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clary and simon ↳ tsc moodboard edit

“one of the things he’d always loved about clary was how easily caught up in her imagination she was, how easily she could wall herself away in illusory worlds of curses and princes and destiny and magic.”

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kit&ty

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the dark artifices - ash morgenstern

❝ Dru raised her chin and stared back at him. “Who are you?” she demanded. “And why are you so rude?” To her surprise, he smiled, and there was something familiar about it. “I’m called Ash,” he said. “Did my mother send you?” He sounded hopeful. “Is she worried about me?❞

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Julian, in his loose light training clothes, was lying on his back near the west window, talking to Mark, who had his head stuck in a book and was doing his best to ignore his younger half-brother.

“Don’t you think ‘Mark’ is kind of a weird name for a Shadowhunter?” Julian was saying as Emma approached. “I mean, if you really think about it. It’s confusing. ‘Put a Mark on me, Mark.’”

This… this is one of the most emblematic passages to understand the development of Julian’s character. 

The boy you see in the passage has nothing in common with the character you meet in TDA. Try and compare the naive, young and carefree boy who makes stupid statements to his brother just to annoy him to the man who has to run an entire institute and hide his uncle’s real state of mind because otherwise he would lose his family, the man who is prepared to do everything (included vicious things) to keep his family safe and the very same man who has to suppress his own pure feelings because of the danger they carry. 

In my opinion, that passage was intentionally put there because that clueless boy represents everything Julian could have been and would have been if he wasn’t forced to kill his own father to protect his brothers and sisters. That boy represents how much Julian has had to sacrifice in order to keep his family close and the best part is that he doesn’t care, he would throw everything in the fire if it meant keeping his family safe. All those things he had to endure alone because he wouldn’t dare burden other people, not even Emma because her pain was his pain too. 

All that pain and hardship he’s been through all this time carved him into the person he is today. 

And people are right, he’s not entirely good, entirely moral and he’s certainly not perfect simply because he doesn’t have to be. he doesn’t have to be perfect to be one of the best characters Cassandra Clare has ever created. 

He’s complex.

And that’s why I love him. 

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mark blackthorn wasn’t brooding or troubled exactly. but mark blackthorn had a divided heart. he also had a soft, husky voice, startling eyes, and a habit of saying things that turned the world backward.

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tsc quotes: julian blackthorn, lord of shadows (for @noiamshy)

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queen of air and darkness: a snippet a day

So Queen of Air and Darkness comes out in ONE MONTH, and to celebrate, I’ll be posting a random snippet every day until December 4th!

We’re going to start with the very first page of the first chapter, Death Looks Down. It starts up only a few seconds after the end of Lord of Shadows.

Emma didn’t care what they did to her; she had to get to Julian. He was still on the ground with Livvy in his arms, resisting all efforts by the guards to lift her dead body away from him.

“Let me through,” she said. “I’m his parabatai, let me through.”

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Terrible and proud; beautiful as a winter sunrise. Nesta.

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@cassandraclare : shadowhunter chronicles  series written and series to come 

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I bet Diego jumps in after him.

kieran’s really going to fucking feel the whipping and diego’s going feel the pain he caused cristina all those months gOd

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Liva Blackthorn as The Star Tarot Card

“The Star brings renewed hope and faith, and a sense that you are truly blessed by the Universe at this time. She enters a peaceful, loving phase in her life, filled with calm energy, mental stability and deeper understanding of both herself and others around her. The Star also indicates a generous spirit.  The woman has one foot on the ground, representing her practical abilities and good common sense, and the other foot in the water, representing her intuition and inner resources and listening to her inner voice. She vulnerable and pure under the vastness of the starry night sky. Behind her shines one large star, representing her core essence.” 

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    “You’re … you’re an eye,” Cal breathes, taking a few shuffling steps through the ashen street. “You can see the future.”     The man scoffs, waving a hand. “An eye sees only what they look for. Their sight is narrower than a blade of grass.” Again, he fixes us with his sad, scarlet stare.     “But I see everything.“

― Victoria Aveyard, Glass Sword (Red Queen #2)

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Charlie Bowater’s GORGEOUS KOA art!

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50 DAYS OF TOG → 7/8 Books: Tower of Dawn

A gift from a queen who had seen another woman in hell and thought to reach back a hand. With no thought of it ever being returned. A moment of kindness, a tug on a thread. 

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make me choose: @mionies asked → clary fray or jace herondale?

i think they’ll probably put that on my gravestone. ‘he was heterosexual and had low expectations.’

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tsc meme: [1/8] eight shadowhunters ➢ lucie herondale

apprehension stole across thomas’s face. “lucie, you must not challenge grace to a duel.”

“we shall see where the night takes us,” lucie declared.

“oh good,” said thomas. “i see you intend to herondale to the fullest.”

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I watched Rhys in the mirror as a dark crown appeared in his hands. The one of ravens’ feathers that I’d seen him wear—or its feminine twin. A tiara—which he gently, reverently, set before the braid we’d pinned into place atop my head. The original crown … it appeared atop Rhys’s head a moment later.