#last hours

[unabashedqueenfury]

Reign 2013-2017

Maria e Francesco

| 5 dicembre 1560 |

È sogno o ver? Se sogno, ahi, chi depinge

viva la bella imagine ala mente?

Come fiamma sì lucida e sì ardente

gelid’ombra notturna esprime e finge?

S’è ver, qual lieta stella or la sospinge

cortese a consolar questo dolente?

Da qual nova pietà mossa repente

la sua man mi distende e la mia stringe?

Questo è pur il mio sol, l’idolo mio;

è pur la bianca man questa ch’io veggio.

Io la tocco, io la bacio. Io son pur io.

Ciò che sei, vero o sogno, altro non cheggio.

Se sei vero, è già pago il gran desio

e se sei sogno, io volentier vaneggio.

( Giovan Battista Marino, "È sogno o ver? Se sogno, ahi, chi depinge", from Amori, XVII Century)

#mary stuart #francis de valois #adelaide kane #toby regbo #frary #reign #season 3 #face expression #maria e francesco #mary×francis #frary OTP #giuseppe tigri #canti popolari toscani #xix century #love poems #5 dicembre 1560 #dying king #last hours #december 5th #king's death #anniversary

[rphelperblog]

Chain of Gold Quote Rp Meme

inspired by @aestheticdriven

“Perhaps I should send for my cat.” 

“That's everyone's dream, isn't it, really, instead of many who give you little pieces of themselves - one who gives you everything.” 

“We do not get to choose when in our lives we feel pain,"

“All misery passes. Humanity is drawn to light, not darkness.” 

“Beauty could tear at your heart like teeth,”

Someone to be inspired by. Someone to know their secrets. Would you like to be a muse?"

“No, I could be their hero.”

“You could sin in your sleep.”

“There is no better distraction in this world than losing oneself in books for awhile.” 

“Haven’t you heard? All the stories are true.”

“We don’t always love people who deserve it.” 

“Is this your list of conquests?”

“The most interesting women are always the most whispered about.” 

“People are only invincible in books,"

"But at least we can always pick up a book and read it anew. Stories offer a thousand fresh starts.” 

“I wonder sometimes if it is easier to be brave when one is young, before one knows truly how much there is to lose.” 

“The romance is never over.”

“You decide the truth about yourself. No one else. And the choice about what kind of person you will be is yours alone.” 

“We do not wait to be saved by others. We save ourselves.” 

“Let it be peace between us. You can pour the rest of the port on my head.”

“I feared your parents would not have considered it the kind of tale suitable for a young lady’s ears,”

“I am his sister. I do not appreciate being overlooked.”

“Memories can be bitter as well as sweet.” 

"Tell me the name of the shadow that is always hanging over you. I can become a shadow. I could fight it for you.” 

“Drink, and you will sleep; sleep, and you will not sin; do not sin, and you will be saved; therefore, drink and be saved.”

“Several words, if it will make you feel better?”

“Sometimes grief and worry must take the form of action.Sometimes it is unbearable to sit and wait.” 

“There are girls who need someone to dance with them and tell them they look pretty, and I cannot do it all on my own.”

“Is it my dancing? Is it me personally?”

“Well, fear not. I do not dislike you. I hardly know you,” 

“You don’t need a portrait. You are young and beautiful,”

“Men are not beautiful. Men are handsome,”

“We’re trying to distract him! It’s been a very emotional day!” 

“Why have you blocked this door? I demand to know what’s going on!”

“we suffer for love because love is worth it.” 

“Flee if you will, children. If not, we could play Ludo when the romance is over.”

“Nobody’s ever tried to seduce me at all,”

“The cruel will always spread rumors,

“Surely if you do not think, you cannot be interesting.”

“Not every bit of a good story is true,”

“Sometimes you have to stand back and let people do what they are good at, even if it seems like madness at the time.” 

“Do not confuse conditioning with a native inability.” 

“Men like the idea of a woman they can rescue.” 

“You are a very attractive ghost,

“It means unusually pretty. Oddly beautiful. It denotes having a face with character.” 

“Pretty-ugly? She’s not ugly!”

“No one ever just wants to have tea,Tea is always an excuse for a clandestine agenda.” 

"People can be awful when they're in love.” 

“But we suffer for because love is worth it.” 

“People become locked in bitterness sometimes,and they wish to find someone, anyone, to blame for their grief.” 

“Many choices were not easy-they were near impossible, and there was no point hating poeple who were forced to make them.” 

“I did not raise you to be horse thieves and scallywags,”

“Thank you for letting them borrow the carriage to come and get me,” 

Because you are a child - a silly and beautiful child, who touches fire because it is lovely, and forgets that it will burn him.” 

“That's everyone's dream, isn't it, really? Instead of many who give you little pieces of themselves-one who gives you everything.” 

“The point of stories is not that they are objectively true, but that the soul of the story is truer than reality. Those who mock fiction do so because they fear the truth.” 

“Do not let those who cannot see the truth tell you who you are. You are the flame that cannot be put out. You are the star that cannot be lost. You are who you have always been, and that is enough and more than enough. Anyone who looks at you and sees darkness is blind.”

#open to all #open to everyone #open to anyone #Open to anything #open role play #Open roleplay #open RP #open starter #open shadowhunters rp #open shadowhunters roleplay #shadowhunters roleplay #shadowhunters #last hours #book rp meme #booklr #book rp #books #cassandra clare rp #cassie clare #cassandra clare #chain of gold #fairchild #matthew fairchild #herondale #will herondale #william herondale #willliam owen herondale #ask roleplay #ask prompt #Ask memes

[alastairsimpp]

i am a woman with simple needs

please take Matthew Fairchild to therapy that’s all i want

#shadowhunters #matthew fairchild #the last hours tlh #last hours #cassie clare #cassandra clare

[westankitlightwood]

SPOILERS FOR COT

Please don't read this if you haven't finished Chain of Thorns and don't want spoilers-

Ave Atque Vale Christopher Lightwood 🤍

#christopher lightwood #kit lightwood #chain of thrones #last hours #the shadowhuter chronicles #cassandra clare

[queenlovesbooks]

William, Lucie, and James Herondale

#fancast #manip #last hours #william herondale #will herondale #james herondale #lucie herondale #the shadowhunter chronicles #shadowhunters

[high-quality-tiktoks]

Been talking about Cassie’s ✨inclinations✨ with several friends lately. The shadowhunters world is fun but BOY is it funky

#video #tiktok #tiktoks #funny #lmao #wtf #shadowhunters #the mortal instruments #mortal instruments #the last hours #last hours #cassandra clare #city of ashes #chain of iron #readingbookswithem

[thetravelerdiary]

Day 5 - Zürich 🇨🇭

#last hours #time to go back home #got a ton of chocolate at lindt factory! #lindt factory #lindt chocolate #zurich #zürich #zürich here i go! #switzerland #swiss chocolate #magda #magda vai laurear a pevide #photography #samsung s20 #travel photography #travelling #traveling #travel diaries #travel #light academia #romantic academia

[city-of-sjm]

I hate to say it but, Lucie is pissing me off. She is giving spoiled brat vibes and I don’t like it.

#cot #chain of thorns #last hours #cassandra clare #lucie herondale

[angrylovernightjeh]

The Magnus, Will, James trio is now my fav <3

#chain of thorns #last hours #will herondale #james herondale #magnus bane

[unabashedqueenfury]

Reign 2013-2017/03-05

Toby Finn Regbo as Francis Valois

Questa partita che farò da voi,

Sarà la morte mia, rosa incarnata.

Morirò io, e rimarrete voi:

Questa vita ti sia raccomandata.

Ti sia raccomandata più che posso,

Non dico il cuore mio, ch'ora l'è vostro.

(Giuseppe Tigri, from "Canti popolari toscani ", La Partenza e l'addio, 1856)

#mary stuart #francis de valois #adelaide kane #toby regbo #frary #mary×francis #reign #season 3 #03×05 #face expression #last hours #eternal love #giuseppe tigri #canti popolari toscani #love poems #florence #medici ancestors #la partenza e l'addio #the last goodbye

[sushi-half]

9 hours left on my fast 🤩❤️🙌

#tw ana related #ana posts #anor3x14 #i wish i was thinner #skinnni #4nor3x14 #thin$po #fasting #last hours #yes! #fasting like a champ #not pro just just tags #tw ed diet #tw ed not sheeran

[alastairsimpp]

i love Herondale boys so much-

just imagine living with them in the same universe and always wondering how they feel because even they don’t know that…so pure

#shadowhunters #the last hours tlh #merry thieves #james herondale #cassie clare #book quotes #last hours #cassandra clare #thoughts #books

[moodymols]

has anyone from the uk managed to preorder chain of thorns it won’t allow me to do it????

#cassandra clare #last hours #chain of thorns #shadow hunters #cordelia carstairs #james herondale

[emyslavenderlibrary]

Chain of Gold

Title: Chain of Gold Author: Cassandra Clare Pages: 592 pages Genre: YA Fantasy Rating: ★★★★

Synopsis:

An inheritance of shadows. A love in chains. An unconquerable foe. Cordelia Carstairs is a Shadowhunter, a warrior trained since childhood to battle demons. When her father is accused of a terrible crime, she and her brother travel to London in hopes of preventing the family's ruin. Cordelia's mother wants to marry her off, but Cordelia is determined to be a hero rather than a bride. Soon Cordelia encounters childhood friends James and Lucie Herondale and is drawn into their world of glittering ballrooms, secret assignations, and supernatural salons, where vampires and warlocks mingle with mermaids and magicians. All the while, she must hide her secret love for James, who is sworn to marry someone else. But Cordelia's new life is blown apart when a shocking series of demon attacks devastate London. These monsters are nothing like those Shadowhunters have fought before - these demons walk in daylight, strike down the unwary with incurable poison, and seem impossible to kill. London is immediately quarantined. Trapped in the city, Cordelia's friends discover that a dark legacy has gifted them with incredible powers - and forced a brutal choice that will reveal the true cruel price of being a hero.

"There is no better distraction in this world than losing oneself in books for awhile."

My Thoughts:

Where to start with this total and utter rollercoaster of a book. There were characters I loved, there were characters I hated. There were plot points I loved, and there were plot points I found annoying. It gave me such a mixture of emotions that I can't actually tell whether I enjoyed it or not. This was a book that I ended up having to stop reading at times to stop myself screaming at some of the characters for their stupidity or cluelessness. So let's get into these conflicting areas because this is going to get interesting.

Let's start with the characters I loved. First we have quite possibly one of the best characters in this whole series: Anna Lightwood. I love the way that Cassandra portrayed her as a character. She was strong-willed, independent, focussed, and not to mention a feminist and someone who was not afraid to go after what she wanted, whether it be who she loved or what she wore. I loved how her character was the complete opposite to what society in the early 1900s expected from a young woman. Second we have Matthew Fairchild. When I say I love this man. He is such a unique character especially with his fashion sense and his sense of humour. He is the perfect parabatai for James and quite possibly my favourite character in the series so far. Special mentions of other character I loved go to Cordelia Carstairs, Lucie Herondale and basically the rest of the Merry Thieves.

And now onto the characters I didn't like. Surprisingly we have James. James is kind of neutral but leans slightly towards the dislike side of the spectrum purely for how clueless he is about some things *cough* Cordelia. He does redeem some of the stupid things he has done at the end of the book when he marries Cordelia to not let her be scandalised, but then he agrees to still see Grace even though he is getting married to someone else. But the character I hated the most had to be Grace Blackthorn. I despise her. She says she loves James then gets engaged to Charles Fairchild. Logical right? Then she tells James that she actually loves him and not Charles and wants to see him on the side. Like stop using different people to get your way? There's also something about her character that seems so off and just suspicious. I think she has some sort of ulterior motive to be completely honest. Something about her just doesn't feel right.

Some of this plot was just amazing. Well majority of the plot to be completely honest. The only plot points I didn't like were the ones surrounding Grace in all honesty. What a surprise! But everything else was just gripping and eye-catching and I loved it from the first word I read. This book would have been a five star rating had it not been for Grace.

Playlist:

Earth Not Above - Live from Spotify House SXSW '16 by HAELOS Palace by Matthew And The Atlas broken by lovelytheband Burn the House Down by AJR Walking with a Ghost by Tegan and Sara My Body Is a Cage by Arcade Fire She Lit a Fire by Lord Huron Awful by Hole Untouchable Face by Ani DiFranco Heads Gonna Roll by Jenny Lewis Daniel by Bat For Lashes High Enough by K.Flay Contagious by Night Riots Seventeen by Sharon Van Etten Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi The Mystic by Adam Jensen Ghosts by BANNERS Breathe by Luke Cusato The Story Never Ends by Lauv Waves - Acoustic by Dean Lewis Lost - Acoustic Version by Secondhand Serenade Saw You in a Dream by The Japanese House North by Sleeping At Last Daydream by Ruelle If This is Love by Ruth B. We'll Be Okay by Imaginary Future and Kina Grannis fOoL fOr YoU by ZAYN Hypnotised by Years & Years come out and play by Billie Eilish Lookalike by Conan Gray If the World Was Ending by JP Saxe and Julia Michaels Leaving My Love Behind by Lewis Capaldi Is This Love? by James Arthur Hold Me While You Wait by Lewis Capaldi The Book of You & I by Alec Benjamin Ghost by Noah Cyrus Stupid Not To Try by Aquilo

#chain of gold #romance books #books #ya books #book review #ya fantasy #fantasy books #lgbt books #last hours #cassandra clare #books and reading

[fictionfixations]

ShadowHunters / Book Series / Thoughts

spoilers. also ive read this book a bit ago but didnt have this blog. also ive read i think some shadowhunter series besides the Dark Artifices, Tales from the ShadowHunter Academy, The Bane Chronicles, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, The Eldest Curses (and Chain of Thorn too but I dont think thats out yet)

woah thats a lot

anyway

SO. From the series I've read, I like it. I really like the world building too, and in two of the series I've read they're of 'normal' people who are unaware of the demons and encounter ShadowHunters. except the truth was is that they have shadowhunter blood in them from this angel i cant remember the name of

The Infernal Devices(?) which I believe is with Tessa(?) where theres Will Herondale and Jem Carstairs, and well theres like a sorta love triangle but Jem is kinda addicted against his will to this drug thats slowly killing him because of a demon

and Will.. has a thing against ducks or somethin (i think it runs in the family) i wont really expand on that

but so. its.. interesting?? It was the first series that got me into the ShadowHunters world, and honestly, the description caught me off guard. Cause so she was visiting her brother in this other place? Country??? i dont remember anymore, but so then I think this person claims that they are her brother's friend and will bring her to him but then it derails and shes held captive..? and then she has like this power that gets uncovered and shes like a warlock but without a mark because i think her mom had shadowhunter blood but her mom never got any marks (that enhance stuff basically) that youd have gotten first when you were younger by the Brothers....? i cant remember the name of them

But so .. i dont know, it just- it sounded like one of those stories where the plot completely goes off the rails and it makes like zero sense and honestly wasn't sure if i wanted to read it..? but i gave it a try and honestly, no regrets there. i liked it and i kept reading it.

also jem almost fuckin dying made me want to cry. I think Will got in a fight cause his.. i dont remember the name of it but they were like bonded so they could call on the others strength but you cant undo it and you cant get another one

but I think Will was willing to die and i just.. *sobbing* but id be lying if I said a part of me didnt want it to happen because I just like.. angst man- NAND THEN JEM WAS ALIVE BUT HE WAS ONE OF THE BROTHERS AND *sobs*

i think in the epilogue or something Will and Tessa get married but eventually Will dies, but Tessa being kinda immortal still lives, and then Jem comes along because hes HEALED from the drug and he left the brothers and he has black hair instead of white because his white hair was from the drug

AND HE CAN FINALLY BE HUMAN AND CAN LOVE because the brothers cant get married

and like..

i didnt understand it but then i read the OTHER series, but before i get into that.. honestly isnt jem going to die now that hes.. mortal? and tessa will still be alive, without either of her loves.

NOW. so I didn't understand how he got cured, but then the other series happened where theres Clary and like.. damn that shit long

but so. clary and Jace

they catch feelings

THEY MIGHT BE SIBLINGS???

but then it turns out they arent

BUT IT TURNS OUT CLARY KISSED HER FUCKIN BROTHER (sEBASTIAN????) and now i understand the feeling of wrongness and i just

holy fucking SHIT

also THERES LIKE FUCKIN CHILD EXPERIMENTATION KIND OF???? it just HIT me that the dad who i cant remember the name of fuckin.. put demon blood and angel blood into food and drinks and gave it to pregnant mothers so they birth a child who has more power and like

IT WAS EXPERIMENTATION KINDA

does it count as drugging?

???----

no but what the fuck

also jaces like parents are dead and the dad of clary and sebastian like took out the baby from the mom and i just

what the fuck

ALSO DID JACE DIE???? AND THEN HE GOT BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE WAHT THE FUCK

also SIMON turned into a vaMPIRE AND IM SO FUCKIING LOST BUT I UNDERSTAND IT BUT IT SOUNDS SO WEIRD WHEN YOU ACTUALLY TYPE IT OUT

jesus christ

also the last hours or whats its series name

i cried at the end i admit it

i dont really have much to say there because i actually cant remember much- i remember what happened but i cant remember character names its awful but its good but it pain

edit: for some reason i forgot there was a 2nd book and that the third thats not out yet was the last im dumb im sorry wtf

#shadowhunters #thoughts #infernal devices #mortal instruments #last hours

[delaniewydeck]

I just read all of @secretsofblackthornhall in one day and it was great. Now I’m moving onto starting Chain of Gold. My goal is to read every Shadowhunter novel. I’m almost there :)

#shadowhunters #cassandra clare #chain of gold #last hours