#tid spoilers

[shima-draws]

Carmine: Kiki’s been acting REAL weird since he got back

Carmine: He trains nonstop, barely even sleeps…

Carmine: He even beat Drayton and took his position as the BB League Champion

Carmine: I’m actually kind of afraid to interact with him now, I mean look at how awfully he treats other trainers that he sees as “weak”

Carmine: Oh but I’m sure it’s just a phase!

Me:

#HOMEGIRL THAT IS NOT A PHASE THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT BOY #Me seeing Kieran being an ass: THE VILLAIN ARC. OH THE SPICE AND FLAVOR. #Also me: NOOOOOO MY SWEET BABY BOY I’M SORRY I DID THIS TO YOU #Lies down #This is NOT okay actually. #Kieran bby girl……what happened to you….(knows exactly what happened to him) #Pokemon #Pokemon SV #Pokemon Kieran #Kieran #Pokemon Carmine #Carmine #The Indigo Disk #Pokemon SV DLC #Indigo Disk spoilers #TID spoilers #Shima speaks

[clockwork-carstairs]

rereading clockwork angel and i’m thinking about the parallels between will/jessamine and tessa/jem.

will and jessamine: both come from parents who left the shadowhunter life, spending their childhoods in the mundane world. their behaviour is often rude, volatile, they shout and argue, both masking their pain by lashing out and rejecting the love charlotte & henry offer them (for wildly different reasons, but the outward behaviour is not dissimilar). they have moments of raw vulnerability before rapidly closing off (jessamine and her dollhouse; will when tessa sees too much of his real self). will and jessamine’s lives both make them hopeless — will because he cannot let anyone get close, and jessamine who says she’d rather die than live this life she never wanted. will chooses the shadowhunter life, because he cannot go home; jessamine wants nothing to do with it, but she cannot get out. they’re both desperate for their lives to change (though we see more of this from will in cp1).

and then you have jem and tessa: both travelled from different continents after basically losing everything, to arrive in london. both tortured repeatedly, forced to recalibrate to the world after. they feel out of place initially, yearning for the lives they had before everything changed, before they had to travel so far from home (which brings the most pain, as jem says). people see them as different for what they are, for things they cannot change — the “half one thing and half another, like me” conversation. they take on more nurturing roles, so in the rare moments when they do express anger, it hits extra hard. they both want something essential: jem to experience the kind of love his parents had, and tessa to know who she is, to not be alone in the world.

they all carry their histories in different ways, i guess is the point here, and it’s interesting how certain characters’ backgrounds/stories parallel others. this isn’t to compare either pair, rather i’m just observing the similarities — it’s always struck me how will and jessamine seem pretty similar at the start of clockwork angel, (which shows in the way they argue and shout at each other a lot) though obviously their needs/reasons/values are incredibly different. and then there’s jem and tessa, who are more shy and yet, contradictorily, more openly feeling, who i think because of their nature often have their pain overlooked (especially the fact that they were both tortured!!) and tessa representing a reason to hope for both will and jem but also jessamine, who later projects this onto nate, bec she’s desperate for a way out, while jem and will have a reason to not be resigned to their fates.

anyway stan tid for breaking my heart again!

#just parallels i’ve noticed #the half one thing half another convo gets me on a deeply personal level #tid spoilers #tid #the infernal devices #the infernal devices analysis #jessamine lovelace #jem carstairs #tessa gray #james carstairs #clockwork angel #clockwork prince #clockwork princess #cp1 #cp2 #thoughts #jessa #wessa #clockwork princess spoilers

[daisymylove]

My issues with chain of thorns aside, Thomas' come out was so fucking funny bc of how in character all the interactions were

Thomas, being the dramatic queen he is, simply decided to yell it out to his whole family without preamble and completely out of the blue that he's in love with a dude

Gideon ,our clueless sweetheart (bless his heart, he's trying), was like I wanna be supportive but I dont understand wtf is going on.you're in love? with carstairs? when did THAT happen? Help

Eugenia, another huge-ass dramatic queen, was like YALL HEARD HIM MOTHERFUCKERS,YOUR OPTIONS HERE ARE ACCEPTANCE OR ACCEPTANCE

And sophie, our always practical babe, was like enough chit chat all of you.When is son in law coming for dinner?

#i love them your honor #thomas lightwood #thomastair #thomas lightworm #alastair carstairs #gideon lightwood #sophie lightwood #thomas x alastair #eugenia lightwood #chain of thorns spoilers #chain of thorns #chain of iron #chain of gold #tid #tlh #the last hours #tsc chronicles #tsc characters #tsc

[layla-carstairs]

the fact nobody got slapped in tlh is a crime, several of those characters should have been humbled asap

#people were getting hit left right and centre in tid what happened :( #the most shocking scene in cot was james showing up in paris and i literally saw spoilers for that a week before i read the book #people needed to be meaner. where is the conflict i miss it #bella talks #chain of thorns #the last hours #cot spoilers #chain of thorns spoilers #chot spoilers #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #anna lightwood #chain of gold #chain of iron #james herondale #cordelia carstairs #lucie herondale #thomas lightwood #alastair carstairs #ari bridgestock #matthew fairchild

[aleclightofmylifewoodbane]

im still not ok you guys

#im still stricken by this parallel #it lives in my head #tsc #tid #tlh #chot spoilers #chot #chain of thorns #chain of thorns spoilers #christopher lightwood #will herondale #jem carstairs #matthew fairchild #thomas lightwood #james herondale #cordelia carstairs

[belle-keys]

Dearest James Herondale, are you absolutely sure your father has never ever been angry with his parabatai in his life? Are you super sure? Are you doubtless? Are you certain? By chance, have you, uh, tried asking your mother? Just by chance?

#james herondale #will herondale #this is so funny #tessa gray #tessa herondale #jem carstairs #herongraystairs #wessa #jessa #tid #the infernal devices #clockwork princess #jordelia #matthew fairchild #fairstairs #heronchild #chain of thorns #chot #chain of thorns spoilers #chot spoilers #tlh #the last hours #tsc #heronstairs

[queenhelenblackthorn]

cassie is just killing lightwoods for sport now

#chot spoilers #chain of thorns spoilers #chain of thorns #chot #the last hours #cassandra clare #christopher lightwood #barbara lightwood #max lightwood #robert lightwood #the shadowhunter chronincles #tsc #the mortal instruments #tmi #the dark artifices #tda #the internal devices #tid

[ninacarstairss]

now that i know what the original ending was supposed to be, i’m so happy cassie changed it. this ending might be a little too happy and unrealistic but honestly, after all the pain in the tsc universe, i love that she spared us the detailed death of basically everyone in tlh and the pain of james being in his death bed and thinking about his long lost friends

#i really don’t think i could have handled that #there’s no way i would have survived #tid broke me enough already #chain of thorns spoilers #chain of thorns #chot spoilers #cot spoilers #cassandra clare

[thepictureofsdr]

me being hesitant to headcanon thomas as demi a few months ago vs. thomas STRAIGHT UP SAYING HES NEVER LOVED ANYONE BUT ALASTAIR

#chain of iron #chain of thorns #the last hours #chain of gold #tlh #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #the infernal devices #tid #alastair carstairs #thomastair #thomas lightwood #chot spoilers

[rinadragomir]

Recap of Cassandra Clare’s Dublin event – Part One

Link to the original tmi source

#chot #chain of thorns #tsc #tlh #the last hours #cassadra clare #tmi #tid #matthew fairchild #grace blackthorn #chot spoilers #shadowhunters

[shima-draws]

Carmine’s reaction to bringing out Ogerpon in battle against her is so cute…

Meanwhile Kieran. Uh. Kieran’s,

😬

#BESTIE I’M SO SORRY I KNOW IT’S TOO SOON. IT’S A SORE SUBJECT FOR YOU I GET IT #Pokemon #Pokemon Kieran #Pokemon Carmine #Pokemon SV #The Indigo Disk #Ogerpon #Pokemon SV DLC #Indigo Disk spoilers #Pokemon TID #Shima speaks

[clockwork-carstairs]

the clockwork prince

i had this thought of jem as the clockwork prince, because the whole infernal devices storyline takes place alongside another: jem’s battle against the clock of his life, “winding down”. thus making him the clockwork prince because of his illness (the yin fen poisoning his blood). the prince of not having enough time. such a cruel fate to believe you are destined with when so young.

given yin fen is demon poison and demon blood burns shadowhunters…he must have been in a lot of pain. which is horrifying and breaks my heart into a million pieces to think about. yet jem is STILL so kind, gentle, and forgiving. god i am glad jem got his happy ending even if it took over a century, because no one deserved it more.

#tid #shower thoughts #jem #tid spoilers #:( #jem carstairs #james carstairs #the clockwork prince #cp1 #he’ll always be my favourite #the first time i read the series when i was a wee teen and found out about jem’s backstory #when i say my heart stopped #it was so tragic and devastating #one of the hardest to stomach and most utterly devastating backstories in all of tsc

[daisymylove]

Thomastair is Chot's great highlight aren't they?

Alastair stole my heart on this book, and even their drama is hilarious

Alastair self sabotaging: Oh no Thomas we can't, your friends will never accept us, especially Matthew

Matthew: Im actually fine with it bruh. My life is a dumpster fire and I've seen weirder shit happen

James: I'm your brother in law, ding dong

Kit: my crush is currently in jail, I really don't have the moral high ground to judge anyone.And I wouldn't anyway

Alastair: Oh... well, Thomas you couldn't possibly want me, wretched being that I am

Thomas: *being the embodiment of the homer simpson-going-down-a-staircase-on-a- wedding gown meme when it comes to alastair since day fucking one* I want you baby

Alastair: are you sure? Like sure, sure? I'm bad for you

Thomas: I AM SURE, I LIKE BAD (and no, you're not)

Alastair: gay panicking and sweating cause the excuses ran out

Thomas: all ready and willing to spend the rest of his days with alastair and have his persian babies

Sophiedeon: We love you, but BITCH CALM THE FUCK DOWN

#chain of thorns spoilers #chain of thorns #thomas x alastair #thomastair #thomas lightwood #alastair carstairs #matthew fairchild #james herondale #christopher lightwood #sophie lightwood #gideon lightwood #thomas lightworm #chain of iron #chain of gold #the last hours #tlh #tid #tsc chronicles #tsc characters #tsc #cassandra clare

[layla-carstairs]

if I had a nickel for everytime Charlotte revealed she was pregnant at the end of the last book of the series, I would have two nickels. which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

#the timing is so funny to me #Charlotte and Henry find out Charles is gay & that the fairchild name might not continue so they took matters into their own hands 😭 #charlotte fairchild #henry fairchild #henry branwell #charles fairchild #matthew fairchild #chain of thorns #chain of thorns spoilers #cot spoilers #chot spoilers #not to brag but I predicted this happening during my choi reread 💅 #the infernal devices #tid #clockwork princess

[neeksxoxo]

James: *getting possessed by Grace, not saying what the heck was going on, not going through the Portal, going to hell* Will: Will: Will, to Charlotte: i am so sorry i have no idea this is how it felt

#will herondale #charlotte fairchild #james herondale #tid #the infernal devices #tlh #the last hours #chot #cot #chain of thorns #chot spoilers #chain of thorns spoilers #cot spoilers

[belle-keys]

The Elephant in the Room: Matthew is the only one who knows about Jessa (Theory)

I believe that Matthew is the only one of that generation who knows that Herongraystairs is a, uh, arrangement between three people, and that Jem and Tessa remained having feelings for each other even while Will and Tessa were married. I do not think James and Lucie and Cordelia and the rest of the gang know.

After finishing Chain of Thorns and personally being of the opinion we needed more love triangle content instead of less, this scene at the end of Chain of Gold has gobsmacked me in retrospect. This is during James and Cordelia’s engagement party and it’s in Magnus’ POV. Magnus has caught on to the fact that Matthew secretly loves Cordelia.

Magnus cleared his throat. "I see why my waistcoats cannot hold your attention, Fairchild. I've been where you are. Wanting what you can't have will only rip your heart apart." Matthew spoke in a low voice. "It would be one thing if James loved her. I would go into the quiet dark like Jem did and never speak of her again. But he doesn’t love her.” “What?" Magnus was unpleasantly startled.

This is the first and only instance of a mention in The Last Hours of the fact that Jem and Tessa ever had or still do have romantic feelings for each other, and that Will was the one of the two of them who "got the girl". I do not believe Lucie, Cordelia, or James know of the true events of Clockwork Princess or the reality of Herongraystairs. Let me enumerate some reasons why:

This is the first and only instance in TLH of Jem and Tessa’s feelings for each other being acknowledged by any character, despite Wessa being happily married. This is only one of the only instances of us being reminded of Jem’s past as a Shadowhunter in the series. Note the lack of “Uncle Jem”. He’s just talking about our Jem. Magnus gets startled by everything Matthew has just said. It's clear they're also speaking strictly in confidence.

In ChoT, we have two parabatai who are in love with the same woman, and said woman has feelings for both of them. Yet not once in ChoT throughout that whole love triangle drama do Lucie, James or Cordelia or anyone even liken their own situation to the near-identical version of it that happened between Herongraystairs. They treat the idea of two best friends loving the same woman and said woman having feelings for both of them in return as something alien. Because they don’t know it even happened before.

And what's also weird in ChoT is that Tessa had pulled Cordelia aside in the carriage to ask her if everything was "okay" with her and James, but also if everything was “okay” with her and Matthew. Yet Tessa doesn't even ever allude to having been in a similar situation to the one Cordelia was in. It's obvious that Will and Tessa know that Cordelia had feelings for Matthew and that something went down in Paris between them, and yet Will said nothing to James about being in that very specific situation. Because James doesn’t know.

We get so many instances of James and Lucie talking about Will and Jem being the best of parabatai, and also many instances of them musing about Will and Tessa and their parents’ love. Yet not once did James ever even think to ask his favorite Uncle Jem for any advice about "hey, what do you do when you and your parabatai love the same woman?”, the same Uncle Jem that he goes to when he needs advice about any and every thing. It’s not knowledge to them that Jessa was ever a thing, or a serious thing.

Blackfriars Bridge was absolutely happening throughout TLH, yet not once do James or Lucie even think of or acknowledge that their mother and Uncle Jem were meeting once a year for their whole lifetimes at the same spot in London, and without Will. Seems like the kind of thing you’d at least passively think about if you'd had the knowledge. They don’t know.

In ChoT, Will tells the story of how he rescued Tessa from Mortmain in Wales and he alludes to the events of Clockwork Princess a lot in TLH. He absolutely never mentions that it was at that point in the story that he had "broken up" Jessa and that it rested on the fact that Jem also was very, very close to death. He never tells the story factoring in Jem as “the other man” at all. Likewise, in ChoG, both Lucie and James laugh at the Lightworm story a couple times, yet neither of them mention they know that it happened when Tessa was about to marry… Jem, and not their own father.

What sealed the deal in ChoT for me: "It was something James loved about his father, but it also meant he could not approach him to talk about Matthew and Cordolia. James was sure Will had never been angry with Jem in his life". James doesn’t know that there were, uh, conflicts between Will and Jem, because he doesn’t even know the context behind those, uh, conflicts that he doesn’t know about. He is clueless.

Here’s why I think it’s a secret, why only Matthew knows, and what the implications are:

Tessa would be ruined as a woman, as @amchara pointed out, if the information was known. Eugenia had an understanding with that one irrelevant douchebag, and her reputation has suffered for it incessantly since the understanding was broken off. Tessa had, uh, more than just an understanding with Jem. Lol. She already has a demonic heritage. I’m certain if the Clave knew she’d once had a thing with her husband’s parabatai-turned-Brother Zachariah in addition to being the daughter of a Prince of Hell, she’d be presque-crucified for it.

We simply don’t get Matthew POVs. That’s probably intentional as it relates to issues like this. He clearly knows about Jessa and the Jessa business. He was the first person that knew that Cordelia was in love with James all along. According to Cordelia in ChoT Ch24, she was sure Matthew knew something had “changed” between her and James. Matthew was also like, the first of the gang to hate Grace and hate her being with James without even knowing about the gracelet. Matthew had also picked up that James' feelings for Cordelia had “returned” or manifested themselves when they broke the gracelet at the end of ChoI. Matthew knows everything, which is impressive, as he’s only spent a mere fraction of the series not inebriated.

Matthew sees himself as a Jem figure, which he is in my humble opinion. Matthew told Cordelia in the games room scene (Christmas Party) that he would “wait for her” to change her mind about him. But moreover, he’s the one who coined the infamous “love is a creeping vine” phrase. That type of slower, more gradual love is very reminiscent of Jem and Tessa (Will and Tessa are more like burning twin flames in love, more like James and Cordelia). It’s also rather interesting that at the end of ChoT, Matthew is leaving London to take himself out of the equation completely, kind of like how Jem simply had to be out of the equation so that Tessa could have both him and Will, just at different times. Matthew thought he could play the long game with Cordelia, in the way Jem was always playing the long game with Tessa.

On the assumption that Matthew knows as much about Herongraystairs as us, Cordelia ending things with him in that “I will never love you the way you deserve to be loved, Matthew” way would have hurt him a lot. Cordelia will never live a lifetime where James will not be in the equation (very different to how Jem and Tessa are), and Matthew knows that.

I don’t know exactly how Matthew knows. I’m absolutely certain he didn’t learn the information he does have from Charlotte or Henry, because that means Charles would have known, and Charles would have absolutely weaponized any sketchy information about Tessa that he could have during the Wessa Witch Hunt episode in ChoT. I don’t believe Magnus said anything to Matthew either. I think Matthew’s just sneaky and observant, because he was the first person to notice many, many important things in TLH.

Anyways, the TLH gang don’t actually know everything that happened in TID. Not saying anything is wrong with that. Just saying that I think they have a certain, slightly whitewashed version of events. That’s fine. We’ll never really know our own parents. But I do think that what the gang knows (or does not know) has shaped the way they see love, trust, and friendship, for better or for worse.

#matthew fairchild #will herondale #tessa gray #jem carstairs #herongraystairs #wessa #jessa #jordelia #james herondale #cordelia carstairs #tlh #the last hours #tid #the infernal devices #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #chain of thorns #chot #chain of thorns spoilers #chot spoilers #cassandra clare #cassie clare #chain of iron #chain of gold #tessa herondale #tlh theories #tlh meta #fairstairs