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ofexistencebane · 3 months

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The award for best character development goes to...

Alec Lightwood Not Giving a Single Fuck About the Law

(Spoilers! So many spoilers! For everything except Secrets of Blackthorn Hall, because I haven't read it yet)

I'm not too clear on what the Accords say about Shadowhunters policing Downworlders/what Downworlders are not allowed to do. But I'm pretty sure all of these must be illegal (or at least frowned upon):

Not reporting that Magnus started a joke cult that turned in a real cult that was killing people and worshiping a Greater Demon

Letting the person actually running said evil cult go free after they had captured her because he knew the Clave would execute her and even though Shinyun was literally responsible for several murders, he thought she deserved a second chance (and Magnus related to her, and Alec wanted to spare Magnus pain)

Never reporting Elliott of the New York Vampire Clan for literally everything he has done, including biting several Downworlders at a party, having multiple incidents with faerie fruit, "accidentally" biting 17 mundanes while under the influence (including at least one time where Lily had to stop him from killing the mundane in question), and cheating on two Selkies who then caused property damage in a fight with each other

relatedly, not reporting Mordecai, the faerie fruit dealer

(I just love this entire exchange: "As the current head of the New York Institute," Maryse said, with an attempt at firmness, "if there is illegal Downworlder activity happening, it should be reported to me." "I do not talk to Nephilim about Downworlder business," Lily said severely. The Lightwood parents stared at her, and then swung their heads in sync to stare at their son. Lily waved a dismissed hand in their direction. "Except for Alec, he's a special case.")

Watching Juliette, Werewolf Queen of the Buenos Aires Shadow Market, kill a Shadowhunter and just lightly suggest she try to take the Shadowhunters alive (and then not punish her in any way for killing that one guy)

Not reporting that Ragnor Fell had found a realm for the Greater Demon Sammael and also worked for him for a period of time (I don't think the Clave would care that Ragnor didn't had a choice because of the sventhorn)

Suggested in the final battle in Queen of Air and Darkness that an effective way to render opposing Shadowhunters unconscious would be to have vampires bite them and drink enough of their blood that they passed out

Protecting Marcy, the werewolf who transformed at a club during a full moon, and never reporting her for almost revealing the shadow world to Mundanes and injuring several of them

Breaking the Cold Peace several times by visiting several Shadow Markets, interacting with faeries, and pretending not to know about multiple illegal Shadowhunter-faerie relationships (Tian/Jinfeng and Mark/Kieran/Cristina)

Not illegal but probably seen as outrageous by other Shadowhunters:

marrying Magnus in Shadowhunter gold

traipsing into a hell dimension to save Downworlders

letting a vampire (Simon) drink his blood

offering his blood to a different vampire (Lily)

raising a Downworlder child as his own (and also training that child like a Shadowhunter)

raising a Shadowhunter child that has a Downworlder parent

Basically, Alec Lightwood is a badass and the fact that he went from the type of guy who said "sed lex, dura lex" to the man who did all of this is the reason he is one of my favorite characters ever

#alec lightwood

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ofexistencebane · 4 months

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Alec and Magnus 🤍

#the mortal instruments #someonegetthemsomebrowncontacts #tmi #alec lightwood #malec #magnus bane #shadowhunters #alexander lightwood

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ofexistencebane · 4 months

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I imagine in Max’s shadowhunter training his horns would have their uses… and vulnerabilities.

|| Excerpt from Tapestries of Time (A continuation of TMI, 11 years later) ||

Magnus had been mooching around the study struggling to recall where he had misplaced a book. Rafael had a habit of borrowing the odd tome and not returning them in their original positions. Sighing he turned to see Alec stood in the doorway, watching him silently.

“So, how far does your cellular regeneration stretch?” He asked, rather bluntly.

Magnus blinked, “Hello? How was your day?”

Alec smiled weakly, “Well, it depends on your answer”

“I can’t rise from ash or grow limbs back” Magnus crossed his arms, leaning against the bookshelf. He squinted at his husband in suspicion.

“So bones won’t grow back?”

At this Magnus straightened up, “I’m getting a little scared of you Alexander” he cleared his throat, “Little excited nevertheless”

Alec looked blank, “What”

“Why do you ask?”

“Truthfully…” Alec began to pull at the threads in his sweater cuffs, “Max may have ran into a pillar and it may have been my fault”

“Oh Alexander… you didn’t shatter our son’s skull did you?”

Alec flushed, “No! No, his horn has a little chip, it’s hardly noticeable but-“

“We used to put packing peanuts on them to protect other people” Magnus chuckled, “Now he’s broke one”

“It’s not broken, just chipped a little on the end”

He shrugged, “You’ll just have to invent warlock-friendly gear” Magnus smirked, returning to his book search.

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#max lightwood bane #the mortal instruments #tmi #alec lightwood #malec #magnus bane #rafael lightwood bane #malec fanfic #tapestriesoftime

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ofexistencebane · 4 months

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Do you think Magnus uses magic in his sleep?

Like one night he’ll reach out for Alec and unconsciously shock him so bad he sees Raziel for a hot second?

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ofexistencebane · 4 months

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Do you think Alec ever wakes up in the night, looks at his husband and thinks. This man is 400 hundred years old… wtf.

#the mortal instruments #alec lightwood #malec #magnus bane #tmi

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ofexistencebane · 4 months

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Alec and Magnus would raise their kids so well, that Max would want to be a shadowhunter like Alec… and Rafael would want to be a warlock/sorcerer like Magnus

#the mortal instruments #max lightwood bane #rafael lightwood bane #magnus bane #alec lightwood #alexander lightwood #malec headcanons #malec #shadowhunters #tmi

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ofexistencebane · 4 months

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Do you think Magnus uses magic in his sleep?

Like one night he’ll reach out for Alec and unconsciously shock him so bad he sees Raziel for a hot second?

#malec #the mortal instruments #tmi #alec lightwood #alexander lightwood #magnus bane

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ofexistencebane · 7 months

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“I made you this bright. So that others would see in the darkness”

Sex Education: Season 4, Episode 8

- Words spoken to Eric when he is learning to accept himself and embrace his relationship with God in his own way. -

#sex ed netflix #netflix #sex ed season 4 #sex ed spoilers #queer pride #christianity #gay christian #eric effiong

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ofexistencebane · 9 months

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I don’t think we talk about the fact that at Gabriel’s trial… he seemed pretty okay with being cast down to hell. Exactly where Beelzebub resided :)

#good omens #ineffable bureaucracy #gabriel #archangel gabriel #good omens spoilers #good omens season 2

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ofexistencebane · 2 years

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Shadowhunters discovering Phonk music for the first time will be an era

#aleclightwoodwouldlovephonk #magnuswouldjustcallitedgyravemusic #tmi #shadowhunters #the mortal instruments #cassandra clare #infernal devices #incorrect quotes

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ofexistencebane · 2 years

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Stolas standing up to his abusive wife was the slay of the year. Get that divorce 🦉

#no sympathy for Stella heard #helluva boss #helluva boss season 2 #stolas #stolas helluva boss #blitzo #blitz

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ofexistencebane · 2 years

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Our Flag Means Death Season 2, but it’s just Izzy realising that he’s made a mistake and trying to locate Stede, ‘betraying’ his Captain for the last time.

#our flag is death #our flag means death #our flag means gay #izzy hands #edward teach #blackbonnet #blackbeard #ofmd stede #ofmd s2

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ofexistencebane · 2 years

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