

Mayhew(1903, London)

Mayburn(1878, London)

Pangborn(1878, London)

Pouncey(1903, London)

Ravenscar(1878, London)

Townsend(1903, London)

Wentworth(1903, London)

Hayward(1903, York)

Starkweather(1878, York)

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Acosta(2012)

Breakspear(2012)

Gonzales(2012)

Romero(2012)

New York, USA

Graymark(1920)

Safar(2010)

Whitelaw(1984)

Mexico City, Mexico

Delgado(2012)

Mendoza(2012)

Rocio(2012)

Rosales(2012)

Velez(2012)

Brazil

Carvalho(2012, São Paulo)

Pedroso(2012, Rio de Janeiro)

Spain

Casales(2012, Madrid)

Castel(2012, Barcelona)

Villalobos(2012, Madrid)

India

Chaudhury(2007, Mumbai)

Joshi(2012, Mumbai)

China

Ke(2012, Shanghai)

Lieu(2010, Hangzhou)

Wang(2012, Shanghai)

Germany

Grunwald(1721)

Kriegsmesser(2007, Berlin)

Morgenstern(1878, *May be form other german speaking country, also mentioned to be from Sweeden)

Vogelspritz(2010, Hamburg)

Von Mainz(1832, Prusia)

Rome, Italy

Di Aneglo(1903)

Maletesta(2007)

France

Beausejours(2012,*May be from another french speaking country)

Montclaire(1989, Paris)

Pontmercy(2007, Marseilles)

Verlac(2007, Paris)

Portugal

Monteverde(2007, Lisbon)

Rosewain(2007, Cumbria)

Australia

Makepeace(2002, Melbourne)

Sedgewick(2007)

Other

Jahanshah(1903, Persia)

Keo(2012, Cambodia)

Larkspear(2012, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)

Lindquist(2012, Umea, Sweden)

Lovelace(2008, Glascorw, Scotland. 1878, London, England)

Maduabuchi(2012, Lagos, Nigeria)

Kaidou(1878, Tokyo, Japan)

Ashdown(2012, Los Angeles, California, USA)

Theorised

Nightshade(Los Angeles, Califiornia, USA, *Vampire with same last name lives there)

Solcedo(Spanish country, *Taken on by Marisol, who's previous last names were both spanish)

Malhotra(India, *name originates from India)

Tokugawa, Satõ(Japan, *names originates from Japan)

#shadowhunters #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #the dark artifices #tda #the last hours #tlh #the mortal instruments #tmi #the wicked powers #twp #tid #the infernal devices #the shadowhunter family tree #shadowhunter families

[streettealee]

We as TSC fans are all aware that Emma Carstairs... is not a descendant of Cordelia Katāyoun Carstairs, right? The Cordelia that is Emma Carstair's mother is a Townsend (don't ask why she is then named Cordelia, I don't know the ties there).

Cordelia is Jace's ancestor, his direct ancestor. We can still say Emma and Jace are connected via her through the family tree, because Cordelia's the sister of Zachary, who carries on the Carstairs line, but it feels rather inaccurate to say Emma is descended from Cordelia, if that makes sense. And Cortana easily could have still passed on through the Carstairs if the sword chose one of them over Cordelia's child and grandchildren.

I don't know, just, without Cordelia's descendants, that line of Herondales doesn't exist and I think her tie to them overrides the idea that any Carstairs are descended from her. I'm just voicing this because I've seen a few things that seem to imply Emma is Cordelia Katāyoun Herondale née Carstairs' descendent when I'm not sure it's very accurate. The definition I found of a descendent includes being of blood, and I suppose you could say Emma shares that with Cordelia, but do you see where I'm getting at? Zachary shares Cordelia's blood because they're of the same parents and family, but it's Zachary's line that Emma comes from, not Cordelia's. Emma and Cordelia are family, but not... in the way where she's descended from her. She's like a great great great aunt. Who has her own descendants, especially because she also married into another family.

Then again, I suck at family trees, I probably have this all wrong. Feel free to give your own takes or correct mine, I'm trying to make sense of where we're at with this.

Maybe the only difference is between descendants and direct descendants that I'm getting muddled up and it's not that big of a deal.

#tlh #the last hours #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #family tree #cordelia carstairs #cordelia herondale #emma carstairs #carstairs #herondale #townsend #help #tda #the dark artifices

[darcyolsson]

actually re: that post about jonathans in tsc, why is christopher lightwood called christopher. because there's already a christopher (kit) in tsc (four christophers if we're counting middle names too) and like, okay, i guess it's implied to be a common shadowhunter name but still why would you give two of your main characters (who do not belong to the same family) the exact same name..... and nickname???? what was that all about. why are kit and kit both called kit

#there are a billion names in the world and she's usually so careful picking them so ??? #i would get it if he was a direct descendant of christopher's we know cc loves a little family moment!! but hes not #or if they were very similar people. or if the name meant smth like jon being a traditionally raised shadowhunter #with a classic shadowhunter name. makes sense. #is this just another instance of cc fighting the family tree? but even then why would she also nickname christopher kit thats so confusing #tsc #personal

[queenie-blackthorn]

no but “esme hardcastle being the reason the family tree is fucked up” is the laziest excuse ever like what

esme if i remember correctly was friends w jamie in the shadowhunter academy and she was a mundie who ascended, but she wasnt mentioned since then until chain of thorns ??? like what ??? she wasnt even with the group of girls in chain of gold

plus i remember cassie hinting that it had to do w the silent brothers since thats where the archives are, tf happened to that

it woulda been so dramatic if smth happened and jem changed the records bc of it, but noo. apparently they used a family tree completed by an obviously unreliable girl, and they kept using that for over a century and its still in use ??? surely someone wouldve noticed that alastair didnt have any kids and it was zachary who was continuing the carstairs line

like did no one in 1910 say “wait a second christopher and barbara lightwood both died years ago why does the family tree not say that they are dead”

not saying i coulda done better but i havent written five series w seventeen main books, one more series on the way, and four books left to be written

cassie youre so talented dont waste it like this it makes me angry

#cassie you coulda done so much better #anti cassandra clare #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #tlh #the last hours #the last hours tlh #the mortal instruments #shadowhunters family tree #esme hardcastle #chain of gold #chain of iron #chain of thorns

[tisajest]

I am doing so good with my fic 🥰 *has 4 docs, 2 spreadsheets, 1 family tree, a couple rough drawings for physical appearances, and 0 sentences of the actual fic written*

#working on my togruta skywalkers au #which makes me develop a family tree that goes back a few generations and has extended family #and developing cultural traits for TSC and TSL (Tatooine Slave Culture and Language) which has overlaps with other slave cultures #and developing names and naming customs as well as a language #which has multiple dialects (which i won't get into much bc i haven't worked it out fully) #and a few diasporas as well #its fun but like...plot???? what is a plot???? what will the story ACTUALLY be about???? 🤷‍♀️ #post rotj but like...i think i'll have oneshots as well for stuff that happened before the main story that are significant for the main fic #and im debating how vader felt about leia...a togruta girl who has familial coloring and markings who is the same age as his “neverborn” ki #lots to think about. bc while i don't want to change too much from canon (i want the story to take place in post canon ot) #i feel the need to change some stuff so it makes sense within a world where a togruta sith lord exists and so do 2 human/togruta hybrids #in very prominent and visible roles #so....yeah. lots to think about #anyway back to worldbuilding #star wars #fanfiction #star wars fanfiction #togruta skywalkers au #togruta anakin au #my fanfiction writing

[caterpillarinacave]

Me, when someone brings up Cassandra Clare’s world building:

#Look I know the whole Esme thing is supposed to override CCs shitty family tree #But even with that exscuse it’s bad #Gonna be totally honest I dont really care for the charcaters in books past TLH #Tsc #tlh #tid #tsc memes #cassandra clare #the last hours #the Shadowhunter chronicles

[greatwarprongs]

maybe the real family tree was the friends we made along the way

#at this point #I swear I waited for at least ten years #I lost it a long time ago #tlh #the last hours #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #tmi #tda #tid #the infernal devices #family tree

[layla-carstairs]

my toxic trait is knowing & understanding how cousin naming conventions work (I just read an old ask where CC said Jem & Emma are 6th cousins once removed)

#SIXTH COUSINS????? HUH #sixth cousins is crazy #they're first cousins 😭 😭 four times removed but that's not important 🙄 #I am guessing that number since we don't have the carstairs family tree atm but that makes the most sense with the math #& Jace definitely is Jem's first cousin four times removed #so there's that too #bella talks #this is funny. to me. #the best part of having this knowledge is being able to laugh whenever media gets it wrong (which is very often lol) #jem carstairs #emma carstairs #the dark artifices #the infernal devices #cassandra clare #jace herondale #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc

[spacehero-23]

props to cassie for finding the funniest way to retcon her story.  

#shadowhunters #the last hours #cassandra clare #chain of thorns #tsc #tlh #chain of gold #chain of iron #james herondale #alastair carstairs #the shadowhunter chronicles #cordelia carstairs #thomas lightwood #matthew fairchild #lucie herondale #jesse blackthorn #esme hardcastle #the family tree #clockwork princess #clockwork princess family tree