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Listen, I love Grace and think that it's messed up that the fandom villainizes her so much. She had basically 0 choices in her life, she was physically and mentally abused, she grew up horribly isolated except for her abusive mother and a dead brother who, upon her helping resurrecting him, rejected her and posited that they should ship her off to the countryside for more isolation. It's incredibly messed up, she asked for none of it, and she's been violated over and over again. She had a horrific power forced on her in a forest when she was like 10. It's fucked up. Give her some grace. No pun intended.
However.
That being said, I hate how the fandom acts as though James and his loved ones (specifically Cordelia, Matthew, and Thomas) need to forgive her immediately or even ever. She sexually assaulted three people. Literally. It was that bad. And she mind-controlled James for years, and stole a lot of his life and free will. It would in fact be extremely weird and messed up if everyone forgot about that instantly. As the reader, we should see and understand that Tatiana and Belial are responsible and abused Grace. But as a human being who has had a lot of his life stolen and had his feelings muted for years, James is in fact not obligated to forgive her for her direct role in this. None who love him are.
These things need to coexist before this fandom can have any productive discussion on Grace.
Matthew, Alastair & Grace are so special to me for so many reasons but what really hits home is how their character arcs address the themes of forgiveness and redemption and how they deal with committed/perceived wrongs or “sins”. A million stories do that of course but somehow tlh conveys the emotions of it so well that it strikes at the core of something in my heart and makes it so much more impactful than anything else I’ve seen.
Better late than never…wanted to post this on Valentine’s day but couldn’t finish it on time… so here they are, Grace and Christopher 🩵
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the blackthorns.
courtney love prays to oregon, clementine von radics / be nice to me, the front bottoms / mirror traps, hera lindsay bird / twin size mattress, the front bottoms / owl song, margaret atwood
Name ten female characters you like, you get zapped if it's jsut a male character you call a babygirl or other feminine nicknames because I can't see people calling Lestat coquette again
I love these so much I feel the need to expand:
Cordelia: proof that not being able to drive doesn’t stop you from excelling at everything else I might like this so much because I also can’t drive
James: kinda funny because of the irony but ouch on a deeper level because maybe he feels like he needs it to keep himself from slipping into the shadow realm and to feel more rooted to reality and light — maybe though it’s just a misunderstanding and what’s really going on is he always falls asleep while reading with the little lamp still on (cordelia/matthew turns it off for him, puts the book aside (page marked) and properly covers him in a blanket every time this happens) — or both
Matthew: just canon
Lucie: ‘course she doesn’t she’s a writer
Thomas: listen, the man’s got so much to stress about I can’t blame him for trying to cope somehow (I feel like he’d feel kinda insecure about it and try to keep himself from doing it when others are around)
Christopher: he would only start a blog as something niche / special interest related and gain infamy on accident
Alastair: it’s his little totem to make him feel safer when he checks under the bed every night because of that one time Cordelia scared him half to death let’s not talk about how he probably feels like he has to be all mature and grown up and shouldn’t keep stuffed animals anymore but also he can’t part with it so he’s keeping it out of sight i’m gonna cry bye
Anna: I feel like she has such an amazing, soulful singing voice, like I’d probably swoon if I heard her sing, it’s just another thing for the ladies to be attracted to her about
Ari: I like the idea of her having this competitive streak and fucking everyone over because of it (this now escalated into the mental image of the entire gang loosing their mind in a group gaming session)
Grace: she embraces the cat mom thing post-ChoT 100% (and also in any modern AU case, I talked about my modern headcanon for her before and I very much believe that getting a cat (or several) would be part of her journey to finding peace and happiness — these cats are part of her safe space)
i did the character headcanon generator with the tlh characters
grace blackthorn from the last hours by @cassandraclare (guest starring a wallpaper design i put too much effort into)
"It was books that made me feel that perhaps i was not completely alone" -Will Herondale
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Chain of Iron Commentary pg. 77
Grace trying to tell James the truth about the Bracelet From Hell and "set him free" (despite her being the one who imprisoned him in the first place) is probably the first time in either book that I haven't completely hated her.
Not quite sure how to feel about that.
Firmly believe that TLH would’ve gotten so much better if every Matthew&Cordelia scene was replaced with a Cordelia&Lucie scene
Like okay if they’re gonna be parabatai make me believe that they’re gonna he parabatai!!!
Cordelia should’ve known about raising Jesse and had to grudgingly working with Grace/get to know her so that Grace isn’t just some cold enemy.
Lucie should’ve gone with Cordelia when she becomes palladin
Cordelia running away with Lucie who has just raised Jesse when she thinks that James still loves Grace
Cordelia trusting Lucie enough that Lucie is the one that she runs to when she is heartbroken about James!!
Seeing them fight but also seeing their relationship progress throughout TLH so that they actually feel like,,, ya know parabatai!!!
Meanwhile we could’ve had more matthew and the merry thieves moments instead— and matthew talking with his mother and brother instead of running away!!
Kit 🤝 Lucie
Do Necromancy in love with a Blackthorn
The Last Hours icons
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art by Charlie Bowater
yEs tHiS iS nOt pArT oF mY aEsThEtIc but:
1. T H I S A R T FILLS MY SOUL
2. James and Cordelia-- JAMIE AND LAYLA-- MY WITTLIE DARLINGS
3. This scene murdered me and resurrected me about a million times
Cassie just sent an e-mail…
Art by Loweana
COG SPOILER
Okay so I have something to say about the Blackthorn family in Chain of Gold
WHAT THE HELL. Necromancy, Cursed Bracelet, F*CKING BELIAL. By the Angel this family needs help.
A TLH PSA
https://www.tiktok.com/@kia_and_ellie_bookclub/video/6820515881362263302 Christopher Lightwood appreciation
James: WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!
Matthew: A bad person, most of the time.
James: Bro...do you want to talk?
Lucie: I know necromacy is bad but I dont care because this dude deserves a second chance and I literally have the biggest crush on him but i'll never admit it
the clave: DO NOT DO NECROMANCY. NECROMANCY = BAD
kit herondale: i think necromancy is bad but i will do it if it makes ty happy because his smile is so beautiful and he is just beautiful and i love him