“There is never any need to worry, Mina mine,” said Jem. “Silly melon.”

jem took mina for a picnic in the park, but of course they got distracted by a book tessa had packed for them in the basket and forgot all about the jam sandwiches mina insisted on🙈

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parabatai parallels 🥺

—Simon Lewis, City of Glass

—Will Herondale, Clockwork Princess

—Julian Blackthorn, Lady Midnight

—James Herondale, Chain of Thorns

@ofstarsandmoonlightt ’s post on this parallel reminded me of Julian's lines to Emma and I simply had to put them all together 🥺

The TSC girls Clary, Tessa, Cordelia and Emma. This entire series has such a sentimental place in my heart.

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There is a scene in lady midnight where Diego tells Cristina that he initially suspected the Blackthorns of doing necromancy. And Cristina is shocked and tells him that they would never do that.

Kinda funny when you consider that Ty actually did necromancy and Julian said himself that he might do something similar if Emma died.

It‘s literally them

yes its been five years but i am not over emma hallucinating that she severed all parabatai bonds while coming back from thule, just to turn and see jem bleeding as he asks "emma, emma how could you?" i mean WHAT a perfect scene to show how powerful the parabatai bond is. throughout tda the bond becomes an antagonist as julian and emma struggle against it, and its hard to remember that its actually a beautiful way to connect two souls. one of my favorite parts of the shadowhunters books is how cassie shows how powerful and overwhelming platonic love can be, and will and jem are the embodiment of that. the bond isnt just a symbol of their love but the physical manifestation of its endurance, and thats why the seelie queens proposal to break all bonds is so tragic. to take away that kind of connection is sacrilege, even at the cost of romantic love. one is not greater than the other, and thats one of the subtle but beautifully written themes threading through tda.

Thinking about how everything Ty did in LM was to help in the investigation so Mark could stay, and then in LoS he did everything he could to convince Kit to stay, and then in QOAAD he went to so many dark places so he could make Livvy stay. And in the end he lost Kit, just got Livvy partially back and isolated himself in the Scholomance away from his family.

Do you think Kit will have prophetic dreams in TWP?

“Kit had had nightmares about it sometimes, of blood running through hallways he’d never seen, hallways painted with the runes of the Nephilim.”

-Lady Midnight

they’re so pure together, i miss them so much 🫶🏻

ty just naturally gravitating towards kit and being near him in any given situation is something that can be so personal,

dru in her happy place - her nose in a good horror book - i think she’s currently reading dracula 🩸

(i’m loving designing bedrooms for our beloved characters! i just know dru would approve of these black mushroom walls and spooky posters)

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having kit herondale literally start off the whole tda series was such an iconic move oh my lord!!!

Kit: Jem, I would die for you.

Jem, knowing the Gen Z generation now: You said that yesterday about a potato chip, I'm not that special.

Kit: I'd live for you!

Jem: *choking up* Y-you would?

Octavian means The Eighth. But there are only seven Blackthorn siblings. Do you know what that means? Andrew and Eleanor Blackthorn have considered Emma as one of theirs

why did it take me almost eight years to put this together..

syphilis?

research?

when ty doesn't know something, he asks questions, looks for answers, prepares himself. and rn? he's fifteen and he's thinking about sex. and what that means for him and what he has to be aware of going into it, before he ever even faces the possibilty/reality of actually having sex. and ofc one of those things he learns about is going to be stds common among gay men-- and by extention, syphilis.

i can't believe how long i honestly thought it was just a random bout of curiosity or an inconsequential googling rabbit hole lol

Friendly reminder that CC has been hinting KitTy since 2016 with the basement scene in Lady Midnight, only for us to wait till at least 2025 (nearly 10 years) for them to finally admit their romantic feelings and share their first kiss