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Best duo dynamic is when you're obsessed with Ty and your bestie is obsessed with Kit.

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Waiting for The Wicked Powers is killing me, and not even that slowly.

actually, Taylor Swift is so KitTy coded

Also, once he was at rock bottom, he had to deal with the rumors about his acholism and his sexuality. (I know he says that he is completely secure with his sexuality, but in a time were you could be arrested for being queer, obviously it would've be soo difficult.) Although he seems like they don't effect him, of course they do. Growing up with people talking about you behind your back will only add to your feeling of worthlessness and probably drove him further into the feeling that no one could ever love him once they knew his secrets. Hence, making his addiction much harder to overcome.

Matthew’s depression: explained

I don’t know why I wanted to do this, maybe because many don’t understand that Matthew’s real problem is not his alcoholism, it’s his depression and this is what takes him to different ways of self destruction. It could have put him into any addiction: drugs, cigarret, etc.

I have also read some comments of people saying that Matthew shouldn’t even feel that way, because “he has it all”. They say the same thing that James says in nothing but shadows “You could have noticed that life is less than ideal for me in this moment. So, stop making everything a tragic show of yourself for nothing” minimizing Matthews problems because he just “has it all”.

So, here is where this begins. I will explain as the psychologist I am, the reasons of Matthew’s depression. Besides, I remind you that the mental diseases have no distention in genre, social class or race. And we don’t know what happens in closed doors of a home that even though seems to be okay, is not okay at all.

Matthew was born in a “gold cradle”. Charlotte had been consul for eight years already when she gave birth to Matthew. The consul, being some king of president or minister, has a salary higher than the one given to the rest of shadowhunters. Even Cordelia says it, that she always sees Matthew with fine and expensive clothing. Maybe it doesn’t seem so important to mention but believe me, it is. As I said before, it is a popular belief that a boy born in a gold cradle would not have anything to complain about, but many times that gold cradle comes with defects: The pressure of the parents of being perfect of even the abandonment because of being so involved in their jobs all the time.

Here we will take this into account.

We know that Henry is a man that is all the time concentrated in his work. We know that his nature es being clueless and we can’t judge him. We can’t judge Charlotte either for being involved in her work as consul, because by being the first women in that position it is possible that she has to work the double.

So, we have our first problem: absent parents

Matthew had to grow up quick. In Cast Long Shadows, we see a little Matthew, only six years old, crying in his mother’s skirts. She asks her little son to go take care of his father. Matthew, being as protective as he is, takes his role seriously.

In Nothing but Shadows, Matthew explains that he always had been looking after his father, and Christopher. He had to grow up quick because he had to be from one way to another looking after his father and being alert that his father could eat well or didn’t caught fire. He went few times to meet with the other kids because he was home taking care of his handicapped father. If it weren’t because the Lightwood lived in Idris, he wouldn’t have met them.

Matthew didn’t live a normal childhood.

Matthew has a very bad perspective of himself. In Cast long Shadows, there were two phrases of Matthew that left me sad. “A pretty face, but not smart like the rest of his family” “You are a waste of space in a vessel, but at least your vessel is fantastic”.

In first place, you can imagine Matthew has an enormous ego, because he apparently does, but we find out, entering in this mind, that is actually the contrary of that.

Let’s see, his mother is the first female consul; his older brother longs to take her place and is very useful for his mother, to the point in which she gives him the position of subdirector in an institute and intern consul in London in her absense. He (Matthew) has a father that is a genius, that invented portals and the radar, and has as a pupil on of Matthew’s best friends.

Matthew is happy but wouldn’t doubt in feeling frustrated for not having anything special like the rest of his family. He doesn’t feel enough to fill in the places that his brother and parents fill. He thinks he is just a kid that likes art, but is not able to do art. (Nothing but shadows).

And then, when everything that happened with Charlotte happens, he thinks that all the doubts about himself are completely true. He is nothing.

We arrive to the most important part: the sin.

Before getting to that, let’s talk about the rumour:

Alastair didn’t create the rumour, it’s true, and like every kid, he repeated it with the intention of hurting Matthew. Yes, Alastair is not guilty of what Matthew did but you have to admit that he was an idiot that did not understand how powerful his words can be.

Many say: Why didn’t Matthew talk with his parents about it or simply didn’t believe Alastair? But, let’s get in context.

1900, a time where the simple fact of a women being alone with a man, could ruin her completely. Do you really think that if Matthew was actually Gideon’s son, his parents would have told him? Matthew himself knows that they would have lied, that is why he buys that potion.

Besides, imagine a boy grow up believing he is a bastard.

Matthew had a lot to doubt: Just like Alastair says, his physical appearance was very different to his parents and very similar to Gideon. Besides, he says it in CLS, that his parents were behaving in a very strange way (Charlotte was distracted, Henry was alert, and Charles was questioning him). And last of all: Gideon was appearing in the mornings to accompany Charlotte.

Cassie said that Charlotte’s pregnancy had been difficult, I guess it was because of her age so they hadn’t told Matthew yet, for him not to be worried (Charlotte had a husband, and older son, and an advisor worried about her already). No one imagined something like this would happen.

At last: Depression many times requires a detonating

The feeling of not being enough, of being a mistake, and over all, of having killed somebody you were going to love, was without a doubt Matthew’s detonating. This was the thing that put him in the bottom, and told him that he was a mistake, that did not serve, that he was a fail.

We know that he was tricked by the fairy (The Land I lost), but he doesn’t know it. In his mind he thinks he was an idiot for not listening to Jem. The thinks that thanks to his insecurities about not being his father’s son, poisoned his mother and killed his sister.

He won’t let Lucie touch him, he himself says he is not enough. He won’t tell anything to James because he is afraid he will judge and abandon him.

He gets into self-destruction by drinking, because it is the only thing that calms him. In some moment he must have had suicide thoughts.

And he holds on on what we could’ve called “lights”. I Have discovered that Matthew has been very attached to James. It is as if he wants to keep him close but also is afraid of hurting him.

Matthew’s depression is totally valid. We see that it is taking form slowly. They are little things that just explote in a moment and put us into an abiss where it is difficult to come out.

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Art by: Cassandra Jean

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Oh this monstrous ducks,

Some say they are lovely

But how could they be,when one bit me so cruelly?

I was just a poor fellow,and here I am,all heartbroken

This should be a crime,for I cannot tolerate such disobedience without it being spoken

I should bring all my courage

And all my irresistible charm to make some more damage

My revenge will be showed in all his glory

And I’ll make sure,that this battle would be more epic than any story

My beautiful Tessa will be proud

And my Jem,should applaud absolutely loud

For my majestic bravery

Oh monstrous ducks,

Be prepared for my glorious victory

By Will Herondale(😉)

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"Growing up in London, Lucie had never imagined a place like Brocelind. The forest surrounded Herondale Manor on all sides, its trees bent together at the tops like cautious whisperers: dark green in the summer, burnished gold in the fall."

"She amused herself at first by making chains of flowers and hanging them from branches. After that she pretended she was Snow White fleeing from the huntsman."

I’ve tried guys

"His black hair and green eyes made a wintry contrast against his pale skin. As a writer, one had to pay attention to these things. Descriptions were very important." ― 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒍𝒅

a tribute to shadowhunters and downworlders: william owen herondale

born: 1861

kind: shadowhunter

parabatai: jem carstairs

“Will smiled the way Lucifer might have smiled, moments before he fell from Heaven.”

          ↳  the infernal devices.

Hello sorry to bother you but I have a question am I the only one who has already imagined Jonathan Morgenstern as the bearer of the sword Heosphoros or who has already wanted to read a story where he is the bearer of Heosphoros or see a fanart of him with Heosphoros?

I don't know if it was explained in TMI but since Jace had the identity of Jonathan Wayland throughout his youth does that mean that he had celebrated his birthday on the wrong day throughout his childhood

if so, imagine the first time he celebrated his birthday on the real day he was born or when he wakes up thinking it's his birthday and then he remembers it's actually not the case and it's the birthday of Jonathan Wayland the child he had unknowingly assumed the identity of for 16 years

Am I the only one who would have liked to see basic characters who are in families other than The Herondales, Fairchild, Lightwood, Carstairs, Blackthorn?

I warn you, I love his families but I wanted to know more about the other Shadowhunters families because for me it could have been interesting to know more about the other families

on a bit of the same thing am I the only one who wanted to see more weapons created by Wayland the Blacksmith often used by the main characters

because the only weapon made by Wayland the Blacksmith that we have often seen used by the characters are Cortana and Phaesphoros and Heosphoros

and then is surprised that I don't like Jocelyn's character,

I'm sorry, she's a horrible mother to Jonathan who might have had the chance to be a good person even with his demon blood. if he hadn't been raised by Valentine

although I understand that she was perhaps blinded by love not to see the things that Valentine was spanking

It turns out that Valentine did not hide the fact that he was studying magic and it did not bother Jocelyn? Considering that magic is unnatural for shadowhunters

He made a quick gesture with his fingers, something she (Jocelyn) had seen Valentine do when he had taught himself magic. - City of Heavenly Fire

He liked to wear white. Funeral clothes. It's almost like a sign of death

The door opened and Sebastian stepped through.He wore a white knit shirt, and she was reminded again of his father. Valentine had liked to wear white.  - City of Heavenly Fire

This is the perfect baby. What kind of monster? Jocelyn, what are you talking about? He was cold… maybe baby J needed to be held more often?

She crossed her arms over her chest. “What are you doing here, Jonathan?”He shook his head, still with the same smile on his face, and drew a dagger from his belt. It was narrow, with a thin blade like an awl. “If you call me that again,” he said, “I will put your eyes out with this.”She swallowed. Oh, my baby. She remembered holding him, cold and still in her arms, not like a normal child at all. He hadn’t cried. Not once.  - City of Heavenly Fire

Yes of course Jonathan would have seen the inequality that comes from his mother but compared to Valentine that he whipped him with demonic metal whips or education that Valentine gave to him and Jace

I think Jocelyn could have been better because I think she wouldn't really care about him and would have only ignored him instead of mistreating him

(It’s horrible to think that Jonathan’s two choices of parents are both horrible and that we’re going to choose that the best for him is the least worst.😭😭😭)

It turns out that Valentine did not hide the fact that he was studying magic and it did not bother Jocelyn? Considering that magic is unnatural for shadowhunters

He made a quick gesture with his fingers, something she (Jocelyn) had seen Valentine do when he had taught himself magic. - City of Heavenly Fire

He liked to wear white. Funeral clothes. It's almost like a sign of death

The door opened and Sebastian stepped through.He wore a white knit shirt, and she was reminded again of his father. Valentine had liked to wear white.  - City of Heavenly Fire

This is the perfect baby. What kind of monster? Jocelyn, what are you talking about? He was cold… maybe baby J needed to be held more often?

She crossed her arms over her chest. “What are you doing here, Jonathan?”He shook his head, still with the same smile on his face, and drew a dagger from his belt. It was narrow, with a thin blade like an awl. “If you call me that again,” he said, “I will put your eyes out with this.”She swallowed. Oh, my baby. She remembered holding him, cold and still in her arms, not like a normal child at all. He hadn’t cried. Not once.  - City of Heavenly Fire

hello I had a question, for you, is it possible for a shadowhunter to have dysphasia and multi-dys?

(Because I'm writing a Parabatai Jonathan Morgenstrern fanfiction)

Ok now I must admit that the poll "For you, is it possible for a Shadowhunter to have dysphasia and multidys ?" is such that when I ask a question for this poll, I would not have people insulting me for having said that there could be dys shadowhunters

now the real question that interests me

Do you think dysphasia shadowhunters use the language rune to be understood when they are young ?

BE CAREFUL I EXPLAIN MYSELF : I have dysphasia and when I was little when I spoke it was for other people as if I was speaking another language and no one understood me whereas for me the words or the sentence were normal but now I am understood even if there are still some difficulties

I hope I explained the question well and why I ask it

(thank you for answering the survey it's for a parabatai fanfiction Jonathan)

Hello I had a question “can we steal Jessamine’s parasol? and if so will Jessamine stay at the London institute” because my friend thinks «yes we can steal her parasol and she will stay at the London institute because Jessamine's ghost is not attached to the shadow but to her doll's house because she had broken her first parasol and her current parasol, she had not yet had a strong enough line to be attached to the parasol»

thank you for answering it's for fanfiction