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If the TLH gang went ice skating

James and Lucie went so many times with Tessa and Will they’re pretty skilled at it. Impressing Jesse and Cordelia, who both have to learn from the ground up.

Matthew of course is elegant af on ice, but still falls all the time because of his antics, starting squabbles with everyone and racing around recklessly.

No one knows why, but Grace absolutely slays, basically looking like an ice princess. She tries to help Kit even though he struggles, constantly falling over his own feet. He pulls her down by accident at one point and apologises profusely, but she just starts laughing and throws a snowball at him.

Alastair is fucking terrified, but Thomas, who used go go ice skating with his sisters, convinces him to at least try. Alastair doesn’t let go of Thomas for almost the entire time they’re on the ice. Thomas valiantly fights off Matthew for him.

Anna is practiced and elegant, and patiently teaches Kamala, occasionally catching her in her arms whenever she falls.

Lucie and Jesse can’t stop being silly and end up rolling around the ice half the time.

Matthew initiates squabbles with James until they’re both soaking wet and panting, but is at his best gentlemanly behaviour with Cordelia.

Cordelia doesn’t have any practice but puts her mind to mastering it anyways, and she manages to almost outrace James by the end of the night. He wins, but turns around and catches her in his arms at the last second.

TLH ART LIVE WALLPAPERS

I don’t even have the live wallpaper feature but I still made these because I like glittery gifs and I’m in love with Cassie’s TLH art. The contrast is intentionally low so they can be used as background for anything.

EDIT -> these get absolutely shredded upon download, so here’s a link in case anyone actually wants to use them:

Ariadne: Hey, you look so handsome.

Charles: Aww, thank you. I don’t know what to say.

Ariadne: Just lie something, like I did.

Cordelia and Anna just really want to feel the nice fabrics okay? They’re 100% the most texture oriented people of the squad. The rest of the gays are just having a nice hangout at the restaurant.

My take on the McDonalds chart

Currently working on different drafts for a TLH social media AU/aesthetic/thingy and I’m torn between making it celebrity culture with twitter and tabloid headers or just a laid back college setting with insta posts

help

Fanfiction Prompts?

hi i’m bored and can’t think of what to write

Anna Lightwood

“Do you think he’s in love?” Anna said. “People can be awful when they’re in love.” Chain of Gold, page 197

An aesthetic board for @fieryfantasybooklover‘s AnnaxAriadne AU “Scythes and Stories!”

I linked the fic to the image but it also right here! This fic is INCREDIBLE and she has been working really hard on it! I am so proud of her, so if y’all want to go give her some love that would be great! Obviously, no pressure but if you want an amazing fantasy au, this is it!

I swear to God, every time I read any of these characters povs I always play these exact Taylor swift songs on repeat. Like, those songs were MADE for these characters

James "the hometown skeptics called it champagne problems" Herondale and Cordelia "it was real enough, to get me through" Carstairs and Anna "long story short, I survived" Lightwood and Ariadne "My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand, taking mine, but its been promised to another" Bridgestock and Alastair "I made you my temple my mural my sky, now I'm begging for footnotes in the story of your life" Carstairs and Thomas "guilty guilty reaching out across the sea. That you put between you and me" Lightwood and Matthew "the skeletons in both our closets plotted hard to fuck this up" Fairchild and Lucie "did you hear about the girl who lives in delusion?" Herondale and Jesse "what died didn't stay dead" Blackthorn and Christopher "i don't like that falling feels like flying till the bone crush" Lightwood and Grace "hes got my past frozen behind glass, but I've got me" Blackthorn and-

chain of gold q+a

since i’ve finished reading cog2 (and i know a bunch of you guys have too) i’ve been dying to talk about everything that happened. so, i put together these questions! send me some and i’ll answer them!!

what was your favorite part, 1 or 2?

which scene in the book was your favorite?

what scene (or scenes) made you cry the most?

what scenes were unsatisfactory?

what made you laugh the most?

what bored you?

what disappointed you?

what is the top thing you wish had been done differently?

what things did you predict that came true?

what are some things that were really unexpected?

are there characters that you didn’t like before that you like now?

are there characters that you liked before that you don’t like now?

who was your favorite new character?

what places in the book would you like to visit?

did you like the ending?

what did you think of the epilogue?

what are your thoughts on the engagement?

what did you want to see that didn’t happen?

what do you wish had been resolved that wasn’t?

what is your favorite pairing as of now?

which characters would you like to see more of in the next book?

what is one character whose death you would undo if you could?

which characters got bad/unsatisfactory endings?

which characters got what they deserved?

who should have died but didn’t?

what plotline are you most excited to see in the next book?

what is one scene that you wish hadn’t happened, but you know was unavoidable?

which pairing do you like the least?

what are some theories you have for chain of iron?

what characters do you think should have gotten more plot time?

also, feel free to reblog w some of your answers to these questions or message me some of your thoughts or questions of your own! i am dying to talk about this book and you guys are all i have.

Hard agreement

a rant about ariadne bridgestock’s representation in cassandra clare’s chain of iron

If you haven’t read the book yet, do not proceed. This post may be subject to criticism, but these are just my views.

ISN’T SHE BEAUTIFUL I LOVE HER 

Ariadne Bridgestock, or rather, Kamala Joshi, is one of the only Indian characters written about in TSC. We get to know that Kamala was adopted by the Inquisitor, Maurice Bridgestock, and his wife, when she was only seven as she’d been orphaned and the other family in the Mumbai(Bombay) Institute wouldn’t take her in due to bad blood between their families. 

She had the potential to be a powerful Shadowhunter, with beauty as well as a kindhearted, gentle nature. Her adoptive parents loved her enough to nurture her talents and show her off, but they changed her name. They changed her name and refused to acknowledge her Indian heritage. In that case, they would never dream of accepting Kamala as a lesbian woman.

This was at a time when India was a colony of the British. Britishers had taken over the country from 1757, and had no love for the Indians. Indians were tortured and revolted for years, until finally India gained independence in 1947. Imagine being a young girl in British India, adopted by British shadowhunters with a powerful position in the Clave, but having your entire childhood wiped out just because of your nationality. Imagine being a closeted lesbian in the 19th-20th centuries, and adding the fear of being rejected by society to all the above. Kamala does not deserve a partner who does not understand why she cannot reveal her sexuality to her parents. Kamala does not deserve to have her childhood hidden, does not deserve to be afraid of society anymore. 

Being a bisexual Indian myself, I have always admired her. If in Chain of Thorns, we do not see her speaking Hindi (for she must have learnt it in her childhood), wearing a saree or a salwar and telling her friends (I like to imagine her with Alastair, Eugenia and Grace in a friends group) about the things she remembers from India, I will take it personally. We see the Carstairs siblings embrace their Persian heritage proudly (even after Alastair suffered years of racism and bullying for it) and converse in Farsi – we MUST see Kamala embrace her Indian heritage as well. Cassandra must give Kamala the appreciation and respect which she deserves. Thank you for listening to my rant.

I plan to draw Kamala Joshi in a Nauvari sari. I feel it would suit her and hope @cassandraclare can include this in her story or maybe @cassandrajp can also draw her in this attire. I was born and raised in Mumbai so I’m very excited at the prospect of my city being included in a series I love. The Nauvari ( Nine yards of fabric) is also referred to as the Kaashta or Lugade. It is a traditional sari of the state of Maharashtra and Mumbai is the state capital. Unlike other sarees, the Nauvari is built to mirror the traditional trousers that men wore and is made to be comfortable and easy to move in. It was also the staple of the Maratha clan of fighters, which was a clan that rivalled the Mughals in power and firmly established guerrila warfare training in their soldiers. 

Here it is.

I plan to draw Kamala Joshi in a Nauvari sari. I feel it would suit her and hope @cassandraclare can include this in her story or maybe @cassandrajp can also draw her in this attire. I was born and raised in Mumbai so I’m very excited at the prospect of my city being included in a series I love. The Nauvari ( Nine yards of fabric) is also referred to as the Kaashta or Lugade. It is a traditional sari of the state of Maharashtra and Mumbai is the state capital. Unlike other sarees, the Nauvari is built to mirror the traditional trousers that men wore and is made to be comfortable and easy to move in. It was also the staple of the Maratha clan of fighters, which was a clan that rivalled the Mughals in power and firmly established guerrila warfare training in their soldiers. 

Christopher died, bitch-

I feel like screaming that at everyone. Saw one person say he didn't matter as much so obviously Cassie would kill him off.

me @ everyone rejoicing that their faves emerged victorious from chain of thorns

Ariadne Bridgestock {1903}

From @cassandraclare new series the last hours

Can someone explain to me why I am debating with a person at 12:30 a.m. on the Lightwood family tree because of Christopher's death which made it illogical because as it is written in the tree that Isidore must have been born in 1908 and that Alexander was 8 years old at that time (and the Lightwoods of our time cannot be descendants of Anna and Ariadne because Alec looks like Will and must therefore be a biological descendant of Cecily)