#tda hc

umm yes?? i would die for their travel year okay

so im going to start with the most important part and that is that they do a lot of drinking this year

im sorry but it’s the truth like,,,they just out there having a fun time there’s no way alcohol is not involved(peep my drunk!julian and drunk!emma hcs avasghnsml)

NEXT and this is some real tea i like to think that they dont spend the entire time staying in institutes and stay in hotels for some of the time bc peace and privacy is what they deserve 

emma’s fashion>>>>>>>>>

and that’s before all this traveling and gaining a closet of international dresses and accessories and all

she also highkey gets julian a new international wardrobe and they literally are just the best dressed couple and theyre icons and get lots of aesthetic pics

in paris they become such actual saps

theyre already saps but paris is basically that times 1000

they kiss under the eiffel tower and get such cute pics and they go to so many cute cafes and are just soft the entire time

they go to the love locks bridge and buy a lock(apparently they started taking these off irl?? doesnt matter we’re gonna pretend that’s not a thing)

they get some comments that maybe theyre a little young for this activity but can anyone find where they cared????? no

a lot of pda azsxdrcftgbh they get kicked out of at least one place in every country they go because they were making out

it doesnt stop them though they have a goal to reach

they get so many gifts for the rest of the blackthorns it isnt even funny

no really it isnt they almost ran out of money one time 

speaking of which they have the best time but by the end they miss the blackthorns and la and are ready to go back

that is not until the end though because wow in the mean time are they glad for a break

once they were at the beach in mexico and someone’s kid started crying and julian entered Dad Mode™️ before he realized

when they go to new york they have the best! time! okay

so this location in particular makes me really emo because clary always said to emma that she and julian needed to come visit and of course emma always said yeah and wanted to but she knew she never actually could but now????? SHE CAN

tmi gang + emma and julian doing patrols is something i live for 

they are having way too much fun and not paying enough attention to be doing actual patrols

clary is in love with julian and emma’s love and doesnt shut up about it

not even when they leave

he loves them but jace thinks if he hears emma or julian’s names used in the same sentence one more time he’s hauling ass to malec’s place and never looking back

i also like to think that they go to a lot of concerts bc they were always said to be singing along to the radio and all in tda so i just think that they would go to so many shows and such

also mexico w cristina and mark is a lit time but i kinda think i want to write hcs for each place so mayhaps i should save those

just all around the travel year is a party honestly

speaking of which they def go to parties and clubs and the like

emma likes it more than julian but they both arent crazy about going

they still go occasionally, though, especially if they have friends going then theyll tag along

in general they just have a great and happy time and it’s wonderful 

okay like i used to not like pregnant!emma but like,,i love the idea of blackstairs being happy and having kiddos but i just cannot get behind people who are like,,sure that by the end of the travel year emma will be pregnant with triplets like no calm down anasjkqlskdjh but i love emma and julian being happy and having kids down the line so i give you some short and improvised pregnant!emma headcanons that actually became more family/parents!blackstairs:

quick disclaimer beforehand that we know next to nothing about the birth control rune and i just made something up so just go with it thanks

also disclaimer 2.0 these were going to be short but i dont know who i think i am of course they’re not

so julian and emma are married for about 2/3 years when they decide to start having kids

emma is nervous to breach the subject because she wasn’t sure if julian would want kids after already having raised four kids from the time he was twelve years old 

so she does the sensible thing and decides to put off the subject until she cant anymore and, well

the time comes when she cant anymore 

she knows exactly when it happened and she hadn’t realized that the rune was half faded until the next morning and at the time she’d figured it wasn’t completely gone so they were probably fine but that quickly proves to be untrue

she’s so nervous to tell julian but of course she has to

julian is mortified that emma was so reluctant to tell him and assures her that there is absolutely nothing he wants more than a family with her 

she asks if he’s sure and he tells her how yes, being responsible for raising four kids so young was hard but he absolutely loved it and wouldn’t trade it for the world and he imagines that having kids with emma would be a million times that and he’s so happy oh my god

he kisses her stomach a thousand times and she cant stop smiling as he tells her i love you i love you i love you i love you while peppering kisses all over her stomach, face, arms

this is kind of going to become more parents!blackstairs/focus on the kids from this point forward but i would gladly write about pregnant!emma beyond just her getting pregnant if that’s something you guys would want to see but im just making this parents!blackstairs for now just since that’s what was in the ask idk sue me

anyway it turns out emma was pregnant with twins 

a girl named livia(with full permission from ty who was over the moon with the idea) and a boy named noah

both with the last name carstairs and the middle names cordelia and andrew respectively 

livia has wavy/curly brown hair and blackthorn eyes and noah has curly blond hair and blackthorn eyes(which highkey also become carstairs eyes now)

emma and julian have never loved anything more then they love these kids 

julian has already had to walk the strict parent path so he adopts the official role of fun parent with no question surprisingly leaving emma as the “strict” parent but they are honestly both pretty chill 

they are constantly so scared of messing up since they only have the very distant memories of their own parents to go on 

lots of phone calls are made to diana, clace, malec, etc. asking for advice even despite their past experience with the blackthorns

at this point the gang has kind of all had to go their separate ways in life and of course they all see each other and talk all the time but they put aside one weekend of the year for them to all go back to the institute with their families and chill

the twins love uncle ty who always has fun animals to show them and cool facts to teach them

he always reminds them that there is nothing more important than having a twin and they get the most serious looks on their faces as they agree

they love their older cousins(haline’s kids) and their younger cousin’s(kierarktina’s kids) but they hate being the middle cousins aszdfghj

emma and julian have two more kids but not for like five years because having twins is a lot

but anyway back to visiting the la institute anually

the kids always love visiting the institute but they especially love it when everyone visits at the same time

julian and emma take them around and show them their old rooms, where they used to play together, the shelves they used to get yelled at for climbing in the library

they also love their strange uncle kieran who is only here sometimes but talks and dresses funny

they all play at the beach and it’s a fun time

aunt dru spoils them rotten she literally buys them anything she thinks they would want and they know they can ask her for anything and she will comply

they love playing with uncle tavvy who absolutely adores them

uncle tavvy is also their babysitter and they always ask emma and julian when they’ll go out again so uncle tavvy can come back

diana also loves the children more than life itself and is the backup babysitter for when tavvy cant make it

cristina and the kids are bros

she always sneaks them extra treats and she has a code with the kids where they tap the side of their nose when they want to play for longer and cristina delivers by talking to emma and julian for ten more minutes at least

they love having sleepovers with their cousins at aunt cristina’s house

 christmas is always the most stressful time of the year for julian, even with emma’s help, because obtaining and hiding christmas presents for four kids is no easy feat

of course the blackthorn kids dont necessarily believe in santa but it’s traditional for parents to get their kids tons of holiday presents even in the shadow world, a task that has always fallen on julian’s shoulders

however this year he is away traveling with emma, and has left helen to do the bulk of the shopping, and having only a few presents from around the world for the kids is stressing him out

emma assures him that helen can handle it but he doesnt entirely believe her until the kids open their presents on christmas day with the biggest smiles he’s seen on their faces since livvy

emma and julian were sad they missed decorating the institute but their travel schedule only put them back in la for a little while, having them arrive late on christmas eve eve and staying until just past the new year

while they’re there, julian makes christmas treats galore and the kids cant stop raving about how they missed his cooking, much to aline’s chagrin

many nights are spent in christmas pajamas, cuddled in front of the tv with hot cocoa and warm cookies and smiles 

mucho blackstairs cuddles 

the yearly sadness of la being its usual state of hot for christmas does not fail 

winter things by ariana grande=blackstairs song

julian managed to obtain black christmas pajamas for dru so she can obtain her aesthetic and she has never been more grateful 

tavvy is attached to julian’s side the entire time, having missed him while he was away

the kids want endless stories about julian and emma’s travels and there is no sparing of them to tell

julian and emma also get loads of stories about helen and aline, and finally get the chance to grow closer to them during the holidays

mark and cristina also visit and it’s a fun time

everyone is excited to see them again 

nobody mentions kit’s absence 

the ny institute sends presents for everyone, paints for julian(clearly courtesy of clary), new weapons and dresses for emma(jace and izzy respectively), a pet iguana for ty(magnus, though he was sure to obtain julian and helen’s persmission for that one avfsgdjk), and so on and so forth 

they make a huge deal of christmas eve with extreme amounts of food and nice clothing that is really more for fun than actual formality

christmas day is spent in pajamas with christmas music blasting and endless treats eaten and gifts exchanged

aline shows an old video she’d found months earlier of emma and julian dancing to jingle bells at three, then the second part from when they were seven, and everyone insists they recreate it now

they do but they cant stop laughing and this time it ends with a kiss instead of the usual hug

emma and julian send cameron a small but sweet gift basket that may or may not have included a stuffed llama and he is still ????

christmas overall is just very soft at the la institute

its also haline’s first christmas being back from wrangel island and they are so happy they are basically just throwing gifts and holiday spirit at everyone 

cristina and mark leave for the new year to spend it with kieran, who is perplexed about the significance of this specific time of year but is also not complaining 

everyone is sad to see them go and the goodbyes take a very long time 

the remaining blackthorns spend nye watching fireworks on the roof of the la institute 

julian and emma as well as helen and aline kiss at midnight and the poor children are shook and upset and have quite some complaints

julian happily tells them to yell at helen and aline all they want, but he and emma turned into giants for this they will abuse it all they want

aline threatens to push him off the roof 

at that point all complaints are gone and everyone is just laughing and happy

julian and emma leave soon after new years and more sad goodbyes are exchanged

julian tells helen thank you and she’s doing an incredible job, she tells him that it’s only because of the great foundation he’d built all those years ago and to have fun on his travels

emma gets threats to keep julian safe 

julian gets threats to keep emma out of trouble 

they both agree to try their best

the feeling julian gets when for the first time in a long time tavvy is dismayed at julian’s parting, but ultimately okay because he will have helen and aline is worth every single hardship he’s been through for those kids 

tavvy doesnt even cry and just tells julian to have a lot of fun in a very serious manner

julian promises he will with a handshake and tavvy seems pleased 

dru asks if they will look for more international horror trinkets for her and they assure her that they’ll keep their eyes peeled she grumbles that she isnt sure their eyes will be anywhere but each other as she walks away, emma and julian are positively indignant

ty tells them that he can see how happy they are and that livvy would be so happy for them and he just hopes that they come back to which they vehemently respond that they aren’t truly going anywhere

i honestly wasnt planning to for a while but because it’s you,,,i will also these lowkey sort of became drunk!blackstairs?? idk sue me 

drunk!julian

emma gets drunk in stages

just a glass is enough to get her tipsy, she’ll be all lovey and flirty and giggly with everyone 

drunk!emma and kit have a secret love affair that literally everyone knows about

no but really kit loves messing with tipsy/drunk!emma

after a little more alcohol enters her system she becomes very very contemplative 

she could sit forever and just think and ponder while she’s in the state beyond tipsy but before drunk off her ass

julian drunk or sober will listen to these musings of hers forever 

“why do you think they invented refrigerators”

“to keep food fresh”

“no, julian, that doesnt even make sense, refrigerators keep food cold, i just dont see why anyone would need to”

full on drunk!emma is quite different, though

contemplative emma never lasts long 

she’ll go from quiet wonder and astonishment on every topic ever to absolutely out of her mind shitfaced in .2 seconds 

drunk!emma is even crazier than regular emma 

loud, brash, loves dancing, loves singing, loves julian 

speaking of which, wine drunk emma is the horniest bitch no one wants to be around her 

well except julian but 

emma has to be careful drinking wine because wine drunk emma honestly would go down on julian any time any place 

it’s worse if julian is drunk too because then he doesnt care either 

like at all 

anyway emma loves red wine but wine beyond a glass or so is just a no go for her in general rip emma 

everyone met wine drunk emma on accident one day when cristina made sangria 

everyone regrets that day

but back to regular drunk!emma 

emma gets drunk slightly more than julian but more often than not theyre drinking together 

drunk!emma and drunk!julian have the wildest conversations and anyone that overhears even a little bit of them literally starts running the other way

they also attempt to do that thing where they write on each other sometimes but it’s such a lost cause when theyre drunk asearfvsghj

they also try to whisper things to each other a lot but they are so loud and have absolutely no clue that everyone can hear them they think that theyre so sly 

poor drunk!emma is so dumb 

she understands exactly nothing

drunk!emma would literally need directions to get from the institute’s kitchen to her bedroom she’s hopeless 

she still wants to fight everyone though

and surprisingly enough she is still a pretty decent fighter while drunk but mostly just from muscle memory 

julian, emma, cristina, mark, haline, etc. have definitely had drunk sparring competitions that drunk!emma always manages to win 

one time a semi-sober julian tried to sneak drunk!emma back into the institute 

he thought he did okay but he was honestly only slightly less drunk than she was and she couldnt stop laughing hysterically for absolutely no reason at all 

they woke up the entire institute but julian counts it as a win since he managed to get flat out drunk off her ass emma through the institute and into pajamas with minimal issue 

drunk!emma isnt really as sentimental as drunk!julian but whenever drunk!julian cries it makes drunk!emma start crying too 

ty hates seeing either of them drunk and luckily they arent getting drunk in front of the blackthorns ever anyway but ty being so adverse to it deters them from having even a glass or so at family parties and such so that rarely ever happens

drunk!emma thinks she’s hot shit 

like she thinks she’s so cool and will brag her ass off with julian right behind her backing her up but will finish off her stories by promptly falling down the stairs or some dumb shit

poor drunk!emma literally can hardly even walk on her own two feet she needs an escort everywhere 

preferably a sober escort but she doesnt always have the option asbhdnms

drunk!emma and drunk!cristina have the most lit sleepovers 

one time a just barely drunk emma was looking for julian but instead encountered dru about to start a horror movie and needless to say dru had the best time and gained so much blackmail material that night 

drunk!emma is obsessed with church

[to clarify: the cat, not the place of worship, in case that was unclear]

she’s like regular emma x10 when it comes to everything but especially when it comes to church 

she smothers him in affection and he wont visit for months after an encounter with drunk!emma due to affection overload

if you think that sober emma is brash i pity the day you come to terms with drunk!emma 

she just says what’s on her mind with no regard for those around her at all

and the few times she does try to be courteous she reverts to whispering her comments to julian which everyone can hear anyway

one time emma gets drunk while out with julian in new york and decides that she should show jace she’s the superior shadowhunter that very instant 

julian was also drunk and absolutely not arguing 

so they storm the ny institute, ready to show jace what emma’s made of 

it doesnt go well, to put it lightly 

clary finally convinces emma that it would be much more sensible to fight jace in the morning, using the shameless bribery of giving emma and julian a room and privacy for the night

it helps that jace declares “there shall be an official duel at dawn milady” and 2am drunk!emma is beyond ready

they accept clary and jace’s proposition of course and have never been so mortified as they were the next morning 

jace wanted to wake them up at dawn “to honor the deal, clary” but ultimately doesnt due to strong objections from clary, izzy, and simon

when they finally get up izzy offers them her homemade hangover cure but they mysteriously “have somewhere very urgent to be but thank you, izzy” 

also... bad jokes. sober!julian is already a person who makes lots of bad jokes, but drunk!julian ???? you might as well never want to hear a joke ever again in your life after that experience. and sincerity. ruthless sincerity. drunk!julian might as well say everything that pops up in his head and doesnt give two fucks and you would be traumatized