#crispy chat

okay listen,.....u get me.

1. Lilith. this one isn’t even a competition for me, ngl. those nails might not be wlw friendly but.....i can dream. she’d also probably try to possess, kill, or adopt me in the process which kind of sucks but honestly? worth

2. Catarina. look, cat is hot, on top of her shit, AND currently the backbone of society. it would be an honor even to do facemasks w her and give her a backrub. she deserves it! those scrubs? made of gf/wife material. she is definitely too cool for me but i can dream

3. Maryse. maryse is scary and kind of a bitch but that’s the appeal. also, really really hot. has probably killed lots of innocent people (but feels bad about it...i think?). let’s not dwell on it.

4. Jia. jia is powerful, hot, scary, but realistically so institutionally evil it would really kill the vibe. she’d probably be a really hot dom tho so like.... 👀

halsdfhg honestly this is gold?? and like honestly i really like the idea that it isn’t that jace can’t not choose not to answer, it’s just that he’s so used to lying and hiding things that when that option isn’t available anymore he realizes how good it is to just…say things. He can say he’s afraid and Meliorn won’t look down on him, because being afraid doesn’t mean he’s not a good fighter, it just means he has a brain in his skull. He can tell simon he likes hugs because when he told simon he doesn’t, simon backed off but didn’t start hating him, either. it’s not unconditional love, per se, but jace doesn’t necessarily believe in unconditional love–but he is starting to believe that accepting love when it’s given is okay and it won’t just be jerked away or used for leverage right when he’s starting to get used to it.

Hello anon, yes of course!! (This is only a list of active blogs, but there are a few people I hope become active again that I left off.) Also mostly jonathan-centric, since you’re messaging me instead of someone infinitely cooler. So in no particular order (mutuals bolded):

For Jonathan/team evil content:

@grayacejace makes a lot of awesome Jace/Clace/Team Evil content (she’s busy with school rn but I recc her blog 110%) and has amazing liveblogs.

@neenwolf​ makes absolutely incredible vids and gifs and has a lot of super thoughtful meta, also funnier than any human being has any right to be. not team evil centric per se but like….check nina’s stuff out for sure.

@darqueparabatai serves up some excellent content (and also that sweet sweet jalec)

@c0ffeebee is the one-stop shop for beautiful Will!era sebjace and jalec art!! Please do be respectful of her wish to keep her blog a Will-only space, however. She is often open for commissions and her work is beautiful!

@lunaswondrousworld is out there with the meta and content and good salt/humor, and all-around very good posts. 10/10.

@captainimfangirling​ no idea if we’re mutuals but good jonathan/team evil content!!

@claryedit is neenwolf’s sideblog and is worthy of its own mention. serves up that sweet sweet clary content. her edits are insanely beautiful holy shit

@jacehairondale makes amazing gifs and dabbles in sebjace and makes my heart soar. i was too lazy to check if we’re mutuals but i think we are? anyway follow susan.

@llinna makes some of my favorite jonathan gifsets, always serving those gorgeous close up shots. I’m always excited to see new gifsets from them!

@phantom-evil has a lot of will/sebastian content, and I think they may have giffed all of Seb’s screen time at this point which is both amazing and intimidating.

@almostuniquepeanut is 100% jonathan and incredibly passionate about The Boi

@frishydishy also predominantly jonathan and also incredibly passionate about the boi!!!

For general writing/meta:

@takaraphoenix produces a frankly insane amount of fic, mostly jace/jagnus centric but lots of jalec/sebjace/any combination of those content, you’ve def seen her stuff in the tags on ao3. I mean you’ve seen her posts if you follow me but yknow.

@lynne-monstr is just generally that person I can’t believe actually follows me. amazing magnus meta, always thoughtful and kind with her replies, the central hub of tentacle content in this fandom–she’s got it all.

@bellamyblcke​ is probably lowkey out to kill me but it’s fine!! my top rec for morgencest if that’s your speed and some incredibly thoughtful jonathan meta.

@ketzwrites very thoughtful and well-reasoned meta, I’ve really enjoyed reading their thoughts.

@miazeklos​ writes tons of beautiful jalec and also sebjace/sebclace/morgencest…just check her out if you haven’t, 10/10. Very on point liveblogs.

@flower-of-the-desert on point meta and magnus content, def plenty of jonathan content too.

@bytheangell filler of prompts and meta writer! I’ve enjoyed seeing their stuff on my dash.

@watchthequeensconquer good thoughts and good content!!

general curators of sh content/mutuals whomst i cherish:

@oceanfinnick who i hope is not stressed out by being on this list and is a cherished human.

henlo friend and thank you!!! I had a lot of fun with these and also did not shut up.

C: What member do you identify with most?

Oh man. That’s actually really hard? Obviously I’ve done a fair bit of ego-involvement with the crispy boy (no really??) but overall in terms of personality I’d say I identify most with Maia, show!Jace, or Simon.

Maia has had a lot of shit happen but she’s incredible in how much she keeps working towards her dreams and supporting the people she cares about. As much as she knows and has learned to value and protect herself, she’s ferociously protective of her loved ones. She also has a fair bit of ambition, a strong sense of morality and justice, and feeling of responsibility--towards the pack, and for herself. I do see a bit of myself in her but more than anything I aspire to be more like her.

Show!Jace I relate to a lot mostly because I’ve projected on him so much (lol) but I really get a deep sense of struggling with himself and being closeted. He’s kind of depressed and sad and who can’t relate to that? But underlying all that he has a deep and almost desperate need for human connection and also he has daddy issues, so like, worm.

Simon is a giddy nerd who has a lot of weird shit happen to him and more than anything I think he’s just kind of...the everyman in terms of pop culture references etc. But he also has a heart of gold and loves like a golden retriever and who doesn’t want to be that?

To be honest I don’t really know why I latched onto Jonathan so much, other than the obvious daddy issues thing. Maybe it’s the frustrated sense of longing for belonging and connection, or the deep feeling of self-hatred or the profound desire to be better or different than he is. I think there are a lot of things Jonathan’s demon blood could represent that are a lot less esoteric or boring than “pure evil.” Also I just love tragic, powerful dumb bitches so yknow.

R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?

Man I was literally JUST thinking about how much I’ve taken from JKR as a writer, not even on purpose but just in...she was the first writer whose work I truly soaked in daily for years and years, it’s not surprising I see her voice or her humor or her narrative/structural quirks coming out in my own writing.

I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?

Oh god, do I. I would say unhealthy power dynamics are both my catnip and kryptonite. I was actually just thinking about this too--I think the attraction for me is the catharsis of “controlled horror.” Abusive or coercive relationships in real life do literally terrify me, but I find them just short of fascinating in fiction. It’s like fiction allows me to experience and access and interact with that fear in controlled doses (like watching horror movies does for horror buffs), and that catharsis somehow translates as weirdly alluring.

S: Any fandom tropes you can’t resist?

I already answered this but I’d say the above paragraph expresses it better.

P: Are you what George R. R. Martin would call an “architect” or a “gardener”? (How much do you plan in advance, versus letting the story unfold as you go?)

I’m very much an obsessive planner, but weirdly neurotic about needing to be able to spin off whims or ideas as I go. I think having a sense of structure is essential, but allowing yourself the flexibility to look at the events you’ve planned or your ideas in new and creative ways is necessary to have anything new or spontaneous.

The backbone of the idea or plot usually comes to me as a whole, but I believe very strongly you need to allow yourself to innovate and spin off those ideas as the organic connections made as you write grow and mutuate the structure.

so like, both. also fuck grrm

Y: A character you want to protect.

Maia Roberts, Izzy Lightwood, Clary Fray, Luke Garroway, Aline Penhallow, Sebastian Verlac and Victor Aldertree.

ahh sorry I havent seen the descendants!! (booooooo) but i watched it and...i mean aside from “i used to be nice” it sure is a mental image??? related to the “i want to rule” bit--i do have to wonder if in season 4 they were going to have jonathan actually kill lilith and become king of hell or not? i do kind of wish they’d just tell us the plot they had in mind so i can just Forget the finale (or maybe i should just do that on my own time lol)

tldr my disney education sucks and that was the first thing ive ever seen of the descendants rip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9o1QS-itsU

Aaa thank you!! <3 eee these were really fun ily

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K: What’s the angstiest idea you’ve ever come up with?

Oh man uhhh…this is kind of putting me on the spot, considering you’re usually privy to said ideas the second they appear in my brain. Uh, for this fandom…I would say it’s a toss-up between the Jonathan/Seelie Queen fic or the Jonathan/Malachi ficverse that I am unfortunately currently obsessed with/won’t shut up about.

For an idea I haven’t written….I’d been toying with the idea of a Metamorphoses inspired fic about Jonathan’s de-evolution in the finale. There’s something about him rolling on the ground under a tree surrounded by burning animals that’s uniquely Ovidian. And of course losing his humanity and sense of self or identity while also becoming ‘divine’/demonic.

S: Any fandom tropes you can’t resist? 

Uhhhh….okay for this fandom: Spaghetti Valentine, stabby Clary, tentacles??? (thank you lynne), this world inverted, c r i s p y b o y.

In general, I love mutual pining, cam(person?) fics, literally any kind of unhealthy power dynamic with a side of unhealthy smut, abo with massive amounts of worldbuilding or analysis of power dynamics, tentacles. Any kid of ot3?

T: Any fandom tropes you can’t stand?

1. no ship fucking wars goddamn its 2019

2. no actor harassment. some of yall gremlins sent luke death threats literally over the recast and nothing else. like. for fuck’s sake. not even starting on all the shit kat got over the years for no reason. or all the shit esther got. it isn’t fuckign cute, its time to stop.