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To The Person In The Newspaper - Jordan Bolton

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baffling how much of this site is just conservative protestantism with a gay hat

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Gabriel: I’ve only said “I love you” to two people in my life.

Gabriel: Cecily, and Sophie because it was dark and I thought she was Cecily.

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Will: Hey Gabriel, can I get a ride home?

Gabriel: *getting in his carriage* I don’t have a carriage.

#😪💪

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Herondale men are overrated and the narrative hyping them up at every opportunity and glossing over most of the crap they do makes them super unlikable

Pretty much. The narrative exempts them from a lot of things it holds other characters accountable. The suffering of any other character is never on the same level with theirs. I feel this strongly with Will when, for instance, you compare the writing of his character to Gabriel Lightwood’s. I wrote once in a post that

in case of Gabriel, for example, he isn’t surrounded by these typical manipulative elements that shoehorn the readers to sympathize with his character. He is not written wallowing in angst for the sake of his nightmares or his family falling apart or his mother’s suicide (oddly?). The week he spent in fear of his father finally going mad with the disease is played as a punchline to a joke Will’s been on about for the whole series so far. Moreover, it is a scene where none of the other characters show Gabriel the plentiful sympathy that is shown to, well, any of the London Institute.

In comparison, Will and Tessa’s pains are always made abundantly clear, and to enhance the image of their endless torment and incredible pain there is always another character to validate it. There is no ten-page ruminating over Gabriel’s experiences or feelings or emotional life when he deals the kill blow to his father. This versus Will living in torment for thinking it’s on him that his sister is dead.

I’d say this applies to Jace in general sense. It is his suffering that is central for readers (and the other characters) to feel and know about. In this regard especially, it’s hard to not think there is a bias when it comes to Herondales, though Will and Jace are just the two most prominent examples, and I’m not interested nor probably ever will be interested in James (or any other Herondale man pain).

Then I thought, Perfect Diego is a funny character because his perfection is a joke, and other characters don’t swoon over him. It’s a source of annoyance for them. But when it comes to, say any protagonists or those of the name Herodale, it is the most serious business to come across. Sometimes it feels as though the writing forgets to be self-conscious about them and becomes gratuitously self-indulgent.

Stephen is more obscure of a character, and the story doesn’t bring him a lot forth. Maybe it is because his supremacist and racist views, but even in “The Last Stand of the New York Institute” the writing never fails to recognize a Herondale:

“Magnus looked again at Stephen and realized why his face was so familiar. Gold hair and blue eyes–he was a more ethereal and slender version of a young Edmund Herondale, as though Edmund had come back from heaven, twice as angelic.”

And

“Magnus looked at Stephen, at his beautiful face and his weak mouth.”

I am sort of hopeful about Kit though, even though I do feel like he gave into being a Herondale way too easily than his earlier characterization let on. He didn’t want it, asked not to be called by his Herondale name but Tessa and Jem (mainly) still pushed on it. Anyway, since Kit hasn’t been much of a protagonist yet, and we haven’t had such a central focus on him as a main character without Emma and Julian’s mess and drama, I am hopeful that I will still like him in The Wicked Powers or what ever it will be.

But then there’s my logical brain that knows how these things will pan out with Clare’s writing and side characters being pushed into that same protagonist mold…

#so.. tired #text

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Gabriel: Name a more iconic duo than my fear of abandonment and instinct to self-isolate, I’ll wait.

Cecily: You and I.

Gabriel,crying: Alright

#chat

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Consul Wayland: *walks into the room looking menacing*

Gabriel: I’ll have a cheeseburger! Extra onions

Consul Wayland: You think you’re FUNNY.

Gabriel: I think I’m adorable:)

#lmao #chat

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when ur fave is one dimensional or treated poorly by the writer but as a writer you can see how much potential they have for interesting and engaging storytelling

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its quite literally like when people are trying to make a woman as weird as possible they make her realistic by accident

#@clare

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okay so you know how the (very outdated) family tree has grace and christopher end up together? i personally think that could be a very interesting storyline to see play out considering everything we know now... but what is your opinion friend

!!!!! I’m so excited for Grace and Christopher??? Like fuck outta here James w ur emo bs. Christopher Lightwood is my soft science boy and I think that him and Grace would have an interesting dynamic. I think that Grace is going to be a shockingly intelligent character who could potentially be able to keep up with Christopher and help balance him out.

#imagine them doing science together #reblogging for the tag #ask

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TLH

I am lookign forward for Thomas/Christopher cute best Lightwood duo moments in TLH

#😍😍 #text

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It’s my favorite family, the Lightwoods!! ❤

Gabriel, Cecily, Anna and baby Christopher!!

Gabriel is my favorite male character in all of TSC. I just love his development and ambition.

What are your thoughts on Gabriel, Cecily, Anna, Christopher, or the Lightwood family altogether?

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Tag: @shahana21

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i read your notes on my post abt cecily and !!! it's true and you should say it !!! cc couldn't hop off will's proverbial dick for five seconds and get into the plethora of absolutely fascinating side characters she made and we're all still suffering for it in the year of our lord 2019

I try to stick to tagging posts instead of commenting cause people are out there tryna fight me 😥😥

#ask #mine

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Slytherin couple goals: Cecily Herondale and Gabriel Lightwood

#😢😢😢😢😢 #so true #the heck😢 #text

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are y'all ever overwhelmed by how lonely cecily must have been after ella died and will left??? her entire life is completely transformed in 24 hours and she’s what,,, nine years old? she literally had no way to fully understand what had happened or any way to contact will, who just deserted them for seemingly no reason. the difference between having two older siblings to play with and talk to and then overnight having none must have been so absolutely jarring and yet she pulls through. she had to watch her father deteriorate and slowly drink and gamble away their home which is the place where her memories of ella and will are, and then move away from wales to ravenscar manor where ragnor reports to charlotte that they have very, very little contact with the local townspeople. that’s so much fucking loneliness packed into five or so years.

tl;dr cecily herondale is so mentally and emotionally strong and y'all honestly sleep on her

#people are sleeping on her because #cc spent no brain power whatsoever on developing her character and the implications of will's actions #and instead wasted 3 books writing about will's man pain #text

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