#parabatai

[hanelizabeth]

Green Carnation ~ Love of what is Beautiful ✨

- a recreation of Matthew Fairchild’s flower card -

characters by @cassandraclare 🤍

[cowboylikevee]

the most herongraystairs passage i ever read. EVER.

[decaffinated-dreams]

yes its been five years but i am not over emma hallucinating that she severed all parabatai bonds while coming back from thule, just to turn and see jem bleeding as he asks "emma, emma how could you?" i mean WHAT a perfect scene to show how powerful the parabatai bond is. throughout tda the bond becomes an antagonist as julian and emma struggle against it, and its hard to remember that its actually a beautiful way to connect two souls. one of my favorite parts of the shadowhunters books is how cassie shows how powerful and overwhelming platonic love can be, and will and jem are the embodiment of that. the bond isnt just a symbol of their love but the physical manifestation of its endurance, and thats why the seelie queens proposal to break all bonds is so tragic. to take away that kind of connection is sacrilege, even at the cost of romantic love. one is not greater than the other, and thats one of the subtle but beautifully written themes threading through tda.

[juliacthefangirl]

Herongraystairs 💔 Clockwork Princess Epilogue

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"Will’s eyes were closed, but Tessa’s were full of tears. Jem set down his bow, and came toward the bed, drawing back his hood, so she could see his closed eyes and his scarred face. And he had sat down beside them on the bed, and taken Will’s hand, the one that Tessa was not holding, and both Will and Tessa had heard Jem’s voice in their minds.

"I take your hand, brother, so that you may go in peace."

Will had opened the blue eyes that had never lost their color over all the passing years, and looked at Jem and then Tessa, and smiled, and died, with Tessa’s head on his shoulder and his hand in Jem’s."

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I'm back and I'm ready to make people cry on a Sunday 🥹 @cassandraclare

[wedarkacademia]

“Sometimes, when I have to do something I don't want to do, I pretend I'm a character from a book. It's easier to know what they would do.”

― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

[random-amateur-artist]

James and Matthew 💕 I love them both so much

[kaitcreates]

The two types of parabatai

[belle-keys]

i don't exactly see james and matthew as opposites, but instead i love how they complement each other and think that's underrated. james is introverted and matthew is very extroverted. james is midnight and matthew is sunlight. james is elegant darkness and matthew is golden effervescence. james is the ideal gentleman and matthew is the coy bohemian. james has the Mask while matthew has the Smile. james is latin and ancient epics while matthew is french and comedic plays. james is london and matthew is paris.

[buzzbuzzlittlebees]

william herondale really told jem carstairs he was his conscience and shoved his hands into a fire to retrieve drugs for jem and people think alec and jace are the better parabatais

[the-mortal-incorrects]

Alec: [reading quietly] Jace, upside down on a chair: Do you think stars have feelings?

[vankaar]

I may be just a tiny-winy bit obsessed with @scarletzgo (thank you!!!<3<3) Shadowhunters AU because everything it's fucking perfect and these kinda happened...

[hanelizabeth]

how could i share james without his parabatai too? ladies and gentlemen, matthew fairchild 🍸

characters by @cassandraclare 💛

[cowboylikevee]

YOU'RE DONE!! youre DONE.

[generalcollectionparadise]

parabatai:

Will and Jem - I was sleeping, and I heard your call in my head, woke up, stole someone else's horse in time to help you.

Matthew and James - with you, even to the most boring ball, even to the hottest hell.

Michael and Robert - I will carry you in my arms, undress you, and personally treat every wound and scratch, and I'm sorry that I can't heal your emotional wounds.

Valentine and Lucian - I heard your screams, made my bed, took a shower, finished my breakfast, and immediately rushed to your aid, hoping that you had already been killed, because our connection was huge a mistake. Alec and Jace - if you don't stop mindlessly being a hero alone, then I'll tie you up and sit on top. Emma and Julian - I will become an angel of retribution and destroy all your enemies because of my great love for you, and I also want to kiss you.

[juliacthefangirl]

Herongraystairs Family ❤ The Infernal Devices

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Will, Jem and Tessa's relationship is one of the most beautiful things @cassandraclare has ever created, they love each other so fearcely that, no demon, no human, no angel, not even death or time can't do them part 🥹 and seeing all Tessa's children together, it literally makes my heart melt inside my chest.

[buffyspeak]

shadowhunters rewatch 2023:

alec & jace in 1.12 vs izzy and clary in 2.08