#magnus bane was like the first book character who had such an impact on me

[wikitpowers]

trying not to think about little boy!magnus and how hurt and broken he was, im so freakin upset don't touch me. he deserves everything good in this world.

artist: @emcreatez

[foodsies4me]

April Malec fic rec!

Thanking @just-add-butter and @ariella9melody for this month's theme which is a double combo of "Outsider's POV" and "Let Alec have friends!" The same rules apply as always, one fic per author, even though all of these authors have other brilliant fics you should be reading and if you want to add your own recs in the comments, tags, or reblogs please feel free to do so! 😊

Also, I have tagged the authors whose Tumblr account I know, but if you'd prefer I not tag you, please tell me! I don't want these to be annoying for the authors.

One-shots:

Enthrallment by @smilebackwards: Magnus' magic being possessive and warlocks reacting to Magnus' magic being possessive, what more could you want? OC POV!

Summary:

It does look a little bad, Parmela thinks, looking at it from outside. As more specialists had been called in for consultation, they’d decamped to one of the larger conference rooms—eschewing attendance at A, B, AB, & O: The Impact of Blood Type on Non Subject Specific Blood Magic, because this was vastly more interesting and potentially important—and there are a round dozen high-level warlocks clustered around Alec, poking at him with magic. Or: Alec attends the Magical Inventions and Advances convention in hopes of recruiting warlocks for another Downworld Cabinet. The warlocks, however, are more interested—and concerned—by the blue magical aura following Alec around.

And I am breaking my own rules by rec-ing a second fic by smilebackwards: Portable Magic

Summary:

Magnus may go slightly overboard helping Alec set up for the book club gathering. Technically, perhaps, he didn’t need to create a signature cocktail or barter a favor to Raphael for O neg blood for the vampires or source the biscotti directly from Italy. But hospitality is important and these are Alec’s friends. He wants to make a good impression. Or: Alec is in a Downworld book club and Magnus finds this unaccountably fascinating.

I'll die on this (Under)hill by @clottedcreamfudge: like all of the fics written by clottedcreamfudge, this fic is downright hilarious. That said, poor Underhill. Underhill POV!

Summary:

The point is, Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood clearly have an intimate knowledge of each other, and it has never once impacted on their work. What it is beginning to impact on, however, is Andrew’s sanity. Because apparently he really is the only one to have noticed it.

Be careful with my best friends heart by TheLostLightwood: A fic in Cat's perspective, who I maintain is one of the best characters in the series and we needed more of her! Cat POV!

Summary:

Catarina Loss had known Magnus for a long time, she had seen him cry, laugh, mourn, get injured and fall in love many times before. But she had never seen him more in love or more broken than she had in this moment. Cat's POV, as Alec is seriously injured in a fight against demons. And Magnus well he...

Alec's Little Ducklings by @to-the-stars-writing (this will be one of two recs for to the stars because I am being very bad at keeping to my rules this time around). Alec gets hurt and all of his friends appear to take care of him!

Summary:

After Alec's hurt coming home from the Hunter's Moon, he's left laid up in bed when the drug they gave him prevents his injuries from being healed by angelic or magical powers. Magnus is fully prepared to do take care of his stubborn boyfriend, only to find out that there are a few other people who are more than willing to offer their help.

the right thing by @cuubism: As the summary says, Alec's first speech as the Inquisitor doesn't go exactly as planned. Izzy POV!

Summary:

Alec's first speech as Inquisitor doesn't go exactly as planned.

nock. draw. release by chaidrivenwhore: A non human POV, but a weapon POV! Alec's bow to be specific!

the bow and arrows had tempted many, but this specific one, with its curved limbs engraved with angelic runes and sharp arrows, straight and unbending, had called out to a nine year old alexander lightwood like no other had.

Multi-chapter fics or series:

Families of Choice by MonPetitTresor, a recommendation made by @ariella9melody that I can only agree with because this fic is wonderful (as are all fics my MonPetitTresor).

Summary:

Life at the Institute takes a turn for the worse for Alec. When he's alone with nowhere else to turn, his siblings step up and help him find his feet once more with help from a few new friends along the way. Between them, Alec finally gets a chance to realize that the world doesn't begin and end with being a Shadowhunter, and there's more out there for him, so long as he's got the courage to reach out and grab it.

ask the always impossible of me by @faejilly: Some very nice Aline and Alec friendship!

Summary:

Just for one night, a magical ball where anyone can meet, when anything is possible... And that's just the beginning.

Running from the Night by @to-the-stars-writing: I love how Stars depicts Alec's struggles with his mental health and there are a lot of friends for Alec in this one!

Summary:

For a long time, Alec had felt like his life was held together by strings tied on him by the Clave, his parents, his siblings. Strings that pulled and tugged him in every which direction, heedless of the bruises and blood left behind. As much as they hurt, some days they’d been the only thing to hold him together. That is, up until the moment Alec stood on the shores of Lake Lyn and faced the death of the one person who held a piece of his soul, and the lies that followed his mysterious resurrection. There, on the shores of Lake Lyn, those strings finally pulled too hard, and Alec broke. With the permission of the Inquisitor, and the help of the warlock who Alec had wanted so desperately to allow himself to fall for (and had been terrified to do more than smile at his flirting) Alec walked away from everything and everyone. He left New York behind and made himself a home in the small town of Prayer – a joke Magnus found particularly funny. But, two years after that fateful night, Alec’s old life comes knocking, and those strings he thought he’d finally cut are tugging him home. Back to the place he never wanted to have to see again. At least this time, he’s not facing it alone.

[megumismom]

Random ask, who are your favorite romantic relationship's couples in any media, like anime/manga, tv series, books, etc (can be canon or non-canon)? Feel free if you want to write the reasons or not of why you love them....

Thanks for this ask sm!!!!!! I was so excited to answer it, I had to log in on my laptop to type this all out lmao I have very strong feelings about ships and shipping, and my favorite characters!! Sorry in advance this isn't a list, but more of an essay, I just can't make myself to choose only 10 ships!

Well, first, I love obsessive relationships, so one of my favorite ships is definitely Xie Lian/Hua Cheng (Heaven Official's Blessing)

and while we're on danmei, honorable mentions for Chu Wanning/Mo Ran (The Husky and His White Cat Shizun) and Mobei-jun/Shang Qinghua (the side couple in The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System).

I love Genshin Impact, and I have several ships that I love and that I think would and should be canon if China weren't viciously homophobic, but my favorites are Childe/Zhongli and Kaedehara Kazuha/Tomo (aka Kazuha's best friend). I also love Alhaitham/Kaveh.

When it comes to anime, I'm genuinely convinced jjk is partially a bl bcs of Gojo Satoru/Getou Suguru. Like best friends to lovers to enemies is THE BEST trope (I love suffering). And along those lines, another favorite is Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chuuya, but I do also ship Dazai with Oda, I like the weird relationship they have, and I like the fact that them having romantic feelings for each other just makes their dynamic even more fucked up.

When it comes to kind of sweet ships, I love Din Djarin/Luke Skywalker, and I especially love to read all the single parent Din Djarin fics, they're so sweet!! Another one is probably Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Teturou. Fun fact: I never finished watching Haikyuu!!, I just love their vibes, and have a lot of feelings about best friends to lovers ships evidently lmao I'm also going to add Eddie Diaz/Evan Buckley here bcs they're a combo version of the other two ships containing my favorite things (single dads and bestiism to lovers). They're a new favorite ship, but I think they're here to stay

And lastly, my favorite ships from books. Starting with Jude/Cardan (The Folk of The Air), I like it when men are pathetic and that's what really appeals to me in this ship lmao And then there are the classic ships if you were on booklr during 2012-2015, which are Ronan Lynch/Adam Parrish (The Raven Cycle), and Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood (Shadowhunters). Let me just be very clear, I've never watched the tv show, so my love is only for the book series ship.

Anyways, thanks so much for this ask, I've had lots of fun thinking about it and answering it <3

[embooks]

So I just finished Lost Book Of The White and I feel... conflicted?

Don't get me wrong, I LOVED the book I mean, it's Magnus and Alec Lightwood-Bane who we are talking about here, there was really not other option but to love it. And yet, it didn't feel enough? I had so many expectations for this book, almost two years of wondering about how great it would be, having the whole gang together again in Shanghai of all places dealing with demons and their crazy shenanigans but in the end, the whole thing fell a little bit off.

This book, was IT.

It had so much potential to become the greatest but instead, I feel that the authors only brushed the surface of it, only grasped the minimal of all that it could be. Even as things happened, it all felt muffled out, everything seemed like a thousand miles away. The whole gang was supposed to be there but most of the time, I even forgot about them for how little participation they had. Even Magnus and Alec, THE PROTAGONISTS of this story felt like they lacked of screen time. After I finished Red Scrolls Of Magic, I was so excited to get all this Malec content given how in this book they would be more stable as a couple and not in the eve of their break up but ultimately, I was wrong. I feel that I missed a the Malec scenes in this book.

However, there are things that I do highlight about this book that I think were very interesting.

First of all, RAGNOR FELL what a great character, we were given explanations that we were owed a long time ago already, specially one that I have been waiting for since the end of City Of Heavenly Fire (yes, you know the one 🧛‍♂️). Then, it was pretty fun to visit the Chinese culture and how Asian culture in general impacts in the Shadow world. Once again, we get to see Cassandra Clare's exceptional world building that only knows to become more complex at every turn. This and with Wesley Chu, it can be clearly seen that both of them did their research before writing this book, they didn't just throw some pretty Chinese names and left it there. They actually appealed to old stories and fables, myths, religion, customs... it really did feel like a trip to China.

And finally, I wanted to remark just how utterly hilarious this book is, I had nearly forgotten how sassy Magnus can be (his boyfriend not getting far behind though) even the villains managed to make me laugh out loud, Shinyun was so ridiculous that most of the times, I couldn't help myself.

For a further comment about the plot and characters, I will upload an article on the blog soon so, stay tuned!

Blog: www.sarascrive.com

[friendofhayley]

ship history meme

Embrace your past and get to know your friends’ fandom origins!

Rules: Post gifs of your fandoms / ships starting with your most current hyperfixation and work backwards. (Bonus points if you share any stories about how or when you got into that ship! But not necessary!!) Then tag anyone whose fandom history you’d like to learn about!

Tagged by the most gorgeous, smartest, sweetest, and kindest person in my life @sightetsound​ <3 Sorry y’all, I have a lot of hyperfixations and I’m on NyQuil!

1. Katsuki Bakugo and Eijiro Kirishima, My Hero Academia - I literally can’t watch Season 4 until it’s finished because my heart will Explode if I’m left on a cliffhanger involving these too!!! (Unbreakable T.T <3) I don’t usually like animes but I fell in love with his trash bastard and his soft rock boyfriend by the villain’s attack in S1. It all started when I got a TikTok because a Very Hot Bakugo cosplayer was on there. (Literally, their rendition of Bakugo is just, umph. They have appeared in my dream.). As she got more popular he started cosplaying more of Class 1-A of MHA, and I kept wondering?? What the fuck is this anime about?? Why is there an alien girl?? I soon gave in and watched the show to gain context to this thirst trap. I have so many feels for these boys, even though I don’t post on them much here, and T.T

2. Alec Lightwood and Magnus Bane, Shadowhunters - I literally almost wrote my thesis because of this ship. I got into Shadowhunters because I was depressed in a foreign, racist country where I couldn’t go outside alone because old white men would corner me on the street, and everyone was talking about how Mike from Glee was kissing a guy at a wedding? Instead of partying during my study abroad trip, I gobbled down Malec content. And like who wouldn’t?? Harry Shum Jr. was playing a bisexual warlock?? And he had lines and a main character role??? An interracial couple where the characters are both POC?? Sign me up! But then I quickly fell in love with awkward gayby Alec and immediately knew how it felt to be in his shoes. (Disclaimer: I still haven’t finished the show because I don’t want their story to end, but just seeing their wedding scene????? Tears!!!!!!!!!! Both wedding scenes! I-) I just love how soft they look at each as they realize how lucky they are to be able to fall in love against the odds. T.T They deserve the world and all the warlock and shadowhunter babies and T.T This is just going to devolve into me crying so-

3. Stiles Stilinski and Derek Hale, Teen Wolf - I got into Teen Wolf to escape the hellfire that had become the Glee fandom around S3-S4. (Tbh it might have been Dereklei’s constant Sterek content on my dash that led me to give in.) Stiles was bi (through subtext) and definitely turned on by an older werewolf. What more could a depressed Gleek ask for? And listen - now looking back, Sterek is definitely gay Twilight - if Bella was snarkier, had a mental illness, and also a personality. Sterek was the ship to get me back into writing fanfiction and where I could read paranormal characters working through PTSD, ADHD, and other mental illnesses while fighting monsters and having unrealistic sex! I also love those future fics where Beacon Hills isn’t a Hellmouth anymore, and everyone’s alive and just living as one big found family. Truly, Derek deserves the world and I love him so much, and Stiles definitely agrees.

4. Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles, One Direction - If it’s a surprise that I’m a dark larrie, please read my bio. HL made me believe that love is real and exists and can last for years. I got into One Direction in 2011 through a Lilo fanfic, but as soon as I watched the Video Diaries,,,we knew. Louis has saved my life in ways I can’t describe and the songs that they’ve written for each other through their tough times are so inspiring to listen and dance to. Seeing how they’ve been dragged apart by management, Sony Entertainment, and the whole music industry as a whole even though they exist in glass closets is very disheartening to see. But their resilience that they show through their art (Only the Brave, Sweet Creature, If I Could Fly, and like so many others) is always there. If you want to fall in this rabbit hole, look at freddieismyqueen on YT and come inside lol. Larry is real.

5. Kurt Hummel and Blaine Anderson, Glee - the ship that got me on Tumblr! I didn’t start watching Glee until the summer before S2 came out. My whole choir was into it and I didn’t want to be “mainstream”, but Kurt was the first openly gay teen character that I saw on TV. When I heard a character played by Darren Criss, a musical theater YT legend from AVPM, I had to watch it. I ended up binging the first season with those Netflix DVDs during summer break (yeah remember when Netflix wasn’t streaming? lol). I watched every episode of that god-forsaken show the night of (or night after illegally, hidden from my parents) for that ship, and then me and my best friend would rant about it for the whole week: rinse and repeat. The episode they got together made me scream and I definitely put those Glee Rewind songs in my iPhone. (Fun fact: I used to cry at night because I wished someone like Kurt could love me like that because I heavily related to Blaine and his whole situation). I naturally stopped watching Glee the moment they broke them up and I’m still mad at their hasty attempt to marry them out of nowhere with no well-written getting together / make-up arc other than Jigsaw?? and a barn wedding?? As if Hummel would. What a trash fire. But dang, Glee fanfics have some of the dirtiest, kinkiest, forbidden fics out there. If you were ever on Glee_Kink_Meme on LJ, you know.

6. Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter - the ship that started it all, the big kahuna, the ultimate enemies to lovers for 90s kids. Drarry got me into the fandom world in middle school, where I basically lived on FFN and LJ while pretending to do my homework. I used to get ready every day by watching the same playlist of “The best Harry Potter videos on Youtube!” (curated by Ariel333Lindt, who was the only queer person I knew but lived in Eastern Europe, where I could see two gay people kiss and fall in love in the safety of my room through badly photoshopped videos. Please check out that playlist). I just love how each fic is a microcosm where they have to construct how magical systems work, the backstories of pureblood families, creatures, or just wizarding culture for the end goal of having Drarry fuck and fall in love! I love redemption arcs that take 200k to achieve, I love dark!Harry takes, and every single different damn take on Narcissa, Pansy, and Millicent - because deep down that’s the writer trying to come to turns on whether or not Draco should be redeemed to get together with Harry. (I mean we all know they’re obsessed with each other, book 6 anyone?) I feel like Drarry fics have the best worldbuilding and characterizations of these characters, and I just love those moments when Draco and Harry take a moment to take a breath together and realize how far they’ve come. No one else can understand how it felt to be the pariah or the chosen one, they both interacted with Voldemort the most, and they have the most history together. They should have gotten together! But I mean the author’s dead, am I right?

So that was a lot! Those are all the ships that impacted me that I still participate with. They have shaped me for better or worse, and have made me learn more about who I am and what I want (or don’t want) in a relationship. This was the most fun essay I’ve ever written on NyQuil!

I’m tagging @homosociallyyours​ because I really want to know your fandom story! Also @stozierbrak​ because I love you and must hear you gush about your boys. I’m also tagging @iamaqualady​ because you’re literally the most intriguing person I know and I’m glad we’re friends even though we haven’t interacted that much? ish? 

[thechangeling]

TV show and book characters that made me who I am today:

Don't ask what brought this on. I might be losing my mind in quarantine.

Faith Lehane: BTVS

Faith Legane is a little unconventional I know, but when I first saw her on Buffy The Vampire Slayer, something about her made and impact on me as a kid. Because I have never been a hero type. I have never found being good and always doing the right thing to be easy or natural for me. I was at a time in my life when I was starting to give up on humanity as a whole. I had seen how cruel and unkind people could be in the forms of discrimination and ignorance. I could definitely say that I was slipping into apathy by the age of eight. And as much as I loved BTVS as a show and did like Buffy as a character, I was kind of over the whole chosen hero, saving humanity kind of thing. I just really didn't see the point, and Faith felt the same way. She had seen too much ugly from the world when she was younger and she just couldn't deal with it any more so she shut down. Until Angel came into the picture and helped her confront her demons (metaphorically). Faith's redemption arch was huge for me for a number of reasons. The fact that Angel believed in her and never gave up on her gave me hope. It also showed me that in terms of recovery, self discovery, and redemption, it isn't about them. It isn't about the world or trying to do better for them. It's about you. In the immortal words of Angel himself, "if nothing we do really matters, then all that matters is what we do."

Carmilla Karnstien: Carmilla

Carm is pretty similar to Faith, so my reasons for her are pretty similar. But Carmila is also a lesbian which was huge for me when I first watched the web series, and it still is. Watching a sassy, brooding, sarcastic lesbian on screen for the first time was amazing. I love Carm for showing me that it's ok to not really be a people person and it's ok to be a little gloomy. You still deserve an amazing love story.

Even Bech Næsheim: and all the Evan remakes: Skam

This one will always hurt for me. But it's kind of a good hurt. Now if you're wondering why I didn't put all of the versions of this character on this list, or why I chose Even over others, it's because he was the first. Even is the OG and the first version of this character that I saw. Even stuck with me because of his light. His charming, happy, charismatic personality in the face of mental illness. He doesn't let his bipolar define him, he is so much more than that, and he has taught me so many valuable life lessons. Minute by minute in every language. Even makes me feel less alone.

Lola Lecomte: Skam France

Lola is one of those characters that makes you feel like you're staring in a mirror. Her struggles with depression and self harm mirror my own. She doesn't always do the right thing but she is always trying to be better and to get better.

Tiberius Blackthorn: The Dark Artifices

So I think I've already made my reasons for loving Ty quite obvious. But aside from the autistic representation part, I genuinely love his character. I love how he is genuinely kind and sees the best in people. He loves animals and finds so much beauty and fascination in the world. Ty is essentially what I was like when I was younger before years of bullying and internalized ableism destroyed me. Ty is teaching me how to love myself again and be proud of who I am.

Lexa: The 100

I'm still bitter about Lexa. She came before Carmilla so she was my first powerful, iconic lesbian character. I admired her a lot and I still do. The way she overcame her fears and insecurities after losing Costia and let herself care about Clarke proved that letting yourself fall in love isn't weak. It's the exact opposite. When she was killed off in such a tasteless way, it shook me. That was the first queer character that I loved that I also saw die. And it would not be the last.

Magnus Lightwood-Bane: TSC

Maybe I don't have a leg to stand on because I am neither mlm nor a moc. But I love Magnus because I love his strength and his perseverance. It inspires me. I also love his humor and his wit. He refuses to let centuries of bad experiences taint him. He will always be the Magnificent Magnus. Freewheeling bisexual, glitter warlock, badass motherfucker. And I will always love him.

[femnet]

Today, anyone can tell you that I am a hardcore book fan. But, up until I was 12, I hated reading. It felt like a chore, something that I was required to do for school but that I would never actually enjoy. I had never found a book that I could relate to or that could hold my interest. At the time, I could never have imagined the way that reading would impact my life.

I grew up (and still go to school in) a very small, conservative town in Texas. Here it was so taboo to talk about being gay that it was never mentioned. I had never even considered that a girl might like a girl or that a boy might like a boy. I was just told that girls liked boys, so that’s how my world worked.

My world finally changed one day when I was at a friend’s house. My friend’s brother was in the living room watching TV, and, for a reason I don’t recall, he said, “That’s gay!”

He immediately regretted saying that in front of me, because I wouldn’t stop asking him what that meant. I was a very persistent and curious girl, so I annoyed him until he told me, “It’s when a man likes another man.”

This was a very small moment in my life, but it introduced me to this fascinating new concept. If men could like men, then girls could like girls. And if girls could like girls, I could like girls.

The idea was there, but, at this point, the problem was that there was nothing more to it. I didn’t know any gay people. I had never seen gay people in the media. There was nothing concrete.

As previously stated, I hated reading at the time. However, I loved movies.

I was still 12 when I went to see a movie called City of Bones. I had no clue what it was about, but I had seen the trailer and it caught my eye. One morning, my aunt and I shuffled out to her car and we drove to the next town over where the nearest movie theater was. I was bouncing up and down with excitement as we went in.

For those who don’t know, City of Bones is the first book in Cassandra Clare’s series, The Mortal Instruments. Without spoiling anything or getting too deep into the story, there is a gay character named Alec Lightwood who is struggling with being in love with his best friend and coming to terms with his sexuality. Eventually, he meets a handsome warlock named Magnus Bane and starts to fall in love with him instead. You may have seen the Malec ship around Tumblr since the show, Shadowhunters, started in 2016.

This was the first time I ever saw a gay couple in media, but this wasn’t the only reason the experience was valuable. I saw the struggles of coming to terms with your sexuality in a society where it’s not accepted to be anything other than straight. I also saw a bi character for the first time (Magnus Bane) which introduced the possibility of being attracted to more than one gender.

This was the day I decided to give reading another chance, and the day it started to change my life for the better.

By the time I turned 13, I was devouring books. I was in the awkward stage where my peers and I were getting awkward sex talks and having classes where adults would come in and tell us stories to scare us into abstinence. (For those who don’t know, sex “ed” in Texas does not actually involve education.) However, I didn’t feel like any of this applied to me. My peers were busy discovering this new kind of attraction and I was left drifting alone. The older I got, the more I felt like something was just wrong with me.

I was 14 when I started high school and I was still very confused, but I also got access to a much better library and joined a book club. Through this, I discovered The Raven Cycle, The Darkest Part of the Forest, and even more books written by Cassandra Clare. 

It was back in The Mortal Instruments where I encountered a canon asexual character for the first time: Raphael Santiago. He isn’t a main character, but seeing a character that wasn’t interested in the attraction other characters were dealing with made me feel much better about myself. (Plus, he’s a vampire. That’s pretty cool, too.)

While I had been identifying as pan, I had known that wasn’t entirely correct. That year, I finally settled nicely into the identity panromantic asexual.

This was about the time I started realizing the power of representation. I did have friends who were LGBT+ and they were looking for characters like them the same way I was looking for characters like me. As I had once learned to love reading, I had also learned to love writing. Seeing the way that one author with a few great characters could impact lives, I told myself, “Hey, you could do that!”

I turned 15 and then I turned 16. I read Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, The Song of Achilles, All for the Game, and more. The more I saw the impact these stories had on me and those around me just by featuring characters like us, the more I was inspired to be the person creating that impact.

I am currently 17, almost 18, and I’m a senior in high school. I just finished writing a full book for my creative writing class as a practice for the ones I’m going to be writing in the future. I am planning on studying English and LGBT+ studies in college and going on to get my masters in creative writing. My dream is to write books that will give other people the representation I wish that I had had growing up. Nobody should ever have to live 12 years before they realize it’s possible for them to like someone of the same gender. And nobody should ever feel like there is anything wrong with them if they do.

We have definitely made progress with the amount of representation out there, however, as an ace person who can name three canon ace characters, I can tell you we definitely aren’t as far as we need to be. But, even the little representation that I did see growing up made a profound change in my life. This post definitely does not cover all of it. Without those realizations, I wouldn’t be on the same path I am now, and I am grateful for them every day.

For those of you searching for some more representation in your life, here’s a list of the books that I mentioned and a few more:

The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare

The Dark Artifices series by Cassandra Clare

The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black

The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman (this is actually a comic)

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman

Six of Crows series by Leigh Bardugo

All for the Game series by Nora Sakavic (my personal favorite)

[initiare]

@lightquivered

Even though you know that this theme of yours for Alec is all done and finished (as you've been working on it with me consistently for the last week or two), I wanted to share the code with you here— because, well, it’d give me an excuse to do something else that I’ve been meaning to do as well. Here’s the thing, one of my first posts on Jace can’t possibly be anything other than one that revolves around you and my eternal gratitude towards you. Because I mean, this blog wouldn't be here if it weren't for you.

A month or two ago, I knew absolutely nothing about the Mortal Instruments. I mean, I’d seen material of it through your blog for Alec, and then you’d start talking about him in calls to me more frequently, mentioning other characters alongside him, and I really didn't expect it all to impact me— but it did, it had a massive impact: because one morning I woke up with this deep-rooted motivation to want to make Jace. How is it even possible to want to write a character that one doesn't even know? Especially me, who’s so incredibly picky about what characters I like, let alone muses I make? —Wholly unprecedented is what it was, but I very gladly blame your total and all-encompassing love for the world that Cassandra Clare has beautifull created and written for us.

I got swept up in your devotion and adoration for not only Alec Lightwood and Magnus Bane and every other character you've ever mentioned to me, but everything about that world. And I wanted to get to know it because of that, I wanted to see what was so bloody special. I dove into the books and I've not looked back a single time since. You've introduced me to a world that I've come to adore and I’m not even sure if you understand the extent of my already ludicrous love for these books, for these characters. My mind feels at home when I read them, I’m mentally and emotionally challenged as I go through each of these chapters and I can’t put anything down once I start, because I’m so intrigued; I’m presented with complexities that thrill me beyond belief and you know how rare it is for me to love things this much. But more importantly though, I meet characters that’re so whole, so in-depth that they make an already immersive world even better than I thought possible. The truth is, I wouldn't have gotten into this franchise if it hadn't been for you, if it hadn't been for your deep-rooted respect and passion for the character of Alec Lightwood, if it hadn't been for your declarations of how these novels have so positively affected and benefited you and your life. And I can’t thank you enough for having shared that, because I’m now experiencing it as well and it’s such a beautiful thing to go through.

Geez, I've already written you a novel. Remember how I joke about what traits or qualities Jace and I share? Lengthy speeches and declarations— definitely something he and I have in common. How do I feel about this? I don’t know, but I know that I suddenly feel like doing the ice bucket challenge. Moving on!

See, we’re always told to not have favorites. Well, you know, then people can label me a proud rebel because I absolutely do and I’ll never apologize for it even once. You’re one of my bone fide favorites, Paige, you always have been and you've always known this (at least, hopefully you do, because otherwise I've failed miserably in my duties as a friend). Truthfully, five and half years ago, I didn't know you’d grow to be one of my very closest friends at present. Heck, you’re my long-distance roommate at this point; there’s not much about my life that you don’t know and I’m perfectly comfortable with that reality, which says a lot to anyone who knows me. You’re a confidante, a close friend, a kindred spirit on many things, and I’d severely miss having you around to badger, troll, joke with and confide in (and shh, but I’d miss worshipping the ground your talented self walks on as well). 

My adoration for you goes beyond how beautiful of a human being I think and know that you are though, it’s also in my endless admiration and respect for you as a fellow writer and artist. I was a baby in the world of writing and everything when I first met you in a totally different fandom. And I've grown, at least I like to think that I have, but it’s because of having known and watched people like you, people that I look up to and admire. I've grown in my skills, in my ways of thinking and in my understanding and it’s because people like you are as inspirational as you are. You have such a knack for this, you know, for all of this— which is also why I’m so glad that you’re doing what you’re doing in life outside of Tumblr. Your influence is larger than life, Paige, and the fact that others get to see it as well, that warms my heart. You’re doing what you’re born to do, here and in that wacky world outside of Tumblr— and I’m just eternally grateful that you let me be a part of it through our friendship. I value it immensely and I make you a promise that, if you’re still willing, me and my insanity will still be bugging you in ten and twenty and however many years from now. Are you ready for it? Because I am.

Thank you, my dear, thank you.

[megumismom]

Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime/manga, books, movies or tv series)? And why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....Thanks...

I do not mind!!! And I am sorry it took me like a week to answer this ask, I've been genuinely thinking about it, and then I had a whole freak out bcs why is my whole list mostly men??????? And then I suddenly forgot all media I've ever consumed, but here's what I came up with:

1. Victor Vale (Villains series by V. E. Schwab)

2. Magnus Bane (Shadowhunters by Cassandra Clare)

3. Ronan Lynch (The Raven Cycle and The Dream Trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater)

4. Alucard from Castlevania (the Netflix series)

5. Childe from Genshin Impact

6. Kaneki Ken from Tokyo Ghoul

7. Din Djarin aka the Mandalorian from The Mandalorian (I also love Leia, but I love Carrie Fisher more)

8. Xie Lian from Heaven Official's Blessing

9. Rhaenyra Targaryen from House of the Dragon/Fire and Blood

10. Jude Duarte (The Folk of the Air by Holly Black)

Now why do I love them? Well, the first 3 characters on the list introduced my 14 year old self to queerness and were a big part in my understanding of who I am. Tokyo Ghoul was one of the first animes I was really into and it introduced me to manga and anime, so it's not necessarily that I only love that character, I love the whole manga a lot. Rhaenyra and Jude are just cool badass female characters, I love women who murder and aren't afraid to do everything in their power to achieve their goals.

A few honorable mentions of characters from media I'm currently obsessed with, or was obsessed with in the recent past:

- Evan Buck Buckley from the tv show 9-1-1

- Fleabag from the tv show Fleabag

- Kendall Roy from the tv show Succession

- Megumi from the manga/anime Jujutsu Kaisen

- Astarion and Gale from the game Baldur's Gate 3