#infernal devices spoilers

[the-dark-artifices-trees]

Why does Cassie alway have the science geeks go through the most painful events 😭

Henry Fairchild - become paralyzed from the wait down

Christopher Lightwood - death

Grace Blackthorn - her whole childhood

Ty Blackthorn - failed attempt to resurrect Livvy + his whole situation with Kit

#chain of thorns #chain of thorns spoilers #chain of iron #chain of gold #Christopher lightwood #Henry Branwell #Henry Fairchild #grace Blackthorn #ty blackthorn #Livvy Blackthorn #kit Herondale #painful #the dark artifices #tessa gray #emma carstairs #james herondale #julian blackthorn #the infernal devices #clary fairchild #cordelia carstairs #jace herondale #the last hours #jem carstairs #the wicked powers #will herondale #the mortal instruments #shadowhunters #the shadowhunter chronicles #jules blackthorn #tsc characters

[belle-keys]

Dearest James Herondale, are you absolutely sure your father has never ever been angry with his parabatai in his life? Are you super sure? Are you doubtless? Are you certain? By chance, have you, uh, tried asking your mother? Just by chance?

#james herondale #will herondale #this is so funny #tessa gray #tessa herondale #jem carstairs #herongraystairs #wessa #jessa #tid #the infernal devices #clockwork princess #jordelia #matthew fairchild #fairstairs #heronchild #chain of thorns #chot #chain of thorns spoilers #chot spoilers #tlh #the last hours #tsc #heronstairs

[layla-carstairs]

if I had a nickel for everytime Charlotte revealed she was pregnant at the end of the last book of the series, I would have two nickels. which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

#the timing is so funny to me #Charlotte and Henry find out Charles is gay & that the fairchild name might not continue so they took matters into their own hands 😭 #charlotte fairchild #henry fairchild #henry branwell #charles fairchild #matthew fairchild #chain of thorns #chain of thorns spoilers #cot spoilers #chot spoilers #not to brag but I predicted this happening during my choi reread 💅 #the infernal devices #tid #clockwork princess

[clockwork-carstairs]

the last hours was actually so tragic. like maybe it’s the edwardian london thing that makes it seem more tragic to me but damn all that miscommunication made them all so LONELY and isolated when they didn’t have to be. in tid even when will thought he was cursed he had jem, and even when he was being awful to tessa she still had other people in her life like jem and sophie. jem and tessa had no family, but they had people they talked to and shared their fears with. in the dark artifices, they’re this really strong family unit, the tragedy is horrible but there’s a network around them all (blackthorns + emma + kit) so no one’s really alone.

but in the last hours like….these kids HAVE parents and friend groups and supposed best friends even, yet they seem more isolated than any other series mains. james doesn’t tell anyone about the gracelet and what he went through (fair enough bec it was terrible and traumatising). but then it’s not just that. cordelia isn’t telling anyone what she’s going through. lucie isn’t telling anyone what she’s going through (trying to bring someone back to life???) – and they’re supposedly best friends and future parabatai! and matthew isn’t telling anyone what he’s going through, not his parabatai either, and no one wants to address how visibly he’s suffering. and grace, she’s actually alone. and it just seems so lonely and sad and they all seem so isolated even though they shouldn’t be, because unlike the tid and tda mains, the tlh lot actually have parents and their own homes (for the most part). the start of chain of thorns especially is just really painful because they’re all suffering ALONE when they all have people around them they just don’t bridge the gap. it just feels so lonely which is almost ironic bec what about the friendship of the merry thieves and the parabatai bonds and best friendship?

#i was just remembering how it felt reading the last hours and compared it to tda and tid and it makes me feel so like sad to think about #even though the series i acc cried over was tid and tda NOT tlh #the last hours #tlh #tlh spoilers #chot spoilers #tid #the infernal devices #tda #thoughts idk #tsc #chain of thorns #james herondale #lucie herondale #cordelia carstairs #matthew fairchild #matthew will always make me sad though he deserved better #and christopher dammit #grace blackthorn

[randomness-is-my-order]

some fandom friends of mine ask me why i’m such a steadfast percy defender and the reason is kinda simple: even tho i was a little girl while reading the books, i related far more with percy than with annabeth or clarisse or thalia. i understood percy’s character the most and tho i love them all, my love for percy will be just a bit more and well, for so many others that one favourite closest to heart character is annabeth instead or nico or thalia or clarisse or one of the hoo heroes and that’s the thing about books and all these worlds full of different, interesting people. you relate to characters not just based on gender or motivations or their unique set of attributes but sometimes it’s just the way they talk or their backstory or their ways of coping or their outlook on life or their introspective musings and that’s enough to make them that one special character you will die on hills for and that’s hella dope actually.

#i have this chosen one for all books and media trust me #stranger things it’s mike #naruto it’s naruto himself #bnha is izuku hands down #the infernal devices it’s will herondale #arcane it’s the one and only vi ofcourse #and this pattern follows and i love my favs so much #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #percy pjo #pjo #pjo fandom #pjo series #pjo tv show #pjo tv adaptation #pjo tv spoilers #pjo tv series #percy appreciation

[lia-bookrambles]

Will Herondale - making out while soaked in (holy) water ✅️

James Herondale - making out in a bathtub ✅️

Jace Herondale - making out in an underground lake in Hell ✅️

Herondales 🤝 water

#the mortal instruments #the infernal devices #the last hours #herondale #jace herondale #james herondale #william herondale #chain of thorns #chot #shadowhunters #chot spoilers

[matthewfairchildssilverflask]

If it weren't for Christopher we wouldn't have fire-messages, Matthew's recovery from alcohol or understanding between Grace and Cordelia or the protection amulet against Lilith which ultimately lead to Tatiana's death by Cordelia's hands..

#christopher lightwood #chain of thorns #the last hours #james herondale #lucie herondale #jesse blackthorn #will herondale #thomas lightwood #jem carstairs #the infernal devices #alastair carstairs #chain of gold #chain of thorns spoilers

[readitwatchitwriteit]

Does anyone else feel like james and Lucie were the exceptions to almost every herondale rule?

Neither were afraid of ducks

They didn't have any parent or siblings family tradagdies

They had reasons they could not be with the person they wanted to he with, but they were not reasons of their own making, and they did not purposely push their love interests away.

They knew they were herondales and knew what that meant.

#the wicked powers #chain of thorns #the shadowhunter chronicles #chain of thorns spoilers #the last hours #the mortal instruments #the dark artifices #ghosts of the shadow market #the infernal devices #the shadowhuter chronicles #kit herongraystairs #kit herondale #jace herondale #will herondale #james herondale #lucie herondale #wessa #clace #herondaisy #ghostwriter #kit and ty

[daisymylove]

I don't know about yall, but I absolutely CACKLED when I read James thinking that Will had never been angry at his parabatai

Like baby boy you have literally NO IDEA LOL

Uncle jem slapped daddy so hard once that our boi was sent spinning back like a fucking beyblade

Have a gossip sesh over tea with your mama, she'll be able to clarify to you in no time that they did have quarrels

#granted will and jem handled the rivaling-over-a-woman situation more maturely #but tbf everything about the love triangle in tid is better than that dumpster fire in tlh #chain of thorns #chain of thorns spoilers #james herondale #matthew fairchild #will herondale #jem carstairs #tessa gray #the last hours #chain of iron #chain of gold #tsc chronicles #tsc characters #tsc #the infernal devices

[thepictureofsdr]

me being hesitant to headcanon thomas as demi a few months ago vs. thomas STRAIGHT UP SAYING HES NEVER LOVED ANYONE BUT ALASTAIR

#chain of iron #chain of thorns #the last hours #chain of gold #tlh #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #the infernal devices #tid #alastair carstairs #thomastair #thomas lightwood #chot spoilers

[herondaleminds]

They have the most beautiful names in the entire TSC

James Ke Jian Ming Carstairs

Alastair Esfandiyār Carstairs

Cordelia Katāyoun Carstairs

Zachary Arash Carstairs

Wilhelmina Yiqiang Ke Carstairs

#the shadowhunter chronicles #the infernal devices #the last hours #cordelia carstairs #alastair carstairs #jem carstairs #carstairs family #tsc #cassandra clare #jordelia #jessa #herongraystairs #thomastair #they are the best #i love them more than anything #zachary carstairs #cot spoilers #chain of thorns

[neeksxoxo]

James: *getting possessed by Grace, not saying what the heck was going on, not going through the Portal, going to hell* Will: Will: Will, to Charlotte: i am so sorry i have no idea this is how it felt

#will herondale #charlotte fairchild #james herondale #tid #the infernal devices #tlh #the last hours #chot #cot #chain of thorns #chot spoilers #chain of thorns spoilers #cot spoilers

[belle-keys]

The Elephant in the Room: Matthew is the only one who knows about Jessa (Theory)

I believe that Matthew is the only one of that generation who knows that Herongraystairs is a, uh, arrangement between three people, and that Jem and Tessa remained having feelings for each other even while Will and Tessa were married. I do not think James and Lucie and Cordelia and the rest of the gang know.

After finishing Chain of Thorns and personally being of the opinion we needed more love triangle content instead of less, this scene at the end of Chain of Gold has gobsmacked me in retrospect. This is during James and Cordelia’s engagement party and it’s in Magnus’ POV. Magnus has caught on to the fact that Matthew secretly loves Cordelia.

Magnus cleared his throat. "I see why my waistcoats cannot hold your attention, Fairchild. I've been where you are. Wanting what you can't have will only rip your heart apart." Matthew spoke in a low voice. "It would be one thing if James loved her. I would go into the quiet dark like Jem did and never speak of her again. But he doesn’t love her.” “What?" Magnus was unpleasantly startled.

This is the first and only instance of a mention in The Last Hours of the fact that Jem and Tessa ever had or still do have romantic feelings for each other, and that Will was the one of the two of them who "got the girl". I do not believe Lucie, Cordelia, or James know of the true events of Clockwork Princess or the reality of Herongraystairs. Let me enumerate some reasons why:

This is the first and only instance in TLH of Jem and Tessa’s feelings for each other being acknowledged by any character, despite Wessa being happily married. This is only one of the only instances of us being reminded of Jem’s past as a Shadowhunter in the series. Note the lack of “Uncle Jem”. He’s just talking about our Jem. Magnus gets startled by everything Matthew has just said. It's clear they're also speaking strictly in confidence.

In ChoT, we have two parabatai who are in love with the same woman, and said woman has feelings for both of them. Yet not once in ChoT throughout that whole love triangle drama do Lucie, James or Cordelia or anyone even liken their own situation to the near-identical version of it that happened between Herongraystairs. They treat the idea of two best friends loving the same woman and said woman having feelings for both of them in return as something alien. Because they don’t know it even happened before.

And what's also weird in ChoT is that Tessa had pulled Cordelia aside in the carriage to ask her if everything was "okay" with her and James, but also if everything was “okay” with her and Matthew. Yet Tessa doesn't even ever allude to having been in a similar situation to the one Cordelia was in. It's obvious that Will and Tessa know that Cordelia had feelings for Matthew and that something went down in Paris between them, and yet Will said nothing to James about being in that very specific situation. Because James doesn’t know.

We get so many instances of James and Lucie talking about Will and Jem being the best of parabatai, and also many instances of them musing about Will and Tessa and their parents’ love. Yet not once did James ever even think to ask his favorite Uncle Jem for any advice about "hey, what do you do when you and your parabatai love the same woman?”, the same Uncle Jem that he goes to when he needs advice about any and every thing. It’s not knowledge to them that Jessa was ever a thing, or a serious thing.

Blackfriars Bridge was absolutely happening throughout TLH, yet not once do James or Lucie even think of or acknowledge that their mother and Uncle Jem were meeting once a year for their whole lifetimes at the same spot in London, and without Will. Seems like the kind of thing you’d at least passively think about if you'd had the knowledge. They don’t know.

In ChoT, Will tells the story of how he rescued Tessa from Mortmain in Wales and he alludes to the events of Clockwork Princess a lot in TLH. He absolutely never mentions that it was at that point in the story that he had "broken up" Jessa and that it rested on the fact that Jem also was very, very close to death. He never tells the story factoring in Jem as “the other man” at all. Likewise, in ChoG, both Lucie and James laugh at the Lightworm story a couple times, yet neither of them mention they know that it happened when Tessa was about to marry… Jem, and not their own father.

What sealed the deal in ChoT for me: "It was something James loved about his father, but it also meant he could not approach him to talk about Matthew and Cordolia. James was sure Will had never been angry with Jem in his life". James doesn’t know that there were, uh, conflicts between Will and Jem, because he doesn’t even know the context behind those, uh, conflicts that he doesn’t know about. He is clueless.

Here’s why I think it’s a secret, why only Matthew knows, and what the implications are:

Tessa would be ruined as a woman, as @amchara pointed out, if the information was known. Eugenia had an understanding with that one irrelevant douchebag, and her reputation has suffered for it incessantly since the understanding was broken off. Tessa had, uh, more than just an understanding with Jem. Lol. She already has a demonic heritage. I’m certain if the Clave knew she’d once had a thing with her husband’s parabatai-turned-Brother Zachariah in addition to being the daughter of a Prince of Hell, she’d be presque-crucified for it.

We simply don’t get Matthew POVs. That’s probably intentional as it relates to issues like this. He clearly knows about Jessa and the Jessa business. He was the first person that knew that Cordelia was in love with James all along. According to Cordelia in ChoT Ch24, she was sure Matthew knew something had “changed” between her and James. Matthew was also like, the first of the gang to hate Grace and hate her being with James without even knowing about the gracelet. Matthew had also picked up that James' feelings for Cordelia had “returned” or manifested themselves when they broke the gracelet at the end of ChoI. Matthew knows everything, which is impressive, as he’s only spent a mere fraction of the series not inebriated.

Matthew sees himself as a Jem figure, which he is in my humble opinion. Matthew told Cordelia in the games room scene (Christmas Party) that he would “wait for her” to change her mind about him. But moreover, he’s the one who coined the infamous “love is a creeping vine” phrase. That type of slower, more gradual love is very reminiscent of Jem and Tessa (Will and Tessa are more like burning twin flames in love, more like James and Cordelia). It’s also rather interesting that at the end of ChoT, Matthew is leaving London to take himself out of the equation completely, kind of like how Jem simply had to be out of the equation so that Tessa could have both him and Will, just at different times. Matthew thought he could play the long game with Cordelia, in the way Jem was always playing the long game with Tessa.

On the assumption that Matthew knows as much about Herongraystairs as us, Cordelia ending things with him in that “I will never love you the way you deserve to be loved, Matthew” way would have hurt him a lot. Cordelia will never live a lifetime where James will not be in the equation (very different to how Jem and Tessa are), and Matthew knows that.

I don’t know exactly how Matthew knows. I’m absolutely certain he didn’t learn the information he does have from Charlotte or Henry, because that means Charles would have known, and Charles would have absolutely weaponized any sketchy information about Tessa that he could have during the Wessa Witch Hunt episode in ChoT. I don’t believe Magnus said anything to Matthew either. I think Matthew’s just sneaky and observant, because he was the first person to notice many, many important things in TLH.

Anyways, the TLH gang don’t actually know everything that happened in TID. Not saying anything is wrong with that. Just saying that I think they have a certain, slightly whitewashed version of events. That’s fine. We’ll never really know our own parents. But I do think that what the gang knows (or does not know) has shaped the way they see love, trust, and friendship, for better or for worse.

#matthew fairchild #will herondale #tessa gray #jem carstairs #herongraystairs #wessa #jessa #jordelia #james herondale #cordelia carstairs #tlh #the last hours #tid #the infernal devices #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #chain of thorns #chot #chain of thorns spoilers #chot spoilers #cassandra clare #cassie clare #chain of iron #chain of gold #tessa herondale #tlh theories #tlh meta #fairstairs

[the-dark-artifices-trees]

Oh Cassie knew what she was doing when she made Christopher and grace fall for one another 😭

#Christopher lightwood #grace Blackthorn #Christopher x grace #😭😭😭 #I hate this #chain of thorns #chain of thorns spoilers #tlh #the last hours #cordelia carstairs #james herondale #the dark artifices #tessa gray #emma carstairs #julian blackthorn #the infernal devices #clary fairchild #jace herondale #jem carstairs #the wicked powers #will herondale #the mortal instruments #shadowhunters #the shadowhunter chronicles #jules blackthorn #tsc characters #the blackthorns #tsc #chain of gold #chain of iron

[clockwork-carstairs]

rereading clockwork angel and i’m thinking about the parallels between will/jessamine and tessa/jem.

will and jessamine: both come from parents who left the shadowhunter life, spending their childhoods in the mundane world. their behaviour is often rude, volatile, they shout and argue, both masking their pain by lashing out and rejecting the love charlotte & henry offer them (for wildly different reasons, but the outward behaviour is not dissimilar). they have moments of raw vulnerability before rapidly closing off (jessamine and her dollhouse; will when tessa sees too much of his real self). will and jessamine’s lives both make them hopeless — will because he cannot let anyone get close, and jessamine who says she’d rather die than live this life she never wanted. will chooses the shadowhunter life, because he cannot go home; jessamine wants nothing to do with it, but she cannot get out. they’re both desperate for their lives to change (though we see more of this from will in cp1).

and then you have jem and tessa: both travelled from different continents after basically losing everything, to arrive in london. both tortured repeatedly, forced to recalibrate to the world after. they feel out of place initially, yearning for the lives they had before everything changed, before they had to travel so far from home (which brings the most pain, as jem says). people see them as different for what they are, for things they cannot change — the “half one thing and half another, like me” conversation. they take on more nurturing roles, so in the rare moments when they do express anger, it hits extra hard. they both want something essential: jem to experience the kind of love his parents had, and tessa to know who she is, to not be alone in the world.

they all carry their histories in different ways, i guess is the point here, and it’s interesting how certain characters’ backgrounds/stories parallel others. this isn’t to compare either pair, rather i’m just observing the similarities — it’s always struck me how will and jessamine seem pretty similar at the start of clockwork angel, (which shows in the way they argue and shout at each other a lot) though obviously their needs/reasons/values are incredibly different. and then there’s jem and tessa, who are more shy and yet, contradictorily, more openly feeling, who i think because of their nature often have their pain overlooked (especially the fact that they were both tortured!!) and tessa representing a reason to hope for both will and jem but also jessamine, who later projects this onto nate, bec she’s desperate for a way out, while jem and will have a reason to not be resigned to their fates.

anyway stan tid for breaking my heart again!

#just parallels i’ve noticed #the half one thing half another convo gets me on a deeply personal level #tid spoilers #tid #the infernal devices #the infernal devices analysis #jessamine lovelace #jem carstairs #tessa gray #james carstairs #clockwork angel #clockwork prince #clockwork princess #cp1 #cp2 #thoughts #jessa #wessa #clockwork princess spoilers

[tessherongraystairs]

Jem Carstairs 🤝 Alastair Carstairs

Ripping the clothes of their lovers

#jem carstairs #alastair carstairs #tessa gray #thomas lightwood #tlh #the last hours #chot spoilers #cot spoilers #tid #the infernal devices