#city of bones

[tiredandoptimistic]

Bad news for the haters of the world: Clary Fray is based as fuck. Literally everything she does is justified, and frankly I would have been worse.

[amrubrum]

When you pull up to the haunt the narrative competition but Will Herondale and Valentine Morgenstern are already there

[balladofbells]

Jace, Clary and Simon at Luke’s bookstore

🎨: @imjenndove

[julescarstairs]

I JUST realised, this morning, that the falcon mask Janus is wearing in the ‘Ash to Janus’ sobh instalment is a callback to the story Jace tells Clary in City of Bones.

[wikitpowers]

something about jamie campbell bower as jace wayland in the cob movie hit different oof…

[marrr444]

Oh my poor little Jace, papa wasn't joking.

[tyblackthornfrog]

alec and clary's friendship has truly come a long way considering that it started by alec insisting a demon committed suicide just to deny the fact that clary killed it

[livvylives]

don't even know where to start with this one ngl

[liesramblings]

I absolutely love the contrast between Clary and Jace’s perspectives of their meeting at the Pandemonium Club, because it’s like…

Clary: Oh, my God, who are these assholes and why am I the only one who sees them? I really am going crazy!

Jace: By the Angel, what is this feeling? Is my heart…thawing? And for a mundane? I must find her!

[supfag]

THE ONE WITH THE BLUE EYES THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (2013)

[isarsart]

Jace wishes you a very fine summer 🙂‍↕️

[amrubrum]

in another universe jonathan and clary would have been spoiled, rich old money shadowhunter kids who lived next door to stephen and celine herondale as they raised an equally spoiled and sassy jace. they would’ve been with the lightwoods too. they all would attend idris academy and had the best times messing around with each other. oh what could’ve been

[carelessflower]

Magnus is Alec's life and Alec is Magnus's death

One minor post to dive into this new theory I have. We know there are a lot of parallels and symmetries between malec: angel/demon, moon/sun, introvert/extrovert, silver/gold, etc Then I start thinking deeper into this tendency of their dynamic to push and pull each other, and come to this

1. Magnus is Alec's life

City of Bones

In the sense that Magnus has helped save Alec's life countless times, it was established in their small breadcrumbs in one of their earliest interaction, when he saved Alec from the demon poison. One can say this quite literally set the foundation of their relationship, as Alec asked Magnus out while visiting Magnus to say thank you for saving his life

City of Heavenly Fire

He also saved Alec again during the gang's journey to Edom, even though Magnus wasn't present. Alec's hallucination, caused by the demons, includes a lot of people, yet Magnus is the one who snaps him out of it, insisting that life is worth living more than fantasy.

The Red Scrolls of Magic

Magnus also brings life to Alec in a metaphorical sense, "breathing a new life" into him. Opening his eyes to new beauties, chances, and people, letting Alec know that yes, he is built for storybook moments too

Queen of Air and Darkness

Magnus is his biggest muse, inspiration. Magnus makes him strive every day to make the world a better place. Alec wants to be better for Magnus, for their family, he loves him so much, he will bend and break the narrative for the future in which Magnus can be happy

2. Alec is Magnus's death

The Red Scrolls of Magic

City of Heavenly Fire

City of Heavenly Fire

On many occasions, when Magnus has a near encounter with death, he remembers or thinks about Alec. Is it because somehow Magnus got the worst luck in existence and keeps kissing death every two months and stressing his friends and family out? Maybe. But this kind of proves Alec is present a lot during Magnus' perceived final hour

The Red Scrolls of Magic

Many times, people have told Magnus Alec will be "the death of him", referencing how his angelic blood and family will make him eventually choose his shadowhunter community above all else, and abandoning Magnus (not featured pictures, cause honestly there are like a lot). I kind of find it interesting how it ties up to Magnus's perception of himself, and eventually of Alec, like when he's kind of implying Alec should prioritize his life over Magnus's here

Magnus's letter to Alec

Death, of course, can translate to other things, not just a physical one. The death of one's old self, a transformation, aligning with how Magnus is describing Alec's presence in his life here

3. We Have to Talk About The Black and White Impermanence

The Lost Book of The White

For the sake of my argument, let's theorize White Impermanence as "life" and Black Impermanence as "death."

The Lost Book of The White

Alec eventually succeeds in his trial, and he is able to give "death" to Magnus. And we also know this is true because-

Queen of Air and Darkness

In Thule, Alec did kill Magnus after he turned into a demon. And after Alec's "life" is gone, he is gone too

The Lost Book of The White

I don't see people talk about this a lot, but from the way I interpret it, Magnus, too, has his own trial with the sword in The Lost Book of the White, and he passes it. He gives "mercy" to Alec, making Shiyun spares Alec's life. By submitting to Sammael, he literally gives "life" to Alec, while Alec brings "death" to him via death of the self, because Magnus's biggest fear is becoming a demon (stated he would rather be killed than that)

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[julescarstairs]

I wonder if Janus’s approach to ‘raising’ Ash is similar to how he was ‘supposed’ to raise his falcon when he was a child (according to Valentine): to make him obedient, but never love him under any circumstances, as a father would a son.

I mean… falcons are birds of prey, right? And Ash is a ‘weapon’ of the Seelie Court (who happens to have wings.)

All I’m saying is I see potential for a callback to this narrative… ESPECIALLY when Ash’s judgement is clouded by his feelings for Dru. (Because ‘to love is to destroy’ and all that.)

[ijosten03]

I honestly love with all my heart that Magnus calls Alec “Alexander”, it’s somehow something so dear to me since everyone calls him Alec, but Magnus calls him by his full name, because he loves all of him

[i-live-in-my-bookshelf]

If ya'all even want to know my new hyperfixation is The Mortal Instrument books all over again like i am 12. That's right, I am reliving my childhood and I realized that I had a banger taste