#janus morgenstern

[vierss-herondale]

Jace Herondale

Janus Morgenstern

“That’s what happens when you fall. Everything that was bright about you becomes dark. As brilliant as you once were, that’s how evil you become. It’s a long way to fall.” —Cassandra Clare, City of Heavenly Fire.

The fact that it’s Jace quote

I think a lot about how Jace was the main hero in the first saga of the TSC and the way he is going to be the main villain (Janus) in the final installment.

The golden boy who's heart became dark

And how Stranger Things gave us material for Janus. Now I'll just patiently wait till someone here makes a cool edit about this or something. I would had done it myself but I suck at it so this it's the best I could do. But twitter it's full already of so many amazing edits that I wish I could share in here

#jace herondale #janus morgenstern #jace lightwood #jace lightwood herondale #jace wayland #the wicked powers #twp #the mortal instruments #tmi #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #cassadra clare #the dark artifices #tda #clace #clary fairchild #clary fray #cazadores de sombras #sobh #secrets of blackthorn hall #clary herondale #stranger things #sebastian morgenstern #valentine morgenstern #city of lost souls #jamie campbell bower #city of heavenly fire #vierssherondale

[aussie-tea]

ugh fuck it im on ash and janus' side now

#sobh #twp #cassandra clare #ash morgenstern #janus morgenstern #jace herondale #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles

[secretsofblackthornhall]

Ash to Janus

Janus,

You ask if I saw them. Yes, I saw them. 

I was in the throne room, among the lesser court, in disguise. I saw you as well, in your falcon mask; I did not realize you had been hunting for the Queen. I see she was afraid they know I am here, among the Seelie, and that they sought me; it was clear to me they know nothing. Certainly they do not know what is to come.

You ask why I went: I was curious, and recalled them from Thule. And I wondered if she would be with them, but she was not. It was a peculiar magic drew her to me, and I wonder at it still, but you need not worry there is sentiment attached to my musings; the Nephilim interest me, perhaps all the more so because they do not understand that they are doomed. That is all.

—Ash

#sobh #secrets of blackthorn hall #ash morgenstern #janus #blackthorns #she

[mayaheronthorn]

I know that Janus truly loves Ash, not because of the spell, but because he's Clary's family, therefore it's also his family 😭

#cassandra clare #the wicked powers #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #twp #the dark artifices #ash morgenstern #janus herondale

[tys-kitty]

„He was well named, Sebastian had said once. He was born to rule over a land of ash.“

I may present to you Ash Morgenstern

#cassandra clare #ash morgenstern #i may present to you #morgenthorn #dru blackthorn #kit herondale #ty blackthorn #anush joshi #thais pedroso #twp #the wicked powers #jace herondale #clary fairchild #emma carstairs #julian blackthorn #kieran kingson #janus herondale #christina rosales #annabel blackthorn #mark blackthorn #tda #the dark artifices #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #tlkof #the last king of faerie

[rinadragomir]

TSC couples as Barbie couples

Magnus & Alec - The Fairy Queen & Odette

Thomas & Alastair - Elina & Nori

Julian & Emma - Alexa & Liana

Janus & Clary - Odile & Daniel

Tessa & Jem - Clara & Eric

Tessa & Will - Annika & Aiden

Ash & Kit - Anneliese & Erika

Gideon & Sophie - Dominck & Erika

Simon & Maureen - Ken & Graciella

#tsc #barbie #malec #thomastair #jemma #clary fairchild #janus #jessa #wessa #ash morgenstern #kit herondale #sophideon #cassadra clare #simon lovelace #maureen brown #the shadowhunter chronicles #tmi #tid #tda #twp #tlh

[margareturtle]

Pitching another one of my TWP Crackpot Theories

Soooo

We know Cassie doesn’t give Clace a break

So I’m calling it now that Janus does kidnap Clary

(And to raise the stakes she’s pregnant too)

Janus takes Clary back to Thule

For some reason Jace isn’t around when this happens (he might be away with Malec that has smth to do with The Black Book of the Dead)

But Clary stayed back to run the NY institute and with her parabatai Simon and Izzy

So Janus kidnaps Clary and brings her back to Thule (maybe before Clary has been able to tell Jace that she is pregnant)

But he doesn’t bring Ash with him (Ash wouldn’t want to go back to Thule anyway)

Dru hears what has happened through Luke at the Academy (prob bc she was spying not bc she was told) and she immediately thinks of Ash knowing he one of the only ones who can open a portal to Thule. So she takes it upon herself to hunt down Ash…

Meanwhile Ty is currently hunting down Kit (he doesn’t know he’s looking for Kit but he’s looking to protect the First Heir from intel the scholomance received that the Seelie Queen and/or the Cohort is after him)

When Ty finally reunites with Kit is when they hear that Dru is missing (most likely it would be when they’re about to have a first kiss but then interrupted)

So obviously they have to go after Dru

And this inevitably ends up with the whole gang headed to Thule (after several adventures in faerie I’m sure: included but not limited to multiple close calls with Kit, seeing Kieran in Unseelie, getting weird warnings from the phouka, and prophetic dreams about the rising of the prince’s of hell)

They do eventually get to Clary and Janus in Thule (Thule Livvy and Ty meeting — devastating) — luckily not much time has past in Thule (Clary is still pregnant)

Kit and Ash together are able unblock Faerie in Thule (we find Thule Mark, Kit, Dru, Simon as well djsbrdjrjj) — imagine Kit has to fight his Thuleself lmao

They return to their world with the Thule Gang in tow (they can’t fight the final battle without Livvy, Raphael, etc— Cam and Thule Livvy maybe 🥹🥹)

Ash + Clary fight together — aunt & nephew bonding 🥹

While they have been gone a lot of shit has gone down!

#that’s the gist of it #it’d be hilarious if i was acc right about any of this #i doubt it #lmao #there’s gonna be so much angst #clace never catches a break 😔 #kit herondale #dru blackthorn #ash morgenstern #ty blackthorn #thais pedroso #clary fairchild #jace herondale #thule janus #baby clace #the wicked powers #the wicked powers theories #the dark artifices #tsc #the mortal instruments #the shadowhunter chronicles #kit x ty #morgenthorn

[bearsinpotatosacks]

I somehow came up with a dark timeline for TWP (and a fic I've planned) where Kit and Ash go rogue and instead of being on either the Shadowhunters or the Seelie Queen's side, they'll be on their own side.

I do have a fic planned for my TWP ideas but this kind of hinges on Kit feeling bad about his powers after he hurts someone with them, I'm thinking Ty after they're reunited when something's wrong with Livvy, Kit going to faerie to learn about them and ending up getting manipulated by the Seelie Queen and him getting control of his powers. He makes friends with Ash but the Seelie Queen sends them on errands and missions to protect her and Janus' plans, this involves killing Jaime because he's starting to remember what happened to him when he was in faerie and might tell the Shadowhunters about Janus and his plan.

Janus' plan is to basically ruin the non-thule universe, get revenge and be in control, so he made a deal with Lucifer himself to be able to use his demons, to change them to become immune to angelic power, and in return Lucifer gets to wreak havoc.

Kit and Ash go to kill Jaime, but they're met with the New York crew who trap Ash. Ash tells Kit to go (by the way they don't know it's Kit, he's got a mask on and doesn't speak on these missions). Jace starts to fight Kit, who now can only see Janus and what he's done to him to unlock his powers (torture), Kit kills Jaime out of traumatised fear and leaves. The Seelie Queen tells Kit not to go after Ash, she has a larger plan that ends up with Kit dead and Ash back with her.

Kit goes anyway. He goes back, pretending he just escaped from Faerie and saying he doesn't remember much while trying to get to Ash so he can go back to Faerie and kill the Seelie Queen. He gets found out, and eventually escapes. Now this is the turning point. In my usual fic, Kit fights, he goes back with the Seelie Queen, Ash kills her then comes back to the Shadow Realm as King of Faerie and they defeat Janus.

But in this dark universe, there's more of a battle. Diego goes after Kit, the person who killed his brother. More people join and in the chaos, Jem gets killed, maybe even Tessa as well. Kit turns to Diego and kills him, not out of fear this time, he wants to. He says, "You just made yourself an enemy" and leaves with Ash, not with the Seelie Queen this time.

They go after Janus, defeat him but Kit doesn't go back to being a shadowhunter. He becomes something in between, slowly making his way through the fae courts. Maybe they rule together, maybe they leave it in chaos without a ruler. Either way, there's one thing for certain. They're on their side, no one else's.

#twp #the wicked powers #kit herondale #ash morgenstern #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #diego rosales #jaime rosales #ty blackthorn #kit x ty #dru blackthorn #bear writes #the seelie queen #janus

[julescarstairs]

An Ash Morgenstern Ramble: Brought To You By Me.

As of late I’ve been really pondering Ash Morgenstern’s character and why it is that his character seems so unpredictable. Don’t get me wrong, I love how complex his character seems — and, inevitably, how complex his character is going to be — but I kept thinking, surely there has to be a method to his madness, right? No, he isn’t just jumping ships Willy-nilly for the hell of it.

My theory is, and it’s going to sound really obvious, but hear me out: Ash Morgenstern does what will best benefit him, and him alone.

He is a strategist at heart, having learnt from some of the most malevolent, dagger-sharp minds of his family. Whilst it doesn’t look like it at first, Ash has ulterior motives for everything he does. Why did he kill Thule!Sebastian to save Emma from imminent danger? Because he had spent enough time in Thule to know it was a dying land. We can see in many scenes in QOAAD that he has a clear disdain for both his father and his ways of life, so naturally he would want out asap — if that means killing his Father to hitch a ride home, then so be it.

Another example is Ash’s bizarre relationship with Janus. We know that J-man is quite possibly the most significant father figure Ash has had in his life, but we also know that Ash is tired of being a bird in a cage, so to speak. Janus is keeping him in this cage as per the Queen’s orders. So, whilst Ash seems to be fully onboard with Janus’s intent to, you know, destroy the nephilim race as we know it — and continually denies any emotional attachment to Dru in the process (which nobody actually believes, by the way) — I’m frankly not sure that this is something Ash, himself, wants. I mean, his desire to see the fall of the nephilim in the normal world directly contrasts with his obvious disdain and boredom in Thule.

I think Ash is agreeing with his plans purely to please him. To build trust, even. If Ash can convince Janus that he is loyal and trustworthy enough, Janus might give him what he wants: freedom. He wants to see the world beyond Faerie. He wants to see the mortal realms. He wants to be where the people are (okay, Ariel.) He wants to see Drusilla again. Playing into Janus’s hand will give him that, though it may take a long time.

And honestly, I think Ash doing what will best benefit him at this point in time makes complete sense, because really, who has ever looked out for him? Who has ever considered what he wanted? The Seelie Queen probably only wanted him back because she was his to keep. Both the Unseelie King and Thule!Sebastian wanted to make him into a Weapon in two different ways — and, well, whilst Janus only wants to protect him, he obviously wants him to have a hand in bringing harm to the nephilim, which requires him to have him locked away from everyone. The only people who ever wanted to look out for Ash and what he wanted were compelled to do so by the enchantments put upon him.

Ash has to look after himself, because otherwise no one will — and when Dru comes into his life, protecting her will become a part of protecting him.

#I haven’t read TDA in like years #so I may be forgetting some important details #I could also be completely wrong #but one of my favourite things to do is theorise over complex character motives #I’m also Ash Morgenstern brainrot at the moment #so that’s fun #the wicked powers #the shadowhunter chronicles #ash morgenstern #janus herondale #the dark artifices #twp #dru blackthorn #dru x ash #morgenthorn #ashsilla #tsc

[jaimrennnn]

My predictions for the TWP covers:-

The last king of Faerie:- Kit

the last prince of hell:- Ash

the last Shadowhunter :- Dru

I think there is quite a possibility that two ppl will be featured in each cover like how in cofA we had clary and Simon and lost souls we had clary and Jace and cOfhF we had clary and Sebastian. So it could go like

Last king of faerie:- Kit and Ash

last prince of hell :- Lucifer??? And Ash????

last Shadowhunter:- Could be a final showdown with the blackthorns leading the final battle so it could be Dru and Ty 👀

#cassandra clare #shadowhunters #tsc #TWP #twp predictions #the dark artifices #the wicked powers #dru blackthorn #ash morgenstern #ty blackthorn #kit herondale #jaime rosales #anush joshi #thais pedroso #janus #TWP theories

[hopestrope]

I am gonna ask the same question for the other books as well, so you may want to take that into consideration before voting.

Also, if you think there will be more than 1 character on the covers you could just pick who is most likely to be there. But Cassie's books usually have 1 character on the covers with a few exceptions. Some covers you can refer to:

#hope's polls #twp predictions series #the wicked powers #kit herondale #ty blackthorn #livvy blackthorn #dru blackthorn #ash morgenstern #jaime rocio rosales #thais pedroso #tiberius blackthorn #livia blackthorn #janus #drusilla blackthorn #the shadowhunter chronciles #cassandra clare

[vierss-herondale]

Honestly one thing that seems odd to me it's the fact that if Janus has been following Clary for so long, and Clary herself has been able to spot him, how come Jace hasn't notice him?

And I'm assuming that Jace doesn’t know about Janus yet, because I think if he knew, he would stand like a watch dog beside Clary all the time, because Jace knows better that anyone how much he wants Clary, and he would know right away that Janus wants Clary with him.

My point is that in the books it's stated several times how much Jace is hyper aware of his surroundings and notices almost everything around him and now you are telling me that after all this time he hasn't been able to spot Janus? Or to feel like someone it's watching them? Following them?

I don't know, it's feels odd to me. I guess you need a Jace to outsmart another Jace

Maybe the TMI gang do know by now but they haven't say anything?

I have so many questions and The Wicked Powers seems so far away

#janus morgenstern #jace herondale #jace wayland #jace lightwood #jace lightwood herondale #the mortal instruments #tmi #tmi gang #secrets of blackthorn hall #sobh #sobh theories #twp #the wicked powers #cassandra clare #clary fairchild #clary fray #clace #cazadores de sombras #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #emma carstairs #julian blackthorn

[aussie-tea]

"She kept looking out the window, so I asked if she saw someone out there, and she kind of looked guilty and turned back to me. “Oh, no, I thought I saw Jace for a minute, but it wasn’t him.”" - SoBH

Me:

#sobh #jace wayland #jace herondale #jace lightwood #clary fairchild #emma carstairs #janus herondale #janus morgenstern

[layla-carstairs]

"the average tsc character has a dozen names" factoid is actually just a statistical error. the average tsc character has only two names. "Names Georgs" also known as Jonathan "Jace" (sometimes Janus) Wayland/Morgenstern/Herondale/Lightwood and Kamala/Ariadne/Arati "Ari" Joshi/Bridgestock are outliers and should not have been counted.

#immediately regret making this post because now i have to tag it... #bella talks #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #the mortal instruments #the last hours #chain of thorns #chain of thorns spoilers #chot spoilers #cot spoilers #jace wayland #jace herondale #jace lightwood #jace morgenstern #janus herondale #ariadne bridgestock #kamala joshi #ari bridgestock #arati bridgestock #arati joshi #i refuse to do anymore <3 5 is the limit

[mayaheronthorn]

There's gonna be a scene in TWP where Janus tells Ash that Dru doesn't love him, that it's just a spell and Ash is heartbroken and goes with him. I can SMELL IT

#cassandra clare #the wicked powers #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #twp #the dark artifices #ash morgenstern #janus herondale

[tys-kitty]

Me after reading the very first scene with Ash and Janus in TDA

#that man is crazy and Ash needs to be protected at all costs #cassandra clare #ash morgenstern #janus #tda #kit herondale #ty blackthorn #dru blackthorn #twp #the wicked powers