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culiehua · 9 days

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tmi verse x onion headlines

part 1 — part 2 — part 3 — part 4 —

part 5 (jem!edition) — part 6

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generalcollectionparadise · 11 months

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part 2. memes about raziel's circle

+ bonus

When Valentine talks about Jace

oh, these parabatai😏

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elettraml · 1 year

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𝑇𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙

I think they have been my favourite couple for such a looong time! 🌟🙌🏼 I really love them.

#comicstyle #drawing #markers #fanart #nephilim #shadowhunters #will herondale #tessa gray #wessa #will and tessa #tessa and will #will x tessa #the infernal devices #cassandra clare #herondale #starkweather #couple #victorian age

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the-dark-artifices-trees · 2 years

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Hodge: ok so I’m banning the word “boomer” from now

Jace: ok Mr Old As Shit

Hodge:

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kaitcreates · 2 months

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The Shadohunter Chronicles Character Showdown

First Round

Rosemary Herondale vs Arthur Blackthorn, (Feb 23)

Celine Montclaire vs Diego Rocio-Rosales, (Feb 24)

Maureen Brown vs Anna Lightwood, (Feb 25)

Christopher Lightwood vs Ragnor Fell, (Feb 26)

Julian Blackthorn vs Livvy Blackthorn, (Feb 27)

Bridget Daly vs Jon Cartwright, (Feb 28)

Nate Grey vs Sona Carstairs, (Feb 29)

Gabriel Lightwood vs Madeleine Bellefleur, (Mar 1)

Paige Ashdown vs Rupert Blackthorn, (Mar 2)

Valentine Morgenstern vs Kraig, (Mar 3)

Andrew Blackthorn vs Irene, (Mar 4)

Axel Mortmain vs Thais Pedroso, (Mar 5)

Kit Herondale vs Ke Yi Tian, (Mar 6)

The Dark Sisters vs Filomina di Angelo, (Mar 7)

Lucie Herondale vs Simon Lovelace-Lewis, (Mar 8)

Shiyun Jung vs Cameron Ashdown, (Mar 9)

Elias Carstairs vs Tavvy Blackthorn, (Mar 10)

Luke Greymark vs Will Herondale, (Mar 11)

Ash Morgenstern vs Matthew Fairchild, (Mar 12)

Sophie Collins vs Jaime Rocio-Rosales, (Mar 13)

Catarina Loss vs Tessa Grey, (Mar 14)

Jessamine Lovelace vs Woolsey Scott, (Mar 15)

Diana Wrayburn vs Magnus Lightwood-Bane, (Mar 16)

James Herondale vs Jesse Blackthorn, (Mar 17)

Sebastian Morgesnstern vs Ty Blackthorn, (Mar 18)

Julie Beavul vs Tatiana Lightwood, (Mar 19)

Meliorn vs Helen Blackthorn, (Mar 20)

Alexander Lightwood vs Arawn, (Mar 21)

Jace Lightwood-Herondale vs Michael Wayland, (Mar 22)

Raphael Santiago vs Kieran Kingson, (Mar 23)

Marisol Garza vs Hypatia Vex, (Mar 24)

Dru Blackthorn vs Ari Bridgstock, (Mar 25)

Eugenia Lightwood vs Bat Velasquez, (Mar 26)

Eliza Rosewain vs Rafael Lightwood-Bane, (Mar 27)

Anush Joshi vs Seelie Queen, (Mar 28)

Church vs Cecily Herondale, (Mar 29)

Annabel Blackthorn vs Robert Lightwood, (Mar 30)

Beatriz Mendoza vs Malcolm Fade, (Mar 31)

Jocelyn Fairchild vs Max Lightwood-Bane, (Apr 1)

Imogen Whitlaw vs Jem Carstairs, (Apr 2)

Mother Hawthorn vs Chairman Meow, (Apr 3)

Manuel Casales-Villalobos vs Barbra Lightwood, (Apr 4)

Cordelia Carstairs vs Benedict Lightwood, (Apr 5)

Divya Joshi vs Lily Chen, (Apr 6)

Patrick Penhallow vs Alastair Carstairs, (Apr 7)

Isabelle Lightwood vs Mark Blackthorn, (Apr 8)

Amatis Greymark vs George Lovelace, (Apr 9)

Maryse Lightwood vs Elliott, (Apr 10)

Alexei de Quincey vs Elyas the Demon, (Apr 11)

Hodge Starkweather vs Henry Branwell, (Apr 12)

Camille Belcourt vs Auraline, (Apr 13)

Aline Penhallow vs Roland Loss, (Apr 14)

Johny Rook vs Stephen Herondale, (Apr 15)

Rayan Maduabuchi vs Alec Lightwood-Bane, (Apr 16)

Esme Hardcastle vs Jordan Kyle, (Apr 17)

Grace Blackthorn vs Evelyn Highsmith, (Apr 18)

Jia Penhallow vs Charles Fairchild, (Apr 19)

Horace Dearborn vs Max Lightwood, (Apr 20)

Emma Carstairs vs Mina Carstairs, (Apr 21)

Charlotte Fairchild vs Aloysius Starkweather, (Apr 22)

Janus Herondale vs Zachary Carstairs, (Apr 23)

Gwyn ap Nudd vs Clary Fairchild, (Apr 24)

Maia Roberts vs Gideon Lightwood, (Apr 25)

Thomas Lightwood vs Cristina Mendoza-Rosales, (Apr 26)

#shadowhunters #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #the dark artifices #tda #the mortal instruments #tmi #the last hours #tlh #the wicked powers #twp #tid #the infernal devices #Shadowhunter Character Showdown 2024 #Its back with more charcters then ever #*cries in a corner despiet knowing I brought this on myself*#I'll update with links as it goes along liek always

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bluesadansey · 7 months

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one of my favorite things in tid is Charlotte & Tessa’s relationship and I especially love how Charlotte is so encouraging of Tessa to be active in the institute the same as Will or Jem or anyone else and views her as insightful, and also fully respects that Tessa should have full agency over when her ability is going to be used like her asking Tessa multiple times when she comes up with the plan to turn into Starkweather if she’s sure she’s comfortable / making sure she knows it’s her decision ultimately. It’s exactly what Tessa needs after having her power viewed as a commodity by the dark sisters and Mortmain and struggling with her sense of self and autonomy in the aftermath I just love it for her :)

#tessa gray #charlotte branwell #tessa and charlotte #s rereads tid #S speaks #the infernal devices

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imabitchforjemcarstairs · 6 months

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OKAY OKAY I WANT THEORIES FOR WHAT THE WESSA STORY WILL BE ABOUT

OKAY, THIS IS ME DAYDREAMING.

CC said the story takes place after TID.

I hope it's 50 pages, not 20, FIFTY.

It could be about Tessa's 17th birthday, she's born in January. So her first birthday in England.

TESSA PROPERLY LEARNING HOW TO FIGHT (no offence to Gabriel, but those 3 classes, were not enough).

THEM IN ANOTHER BALCONY MAKING OUT (based on the latest fanart).

Will deconstructing 5 years of old habits/bad manners.

Tessa learning more of her shadowhunter heritage/ Starkweather family.

Will's education to become head of the institute.

Them traveling for a mission (with a chaperon OF COURSE, like Sophie)

Endless possibilities. Do you have theories ?

#NEW WESSA CONTENT BITCHES #asks #ibrushmyteeth-donttellanyone #tsc

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faithfromanewperspective · 2 months

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Asking about a character I don't particularly care for but am thinking about right now: Lucie. Do you think she's neurodivergent? If yes, how? Why do you think she is... all the things she is?

ooh ooh!! neurodivergent yes. as to more specifics I’ve had adhd and autism both suggested by people but truthfully? I’ve not gone and done an analysis with the dsm on her because the dsm is limited and I do enjoy using it but sometimes I need to have a break from it having power over me and just really appreciate the diversity of human brains, of which lucie is a realistic portrayal!! tbh she’s a writer. crazy creative and a nod to fanfic authors many of whom are many flavours of nd. she’s also descended from aloysius starkweather, edmund herondale and linette owens and Cassie invented genetics so. also like with James and Lucie I do take the line in one of the tec books about the children (extrapolating it to likely include grandchildren) of greater demons rarely being ‘stable’ (ableist wording that usually applies to magical power I think but being nd def has some crossovers and applicability and both james and lucie are definitely both) so. that’s as much as I’ve got atm

she’s a ND female protagonist like many we’ve seen in stories especially mystery ones for younger children (sorry I can’t remember the specific examples she reminds me of) who is strong willed and curious (will and tessa right there!! Cassie invented genetics) but she’s also at the age where the teenage secrecy comes in and she’s learning that masking will make her appear more normal and hide the shame she’s starting to have sink in, during the series. and though she’s got the makeup of a main character she’s actually subverting the trope by being Cordelia’s bestie and James’s sister and while I def wish we saw more of her personality I do love her. I do think her development was quite realistic for a 16-17yo nd girl

#lucie herondale #the last hours #tlh #chain of gold #chain of iron #chain of thorns #james herondale #cordelia carstairs

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belle-keys · 1 year

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I think most of the fandom sees Tessa as a warlock. But I think she sees herself as a shadowhunter, I mean she leads and institute, doesn't do any magic and seems to only hang out with shadowhunters.

I think it's super interesting! Tessa is the daughter of a very powerful and well-established line of Shadowhunters. She is a Starkweather after all. She was protected by a whole angel. She has categorical Shadowhunter children and progeny. The whole of TID was Tessa's fight to be accepted into this supernatural community of Shadowhunters, to have a Shadowhunter name, to be accepted by the Clave as a Shadowhunter. The main silly conflict of TLH was based on the Enclave challenging Tessa and her slightly demony kids' validity as Shadowhunters.

But then... Tessa completely left behind the Shadowhunter community after Will died. She said she was "hiding" in the Spiral Labyrinth when the Circle came to prominence. She only really hangs out with other warlocks now. She and Jem don't consider themselves part of the Shadowhunter community either. So there was definitely an evolution in terms of how she sees herself, and I believe it was deffo catalyzed by Will's death based on what we got from GOTSM.

#tessa gray #tessa herongraystairs #wessa #jessa #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #tid #tlh #twp #ask #anon ask #tsc ask #chot #chain of thorns

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culiehua · 1 day

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part 1 — part 2 — part 3 — part 4 —

part 5 (jem!edition) — part 6

#the mortal instruments #malec #alec lightwood #the infernal devices #jace herondale #maureen brown #malcolm fade #axel mortmain #tessa gray #hodge starkweather #elyaas #magnus bane #max lightwood bane #grace blackthorn #imogen herondale #the shadowhunter chronicles #the dark artifices #the last hours #chain of thorns

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terrainofheartfelt · 1 year

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ten fandoms/ten characters/ten tags

tagged by @starsbythepocketful 🤍🤍🤍

In no particular order…..

Gossip Girl — Dan Humphrey

Gilmore Girls — Jess Mariano

House of the Dragon — Alicent Hightower

A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones — Sansa Stark

Grey’s Anatomy — Cristina Yang

Star Wars — Mara Jade Skywalker

The Shadowhunter Chronicles — Tessa Gray Starkweather/Herondale/Carstairs

Once Upon a Time — Regina Mills

Hart of Dixie — Annabeth Nass

Superstore — Jonah Simms

tagging: @clarasamelia, @strideofpride, @insistonyourcupofstars, @elliwansworld, @himbobisexual, @lesbeauxreves, @theresawritesstuff, @waldorfhistoria, @windowsandfeelings, @aplaceatthetable

#tagged #more fun tag games! ✨✨✨✨#always those mentioned have no obligation ❣️

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emyslavenderlibrary · 2 years

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Clockwork Princess

Title: Clockwork Princess Author: Cassandra Clare Pages: 567 pages Genre: YA Fantasy Rating: ★★★★★

Synopsis:

Danger and betrayal, love and loss, secrets and enchantment are woven together in the breathtaking finale to the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices Trilogy, prequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. THE INFERNAL DEVICES WILL NEVER STOP COMING A net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute. Mortmain plans to use his Infernal Devices, an army of pitiless automatons, to destroy the Shadowhunters. He needs only one last item to complete his plan: he needs Tessa Gray. Charlotte Branwell, head of the London Institute, is desperate to find Mortmain before he strikes. But when Mortmain abducts Tessa, the boys who lay equal claim to her heart, Jem and Will, will do anything to save her. For though Tessa and Jem are now engaged, Will is as much in love with her as ever. At those who love Tessa rally to rescue her from Mortmain's clutches, Tessa realises that the only person who can save her is herself. But can a singly girl, even one who can command the power of angels, face down an entire army? Danger and betrayal, secrets and enchantment, and the tangled threads of love and loss intertwine as the Shadowhunters are pushed to the very brink of destruction in the breathtaking conclusion to the Infernal Devices trilogy.

"I am catastrophically in love with you."

My Thoughts:

This book is by far my favourite in the series. It has some spice, some sadness, some happiness, some heartbreak, some angst, basically a bit of everything and that just makes my head and my heart very happy because I like being taken on emotional rollercoasters with books.

I think all my tears are used whenever I read this. From when the parabatai bond breaks to when Will finds Tessa I'm sobbing with sadness, and then those tears turn into happy tears when it's revealed that Jem is a Silent Brother and in fact not dead, which continue to be happy tears until the epilogue. Then it's back to sad tears when Will dies and Tessa leaves her family because it hurts too much but then it's straight back to happy tears when Jem meets Tessa and is no longer a Silent Brother and is cured. The emotions the characters portrayed and went through were so raw and realistic that it was almost beautiful in a way. But I've still not forgiven Cassandra for making me believe that Jem was dead for a segment of this book. Nobody can mess with my angel boy!

Can we also just take a moment to talk about the names of Will and Tessa's children? The oldest, James, clearly after Jem, but the youngest. Her name comes from A Tale of Two Cities, which is the book that Will and Tessa basically bonded over. I love how the love of their book was incorporated into their children, which were produced from their love. I screamed when I found out their names, no joke. There were also more tears over the name reveal. I'm still not sure whether they were happy or sad though to be completely honest with you.

Also Tessa has found her real family now! And she's a Shadowhunter! Tessa Starkweather, the great granddaughter of Aloysius Starkweather. I love that she found somewhere where she belonged. But she also found her family in a way that isn't blood-related. Nobody can tell me that the Shadowhunters at the Institute aren't her family. It's so obvious, especially with the way they treat her. Charlotte and Henry are obviously the parents, with Gabriel and Gideon being her brothers, Cecily her sister, and Will and Jem being her significant others.

I love how Tessa was able to experience a full relationship with both Will and Jem, and that she wasn't forced to choose one over the other in a way. She kind of did at first, but at the end it was made up for with the fact that she and Jem got back together.

This series, and the rest of the other series in the Shadowhunter Chronicles, are books that I will continue to read and recommend to every single person who asks until the day I die. They manage to transport me away to a different world and not very many books are able to do that in such a magical way that Cassandra does.

Playlist:

When the Lights Go Out by Libertines If There's A Rocket Tie Me To It by Snow Patrol Perfect Sonnet by Bright Eyes I Would Do Anything for You by Foster the People Alameda by Elliot Smith Love You Madly by Cake Left and Leaving by The Weakerthans Destiny by Zero 7 Exit Wounds by The Script Knife by Grizzly Bear I Still Remember by Bloc Party Wraith Pinned to the Mist by Of Montreal All the Rowboats by Regina Spektor The Reeling by Passion Pit Tears Are In Your Eyes by Yo La Tengo Ocean Breathes Salty by Modest Mouse Wishing Well by Airborne Toxic Event Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens die first by nessa barrett In the Stars by Benson Boone Colorblind by Counting Crows Poison and Wine by The Civil Wars Clarity by Zedd The Bad in Each Other by Feist State of Grace by Taylor Swift The Scientist by Coldplay Let Us Move On by Dido ROSES by The Chainsmokers Until You Were Gone by The Chainsmokers Perfect by Ed Sheeran

#clockwork princess #books #romance books #books and reading #book review #fantasy books #ya fantasy #the infernal devices #cassandra clare

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katnissgirlsmakedo · 2 years

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wait. this may sound stupid. correct me if i’m misremembering the lore. so clary’s middle name is adele, and shadowhunters pass down names through families. i’m pretty sure the only adele we know was adele starkweather. and you know what that means. ok so tessa i think is supposed to be the last of the starkweathers that were related to adele, i guess there were more of that family because hodge exists later. anyway so if the name adele is passed down to clary fairchild through that lineage. that means at some point tessa’s family mixed with the fairchilds. and i’m not saying it’s matthew and lucie, because i don’t know shit about how this series plays out or what’s gonna happen in book three. but like idk it could be matthew and lucie that’s not my place to say. anyway my point though is that at some point, looking at it through this perspective, tessa is one of clary’s ancestors…. which is just soooo <3333 to me

#like logically though lucie has to marry jesse because that’s the only way the blackthorn family can continue to where they are now #unless somehow grace passes on the name. which doesn’t make sense because she’s not genetically a blackthorn and ty is meant to look like #jesse so the modern blackthorns have to be related to jesse #but potentially lucie and jesse have children and one of them marries a fairchild #i don’t know dude i literally don’t even remember the infernal devices i read those once in 2014 i’m just saying whatever rn #anyway this was fun. going to shut up and finish my chapter and then sleep xoxo #beth.txt #tlh lb

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carelessflower · 5 months

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a little HC (ignore any inconsistancy)

Gadreel was the eldest of her family (she was the queen) her father gave her a land as a gift on her coranation , called Idris, however, she said that she would give her land to her disendants to whomeever wants it

Her younger brother, Raziel fell in love with Johnathan Shadowhunter and Gadreel being the Queen at that time refused to awknolwdge it as Raziel was a spiteful dick and Johnathan disevered a better man, when Gadreel died, Ithuriel who disendants are the Herondales took the Land and claimed it as he liked this person, but Raziel took it of him as he is the second born and gifted it to Johnathan Shadowhunter, Ithuriel and Raziel was banished from the Kingdom by his nephew Samuel Morningstar who was now King. However the Princes hid Idris from the King, so Samuel was unaware

However the disendants of Gadreel are Tessa, Magnus and Malcom Fade, the land rightfully belongs to either one of them

So Gadreel disendants are Magnus Bane, Tessa Gray, and Malcom Fade, including others which are unknown

Raziel took the name Shadowhunter and left and went into his own witness protection, the Shadowhunter family name was changed and is now found in East and South Asia,

Ithuriel fell in love with a woman who was an Herondale but left before he knew she was pregnant.

Johnathan Shadowhunter created his own government and gathered his closest friends such as the Lightwoods, Herondales, Morgernsterns, Fairchilds, Starkweather, Dragonway, Blackthorns families to alliance to form a secret country. The history of its country was left in the accords and securly locked away and only the president or some council can access this.

And Alec finds this all at the accords, and he goes and tells Jace, Jace decides its best to keep it silent and go through it later and discuss this with his mother, Alec takes the file home to show his mother, however baby Max was there, and a 2 papers slipped out talking about the Idris and Max picked it up and starting to draw, Magnus came a few minutes later to pick up Max, and he sees the paper, he takes the paper and hides it as Alec comes to greets him.

Maryse also tells Alec that its best to keep this silent, as thats the way it would be and that people wont like this

As Maryse goes to Jocelynn and they talk, about Alec bringing the papers outside of Idris, which Jocelynn just says that its for the best that they know about it, and that it wasnt fair for them to keep it a secret

Now back at the Lightwoods, Magnus talks to Tessa about the piece of information that he has, and that he still hasnt talked to Alec about it. Tessa suggests that they both talk to their fathers since they probably would know more about this, and their own history.

Alec notices that a page is missing, as he retraces his steps but cant find it, he then begins to worry and tells Jace he lost a paper, and Jace tells him not too worry since its just a piece of paper and that its nothing, which kind of puts Alec's mind at ease.

Now Tessa and Magnus have a talk with their fathers, as Asmodeus knew that Idris was a gift to his Great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother, and he knows that Samael has notes who also lives in New York

Magnus and Tessa visit their great Uncle who shows him the notes and that the the eldest son of the Shadowhunter (after its change) lives in Tokyo, so Tessa asks Jem if they want to go on this trip to Tokyo which he agrees, and Magnus ask Alec, leaving Max with his grandmother, and Mina with her uncle.

Now back in New York, Asmodeus goes to the Lightwoods and hands Maryse the paper, telling her that he knows, but keeping this a secret will probably anger his family as he can confirm that the romers are true, Asmodeus also tells her that Magnus is going to Tokyo to visit a great uncle, who knows more about this

Asmodeus babysits Max, as Maryse text Alec that Magnus knows but Alec has not seen it, so she tells Luke, who then says to get to Tokyo,

Max has the second piece of paper as he takea Asmodeus to his cot and and he shows his grandfather his drawing, which is the family tree and also the secret plan to overthrow Gadreel as her young brothers were both asshats at that time. Now Asmodeus takes the picture of the paper and sends it to Leviathan who is in Tokyo, and also to Belial who is on his way to London.

Asmodeus calls Magnus, but it gets disconnected, as Max begins to cry for food.

A few hours later, Tessa, Jem, Alec and Magnus are at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, however they both get off sepretly.

Magnus begings to tell Alec stories about his first time in Tokyo and also says he has visted Idris which is quite busy like Tokyo but small

Alec asks when he went to Idris, which Magnus says he only went once when he was a teenager

Tessa and Magnus say that they have a family living here, Magnus gets a missed call and a long text from his dad, while Tessa gets the image and nothing else.

Alec gets two calls one from his mother, and the second his father in law, and a text from his mom, saying that Magnus knows

Alec realizes he has no signal, but Magnus gets to his Uncle Leviathan's house, as Tessa and Jem head to Samael appartment

Leviathan is a popular influence, and also works for the British and Japanese Navy and is now an animator for a anime studio, also Simon loves him and has met him twice at anime conventions.

Magnus shows the image to Alec as Alec says he didnt know about it until now.

Tessa rings Magnus saying that before Gadreel tragic death, her younger brothers were plotting to take the throne and the empire

However, Gadreel has four children, and the eldest married twice one to Miran who was killed when their child was two a few weeks after Gadreel death, and the next marriage was to Lucas Morngingstar, Samuel took the name Morningstar after his mother and Wife death, and Samuel wanted to charge his uncles for treason, but banished them as they asked for forgivness, Idris was supposted to be his but that was changed by Ithuriel.

Tessa also tells Magnus that Robert Lightwood and Imogen Herondale must know and both are death, but Jace may know.

Magnus hugs Alec, and tells him its not his fault and that he was sorry for dragging him out, Alec and Magnus go on a week date in Tokyo before coming back, Alec decides that he would allow Gadreel disendants to enter and run alongside him, which angers a few citizens, Tessa and Magnus goes to talk to Jace, who says his grandmother never told him.

Magnus and Tessa decides its best to stay out of Idris politics and it wasnt really their home.

So Alec makes his father in law the vice and also a member of the council

anon i need this fic on my desk

#ask #go for it anon #make your dream

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silkiemae · 2 years

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Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare My rating: 3 of 5 stars So I enjoyed Clockwork Prince far more than Clockwork Angel. The book isn’t very plot-heavy and way more character-focused, but I’m not mad about it. I enjoy reading about them even though I don’t particularly love them all. (Seriously though, like Mortmain doesn't show up through the whole book, and it's mainly the characters going from place to place and just learning some information.) So Clockwork Prince starts with a Council meeting where Charlotte and the company get charged with finding Mortmain in two weeks because Benedict is a sexist dill hole. So they start looking into Mortmain’s background to try and learn more about him and where he came from and yada yada. We learn that warlocks adopted Mortmain and Shadowhunters killed them for some reason. It was mentioned why but I’m just blanking on it rn. But anywho, Mortmain wants revenge and like I feel for him. That would suck to see your parents get murdered and get no recompense for it. But also like, lol at his plan being like I am going to create a super special warlock bride and then marry her, make her change into my adoptive warlock father who will give me the special spell to bind demon energies to my robot army and then I’m going to kill all the shadow hunters. Like it’s honestly wild to me that CC came up with that and managed to turn it into three books. Good for her. Tessa and Jem have been paling around since the last book’s events and have grown closer and closer. They are precious, and I love them as smitten friends. Will is an idiot for not seeing the way Jem feels because it was obvious from CA that Jem was in love with Tessa. Tell me I’m wrong. And his reaction upon finding out they’re engaged is ridonk. ‘If you loved me, you would let me have her!!!!’ I know he doesn’t say it, but omg Will. We learn why Will has been a giant dildo on the planet for the last five years. When he was a child, he found a Pyxis box in his dad’s study, opened it and then a demon popped out, stabbed his sister with his poisonous tail, and then fake cursed Will that anyone who loved him would die. The next day his sister dies looking all monstrous and stuff. So naturally, Will’s first thought was to run away from home and be a total dick for the rest of his life instead of like…trying to use the Institute’s resources and connections with warlocks to find a cure five years ago. But like to be fair, he was like…what 12? I feel like I’m getting the amount of time wrong…was it seven years? Idk it was a span of years. And then, of all things, a pretty super special girl is the thing to change his mind and make him finally seek out some help. But, like, backing up a bit, here’s my question. Why didn’t Will’s parents…question the way the daughter died? Or did they and Will just ran away before he heard about it? Why did Will’s dad have the demon in his study anyway? Like why didn’t he give it back to the institute? I understand keeping a seraph blade in case a demon attacks, but why keep a DEMON? Why did Will not think to ask his dad about the demon? Like his parents already loved him, they weren’t just going to stop, lmao. Sorry, I’m venting. AND ANOTHER THING!!! Magnus could quickly call Marbas on this lie that he didn’t curse Will. Why didn’t he figure that out when Will told him the story? Like Magnus isn’t stupid, and he’s well aware people love Will. If he was clever enough to figure it out after Marbas talked about it, why couldn’t he figure it out when Will told him the story? The only difference was he learned how long Marbas was in the Pyxis, but I mean, it could’ve stood to reason he was in that thing for a long time without Marbas even needing to tell them. I’m sorry. Why am I like this? So Will’s trying to remove his curse, and somewhere in this time, they go to Yorkshire and Jem and Tessa pretend to be engaged. *foreshadowing* They go to see Aloysius Starkweather, and I couldn’t stop thinking of Argus Filch/Walder Frey. He’s extra gross, has a spoils collection of gnarly warlock remains, and naturally, Tessa faints because she’s a LADY. They go to visit the house that Mortmain was said to have owned, and Will sees his sister there, freaks out and decides to do some drugs. While Tessa and Jem are wondering where he is, they search WIll’s room, and she finds that Will kept her letters that she’d written to her brother while in the Dark house and like I’m annoyed because those letters made me want to hear about her time there. It would’ve made me connect with Tessa far more to experience that shit with her, but then I guess this is meant to be YA, and it might’ve been too heavy. Idk I like my gore. They find Will in an ifrit den high on yin fen, aka the drug Jem requires to live. I found this super insensitive of him, honestly. Like yeah, I know he was super upset and just looking for release, but why wouldn’t he get drunk like he’s always pretending to be? Why would he go to do the drugs that he is well aware is killing his best friend and is super addicting? Idk it just reads as messed up to me. And then they’re all mad at him for approximately two days before all is forgiven. Honestly, Jem and Will should also be in love. I feel this story was CC’s warm-up to the throuple she writes in TDA. I wish it just ended up being a throuple here, lmao. Like Tessa, lemme make out with Jem and then also Will and keep it a secret from everyone. OR just all three of you date. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Problem solved. The parabatai ceremony is a marriage ceremony anyway. I got a kick out of reading about Jessamine’s betrayal, although I think it was a misuse of her character. I believe Jessamine had much potential, but in the end, she went right back to Nate, knowing what kind of person he was and what he tried to do to her. It doesn’t make sense to me. She was so pissed about Nate’s betrayal, and now she wants to marry him and betray the people who helped raise her? We don’t get much insight into her as a character, but I think that much more could have been done with her. Benedict Lightwood likes to bone demon ladies, which is weird when many of the demons in the first few books have been like gelatinous creatures with insect body parts. The only humanoid I remember being mentioned was Lilith, who also had snakes coming out of her eyes. Is the demon licking Benedict’s face Lilith right now? Also, why would he keep boning demon ladies if he knows they’re giving him a demon std that will turn him into a demon? Like? Does not compute. Also, before the cannibalism debacle, I always used to picture Armie Hammer as Gideon, making this reread a lil weird. I like Sophie and Gideon together, however. Oh, that was another thing I wanted to mention. Tessa is making out with Jem when she knows Sophie is in love with her upsets me personally. I’ve had so many friends do that to me that I feel anger on behalf of Sophie. You tell your pal that you think someone is cute or you have a big crush on them, and the next thing you know, your friend is over there making out with the person you’re into. Like, um, wow, never trusting you again. So, sorry, Sophie, I’m glad Gideon’s over here being the man you need. And then when Sophie tells Tessa she’s not mad at her, she’s immediately like, OH DO YOU LIKE CYRIL THEN? Why does she only think Sophie would like the servants lmao? Like no, Tessa, She’s dating Gideon, but it’s also NOT YOUR BUSINESS TESSA. Also, Tessa’s reaction when she finds out Sophie likes Gideon is gross. “Can you really see him going to his father and saying he wants to marry a parlor maid???” Like, suck a dick, Tessa. I loved seeing Hyacinth again. I am a big fan of faeries and remember liking how CC writes them a lot. (We’ll see if that’s still true when I reread the books where they’re featured more, but so far, it’s still true) I love how they’re such confusing little aholes. Like Hyacinth gives Tessa a super obvious clue about who she really is but then erases it with one comment. I love it. Because while Tessa isn’t a faerie changeling, she was still swapped in the manner of changelings. I thought that was a pretty clever bit of foreshadowing. Finally, Magnus called a Shadowhunter out on their aversion to magic. YER RUNES ARE BASICALLY MAGIC. So the whole Magnus and Camille relationship. Truthfully, I didn’t get it at all. Magnus does not seem the kind of person who would be into someone so seemingly detached. At the same time, I think it’s silly of him to expect monogamy when both he and Camille will live forever. Like what she says makes sense to me, but she says it in the rudest way possible. It’s essentially just like a centuries-long open relationship, Magnus. What’s the problem? As long as all parties are consenting, that sounds like a great time to me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Also, the idea of Magnus sitting around waiting for anyone is strange to me, but I guess this is at a different point in his life, so he’s not the same Magnus we learned in TMI. I imagine he would’ve gone searching for her himself or something. OR just been like, all right, fine, you don’t want me? Byeeeee. His sitting around hoping she might apologize to him and ask her to love him again is so weirdly out of character, imo. But like I said, this is hundreds of years before TMI, so I’m willing to be forgiving if this is meant to show how he became the way he is now or something, lmao. Then again, he was doing way too much to impress Alec in TRSOM. Also, lying about kissing Will was not so cool. But whatever, I guess. Stupid question. Is Idris pronounced like Idris Elba or like eye-dris? In regards to Tessa’s shapeshifting ability. I have some questions. So, we know she has to be holding an item that belonged to someone to shift into that person and like be able to hear their thoughts or whatever, but here’s my question. Can Tessa only change into someone else? Or can she make up her own features and shift into that? Can she change into a completely new person? She talks about doing it but never actually does it, so I’m wondering if it’s possible. If she’s part Eidolon, it looked like they were able to shift into whatever they wanted, so shouldn’t Tessa be able to too? Can she change into an animal? Or just people? Also, since she’s technically a warlock, can she do actual magic or just shapeshift? Someone mentioned that one of the annoying things about this book is that in between everything that happens, there are drawn-out scenes explaining Tessa getting dressed, how Sophie does her hair, etc. And while I understand that it’s probably accurate to the time, it’s not necessary for this story. I get it; it’s more character-driven than plot-driven, and CC needed filler chapters. But oh my god, do I not care. I imagine Henry as an Alan Tudyk-type character with crazy red hair. The whole scene where Nate is like holding Tessa is so hard to imagine. One hand/forearm is across her throat, and another is gripping her chin, but his waistcoat buttons are digging into her back. Why doesn’t she elbow him in the gut and run away?? Nothing is holding her arms down. I know she kicks him in the kneecap, but I feel like elbowing him would’ve been more accessible. Also, the whole reveal about Nate not being Tessa’s brother isn’t shocking, considering it was just done in TMI. Stop recycling plot points CC. Also, he killed his real mom because she was a ‘whore’. Because having sex before marriage is so terrible. God shut up, Nate. Like damn, he deserved to die. Would blood really be dripping off his face from some nail scratches? I think not. How long are Jessamine/Tessa’s nails if they can just shred Nate’s skin so easily? I imagine ladies kept their nails short and clean in Victorian times, but I could be wrong. I imagine Mortmain, while making his robots, is like, ‘YES, MAKE A 20 FOOT ONE WITH HORNS’ EHEHEHEH.

Will is too hardcore for more painkilling runes, so he lets Brother Enoch pull shards of metal out of his back while he grits his teeth. The whole Charlotte and Henry miscommunication thing was both funny and stupid. Like they’re both idiots. Charlotte is pregnant, so clearly they’ve boned several times, but if neither thought the other loved them, then like…how awkward was that sex??? Idk there relationship baffles me. Tessa, not knowing the word for sex physically pains me on many levels. “Aunt Harriet had been in love enough to let her fiancé do whatever it was exactly that left one with child’ KILL MEEEE. Also, ordinarily, I would find Jem’s proposal so lame, but I love him so dearly, and he is so pure and precious that I was chortling through the whole thing. HE THINKS HIS LOVE FOR TESSA IS MAKING HIM A STRONGER MAN AND KEEPING HIM HEALTHIER AND ALIVE LONGER. IT MAKES ME CRY. Also, just like instant pedo vibes from Mortmain being like ‘I created you’ and intends to marry her. Gross. You know what’s rude af—making Cyril drive the carriage in the rain. That poor man will get pneumonia, and Shadowhunters CAN’T GET SICK. One of them should’ve driven the friggin’ carriage. The fact that Tessa has to keep reminding herself that she loves Jem proves to me that she doesn’t really love Jem. For some stupid reason, she loves Will, but now she’s trapped in a situation where she has to force herself to pretend to love Jem when she really wants to be with Will. This story ends kind in a neat happy little bow. Which is weird. Because like who gets engaged when they’re being hunted by an evil little manlet bent on destroying all of the Shadowhunters? And then Will’s little sister shows up and the book ends. The end. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Some choice quotes I felt the need to point out. Like they literally made me LOL. * Your peace of mind looks cut up. * Look upon the bright side * She breathed his breath * Do you recollect me now? * We ought to wait for them, oughtn’t we? * I’m afraid too much passion could start you shedding petals like a tree in autumn, though. WTF DOES THAT MEAAAAAN. View all my reviews

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pagesofmoonlight · 4 years

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this fact always makes me cackle when i think about it😭💀💀

to clear things up: only Will’s male descendants have this mark, James (Tessa and Will’s son) being the first one to be born with it. Kit does NOT as his ancestor was the younger brother of Will’s grandfather (Tobias) and the first person to get it was Will because of that scene in the cave

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