#chots

[junabuggy]

[witchlingcirce]

Shout out to my gorgeous divas with 10 pages of screentime but some of the besttt flower cards

[clockwork-carstairs]

do you ever think about how matthew fairchild was such a sunshine coded character—a golden boy, floated through school, charmed everyone with his infamous smile; a starry-eyed dreamer who had faith in most things that weren’t himself. and how because of one moment of naivety he lost years of his life to devastating self-sabotage, believing himself worth nothing, deserving of nothing, drinking day by day to numb out the pain—because he believed people could only ever like him when he wasn’t sober, when he wasn’t fully himself. and how despite visibly not being okay, nobody ever really said anything about it until he basically hit rock bottom. and do you ever think about how matthew would’ve given up his love for cordelia in a second if it meant james could be happy, when james wouldn’t do the same? you knew. i told you in the letter. and how he joked and deflected so much to hide how sad he really was, because he believed no one would care enough to see it. i did not know that i looked sad, to you. because i think about it a lot and it makes me very sad

[tys-kitty]

That one scene in ChoT…

Thomas: Alright, so I‘m in love with Alastair

Matthew:

Thomas: Thoughts?

Matthew: And prayers

[helenofblackthorns]

Cassandra Clare now posting on twitter and not tumblr..... what did we do to deserve this 😔😔

[angeldaisies]

the fact that jem survived the silent brothers being slaughtered not once but twice simply because he was away from the silent city is absolutely insane. raziel himself was looking out for jem.

[heronchildlove]

Me rereading this part over and over and just repeating "what the fuck" to myself in different tones for 3 hours.

[pansexual-lilychen]

”we need more complex female characters“

y‘all couldn’t even handle her

[jamieswoodenspoon]

james herondale sexual abuse survivor representation i see you and we love you and i’d take up arms for you

[perpetualprocrastinationisme]

A Persian prince from a fairy tale? SHUT UP, THOMAS.

While Thomas could understand this from a purely moral standpoint, he was tormented by the thought of Alastair mopping Charles's feverish brow and feeding him grapes.

"I don't like girls," Thomas said. "Well, I like them. They're lovely people, and Cordelia and Lucie and Anna are excellent friends-" "Thomas," said Matthew.

Thomas glared at the fruit basket, and the fruit basket glared back.

Thomas Lightwood, never change ♥️

Art: @cassandrajean

[junabuggy]

☆ I hit the image limit on my pinned so this is a continuation of blinkies + stamps that are me core ლ(´ڡ`ლ) ☆

[edwin-paynes-bowtie]

My super unpopular take is that all the miscommunication is what makes TLH so good. It's essentially a display of what makes the characters tick, and the way that they resolve it all shows how they fit together and what the spaces between them represent.

At its core, TLH is a series about trauma.

James has been sexually abused for years, making him unable to communicate about his lack of free will and the lies that his life were made up of. Cordelia grew up in an abusive household and is just now learning that her life isn't what she believed it to be. This of course makes it hard for them to communicate since both of them were blindsided by this new knowledge that all of their past experiences were lies.

Matthew has PTSD from his perceived misdeed, his Great Sin that has made him believe he's a murderer for years; he loathes himself, makes self-destructive decisions, and refuses to communicate as a result of the self-punishment stemming from that. Part of this punishment and self-harm is throwing himself into James and Cordelia's relationship to break his own heart and pay penance. Matthew miscommunicates to HIMSELF that this is what love is and this is what he deserves.

Alastair's canonical cPTSD puts him in the position of a protector who must keep secrets that have left him feeling broken and unlovable. Thomas, who has loved him since childhood, cannot speak of it for fear of upsetting his close-knit friend group. Not to mention that in his grief he's extremely rash.

Only by talking can they make their situations better, can they fit the puzzle pieces of their lives together and heal. But they have to wait until they're ready, and seeing when and how that happens is both a massive character study and a study in trauma. The things trauma makes us do and makes us hide.

This is the point of TLH. This is literally the reason it works.

[wikitpowers]

i want twp editions like this god PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tys-kitty]

Who James and Anna became when Jesse needed new clothes in Chain of Thorns

[helenofblackthorns]

oh so when Lucie Herondale, a 16 year old shadowhunter with unusual powers, raises her boyfriend from the dead it has no major consequences and when she goes to Edom with her bestie and future parabatai the worst thing that happens is that they have to share a secret but when I, Clary Fairchild-

[angeldaisies]

yesterday i was bored so i made a timeline for all the events in choi and chot because i wanted to figure out the exact date of herondaisy’s wedding. it’s nov 23rd btw!!