the clave: *desperately trying hard to get back into idris and end nephilim exile*
jace: *sends a fire message clarifying rumors about him dying his hair blonde, casually mentioning how hopelessly in love he is with clary, and then proceeded to rate everyone else’s hair*
If I had a nickel for every time Magnus Bane kissed a 17 year old shadowhunter with black hair and blue eyes who was in love with their parabatai I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice
I would never recommend reading tsc in chronological order nor would I read it in that order myself because reading The Last Hours and The Mortal Instruments so close together would cause massive amounts of psychic damage. reading them six months apart was bad enough. right after each other? I would never wish that on anyone ever
the way people boil down the incest plot lines in tmi to pure cringy nastiness is one of my biggest pet peeves.
the "you're my sister" scene is actually heartbreaking because it's coming from an abused sixteen year old who's abuser saw him finding strength and self worth in love, said "absolutely not", and proceeded to make him feel a level of self loathing so profound he thought he was demonic.
it's supposed to be uncomfortable to read because it's a tragic form of abuse inflicted on both jace and clary and to boil it down to "oh well it was incest fic and i hope cc doesn't have brothers and blah blah blah" just tells me you lack the ability to think critically about the series or just missed the entire point.
"Not everything is about you," Clary said furiously.
"Possibly," Jace said, "but you do have to admit that the majority of things are.
- jace herondale to clary fairchild
Happy 32nd birthday to one of my favorite sassy, angsty, moody, witty, and stunningly attractive blonde boys in the world. I hope he enjoys his day today with his friends, family, and the ginger love of his life.