#the gold chain tho

[marrr444]

James in Tales From The Shadowhunter Academy to Matthew, Christopher and Thomas: I don't want to be part of your Matthew worshipping club.

James in the last hours to his fellow Merry Thieves: I am the leader of your Matthew worshipping club.

[helenofblackthorns]

most unrealistic part of tlh actually is there being no scene where someone opens a door & discovers everyone's parents trying (& failing) to pretend they all didn't have their ear pressed to the door 1.5 seconds ago

[joodles98]

doodle of homeboy in what i wore 2day cos my friend called my onitsuka tigers my little hedgehog shoes 🦔

[mossypidder]

So I’ve been wanting an excuse to make techno fanart for a while and I’ve been having really bad art block the last few days, but I found the picture below the cut and just. I figured why not.

[ilynpilled]

my fashion icon

[starfishandcoffee]

Never 4Get

[tyniamel]

Eat the Chain

[allthestories]

You know what?

The Last Hours is Church erasure.

And that’s just unacceptable.

Like not even a mention of him.

[fantastic-mr-corvid]

⭐ for I want to die with you, Wendy, on the streets tonight in an everlasting kiss!

Hehe<3 ty for indulging me to talk about this fic more Dujour!

ive talked about the contents quite a bit, but one thing i haven't touched upon as much is Celia knowing Elena's gonna leave, and how she changes to make up for that- this fic capturing Celia as she steps towards taking over Elenas role of leader and is slowly running out of denial about how Elena will leave. Ft taking about the power structure and leadership pre everlasting kiss. it got long so under the readmore!

Celia is not anything close to a leader, or even in the middle of the social hierarchy, when she turns 17. Elena and Tesoro are both near the top, not enough to be considered in the running leaders of their year, but Elena has an intelligence and fighting talent that overshadows that shes a girl, and Tesoros emotional intelligence and levelheadedness means hes the de facto mediator.

if all 2-3 'leaders'- the people fighting over the top position who have the ability to hold it- are down, Tesoro may be the person who most look to, but Elena would be the true leader, having the intimidation and strength to take control.

Celia is at best, a loyal grunt whos aware of the complexities of reputation and can win a fight enough to mostly avoid being fucked with.

But Elena is nominated for a scholarship by the school. Elena is already spending less time with them and more in what passes for an art studio, planning her portfolio and pieces, spending extra time behind class to make sure she gets those grades.

Elena will no longer be the person to step up as leader.

Tesoro is already cracking under the strain of his home life as well as the emotional baggage piled onto him. he will be important- but he cant be the one at the top.

and this is fine- well its not Celia has to grapple with her best friend leaving but shes happy for her!

Then the race happens and Polpo orchestrates a turf war between street gangs just so Passione can take over and absorb the victor. [timeline here more specifically under the second readmore]

and by the middle there down to one leader, and even less people, then that leader gets hospitalized and Elena is forced to step up while Tesoro is trying to hold everything together and Celia is who Elena leans on, Celia is the one who is trusted by Elena, and Celia is the one who suddenly starts moving upwards.

turns out being head over heels for your leader motivates a low tier grunt to become someone people learn to fear, not to mention fighting for you and your friends lives.

then the war is over, then they can breath- and thats when Everlasting Kiss happens. and it all changes again.

Celia didn't know if she was glad it missed or not. She was already the de facto leader of their little sub-group, and despite the leers, she would be the one to step up when Sovrano was taken out of the game- Hell she had stepped up as he was taken care of in that clinic.

By all rights, Elena should be the next in line, but this scholarship- well, she's been slowly retreating from them, preferring to study and linger in what passed for a studio in school, than hang out in parks and bars and wherever they chose to linger at night, drifting through the stone jungle they called home.

by the beginning of the fic, Celia is hyper-aware of Elena leaving, and has even become the leader next in line herself. Her and Elena are seen by the current leader as of equal status- showing just how far she has risen from effectively being Elena's lackey.

not to act like a Shakespearean dick joke is a truth of the universe but Celia is not born great, she had greatness thrust upon her every time, greatness being leadership. Her mother dies, she is forced to take up the role of parent. Elena is working for that scholarship [and other people die] so she is forced to take on the role as leader.

Celia is willing to make hard choices and sacrifice herself for those she loves and so she ends up carrying the burden of responsibility for others. she will end up stepping up to become a leader not out of a thirst for power, but because those she loves cannot hold the burden themselves.

+ bonus thats actually in the vein of directors commentary:

Yet Sovrano was waiting for something, anticipating action- despite the bandages and stitches, and there had been so much blood, and someone else had managed to knife him, in that last desperate attempt, but missed killing him by a few centimetres.

that 'last desperate attempt' was by Elena. she was so fed up of his shit she shanked him in the middle of a fight but unfortunately she missed.

[caterpillarinacave]

Gabriel: You know, you’re kind of violent.

Cecily: Yeah, but I’m short, so it’s adorable.

[helenofblackthorns]

also I was bored last night so here are a bunch of other height charts I did

[heronchildlove]

Hey everyone, I found the secret second epilogue of Chain Of Thorns. It shows what happens with James, Cordelia and Matthew some years down the line, trust me on this one

[youwerealwaysmysecret]

CHOT Two Truths And a Lie 💀

MY GOD YALL CC DID A TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE ON INSTAGRAMMMM 

1) a head of an institute is going to be killed 

2) belial is going to fly around on a talking bird 

3) a main character is going to die and be reborn as a vampire

- shes so good at fucking with us bc shes 100% seen the theories of matthew turning into a vampire AND IF HE DOES TURN WOULD SHE SPOIL ITTT... to throw us off? now these theories dont seem as far fetched, but that's such a confusing and open ended ending bc then hes immortal?? 😩 ig he’ll might show up in TWP 

- i literally do not care about any of the institute heads (except wessa ofc), but its specific enough to make you question it 🤷 its probably the Paris head or another English head, maybe as a plot scheme to get the adults out of town (bc they would have to go take care of it)

- and its kinda reasonable that belial is flying around on a bird?? she’s probably overexaggerating so it seems ridiculous and more like a lie?? to throw us off 😔 but its also rly odd-

HELP IM LITERALLY GOING IN CIRCLES WHY DID SHE DO THIS TO US

@weewoolesbian @rinadragomir

[edwinspaynes]

ngl the matthew bindup feels like some grand mythical beast right now. the panacea to all of my sadness, the cure-all to my despair. it feels so impossible to me that she'll announce it soon that i just can't believe it. i honestly will probably make it into some legend by the time that it comes out and then when it's in my hands i'll spontaneously combust

[ggigigoode]

good morning why am i experiencing feelings for boscy's first time in drag

[childoftheriver]

Found a few Gregs.