#malcolm fade

[tallertysupremacy]

Feel free to explain your answer or give nuances in the tags/comments!

#should I make this a new poll series? #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #cassandra clare #tda #the dark artifices #malcolm fade

[kitty-gray]

It's almost ironic how Malcolm brought Annabel back from the death cause she was the only person he felt seen by and thus he couldn't let go of her, and how she was the one who killed Livvy, who was brought back from the death by Ty, cause she was the only person he ever felt seen by, thus he couldn't let go of her.

#whatever you do dont think about how Malcom finally had to let go of Annabel cuz she forced him to let her go in the most unexpected way #and the implications it could have if applied to the parallels between them and Ty and Livvy #malcolm fade #annabel blackthorn #ty blackthorn #livvy blackthorn #tiberius blackthorn #livia blackthorn #the dark artifices #lady midnight

[carolinegillespieart]

Not now, Malcolm 😌

Jesse, Lucie, and Malcolm are from The Last Hours series by @cassandraclare 😊❤️

#the last hours #chain of thorns #shadowhunters #cassandra clare #jesse blackthorn #lucie herondale #lucie and jesse #ghostwriter #malcolm fade #tlh #tsc #shadowhunters fanart #shadowhunter beans #digital art #fanart #illustration #photoshop #wacom intuos

[lekawi]

Lucie and Jesse as characters of “Ivan Tsarevich on Gray Wolf” by Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov.

inspired by cassandra jean look of lucie as Vasilisa the Beautiful

(gift for @rinadragomir)

Tag list: @anarmorofwords @rinadragomir @iloveallmyocs @cant-think-of-anything @khaleesiofalicante @drunkonimagination @life-through-the-eyes-of @summergrace-art @thomaslightwood @ddepressedbookworm @axoloteca @astriefer @lord-jethro @runecarstairs @laylax13s @221bornottobe @ibrushmyteeth-donttellanyone @cityofthomastair5 @ipreferfictionoverreality @iammadeofmemoriesforlife

#tlh #chain of thorns #chain of iron #chain of gold #the last hours #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #lucie herondale #herondale family #jesse blackthorn #ghostwriter #lucie x jesse #jesse x lucie #malcolm fade #kinda. #tlh fanart 💀👄💀

[emmcarstairs]

It just dawned on me that Annabel rising from the dead was only the second time Malcolm had witnessed a resurrection. The first time, it was Jesse’s. And, oh, the differences! For decades, he probably thought back to the way Jesse scrambled to his feet for Lucie on the floor, how he carried her in his arms. They were the living proof of love defeating death. Why couldn’t he, then, have Annabel back as well? He probably imagined the long-awaited moment Annabel would put her arms around him, too. Instead, she put a knife in his heart. 

#i'd even argue that his need for vengeance is fueled even further by the fact that he's seen a blackthorn coming back to life #he watched jesse and lucie getting their happily ever after #and he believed he deserved one too #malcolm fade #annabel blackthorn #jesse blackthorn #lucie herondale #blackdale #the dark artifices #the last hours #tda #tlh #tsc

[hopestrope]

I thought about this and it is so true. Poor Jules...

“[Malcolm] took a step inside the Institute and instantly fell over, sprawling lengthwise on the tiles. Julian moved aside and Malcolm rolled onto his back, looking disgruntled. He peered down his long body. 'I seem to have also tied my shoelaces together.' Sometimes it was hard not to feel bitter, Julian reflected, that all the allies and friends in his life were either people he had to lie to, ridiculous, or both.” -Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

#the dark artifices #lady midnight #malcolm fade #julian blackthorn #emma carstairs #ty blackthorn #livvy blackthorn #dru blackthorn #mark blackthorn #cristina rosales #diana wrayburn #kit herondale #kieran kingson #jemma #blackstairs #kierarktina #kitty #cassandra clare #hopestrope #hopesquote #the shadowhunter chronicles

[amchara]

Info from Cassie's Dublin Event

So, I bought an online ticket to Cassie's Dublin chat from earlier this week, and listened to it this evening while doing some chores. It's a really decent one- lots of Chain of Thorns discussions and the moderation was fairly tight. Very enjoyable to listen to! I've typed up a few of the Q&As - and one of the moderator questions from right at the beginning, and then the last few. I may go back and grab a few more but this is all I'm typing up tonight.

Also, she all but confirmed who the novella is going to be about. Spoilers and such below the read more. Questions are answered about potential dark Chain of Thorns alternate ending, Adult POV Shadowhunter books, potential Malcolm and Annabel story, most interesting villain / hero who would make a great villain, Matthew and Tessa happy endings.

Okay, as we probably all knew/predicted: Yes, it's going to be a Matthew novella. Cassie definitely confirmed it's going to be about him. Maybe visiting some of the other characters and popping in. Probably not Jordelia in Constantinople because she wants them to have a sweet honeymoon and nothing bad to happen to them and novella's require conflict. Maybe an online short though- like she's written before.

Okay, on to the questions-

After the pandemic - you changed your mind about certain characters and events in Chain of Thorns. For the better, for the worse?

I mean, I think for the better. I hope. It was very very early on in the pandemic and… I had been thinking- goin back and forth in my mind, between various potential endings. As I always do, when I’m plotting anything. For TLH, I remember thinking at some point, I could not write as bleak an ending, I had- I usually have endings ranging from all sorts of things happening. And I remember a few things that made it- at one point thought of an incredibly bleak ending. But then decide that didn’t make any sense. Because if everyone in TLH were to die, I did not understand how Will and Tessa could go on to have any semblance of a happy life. They both would’ve been traumatised forever. Tessa as we know her in the present would not be the person she is, so it didn’t really make sense. So I booted it. And then, there was still some thoughts I had- I don’t know, the transient tragic effects of time, everything vanishes, everyone dies eventually, and I thought, you know what- we got that in TID and that is not what I want to be thinking about and writing about right now. I want to think about human resilience and love and the good things in life and boy- it was a uniquely bleak experience - not that unique anymore, one day we were working around with many other people or in school and then you’re completely alone, and you don’t know for how long. Doing all the work by yourself, and that’s the experience I had. 

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Older characters taking central roles in future books? 

Understand why you want to see it but it’s not YA and you can have a little bit of older characters, like I had to fight really hard to get Diana’s viewpoint in TDA because she’s like 25 and that’s too old. A question of genre you’re writing. And if you’re writing YA I can’t see a lot of ways you can have a lot of adult characters doing a lot of stuff because core and point of YA that this is about Young Adults who have the agency and direction and are doing and are responsible for making the choices and if there are adults around, those adults will sit on those kids. And will prevent them from making those choices because its the adult’s job to protect kids. So it is a really hard line to walk. In having those parents in the Last Hours I had to be very careful about the amount we saw of them and the amount that they could affect what was going on. They were away or their will was restrained in some manner or they didn’t know what was going on because if they did, they would step in and take over. 

And I think the way to do what you’re asking, is to do adult Shadowhunters books. And there’s no reason not to do that. It’s absolutely possible to write adult shadowhunters books that exist in the realm of adult fantasy. Always thought interesting to follow Clary and Jace or Will and Tessa and do an adult book that talks about them as adults and has them as the forward facing characters and that would be something I would be very interested in doing. I do think it would be adult though. (Which we know means spicy). My publisher is like ehhhh (joking)

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Would you ever write a novella about Malcolm and Annabel? 

That seems really fun, all the things I like - doomed love and bad weather. I have thought about it. Glad at least one person would like to read it because not everyone as into doomed love and bad weather as I am. We know a lot of details about relationship and their lives and I feel it would be fun to see that. Writing Malcolm in TLH was such strange experience because we know Malcolm from TDA, he’s a bad guy, a murderer, a betrayer, a multiple murderer and generally not good. But in TLH this is Malcolm before all that, he was a good guy and now- I have written good people turned bad, but to write someone as good before bad and not even pretending/faking was really interesting and had me thinking a lot more about his relationship with Annabel and what that obsessive love did in terms of being a very good force in his love and then a bad one. Very interesting. 

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Which fav villain to write and which of our stereotypical heroes to write would make an excellent villain (Me: It’s Julian- why are we even pretending about this?) 

Sebastian was fav because what makes a villain interesting in a lot of ways is how close they are to your heroes, and he was Clary’s brother! And he was a loathsome individual but he was really interesting to write especially because if he hadn’t been given demon blood as a child, might’ve been decent person and we see at end of book that there could’ve been alternate timeline where he wasn’t villain and just Clary’s brother. And that was really interesting, I had the most fun with him. 

Audience member: I think Magnus

Oh my god, that’s such a sad thought! Poor Alec, what is he gonna tell the kids- Dad’s gone evil? I can’t even think about that, not that I don’t think he wouldn’t be a good villain, very inventive and powerful so would be terrifying villain. I think, if you know about TWP and read TDA, we’re going to see Jace as a villain. So I have been working on that and he makes an excellent villain because he all these qualities - he’s determined, never gives up, if he wants something, will make sure he gets it, terrifying villain. Super strong and all that- and these qualities making him a good hero also make him a scary villain. Look forward to it. 

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Is it possible for Matthew to have a happy ending in his life?

Very sweet question. Matthew is based on someone I know and love, my stepfather who was an alcoholic before he met my mother and by the time he met her, had been in AA and never drank again in his life. Remember talking to him about it, he was the sweetest guy and most kind and you could talk to him about anything, and I said, it’s so wonderful you’re no longer an alcoholic. And he said, I am an alcoholic, I’ll always be one, I am just an alcoholic who doesn’t drink. And it really lodged itself in my heart. Because I love him so much as a father and he has this thing in his past, it makes me so sad. 

And as I went on to know him (tries not to tear up- died five years ago.) He didn’t think of it that way, he thought of it as being an alcoholic as being just something part of his life, he didn’t drink. He didn’t think of it as bad, shameful, negative, he thought it as something that had made him stronger and kinder. And when I think of that, I think about Matthew. And that is - I want to be clear that, I didn’t want anyone to wave a wand at the end of the book and say Matthew, you’re cured, you’ll never want to drink again. I wanted to go through the process of Matthew realising he has a problem, wants to stop, does stop with the help of his friends. And he may always be an alcoholic who doesn’t drink but like with my stepfather, it makes him kinder (he’s already kind), kinder, sweeter, stronger, better. So I think- you know. I don’t want anyone to look at the fact that he had this illness as a tragedy. I want them to think about it as a thing that makes Matthew who he is, who is a very wonderful person. And he deserves a happy ending, and yeah- absolutely (tearing up) and while it is not always about deserving, sometimes- in this particular case, I think it would be a really nice message to see Matthew get a happy ending. And that’s all I’m going to say. 

Audience member: I think it was incredible that you were able to share- I know it’s really sad that he went through that and everything but its incredible you’re able to portray a piece of what he went through, in this character. Because Matthew as a character is going to live on forever in your writing, so you made his memory eternal, which is really cool and I admire that. 

(Cassie: That’s so sweet)

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Ever think of loophole where Tessa is able to become mortal and live out her human life rather than have her live on forever (Cassie clarifies - you mean, live out her human life with Jem? And then die at the same time. 

Um. I think we’ll have to see what happens because we have another couple in that situation, which is Magnus and Alec. So, we have to think (audience groans) - immortal people going around having affairs, making people fall in love with them and then not dying- how selfish. We have to think about how it would be to have only one of those couples live out that ending. So we’re thinking about- 

(interviewer- there can only be one?) Like Highlander? There can only be one happy ending? I don’t think of it as a sad ending necessarily because what do you get with anyone you love- you get a lifetime and what your lifetime in these books are, it differs. But I do think its interesting because we have more than one couple in this situation, so I think we have to think about- how does this work and what’s the messaging about only one of them getting this particular killer ending. So.. we’ll have to see how it goes, obviously I can’t say anything. I know. We were all happier five minutes ago. 

Tagging: @belle-keys @ibrushmyteeth-donttellanyone @themimsyborogove @lifeofbrybooks because I think you'll all have some vested interest in some of these answers. :)

#chain of thorns #chain of thorns spoilers #the dark artifices #tessa gray #annabel blackthorn #malcolm fade #jace herondale #matthew fairchild #magnus bane #alec lightwood #the mortal instruments #jem carstairs #will herondale

[rinadragomir]

𝑊𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑙, 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑜𝑙𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑝.

𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐒

@pleasantfoxchild @throughtthedarksworld @stupidbeautifulword @neo-lightchild-decafineator @darklingswhxore @livvyheronstairs @magnus-the-maqnificent @axoloteca @radisv @fortheloveofthecarstairs @eldestdaughterr @noah-herondale-lightwood @theresaherondalecarstairss @lescahiersdesable @my-archerboy @itsyourgirlathena @thestarkster1465 @fantasticcolorcloudflap @delightfullyterrible @elettralightwood @awecwightwood @megs-readstoomuch @dustandducks @notquitepunk-rock @min-unicorn @thewolfnephilim @cordelia-cardale @lucie-blackthorns @hotdog-frenchfries @shadowhuntingdemigod-blog @icycoolslushie @inahandful-of-dust @starlight-in-my-eyes @literallytypogod @thelastfunctioningbraincell @raziyekroos @xxsunset-seasonxx @potato-jem @existential-crisis-grl @painted-all-my-nights @larkace @lost-in-labyrinth @lenina-huntress @secretstryst @vashs-posts @you-drewstarsaroundmyscars @afloralrib @vierss-herondale @ninetthorn

#warlocks #rina dragomir edits #magnus bane #catarina loss #tessa gray #malcolm fade #ragnor fell #shinyun jung #tsc #tmi #tda #tid #the eldest curses #cassadra clare

[secretly-a-catamount]

(For @lescahiersdesable)

Malcolm: If you want my advice— Catarina: No offense but you’re the last person I want relationship advice from. You tried to kill Annabel. Multiple times. Malcolm: First off, that was when we were broken up. Secondly, she’s also tried to kill me. Magnus: It’s true. It was mutually attempted murder.

#malcolm fade #catarina loss #annabel blackthorn #magnus bane #incorrect quotes #memes #funny memes #good ol’ fashioned homegrown memes #source: unknown #the shadowhuter chronicles #the dark artifices #the mortal instruments #the infernal devices #the last hours #the wicked powers #friendship #tw: mentioned attempted murder (as a joke!) #malec #herongraystairs #malcabel #once again #i’m not sure if anyone’s going to like this #But if you guys do #I’ll make more

[bookishjules]

maybe at first . . .

Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare, ch20 // Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir, s5e16 "Protection" // @manywinged // Miraculous, s4e24 "Risk" // Miraculous, s5e24 "Re-Creation" // @jadedanddark // fanart by @casadefreewill

#the malcolm:annabel::gabriel:emilie has been on my mind for a long time #but i was listening to qoaad yesterday and heard annabel saying this and it was just the perfect example of the parallel coding #web weaving #doomed romance #tda #mlb #tsc #ml #emilie agreste #gabriel agreste #malcolm fade #annabel blackthorn #thinks ais for telling me to do this hehe <3 #qoaad #ml s5 #miraculous ladybug

[outerspacess]

random british blackthorn women please stop picking up necromancy as a hobby and suddenly feel the need to ruin other shadowhunters’ lives/kill them (I KNOW you’re victims too but pls chill) challenge

#the shadowhunter chronicles #the dark artifices #the infernal devices #the last hours #the mortal instruments #annabel blackthorn #tatiana blackthorn #cassandra clare #julian blackthorn #livia blackthorn #james herondale #will herondale #tessa gray #grace blackthorn #jesse blackthorn #emma carstairs #lucie herondale #magnus bane #cordelia carstairs #malcolm fade #livvy blackthorn #blackthorn family #herondale family #lightwood family

[tycarstairs]

annabel’s story is so sad??? like we never knew her before she died and in tda she just turned into the definition of the madwoman trope, and this quote:

“He betrayed me while I lived, and again when I was dead. Death is a gift, you understand. The passing beyond pain and sorrow. He denied me that.”

like this woman just wanted to rest. she just wanted to be free and that was taken from her.

#malcolm fade my number one enemy #malcolm fade #annabel blackthorn #the dark artifices #tda #shadowhunters

[margareturtle]

So TSC is the tag for the sunshine court and the shadowhunter chronicles and you may be thinking what could those two books possibly have in common besides the same abbreviation??

Lots actually hehe bc Jeremy and Jean and Laila and Cat may be living in LA in 2007 but do ya know who’s also living in LA in 2007??

Malcolm, Emma, and the Blackthorns!!! (And tis the year sebastian raids the LA institute 😭)

Which means we need a crossover and I know just the one !! Get ready…

After finding out what happened to Jean at the hands of Riko, Jeremy wants to kill Riko himself! The issue? Riko is already dead. But this doesn’t phase Jeremy as he knows to seek out the high warlock of Los Angeles none other than Malcolm Fade!! Malcolm agrees to help if Jeremy can provide test subject for help raising Annabel. Jeremy know just the right subjects as he provides Grayson and Zane. Emma’s parents are now saved!! And Malcolm and Jeremy with the help of Helen and Aline raise Riko and kill him again. Afterwards Helen and Aline come over to Cat and Laila’s and they have a party and become besties!! The end

#the shadowhunter chronicles #the sunshine court #tsc #jerejean #haline #the dark artifices #the mortal instruments #jean moreau #kevin day #jeremy knox #helen blackthorn #malcolm fade #aline penhallow #catalina alvarez #laila dermott

[kaitcreates]

Beatriz

Malcolm

#shadowhunter character showdown 2024 #shadowhunters #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #the dark artifices #tda #tftsa #tales from the shadowhunter academy #beatriz velez mondeza #beatriz velez #beatriz mondeza #malcolm fade

[emmcarstairs]

Malcolm Fade is such a great villain when it comes to Julian specifically. He is the only person who knows about the nature of Julian's feelings for Emma and he never fails to bring them up when he talks to Julian. But while it looks like Malcolm is comforting him, we know that he only rubs salt into the wound. And I can't help but think that he must have enjoyed watching Julian torture himself over Emma for years. It must have given him satisfaction and, in a twisted way, reassurance that he's not the only one who loves someone he can't have.

#malcolm once felt sympathy towards lucie and her being in the same position as him #but once she got her happy ending and he didn’t it all turned to envy #malcolm fade #julian blackthorn #emma carstairs #blackstairs #tda #the dark artifices

[drusilla-carstairs]

Round 1D

#TSC character showdown #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #malcolm fade #aline penhallow #TDA #the dark artifices #TMI #the mortal instruments