#im sure there are way more instances where jem shows his fighting skills that i can’t remember off the top of my head

[clockwork-carstairs]

Jem the fighter

“It may be something people forget because Jem is delicate and plays the violin, but he’s a warrior. He fights like hell in all three books. He’s the one who teaches Will to fight”

i know cc meant "fights like hell" both about literal fighting (ie how jem taught will) and also largely jem's fierce will to live, but man it got me thinking about how good a shadowhunter he was. even when he was actively poisoned and dying he could still fight. i mean in clockwork prince in that scene where they scrabble outside yorkshire manor, it’s jem who bests will despite lacking will's build due to his sickness. at age 12 he was a perfect shot with knife throwing. when we see modern jem fighting, he’s always deadly. sometimes i wonder about an alternate world where jem was never ill, and how amazing a fighter he really could be, and how freaking OP jem would've been with cortana. and then i cry quietly. ah

#jem carstairs #things i think about #tid #the infernal devices #clockwork princess #god just imagine jem with cortana #clenches fist #gotsm #tda #his fighting skills are underrated #im sure there are way more instances where jem shows his fighting skills that i can’t remember off the top of my head #so feel free to add to this!