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don't ever talk to me or my morgenstern siblings cope au ever again
everyone dumping secrets on tiktok has inspired me so here's my tsc confession:
i didn't give a shit when jordan died
my beautiful princess with a disorder
jace herondale better square up cause i want his girl bad and i bite
this will never not be funny
Jace kisses Alec (cut from City of Glass)
So below is, the original version of the scene that begins on page 137 in City of Glass, “Jace looked at Alec steadily. “What’s between you and Magnus Bane? In the original version, Jace actually does kiss Alec, more to make a point than anything else, but the resultant scene made me laugh and made my editor laugh, hysterically. It didn’t work — made the emotional impact of Jace telling off Alec less. I warn you, it is not romantic. - Cassie
Jace looked at Alec steadily. Then he said, “What’s between you and Magnus Bane?” Alec’s head jerked to the side, as if Jace had slapped him or pushed him. “I don’t — there’s nothing —” “I know better,” Jace said, forestalling him. “I’m not stupid. Tell me the truth.” “There isn’t anything between us,” Alec said — and then, catching the look on Jace’s face, added with great reluctance, “any more. There’s nothing between us any more. Okay?” “And why is that? Magnus really liked you.” “Drop it, Jace,” Alec said in a warning tone. Jace was having none of being warned. “Magnus says it’s because you’re hung up on me. Is that true?” There was a moment of utter silence. Then Alec gave a despairing howl of horror and put his hands up to cover his face. “I am going to kill Magnus. Kill him dead.” “Don’t. He cares about you. He really does. I believe that,” Jace said, managing to sound only a little bit awkward. “Look. I don’t want to push you into anything, but do you maybe want to —” “Call Magnus? Look, that’s a dead end, I know you’re trying to be helpful, but —” “—kiss me?” Jace finished. Alec looked as if he were about to fall off his chair. “WHAT? What? What?” “Once what would do.” Jace did his best to look as if this were the sort of suggestion one made all the time. “I think it might help.” Alec looked at him with something like horror. “You don’t mean that.” “Why wouldn’t I mean it?” “Because you’re the straightest person I know. Possibly the straightest person in the universe.” “Exactly,” Jace said, and leaned forward, and kissed Alec on the mouth. The kiss lasted approximately four seconds before Alec pulled forcefully away, throwing his hands up as if to ward Jace off from coming at him again. He looked as if he were about to throw up. “By the Angel,” he said. “Don’t ever do that again.” “Oh yeah?” Jace grinned, and almost meant it. “That bad?” “Like kissing my brother,” said Alec, with a look of horror in his eyes. “I thought you might feel that way.” Jace crossed his arms over his chest. “Also, I’m hoping we can just gloss over all the irony in what you just said.” “We can gloss over whatever you want to,” Alec said fervently. “Just don’t kiss me again.” “I’m not going to. I have other business to take care of.” Jace stood up, kicking his chair back. “If anyone asks where I am, tell them I went for a walk.” “Where are you actually going?” Alec asked, watching him walk to the door. “To see Clary?” “No.” Jace shook his head. “I’m going to the Gard. I’m going to break Simon out of jail.”
and if i said i'm still pulling for the izzy is valentine's daughter theory
can confirm
that shit hurted
I would never recommend reading tsc in chronological order nor would I read it in that order myself because reading The Last Hours and The Mortal Instruments so close together would cause massive amounts of psychic damage. reading them six months apart was bad enough. right after each other? I would never wish that on anyone ever
cohf supremacy this book is easily the best in tmi and one of cassie's best overall
i used to separate them distinctly in my mind but this reread is making me kind of unable to do that..
i gotta clarify first that i think sebastian needs to be punished for what he did. i don't think any of what i'm about to say absolves him of anything he's done.
that being said, i think sebastian was so tragically doomed by the narrative that he never had a choice but to make the choices he did. he never had a chance to be anything else because of valentine and jocelyn (although jocelyn to a far lesser extent than valentine). every step of his existence from conception to death is stripped of agency. every choice he makes is done in the shadows of valentine stripping away his humanity and mercilessly abusing him until he's a perfect weapon. and then the bastard has the nerve to be ashamed of what he created.
i just wish sebastian had gotten a fucking chance to be anything other than jocelyn's shame and valentine's weapon.
sebastian morgenstern is actually the best villain ever because he makes me a devastating combination of sad and angry
sebastian morgenstern is actually the best villain ever because he makes me a devastating combination of sad and angry
i'm so insane about clary and simon in cols their bond is FLOURISHING
"you still love me dont you?"
...
cassie's masterful ability to depict violations of consent in so many different ways across all genders without being egregious or harmful isn't discussed enough
canon universe clace fic recs go
god that alley scene in cofa is so....
jace dreaming of clary essentially showing up in a schoolgirl outfit will never not be funny
"you took all that away and it didn't belong to you" jocelyn fairchild it is ON SIGNT
cassie wrote tmi when she did because she knew gen z climon would destroy the clave and give valentine a heart attack
tmi has objectively some of the best depictions of abuse in tsc. i would even argue better than tlh.
friendly reminder that clary genuinely thought jace was going to off himself in chapter sixteen.
city of ashes doesn't have a bad track
the clace content???
YES.
my clary fairchild brainrot makes me want to see paladin clary after tlh
Oh jocelyn and the memory thing. I hadnt really thought it through before but she quite literally did not have to do that like the lost herondales managed all right for generations and they had people actively hunting them down for half the time. I also get icked out by how she treated baby Sebastian, like she could tell he was evil but he was still a baby who hadnt done anything yet.
THIS!!!
she stole clary's memories AND neglected johnathan which left him vulnerable to valentine. mother of the year 👏
i firmly believe if jocelyn took johnathan with her when she fled he would have grown up better. i mean look at that comic with johnathan and valentine. he's a CHILD who just wants to know where his mom is.
ALSO
can we talk about how, like all the circle members except maybe luke, jocelyn didn't actually care that valentine was spewing racist rhetoric against downworlders?
like yeah she acknowledges he was wrong, but let's be completely honest here: it became a problem for jocelyn when he began targeting the clave. targeting shadowhunters.
i will hate this woman until i die. she's a terrible person and parent and clary deserves better
i'll hate jocelyn until the day i die
the graphic novel makes me a bangs clary truther that girl HAS BANGS
clary should be the most important character in the universe always
the importance jace puts on the covenant oath and being a shadowhunter with angel blood and the existential duty that comes with only to think he has demon blood in city of glass i
i'm gonna end it all
headcanon where clary dreams about a man with blond hair and green eyes smiling at her while she's painting. she can't help but notice the slightly faded parabatai rune, can't help but notice the nostalgic beauty that man carries.
"it's beautiful." he says, looking at her drawing.
clary can't help but wonder if the man were an artist too.
must run in the family, he thinks, the love for art.
when clary wakes up that morning and looks at herself in the mirror, green eyes stare back at her. she smiles, turning around to see the painting drying.
a blond and a dark haired man, their backs to her. one carried a gun; the other, a chakram.
it's beautiful, she thinks.