gods of your own pocket universe

see, kit always thought of ty as parabatai by looking at emma and julian of all people. the first (i think out of maybe two or three total) instances this happens it goes like this:

Julian was quietly listening to his family talk. Even though he wasn't looking at Emma, an almost invisible energy crackled between them. [...] Parabatai were strange. So close, and yet it wasn't a marriage, yet it was more than a best friendship. [...] It drew him, the idea of it, of being connected to someone like that, the way all the dangerous things of the Shadowhunter world drew hi. Maybe Ty... Lord of Shadows, chapter 15

Directly related to Emma and Julian and the way they seem to be in this constant synchronicity, but Kit doesn't know that julian and emma are in love. he probably thinks all parabatai are like that-- he doesn't know any others at that point.

And if that isn't meant to be drawing a parallel between julian and emma being in love with kit and ty being in love, a nudge, a hint if you will, then I don't know what is.

And then, of course, we have the famous line:

Being parabatai did seem like intense stuff, Kit thought [...] It had been a long time since he'd thought about being Ty's parabatai. Maybe it was because Ty was in no shape to make that kind of decision. Maybe it was something else, but he pused away from the thought... - Queen of Air and Darkness, chapter 25

So no, I just don't think Kit and Ty were ever going to be parabatai. Kit thought about it and then immediately realized hmmmmm nope!

I said this in the tags of a different but loosely related post-- I think the tone of the narration is what makes the reader not focus on the horror of it all. TSC books have always dealt with really dark themes, even all the way back in TMI, but because the tone of the story is otherwise on the lighter side, you don't think of them as horror elements, even though upon a closer look, that's exactly what they are.

In other words, the tone of the narration softens these elements in the grand scheme of things, but if you're really reading you can see that they are there. In a way, that is what makes them appropriate for a YA audience without taking away from the complexity, severity, and maturity of the themes, elements, and situations it deals with (like all of the ones mentioned in the previous reblog).

Will and Tessa had sex during a demonic invasion.

James and Cordelia had sex during a demonic invasion.

Robert: *to himself* fuck what if I like him back.

Robert's brain: U do. Now break his heart.

Robert: why would I-

Michael: *shirtless* Hey Robert do you think you can help me with this iratze in my back?