#the-dark-instruments

[aeolianblues]

Two Ontarians came together and created the awesomest new musical instrument??

One guy is a musician from Ottawa and has been toying with the design of a new instrument for 30 years, then he met a clockmaker and woodworker from Guelph who was eager to make this instrument a reality.

And it's absolutely beautiful. It's cylindrical and played with a bow, 10 equally spaced strings that you bow in different spots to change tensions and make a sound.

And the genius of it musically, is that it's cyclical so as you keep rotating the cylinder, you come back round to the first notes you struck (if you keep your bow still), and so you get these rhythmic, periodic repeating patterns that sound really ethereal, calming and hypnotic.

Apparently it made some listeners cry, and I was surprised before hearing it. Skilled playing can make people cry, sure. Melodies, harmonies, all that stuff, definitely. The open instrument itself? If you just eyeballed bowing a cello you'd drive people far away, I'd reckon. I certainly would.

But I saw a clip of it in action, I can definitely see it now.

They called the instrument Fron2. A new Canadian musical instrument!

[deepspacialrift]

shadowhunter families

this took so long to finish you can see my style changing halfway through lol. it was super fun trying to include subtle family resemblances

artist notes: - ty's eyes are the same color as tessa's - lucie and livvy have the same hair color, while the rest of the brunette blackthorns have tessa’s hair - ash has sebastian’s coloring but clary/jocelyn’s features - alec, anna, and kit have the same blue eyes as will and cecily, but i actually picture kit's eyes to be lighter. i just draw too many blonde haired/blue eyed characters - the blackthorns were the most fun to draw :>

[wiriu]

eat up, you animals. whats some playfighting among friends am i right? finished my big exam so this is my reward to myself.

[marquisoforder]

One thing I will say about Cassandra Clare and early Shadowhunters stuff is she stood on business ten toes down when it came to her villains. No lame nature vs. nurture debates, no last minute cop out redemption arcs for the YA audience, just demon incest, Victorian Elon musk and demon STDs that turn you into an evil worm. 10/10 no notes.

[mayaheronthorn]

BREAKING NEWS: The Shadowhunters Chronicles (2007 - 2029) just received a 55 minute standing ovation from me in my living room after rereading it for the 200th time

[amrubrum]

in another universe jonathan and clary would have been spoiled, rich old money shadowhunter kids who lived next door to stephen and celine herondale as they raised an equally spoiled and sassy jace. they would’ve been with the lightwoods too. they all would attend idris academy and had the best times messing around with each other. oh what could’ve been

[garvalhaminho]

unhinged tsc plotlines/lore i still think about:

man's demon fetish dooms next generations

guy helps situationship ressuscitate his sister. then gets rejected and moves to another continent

depressed teenager sings a song about demon stds and STILL gets the girl

regular boy gets turned into a RAT. and KIDNAPPED by VAMPIRES.

after participating in attempted genocide, married couple is handed control of local government headquarters/orphanage

straight love burns down a STONE CHURCH. STONE.

fairy enthusiast has reverse fairy harem

immortal cat hates everyone but a dying teenager

woman marries dead husband's bsf

formerly-dead woman's emotional instability causes war

london boy kills the mother of demons with a gun

local man keeps an angel hostage

and that's all for now

[sielaltruist]

Downworlders: Don't drag us into your weird problems.

Shadowhunters:

[metalandmagi]

You will never convince me that these three things wouldn't be better as animated series.

[cyrankaa]

[cherry-140]

CASSIE JUST SAID THAT IN THE FIRST BOOK OF TWP WE SEE THE DEATH OF A CHARACTER WE HAVE KNOWN SINCE THE FIRST THREE BOOKS OF THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS!!!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[carelessflower]

love as religion; a sacrament of devotion / malec special

quote / the mortal instruments graphic novel / the red scrolls of magic - cassandra clare / 'say yes to heaven' - lana del rey / ruhlare / the mortal instruments coloring book / gaston leroux - the phantom of the opera / 'evermore' - taylor swift / magnus's letter to alec / tag - anne carson / 'take me to church' - hozier / cassandra jean / selected letters - john keats / queen of air and darkness - cassandra clare / quote / deathless - catherynne m. valente / sweeney - anne sexton

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[witchlingcirce]

NEW ART OF CLACE FROM THE EXTRA SCENE IN QOOAD DROPPED!!!

[wessasbitch]

sometimes I remember that Magnus Bane literally appeared in every single book of the shadowhunter chronicles and no, I'm not talking about trilogies, I mean every book (it's subtle, but we can find him also in the codex) and I just realized how he really is the supreme main character of all time

[tyblackthornfrog]

alec and clary's friendship has truly come a long way considering that it started by alec insisting a demon committed suicide just to deny the fact that clary killed it

[outerspacess]

I think about this more often than I’d like to admit.

“Whoever you have loved, and however you loved them,” said Jem, “anyone you loved would be lucky.”