#malec is the best

[bookholichany]

It's actually quite self-explanatory

#a cat royalty falling for a closeted gay who's in love with his best mate #dead boy detectives #shadowhunters #edwin payne #the cat king #alec lightwood #magnus bane #malec

[carelessflower]

the best thing about malec is that the scary looking, scolding, black wearing, weapons armed to teeth guy is not as dangerous as his glittery sunshine husband who throw cat birthday party

#malec #alec lightwood #magnus bane #shadowhunter #tmi #best couple for a reason #my fav dynamic #grumpy could kill you x sunshine could kill you

[kasirose]

Malec morning cuddles let’s gooooo!

original mug under the cut

#I saw that mug at a store a few months ago and HAD to give it to magnus #let's say it's a gift from alec #malec #malec fanart #shadowhunters #shadowhunters fanart #Magnus Bane #Alec Lightwood #alexander lightwood #magnus lightwood bane #alec lightwood bane #harry shum jr #matthew daddario #signature malec golden lighting #I have no idea how anatomy works but I tried my best #honestly I have no idea how lighting works either so just kinda yoloed this whole thing XD #my art

[wisefoxluminary]

As someone who loves to get immersed in fanfiction, I always feel drawn towards mlm ships because of the angst they bring to the table. I like male characters who are vulnerable. The way we just see them struggle with their feelings for each other and try to get past their emotional walls is just so compelling to me. It's like taking the red pill from the Matrix but it's two male characters who feel out of place in the narrative of the societal norm they've been put in and how they find that one person that gives them meaning. Men are stubborn when it comes to confessing what they truly want and that makes the drama just hit harder. I like healthy relationships but I want to see m/m relationships who are bad at feelings and who have to go through a boatload of pain before anything gets better. Because that is what paves the way for happiness and love in the future. Call me masochistic but I just love angst and pain with all my heart. I could read fanfics like that for hours and never get bored.

#m/m #mlm #fanfiction #destiel #stolitz #malec #arizacrow #blackbonnet #noirlander #byler #stucky #johnlock #sterek #hannigram #i just love pain #angst is the best genre of fanfic #male ships have the best chemistry #writer thoughts

[lurafita]

'Tis just how it works, Alexander. Don't worry.

Wanting to learn more about magic, because it is a part of Magnus and Alec wants to know everything about Magnus, Alec starts reading Magnus' spell books (with permission of course.) And let's just say some magical rituals are a little,… peculiar.

Alec: "Magnus? Why did you make a handwritten note beside this spell about 'only applicable during thunder storms'?" Magnus: "Oh, because one needs to get struck by lightning for that spell." Alec, alarmed: "Excuse me, did you just say you need to get struck by lightning!?" Magnus: "Don't worry, Darling, the after effects usually disappear in a day or two." Alec: "You let yourself get struck by lightning?" Magnus: "Sometimes magic requires a little extra boost. Granted, the numbness and electric tingling isn't pleasant. But it's much better than having to get poisoned with snake venom for that one specific divination spell." Alec: "#!+%!!!"

(Alec demands to be told about all the spells that could kill or seriously harm the man he loves, that Magnus only use them if there is absolutely no other way, and that Alec has to be present.)

#magnus bane #alec lightwood #malec #shadowhunters tv #malec headcanons #protective!Alec #I want more Alec being protective towards Magnus by the way #Magnus is just like *shrug* I didn't make the rules #and alec is like "you are the best warlock I know come up with spells that don't nearly kill you please!

[peupeugunn]

jace: [screams]

izzy: [screams louder]

magnus: should we do something?

alec: no, no, i want to see who wins

#magnus finds shadowhunters to be strange /at best/ #shadowhunters #the mortal instruments #the shadowhunter chronicles #incorrect tmi quotes #incorrect shadowhunters quotes #incorrect quotes #alec lightwood #magnus bane #malec #jace herondale #jace lightwood #jace wayland #izzy lightwood #incorrect malec quotes

[quotesthatiliked]

But Magnus, he thought. You never told me. Never warned me it would be like this, that I would wake up one day and realize that I was going somewhere you couldn’t follow. That we are essentially not the same. There’s no “till death do us part” for those who never die.

-Cassandra Clare(City of Fallen Angles)

#alexander lightwood #magnus bane #this is from alec's pov if u couldn't tell #one of the best fictional coupleTM #me reading the whole series again #malec #cassandra clare #city of fallen angels #quotes #lgbtq books #book quotes #bookblr #quotesthatiloved #.mine🍀

[decadentwerewolfstrawberry]

Headcannon that once Alec gets with Magnus he starts to actually have hobbies outside of Shadowhunter stuff, and one of them is cooking

#his first attempt would be terrible (like the stew) #but then he'd practice and get better #and eventually he'd be able to cook the best steak for Magnus when his magic is depleted #malec #alec lightwood #magnus bane #alec x magnus #magnus x alec

[faejilly]

i always liked the thought that outside of the persona that he presents, magnus is terribly domestic bc he seems that he would curl up on a couch with his lover and just be yk? like i bet that he has had relationships that were just sex and partying but i bet if he was given a choice he would choose to spend the evening in and watching a movie

Quite possibly.

I do think that Magnus, (much like Alec in fact, if in a slightly different way), is very good at giving anyone he is with the experience that they most want.

He enjoys performing, whether he is highlighting or subverting expectations, I believe he loves putting on a show and he is perfectly capable of tailoring that show to his audience. Part of this is survival, part of this is avoiding conflict, part of this is politics, but it seems clear he does actually also like it or he wouldn't have chosen such an extravagant persona (or bothered with all the necessary closet space to hold his wardrobe 😅).

He likes planning parties which is a different skill-set than just attending them after all. He wants to create an environment, set the stage, organize the comforts and attractions and entertainment and etc.

Magnus does in fact also enjoy people. He likes parties and dancing and afternoon tea and anything else that gives him that jolt of interaction and appreciation. He does seem to legitimately be an extrovert who feels recharged after social interaction; especially if he knows he's the one who made it a good experience for everyone involved. (Or a bad one, if he's intimidating people. There's some pride involved, I think, in knowing he can have whatever effect he wants, regardless of what anyone else is expecting.)

He is much better at grand gestures of devotion and friendship (and money and power) because that ties back into him being in control of his interactions and his vulnerabilities and other people's expectations.

So I don't think he dislikes being a party person, or his extravagant High Warlock persona, or that he was at all unsatisfied with whirlwind dramatic relationships full of parties and dancing and shows and travel. Those are all things he can do, and do well, and gets a kick out of.

However satisfying it is to do the things you're good at, and know that you're sweeping someone else along with something they enjoy, I do think sometimes he hid himself within those extravagances; avoided smaller intimacies of domestic chores and quietly reading on opposite sides of the couch, etc. because then he'd have to share control, which is terrifying when you're as aware as he is of all the ways an intimate friend or partner can (purposefully or not) betray or hurt you.

He offers the high life because he can, and once upon he couldn't, and most people enjoy it and are impressed by it. HOWEVER, I do agree that that's not really the point for him, and sometimes it was definitely another layer of armor between his bruised heart and the world.

All he needs from a partner is their attention. (I know the love languages book is nonsense, but, it will be a useful framework for my rambling, so! Let's imagine it's not.) I think his personal love language is simply quality time. Someone who wants to be with him, regardless of time or place or consequences or conveniences, who doesn't just want his money or magic, but will not flinch from those parts of him either. Who may not need him to take care of them, but won't push him away when he does anyway.

Which is of course exactly what Alec offers with his single-minded focus and devotion to the partner he's chosen, and which most of us cannot do to at all the same extent. (Which is why Alec feels vaguely useless to Magnus most of the time, because everyone else he's ever known or loved has required his actions not just his presence, and is also why Magnus cannot understand that insecurity at all, because no one else has ever just looked at Magnus without all the trappings and been enraptured.)

But! Back to the original premise.

Alec is not an extrovert and hates putting on a show and does not trust large crowds of people to avoid being stupid, so in fact once they are together I do believe they are usually very quietly domestic at home, because the setting, for Magnus, is incidental to the fact that they're spending time together, so he is perfectly content making sure Alec is comfortable wherever they are, and that they have that quiet time together reasonably often.

(I do think Magnus and Alec spend a lot of time in physical contact, cuddling or hand-holding or working on similar projects in shared space, because Alec's love language is very clearly physical touch. He is more than capable of showing his love and care to people in their own languages, time or gifts or words or service, but all he really needs is for the people he's worried about to be close enough to hold onto.)

#jilly answers #forever-nox #shadowhunters #malec #my sh rambling #magnus bane #alec lightwood #alec gives the best hugs #is I think relevant to this post #tangential tuesday

[somnidasha]

WAIT when izzy planned the wedding of alec and lidia did she just chose the royal blue instead gold to arrange a hall? she literally chose warlocks' wedding colour instead of the same colour for shadowhunters

#she's the best #look i know that tv show and books have a lot pf differences #but i like to think it was intentional #malec #magnus bane #alec lightwood #isabelle lightwood #shadowhunters #the mortal instruments

[alecmagnuslwb]

Y'all my best friends niece made these for me for Christmas, like hand painted, clay molded additions made these. I'll never get over how crazy talented she is.

#malec #shadowhunters #last year she just casually hand stitched a parks and rec patch for me like it was nothing #i have two original prints that she did that are some of the best art i own #and she does cosplay stuff #there's nothing she can't do

[magnus-the-maqnificent]

Bodyguard Alec and Popstar Magnus

I read it the other way around the first time (bodyguard Magnus and popstar Alec) and got so excited

Then I saw the picture and was like. “This looks more like bodyguard Alec and popstar Magnus?” and realised I read it wrong.

Anyways now I’m thinking about Bodyguard!Magnus and Popstar!Alec being “Looks like he could kill you, is a cinnamon roll”/“Looks like a cinnamon roll, can kill you” boyfriends 🥹

#subversive malec is best malec okay #malec #alec lightwood #magnus bane

[carelessflower]

the three states of alec

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#alec lightwood #malec #tsc #tmi #shadowhunters #the mortal instruments #the shadowhunter chronicles #alec lightwood bane #tec #sobh #the eldest curses #my edit #happy birthday alec #he kinda best character development

[kasirose]

Shadowhunters filming locations: Part 1/2

A year ago, I decided to try my hand at a bit of photography and went around to a couple filming locations in Toronto. I've seen a couple photographers take photos in this style and it looked fun!

Location: Toronto Distillery District

Part 2

#am not a professional photographer so some of them look kinda wonky rip but I tried my best #shadowhunters #shadowhunters tv #malec #clace #magnus bane #alec lightwood #jace herondale #clary fairchild #asmodeus #the mortal instruments #toronto #toronto distillery district #filming location #shadowhunters filming location #photography #my photography

[crownspeaksblog]

I'm just thinking about how alec lightwood went from being repressed, uptight, in the closet and in love with his best friend to making out with the love of his life in the middle of the open training room..

#i love that for him #he deserves nothing but the best #also the training scene lives rent free in my mind and heart #malec #alec lightwood #magnus bane #lgbtqia+ #shadowhunters #shadowhunters tv #queer characters #queer romance

[lurafita]

Sentient household appliances add on

Still like the idea that Magnus has had some of his household appliances for centuries and that they have gained a kind of sentience due to Magnus' magic upgrading them to the technological standards of the current times. And that as a result, he may sometimes argue with his toaster or coffee machine.

Magnus: "Brewtiful, I'm begging you. I promise I will sleep tonight… or tomorrow night, but I need some caffeine right now. Please, I just need to get through this one last meeting in the seelie realm."

Alec: "Did the coffee machine make you another cup of decaf again?"

Magnus: "I know she is only looking out for me, but as I have explained to her, sometimes things happen and inexperienced seelie children get stuck in the wrong dimension and you need to work through a few nights to get them back home and smooth things over with the queen."

Alec: "Define a few nights."

Magnus: "… 5?"

Alec: "You are going to sleep. I will send Jace and Simon to give the queen your report. Good work Brewtiful."

#magnus bane #alec lightwood #malec #shadowhunters tv #malec headcanons #stop arguing with the coffee machine and go to sleep Magnus! #Brewtiful only want the best for you #sentient household appliances