#kitai reads lbaf (and promptly dies a painful death)

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WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT ENDING

@khaleesiofalicante

#lbaf cause why not #kitai reads lbaf (and promptly dies a painful death) #YOUR CLIFFHANGERS KILL ME DANI

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I SWEAR TO GOD, LIGHTWOODS, HERONDALES, FAIRCHILDS, LIGHTWOOD-BANES... THEY ARE GONNA BE THE DEATH OF ME

OMFL

WHAT IS WRONG WITH SHADOWHUNTERS AND PLAYING THE MARTYR CARD????? @khaleesiofalicante

#lbaf cause why not #kitai reads lbaf (and promptly dies a painful death) #dani what #dani what is going on #dani why #?????! #would u believe me if i told u these were some already used tags

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where is chapter 16 @khaleesiofalicante i need it right about now-

#kitai reads lbaf (and promptly dies a painful death) #daniiii! <3 #lbaf cause why not

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Lexi is the assassin?!

@khaleesiofalicante

#kitai reads lbaf (and promptly dies a painful death) #daniiii! <3 #lbaf cause why not

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i'm sorry

gabriel's the assasin

idc what the others are thinking, i know it's them

@khaleesiofalicante

#kitai reads lbaf (and promptly dies a painful death) #lbaf cause why not #daniiii! <3

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LBAF Chapter 11 Live-Blogging Cause Why Not

I’m so sorry, my love. I cannot bring you back. I cannot do it.

I'M SORRY

NO

He had to fight. He had to fight through this pain.

It’s what Rafael had done, to the very last moment.

His son had fought everything in his way to heal the pain in his heart. He had fought the Clave, and

he had fought his family.

He had been so brave.

And now it was time for Magnus to do the same.

This right here is an arrow to the heart, istg

“You will not resort to necromancy. Don’t even think about it. I will chain you to the dungeons myself.”

“I don’t know where this newfound obsession with dungeons came from, Ragnor. But please keep your BDSM kinks to yourself.”

SCREW YOU FOR MAKING ME LAUGH WHEN I'M ABOUT TO CRY U DOOFUS

Catarina and Tessa enveloped him in a tight hug. Ragnor was pulled in a second later.

They held him tightly. They held each other.

✨Warlock Trio Supremacy✨

She is my heart. I have to fight for her.

That’s what Rafael had told him. His last words.

i'm still sobbing over this bit tho 😭😭😭 what did u do to my babie dani?

and i know i'm reading it again but i need to before i read the next chapters

“Our family is broken, Alexander,” Magnus smiled sadly. “There is no need to keep it together.”

*bangs head onto the table*

i can literally hear my heart break bro

“Do you remember that time at the zoo?” Alec asked then.

Magnus managed a smile. He knew exactly which one. “I remember.”

“Max tried to adopt one of the snakes in the Serpentarium,” Alec chuckled. “He even named it. Benedict?”

HOE HOE HOE I GOT THE INSIDE JOKE

I love you more than anything in the world.

Magnus pulled his husband closer and buried his face in his chest.

Canon Malec: chillin on a beach drinking pina coladas and whatnot

Dani's Malec: RAFE DED, MAX'S BF DED, ALEC DYING, MAGNUS BREAKING

give em a damn break argh

“She must hate us,” Magnus whispered in horror. “She must hate us for trying to keep Rafael from her.”

“We were just trying to protect him, Magnus,” Alec pointed out.

“Do you remember when your parents tried to keep you from me?” Magnus smiled sadly. “They said they were trying to protect you too.”

Alec stared at him and put his face in his hands. “Fuck.”

HELL FUCKING OUCH

Rafael. Come back. Come back to Bapak. I’m sorry. Come back.

istg ever since dani started writing lbaf, tissues have been going out of stock

“He is gone,” Magnus said in a whisper. “And he will never know we would have changed the world for him.”

“He knows,” Alec said with conviction. “You must never doubt that. Rafael knows. He knew.

That’s why he came back.”

He did come back.

And then he was gone.

just visualizing Omar Rudberg lying there at the entry of an apartment, stabbed is just about killing me

“After the funeral,” Magnus said. “What happens to shadowhunters when they die?”

Where is my Rafael? Where does he go? Will he be okay?

Alec smiled a sad smile and kissed Magnus’ hand. “I don’t know, baby. I’ll tell you when I find out.”

“That’s not going to happen for a long time,” Magnus said and put his head back on Alec’s shoulder. “Okay?”

Alec kissed his hand again and put it on his chest. “Okay.”

LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE

His bond with Alec was one built of strength and love.

It was the steadiest thing in his life.

Alec was the steadiest thing in his life.

And how it was flickering.

JALEC ISTG GIVES ME LIFE

not jalec angst pls 😭😭

Jace had known even back then this boy was different. Rafael was careful and conscious, and critical.

He had been Alec’s son, even before Alec had found him.

Rafael was a Lightwood through and through.

But now Rafael was gone.

Just like his David.

PLS PLS PLS RAFE NO

“I can’t, Jace,” Alec sighed. “Just let me get through the funeral first.”

But what if you don’t get through it? Jace wanted to ask.

jace, ever the optimist

Jace felt the sharp pain on his shoulder then. He felt Alec’s pain through their bond.

The flickering candle.

The fear came back instantly.

Because the candle wasn’t just trying to survive the wind.

It was caught up in a storm.

Alec was trying to stay alive in the middle of a storm.

remind me again, why am i doing this

“What’s up?” Lexi asked again, and her eyes widened in horror. “Did someone...Did someone die

again?”

Jace closed his eyes in pain.

This was the life of their children – wondering who was next.

A life of worry and terror – the opposite of what he had wanted for them.

See, Alec? You need to live. For the kids. They deserve better than this.

LEXI LOVE

DON'T SCREAM OK?

Jace took a deep breath. “If we succeed in establishing a truce with the Cohort, the two of you are going to Idris.”

“What?” Selena whispered.

“I’ll be going with you,” Clary said immediately. “Your father will talk to Zara – or whoever is responsible in Idris right now.”

“Are you fucking kidding me?” Lexi demanded angrily. “You want us to go live with the Cohort?”

“We want you to be safe,” Jace sighed.

“I’m not going!” Lexi yelled. “New York is my home!”

...and she did. *sigh*

“I am not leaving!” Lexi shouted. “You can’t separate me from Gigi!”

LIGI RULES

“Lexi,” Clary pleaded, her voice breaking. “We just want you to be okay. You know what happened to David.”

“You can’t ship us off to Idris just because you can’t deal with your grief,” Lexi argued.

LEXI NO-

His daughter. His moon. His strength.

His son. His star. His heart.

THESE PARALLELS I SWEAR

BUT WHERE'S LEXI'S

i swear it was there somewhere

Selena didn’t respond to that. “It's fine. You should go be with Lexi. She needs you.”

“And you don’t?” Jace asked.

“You’re better with her,” Selena said quietly. “I know...I know you would prefer that.”

Jace’s heart broke at that. “Do you really think I love Lexi more than I love you?”

Selena bit her lip. Jace sighed.

ah. the age-old 'my-parents-love-my-sibling-more-than-me' syndrome.

“You inspire me to be better. Every time I look at you, and I want to be more like you.”

“A ginger?” Selena smiled softly.

Jace laughed. “I don’t think I can pull it off.”

sorry, dont agree, jace herondale can pull anything off

“Do you promise?” Selena asked, biting on her lip. “What if I...What if I did something you don’t approve of? Will you love me then?”

He remembered being like this.

The constant doubt that people will give up on you if you slip up. The constant worry that people will stop loving you if you mess up.

Maybe they were not so different after all.

Herondales. *sighs*

“I named you after her so I would get another chance to love her,” Jace smiled. “So, however much you think I love you, just know that I love you twice as much.”

my villain origin story is cassie killing off celine and not giving her a happy ending despite her traumatic beginnings

all my girl wanted was to be loved 😭😭😭

Of course, the boy who would set the world on fire for the one he loved.

Alec had changed the law for Magnus, and Rafael had broken it for Anjali.

In any other situation, Jace would have considered it romantic.

MY BABIES 🥺🥺🥺🥺

Cause here is the thing about being the child of a hero of the dark war – people expected you to get shit done.

Her parents and their friends had changed the world.

They had changed the shadow world so much that nothing Lexi ever did was good enough for other people.

Was Lexi a fantastic fighter? Yep. But did she stop a war at sixteen? Nope.

bruh

every thing i read in this fics just convinces me of one thing: the nephilim are so much worse than us

kay that's it for now

@khaleesiofalicante

#everday i wake up i see dani and go: oh so more ✨pain✨ #daniiii! <3 #lbaf cause why not #kitai reads lbaf (and promptly dies a painful death)

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LBAF Chapter 12 Live-Blogging Cause Why Not

Background info: Rafe's body got kidnapped

BRUH

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD

DANI WHY

Starting Ch 12:

She didn’t know what exactly she was looking for right now.

Was she supposed to look for his body? Was she supposed to look for a zombie?

Had he woken up by himself and wandered out? Had someone kidnapped him? If so, why in the world would they do that?

valid questions sis.

“We can’t find the body,” Beatriz said, her face grim.

yeah no shit, its probably in edom with how the plot's going

“Who checked the security cameras?”

“Ma’am!” one of the travel year students put up her hand. “It was me. The security footage has been wiped out.”

demons been getting used to tech already? whoa

“You can’t track someone who is dead,” Beatriz said in frustration and turned to Selena's parents.

have u tried tho?

prolly wont work since again, i have my theory that he's in Edom but still.

The entire New York Institute was shaking.

“What in the fresh hell?” Lexi whispered next to her.

“What’s happening?” her mother demanded. “Is it an earthquake?”

nope, it's Magnus Bane, one of the eldest curses, free wheeling bisexual and most powerful warlock in history.

The warlock was marching towards the main hall. His hands stretched out – blue magic was flowing out of him like waves escaping an ocean.

uncle agnes!

The warlock stepped closer to them and uttered four words.

The only four words that probably mattered to him.

“Where is my son?”

well, fuck

The institute shook harder, and Lexi fell against her. Selena grabbed her sister tightly.

“Magnus,” her father said carefully. “You need to calm down.”

“Don’t tell me what to do!” Magnus hissed. “You had one job. You were supposed to keep him safe! Now he is gone. Where is he? Who took him?”

valid concren bestie, but killing every one of your friends and family in rage ain't gon help

“You will find him,” Magnus said. No – ordered. “I will tear this place down brick by brick if necessary.”

magnus.

think clearly u dumbass.

“What happened?” Max demanded loudly. “Someone just waltzed in here and kidnapped my brother?”

“Who took him?” Magnus shouted. “Who took my son?”

“We don’t know,” her mother replied. “The security footage has been wiped out and-”

“What?” the Consul demanded in an incredulous tone. “What were you all doing while this happened?”

“How could you let this happen?” Max yelled.

“We didn’t let this happen!” Lexi yelled back.

y'all are worse than a recurring hindi serial

“EVERYONE SHUT UP!”

All voices fell silent, and all eyes turned to Selena.

YES YES YES MY BABY KNOWS HOW TO DO THIS

Y'ALL SELENA 'CELERY' HERONDALE KNOWS HOW TO DO SHIT.

“We could stand here and point fingers or actually go out there and start looking for Rafael,” Selena said in frustration. “Consul, we split up and searched the institute. Rafael is not here. There is a good chance someone took him out of the parameters. We need to alert the Alliance. We can ask the werewolves to follow his scent and the vampires at Dumort to check the Manhattan borders. Ask the warlocks to monitor all portal activity out of the city.”

She looked at her mother, who had a solemn expression on her face. She smiled at Selena and gave her a nod.

“You heard her,” the Consul barked. “Jace, talk to Lily. Clary, alert Maia. Max, inform the spiral labyrinth. Everyone else team up with the downworlders and look for Rafael. Nobody goes to sleep until we find my son.”

YAS BITCHES, NOW WE TALKIN

Selena walked up to Magnus and put her hands on the warlock’s shoulders.

“Magnus,” she said gently. “We’re going to find, Rafael. I promise. But we need your help. Can you please help us?”

She felt him relax beneath her fingers and the ground beneath her feet relaxed as well.

“We have to find him,” Magnus whispered.

“We will,” Selena promised. “We will get to say goodbye this time.”

agreed, unless he isn't alive already

They were holding onto each other.

No. They were clinging - as if they were each other’s life support.

is it weird that i've always wanted rafe as my parabatai

Rafael should be here right now.

Not just his body. But Rafael. All of him.

Someone had taken Rafael away, and it was her job to find them.

MURDER MURDER MURDER MURDER-

“There is just so much going on,” Selena sighed. “David dying. Then Rafael being dead. Now Rafael being missing. My father going to Idris. Me going to Idris.”

everything going on in this pain of a fic summed up in less than 20 words.

"The faeries have found some herbs that could help Helen,” Uncle Kit replied. “It’s not slowing the progression of the illness, of course. But it is apparently taking away the pain."

YES YES FAERIES GO!

She didn’t want to talk about Gabriel.

She didn’t want to think about Gabriel.

Their stupid face. The way their stupid hair was always all over the place.

And god, that stupid fucking grin.

It was easy not to think about Gabriel because they were not around much. So, Selena often forgot about them.

She had taught herself to forget about them.

Because thinking about Gabriel felt like cheating on Michael.

Which was stupid, of course.

Michael and Selena...They were just friends – or something like that. She didn’t know what they were, but she knew Michael meant everything to her.

Gabriel...Gabriel was just stupidly hot.

That’s it.

It was just sexual attraction. It was because of hormones or something.

She didn’t even like Gabriel as a person. You need to know someone to like them.

nope. NOPE.

this isnt happening. no.

i absolutely hate gabriel. they set off all the alarm bells in my head. not mention i do NOT trust them. no. u aint shipping selena and slinky ol' gabe.

Gabriel can fuck off.

hell fucking yeah. gabriel can fuck right off.

“Because they are a big p-”

She froze outside the training room. Amira let out a little sigh.

Gabriel was inside the training room, wearing sweatpants and a loose tank top. Their short chestnut hair was pulled back by a headscarf. A couple of loose strands that were probably as unruly as Gabriel had managed to escape and were falling over their face.

Gabriel was hanging from a rope and practicing their balance. Selena hated how much they were good at it.

...no NO THIS ISNT HAPPENING NOOOOO-

Gabriel would probably be the outcome if her father and Magnus had a baby.

Heartbreakingly beautiful, annoyingly graceful, and eternally smiling.

And of course, a reckless lunatic.

fuck no.

“Remember who they are,” Selena cleared her throat. “They are a capitalist. We do not stan.”

YAS WE DO NOT.

“But they are hot,” Amira countered. “We stan!”

AMIRA NO, PHYSICAL APPEARANCE IS NOT ALL THAT MATTERS.

“Amira!” Selena scoffed. “What happened to eating the rich?”

“That statement has multiple connotations,” Amira pointed out and walked into the training room.

AMIRA NO-

“Amira!” they smiled at her friend, turned to Selena and gave a solemn bow. “Your highness.”

Selena rolled her eyes. Sometimes it felt like Gabriel only existed to annoy her.

pls u two, dont ruin the enemies to lovers trope for me 😭😭😭

People had started flirting with Selena and making passes at her when she had turned all but ten.

OH HELL NO, U DONT

“Why don’t you give the poor punching bag a break and fight me?’ Gabriel grinned.

I HATE U

She picked up her long curls, twirled them into a bun. Then she grabbed a stiletto from her ankle and put it through the bun to keep it steady.

A trick aunt Izzy had taught her.

YESSSSS BADASS SELENA

... [Cue me reading the entire fight scene.]

oomph, i guess Slinky Ol' Gabe has that decency to back off when Selena said no.

that's it for for this ch! i'm tired smh

@khaleesiofalicante

#daniiii! <3 #lbaf cause why not #kitai reads lbaf (and promptly dies a painful death)

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i'm officially traumatised, well done @khaleesiofalicante

nah i'm kidding

WHAT WAS THAT THO

SELENA MY BABY

MAX THE BADASS

AND ZARA YASSSSSS SHE DIED I'M SO HAPPY

ALEC

DID HE DIE

WHAT HAPPENED

I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS

#kitai reads lbaf (and promptly dies a painful death) #lbaf cause why not #daniiii! <3 #dani what is going on

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@khaleesiofalicante i have NO idea what's going on so imma read ch 17 😌

#lbaf cause why not #kitai reads lbaf (and promptly dies a painful death)

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Dear Dani

GO FUCK YOURSELF /gen

@khaleesiofalicante

i finished ch 16 and lemme tell u, i'm not in the best of moods right now

#kitai reads lbaf (and promptly dies a painful death) #lbaf cause why not #daniiii! <3 #dani's horrible cliffhangers

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Okay. Maybe thinking of Olivia in the shower was not the best idea.

Abort. Abort.

hah! lmao @khaleesiofalicante

#lbaf cause why not #kitai reads lbaf (and promptly dies a painful death) #idk why but im making separate posts fsr #daniiii! <3

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oh hell fricking NO

Asmodeus grinned, slow and ugly. “It’s always the bloody Herondales.”

tell me this isn't happening @khaleesiofalicante

#lbaf cause why not #kitai reads lbaf (and promptly dies a painful death) #daniiii! <3

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mavid returns! 🥳🥳🥳 @khaleesiofalicante

“I love you,” Max said, his voice full of yearning. “I love you so much, David. People shouldn’t be allowed to love other people this much. It’s dangerous. It’s stupid.”

David rested his forehead against Max’s. “Luckily for me, you seem to be fond of dangerous and stupid things.”

“I love you,” Max smiled against his mouth. “Whatever else you forget, don’t ever forget that."

i'm gonna die for these two *sighs dreamily*

#lbaf cause why not #kitai reads lbaf (and promptly dies a painful death) #daniiii! <3

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But he was wrong.

For he had never known pain like this.

For it wasn’t his heart that ached.

It was everything.

His hands, which used to hold his son close.

His lips, which used to kiss his son good night.

His eyes, which used to watch his son smile at his jokes.

His shoulders, which used to carry his son everywhere.

Everything inside him hurt.

Because he had loved Rafael like that.

With everything.

i don't know why i'm doing this to myself

SEND HELP

@khaleesiofalicante uhhhh live reading and i'm just dying. do u want to tag u in the posts? cause i dont wanna bother u 🥺🥺

#live reading #lbaf cause why not #kitai reads lbaf (and promptly dies a painful death)

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btw i am still not over Selena being the assassin and being possessed by Belial himself. thanks for that, Dani. @khaleesiofalicante smh smh

that was such a plot twist.

anyway, what's with Belial and possessing Herondales?

#lbaf cause why not #kitai reads lbaf (and promptly dies a painful death) #daniiii! <3 #and since shan isn't The Evil Creator anymore congrats! #u have a new tag #dani the evil writer

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There was no love in those blue eyes. And Magnus knew he had lost all love and respect Max ever had for him.

u just killed me

my eyes hurt dani

yikes

lesson never to read dani angst after 3 whole hours of crying absolutely learnt (and immediately forgotten but let's not focus on that)

@khaleesiofalicante

#kitai reads lbaf (and promptly dies a painful death) #lbaf cause why not #daniiii! <3