#clari rambles

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

me trying to explain why im laughing hysterically at sam campbell not making enough of his time in croatia:

#kai rambles #taskmaster #taskmaster series 16 #taskmaster spoilers #i guess? #sam campbell #julian clary

[livia-dovehallow]

I went to the Chain of Thorns tour tonight!

As promised, I saw Cassie today and wrote down her answers (paraphrased) to the questions asked to share here with you all -- and I asked her a question of my own, too!

It was a spoiler-free event, so those of you who have not finished or read any part of Chain of Thorns can read on safely :D

Question: Was it intentional that a Lightwood dies in every series? [referring to Max (TMI), Benedict (TID), Robert (TDA), Barbara (TLH)] Answer: No, it was not intentional and not planned to be that way. But there are so many Lightwoods. In retrospect, it sure looks like it, doesn't it?

Question: What was your process of creating Grace Blackthorn? Answer: Grace is a parallel of Estella from Great Expectations, as The Last Hours is a retelling of that story. I wanted a character to be an embodiment of "explanation not an excuse." I also wanted to give Estella the chance to tell things from her perspective, which is never revealed in Great Expectations. So Grace is that character who is able to display the other side of that situation through her point of view.

Question: How did you come up with the parabatai curse? Answer: It's a greek work and when I learned the meaning, I was immediately interested in exploring the power of non-romantic love. That's where the concept of parabatai came from. The curse then stemmed from expanding on what it means to be parabatai and who could and could not have one. That is where the curse came to be, and of course, how it became a focal point of TDA.

Question: How can I find a man like James Herondale? Answer: I asked myself the same question when I was younger: "Why aren't men like men in books?" I met my husband at a book club and we began sending books to one another that we liked. So my advice is to find a boy, girl, person who enjoys books, too.

Question: Who is your favorite parabatai pair? Answer: Will and Jem.

Question: Who in The Last Hours was the easiest to write? The hardest? Answer: The hardest characters to write were Grace and Matthew, as they both faced very complex problems that don't have an easy or single solution. The easiest characters to write were Cordelia and Lucie. Lucie, because she is also a writer and I very much had a passion for it the way I did when I was younger, too. Cordelia was easy to write because she was fun to write. (Bonus: The most fun to write is Magnus.)

Question: Who is your favorite character from each series? Answer: Didn't want to answer at first, but admitted the following: TID is Tessa. TLH is Lucie. TMI is Simon. No answer for TDA.

Question: Who in TLH was your favorite point of view to write from? Answer: Alastair, Thomas, and Lucie.

Question: Will we ever see Jace and Clary again in a prominent role? Answer: They will be in The Wicked Powers, but the story focuses on Ty, Dru, and Kit, so prominency will remain with them.

Question: How did you develop Ty [Blackthorn] and who was your inspiration for him? Answer: My stepbrother, who always said he looked for characters who exhibited similar characteristics as him, but it was never the same as having a character who was also autistic, and used the word, too.

Question: What made you decide to make Coredlia Iranian? Answer: I was born in Iran and Farsi was my first language. I can't speak it fluently now, but I wanted to make a character that incorporated that part of my life. To make her character and her family's characters, I had a group chat with my mother's friends, who were a bunch of 80-year-old Iranian women. They were very happy to help. Sometimes they argued amongst themselves about a question I had and who had the correct answer, and I would just sit back and watch it unfold while a little scared.

Question: Is there a plot line or detail you look back on and regret doing? Answer: THE FAMILY TREE. [She went on to explain that when she first made it, she had no intention to write any other historical book. But she got the idea for TLH while writing TDA, and suddenly the path and story she wanted to tell did not align with the already-published family tree. So basically, my theory was right and we have confirmation from CC herself that it's just a result of premature development!]

That was the last question of the night, but I saved the question I asked her myself for last! I asked her if Cecily and Gideon had official birthdays, and if so, if we would ever learn them, since we know the rest of the TID cast's birthdays from the 10th anniversary birthstone cards.

Her answer: I never told you guys their birthdays?! I have what I call the Bible and it contains everything about all the characters like their birthdays, star signs, etc. So yes, they do have birthdays. I don't remember them off the top of my head, but I'm sure it'd be no problem getting it out to you guys. There's no reason for not.

So, yes, they do have birthdays, and if she remembers that I asked, we might find them out very soon!

I had a great night and there were some hilarious answers to questions that weren't TSC-specific, but I simply just cannot write that fast.

#maggie rambles #chain of thorns tour #cassandra clare #cassie clare #the infernal devices #the last hours #the mortal instruments #the dark artifices #the eldest curses #the wicked powers #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #cecily herondale #gideon lightwood #max lightwood #benedict lightwood #robert lightwood #barbara lightwood #jace herondale #clary fray #clary fairchild #jace wayland #ty blackthorn #dru blackthorn #drusilla blackthorn #kit herondale #lucie herondale #tessa gray #simon lewis #simon lovelace

[inkykeiji]

Hii Clari! What do you think would caught ranpo's eyes about a reader? And how would he approach them?? He feels like a menace

hi anon!! c: hmm i dunno about what would catch his eye, i think he’d be interested in all types of people, but i can talk about how i think he’d approach a crush or someone he’s interested in!

warnings: mentions of yandere right at the end

ranpo having a crush would be very interesting because i feel like it could go a few different ways, depending on how he’s feeling that day and the person themselves. i could honestly see him becoming uncharacteristically shy with the person if the crush hits him very suddenly and out of nowhere the moment they meet (aka if it’s a new person in his life), almost to the point where it comes across as rude because he refuses to do anything with them or be around them. the feelings are strong, potent, and entirely unfamiliar, and he has no idea how to deal with them, so he avoids them until someone talks some sense into him and helps him work through them in a positive and productive way. after he gets over his initial shyness and processes the emotions he’s experiencing, i think he’d begin to act exactly the way i describe below!!

if the person isn’t a new person in his life, and the crush + feelings develop gradually over time as he gets to know them, then i think he’d be obsessive, almost overbearing, with his presence. he’d suggest doing everything together in a way that comes across as incredibly blunt and bordering on demanding, even though that isn’t at all his intended tone. he’s just excited; he wants to spend time with them, wants to show off to them, and wants to share things with them.

if you say you’re going grocery shopping after uni class or work, he’ll naturally invite himself to tag along with you. if you say you’re craving a specific food or meal, he’ll grab you by the wrist and march you over to the closest food stall or restaurant without stopping, no matter how much you protest. if you mention wanting to see a new film that’s just been released, he will immediately buy tickets for the next available showtime and tell you—not ask you—that you’re coming with him. he’ll begin attempting (and often succeeding; he isn’t one to take no for an answer) to drag you along on all his missions and cases, because he wants you to see how smart he is, how capable and adept he is, how absolutely awe-inspiring he is. he wants you to be feel astonishment and admiration towards him, be in amazement of him and his intelligence. ranpo is not a fan of sharing his snacks, but if it’s you, well, he guesses he can part with a candy or two (and if you like that candy, you can absolutely expect him to get very enthusiastic and begin shoving more and more at you to gauge your reactions in relation to other flavours etc—he thinks they’re really cute).

i also think that he wouldn’t really hide his crush for long. aside from the fact that the behaviour described above is abnormal for him and would instantly signal to anyone who knows him well that something is up, ranpo is also so honest, and he almost always says exactly what’s on his mind. if he thinks you look pretty or handsome, he’s going to tell you so with absolutely no reservations. if he likes something you’re doing or finds one of your mannerisms adorable, he’s going to tell you so, bluntly and boldly. as such, he’ll either end up letting it slip that he has a crush on you in some totally nonchalant way, or he will very candidly and almost curtly ask you to go on a date with him because he likes you a lot.

i don’t think ranpo is one to have small or insignificant crushes, either. when he falls for someone, he falls fucking hard, and he’ll stop at nothing to make them his—which is to say, if you reject him, you’re going to absolutely shatter his fucking heart; smash it into a million sharp fragments that pierce his lungs and slash his stomach and lodge between his ribs, so painful he can barely stand to breathe at all. this definitely introduces a very slight yandere potential; he can’t understand why you don’t want to be with him, why you wouldn’t want to be with him—he’s obviously the best person in the entire universe for you, after all; there’s no way anyone else on any other planet would possibly be a better fit for you than he is—but he also isn’t necessarily the type to continue pursuing you after you’ve made it explicitly known that you’re not interested out of genuine respect for you; unless he’s seriously delusional and is able to somehow trick himself into believing that you’re just too dumb, you just don’t know what’s good for you, not the way he does, and you very clearly and very evidently need him to protect you, to shelter and guide you, because he knows what’s best for you better than anyone else ever could or ever will. he’s only doing this because he loves you, obviously. it’s all for your sake, don’t be so fucking ungrateful.

#and what i mean by that is i think he’d be interested in a vast variety of traits and what trait he’d be interested in/caught by would vary #from person to person #hopefully that makes sense LMAO #anyway!!! here are my rambly thoughts anon hehe #ranpo x reader #edogawa ranpo x reader #ranpo headcanons #have a lovely day anon!! stay safe n drink water! #inky.bb #clari gets mail #inky.ranpo #inky.bsd

[magnus-the-maqnificent]

Sometimes I’m just. Hit with how fucking underrated tmi really is.

Anyway show your local tmi gang some love and appreciation!!

#don’t mind me ramblings #tmi #the mortal instruments #alec lightwood #magnus bane #clary fairchild #simon lewis #jace herondale #jace has too many last names #isabelle lightwood

[mightymizora]

I will find better words for it one day but it really is wild how in the 90s in the UK we had all kinds of gnc and queer people on our tellies in primetime BUT they were explicitly not allowed to be open about their sexuality. They could be really laden with innuendo but any hint of sex in real life would cause them to fall from grace.

But then rather than that being fixed by you know, accepting peoples private lives, it swung to the noughties just having almost zero queer rep at all and being violently homophobic and transphobic.

And THEN it got to the point where folk thought people had to be open about their private lives and some of those stalwarts of the 90s would not play the game and that got them in hot water too.

#anyway I’m glad Julian Clary is back in the consciousness #and Michael Barrymore too for that matter #there’s deeper thoughts about this but I’m rambling #we live on terf island and it fucking suuuucks

[swanqueenelmaxshadowhunters]

I'm once again down the rabbit role that is sizzy and shadowhunters - well, I never really left, but sometimes I put them a bit aside to enjoy other passions - anyway...

I'm once again thinking about - and feeling very angry about how Izzy's feeling regarding Max's death were poorly handled and put aside to give more importance to Malec and Clace love conflicts - and yes, I get that they were kinda the centre of everything, but still - and even more angry with the fact that when Izzy needed Alec the most he decided to go on vacation with his boyfriend. And how Jace was too busy following Clary around like a lost puppy

and the only person who saw her, who was there to comfort her, was Simon. scrawny little mundane bastard, Simon. except he was not. scrawny. or a mundane. (see what I did here?) anyway, Simon was the ONLY ONE by her side when she needed the most. the only person who actually understood her, her pain... Simon was the only person to tell Izzy that what happened to Max wasn't her fault.

that's why Simon was the first and only person Izzy really opened up to. like for real. the only person to who she felt comfortable enough to tell one of her family's big secret - the fact that Robert had cheated on Maryse and was going to leave them, and only stayed bc of Max. Simon, who never expected anything from her, who loved her for who she was and never tried to change her, never wanted to change her.

anyway, I'm losing my train of thoughts now so I'll stop talking

#sizzy #simon lewis #isabelle lightwood #the shadowhunter chronicles #shadowhunters #the mortal instruments #max lightwood #malec #clace #alec lightwood #magnus bane #jace herondale #clary fairchild #ramblings #angry rant

[malakai-why]

I love the ongoing theme of Magnus being seemingly unable to comprehend that these weirdos really love him vs. the TMI gang just being like

#ok but also seriously. edom #hits like a ton of bricks every time #tsc #tmi #tmi gang #magnus bane #clary fairchild #jace herondale #simon lovelace #izzy lightwood #alec lightwood #honorary bc magnus knows alec loves him #the mortal instruments #also tlbotw is just one big example of this #funnie tag #memes #rambles #q

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

i had a phase when i was like somewhere between 14-16 when i was obsessed with julian clary because i was a closeted bisexual and he was, well, he was julian clary.

and watching him now on taskmaster as a very open queer, teenage me was correct to watch every damn thing he was in that i could find because hes so fucking funny oh my god

#kai rambles #taskmaster #taskmaster s16 #julian clary #fun fact: i couldnt remember what age i had the phase so i asked my mom if she remembered #and turns out she couldnt remember #which means i wasnt a baby gay #i was a closeted queer who hid it from my mom #which is so funny

[superherokisser]

i’m a little gay

#SORRYYYY clary is so pretty and i love her #terrence rambles

[embersofhope-if]

The original mortal instruments book series was an absolute mess (in a fun way) but listen. The prequel series? That actually slapped

i remember the infernal devices was the series i was OBSESSED with. like i enjoyed the originals but the prequels i absolutely devoured and then didn't stop thinking about them for a good 5 years after. That series just has so many troupes that i love it was kinda hard not to make it my entire personality

i was (and still am) absolutely obsessed with jem and wills relationship. they just cared about each other so much it actually rotted my brain

#thanks anon! #im a little over 2/3 way through city of bones and i cant believe i just completely forgot that izzy and clary did not like each other #also realize that at the age of 12 i decided to just steal simons personality #god the infernal devices just makes my brain go brrrr #ive always wanted to write a story with an mc in similar circumstances that Jem was in but ive never done it #emma rambles. #not hunger games related #not if related

[inkykeiji]

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#just saw someone online say they think angel wasn’t close with his mom & didn’t have a relationship with his mom at all #which is a totally valid interpretation/headcanon; absolutely #however my italian ass went ?????????????? #knowing how much italian mothers—ESPECIALLY old country traditional italian mothers—not only love their sons #but love the absolute fuck out of their BABY sons #the youngest #the littlest #the baby of the family #is fucking sacred #especially if it is a boy #now obv angel has molly #but he is still by definition the youngest SON #so i’ll be super surprised if his relationship with her is nonexistent #then again who knows how much they’re going to lean into angel’s italian heritage #if they lean into it AT ALL past the mafia #and immigrating to new york #which also raises so many questions like was he born in italy and then moved as a kid to america like so many people did during the early 19 #early 1900s????? or did his parents immigrate even EARLIER than that and he was born on american soil??? #the very earliest angel could’ve been born based on his age and when he died is 1903 #about half of those early immigrants arrived between 1900-1910 #so #many questions so many questions #i rly do hope they decide to lean into angels italian roots at LEAST a little #but that’s purely because i am italian #so i’d just love to see some italian-american stuff here #anyway this is just me rambling i have to go to bed #clari chatters

[magnus-the-maqnificent]

This 👌 close to snapping and writing a Kitty Malec AU.

#I'm serious!! #i have a plot and everything!! there's even angst #alec is a gray tabby cat and magnus is a black cat #all the other tmi gang are cats too #clary is either a calico or ginger #idk yet but im leaning towards ginger #jace is a bengal cat who loves picking fights w the other cats #simon is brown with a white underbelly (is that the right term?) #and Isabelle is a white cat #and their owners are kitty #the ship kitty i mean #and its cute and floofy #but like i said. angst #BUT i can’t do anything about it until the 20th of march UGH #also im like. 50/50 on having Sebastian as a cat #i have no idea what type of cat he would be #what do evil cats look like #don't mind me ramblings #kitty magnus au

[inkyajax]

What do the genshin men (ajax, thoma and ayato and alhaitham) feel towards the reader? Do they all think they are in love?? Somehow I cant picture ayato in love, it feels more like how much he likes the power he holds over both thoma and reader. Ajax feels like a puppy overflowing with love and lust, obsession and passion...and somehow alhaitham seems like the most normal one hahahaa what do you think??

omg anon IN LOVE with this question!!!!!! beware, i rambled a LOT beneath the cut!! <3

so for the most part, i agree with you! i do think ayato is capable of being in love but it definitely isn’t healthy or ‘real’ love and it absolutely comes from a place of power, control, and ownership. i was talking to my best friend about this not too long ago and was saying that irl i don’t think ayato and i would get along because to me, he would want a precious, obedient, submissive little thing that’s going to almost always be good for him and dote on him, that absolutely lives to please him and do exactly as he says because they find their primary worth and validation in being good for him—he is such a busy man with so much resting on his shoulders that the last thing he wants to come home to is a serious brat (me). i, on the other hand, would act out because he’s been gone *all day* and i want attention, and i just don’t think he would want to deal with that at all. i think he can handle a very slight brattiness, just to keep things fun and interesting, but anything more serious than that and he’s throwing u out.

(and then with thoma, i see him as a service dom/switch. he aims to please, and he enjoys pleasing his baby (and ayato). he likes to be told what to do and how to do it, and he finds a lot of validation in serving others/caring for others).

ajax my beloved!!!!!!!! YES YES YES one hundred million percent yes anon!! like i said, i personally feel like he has these borderline yandere tendencies. he’s possessive, protective, obsessive, and extremely clingy. but his love is fierce and real and absolutely smothering. when he loves, he loves HARD, he loves forever. he’s extremely committed to you and he is willing to fall on his sword for you in an instant. BUT he expects you to feel the same way. he expects you to love him back just as fiercely and he expects you to submit to him completely and wholly. he sees you as his most prized possession, and he fully intends to treat you like the royalty you are (whether you like it or not). he believes it’s his job to protect and support you and he takes this incredibly seriously.

alhaitham i could write you an entire paper on to be honest!!!! he’s really interesting. i think that it’s difficult to genuinely catch his attention but when he does fall in love with you, you have him for life. i agree that his love would be the most healthy/normal out of the four. i think he enjoys taking care of (and being smarter than and teaching) you to some extent; he likes that power and control, and i hc him to genuinely enjoy teaching others as well, one of those types that just loves to whip out their impressive breadth of knowledge—a vast collection of carefully curated facts and pieces of information—and show off. so he would enjoy teaching you new things and/or about topics you are not knowledgeable on, relishing in the way your eyes sparkle at how intelligent he is, secretly basking in the praise and the adoration—the only hints he likes it at all being the slight quirking up at the corners of his lips and the way his gaze softens and shimmers, the way his voice is suddenly dusted with icing sugar; tender, sweet—and he would enjoy learning new things from you, too!

with that being said, he is not here to lead you (like ayato would), he is here to guide you, to journey with you, and be just a teensy bit smarter, stronger, wiser, and better than you (leading requires way too much responsibility and, as we all know, the man is not about that. he doesn’t ever want to be bogged down with obligations and duties in that sense! they get in the way of his own endless pursuits of knowledge, and hinder his spontaneity). he isn’t looking for a pet to own, he’s looking for a genuine partner. this is why i think he’d be such a great daddy dom!!! he genuinely wants the best for you and genuinely wants you to keep improving yourself, while also being able to enjoy being the superior, the one in charge, the one calling the shots.

#literally i could go on forever #i love dissecting characters and analyzing them #and that's why i love writing AUs! #and explore how *i* personally think they'd react; my own interpretation and all that #anyway WHEW #talk about rambling!!!! #thank u for ur question anon!! <333 #enjoy the week ahead and pls stay safe + hydrated!! #inky.bb #clari gets mail