#tsc short story

[wikitpowers]

people don't want gifts for christmas, they want new kit herondale content from cassie....

[helenofblackthorns]

I feel like one thing we can take away from this kickstarter is that Cassandra Clare will never be done with the Shadowhunters universe. like literally all these new short stories come from the fact she took a six month "break" from writing shadowhunters lmao

[fairdale]

we could be slow dancing (if only you let me hold you)

Ty's gray eyes were wide. He looked so confused, Kit thought, while he watched him, almost small in that empty dusty ballroom.

Only a few steps separated them, but it felt like so much more. Kit felt his heart pounding against his heart and he barely stopped himself before lifting his arm to feel it. He took a deep breath, shaking, and kept staring at the man standing in front him. He wanted to say something, anything, to break the dense silence that stretched between them, but, at the same time, he didn’t have anything to say to him. Not anymore.

He closed his eyes for a second. Looking at Ty always required some kind of strength. Strength not to shake him, strength not to yell at him, strength not to jump him and kiss him and make a fool of himself.

“Are you mad at me?” He opened his eyes and fixed his blue stare on his face.

“I’m not.” He answered after a beat.

“Then why…” He frowned and took a step forward. “You are.” He bit his lower lip, causing Kit’s gaze to drop. Fuck, everytime he saw the other he seemed to be even more gorgeous. “Talk to me.”

“I’m not mad, Ty.” He sighed and pushed his hair back. “Just tired. All this trouble for nothing.” He added while opening his arms. They had been following a clue to an abandoned mansion property of an old warlock, but when they had gotten there every trace of said warlock was missing. Okay, so maybe he was a bit frustrated, sue him.

“We just have to keep trying.”

“I guess.” Sensing another awkward silence, Kit turned around and started walking towards the front door. “We should go, there’s nothing else to see here.”

“I talked to Livvy.” He said. Kit stopped dead in his tracks and looked over his shoulder. “I…” His eyebrows were furrowed once again. “Jules knows.” He whispered. “And he’s mad at me. And I keep trying to talk to Livvy, but she’s ignoring me. I didn’t… I didn’t think she would resent me this badly. I just wanted to be with her.” Kit took a step forward when he saw how stressed Ty was. “I keep doing it wrong. With all of them. And now you’re angry at me too.”

“I’m not angry.” He repeated, slowly.

“But you are!” He exclaimed. “I know you are! I know you’ve been angry for years!” He throwed his hands in the air. “You were disappointed in me. You left without saying goodbye.” He whispered furiously.

“You don’t have the right to reproach me for that.”

“It still hurt!” He screamed, passing his hands through his hair over and over again. “It hurts. Every day.”

“Ty…”

“You could have say goodbye.” He murmured. “You could have talked to me.”

“I told you, Ty. So many times, but you didn’t listen.”

“Then you should have made me listen!” His voice echoed off the walls. “You packed your bags and left! Did I matter so little to you?” He sounded hurt.

“You’re kidding.” He blinked. He couldn’t believe what he was hearing. “So little? I loved you, Ty. Love. As in ‘I would bring someone back from the death’ love.” He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself and focused his eyes on Ty, who was already staring. “Look. I know it was shitty of me to leave like that, but I needed it. It sounds lame and I’m sorry that I hurt you, but I was hurting too. I just… I needed space. I was heartbroken and sad and confused and-”

“Loved?” He interrupted him.

“What?” He gazed at him, perplexed.

“You said loved.” He frowned. “Does that mean you don’t love me anymore?”

“I-”

“Because I do.” He continued. “Love you, that is. I loved you back then and I love you now.” Kit could only stare at him, bewildered.

“What… What did you just say.”

“I love you.”

“But you…” He covered his eyes with his hands, trying to understand what the hell was happening. “I meant in love.”

“I know.” Ty replied. “It’s you who won’t listen. I’ve been telling you. I loved you then and I love you now. And I loved you all these years.” Kit could hear his own ragged breaths. “I love you.”

“You love me.” Faded piano notes started to play, but both of them were too focused on each other to realize it.

“I do. Do you need me to keep repeating it? I might as well record it for you, then. I love-”

“I’m gonna kiss you.” Kit mumbled, and that was the only warning he got before the other shadowhunter closed the distance between them and pressed his lips against his.

God, Kit thought, they were so soft and they fitted perfectly together. His dagger fell to the floor at the same time his hands went to Ty’s hair, fingers carding through his dark strands while Ty started to respond to his attack.

At first, he was hesitant. He could feel it in the way his hands trembled a little by his sides before he decided to put them on Kit’s slim waist, shy. His lips started moving against his after a couple of seconds, falling in a slow rhythm that took tiny gasps out of the both of them. There weren’t fireworks, Kit thought, but he sure as hell as if the world were spinning around him.

“I love you.” Kit breathed against his mouth before kissing him again, deeper this time, caressing his lower lip with his tongue. Ty opened his mouth instinctively, allowing him to enter. Their bodies were pressed closely together, no space between them. The blond started walking until Ty’s back was pressed against the wall.

“Kit…” Ty whispered before leaning into him once again. They couldn’t get enough of each other, didn’t want to separate. Not after finally being able to hold the other like this.

Ty’s hands wandered then up and down his back, feeling the hard muscles underneath them while Kit now had one on the side of his neck and the other enveloping his middle, caging him almost as if he were afraid that he would run.

He would never. And now he had all the time in the world to show him.

Or all the time demons allowed them to have.

(He would take it all, wouldn’t have it any other way.)

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a/n: so... i did a little something!! it was a bit rushed, but i felt inspired and i wanted to write about kitty. english isn't my first language so there may be some mistakes. don't take this too seriously, i just wanted to share a cute story and i liked how this turned out. i love kitty so much and i can't wait to read more of them, so this came out. anyways, i hope you enjoy it!! let me know what you think (pls be kind) <3<3

oh, and pls don't post this anywhere else!!

[blqckthorne]

guys i’m excited for the sebastian and seelie queen story😭😭

[bookishjules]

Im so excited for bib but sad to not see any tid couples other than wessa, what do you think could have been good stories of them?

gabrily:

i know i mentioned this in my last ask about them but gabriel and cecily figuring out their footing as a couple would have made a great story. if gabrily was a romcom, we kinda just got the first half of their story in tid, and it would have been cool to see some kind of friction arise between them that they would have come out all the stronger for.

as much as it would hurt, i also think there's a good story to be found in the aftermath of chot. being parents and shadowhunters wouldn't always allow people the time and space to grieve and heal and learn how to cope, and i think it would be something special to see them find solace in each other. it would also be interesting to see how the way they look at little alexander changes, since he's in the very unique position of being brought up in that aftermath.

on a lighter note... gabrily proposal!! since edmund and linette are still like.. in their lives to at least some extent, do we think gabriel would have done the respectful 1880s gentlemanly thing to do and talk to her parents first? also the potential for cecily to give that proposal a 10.. i would cry.

chenry:

their first time after realizing they were in love with each other the whole time. i really don't need to add any details here hehe makes me aksdfadsjk just thinking about it.

their first time after henry becomes a paraplegic. the self-consciousness on his part, his insistence that charlotte deserves better, will always deserve better than him. charlotte being like fuck that, we'll figure this out. and then they do and it's sweet there's laughter and love just threaded throughout

it would be great to see them as parents when the boys were young too (and i swear that's not just because imagining baby matthew makes me inexplicably happy). just finding moments to look at each other and smile, or sneak away for a quiet moment together away from the busy-ness of being the consul's family with the chaos of raising two very different boys who definitely got on each other's nerves.

sophideon:

there are two stories in my head that are similar to ones above but i think would also be good for sophie and gideon. the first is how they handle grief post chog. and the second is their young family. i think a story about them just laying in bed discussing their kids would be so sweet.

as for more specifically gideon and sophie stories... their wedding would be wonderful i think. sophie being the one whose doted on for once, the one having her hair done up by charlotte and tessa, and how out of place that would feel for her. gideon getting nervous not because of cold feet but because sophie is the closed thing to an angel he's ever seen. he's such a silly-in-love lightwood and watching him walk down the aisle with gabriel and stand beside sophie would be beautiful.

the two of them moving into a house together in idris. i feel like this could have a lot of potential generally, but there's this specific kind of moment i'm thinking of where sophie is cleaning out of habit and gideon either joins her or takes over for her, telling her to relax, or to read to him if she insists on doing something useful. there's so much tenderness that could spark from that.

[spacehero-23]

am i surprised TLH era is getting thrown away like a dirty, used-up rag? no. but it is irritating because you just know jace, clary and the entire TMI gang is gonna haunt the chapters of the TWP trilogy. cc can't let them go and she's gonna make it everyone else's problem

[daily-clace]

Hi, guys! 🌻

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If you are looking for fanfic recommendations, you can search in the tag "clace fanfic recommendation of the week". I post those on my main blog but I always reblog them here, so you should be able to find them. I know how hard it's to find a good Clace fic! 📚

And remember that my ask box it's always open 💖

Main blog @vierss-herondale 🌻

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Art by Cassandra Jean 🌸

[darcyolsson]

i have to ask what is the midnight heir and whats so special about it. ive seen you mention it so many times

it's a short story by cassandra clare which features some of her characters which then also went on to appear in her series the last hours (james and grace), except their characterisation is WILDLY different, because it was written years before the main series. i'm talking like, literally irrecognisable, had to be retconned to make any sense. and it's SO GOOD.

it's a lot darker then the main series and i think people were just a bit let down when we finally got to see these characters in a series of their own and their most interesting characteristics were scrubbed away to make them friendlier, less morally grey characters. especially when the last book in the last hours was released and people generally Did Not Love It there was a newfound appreciation for that short story, because it presents the same characters in a far more interesting and complex way than the main series does. so thats why you might see people mention it a lot these days!

(i, too, cant think about tmh too much because it drives me literally insane. there was so much potential there in so many ways (not just characters, but worldbuilding too) and then she just actively chose NOT TO DO IT cc when i find you !)

[nikalesthethief]

i live in a very liberal bubble and i also grew up in a very liberal bubble but everytime i go outside of my very liberal bubble i am abruptly reminded of the facts that 1. i am (pretty visibly) queer 2. visibly not white and also 3. a lot of people do not like me because of the previous two points. it is so. tiring.

[ragnor-lives]

Magnus Chase crumbs in the latest read riordan blog

[perpetualprocrastinationisme]

You know whose deaths hit me the most in TSC? The characters that we just barely saw before their lives were cut short. The ones that don't get brought up much and we don't see a ton of grief over in most of the books. The ones you can't even really find fanart for. It's characters like...

Jon Cartwright - I hated Jon Cartwright in Tales From the Shadowhunter Academy. Then I loved him so much it hurt. He began as this elitist, thick necked lunk that you were designed to intensely dislike from the start. He went from regularly spewing awful things about Downworlders and harassing the dregs in the Academy to a guy who carried Marisol Garza's lunch tray around while she told him about mundane culture and who the Cohort hated in TDA. A guy who cried whenever they would reminisce about George, a mundane who failed to ascend. He showed so much growth, could have been such a help in reforming the members of the Cohort.

George Lovelace - Where do I even start with George? It was impossible not to root for him. He was such a constant friend for Simon in that shaky time when he didn't have his memories and was finding his way. He was so kind and there was so much potential to explore his character further in the successive books. For him to be a solid reference of an ascended mundane who turned into a true Shadowhunter hero. Then it all ended before it could even truly start even though his flower card reads future promise. George Lovelace, you deserved so much better, you will always have a place in my heart.

Max Lightwood - With Max, I know that we do see people grieve over him in the books but it just hits me so hard how much potential he had, all the things he didn't get to do. How we didn't get to fall in love with his siblings-in-laws Clary and Simon who would have taken him to Forbidden Planet and turned him into a proper nerd. How he never got to meet Magnus or the Alec that was sure of himself. How he didn't get to be a part of the TWP gang who he was the same age as. My heart aches at the loss of all those special moments that never to be for Max Lightwood.

Julie Beauvale - I don't know why, but her death hit me the hardest in TDA even though it was only touched on briefly in two separate paragraphs (which I know sounds insane because of everything that happened at the end of LoS and into QOAAD). It's just, she had such an arc. Like, she was traumatized by seeing her sister die at the hands of a faerie and clearly hated them deeply when she first arrived at the Academy. She was also very classist/elitist. But did she stay like that? No, no she didn't. Through the friendships she made at the Academy she changed and let go of that part of her. Julie fought for Livvy's watch in QOAAD even though she almost definitely would have been a Cohort member if it wouldn't have been for her time at the Academy and meeting Simon. So how did her story end? By intercepting an arrow that was shot by a faerie and meant for his faerie brother. Her life coming to a close because of the people she had spent so much of her life hating but came to respect and appreciate to the point that her last moments were spent fighting against people whose entire identity was based around hating them. It was just such an awful full circle moment.

Ave atque vale Jon Cartwright, George Lovelace, Max Lightwood, and Julie Blackthorn. Hail and farewell you dear souls.

Art: @cassandrajean

There's no art to be found on the internet of Jon or Julie, especially not official art :(

[wikitpowers]

OKAY I WANT TO GET A BIT DEEP IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME.

I’m having a hard time… coping with the fact taht there is a horizion of end… to the shadowhunter world.

I have been waiting for Kity novels for SO LONG. But yet i know that with them comes the end, and it’s got me all crosshaired.

I’ve lived more of my life then without waiting for Shadowhunter release novels. They gave me life. It’s my main fandom. The book releases are the highlights of my year, and i take annual leave from work since i started working for Shaodwhunter novels. I’ve been reading them since high school, all through college, through law school, and now work.

This world and it’s development has been my home. It’s been the grounding foundation to how i even developed literary intersts in the first place.

I recongise that because of Shadowhunter worlds, I love long series, i love interconnected series, it’s what brought me to enjoying universes similar to it, like the Cosmere and Malazan. But i always come back home.

And ig what i’m trying to say, i find it really existential and literally cry on the spot with the idea of saying goodbye. Like how???? Like how is it really good bye? The end? OBV i don’t CC to continue writing for a universe she doesn’t want to any more… but why not pause it write other stuff and then come back to it? Why END? IDK. I feel very existential and was wondering if you had any thoughts, tips, copying mechanisms.

<3 <3

hey! holy crap i get this on a spiritual level :(

i’ve also been reading shadowhunters for years and during that time there’s always been new tsc books coming out, so when i think about the universe coming to a close, i also get super emotional. and tbh we don’t know whether this will truly be the end bc cassie could always decide that she wants to write something more (like mina, max and raphael’s story which i would kill to read!). and despite her saying that twp will be the finish line for the shadowhunter’s universe, i still think she will treat us to some short stories, or maybe another kickstarter-like project!

ultimately, of course it is cassie’s decision what she does with it. and naturally the series ending will have a toll on all of us who love these books so much, but also i have faith that cassie will give us a wonderful finish that will bring us all together. <3

and even if twp is all we get and then it will be over… then we can still reread the series a million times! and cry with other people in the fandom and be there for each other. plus, new people will always be joining the fandom and i think that’s super exciting to think about. maybe somebody will only start getting into the series when tls comes out? and then they can be taken on this brand new adventure and we can be the ones to make them feel all the love this fandom has to give - to let them know how truly great these books are and how much they mean to us!

so as far as coping mechanisms go - i say we should just stick together, reread like crazy and let everyone around us know how awesome these books are <3

[helenofblackthorns]

I haven't been bothering with posting anything for my qoaad & gotsm rereads since time is of the essence if I to want to finish them this year, and I'm currently about halfway through both. however I've still been taking pictures to post later and I uh might be going overboard 😬

[edwinspaynes]

No, but Gracetopher is Thomastair's tragic mirror and I think it's time we talk about it.

We have Alastair Carstairs and Grace Blackthorn. Both abuse survivors; both in unspeakable situations. Both people who have done horrible things at a young age because that's what they had to do to survive. Both very alone, with no one to love them but a sibling that they have a forced distance with.

Both perceived as monsters.

And then there are the Lightwood cousins, inseparable since birth. Thomas, a poetic dreamer with his head in the clouds, and Christopher, a scientific innovator who's well up there, too. (Both are also almost certainly autistic imo, but I don't want to derail this canonical analysis with my headcanons.)

They forgive.

And they're the first people in Alastair and Grace's lives to show them kindness, to reach out a hand and give them the grace they need to grow.

Thomas sees the best in Alastair, teaches him that he is loveable, that he deserves to be happy and share love, because love is the best thing we do.

And Alastair, as he deserves, is now "perfectly happy with everything exactly as it is." In Thomas's eyes, he has found hard-earned joy; he has found peace he never had.

Christopher sees the best in Grace, too. Where Thomas sees the pure and unfiltered love that Alastair holds, the selfless sacrificial affection, Christopher sees in Grace a will of iron and a beacon of strength. Grace, who has never been valued for anything more than her beauty, is finally seen as intelligent and passionate in Christopher's eyes. And, because she is these things, because he asks for the "honor of her opinion" and believes her "brilliant," she is, for a short time, herself.

And then Christopher dies.

Thomas and Alastair grow closer, and they have the chance to bring out the best in each other. Alastair opens up emotionally; Thomas becomes more confident. In the end, they become who they truly are because they find solace in each other. But Grace...

Well, Grace is right where Christopher left her. He left her no choice but to stay there forever, dust collecting on her pinned-up hair.

Without Christopher, she no longer has that mirror. She loses the only person to see her as she is - a strong, smart, brilliant girl with unfiltered and unlimited mental potential.

That's the tragedy of Grace Blackthorn. With a mirror, with those eyes (or crooked spectacles) that she could see her true reflection in, she too could have been happy. Alastair is the proof. But now, she does not get that. She is alone again. Dare I say that she is doomed by the narrative.

And yet. Yet.

There is a glimmer of hope, because Grace saw who she really is in Kit's lavender eyes, if only for a moment.

It's a far cry from Alastair's happy ending, and the story of Grace Blackthorn is in my opinion probably the most tragic in TSC.

But still.

She knows, deep down, that she can be more than a monster.

She can be a scientist.

[otdiaftg]

WHAT'S NEXT:

The out pouring of love for this blog has swept me off my feet. I knew the logic behind the follower count, but this weekend proved to me without a shadow of a doubt just how much this fandom cherishes these characters and this story.

I am overwhelmed with adoration towards every. single. one. of you.

I took the weekend to finally recoup after the whirlwind of this past year but wanted to take a moment now to answer some of the questions I've seen pop up and to inform you all of what my plans are for what's next.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

WILL YOU CONTINUE THE ACCOUNT THIS YEAR?

This took me a long time to ponder and I wanted to make sure I was in the correct headspace to answer it. Short answer: No.

Long answer: All For The Game is near and dear to my heart. And the reason I began this account was because the dates for 2023 matched that of the dates they were meant to be in 2006. To continue it in the year 2024 would mean the dates would be completely wrong and a lot more logistics would have to occur beforehand.

But also-- I'm not the best when it comes to technology, especially when it comes to BOTS so every post that was published was typed out, formatted and scheduled by hand by me. I did not have help. I did not have proofreaders, or editors, or managers. I contacted all the artists myself, sorted through every single page of the artists to find matches to the story, read and re-read the books for exact or guesstimation of dates/times, and made a hell of a lot of typos on the way through all that.

There was probably an easier way that I could have done all this. But I didn't/don't know it. So that all boils down to: It’s a long and tiring process.

Don't get me wrong, it was worth all the hours. And all the sleepless nights I had getting everything done and out. I already thanked my support network, but without my wife and my best friend being there to make me another cup of coffee, walk our dog, do the chores and generally make sure I didn't crumble from the pressure -- none of this would have happened.

So, putting myself through that again, after everything that has happened this year alone-- felt like it would cheapen the experience I had when the dates won't even match.

That being said.... 2034 isn't that far away. >__>

WILL YOU BE DOING AN OTDITSC?

Short answer: No.... sorry.

Long answer: As stated, it is VERY hard to organize what and how I did. HOURS spent researching, organizing, scheduling, etc. Time spent away from my family and other hobbies. NOT time I regret (need to keep prefacing that) but time I want back now. At least for a little bit.

It also doesn't sit right for me to start an OTDITSC when I know some people are still waiting for their copies. There are so many of us out here (as I've come to find out) and I don't want to exclude people's enjoyment and connection that this account gives. I also feel like the more posts about TSC out there, the harder it is for those who are (lets say) waiting for the physical copies to block/mute spoilers. We can say a tag is enough, but this is the internet. And that's not always true.

And lastly, personally, TSC is still SO VERY NEW. It's not even complete yet and we don't 100% know when the next one will be published. I don't want to start something, get to the end of the timeline, and than have a huge gap between posts that will potentially be moments in the second book. It doesn't feel fair to their story, to myself, or to the followers of this account to have incorrect information for something I love so dearly. If I'm doing it. I want to do it right.

SO, WHAT'S NEXT?

Well. A lot. For me personally, as well as this account. I don't want to leave everyone in such a finite way. I love this fandom. I love its art and writings and the abundance of talent and joy that it exudes.

So first, for myself, as well as those artists who agreed to help with this account, I want to post, for the next 40 days Artist Highlights (that means this account will still be active until Friday, June 7th).

Every day, I will post about an Artist and the work that I wanted to post but couldn't fit in. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, these artists are the reason this account thrives. Art, in a multitude of forms, speaks in a way words can not. And these artists prove that.

I'm excited to show them off for a couple more weeks at least. They are all wonderful people.

AND, FINALLY:

To also tie us over, I am opening both my personal account as well as this account to questions.

Questions regarding the process, the story, the best movie out in theaters, whatever. I will be answering your questions (as fast as I can) until that last Artists Highlight day (Friday, June 7th). After this day, I will leave the questions answered up for a week, and then remove/delete them from this account. I want to make this more of an archive of sorts and will be updating the Timeline Page as this progresses as well, so you can move freely within the timeline.

Keep in mind that I am only one person, have a family and a full-time job-- so answers may be sporadic, but I will answer them.

This has truly been such a pleasure. And whether I get questions or not, I see you and I appreciate you. I hope your life is filled with everything you ever want, everything you need, and that you never let it go.

🦊 🧡- Kelysium

[bookishjules]

I wish we had more scenes of Izzy at Simon’s gigs or her being a band gf yk it would be cool

dude tell me about it!!!! i spend way too much time mentally attending simon's shows with izzy for us to have never gotten a canon scene of it. like sure we know she did go to gigs but i think the only time we get a band gf in attendance, it's maia in cofa. we deserve some real backstage moments. some simon calling out izzy's name before they sing a song he wrote about her. some izzy chilling at the bar in the back watching all these people loving watching simon and smiling to herself knowing he's hers. we deserve it. they deserve it.