#he's not james herondale.

[layla-carstairs]

sometimes I think about that tlh group artwork that Cassandra Jean drew in like, 2013. I'm pretty sure it pre-dates the Midnight Heir, and a year later it got redone because CC changed some characters and discarded others. But the original is so fascinating to me because you can easily recognise half the characters but the other half you can't. and you have to wonder if Christopher is sitting in the grass having a chat with Charles Fairchild of all people or if that's a third Carstairs sibling that CC decided to get rid of or someone else we'll never be able to guess. and we will never really know who they are.

#also Alastair is like. naturally blond in those artwork and it haunts me #and Thomas doesn't exist yet as a character (I think? he's definitely not in the second drawing at least) #it's so bizarre to think about #the last hours #the shadowhunter chronicles #chain of gold #chain of iron #chain of thorns #james herondale #matthew fairchild #christopher lightwood #thomas lightwood #alastair carstairs #lucie herondale #cordelia carstairs #grace blackthorn #jesse blackthorn #anna lightwood #charles fairchild #tsc #bella talks

[anarchistbitch]

#revised version for them cause why not #also i love will but he is entirely a very unserious(as to mean silly) person #will herondale #kit herondale #jace herondale #james herondale #tsc #sobh #secrets of blackthorn hall #the shadowhunter chronicles #tmi #tid #tda #twp #tlh #the last hours #the wicked powers #the dark artifices #the infernal devices #m

[wikitpowers]

cordelia & james be like:

(cordelia w/ cortana and james just swooning😌)

#cordelia is such a freaking badass and james is just a man obsessed with his wife #i just imagine them on the battlefield together and james always staring until he almost gets his head bitten off by a demon #but he’s like hashtag worth it #cordelia carstairs #james herondale #cordelia x james #herondaisy #the last hours #tlh #tsc

[roseofthomas]

cc can’t just write in that thomas helped james when he learned farsi and not give me a scene where two lovesick idiots sit down to learn the language their crush speaks, totally oblivious to each others feelings about literal siblings

#james not even questioning why thomas speaks farsi well enough to teach #thomas helping james learn the language of his pretend wife that he will divorce eventually and not questioning it #idiots (affectionate) #thomas lightwood #alastair carstairs #the last hours #chain of thorns #thomastair #herondaisy #jordelia #james herondale #cordelia carstairs

[tys-kitty]

Cassie really took the whole miscommunication trope to a new level with Herondaisy and KitTy

#cordelia thinking james doesn‘t love her #james thinking he doesn‘t love daisy because of the bracelet #james realizing that he loves her and her not believing him #kit not telling ty his true feelings till the very last minute? #ty thinking kit is in love with livvy? #painfully iconic #cassandra clare #kit herondale #ty blackthorn #kit x ty #cordelia carstairs #james herondale #herondaisy #twp #the wicked powers #tlh #the last hours #tda #the dark artifices #chain of gold #chain of iron #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles

[heronchild-haven]

#who put this drunk Edwardian boy in control of my serotonin regulation #all I need is for Matthew to say Jamie bach in chot one more time before he’s inevitably killed off thank u #matthew fairchild #james herondale #heronchild #chain of thorns #the last hours #meme

[clockwork-carstairs]

the last hours was actually so tragic. like maybe it’s the edwardian london thing that makes it seem more tragic to me but damn all that miscommunication made them all so LONELY and isolated when they didn’t have to be. in tid even when will thought he was cursed he had jem, and even when he was being awful to tessa she still had other people in her life like jem and sophie. jem and tessa had no family, but they had people they talked to and shared their fears with. in the dark artifices, they’re this really strong family unit, the tragedy is horrible but there’s a network around them all (blackthorns + emma + kit) so no one’s really alone.

but in the last hours like….these kids HAVE parents and friend groups and supposed best friends even, yet they seem more isolated than any other series mains. james doesn’t tell anyone about the gracelet and what he went through (fair enough bec it was terrible and traumatising). but then it’s not just that. cordelia isn’t telling anyone what she’s going through. lucie isn’t telling anyone what she’s going through (trying to bring someone back to life???) – and they’re supposedly best friends and future parabatai! and matthew isn’t telling anyone what he’s going through, not his parabatai either, and no one wants to address how visibly he’s suffering. and grace, she’s actually alone. and it just seems so lonely and sad and they all seem so isolated even though they shouldn’t be, because unlike the tid and tda mains, the tlh lot actually have parents and their own homes (for the most part). the start of chain of thorns especially is just really painful because they’re all suffering ALONE when they all have people around them they just don’t bridge the gap. it just feels so lonely which is almost ironic bec what about the friendship of the merry thieves and the parabatai bonds and best friendship?

#i was just remembering how it felt reading the last hours and compared it to tda and tid and it makes me feel so like sad to think about #even though the series i acc cried over was tid and tda NOT tlh #the last hours #tlh #tlh spoilers #chot spoilers #tid #the infernal devices #tda #thoughts idk #tsc #chain of thorns #james herondale #lucie herondale #cordelia carstairs #matthew fairchild #matthew will always make me sad though he deserved better #and christopher dammit #grace blackthorn

[lilychxn]

not a fic writer or a fic reader but instead a much worse third thing (I get visions of the what-could-have-been and mentally fall to my knees)

#i'm still stuck on smoker!julian #don't mind me #and also lost potential james herondale #what happened #we had james in the midnight heir #why is he so different #cassandra clare #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #shadowhunters #the dark artifices #tda #julian blackthorn #blackstairs #james herondale #herondaisy

[ofstarsandmoonlightt]

people are comparing conor and kel to will and jem when there’re matthew and james right there to do so. like conor and kel’s relationship is what happens when matthew and james don’t resolve their problems. i haven’t read chot properly but until choi their relationship was already on its way to a toxic one. them being unflinchingly loyal and loving each other so much yes but also then starting to keep secrets from each other and all. tho in comparison conor and kel also have a power imbalance (of conor being the superior one) that math and jamie don’t have thankfully; what i’m tryna say is that we can find more parallels in these two pairs rather than in jem and will who are the epitome of a perfect (brotherly/parabatai) relationship.

#maybe someone’s said it before #but yeah #about the power imbalance thing yes math has the ‘son of the consul’ card but he’s a good guy so he doesn’t use it #ya literature #ya books #ya lit #ya fiction #cassandra clare #tsc #shadowhunters #the shadowhunter chronicles #sword catcher #sword catcher by cassandra clare #conor aurelian #kel saren #matthew fairchild #james herondale #will herondale #jem carstairs #the last hours

[readwithlivvy]

it's so funny to me how kit was pretty much a background character until he expressed an opinion and promptly got murdered

#he just started coming out of his shell #then #BOOM DEAD #christopher lightwood #chain of thorns spoilers #chain of thorns #james herondale #cordelia carstairs #matthew fairchild #thomas lightwood #grace blackthorn #anna lightwood #lucie herondale #the last hours

[incorrectlasthours]

So we all agree Jesse is going to be the next one to run the London Institute right

#READ MY TAGS I WILL EXPLAIN #Jesse and Will were the highlight of chain of thorns for me #and Jesse and James hehe I did not see that bromance coming but I am HERE for it #but also this makes so much sense #so like… lucie and jesse are living in the institute with will and tessa #and jesse is learning to be a shadowhunter and super into it right #so imagine will starts showing him a few things here and there #and jesse is always asking to help - we know from chot that he is doing this to will and tessa CONSTANTLY #so eventually jesse starts helping with some basic institute tasks #then he starts having some ideas #then he just slowly helps more and more until will decides to retire #and jesse is conveniently already there/low key doing the job #he’s too humble to try for the position but lucie nominates him hehe #(or James because him and cordelia travel to much and he doesn’t want his dad to ask him to run) #and then he becomes the next head of the London institute and does create a new legacy for the blackthorns 🥹 #it’s so precious cassie let him have this #jesse blackthorn #will herondale #chain of thorns #chain of thorns spoilers #chot #chot spoilers

[layla-carstairs]

no matter how many times she explains it I don't think me and Cassandra Clare will ever be in agreement about James and Lucie losing their powers. like its just not a satisfactory explanation to me im sorry

#her comparing it to the endarked & warlock's spells while also says Belial had no actual influence over them developing powers #in the same ask.... okay #like the relationship between Sebastian and the endarked was that he created them! he influenced them! #he was overriding their free will with his will like. them dying with him made sense #same with warlocks & their spells there's a very specific creator -> creation dynamic here #that is not comparable to James & Lucie relationship to Belial #maybe me and cc just categorize them differently bc to me theyre more like Sebastian & lilith or Jace clary & ithural #*ithuriel #like!! when ithuriel dies Jace & Clary do not lose their powers that are a product of them being born with his powers #*blood #BUT clary does lose her prophetic dreams that are established as being given to her by ithuriel #theres an established difference between the two!!!! James and Lucie should not have lost their powers I'll stand by that till I die #bella talks #james herondale #lucie herondale #cassandra clare #chain of thorns #the last hours #tlh

[heronchildlove]

What if... a modern AU where James is Lucie's much older brother, like, he is in college and she is still in pre-school or kindergarten, and one day both his parents are busy so James needs to take lil Lucie to school...

Only to be met with Matthew, the most handsome and most adorable TA ever, greeting kids and parents for this class and making James completely flustered when he says "Oh, so you must be the awesome older brother Luce is always talking about, it's so great to finally meet you, Jamie!" to the point he completely forgets anything else in the world while he listens to Matthew talk about Lucie and what a hoot she is in class just because he doesn't want to stop listening to his voice and then James is very, very late for class that day.

And he starts taking Lucie to school on his way to college muuuch more often after that.

#Here all classes even for kids need to have a teacher and an assistant that is usually an intern on the last years of college #dunno if other places too but idc the idea was too cute to pass up #James connecting the dots of all the things Lucie has said about 'Math' before and always asking about her day cause he wants to Know More #They can never talk much because you know there are other kids and parents arriving and Matthew needs to work so it never feels enough #Will he ever work up the courage to ask Matthew out tho? Who is to say #aahhhh I'm in love with this idea #heronchild #james herondale #matthew fairchild #tlh #the last hours #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #headcanon #college au

[deceitfulmelvinator]

James Herondale ass DM from my mutual

#james herondale #matthew fairchild #tlh #and because he asked me to tag it- #murder drones

[julianblackthornspancakes]

if a man doesn’t say “sod that” before shooting a locked door with his magical pistol so that we can bang, i don’t want it

#James baby ur herondale is showing #ur father would be so proud #no really he would be #tsc #tmi #shadowhunters #tid #tlh #cassandra clare #shadowhunter chronicles #tda #secrets of blackthorn hall #sobh #james herondale #cordelia carstairs #jordelia #herondaisy #Daisy Daisy my Daisy

[tys-kitty]

If someone was able to create a pistol that can kill demons and work for all Shadowhunters (not just James and Kit) it would be Tiberius Blackthorn

#cassandra clare #ty blackthorn #christopher my sweetheart #you did your best #i‘m sure he would have figured it out at same point #christopher lightwood #james herondale #kit herondale #tlh #the last hours #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles