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I'd like to propose a new poly trope: character a tries their best to get b and c together and in the process winds up dating both of them. Adjust slightly for additionally partners.

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Words to describe: MAGNUS BANE

insp.

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Do you think Magnus is allergic to anything

interesting question. can magnus have allergies? like you’d figure that with magic and immortality these kinds of problems wouldn’t be present, right? i mean if anything with healing magic you can get your body to stop freaking out every time a specific substance is there and bam problem solved. not to mention that with some kinds of allergies prolonged exposure can grow your body used to it and essentially end the allergy (i used to be allergic to mosquito bites, now i barely feel them anymore because there are so many where i live lmao) and being immortal and travelling the world, he’d have come into contact with all sorts of substances over time

but that also got me thinking, like, what about magical allergies? your magic reacting to certain kinds of substances or magical... patterns? in a way similar to alergy. like idk dust from a specific hell realm, or allergy to glamour spells (man the angst potential with that one) or other specific kind of spells, or magic with specific characteristics... we don’t know a lot about how magic works because sh would rather die than give us lore but they do mention types of magic, how they are able to know if the magic is ancient, if it’s powerful, where it’s from, if it’s seelie or warlock magic, etc. so maybe different magic users have different magic signatures which means different components and someone could be allergic to someone else’s magic in that case? hmmm. much to think about

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I’m just like you, Madzie.

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cannot & will not ever stop thinking about the way raphael made it a point to go to the jade wolf to pay his respects to heidi, and the way that he steps into the sun and maia freezes and he nods like “i understand”, ready to leave, but really she was just shocked because he stepped into the sun, but raphael really… he went there to apologize and pay his respects to the wolves and only that, and he was ready to be rejected and not wanted anywhere near them, but he did it anyway… and i wonder if that’s one of the things that made maia start liking him. the way he owned up to it like that, and wanted to respect her, despite the fact that they didn’t know each other and she was a werewolf and he was a former vampire? you know what i mean?

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#like father like son

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get to know me meme [15/20] male characters → Raphael Santiago “When I first turned, I fed on human blood. And I couldn’t control myself. The more I had, the more I craved. I met a certain warlock who cared enough about a lost vampire to help him regain his faith. When I was a boy, I went to church every Sunday. Magnus gave me the strength to understand that where I came from wasn’t gone forever. That I was that person. I just had to find myself again.”

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[image ID: fanart of raphael and maia from shadowhunters. they both have pointy ears. raphael is wearing an all-black suit and maia is wearing a faux hawk and open back dark blue dress. she is hugging from from his side, chin resting over his shoulder, and holding his hand on the opposite side. raphael has a pin with an infinity rainbow symbol (the autism rights movement flag) in his lapel, and maia has it in her earrings. end ID]

done by the amazing @skeletiddie ❤️ thank you so much for this lovely drawing

(click on the pic for full quality!)

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no i don't like dark!magnus sorry for being smart and an intellectual

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meliorn thinks maia is great 🤪

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no new friends (some new friends)

Simon introduces Raphael to video games, or so he thinks…

Gen | words: 1653 | ao3

“Okay, you’re going to love this,” Simon was talking excitedly, fiddling with the TV in the central of the clan common areas.

Raphael was keeping an eye on him, making sure he didn’t break anything. Since taking over as clan leader, Raphael had worked to find ways to bring them all closer together. Having clean, comfortable places for them all to hang out during the day was one part of this. He had spent good money on the TV Simon was now behind.

“Watch out!” Raphael used his vampire speed to catch the TV as it tipped.

“Sorry!” Simon said. Raphael held the TV until Simon reappeared. “Okay, I have attached the Switch.”

“Excuse me?”

“The Nintendo Switch!” Simon pointed at the little device, now in a stand and hooked up. “You told me everyone gets to add something to make the Dumort feel like home.”

“You don’t even live here,” Raphael pointed out. “Did you take some money to pay for this?”

“Yes, from the community savings-”

“You know what, that’s fine,” Raphael pinched the bridge of his nose and mentally moved Simon up on his list of problem clan members. “Why do you think I’ll love this?”

“I’m going to show you the wonders of modern technology,” Simon said, sitting on the couch, controller in hand.

Raphael settled a few cushions over. “Lewis, do you think I haven’t played video games before?”

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—Nikita Gill.

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adhd magnus..................................

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Okay but how do you feel about non binary Raphael 👀

i feel that you're a genius and we stan. so far i've been hc-ing trans man raphael but now you've come and forcibly expanded my brain and thrown me into awareness & contact with the truth & facts. what can i say except thank you

also i feel like a few things make sense like for example picking the name raphael which is a male-associated name but really it’s the name of an angel (for catholics) and angels are sexless/genderless so that might have been the inspiration??? also the image that one of the things that made him attached to catholicism might have been the angels... i’m just saying

and just like ugh him and magnus being both kinda masc-leaning enbies (not that u have to be masc or fem leaning to be clear but in their case they kinda are) and just,,, bonding over that? and raphael feeling so relieved because he felt that the way he felt was so.... specific but with magnus he found someone else who felt the same way, even if of course differently since magnus is from another time and culture and that inevitably influences the way he sees his gender but like... aaaaaa

like growing up esp in a poor latino neighborhood raphael probably had contact with all kinds of gnc ppl, especially considering that well, he was one lmao and we are always most present in the marginalized communities for obvious reasons so you know. but it’s different to have, like... damn, a name? or not a name but someone who can articulate how he feels in such an accurate way? you know what i mean? and i picture raphael kind of wishing that he could tell that to his other friends who felt similarly to him, but of course, he can’t dajsdiadsadada fuck i made myself sad

and just raphael being extra nervous about telling rosa because she’s like “so are you a boy?” and he’s like hhhmggghhh hhgghhh but again she’s just the perfect little sister so she’s just like “that’s okay. you can just be you” you know? and he’s like “i’d still rather you call me ‘he’” and she’s like “okay” and it’s just daoijsdsoajdas so easy and sweet

and aaaaaaaa raphael gets to grow up and see time change and the newer vampires be so much more aware of the concept and he finds himself feeling less, like, pressured to perform Binary Masculinity? you know? not that it exactly Bothers him but there’s a part he’s been hiding and over time he feels more comfortable to just be like “hmmmm ‘man’ isn’t exactly accurate but i’ll take it” and just fduhasuihaiadsadada

NONBINARY RAPHAEL YALL

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idk why but now im imagining simon being like "i want to get my first kiss just out of the way AND ill be able to describe what kissing is actually like. if only i knew someone i could just like kiss???"

and one of his good friends maia is like "we could kiss? totally platonically? that way you don't have to worry about complications or trusting a stranger haha" so its both soft for simon bc First Kiss With Pretty Girl and its just really nice especially if he was kinda insecure about his first kiss ever and for maia bc its honestly a very sweet romantic kiss and she hasn't had that in a long time (esp after You Know The Bastard) but also angsty bc simon going "oh wow. id like to do that again. Hey Wait" and maia going "why did i do this to myself he clearly likes CLARY and that was just platonic :(" but simon does not like clary. simon likes maia. but he thinks whoa this girl is way out of my league and she's so cool and smart and pretty and we're just FRIENDS i refuse to make her uncomfortable by making this weird. cue mutual pining and possibly more "platonic" kissing and friends to lovers shenanigans

saia prompt: simon is a fanfiction writer. maia is his best friend and possibly beta/fellow writer, whomst he totally platonically asks to kiss him for fanfiction research purposes. absolutely no shenanigans ensue. of course not. why would that happen. mutual pining everywhere

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How do you think Magnus told Alec he had a son? Magnus in the middle of the date, so you know that vampire who’s home you broke into while murdering his friends, yeah that one, well funny story... honestly I’m imagining it kind of cracky but it has the potential to be really angsty as well. Feel no pressure to respond if you’re busy but I just really love Magnus and Raphael and you’re one of the few blogs I know that doesn’t characterise them in a bunch of barely concealed racist stereotypes

im never too busy for magnus and raphael asks 👀👀👀 i might take a while to respond (usually with asks i like a lot djdndjdn) but i always love getting asks and answering them, so dont worry about that. especially magnus & raphael asks!!!!!!! they are everything i want out of life

also im happy to hear u like my characterisation of them but yeah this fandom is hell. and trying to think about ppl who post about them frequently and that i trust i was like "bruh there's so little" but anygays @luxxmagnus @maiaisbia (aurora_chiroptera on ao3) @some-thrilling-heroics (yellow_craion on ao3. to be fair she's been more into the old guard lately but still worth a follow) are all mag&raph enthusiasts with good content. @magnusraphaelmaia is basically a reblog blog but it has good shit as well. and those are the ones that come to mind daisndaidas if yall have any other recs im all for it

as for the actual question! oof. idk. id usually say that it’s probably on his clave file, but that’s actually implied to not be true (which makes sense since it was kind of risky for raphael to be camille’s second-in-command if she knew that she was magnus’ son and how much she could use them against each other and just generally not trust raphael, which kind of fucked up his ‘overthrowing her’ plans), since izzy didn’t know about their relationship and neither did simon, or anyone else that i can think of. (and like simon is nosy and literally lived with the vampires so it doesn’t make any sense for him to be like “what is raphael doing here??” when he got into magnus’ house unless it was some kind of secret). and alec also didn’t understand why magnus defended raphael with the whole yin fen thing which also points in that direction

i mean to be fair it could be just that he was overtaken with Rage and Big Brother Instincts, but i do actually think it hadn’t come up before. so probably after that? i actually don’t remember whether or not magnus and alec talked about that whole thing or if it was just swept under the rug as usual, i have a vague feeling that it was mentioned, but i might be wrong. either way i would have loved to see them talking about it. it would probably come in the form of a dramatic revelation like “izzy is my family!” “and raphael is mine”. or maybe magnus got into how raphael would never use izzy or lure her into addiction because he’s also struggled with that (you know a random moment of ooc bull nobody ever talks about? magnus buying the idea that the yin fen thing was on raphael without a second thought. he was all but angry with raphael and that pisses me the FUCK off, because even if it was raphael’s fault - and it wasn’t - he still would?? trust his son enough to ask him about it??? but FUCK logic in this house) and he’s been clean for decades

and alec listens to it all with that frown of his that he has when he’s trying to figure something out, and then, when magnus is done, alec is all like “how do you know all this?” and magnus sighs and is like “because i was the one who rescued him. i watched it all, alexander. i know raphael would never do that to someone. even when he was at his lowest, he never wanted to hurt anybody” 

and alec has that moment of “ah shit i just punched my possible future son-in-law hmmm that’s a problem” and like, look, izzy has many many faults, especially in her relationship with raphael and all the SHIT she did to him, but villainizing him is not one of them. literally the second she had just been caught and was high af and probably knew she would be into some kind of trouble she yelled “alec, it was not his fault!” so i think she would tell him what happened. maybe wouldn’t straight up admit she was the one who got him hooked, but definitely tell him that raphael had nothing to do with this and if anything he ended up in the story because he tried to protect her. which is something he did out of pure selflessness since they were like, literally enemies up to that point

anyway i’m going too deep into my yin fen rant but LOOK I HATE HOW THAT PLOTLINE WAS HANDLED I HATE IT. FUCK VILLAINIZING RAPHAEL FOR THE YIN FEN 20FOREVER. but my POINT is, after that, alec apologizes to raphael eventually, and magnus heals raphael’s wounds, and they both focus on taking care of their respective families as they are BOTH struggling with addiction god fucking damn it they literally ignored raphael trying to come clean! for the second time! fuck this! anyway the point is that at least raphael has gone through this before so he knows it’s possible to pull through, but also, he’s gone through this before so it’s fucking humiliating to go through it again and he needs emotional support, okay?

and alec probably tries to awkwardly help magnus take care of raphael in a very earnest but “hm” way because this whole thing is a mess lmao. and slowly they start to mend that? and alec makes sure magnus knows that this would never be a drawback to him because if anything he loves how caring and generous magnus is? yeah. and i guess that’s my take on how that would come up diahduisa

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simon: and like.... different kinds of kisses... for research purposes... platonically, obviously, and you can back out any time of course but like... we can improve our writing?

maia, totally chill on the outside: oooh can we try a spiderman kiss? always wanted to do that

simon, vibrating and trying not to blurt out "you are the girl of my dreams": y e a h

saia prompt: simon is a fanfiction writer. maia is his best friend and possibly beta/fellow writer, whomst he totally platonically asks to kiss him for fanfiction research purposes. absolutely no shenanigans ensue. of course not. why would that happen. mutual pining everywhere