#The Infernal Devices

[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

[gotthat-lightwood-bane]

Benedict Lightworm 🪱

Yall remember “Simon is a rat” and “Father is a worm”? Y’all remember how we used to run in this fandom?

[embroideredlove]

look I don’t care that Cassandra said Will and Jem won’t be parabatai again, the mere thought of Jem’s parabatai rune flaring up in twp is enough for me to gaslight myself into it happening

[bankofwildflowers]

Will Herondale, having to be cruel against his very nature every single day to everyone, terrified of Jem leaving, crying himself to sleep since learning of Jem and Tessa's engagement (every time Tessa sees him it is mentioned he is red-eyed), walking around London endlessly to outrun his own thoughts, unable to let anyone know. James Carstairs, dying and terrified it will break Will, growing weaker and hating himself for it, killing himself for fear of letting Tessa know her love isn't sustaining his life, unable to let anyone know. Tessa Gray, beaten and slapped, exhausted to tears in a prison, terrified for her brother and if he's dead, loving two people equally and having to hide it from both, unable to let anyone know. Gideon Lightwood, walking away from his family, hoping to be a better man that his little brother can look up to, wanting to save him from their childhood, in love with a woman that does not seem to want him, unable to let anyone know. Gabriel Lightwood, alone in a house with his father going mad, heartbroken at his brother leaving him, trapped by the Consul's blackmail, unable to let anyone know. Cecily Herondale, losing both her siblings in a matter of days, growing up alone and having to learn to repair the cracks left behind by her brother leaving, being angry at him for not thinking their family was worth it, unable to let anyone know. Sophie Collins, only a servant, her only wish to be a Shadowhunter being one which can never come true because she has a debt to repay, in love with a man with whom it can never work out, unable to let anyone know. Charlotte Branwell, her only desire to influence and help and protect being mocked and crushed by men, in love with a man that looks at her as a friend, unable to let anyone know. Henry Branwell, knowing things work different than what he's been taught, knowing he is right but cannot possibly explain and will always be laughed at as insane, in love with a woman that married him for convenience, unable to let anyone know.

The Infernal Devices understood loneliness like no other book I've read, the bone deep sense of being utterly alone even when surrounded by people.

[tiredandoptimistic]

Will would have fucking thrived as a high school theatre kid

[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

[kaitcreates]

Tessa

Clary

[clockwork-carstairs]

when you show up to the insane parabatai competition but will “jem is my great sin” herondale and jem “my will, my rebellion, mine forever” carstairs are already there

[thebumblingbookbee]

It's crazy to me that the story started with Clary and yet I feel we got so little of her? I wish I got to see her interact with more characters and see her journey after her main series. Her adjustment to her power and new life.

It's supposed to be her story really isn't it? Everything else came from her, from the people connected to her who she loved or who loved her. Nothing exists without her, if she were to have been lost all was lost.

Tessa, Emma and Cordelia have all had heroic feats and they all took part in stopping major battles/wars/threats. But Clary prevents two apocalypses??

She communes with angels regularly (the runes and visions I'm pretty sure canonically come from the angels themselves). She was if only for a moment a Queen of Hell??? Does she still hold that title? Now she is the head of the new York institute at such a young age too.

I dunno I just miss Clary

[sielaltruist]

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

Shadowhunters:

[oneluckygoose]

It might just be the architect in me but I can see the Herondale’s childhood home in my mind as clearly as if it were a memory

[clockworkgraystairs]

so there's this bitch who randomly decided to reread The Infernal Devices to relax and is now halfway through Clockwork Angel discovering she's still capable of feeling things all over again

it's me, im that bitch

[agirlonbus]

My fake plastic trees is so Janus coded watching clary being happy and the life he could never had with her.

[cassandraclare]

[tiredandoptimistic]

1). Picture me doing a little happy dance to celebrate Gabriel defending Will

2). Absolutely hilarious that Gabriel is already down bad enough for Cecily that he will openly admit that he's wrong for her

3). Magnus having less than zero interest in the Lightwoods until Alec shows up is a top tier running bit