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silkiemae · 2 years

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The Red Scrolls of Magic by Cassandra Clare

The Red Scrolls of Magic by Cassandra Clare My rating: 3 of 5 stars This felt sort of like a fever dream? Don’t get me wrong, it was a fun fever dream, but a fever dream nonetheless. I say this because in the timeline, this falls right after the City of Glass and right before the City of Fallen Angels, yet it’s like it never happened. Nowhere in the following three books are these events mentioned aside from telling us that Magnus and Alec were on vacation together. Their behavior in those books is also completely different than they are here. All the work they did to grow as a couple was erased, and they’re back to the point they were after COG. I know this was written purely for fan service because everyone loves Alec and Magnus, and that’s fine because I, too, love Magnus. But I wish it was maybe placed elsewhere in the timeline because it just doesn’t work with the rest of the series. There are things we’re told here that aren’t mentioned until books later in the timeline, and a first reader would be perplexed. I know they agree later in the book to never speak of this again, but like…we still see Alec’s inner monologue, I believe, so why not mention it. Or Shinyun, at least? Idk it’s weird. I always enjoy learning more about the lore of this world. That’s one of the things I look forward to most when reading another of Cassandra Clare’s books. I think she has some fascinating ideas, such as Greater Demons were once fallen angels, and faerie blood can summon them. The party at Malcolm’s palazzo was fun. I loved seeing all the different types of Downworlders, and Raphael is hilarious. I love that he has no interest in human interaction because I can relate to that so hard. It sucks that we never see him behave like this again in the series, especially knowing his fate. :( I’m baffled about Shinyun. All other warlocks introduced have unnatural-colored eyes, skin, or animal traits. Yet her warlock mark is a frozen face? How is that a warlock mark? No one would ever be able to pick her out as one. And if she can’t smile, how can she speak? Or blink? It’s mentioned that she can laugh. Imagine how hilarious that must look. She can also cry. Also, isn’t that kind of a harmful stereotype of Asian women? The stoicism? Idk; it just reads as kind of insensitive to me. Also, the fact that Shinyun acts like her face was something to be afraid of, but when I looked up fan art of her, she looks like a normal-ass woman. I don’t get it. Like she could have facial paralysis. Why did her family freak out and bury her alive? The thing I don’t like about Alec and Magnus is the age gap, man. I’ve said this before, but just because Magnus is immortal doesn’t make him ageless. Age comes from experience and wisdom, and he has legit centuries of that, whereas Alec has less than two decades. The lack of life experience makes it sus and also, like Alec JUST turned 18 not too long ago. Idk; I’m just never going to be a fan of really old men(regardless of immortality) dating incredibly young people(18-early 20s). And it’s wild that they’re just travelling the world together after knowing one another for only a few months/weeks. Also, I’m not fond of Alec all that much. I think he lacks personality. I know that he was a sad, closeted gay boi until he met Magnus. He seems pushy about getting into Magnus’ private life and is okay with the fact that Magnus murdered his stepfather but cannot handle him dating a vampire woman a few centuries ago(I think he’s bothered by her still being alive, and that’s so WEIRD) I am going to wonder FOREVER what Magnus’ real name is. It was fun to see the inclusion of old characters and those who will be more prevalent in future novels. I liked seeing Malcolm Fade again. Oh my GOD, Alec, do NOT move in with Magnus. It has been like two months! Aline, thinking Jace was in love with Simon, is just shouting out everyone’s wishful thinking. Same girl. Same. I’m dying at the image of him hostile-hanging around Simon until Simon likes him. Just kick Clary to the curb and date each other instead. UGH, I LOVE HELEN AND ALINE. OTP FOREVER. Why did no one think to ask Leon about Sebastian? While Alec didn’t know the real Sebastian Verlac, he knew the guy who killed and posed as him. Didn’t he wonder if Leon was related to the real Sebastian at all when he heard his last name? So, they think vampires killed Mori Shu because there are holes in his neck, but in one of the earlier TMI books, it says that the vampires have needle fangs. But we’re told that the holes in Mori’s neck were made with a samgakdo which is significantly larger than a needle fang. How was it possible to make that mistake? Also, like…how did that even happen? I’m just trying to imagine a scenario where she could have pricked him in the neck with a big-ass sword, and it went that ideally without any noticeable struggle. I feel like the concept of the stele and having to draw runes on yourself would realistically SUCK in battle. Like you have to take a little pause to draw a quick squiggle on yourself? What if someone bumps into you and knocks the stele out of your hand? Why not make all the runes permanent so you don’t have to draw on yourself constantly? OH MY GOD, SHINYUN CAN LAUGH. I BET IT LOOKS HILARIOUSSSSSS Like I am so so so sorry. I know she’s giving her villain monologue, and it’s supposed to be serious, but the image of her laughing with a frozen face is HYSTERICAL to me. How did Magnus keep it together? God poor Helen, though, not wanting to tell anyone that a warlock asked her for help because she thought they would look down on her for her faerie blood and then she ends up being proven right several years later when the Shadowhunters turn against faeries. :( I finally know what an iratze feels like. Overall, it was a fun book. The writing wasn’t outstanding, and sometimes it felt a little bit too try hard to be ‘woke’, imo, but it was still fun to see. I just wish these characters continued to act the same in the books that follow but oh well. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ On to TID View all my reviews

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bobbiehoney · 4 years

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⌞ʾ⁎ ⊰ phoebe tonkin, cisfemale, she/her ⊱ i think i just saw BOBBIE LANGDON walk across trafalgar square, singing to SHE* ( HARRY STYLES ). you know, the TWENTY NINE year old MARKETING EXECUTIVE? people claim that they are just like BOBBIE from COMPANY**. it must be because they are CHARISMATIC and INDECISIVE as well… though i could be wrong. all i know for sure is that they live at BALTIMORE*** apartment. { violet, 23, est, she/her }⌝

yaaaaa’ll ! hi!! i’m violet! I admined the first little version of this group with fie and i’m so excited to join this community of musical theatre nerds, my fave people. i’m 23, I use she/her pronouns, and i live in the est time zone. i’m a (struggling lol) actress and writer. i’m a slut for any and all sondheim, and i first saw company when i was 16 and I didn’t really *get it* but I loved it. since then i’ve seen a lot productions (except the current broadway cast) and i always find something new in it. I was in a really cool gender-swap-y production of the show earlier this year (seriously it was so queer and inclusive and great) and while I didn’t play bobbie we spent a week just talking about the show and the dynamics of all of the characters and I have many ideas of how I would play bobbie....and muse.....SO ANYWAYS - ya’ll ready for a character study?

bobbie. bobbie, the very best wingman. bobbie, the perpetual third wheel. bobbie, the reliable. bobbie, the undependable. bobbie, the warmest. bobbie, aloof and mysterious. bobbie, the very best listener. bobbie, the cluelessly insensitive. bobbie, the romantic. bobbie, the heartbreaker. bobbie, the sentimental. bobbie, one of the guys. bobbie, the tease. bobbie, the magnetic. bobbie, the zombie.

background

bobbie’s name is actually elizabeth, after her grandmother (her fathers mother), and her grandmother’s mother. but most folks, her many dear friends included, don’t know that. her family never really called her anything but bobbie, and when asked if bobbie is short for something she’s always taken aback for a moment because she kind of forgets that it is.

she’s a born and bred new yorker and while she fits very easily into the london lifestyle, she’s still grouchy about how the bagels aren’t “right”, and things like that. she’s been living in london for about five years now, but she also travels a fair amount for work and visits nyc often.

she was definitely born into wealth, but bobbie isn’t materialistic, really. she lives a very “comfortable” lifestyle, but doesn’t hoard her wealth and donates a large amount of her income to charity. she isn’t financially dependent on her family, and hasn’t been since she graduated college, which she’s a little proud of. is she a yuppie though? a bit.

she works for a large corporation and kind of dislikes that, but she’s very very good at her job. she’s always had a natural ability to know what attracts people, and that translates perfectly into marketing.

I think bobbie had a normal childhood, not a perfect one, but nothing traumatic I don’t think. I do imagine that her parents were pretty distant from each other and that they got a (somewhat expected) divorce when bobbie was in college. she’s definitely an only child, and her parents are proud of her...but, like everyone else, they don’t understand why she won’t settle down.

personality

the thing about bobbie that kind of defines her whole personality is that she is just super magnetic. she’s personable, witty, and people are just very drawn to her. she doesn’t really understand that, though, if that makes sense? bobbie is definitely confident, but she doesn’t really see herself as much different than anyone else. people just love being around her, and she loves being around people.

bobbie is the biggest extrovert, a complete social butterfly and the life of the party. can make friends with anyone. she...really hates being alone, in truth. and has a penchant for hanging out with couples, she’s basically an eternal third wheel, but she enjoys that.

in denial. just always in denial. large capacity for denial.

important: bobbie is an observer. she’s always watching, listening (not just hearing), judging, and taking stock of people. (“she always looks like she’s keeping score. who’s winning, bobbie?”) that’s why she and joanne are the closest relationship that bobbie has in the show, among both friends and lovers. they’re both watchers, they’re like cats. (”sometimes i catch her looking and looking - i just look right back.”) the emotional climax of the show happens because of joanne.

the wild thing about company is that you’re mostly told and not shown what bobbie’s personality is like, because the scenes are focused on the couples/dates and the songs are introspective thoughts. the couples describe bobbie as being dependable, helpful, loving, and basically the glue that keeps their lives together. the three characters that bobbie has romantic relationships with describe her as withholding, cold, and undependable. that’s because that’s the two sides of the bobbie coin, if you will.

bobbie is an incredible friend. the four couples in the show are definitely her best friends in the world, and she would go anything for any of them. but they are definitely the only people the bobbie is dependable with, aside from her family. she also loves them dearly but sometimes she is this meme after hanging out with them or their kids lol. she says yes to them way too much and sometimes she is....incredibly burnt out and overwhelmed.

she’s an amazing friend, but one things change from platonic to romantic, she’s usually pretty quick to flee. she doesn’t know why. she tells herself that they just weren’t the one, that it just wasn’t meant to be because if it was she wouldn’t run so hot and cold. she’s very affectionate and charming with her lovers, she almost always seems to share a connection with them, and then she disappears. no one ever really knows why. she feels bad ghosting people, but she always says it’s for everyone’s best interest.

in all honesty bobbie could have settled down, she did find someone who could have been her “one” in pj/kathy. they both wanted to marry each other, but neither made the move, and bobbie feels deep regret for that. so the problem is her, not anyone else. she just can’t commit.

bobbie probably drinks too much, but she says it’s okay because she’s a fun drunk and she rarely gets sloppy. but she drinks too much.

bobbie definitely has bad impulse control, and often doesn’t really think things through, especially when she’s hit with a big emotional shift. i.e. when she proposes to amy/jamie in the show.

she’s lowkey kind of a square.....like she definitely smokes weed (canon!) and drinks but she also refuses to smoke a cigarette when joanne pressures her to (which, i get is an emotional thing and not really about the cigarette but stick with me here) and she’s very put off by peter and susan’s polyamy so AND she’s super taken aback by how *radical* and *wild* marta/theo is (which...isn’t much these days, it’s all just kind of aged material lol)......bobbie is not *as* cool as she thinks.

a line I always keep in mind about bobbie, which paul says - “a person like bobbie doesn’t have the good things, and she doesn’t have the bad things. but she doesn’t have the good things.”

notes on company (mostly for anyone who might consider playing a character from the show)

i’m playing bobbie at 29 about to turn 30, rather than 34 about to be 35. honestly i just had trouble finding the perfect fc, and so i aged her down. (why doesn’t aubrey plaza have more resources? ugh!)

she’ll turn 30 eventually, but whooo i just wanna have fun being dumb bobbie before she becomes slightly more evolved bobbie.

my bobbie is VERY bisexual. I would really enjoy a mix of the original genders of bobbie’s lovers and the revival’s. so april/andy, pj/kathy, and marta/theo are all welcome! as is jamie/amy. (though honestly I would prefer an amy) and i would like to keep the romantic/sexual undertones with joanne, if possible, unlike the revival. (& her lil flirtation with jenny because idk if they change that to david in the revival or not?) my version of bobbie would basically sing about all of her pals in “someone is waiting”, she sees things that she loves about all of them and would want in a partner.

connection ideas (I am very bad at these but i’ll try to think of more)

bobbie would have a million acquaintances. from work, from the grocery store, from the tube. she talks to strangers, she flirts with everyone she encounters, even if she is silently judging them at times. but she’s nice, I promise.

friends! of course, all of the friends. let’s see how they could know eachother!

bobbie is definitely besties with her neighbors, or tries to be.

look...bobbie dates casually, multiple people at a time, always. i’m open to all sorts of different relationship dynamics! bobbie may or may not break their heart a little bit though, i’ll warn ya’ll lol.

and of course!!! SPURNED LOVERS or exes of any type and on any terms!

#this only took 200 years i'm so sorry i just have a lot of THOUGHTS

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flameontheotherside · 5 years

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But What Now?

Had a talk with my mom again. Joked about becoming a nun. No, I'm not going to do that. I wouldn't conceive the thought of the lifestyle seriously. In other words I wouldn't make an obedient nun. Whatever that means. Last night we were talking about how I feel about seeing other people. Okay, I'm not one of those that have a "type". I'm pretty all inclusive you know how like dating is like going on a job interview lmao. Like how it's in print about non discrimination and blah blah. In other words I'm not rigid. I have an open mind. Some people can surprise you.

My mom is going to a shelter. Just staying there during the week and stay with me on the weekend.... But my lease is almost up and Ive not a single clue where I'll end up. I can't be apart from my cat. He's like my son lol. My big baby. One things for sure....

I don't want to spend another year cohabitating with this guy.

Would rather sleep next to a pee-drenched pervy old guy under a bridge. Looks like I'm going to be a troll afterall. *cue Sarah Mclaughlin music* OK ok I shouldn't make light of it. Common sense says I need to go with my mom but my heart says that I belong with my cat Odin. He's attached to me too. He's my big fat fluffy security blanket. I don't want to stay with another man that thinks I'm "retarded".

Yes it sounds corny and a little cheesey but idk, not exactly sure, at this point I'm speculating. There is someone there, I just don't know if he's real or just really in my imagination. Normally I laugh at this kind of stuff... Ugh I'm being given hints but it doesn't make sense to me. I feel like some of my clients who don't understand time not being linear.

See, the problem is I think too much.

Like I'm in my head 75% of the time constantly putting pieces together. It doesn't make sense. Now, I definitely feel like Sheldon Cooper with my mental whiteboard for days without sleep just:

I kind of want to spend some time alone but I've kinda been alone the past 3 years. Have this nagging feeling something is up. Last night after meeting Bragi in the realms and all, I wanted to look him up. Must be from the peace realm. What is so significant?!

Oh... Speaking of which Jose hit me up. I'm avoiding him. He knows who I am and I know him. He's okay but kind of questionable? Something just isn't right about him. I don't mean to judge but I feel uncomfortable hanging out with him again. Hercules. The funny thing is I met him on the bus and thought he was a total freak. We got to talking about supernatural stuff. Then he pretty much disclosed who he was. I confirmed and wanted to leave it at that but I'm "too nice". Gave him my number in case he needed help with waking up. Dumb on my part, told him who I was and now hes in love with me... He doesn't have any direction or aspirations other than getting in to fights. Give me a break I mean a guy who has his shit together and you know responsible, motivated, not an asshole, not an addict with a good head of thier shoulders... Would be great. A unicorn.

Would like to meet Bragi though.

Alarms are going off but it doesn't make sense. I don't understand how he's popping up everywhere. Kinda want to see why. Maybe just ask him what his deal is. He comes by a lot. Haven't had a visitor like that since Odin and well I lost a friend here on tumblr (Ishtar) so she won't be my friend anymore because of Vanessa's involvement with him. She has Odin on a leash. It broke my heart because it was a misunderstanding. Odin is cool and very funny. Bragi is kind of shy so idk...I can't help but feel he's important. Why though? Knowing Vanessa she would spring this up on me. She must have had a thing with him. Oh lord. I lost count. This might be yet another spiritual fanboy from home.

Erik and Vanessa say I'm developing a crush on him. They got to be joking. That's impossible. I don't even know a Bragi and don't suspect I will. Which leads me back to that dropdead gorgeous Joe character from that show called "YOU". They are telling me that actor is Bragi but it doesn't make sense. Therfore I'm stumpt.... Maybe someone I don't know yet but resembles him? No, that's stupid. I'm going to just stick with trying to get more info out of Bragi. If he even talks. Poke him a little. Idk... Maybe just give up. Eh, maybe he's another Jose I will meet. Jesus with my luck he will be just as creepy and fucked up. Now I want to avoid all public transportation. Then on the other hand... If he's not a rediculously attractive loser, you know minus the loser part. Yeah no, well...not possible. I'm never that lucky.

... That's it I'm just going to get Bragi to spill it.

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