#shadowhunters commentary

[think-pieces]

Sunjoy signing on

Something about vampires, I don't know if it's the age I grew up in. Or genuine interest and love for vampires. But by golly I fucking love vampires.

In almost any media context I love vampires. I am currently reading, Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda simply because it's vampire themed. Twilight, the Vampire Diaries, Shadowhunters, Vampire Knight, some episodes of Supernatural. I love vampires. Lore, history, stories.

I should preface, so long as it's either tasteful, OR (as seen in my choices), it's so tacky, it's good. I will argue, Vampire diaries has the best ~lore~ about vampirism. Do I think it should be as long of a series as it is? Oh god no. But the lore is peak in terms of the Vampire content I consume. I will say though, Vampire Knight has a strong aesthetic foothold. It could be the style of anime, the "costuming" but it simply is better in the aesthetic department.

Twilight. oh good god. Twilight is a mix (for me), of Vampire Diaries, Tortured Artist TM, Vampire knight. In the funniest way. it has a better styling of "we're techincally dead. frozen in time." there's a lack of warmth, and a strong design of hollowness that resonates in them. I do like how they unintenitionally write them as being the age they are "frozen" at. Solely because it makes sense. The lore is, ugh. But it has moments of clarity. just moments. Let's not give Stephanie Myer too much credit.

I do enjoy when Vampires are made to be "monsters". Why you ask. Because they are. If not for them being argubly the most humanoid monster out there. THEY'RE STILL MONSTERS. When Supernatural had them grow rows upon rows of teeth when they smelt or tasted blood. Shit was horrifying. As it should be. Edward Cullen shouldn't ~Sparkle~. They're nighttime creatures. they should burn in the sun like in the Vampire Diaries or in (I think Shadowhunters does this too).

I fear we as a society stopped growing for the better when we made Vampires hot and have them prey after actual 18 year olds. it is the obvious choice at times. Vampire hold a certain unnattainable sensualism about them. Untouchable, graceful, elegant. They are in my opinion, one of the best things to come out of the monster world.

signing off

sunjoy

#the twilight saga #twilight #vampire diaries #vampire #vampirism #vampire lore #vampire knight #supernaturalvampires #supernatural #media commentary #media critique #media criticism #shadowhunters #womaeating #Youtube

[allthestories]

I’m actually incredibly disappointed that Cassie made it so that Matthew was lying about not drinking in Paris. 

Like to have him confess his deepest secret to her and then have him lie to her about this? 

#my boy deserves better than that #fairstairs #matthew fairchild #cordelia carstairs #chain of thorns #the last hours #tlh #shadowhunters #cassie clare #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #reactions #commentary #cassandra clare #chot #cot #chot spoilers #cot spoilers #chain of thorns spoilers

[katnissgirlsmakedo]

sometimes tv shows got bad during the trump presidency. and i think now in the year 2022 we should finally discuss this effect

#suddenly every show had to be doing light political commentary on like immigration and corrupt leaders #i watched this happen to shadowhunters in real time #i guess i’m just wondering if this happened to izombie. will be keeping a close eye on the episodes air dates now #beth.txt #also i literally just woke up good morning

[cassandraclare]

will we ever get a scene or reference to the "i did not choose this life. 1904" engraving in the scholomance that ghost livvy found in gotsm? i had thought it would be a plot point in chot given the year, but it wasn't. was it meant to be, and you changed the location to the silent city instead?

No, it was never meant to be a plot point in TLH. Only Chain of Thorns takes place at all in 1904, and then probably only in the first week or so of 1904. The majority of the book takes place in 1903. The Scholomance is never mentioned in TLH because it just doesn’t have anything to do with the story. Nobody we know is there or ever has a reason to go. I know the dates are close to each other, but there is nothing else connecting that detail from GOTSM to TLH, and everything has to happen in some year or other! I recall when Kelly and I wrote that story, and we never discussed that piece of writing as connecting to Last Hours or anything else - it’s meant to be a commentary on being a Shadowhunter, more than anything; it’s possible Livvy may come across the ghost of whoever wrote in in TWP, though!

#the last hours #the wicked powers

[foodsies4me]

⭐️⭐️⭐️

(I didn’t see the original ask prompt for this but I love foodsies rambles so here we go 😬🙃)

Alright, a Golden Words and Sapphire Rings commentary this time around. Or New Acquaintances and Mounts of Snark or even All Was Golden depending on how you look at it.

As you know GWSR is an AU of AWG, with Magnus and ALEC having spoken when Alec was still a baby shadowhunter. Well the two major events that have happened in GWSR aka Magnus finding a hurt and bleeding baby!Max being attacked by demons and Ragnor finding a hurt and bleeding teenager!Alec after he and his team got attacked by more Shax demons than they anticipated also happened in AWG.

In GWSR Alec gave Max his ring as a necklace when his parents took him along to the Los Angeles institute to make sure he would be safe because Alec didn’t trust his parents to be able to keep baby!Max from wandering off. Which is a good thing because wandering off is exactly what he did. With Max wearing the ring Magnus thankfully felt his distress and fear and was capable of portaging over to him and heal him even if he was confused by the fact that Max was wearing the ring and not Alec.

In AWG Alec drew a familias rune on Max’s ankle with a promise that if he got lost he would find him because Max was unhappy about leaving without Alec. That rune was as much for Max as it was for Alec, though, given Alec wasn’t happy with leaving Max alone with their parents either. That rune ended up saving Max’s life as it not only alerted Alec the moment Max got scared (making him sprint over to the Los Angeles institute like the Flash), but also used Alec’s magic to ward off the Kuri demons as much as possible. Max still ended up far more hurt than in GWSR and probably would have succumbed to his injuries if Alec didn’t keep hovering around him and unconsciously healing him.

(While the Silent Brothers didn’t realize Alec was using magic they did notice being close to him helped with Max’s healing so they let Alec hover as much as he wished to.)

Ironically enough, it’s not the attack that caused Max to be shorter in this universe, but the healing process. Alec’s magic being impacted by his soul bond rejection, wasn’t strong enough to heal Max by itself so it used Max’s energy to heal him. (Think Alec sharing his energy with Magnus in the series.) This led to Max’s body not having the energy left to grow or do much of anything given how severe his injuries were, which meant his growth stagnated for most of the year after the attack.

As for the Ragnor finds a hurt teen!Alec scene in New Acquaintances - in AWG Alec mentions that he and Jace already knew that Jace could activate his runes without a stele after a mission had gone very, very wrong. Well, that was the mission that went so terribly wrong. Thankfully for him, everyone else was unconscious and bleeding and didn’t notice him activating runes he shouldn’t have been able to without his stele.

I ended up rambling too much again because oops

#Foodsies rambles #Awg #thanks for asking #Also the amissiorunes going haywire didn’t happen as extremely in awg #Because Alec’s magic was too weak to do that #Which is why they didn’t find out that hapoened #And the reason why he and Alec were the only ones conscious in both fics #Is because the other shadowhunters tried to shield them as they were the youngest

[grace-nakimura]

Broke? That's fine. I'm biting the bullet and going to place gameplay of the Gabriel Knight Series without commentary. Sexual themes, the occult, religion, disturbing imagery - especially for a scene in the second game that made me 0.0 fucking Von Zell - and oodles of generational trauma. If you like Buffy, Supernatural, Women of the Otherworld / Bitten, TVD, Shadowhunters, etc? You'd like this.

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. Non remake. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. The remake. Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within. Gabriel Knight: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned.

While a lot of it is very 90s flavored, and some things might not translate well, it was pretty ahead of its time, especially in regards to the love interests in Gabriel's life. Activision owns it now and sadly, beyond the 2014 remake has been quiet. Sierra Online Games pushed the envelope with storytelling, and even diversity, especially when it came to storytelling and promoting women in the gaming (computer gaming) industry. We'd never have a Gabriel Knight if Jane Jensen didn't play King's Quest - which fourth game, Perils of Rosella, was the first of the series to star a female protagonist - and immediately loved it so much she wanted to get into gaming.

I'll also link to King's Quest someday, too, because that was a huge chunk of my childhood.

Enjoy!

#the gabriel knight series #gabriel knight #gabriel knight series #jane jensen #sierra online #sierra online games #adventure gaming #grace nakimura #the poopy recs

[argumntativantitheticldreamgirl]

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I post for me. It’s random, it’s all over the place, it’s what I relate to. Respect me, and I’ll more than likely respect you. If not then i shall file your lost admiration carefully in the box where i keep my fucks.

I have kinks and I post about them sometimes. This isn’t commentary on whether or not these should be encouraged, just a place to express myself. No hard feelings if you don’t want to follow.

Fandoms I post about:

Taylor Swift ⋆ Stranger Things ⋆ Barbie ⋆ Pokémon ⋆ InuYasha ⋆ Sailor Moon ⋆ YellowJackets ⋆ Harley Quinn ⋆ Star Wars and EU ⋆ Downton Abbey ⋆ Twilight ⋆ The Hunger Games ⋆ The Mortal Instruments/Shadowhunters ⋆ Harry Potter ⋆ adult animation (South Park/Bob's Burgers/Krapopolis & the like, not hentai lol) ⋆ Zelda ⋆ The Righteous Gemstones ⋆ Red Dwarf ⋆ Studio Ghibli ⋆ Titanic ⋆ Doctor Who ⋆ Ted Lasso ⋆ The Gilded Age ⋆ Resident Alien ⋆ Tacoma FD ⋆ One Tree Hill

Spam me so I know it’s real

I follow all DragonCon posters and attendees I can find fyi

#me #my posts #about me #Spotify

[faejilly]

10 characters/10 fandoms/10 tags (in no particular order)

Alexander Gideon Lightwood--Shadowhunters (TV)

Joan Watson--Elementary (Honorary mentions to Granada Watson & ACD Watson & the robot & tomato & etc. But Lucy Liu y'all.)

Oz--BTVS (Daniel "Oz" Osbourne. I still know his actual full name! From when it aired! I was the same age as Oz when it came out oh gods I'm old. And yet Seth Green is not. How unfair. 🤣)

Joker--Mass Effect (Jeffrey "Joker" Moreau. Now I'm just making some weird nickname & Seth Green commentary, idek anymore)

Amanda King--Scarecrow and Mrs King (#formative influence)

Murderbot--The Murderbot Diaries (Or as I usually call it when it comes up in conversation: Murderbot!Murderbot!Murderbot!)

Molly Grue--The Last Unicorn (Book & Movie & Graphic Novel)

Alec Hardison/Eliot Spencer/Parker--Leverage (The OG OT3 deserve their own line, I don't make the rules that's just how it is)

Anne Elliot--Persuasion (Favorite Austen. Favorite Everything.)

Sebastian Vael--Dragon Age 2 (He's why I'm on tumblr even!)

tagged by @tamsinwilloughby & no pressure tagging @twistedsinews @wellreadpigfarmer @leahazel @rubyvroom @poemsfromthealley @ohfreckle @msviolacea @genginger @numbuh12 @defira85 & anyone else who'd like to try it

#jilly spam #fandom memery

[dreaming-marchling]

I hope you feel better soon!

Love this bit of cultural worldbuilding in Exile if you have any additional director's commentary!

“I don’t know if Magnus or Jace made it clear or not but parabatai bonds are sacred to us. They’re a serious, serious commitment and there are all sorts of accommodations given to bonded pairs. That someone purposefully broke the bond between you and Jace is literally its own crime. There will be people, especially in the older generations, who will be more angry about what happened to your bond than what happened to you yourself. Mostly those people are anti-Downworlder bigots who don’t like your progressive stance but still, the point stands.”

The show SAID the bond was sacred and then they just never actually showed it. Like super frustrating, it infuriated me all the time. Like bad enough they let Jace be tricked by Jonathan with that text that Max died - HE SHOULD HAVE FELT THAT ALEC WASN'T DEVASTATED AND KNOWN IT WAS FAKE!!! - but like where was the DEFERENCE??

I really wanted there to be scenes where say Maryse tried to pull something on Alec and Jace cut her off like "he's my parabatai and my word goes" instead we got shit like her telling Alec to just like forget Jace because he made them look bad. Or for there to be some sort of "omg those are parabatai warriors, look at them fight, they're blessed by the Angels" awed reaction from new to the Institute Shadowhunters. We got a whole lot of nothing other than an occasional mention that the bond is sacred or losing a parabatai is the worst pain without really showing it.

So I really wanted to show it in Exile. Jace wasn't just in pain, he was shattered and wanted to join Alec in death as their souls were torn apart and wanted - needed - to be back together. I wanted other people to be horrified that Imogen had done that to parabatai. I wanted the breaking of the bond to be its own crime to stack on her mountain. Even Alec who had no idea who he was was dealing with a "rip" inside of him that hurt and destabilized him without understanding why.

I imagine the Clave to be really cutthroat like old royal courts were, lots of scheming and "playing the game" and assassination attempts. I can absolutely imagine some people being like "damn girl" to Imogen for so ruthlessly and effectively taking out Alec to further her grandson's interests and the Herondale name. Not like approval approval but "what a master manipulator, well played" kind of vibe... until she broken an Angel blessed bond to do it.

I have feelings.

Thank you for asking!!

#My Writing

[griftermp3]

though at first glance the difference between the amount of canonically queer shadowhunters in tmi and in tlh may just appear to be a reflection of shifting irl norms in including lgbtq+ characters in fiction, i believe that not only is it a subversion of beliefs about the early 1900s saying that queer people had to live in secret, but also a commentary on the way that the progress of time does not always equal the progress of belief, especially after the rise of conservatives into power. one must bear in mind that in 1903, the shadowhunter with the most power over the Clave was Consul Charlotte Fairchild; in 2007, it was rogue shadowhunter and known blood supremacist and bigot Valentine Morgenstern. In text, we can see the reflection of these two time periods (1903 and 2007) as Anna and Ari able to dance together on the dancefloor in view of everyone with little issue, and Alec Lightwood kissing Magnus Bane in the view of everyone to lots of shock and surprise. In this essay I will

#idk if this makes any sense but i like this idea better than just ‘she can write more gay characters and now she does.’ #also this is meant to be specifically about shadowhunter society and not downworlders. we just do not get to see their politics as much. #anyway. #the shadowhunter chronicles #the mortal instruments #the last hours #chain of thorns spoilers #chain of thorns

[smilebackwards]

For the director's cut ask game, I would love to hear any tidbits about Enthrallment that you're willing to share. I simply adore that fic.

Oh, thank you! 😊 Okay, so Enthrallment is set in @lawsofchaos1 beautiful Consular High Warlock verse and based on a prompt they posted to the Malec discord a year ago where a lot of people added great commentary. It kills me to see amazing prompts, especially with extra commentary, get lost in the depths of discord or tumblr or old journals on LJ which is part of why I love to write them out into full fics that are at least mildly less ephemeral on AO3. I think the extra commentary that really, really got me was Lucia_3 came up with the idea that Magnus' magic was automatically abrasive to other warlocks and I had a lot of fun with that.

Other stuff... I have attended some conferences so I enjoyed bringing some of that world into the Shadowhunters world. I particularly enjoyed coming up with conference presentation names:

How to Spell Reforestation: Using Magic to Combat Climate Change

The Cabinet: A Nephilim-Downworld Collaboration Initiative

Identification and Applications of Four-Dimensional Warding

A, B, AB, & O: The Impact of Blood Type on Non Subject Specific Blood Magic

unnamed non-reactive flavoring for potions presentation

I really think that Alec would love slide decks, okay? I don't think he loves paperwork per se but I think he loves organization and so he would love to make a PowerPoint and in other fics I have him set up a newsletter and he has a payment ledger and other stuff. I do this across fandoms too because I think it's funny. Like characters are in Excel and reviewing board notes and studying flowcharts on how the space postal system works and it's personally hilarious to me.

#thank you! :)

[sorryimlatecapt]

Hello!

I'm Nell, swedish, late 20s, she/they nonbinary disaster. Here to clown about the fictional firefighters since 2021 🙏 I try to tag as best I can for filtering purposes but I want to be clear that this blog is not spoiler free.

Other fandoms include: The Rookie, Abbott Elementary, Doctor Who (not caught up) Good Omens (sideblog, semi-active), my greatest shames Shadowhunters, Teen Wolf and more.

Currently watching: 911 s7, Prodigal Son s1, Doctor Who s6, Abbott Elementary s3. Any commentary while watching I will try to tag "nell watches ___"

Icon credit goes to @djdangerlove ♡

Messages of any kind are welcome, including spec however I am not here to discuss if the show is queerbaiting. It isn't, hope that helps<3

#pinned

[vamp-ress]

The Quick and Dirty Guide

Who is this Michelle anyway? Well, I've probably been around fandom for longer than is strictly healthy. I started out with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, followed it up with Angel the Series (a logical choice). From there I proceeded to Lord of the Rings and LotRPS. When I'm not reading, writing or maintaining communities for those fandoms, I take little peaks at stuff like Blood Ties, Supernatural, Merlin or Moonlight. If you want to get a hold of me, please comment here or leave feedback on one of my stories over at AO3.

Is there fic? WHERE is the fic? Yes, there is fic. As to the where:  All my fiction can be found in my AO3 profile. At the moment, this is the only place where you can read all of my stuff. I mainly write LOTR gen and slash and dabble quite a bit in LOTRPS also. Main pairing is always Aragorn/Legolas and Viggo/Orlando. I like my fiction angsty and dark, but usually without character death. I love my ranger strong and my elf stronger. Wimpy Legolas is nothing you will find in my stories. Apart from my main fandom love, I've also dabbled here and there or have written crossovers. And if it has vampires, I can always be persuaded to play, as evidenced by my short forays into Blood Ties and Shadowhunters. Can I archive your stories? Please don't just take and archive. I am not amused when I find any of my texts somewhere on the web where I didn't put them myself. In short: Do not repost my work without my knowledge. That said, if you want to host one of my stories on your archive, please ask by commenting here. I won't bite (despite my addiction to vampires), and I will generally say yes to such requests - especially when I know you from somewhere.

Can I podfic your story? Remix it? Fanworks about Fanworks:  All my fanfiction is open to further transformationas, as long as it is non-profit and done by fans for fans.. This inlcudes, but is not limited to: podfic, remixes, commentary, sequels, the use of original characters, reviews, meta and of course quotes. Please credit the story in question, and frankly I would love to know about it (this is me, being curious). However, there is no need to ask in advance. And you don't have to be afraid to step on my toes.

I don't want to miss your fic! How do I get updates? In the unlikely event that I post something new, it's probably best to subscribe to my profile over at AO3. It's very likely that I'd also post a notification on my Livejournal, AO3 ist always the safest bet.

[bluesadansey]

don’t have much specific commentary about learn about loss + a deeper love I just have always loved the amount of heronstairs + Jessa yearning and I stand by that on reread <3.

Okay actually I don’t have nothing to say Tessa mentioning how one person coming clean with a secret can solve so many problems really summarizes the verse and people’s problems in it lolz also I love the Catarina backstory about her being a mother to a shadowhunter once I love that Tessa will have someone throughout the years who understands that experience and how it effects her (because pre tmi Magnus can understand about loves but not about that so much so I’m just glad …).

#s rereads gotsm #s speaks #tsc #jem carstairs #tessa gray #catarina loss #jessa #heronstairs

[achaiapelides]

Kit's Diary

Chapter 13

Dear Ty,

I just realised that I forgot to tell you about my therapist appointment last week. As I told you, I had to take notes about what I remember about my childhood. I asked Tessa and Jem about if I should tell her about the first heir stuff and they reminded me that the whole Unseelie Court knows about me anyways for some reason. So I decided to tell her about that too at the next appointment. Mrs. Sullivan, being her enthusiastic self, gave nice commentary like "mmhmh" and "mkay". Please note the sarcasm here.

After my long ass monologue finally ended, the therapist confirmed that I definitely have trauma from what happened since my dad was killed and I found out I was a Shadowhunter, but also possibly some trauma from experiences I made in my childhood, that my brain made me forget to save me from being too traumatised. She asked me if I was willing to be hypnotised, so that she can find out what this traumatic experiences were to be able to help me better. I agreed. Mrs. Sullivan said she would contact a warlock who was able to do that and I suggested that maybe Tessa would have this ability too. I guess I feel more comfortable with having Tessa know my past memories that I don't even remember myself, than some random warlock I never met.

In addition to that Mrs. Sullivan also suggested that I might have ADHD. She printed out some sheets with the traits she observed in me and some other ones typical for ADHD and asked me to give it to several people I know, preferably some with little connection to each other. They should pick all the traits they have observed in me. I'm also supposed to fill out one sheet because some questions are about how I feel about certain things and how I think I behave, which obviously only I can answer. Then we made another appointment in two weeks, because Mrs. Sullivan is on vacation the next week. Well, this week I mean.

When I got home I gave Tessa and Jem one of the sheets and told them all the therapist said. They suggested to give one of the sheets to my school friends and one to Hazel, because she surely observed something about me too, as my ex-girlfriend. Jem even send the photo of the sheet to Emma, so she and Julian can point out, what they observed about me, too. And Tessa agreed to do the hypnosis thing and said she would also feel more safe about me, if no random warlock we don't know found out about me being the First Heir.

I have to tell you about something else, too. In school everyone is obsessed with this one singer from America, who just published her new album. Her name is Taylor Swift and she's apparently super popular, especially in America. I didn't know her. Was I living under a rock for the past years? Yes probably. (That was a metaphor by the way. I don't actually live under a rock obviously. It just means being unaware of mainstream things. Like Taylor Swift apparently. Lol.)

Anyways, back to Taylor. Once Leo found out that I didn't know, she forced me to listen to all of her songs and give her my opinion. After doing that I finally realised why she was so shocked. These songs are amazing. And she has so many different ones. Heartbroken songs, angry songs, love songs, revenge songs, calm songs and sad songs. Even some rocky songs. And some "I don't give a shit" songs. She really has everything you could ask for. Apparently she also is friends with Ed Sheeran and sung a duet with him. Yes I know Ed, but not Taylor. I'm weird, I know. I swear if Jem and Tessa listen to "Perfect" one more time, I'm sending Ed a marriage proposal on their behalf. Maybe he's Will Herondale reincarnated and I just don't know about that. You never know with this Shadowhunter stuff. Lol. And I changed topics again. Come on Kit. You can do better.

Anyways, back to Taylor, AGAIN. If you ever read this and you haven't listened to her songs yet, which I highly doubt, considering your literal twin sister is Livvy, you should listen to "Wildest Dreams". I think you might like it. And "Begin Again", too. I also just found the perfect song I can listen to on loop, when I'm missing you again. It's called "Haunted" and for some reason it fits perfectly to us. And it gives me feelings. Much feelings. Why can this woman describe my feelings better, than I can? If she ever stops her career, she should consider becoming a therapist. Wait a second, Julian just called and asked to speak with me. I'll be right back.

Holy shit. You won't believe what just happened. Well, you will actually because it was you idea, haha. Anyways, Julian called and said they saw the sheet Jem send them and were discussing it, when you randomly visited and after they told you what they were doing, you wanted to help them because you knew me best. Holy shit. What? Huh? Am I dreaming. What??? I couldn't believe that was true and literally asked Mina to trip my leg really hard so that could bring me back to reality. But this is real. What? Omg. I think I broke. Where is Taylor when you need her? She better have a song about this.

Sorry, I'm back from my lovesick happiness trip now. Calm your shit, Kit! (oh a rhyme!) He just helped. You didn't even interact. What will you do when it comes this far? Die? Yeah probably. So if I black out, when we see eachother again, don't worry. I'm good. Just lovesick.

Oh man, I'm talking to myself again. I think I need an extra therapy session for this.

Aaaaanyway. (I used this word too much today, I know.) So, Emma send back the sheets with her's, Julian’s and your comments. And I can see so clearly what you wrote. Aaaaahh. Thank you so much. Aaaaahhhhhh.

I think I should stop writing for today. It's dinnertime now anyway. But maybe I can hope that you're thinking about me now too? Is that too much to ask?

I love you so much, Ty. I wish we could be together again. But I guess we both need some time to heal. Don't think I won't miss you every second of it, because I will.

All my love, Kit. (Hopefully yours one day)

Author's note:

What a coincidence that of all the times my friend could have forced me to listen to all the Taylor Swift songs and made me get a bit too obsessed with her, she chose the time when I was writing chapter 13. This was not planned. What the hell?

#shadowhunters #cassandra clare #the shadowhunter chronicles #the dark artifices #the wicked powers #kit herondale #tsc #kit x ty #christopher herondale #christopher jonathan herondale #ty x kit #kitty #ty herondale #kit blackthorn #ty blackthorn #tiberius nero blackthorn #tiberius blackthorn #kit's diary #chapter 13 #taylor swift #wildest dreams #haunted #begin again #taylor swift debut #taylor swift fearless #taylor swift red #taylor swift 1989 #this is 2014 by the way

[foodsies4me]

oh oh ooooh!

director’s commentary on Apollo pretty please??

Alright, a director's commentary on Apollo! So, the scene where Magnus planned to tell Alec about the Cup at Pandemonium was originally supposed to be longer and not be interrupted by Clace+Izzy shenanigans. Malec were initially supposed to end up together in that chapter as I wanted them to be a unit before the Clary-specific brand of chaos started up. The plan was to have Magnus mention the "your parents were Circle members" bomb + the "there's something wrong with your daemon" bomb back then, but that ended up going differently...While that change hasn't changed much for the whole of the story it will have a slight impact on how Clary acts, as in some more canon Clary quotes might make an appearance one of them being the saying Alec is jealous of her because of Jace.

Another fun tidbit for Apollo. Most people might have already caught on to the fact that there's something up with the different daemons, as in warlock daemons, having their thing the same going for vampire daemons, werewolf daemons, fae daemons, and shadowhunter daemons. Well, all the race-specific ones, excluding the fae-specific characteristics, have already appeared in the fic! They haven't been addressed directly yet, but they've been hinted at, so those who have been paying attention might already be able to guess how being a warlock/vampire impacts a person's daemon! But that's all I'm revealing at present.💜

#thanks for asking #there is too much worldbuilding in this fic #like in every fic I write #I would love it if the worldbuilding kept it down for a change #it would get me to the Malec scenes faster