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autumn in southern indiana by timstreetphoto

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The Red Scrolls of Magic~

The Masquerade Ball ✨

📖~ @cassandraclare

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snippet COI

In honor of International Friendship Day!

James thwacked Matthew gently on the back of the head. “I believe what he means to say is that it cannot be the responsibility of one’s friends to prevent one from doing something one believes is right,” he said. “It is, however, the job of one’s friends to rescue one from the consequences of one’s actions when it all goes skew-whiff.”

Lucie clapped and called out, “Hear, hear!”

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I feel like Marie Kondo should be added to the trifecta of public figures like Mr. Rogers and Bob Ross that we collectively consider kindly

like, they don’t know us personally or anything, but you know they want you to succeed, improve, and live your best lives

people just gently trying to guide us into treating others well, and being kind to ourselves, and tidying up

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hey cassie! this is really random but recently i reread city of heavenly fire and at the end of the book, when magnus gives alec the notebook with the story of his life in, it says theres an inscription in the front starting with "dear alec ... " and i just really want to know what the rest of that inscription says and was wondering if you ever wrote it? thank you, i love you and your books so much, they mean the world to me💛

I did write it as an extra for Ilumicrate’s Red Scrolls of Magic box; they kindly gave me permission to post it here.

Dear Alec, I once told you that you were not trivial. It broke my heart that you would think so. I should have known then that one day I must tell you this. It was never your fault that I didn’t talk to you about my past. Centuries are not easy to speak of, and they were not easy to live. There have been people I loved who thought that because I laugh so that I don’t weep or break, that I was trivial. There have been people I loved who learned more of me, and thought I was evil incarnate who must be destroyed. I didn’t know how to make those I loved think of me as more than nothing, or less than a devil. I have seen the hearts of warlocks go hard and fragile as glass over time, seen them shatter and destroy the world around them. I have seen hatred and evil in Shadowhunters and Downworlders and mundanes. I never dreamed that I would meet a son of the Angel who could love me. Once I met you, so many feelings seemed made new: love, and hope, and fear you would see me for what I truly was, and turn your face away. That you, steadfast and clean-hearted and clear-eyed, would be right to turn away. I never doubted your heart. Only my place in it. I hoped for a long time to meet someone like you. I didn’t know I had almost stopped hoping, until you came. Whether you choose me tonight or not, whether you want me for always or never again, thank you for being all that you are. Alexander Gideon Lightwood, archer boy who never misses, my hope past hope. You will know me better after you read these stories. I don’t know what you will think of me then. I only hope you know this one truth about me, with all the good and all the bad. I spent days dying in chains, thinking you would never know this, so let me tell you now. I will love you as long as I live. However long or short my life may be, it seems to me that I could never find time enough to love you as you deserve. Loving you made me believe in eternity. Aku cinta kamu.

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Cordelia: Would you date a girl taller than you?

Alastair: No

Cordelia: That’s a little shallow of you

Alastair: Layla, I’m gay

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(via https://open.spotify.com/playlist/159FK776aTadVuBCgJU9W0?si=nyt1tFbKQMaw4cSoykWwhA)

Playlist for Chain of Gold! Took a little while because I wanted to put it where you could listen if you felt like it. What songs remind me of what is below, though often I just listen to whatever gives me a certain mood or feeling at the time — sadness, energy, anger, etc.

Earth Not Above — HAELOS

Could be about quite a few characters that need forgiveness! Alastair, Matthew, even Grace.

A sun from the waste land calling Bringing us back home Shadows will guide us Show us what’s true

Palace — Matthew and the Atlas

See the demon in the night The shape of it covers the light Feathers touch upon the skin When no one else would let you in.

Broken — lovelytheband

Definitely makes me think of Matthew, even Thomas…the Blackthorns…

Life is not a love song that we like We’re all broken pieces floating by Life is not a love song, we can try To fix our broken pieces one at a time

Burn the House Down — AJR

Clearly about the chapter “Burn”

Walking with a Ghost — Tegan and Sarah

Lucie and Jesse.

My Body is a Cage — Arcade Fire

Reminds me of James, trapped in a situation where he doesn’t feel what he thinks he feels.

My body is a cage that keeps me From dancing with the one I love But my mind holds the key

Lord Huron — She Lit A Fire

Makes me think of Cordelia. James and her iconic dance!

I’ve been through the desert and I’ve been across the sea I’ve been walking through the mountains and wandered through the trees for herI have been trying to find her want to give what I got She lit a fire, but now she’s in my every thought

Hole: Awful.

Matthew.

Swing low, cherry cherry Yeah, it’s awful He’s drunk, he tastes like candy He’s so beautiful.

Untouchable Face: Ani diFranco

A fantastic song about the brutality of unrequited love; (and Ani’s song 32 Flavors makes me think of Anna.) Definitely Cordelia.

Tell you the truth I prefer the worst of you Too bad you had to have a better half She’s not really my type But I think you two are forever And I hate to say it, but you’re perfect together

So fuck you

And your untouchable face Fuck you For existing in the first place.

Total Disaster: Rhett Miller

Clearly about Alastair, and possibly Matthew…

If you choose to stay by my side You got to get that I got flaws Feel free to leave anytime Lord knows I will give you cause

Heads Gonna Roll, Jenny Lewis

The Merry Thieves!

Even though we’re just friends I think of us as bookends And I’m gonna love you ‘til I die

Daniel, Bat for Lashes

Anna and Ariadne.

But in a goodbye bed With my arms around your neck Into our love the tears crept Just catch in the eye of the storm.

High Enough, K Flay

Matthew…

Don’t try to give me cold water I don’t wanna sober up All I see are tomorrows Oh, the stars were made for us.

Contagious, Night Riots

I’m still not really sure whether it was a good or bad time to release a book about quarantine.

I am contagious, I am breaking down I am nothing, I am no one’s fault I am contagious, I am plagued with lies Flesh of our fathers, I am no one’s fault.

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What’s the name of the Italian Shadowhunter we’ll see in CoI? Where does she come from? I loved CoG❤️

She’s from Rome, and I can’t tell you her name, but it should be a funny surprise for those of you who read a lot of books. 

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COI snippet of today: spoilers

There are some mild spoilers here, though nothing really if you’ve read Every Exquisite Thing. 

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matthew-fairchild-owns-my-soul said:Are we going to be able to see Anna and Ariadne’s relationship develop further in Chain of Iron and more of Anna’s feelings towards Ariadne, and Anna possibly opening her heart up like she was scared to do for so long? I loved Chain of Gold and I just have so much love for Anna and Ariadne…

Anna was fortress-surrounded by her friends: tall, handsome Thomas; Christopher, who shared his sister’s stern delicacy of feature, peacock Matthew, who always looked as if he’d just rolled out of an unmade bed piled with silks and velvet. And Eugenia Lightwood, who hadn’t bothered to take off her canary-yellow gloves or hat, as if she were ready to run out the door any moment.

They all eyed Ariadne suspiciously as she approached Anna. Anna didn’t seem to see her at all; she was leaning back with one booted foot braced on the wall behind her. She was all lean black and white lines, her close-fitting jacket following the outline of her slim curves, her head thrown back as she laughed. Her ruby pendant glimmered in the hollow of her throat.

Keep your head up, Ariadne, she told herself. You can do this.

“Hello, Anna,” Ariadne said.