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i like that scene in chain of thorns where matthew (bi), thomas (gay) and alastair (gay) are talking with charles (gay) and he says something like "you guys can't possibly understand what is like to keep a secret like this" and they're all like... we literally do.

i just find that so hilarious 😭 like dude, read the room.

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tessa when she finds out another one of her herondale children helped a blackthorn perform necromancy to bring back their sibling:

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Things I loved about Chain of Thorns:

the peace each character feels at the end, how secure they are in themselves and their relationships

the Westminster Abbey battle (specifically James stabbing himself w Cortana, the gasp I gusped omg)

Alastair calling Thomas beautiful (multiple times 😌)

ARI 👏🏻 BRIDGESTOCK 👏🏻 MY BELOVED!!

Matthew slowly realizing he is deserving of happiness + his excitement to travel the world and see all its beauty :)

The portrayal of alcohol withdrawal and how tactfully Cassie handled addiction all throughout this series. My dad has been an alcoholic my whole life and I really can’t express enough how grateful I feel towards this series for portraying addiction in all its harsh realities while also making sure that readers understand addiction almost always stems from shame and self hatred. The kindness and gentleness expressed to Matthew and the sorrow, regret, and anger towards Elias are feelings I understand all too well. I’m rambling at this point but basically, thank you Cassie for portraying alcoholics as more than just deadbeats. Thank you for giving them dignity and humanity and thank you thank you thank you for portraying an addict that is not “fixed” by their love interest or their friends and family, but heals because they want too and because they genuinely believe they deserve it. I can’t explain how much that means to me.

Grace. Was pleasantly surprised by her character arc

JAMES HERONDALE MY BELOVED, IF JAMES HERONDALE HAS 1000 FANS I AM ONE OF THEM, IF JAMES HERONDALE HAS 1 FAN, ITS ME, IF JAMES HERONDALE HAS 0 FANS, I AM DEAD

Every scene with Lilith is always so fun but so terrifying

Alastair calling Thomas “my Thomas” no one speak to me

Belial basically being smote down by God at the end???? Is there a god in this universe?? Will we see him in TWP? Final battle between Heaven and Hell??? Omg

so is Cassie implying that Esme Hardcastle’s family tree she’s working on is the one from CP2? And the reason why it’s so fucked is because she was just making stuff up?? Because if so, that’s hysterical

James pointing his pistol at Lilith and going “try me.” Bitch, the way I just about fainted

JAMES HEALING MATTHEW IN EDOM W IRATZES BASICALLY THROUGH FORCE OF WILL AND SUCCEEDING, LIKE WHAT KIND OF BLACKSTAIRS SHIT IS THIS-

Manifesting a short story collection of Matthew on his voyage

Things I really did not like about Chain of Thorns:

How quick Christopher’s death was and how no one seemed to really feel effected by it?? Like we didn’t even see his parents grieving?? At first I boiled it down to, well, they’re in the heat of battle and Prince of Hell BS so they probably don’t really have time to grieve but even after all that ended, we just kinda…glossed over it? The most sentimental moment we got was Grace hearing his ghost and even then, it seemed mostly for plot

Matthew and James not having their own little moment in the epilogue but that may just be me because honestly I could read a whole book of James and Matthew’s little moments and be completely happy

Lack of Magnus. Also the lack of Magnus walking in on a couple making out. What kinda finale is it without Magnus walking in on a couple in a compromising position??

I love series traditions and I was a bit sad we didn’t get a wedding in the epilogue

As much as I love seeing everyone happy and at peace at the end, it felt so out of place compared to the other series’ epilogues. No foreshadowing to other series aside from Malcolm, no hints for TWP, no hints of what’s to come. I suppose the Coda sort of did that but I don’t know if the Belial we see in the Coda is talking about Jem’s interaction w him in GotSM or if it relates to TWP as well?? Idk, I just felt there were things to be desired

The lack of “Lucie? Lucie, is that you?” or “Cordelia? Cordelia, is that you?” (I know they weren’t parabatai until the next year but still)

I truly adore TLH, but one thing that has always felt disjointed to me is how…domestic? it all seems at first? Like, the actual battles and high stakes moments only happen within the last like 200 pages while the rest of it seems mostly roaming around and talking about feelings/being emotionally constipated (don’t get me wrong, I love both those things but I also love the action)

I wish Cassie would take more risks sometimes. Like as heartbreaking Livvy’s death was in LoS, that was one of the first times I remember thinking “wow, I genuinely don’t know if any of these characters are gonna be ok by the end of this” I’m hoping with TWP, I can also have some of that doubt back, because I like feeling like I don’t 100% know if a character is gonna survive this, you know? The fact that only one person died, a character that (to me) always seemed used as mostly a plot device, was a bit disappointing

Overall, I adore this series. I adore this cast and I honestly can’t believe it’s over ;-; I can’t wait for TWP, as much as I know that goodbye will I hurt even worse 😭

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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.

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I just want to know what happened between the Merry Thieves Generation to the Circle's generation to make them the way that they are. Like, how did these families go from being so respectful and kind to downworlders to their direct descendants forming a downworlder hate group that almost destroyed the Shadowhunting world. Like, was the Circle's generation just on something or was this a horrible, gradual shift that made these families unrecognizable to what they once were?

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Friendly reminder that after Chain of Thorns there are many more Christmas balls yet to come. (As if Will Herondale would have it otherwise). Balls, where the TLH gang is truly happy and without any worries regarding saving the world or unrequited love. Thomas and Alastair will dance with little Zachary, James and Cordelia will dance the night away, only having eyes for each other and Anna and Matthew will talk about their travels (and their new waist coats oft course). And at the end of the evening the Merry Thieves and all their beloveds will return to Curzon Street where they spend the rest of their night chatting and laughing about the good old days as well as of their future plans.

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Matthew Fairchild and Lestat de Lioncourt are absolutely best friends who meet up at the Hell Ruelle in London, as Lestat is a downworlder, for drinks and rant about their stupidly handsome boyfriends at the bar. Send tweet (this is absolutely a Twitter joke).

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rip matthew fairchild you would've loved chappell roan

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I knew this duo reminded me of someone 🤔

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Remember this: Cordelia and Emma would never have wielded Cortana had Will accepted it from Elias after Jem became a Silent Brother. Will even encouraged Elias to give the sword to his own children... children he didn't even plan on having.

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— TLH Face Claims

Cordelia Carstairs (Golshifteh Farahani - Finding Altamira)

Lucie Herondale (Alexis Bledel - Tuck Everlasting)

Grace Blackthorn (Lea Seydoux - Diary of a Chambermaid)

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Do I know that a BBC TLH adaptation would be a terrible thing and probably an affront to humanity? Yes. Do I want to see Cordelia Carstairs thread flowers through her hair onscreen while wearing the prettiest pastel dress even if Cortana is a spray-painted plastic dollar store prop? Also yes

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I hate that people say Grace sexually assaulted people when those boys wanted it

TW - sexual assault

I’m 99% sure this is rage bait, but there’s an entire segment between Matthew and Grace to prove otherwise. And sending these type of asks are gross and not very appreciated on my side.

“You made me do that.”

“He felt nothing, no desire…”

Yeah that’s not someone who wants it or is asking for it. Coercing someone to do something they don’t want to do is still assault. Matthew never felt anything like this towards Grace, it was done as a power play - something to hold over Matthew’s head towards James. A manipulation tactic towards Matthew.

I enjoy grace as a character, however when you perceive and or analyse characters that obviously have done bad stuff, I think you need to just accept they did that. A watered down whitewashed version of grace is not the grace actually present in the story. No Matthew did not ask for it, no James did not ask for it either. They were manipulated and coerced by Grace.

Grace & James, Grace & Matthew weren’t things down out of passion or love. As stated before, it’s manipulation and coercion- which still counts as assault. Grace literally gave James a bracelet as a way to keep being able to manipulate James. Yes I think a lot of her behaviour stems from a fear and manipulation of Tatiana, and also a deep want for her brother back - but this doesn’t make her actions excusable. Remember that it’s Matthew and James who are the victims in this situation.

Grace should be held accountable for actions because grace also holds herself accountable for her actions. This is what her entirety of her Chain of thorns arc is about. Don’t send me gross asks when you’re illiterate!!!

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cassandra really did go off with these boys i must say. james matthew thomas christopher my best friends the merry thieves… they’re soooo annoying they literally named their friend group and everyone else hates them for it but they love each other soooooo much. this is what the harry potter marauders fandom thinks they have. sorry i’m literally always saying that but it’s hardly my fault that cassie saw those four guys jkr made up and was like “i can do this ten times better and actually within the books watch”. and then she did. and she gave them a lesbian with a weird gender to be their patron saint. which slays insurmountably

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I JUST REALIZED (if this is common knowledge let me die with ignorance) THAT THE MERRY THIEVES ARE THE MARAUDERS REIMAGINED

James = JAMES

the glue. golden boys from golden families

Matthew = Sirius

wealthy, tortured souls. GAE

Thomas = Remus

big bad secret. GAY

Christopher = Peter (but only marauder era peter)

smallest, socially awkward, and LOVED

GAHH my boys 🥹

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Man I'm actually glad people are waking up to the fact this show is going to be a dumpster fire for whoever they cast as Hermione

You know none of them bitches are going to defend her from HP fans being shifty about her being black, or being anti-slavery