#Julien blackthorn

[brothersnackariahsbitch]

In case you missed the full story of the story of Silas Pangborn and Eloisa Ravenscar, here it is: In the Bane Chronicles, Magnus briefly meets Silas and Eloisa. Magnus notes that Silas introduces Eloisa as his parabatai but it reminds him of someone introducing their wife. In The Infernal Devices, Gabriel and Gideon recount a story that their father told them. Silas Pangborn was their uncle on their mother’s side of the family. Silas and Granville Fairchild (Charlotte’s father) were close friends, however Grandville snitched to the Clave that Silas and Eloisa were in love. Because of the events that followed this, Silas killed himself. Benedict Lightwood, manipulated this story though to claim that his wife died of grief from losing her brother to divert from the fact that he killed her from infecting her with demon pox (🎶demon pox oh demon pox🎶). This story comes back in during The Dark Artifices when Silas and Eloisa are mentioned because of Emma and Julian’s situation. They’re basically referred to as a cautionary tale about the consequences of parabatai falling in love.

I definitely missed putting those pieces together on my first read. It wasn’t until my chronological reread that it all clicked. It’s not really anything that consequential to the plots, but it is interesting that this story comes up throughout the series.

[ave-atque-vale-herondale]

also (same anon as before) tell me how you felt about qoaad!! any predictions for twp?

if you haven’t, i recommend reading the novella books:

- the bane chronicles is fun especially if you like magnus.

- tftsa was so cute i loved her (read nothing but shadows before you read tlh)!!

- ghosts of the shadow market is definitely super important for world building for tlh and twp, so i strongly recommend reading it before them (it could be a little boring at times, i admit. but jessa is adorable). read cast long shadows and every exquisite thing before you read tlh. the rest is a lot of world building for kit’s background and jessa.

- OH OH also read the tec series if you haven’t (it follows malec) and i think it’ll eventually connect to twp.

- i believe cassie has these short stories about the tlh cast set before chain of gold. i remember reading them every month on her newsletter before the book came out. i think you can find them on her website? they’re not super important but they do get referenced once in a while in tlh

you probably know all of this and i probably mansplained (can you do that if you’re a girl?) everything 😭 but it’s better to be safe than sorry!! i hope you had fun reading everything and def let me know if you have any questions!

I'm gonna do my best to answer this in a comprehensive manner (let's see how long that lasts lol). You're my fave! (feel free to pop into my messages if you ever wanna chat or anything)

Okay I'm gonna start by saying that I had a strange relationship w TDA. I mentioned some of this in my initial post but I'm just gonna go through everything for continuity sake, if you will. Last summer I intended to finish the 3 series before my semester started. I got through all of TMI and TID but finished only LM and 150-ish pages of LoS. I waited till this summer to pick back up. I remember feeling bitter when I started LM because it was strange to have a modern-set book that didn't focus on my fave TMI gang (I watched the CoB movie religiously when I was younger and, before I knew better, watched the show weekly). It took me a while for Emma to grow on me and I initially had a hard time keeping track of all of the Blackthorns because there were so many of them. What kept me going were all of the connections to Mr. Poe (yes, I just called him that. deal with it.) I've started rambling so let me summarize this portion by saying that TDA didn't snatch me up until mid-LoS. okay, onward.

QoAaD was so reminiscent of CoHF and I loved it very much. WARNING SPOILERS FOR ANYONE WHO MAY READ THIS FOR SOME UNGODLY REASON. I appreciate the importance of the Thule portion and know the book would be shit without it, but, despite it still being fantastical, the apocalyptic vibe was not my fave. It was nice to get Livvy back for a bit (can I just say how shocking it was to have her death right after Robert? cause I feel like cc v rarely kills important characters so I thought Robert was fulfilling the death requirement yk?) and I LOVE to hate Sebastian. I'm gonna say something crazy here. I love Kit and Kieran more than I love a majority of the Blackthorns. Kit has been my fave character from this trilogy and I am not ashamed to admit it. The entire Ty Livvy spell shit was crazy because I completely felt Kit and wasn't angry at him for not outright saying that it was a bad idea, especially given the situation. I just can't believe cc had me expecting them to be fully in love with each other by then end, ONLY FOR THEM TO NOT EVEN BE ON SPEAKING TERMS (yes I know I need to be up to date w SoBH, I just need business day or two to marinate in my TDA emotions). The battle was epic, Julien's meeting was genius, Kieran is a great king, and the Malec wedding nearly had me sobbing. I'm gonna stop here w my thoughts on QoAaD cause it's getting out of hand. I am so sorry I am typing you up a full essay.

Predictions:

watch cc give us a 3rd plot that gets crazy because of some questionable heavenly fire incident (I mean, technically all three series plots that I've read have involved it if you count Jace's affect on Jem).

I'm super worried about a main character death because I think it would shatter me but it's also probably necessary? idk I dont wanna think about it

I also feel like something crazy is gonna happen to Aline and Helen because although they were literally exiled, nothing too traumatic happened to them in the main line of the story that the reader got to directly experience

not a prediction but truly me BEGGING ON MY KNEES for Jace and Kit content. I need them to be drama Herondales together. Also, Jace literally told him to come to him for personal advice so Jace helping Kit deal w his relationship w/feelings for Ty would be ideal (I really don't know how that would happen but let a person dream)

Final Segment:

Don't worry about mansplaining, youre good bae. I'm in the loop but I'm also not at the same time, if that makes any sense at all (there goes my promise of writing in a comprehensive manner). The only reason I haven't purchased the novellas is solely because it's more efficient for me to purchase a box set of a trilogy. (I do have the Codex and The Denizens of the Downworld books though). CC has done her best to make her world make sense but that woman writes up a storm and no matter what I'm always behind lol.

[dude-bro-tm]

Kit: drink me some bleach boys, yeet my soul! I wanna get tossed in a fricking hole, it's free real estate, free real estate

Dru and Ty: woo!

Julien: 👁👄👁

[rreveriee]

can we just? um.. take a second to appreciate the blackthorn family??

[puffybus21]

Why all these paintings of you? Because I'm an artist, Emma. These pictures are my heart. And if my heart was a canvas, every square inch of it would be painted over with you.

Lady Midnight, Cassandra Clare

[prinzkaneki]

So it turns out I actually enjoy cc‘s hets as long as they stop being fucking angsty and annoying at one point - clary and jace? Sign me the fuck up they are precious and kinda dumb and so lovable. Izzy and Simon? Dude i‘ve always loved them but now they are so damn nerdy and MARRIED wow. Diana and gwyn? Ohdude.... oh boy Where Do I Even Start, with the badass black trans strong woman with a tattoo on her cheek or the immortal faerie warrior myth/legend? Emma and julien? The demisexual art hoe and his jock muse of my fucking dreams, mate

[letusburnn]

I really wish Cassandra Clare wrote Julian and Emma’s story without them falling in love. I wish we saw them be parabati and friends and keep that chemistry. We could see them fall in love with new people throughout TDA. We could have seen julien wanting to make sure Emma’s boyfriend is perfect for her because they have a special bond and he doesn’t want her hurt. I just wish we could have seen two best friends love each other as just friends. Just like they did when they first became Parabati.

EDIT: Okay I got some hate for this and I understand the whole story was about them falling in love. Don’t get me wrong I like their relationship. I felt let down at the end with the parabati curse. I felt as though more should have happened so I didn’t like how Cassandra left it and instead wished the storyline had been created differently.

[titsthedamnseason]

remember when jules and emma were gonna run away and decided that they should change julian’s name to “julien” so nobody would know it was them

[jogood-reads-blog]

Hi, friends! 

This is my first “official” post on my account but I’m not really counting it as my first post. That’s because I’m going to be posting reviews of books, movies, and shows that I love! I’ve wanted to start this blog for a really long time because I don’t have many people in my life that has the same passion for stories that I do. I’m so excited to discuss stories that I’ve adored recently, and maybe even reread/rewatch some of the older stories that I love so I can make reviews while they are fresh in my mind, and we can all discuss! I’m so excited to post my first review, which will be Cassandra Clare’s Lord of Shadows (I’m super late to the party I know :( ). Hopefully, I can post it by Monday evening! Thank you guys for taking the time to check this out and I hope that you guys check out my reviews and talk about them with me!!

[heckingturtles]

Ok I finally got around to reading Lady Midnight and my one question is.... how the hell is Church still alive?

[hearteyeshayley]

that’s the whole series

[incorrectshadowhunters1234]

What I used to think when I heard the name Julian:

What I think of now:

[love-booksandtea-blog]

Everyone is afraid of something. We fear things because we value them. We fear losing people because we love them. We fear dying because we value being alive. Don't wish you didn't fear anything. All that would mean is that you didn't feel anything.” ― Cassandra Clare, Lord of Shadows

[ylimeventures]

Guys, I am insanely excited to read Lord Of Shadows!

It took me awhile to get around to it because we were moving from Japan back to the US when it came out. Then I realized, with my short term memory lose I needed to read Lady Midnight again to make sure I didn't miss anything! So I finished rereading Lady Midnight last night and I even got through the first couple chapters of LoS! Let me tell you why I am so excited for this book! -First off, I am in love with all of the Shadowhunter books so a new one will always excite me! It's a given! -"Being told that love is forbidden does not kill love. It strengthens it." What is going to happen with Julien and Emma?! Forbidden love is a troupe that I just can't get enough of and Cassie writes it beautifully each and every time! I think Emma is absolutely diluted if she thinks Julien will ever fall out of love with her. Raise your hand if you've known Julien was in love with Emma all the way back in City of Heavenly Fire...🙋🙋🙋🙋 Am I right? Lol -"The storm calls to you as it calls to me, does it not?" I cannot get enough of Mark Blackthorn!! I love the way he talks and the way he sometimes doesn't understand human culture. He is just so hilarious! I know it's an unpopular opinion but I would be so happy if him and Emma ended up together. And I love that they're pretending to be boyfriend and girlfriend right now in LoS. "Reaching Emma, he lifted his hand to push back a lock of her hair. A wave of feeling went through her--sadness and exhilaration, a longing for something, though she didn't know what." Hmm.... *insert wiggly eyebrows here* -Kit Herondale! Can't wait for some sassy Herondale time! -"We both see the same world, but in different ways... We feel all the same things, only the shapes of our feelings are different." I am excited to see what Cassie will do with Ty! My son was diagnosed with Autism last year and rereading how Cassie writes Ty was so exhilarating!!! She writes him so beautifully and I love how Julien parents him. I want him to get everything out of life! -"In her tomb by the sounding sea, Annabel's eyes opened." Are we going to get to meet Lady Midnight!? Will she live at the institute!? Will she be upset that Malcom brought her back? I can't wait to find out!!!! This concludes my excitement of Lord of Shadows! Stay tuned to see reactions and some of my favorite parts!

[maracain]

There was beauty in the idea of freedom, but it was an illusion. Every human heart was chained by love.

Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight

[nerdygamer27]

Drusilla Blackthorn

Is no one going to point out the fact that it was Drusilla who knew what to do and how to save Emma and Julien?