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I’m dying and crying and everything in between rn

#omg!!! #i can't even!!! #tlkof #the last king of faerie #dru blackthorn #the wicked powers #twp

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Alec: is literally the thirstiest fucking mf on the planet. Rips his bf’s clothes apart when they started dating, fucked him while he was literally turning into a demon, had sex in a church.

Magnus:

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Also ngl I’m as much existed we will get a look at Sebastian and Seelie Queens relationship that was a wild one Cassie throw out but I love her for that

KIERARKTINA AND BLACKSTAIRS CONFIRMED FOR THE BETTER IN BLACK NOVELLAS WHAT A WIN!!!!

#my little tda obsessed brain is overflowing with joy rn #ikr #the dark artifices #sebastian morgenstern #seelie queen #no they don’t deserve a ship name their only achievement was making my baby boy

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Hydrangea ~ Cold Heartlessness 🤍

- a recreation of Grace Blackthorn’s flower card -

characters by @cassandraclare 🫶

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i've said it before and i will say it again: dru kissing ash's neck scar to comfort him [rest]

that's literally it, that’s all i have to say

#i religiously think about this #morgenthorn is gonna mess me up so freaking badly #and it’s gonna be great #dru blackthorn #ash morgenstern #morgenthorn #the wicked powers #twp #Cassie better not mess this one up

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Ash unfolded the paper. A jolt went through his body. He turned away quickly so that Jace and Sebastian, deep in conversation, wouldn't see his expression.

It was her, the strange human girl he's once seen in the Unseelie weapons room. Dark hair, eyes the colour of the sky he only partially remembered. A murder of crows circled in the sky behind her. Not a photograph, but a drawing, done with a wistful hand, a sense of love and longing emanating from the page. A name was scribbled in a corner: Drusilla Blackthorn.

Drusilla. She looked lonely, Ash thought, but determined as well, as if a hope lived behind those summer-blue eyes, a hope that could not be quenched by loss, a hope too strong to feel despair.

Ash's heart was pounding, though he could not have said why. Hastily, he folded the drawing and thrust it into his pocket.

there is literally nothing (and i mean nothing) that anyone could say that would convince me that ash doesn't have the biggest crush on dru blackthorn idfc.

LET ME TELL YOU this ain't platonic in the slightest, okay?

NOW FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TIME I WANNA ANALYSE THIS BC I HAVE ISSUES WELCOME

this one is for the folks who doubt morgenthorn will be endgame *peace out*

like the "her" being in italics is already sus enough because he's like "omg it's the pretty girl i saw that one time *blushes furiously*" and then he seems so pleased to finally know her name????? drusilla???? and then like examines the drawing so thoroughly it’s actually mental???? he thinks she’s the most gorgeous human to ever walk the earth (and he’s not wrong)

and to top it all off he’s all “hmmm my heart is beating kinda fast lolsies i wonder why” and then wait for it HE FUCKING TAKES THE DRAWING!!! LIKE HE FOLDS IT AND PUTS IT IN HIS POCKET BC OFC HE DOES!!!! HE HAS TO LOOK AT IT IN HIS FREE TIME U KNOW BC THAT’S WHAT U DO (when ur a freaking simp)!!! he is so so whipped already and twp hasn’t even been released pls i’m so far gone for them save me

dru is getting like properly thirsted over AND FUCKING RIGHTFULLY SO bc she’s an absolute goddess and we all know it… and ash is the drusilla blackthorn fanclub founder idc like god he is gonna have it SO bad for her in twp and guys when she finds out he kept the drawing all these years, i will simply evaporate out of existence

morgenthorn is gonna be my downfall mark my words

i can’t wait yay A N G S T😀

[pterodactyl screech]

#ohh dear #they said what they said #and it’s all facts folks #this has hardcore crush written all over it #morgenthorn

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Why did she had to say that tough!?

Hi Cassie!!

I was just wondering if Livvy will get an updated flower card for the wicked powers like the others did?

Also just wanted to give thanks because you’ve kept me reading for over a decade and your stories have meant a lot to me!! I found them at a time I really needed them. <3

Hi! Livvy hasn't gotten an updated card because Livvy hasn't changed. She died, so she doesn't age — she looks the same to those who can see her. I think it's important she doesn't get an "updated" card because even though Livvy isn't exactly dead, she isn't alive either, and it's something we need to remember. She may always be around keeping Ty company, but while that is comforting there is something dark about it as well.

#the wicked powers #livvy blackthorn #ghost livvy #livvy blackthorn deserved better

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Who’s crying

I’m not crying

This is not a way to spend a Sunday night

Hey Cassie! I hope you enjoyed the holidays!!  You've spoken about how in TWP we will see both Dru and Ty dealing with a lot of their trauma, both from the Dark War and the evens of TDA. My question is, will Ash's trauma (which I'm sure he has buckets of) be touched on? Everytime i remember the line "The old Unseelie King hurt me, my father hurt me. I'm used to it," a piece of my heart breaks. Besos from Argentina! (Keep Rafe safe!!!!)

Oh, absolutely! Ash is the way he is because of layers of trauma. He's really had a hell of a life. We definitely get to explore that, especially as it's something he and Dru have in common.

#I go to my corner to cry now #why did you have to say that Cassie We know but we don’t say #the wicked powers #ash morgenstern #dru blackthorn

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Lmao

That’s how to ask for snippet that works

I should take notes

hi!! hope you’re having an amazing week!! i was wondering if you could tell us anything about what to expect in the relationship ash and kit, or your thoughts on it? i love love love the way ash kind of serves as a character foil to kit and i’m so excited to see the kind of dynamic they’ll have throughout the series!!

if you’re keeping them hush for now i would instead like to request an extremely obscure ash snippet from TLKOF!!

have a great week!!

*laughs*

Ok:

"I do have one question," said Ash. "What's a rodeo?"

#boy is clueless indeed #ash morgenstern #the wicked powers #kit herondale #morgendale #Morgendale bromance

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I see what she’s doing and I’m all for it and you are too

What's your favorite part of TWP?

Right now, the romance. Kit and Ty are delightful as are Ash & Dru.

#the wicked powers #morgenthorn #kitty #give us twp content Cassie

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My baby will go through even more shit than he had so far in TWP but he will end up Okay

I know it….

this is more of a thank you for shadowhunters because it has truly become the best part of my life 💓

Who do you think was one of the intriguing character to write in twp?

I Cannot wait for the wicked powerss 🤍

I feel like saying Dru/Ty/Kit is kind of obvious, so I'll say Ash and Janus — their relationship powers a lot of what happens in the books, and Ash being someone who very much missed having a real parent as he grew up, and mostly being hurt by people who were supposed to love him, means he really looks to Janus for love and steadiness and parenting while also starting to understand that Janus is not really . . . a good guy. Which is always interesting, that push-pull.

#the wicked powers #ash morgenstern #twp #ash's mom

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Cassie may not know but we do, Kit and Ash are destined to be bffs they even have a ship name;

Morgendale Bromance 🥳

Hi Cassie!! Sorry to bother you but I feel like Ty would be more likely to have panic attacks than Dru. I have evaluated the situation and Ty seems to have more trauma and anxiety than her. Adding onto that I’m hoping Kit and Ash don’t have too similar powers. I feel like Kit should be more powerful as Ash only as Ash didn’t get much powers especially since the king didn’t have the black volume the whole time he had Ash. I also think Kit she be more powerful than Magnus for reasons.

I've gotten a lot of emails about how Ty should be the one who has panic attacks, not Dru. Usually the idea is that he should have panic attacks because he has 'more trauma and anxiety' than Dru, specifically because of Livvy's death and Ty being "more close" to her.

The thing is, that isn't how characters work because it isn't how people work. “Amount of trauma” is not an objective measurable thing, and not everyone responds the same ways even to the same things happening to them.

Of course Ty and Dru have both experienced trauma. But it is not as if there is a certain "level of trauma", like "level 6" beyond which everyone has panic attacks, and Ty is a trauma 7 while Dru is only a trauma 5. None of that is how people work or panic disorders work or really how anything works. The question is a lot about, I think, an anxiety that somehow because Dru has panic attacks this means the narrative will consider Ty to have no trauma at all and be dandy about everything, and I can only say that that's not the case.

One thing I rarely see acknowledged in these letters is that Ty is not grieving Livvy currently. Everyone else in his family is, but he lives with her, she talks to him all the time, she's entirely present in his life. Yes, she is a ghost, but people can get by on a lot less than Ty has with Livvy. I think it's worth noting that what Ty is currently experiencing re: Livvy is not grief but denial.

At the end of the day, there are all sorts of ways of responding to trauma and grief. The acknowledgement that someone has been through trauma is not something they have to earn, nor are panic attacks a thing given to one character at the expense of another who has somehow deserved them more. What is important about how characters respond to loss and trauma is that it be consistent with the character and their growth, and that's something that can't be evaluated before a book is read. :)

As for Kit having the most powers of anyone, well, we will see. It's not really how power works in the Shadowhunter world. We don't spend a lot of time thinking about whether Clary or Magnus is more powerful because what they can do is so different, and what Kit and Ash can do is also very different. Also in evaluating who gets what power level I would say it's important to consider whether they will be friends or deadly enemies – which is something we don't yet know!

#doesn’t it sound lovely #the wicked powers #ash morgenstern #kit herondale #twp #morgendale #morgendale bromance

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People have spoken…

ash. the answer is ash.

#also I have always wanted to get NY gang and LA gang to make family #hence TWP couples #morgenthorn #kitty

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what if sebastian morgenstern comes back from the dead in twp but he’s not evil or dangerous but instead he has green eyes and he protects clary and ash like his life depends on it

and imagine him seeing ash for the first time and being the father he never got to be because he was never given the chance

everybody say fuck u valentine

#i would cry my eyes out #cohf is sad af #agreed #I literally opened my tumblr after weeks because I have seen a ss of this post #in vk #and I found it alright #now I’m crying too

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okay so this scene is obviously iconic as hell and hilarious but also it got me thinking that cassie might come back to this

like what if ash seriously started a war? bc he’s so so traumatised that he’s exactly like his father, he basically forces himself to become him

*ash being lucifer theorists screaming into the void in the background*

#lovely #don’t I love some two books long chaotic boys

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tda from kit’s pov: [summarised]

#i really just sit on my ass and make stoopid memes instead of doing uni work #you really are so fucking funny #kit herondale #the dark artifices #the wicked powers #twp #tda

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this is literally dru and ash

#but fr they would do this for sure #i can picture them just having silly little cute picnics in faerie and making flower crowns im- #they would have tiny sandwiches and lots of fruit and it would be such an adorable date im- #i miss them #dru blackthorn #ash morgenstern #dru x ash #morgenthorn #the wicked powers #they’re ᵉⁿᵍᵃᵍᵉᵈ #I could not not add all your lovely tags #this is cutest thing I have seen in a while