Tell me about your Julian blackthorn father's Day headcanons đ
@lorelaigilmo said: You wanted someone to ask you abt julian blackthorn father's day headcanons and I am nothing if not a good considerate friend đÂ
awwwww u guys!!!!!!!!! this got kinda out of hand bc i have FEELINGS but here we go
okay so shadowhunters donât have fatherâs day, but kit mentioned it offhandedly once (some kind of one liner decimating johnny rookâs parenting skills, you know âonce my dad threw the rock i painted for him at someone who followed us home for 4 blocks - happy fatherâs day!â - btw kit totally does fatherâs day w jem and mina) and ty was curious about it and looked it up
he mentions it to dru and sheâs down to clown and so suggests that they do some kind of fatherâs day celebration for julian - the scene where dru talks about julian being the person who she pictures when she thinks âparentâ kills me đ
ty is a little surprised at this, still very much associating their actual dad with the idea of âfatherâs dayâ, but agrees that (a la tyâs letter to annabel) julian, as their primary carer for all these years - although he has stepped back a bit and gets more support now - would definitely qualify Â
And there is Jules. You might like him the best. He is the one who takes care of us all. He is the reason weâre all okay and still together. I donât think he knows we know that, but we do. Sometimes he might tell us what to do or not listen, but he would do anything for any of us. People say weâre unlucky because we donât have parents. But I think theyâre unlucky because the donât have a brother like mine.
obviously they seek out emma who is ALSO down to clown and thinks itâs a great idea because for so long julian raised all these kids alone and sacrificed his siblinghood and childhood in doing so, and it would be nice to have that pain acknowledged and his care celebrated a bit now that heâs not living in fear that the kids will be taken away from him
mark and helen have mixed feelings, they have more memories of their actual father and were raised by him before he was killed and also they were separated from their family for so long while julian was left to hold together the pieces. they feel loss and pride and sadness and joy - because they still grieve their father and their separation and julianâs sacrifices, but also see the family he raised and how much love and tenderness and happiness he managed to foster despite such awful circumstances, and agree that it would be a nice thing to do
tavvy is hugely excited - julian is the only parent he remembers and, despite no longer being his only parental figure, he and tavvy have a very special relationship (*supercut* julian sketching in tavvyâs room, julian slipping while carrying tavvy and thinking of him as âmy babyâ, tavvyâs general insistence that julian stay with him and stress/horror at being separated, tavvy saying âjules carry me. iâm tired. i want to go homeâ and cursed!julian being like âhold on my baby needs meâ) and tavvy dictates that they will make pancakes for jules and they will paint for jules because jules likes pancakes and painting đ
julian, being julian, obviously is completely aware that this is going on despite them conspiring to keep it a surprise
he wakes up and smells pancakes. tavvy is peaking around his door and squeals when he sees julian is awake before throwing himself into the bed with him and tackling him. julian tries to calm tavvy down, but notices that his hands are sticky and sees some flour in his hair and is like âis there something going on in the kitchen?â to which tavvy is like âđ noooooâ and then jumps out of the bed and starts running down towards the kitchen yelling âHEâS COMINGGGGGGGGGGGGâ
julian heads down to the kitchen and finds his whole family an absolute mess, emma determinedly trying to flip a pancake (and failing lbr) with aline, dru and tavvy cheering her on, and instead of freaking out at the state of his kitchen that he used to scrub clean and burn himself in as he tried to teach himself how to cook as a child, he starts laughing and takes over the pancake making - there are protests but no one can really deny that julian is expert hereÂ
julian is then presented with his presents, a series of drawings and paintings, tavvy did three - one of him and julian, one of their whole family and one of a ladybird (all painted with his hands ofc), dru did a couple of sketches of the beach and gives julian one of the better ones, ty gives julian a painted rock and also a carefully inked drawing of a bee, mark did an impressionistic painting of the night sky, with the stars he used to use to remember them by (âlike van goghâ â........â âthe famous impressionist painter who did a starry nightâ â........... ah!â) and helen, who says she canât draw but is actually pretty good, did a sketch of their family that, while not as good as tavvyâs, still gets hung with the rest of them in julianâs studio
and then itâs a fairly regular day for them - training, catching up with whatâs been going on in each otherâs lives - especially mark and tyâs - joking around and playing games
at one point helen asks emma and aline if they would mind taking over watching the younger ones and leaves the room with mark and julian
the three oldest siblings are able to sit together and talk about their father and grieve him together
ty, who has followed them, comes in and sits with them quietly and a few minutes later emma and aline arrive behind dru and tavvy - they shoot helen twin apologetic looks, but helen just smiles backÂ
emma goes to sit with julian and remembers how julian had killed his father and suddenly thinks that maybe this day wasnât such a good idea after all, but julian takes her hand and squeezes it and writes âthank youâ onto her arm
