Noor ☕️

“There’s no need to help. Everything is fine,” Ilya tries to reassure him and wraps his arms around Shane’s waist, pulling him closer. “Come here. Give me a kiss.”

Give me a kiss.

The words echo loudly inside his head.

It’s not how he used to say it.

Back when words didn’t come so easily and back when he was too scared to ask for what he wanted, everything was simpler and smaller.

OR: As Ilya's English gets better, his Russian gets a little rusty. So, he has a crisis about it.

Does it fucking kill you too? Not anymore.

(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

Physical copies of the books were sent out before the publication date, and the stories in them are already being shared....

Welcome back, Max Trueblood👀 youre so sad

Yes, I heard.

I saw a post where they were sharing the clace story.

I'm going to use this opportunity to say, please don't share the links or documents with me. A long time ago, when I was new to the fandom, I used to read leaked content too.

But as an author, I find this heartbreaking, and I cannot support it. So much work goes into publishing these stories, and it's so important that we have to respect that.

I know not everyone can afford to buy every book, and I know that we're all desperate for new content, but this simply isn't the way. Incidents like this discourage creators from creating new content at all, and then we'll have nothing.

-alec lightwood

-the consul

-alexander gideon lightwood bane

-magnus bane's husband

-max and rafe's father

-jace herondale's parabatai

-izzy and max's brother

-founder of the downwolders-shadowhunters alliance

"It can't end like this," Magnus said, swallowing hard.

"If the Shadowhunters want war," Max exhaled, "then that's what they'll get."

"It can't end like this, Max!" Magnus snapped. "It can never be us against them."

"Hermes thinks we should fight," Max pointed out.

"What does Hermes know anyway?" Magnus rolled his eyes, throwing a sideways glance. "No offense."

"Yes, what do I know," Hermes said dryly. "I've only been around since the beginning of time."

“Alec, my darling. Clary. And rat-boy.”

―City of Ashes.

"Hey, honey," said Magnus, and it was a little marvelous that he meant Alec. "What's new?"

―The Red Scrolls of Magic.

“Hey, gorgeous, how are you feeling?” he murmured.

―The Red Scrolls of Magic.

Magnus gave him a look of surprising sweetness. “Not me, love,” he said. “We’ll think of something.”

―The Red Scrolls of Magic.

“Oh, my love,” Magnus murmured. “I am so glad to be home.”

―The Red Scrolls of Magic.

Alec woke to Magnus's shaking his shoulder. "Come on, sweet pea," he said. "Time to rise and face the day."

―City of Lost Souls.

"Oh, honey." Magnus kissed Alec's neck anyway.

―The Lost Book of the White.

"They're the only leads we have, my love," Alec said, "so I think we're getting in the cabs."

―The Lost Book of the White.

"Darling," Magnus said quietly, "we're invisible."

―The Lost Book of the White.

Magnus continued stroking Alec's chest were the thorn had entered, until Alec, wirh effort, said, "Not here, my love. Ragnor is watching us."

―The Lost Book of the White.

I will then entertain the children for the rest of the day while you, my love, my all, take a nap and join us whenever you please.

―Secrets of Blackthorn Hall.

Dear delectable muffin of love, I hope this perfumed letter finds you well, and that you and R and M are having an excellent time in your exotic journey to…well, I believe the term you used was “upstate.”

―Secrets of Blackthorn Hall.

We already know so much about Magnus that makes him *him*.

We know that he was taught everything about being a warlock by ragnor fell

We know that he spent most of his teenage years with the silent brothers

We know that he saved Catarina from being burned at the stake

We know that he helped Will partly because he felt guilty for not helping his father

We know that he helped Jocelyn despite hating everything that valentine had done to downworlders

We know that he takes pride in watching Clary grow up

We know that he cares so much about Raphael

We know that he loved Camille despite everything she did

We know that he had even considered giving up his immortality to live and grow old with Alec

We know that he helped the tmi gang for free because he was fond of them and he loved Alec.

We know Thule Magnus would rather die than turn into a demon.

We know that Magnus was ready to help Simon grieve his friends once they grew old and died.

We know that Magnus was the shoulder that Tessa cried on when Will died, and he will do it again when Jem dies.

We know that Magnus was willing to do anything just for Julian and Emma to be together

People think “it’s not that bad! You have some bad days what’s the big deal? Aren’t you used to it by now?”

No, it’s the constant flip flopping of pain and never knowing when it’ll get bad that you will never get used to.

There are days I forget I even have pain because it’s so low only for the next day my body crashes and I can’t get out of bed because I overdid it.

It’s the not making plans in fear that you’ll have to cancel them because the pain is too much even though you were fine 20 minutes ago.

It’s the fear of using mobility aids because if you don’t use them often, you’re faking it. But if you don’t use them at all, you’re fine and you’re being dramatic.