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So you’re telling me that this huge debt that Belial owes Jem in Learn About Loss—

—was actually proposed by Belial himself because Jem once volunteered to pass on a message from him?

That— That’s just ridiculous.

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So you’re telling me that this huge debt that Belial owes Jem in Learn About Loss—

—was actually proposed by Belial himself because Jem once volunteered to pass on a message from him?

That— That’s just ridiculous.

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I knew that Matthew & Cordelia wouldn't be endgame but this hurt🥲

There had been a distance between them since January—not a distance of hostility or anger; but that closeness she had felt with him in Paris was gone, the sense of how well they understood one another.

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And as Cordelia held the smooth little stone tightly in her hand, she realized that the distance she had felt between them seemed to have fallen away.

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My favorite things from the Shadow and Bone trailer:

1. Kaz and Nikolai speaking to one another.

2. Inej and Zoya?? Best collaboration ever.

3. Wylan's fluffy, fluffy hair.

4. All of the Darkling. My loyalty remains to that crazy Shadow Man.

5. Jesper's slow motion gun whippys.

6. The /drama/ in the look between Nina and Matthias.

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Nikolai Lantsov (Patrick Gibson) in SHADOW AND BONE Season 2

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Pivoting to my Shadow and Bone phase here for a bit.

The Crows

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For a book delayed so long I don't know why the ending feels so messy.

And more to the point, the story and characters have been in her head being plotted/planned for literal years and you're telling me it came out this sloppy?

Idk man. It's disappointing.

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cassandra clare really said no mourners no funerals with kit's death huh

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I finished Chain of Thorns and in order for this to not be a trash Chain of Thorns blog imma have to take a few days.

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Alastair is going to need a chiropractor after carrying Chain of Thorns on his back. My son ate that shit up.

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Alrighty. My final calls for the record before I and everyone else reads Chain of Thorns.

-Christopher has purple eyes for a reason and that's important. Maybe a curse mark? Certainly not a demon mark right? Idk. But there's a reason and it's important.

-we meet at least one Morgenstern. Also bc swords are important here maybe we will see the blades Phaesphoros/Heosphoros.

-Lucie/Cordelia version of "blank, blank is that you?"

-Charles or Grace become downworlders.

-Someone moves to the U.S. (my vote is Anna/Ariadne, but I can also see Alastair/Thomas or Matthew)

-bb Carstairs raised by Alastair/Thomas

-Lucie royally pisses off Malcolm, maybe she refuses to raise Annabel from the dead? Idk. But he officially HATES the Blackthorns after this.

-Jem finds out about the Matthew/James/Cordelia thing first. He gives advice to the loser.

-I still think Sona will be the death.

-Blackthorn sword will give some clues about The Wicked Powers.

-Cordelia either gets Lucie as parabatai or Cortana. Not both.

-We get another vague clue about Chruch that tells us NOTHING.

-Magnus is like, "yall (shadowhunters) are the worst."

-Jessamine gets jealous there is another Jesse.

Okay. That's about it. I'll see you on the other side.

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If I were ever gonna write shadowhunter fic it would 100% be a Malcolm Fade/Annabel Blackthorn fix it fic.

Maybe Thule Malcolm is out there somewhere to fix this.

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It's going to absolutely destroy Matthew when he finds out James has loved Cordelia.

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Me: deadpan stares at Cassie Clare

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HOW DID I FORGET THIS HAPPENED.

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This book is a whole damn torture of tension for me, a fairstairs shipper.

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Your honor, I love him.