#reivenesque

Pressure by @reallysporadicsterekart: This is a very short fic, but it leaves you feeling so very relaxed. It is so lovely and the way she describes every detail, I was swooning! So brilliant and so lovely!

Paper Thin by @prettylightwoodinspires: Magnus Bane feels all up in this! I relate so much to what he is feeling. I cried so much reading this and I read it multiple times... She is brilliant at expressing exactly what this feels like. I have dealt with Panic and Anxiety attacks for so long now and the way she taps into these feeling... Damn... BRAVO! I love this so much and cannot wait for more by her!

Meeting Catarina by @bane-of-brooklyn: This is cute and fluffy and everything I ever needed in Alec and Catarina Meeting! She gets Catarina so well! I cannot wait for more from her! I mean it this fic is awesome, fun, lighthearted! So Sweet!

Wonder by @champagnemagnus: MERMAID MAGNUS!!!! This story is brilliant and I had no idea how much I needed it until I read it! I love this so freaking much! Every word, every line so perfectly placed! This author captures Magnus and Alec so wonderfully and I cannot get enough of this fic!

I Can’t Concentrate by @blj2007: Izzy and Alec banter! WOOT! But also Malec! I mean this fic is awesome! She is so brilliant with how she writes Alec just as Alec is! I love it! This is cute and sexy and brilliant! <3

Love, Bites by @sallsmum: Parabatai and Lightwood sibling banter! Brilliant! She has a knack for making them so playful and I love it! This is definitely a cute and lighthearted read! Also a bit sexy! XD

Thank you all for the hard work and the time you spend creating this magic! You are all brilliant! I have so much love for your work, even if I don’t always express it! But trust me the love it there, I am just shy sometimes! <3 THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU! FOR BEING WRITERS AND MAKING ME HAPPY WITH YOUR WRITING!

POKE POKE POKE: 

READING IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING NOW!

SO THAT YOUR FACE WILL DO THIS:

I KNOW WHAT YOU MAY BE THINKING:

OR:

MY ANSWER IS SIMPLE:

I KNOW SHIT!!!!

I KNOW I KNOW, NOW YOU ARE LIKE:

AGAIN SIMPLE ANSWER:

I KNOW ABOUT AWESOMENESS

AND I SPEAK THE TRUTH!!!!! <3

(also yes I found a way to put Isaiah, Harry, and Matt’s gorgeous faces in this post! sorrynotsorry! PARABATRI! <3)

(I WIN! AND SO DO ALL OF THESE LOVELY AUTHORS!)

Scott calls Theo and asks him to find Liam and the others and “get them out of there.” SCOTT ASKS THEO TO HELP LIAM. Theo could ignore Scott and go hide somewhere. Is that what he does? Nope.

What happened to Theo and his “Look, I don't want in anyone's pack. I don't want anyone's power. I just wanna stay alive”? Liam Dunbar happened. If Liam needs Theo, then that’s where Theo goes.

Liam’s at the hospital, where cell service is being jammed. So it’s not like Theo can call Liam and find out where he is. But somehow, Theo finds Liam anyway because dammit, they’re connected. He makes his grand entrance by showing up exactly when Liam needs him—and wrapping his entire body around Liam’s because Theo’s just extra when it comes to Liam—as he yanks him into the elevator and away from the hunters.

Theo and Liam banter awkwardly about not dying for each other because this is not how and where their story ends. Not because they wouldn’t actually die for each other if it was necessary. These silly boys are suddenly shy with each other because there’s all this stuff they’re feeling and they can’t deal with it or talk about it because they have targets painted on their backs. This is not the time. And it’s a callback to “I'm on your side as long it helps me,” and “I’m not gonna help you. I’m not gonna save you. I’m gonna do exactly what you would do to me. I’m gonna use you as bait.” We all know how that turned out. ;) 

So they play battle couple again and they fight, totally in-sync, with Liam launching himself off Theo’s back. When Gabe comes back with more firepower, Theo wraps his arm around Liam and urges him in front, thereby making it more likely that he’ll get shot instead of the person he loves most in the world Liam.

Gabe shoots Theo in the shoulder. Seconds later, Gabe’s comrades shoot Gabe. He’s dying. Injured Theo, his face a mirror of Gabe’s agony, shuffles forward and takes Gabe’s pain. Theo takes the pain of this boy who was just shooting at him and Liam. This boy who has been hunting supernaturals for sport. This mixed-up, bloody, dying boy who maybe reminds Theo a little of himself, and even if there aren’t any similarities he’s still a person—a person who’s in pain. “It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts.” 

Theo has learned or relearned empathy. Part of that came from his time in in hell. Part of it came from watching Liam, who struggles with anger but has this huge heart that allows him to risk everything for other people. I repeat: Theo has learned to be a better person at least in part by having Liam (unconsciously) model it for him. How crazy wonderful is that?

Who witnesses this evidence of Theo’s empathy? Mama McCall. LIAM. Corey. Mason. 

I’ll wear rose-tinted glasses and deliberately ignore the fact that Teen Wolf violated its own canon by setting up this “You can only take pain if you care” business. (Deucalion showed Theo how to take pain, power, and life in Season 5. Theo then took all of the above from Tracy and Josh, who he definitely did NOT care about.)