Nelly Dean (to Heathcliff): Who Knows But Your Father Was Emperor Of China, And Your Mother An Indian

I think it’s very interesting that Alec’s full name is Alexander.

Alexander means ‘man’s defender’ which is often his tactical position during fights. He defends the perimeter with his bow and often gets the brunt of attacks.

Although it fits perfectly with his identity as a Shadowhunter, it also fits nicely with his personality.

Alec is very defensive over the people he loves:

- He threatens Clary over Jace

- Kills Meliorn when searching for Magnus (insane moment that cemented him as my favourite character)

- Was adverse to Simon dating his sister (who he’s extremely protective of)

⬇️⬇️In this scene he nearly flips ⬇️⬇️

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“Where's Simon?" Clary interrupted.

Isabelle wobbled. "He's a rat," she said darkly.

Did he do something to you?" Alec was full of brotherly concern. "Did he touch you? If he tried anything-"

No, Alec," Isabelle said irritably. "Not like that. He's a rat."

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Even with his sons he’s always defending them, he worked hard to make sure Rafael was adopted properly.

Not to mention all the things he does for the Downworlder community.

Alec spent a lot of his life worrying about being unable to live up to expectations, only to become what his name represented.

Alexander doesn’t just mean defender, bro IS the defender 🔥

alec being teenage mom with two kids before ever having a ring on, izzy marrying indie boy band nerd, jace is jace, the lightwood siblings are the biggest proof why you shouldn't let your ex cultist coworker babysit your kids

Love how every Matt Daddario girl is just posting his new pic on Tumblr. (i'm one of them)

and can we all agree that this man AGED LIKE THE FINEST OF WINES

sorry. I get hyped up.

In conclusion, Izabelle Lightwood is perfect, and has done nothing wrong, ever.

The fact that Matt Daddario is gorgeous and makes my knees weak on the daily aside: - he is so good? He loves animals so much? Like when was the last time that you saw a man dedicate so much time and attention to cows and dogs and even slugs? Like I’m pretty sure if he wasn’t an actor, he would work at the animal shelter or have his own farm - I CAN’T UNSEE THAT PIC WHERE HE HOLDS A TINY BIRD? SO SMALL, SO GENTLE, ACTUAL REAL LIFE SNOW WHITE - he loves his girlfriend so much??? He and Esther are goals. They are so cute and they are clearly so comfy with each other and so supportive of each other? - he loves making food for other people? So pure - he understands alec and took the time to analyse his motivations and personality? He gets why he is the way he is and he is so protective of him and his decisions? HE LOVES ALEC SO MUCH TBH? - let’s not forget his malec kiss commentary, because that shit is golden - his dark humour and snark and sarcasm? I’m??? I love it so much?? - THE PUNS - THE WAY HE IS SO CURIOUS and wants to understand stuff and learn?

Pls appreciate Matt Daddario for more than his looks.

I have a deep passion for the female shadowhunters in the circle (and or had some involvement) like Maryse, Celine, Amatis and Jocelyn??? Oh I could talk about them for HOURS.

Reading Lady Midnight thinking Kit is finally a Herondale with emotional intelligence. Then reading about him kissing Livvy while thirsting after Ty in Lord of Shadows. And then reading about him leavimg the country after feeling rejected in QOAAD.

We. Just. Can‘t. Win.

Damn. I love not having any exams apart from the silly little tests about two random things we did once in the last 10 minutes and just being able to waste my evening and afternoons trying to finish a book that I don't want to finish writing because that would mean staring the second and making my girl evil 😭

(it makes me sooooooo happy...)

Here's my head canons that literally nobody asked for, but I don't care because I spent all of last summer thinking nobody was invested in the circle and I have pent-up fangirl energy 😌:

Robert is a fictional adult who needs some love: Is he one of the oldest? Yeah. But since he got abused by his dad and he felt like a disappointment for not being able to bear the runes (allergy) he's an insecure little bun, k? K. Also Maryse absolutely understands that, and although she's like super cold and icy and murderous she has a big heart (she's a silver girl, k?) and is always there for him at his lowest. Also, screw Shadowhunters and their smooth skin. Him and Alec? SCARS. That's it. Scars, actually, scars on all Shadowhunters, and also on Maryse, one that runs from the bottom of her ear, down her neck to her collarbone. How? (she's a Shadowhunter, ppl)

Maryse's mom was TRASH, and she has a fear of commitment: Why do I say that? IDK. I like characters with family issues (y'know Robert's got it w his dad, she as it w her mom). AND. She felt alone, which is how Valentine got to her. She was really close to her brother, and him getting stripped of his runes and exiled left her alone with parents that didn't care for her and too many close friends because of her cold (sarcastic queen) attitude. At the end of the day, she felt abandoned and, leaving her with a fear of getting close to anybody because they might leave her as well.

Miss ma'am passed her absolute need to perfect to Alec: If you've read TMI it's hard for people to not know that Alec is definitely the fake it til you make it, wake in the same shoes until you bleed and work on it until it glistens. So while I do firmly believe that he got some of Robert's personality, he did get his loyalty and bravery? From Maryse, all together with the constant urge of being perfect, which she got from her parents' constantly pushing her to be perfect and her need to prove the man in the academy that she deserved her place there.

Maryse and Robert might have been in love, they might not have known what that was: They both come from pretty toxic families where love was ehm...not a thing? So when they met, it was obvious that all these intense feelings of "I would kill for you" would get confused (maybe) for love. I do still that they fiercely loved each other like one loves its first partner. Deeply ad burning, that in their hearts, they were each other's other half. But I do also think that them insisting on staying when that love melted into pure raw platonic love (care? Do remember Maryse cried at his funeral and Michael's ghost touched her shoulder). Which brings me to my next point.

Michael and Maryse: Friends. That's it. The typical gay and bi power friendship.

Celine/ Maryse/ Michael: Trio of friends. Izzy/Jace/Alec but a cultist version of it.

Waywood?: Real. Maryse's relationship w Robert had faded into a pure friendship which lead to him realizing that he was in love w Michael (whether he acted on it or not, that idk)

Eliza and Maryse?: A thing. Hell yeah, she did act on it, which leads me to the belief that Maryse did know that Robert was in love with Michael and that he knew that she was in love with Eliza. Think of it, a lavender marriage out of fear of being stripped of their runes by the clave.

No, cause what do you mean I can't listen to Lana del Rey and read my otps and do nothing else other than just be a depressed fangirl all day long???? What sort of witchcraft is this??