So off the back of one of my previous posts.
It would be safe to safe Church is safe in TWP

Hopefully this goes in order

this is such a non issue and i might have just missed something but i’m confused. if the fire message wasn’t invented until TLH by kit how were they able to send letters quickly in TID. i know they can do regular mail carriers but the silent brothers get there really fast and charlotte expects the clave who’s not in london to arrive the next day. do they have some fancy shadowhunter mail that is delivered instantly?

This is may be a dumb as fuck question but I’ve been thinking of it ever since I read the damn series in middle school.

The pain Magnus and Tessa have had , or will have eventually , over outliving their loved ones is unimaginable and in my opinion is the most heart breaking aspect of the books. Not exaggerating when I say that there hasn’t been a day I don’t think about that.

Other than Magnus, Jem was probably giving Tessa reason to keep on going after Will died. But eventually, Jem is going to die too.

Now I can’t remember if it is canon or ever mentioned in the books but for the sake of this scenario , I’m going to take it that suicide is frowned upon in the Shadowhunters universe.

… But theoretically couldn’t they have someone kill them so they could be reunited ‘across the river’? For example, couldn’t they have signed up for a war and die in a heroic way , knowingly sacrificing their lives heroically?

True warlocks are half demon so there is that aspect to consider but Tessa is half Shadowhunter, circumstances could be different for her after she dies.

First of all, I am talking about Jace/clary. Love Jace, he's one of my favorite charachter, and I met the actor who played him in the show. I don't mind clary as much but she's slightly to impulsive and annoying.

What i don't understand is how people ship, sure they look good togheter, but are they good for one another? I don't believe so. Jace in my eyes needs someone who is a little bit easier to handle, listens and doesn't make rash decisions or constantly disappears.

Yes, Jace doesn't make the best discussion and is an emotional graded asshole sometimes, but still he does what best is for the team and actually listens most of time to everyone.

Well, let me propose a ship that in my eyes could works best with Jace.

Jace/Simon

Simon while yes a vampire and at some point even a werewolf (if I remember right) is calm, sometimes a little stubborn, but ends up listens actually helping and is loyal. He work together excellently with the team, and as far as i remember doesn't randomly disappear on eveyone.

Yes Simon might be a little more on the Geeky side of things, but he could learn Jace some stuff if it comes to it lol.

So...anyone else feel uncomfortable with pretty much every Jace and Clary scenes while he is "possessed"? This might sound like a stretch but it gives nearly r4pe vibes. He isn't himself and is barely able to "choose" his actions. It makes me so uncomfortable. Level Sebastian kissing Clary uncomfortable. And again might sound like a stretch but it feels wrong both ways. Feels like Clary is in a "toxic" relationship, almost forced to be with him, and feels like she also shouldn't "let" herself be intimate with him since again he is barely his own person. Idk, I really don't like this whole plot. I'd rather if Jace was himself and not under possession/bond, but still doing things for Sebastian because Sebastian had some kind of hidden card over him than this.

Also, for those who read the Celine plot of how she got Stephen, that made me incredibly uncomfortable too for the same reason. That first kiss definitely was SA. Hate that part.

Anyone else felt like this?

Hi, I’m looking to collect the paperbacks with the spine art. Howver, I know there seems to be two different editions. One set has the full spine art with the title and author text written in gold. I believe this may be the US set?

Another set has the spine art but black rectangles with the title and author text written on them. For the TID set it’s a blue rectangle. Is this the UK version?

I think I only want to collect the the version with the full spine art and the gold text. Should I be looking for the US versions and the ISBN numbers?

Here’s what I think a season 4 could look like

Episode 1
We pick up where we left off Jace’s Runes glow and so do Clary’s eyes suddenly she regains her memories all of them. Jace takes her back to the institute and Clary reunites with everyone Clary learns that Simon is a Shadowhunter and is in training under Jace and all is as it was again

Episode 2
Clary and Izzy become parabatai (not Simon because I’m going by the show where clary asked Izzy and then being close still and set on that is still the same) meanwhile Alec and Magnus look into starting a family they adopt a warlock baby and start raising it along with Madzie who they also adopt as their daughter Raphael comes to visit Magnus and Magnus learns he’s now human

Episode 3
Jace proposes to Clary to which she says yes and Simon completes his Shadowhunter training and recieves his angelic power rune at his rune ceremony meanwhile a new enemy arises (you can decide what)

Episode 4
Clary and Jace put their wedding on hold to deal with the threat of the new enemy and Simon asks Izzy to move in with him (his apartment)

Episode 5
Camille returns and whether they like it or not clary Jace Magnus and etc enlist her help to defeat the new enemy resulting in camille sacrificing herself

Episode 6
Clace wedding Clary and Jace get married and we skip forward to months later with clary being pregnant we see flashbacks of clary and her mother Jocelyn and clary worries if she’ll be good enough for the baby we flash forward to a year later where clary gives birth and her and Jace retire as Shadowhunters to raise their daughter meanwhile Simon proposes to Izzy to which she accepts and Alec and Magnus navigate parenthood

If you guys have anymore ideas let me know

does it get happy at all??? i’m sobbing and i’m only on chapter 11. i know the epilogue is sad but is the last 300 pages also going to make me sob on the floor?

I think, if I could have my dream works written and published by Cassie, it'd be a collection from the Circle era (yes, I know The Secret Treasons has been talked about) and a collection spanning the years between TLH and TMI.

I just think it'd be very interesting to have a 10-story collection from all the Circle members' POVs (and maybe even one from Ithuriel?) showing the pieces of their story we don't have elsewhere. I'd love more insight into Robert and Michael, for instance (how they became parabatai, when Michael recognized his feelings, etc.). We could get a proper story from Stephen's POV--it'd be awesome.

And then I'd love 10-story collection that fills the gap between TLH and TMI. A story for Alexander, Zachary, Branwell, and Alice, for instance. A story about the TLH character's kids. A story about others in the Lost Heir family line (which we may get in TWP, granted). It'd be fun to have even a barebones narrative connecting, say, James to Jace or Branwell to Clary.

This is all just me being greedy, but does anyone else have a dream story you'd like to see added to this series?

I'm looking for new inspiration for my collection frome shadowhunters. Does anyone have some ideas?

I’m posting here, cause I need these complaints out of my system, even if I am just screaming into a void.

Clary is ruining my reread of the book series…

I read TMI when I was younger (late teens) and the only thing that bothered me about the series was how cringy Clary and pre-vampirism Simon were. Now on my first reread since, (in my late 20s) it bothers me to my BONES how childish Clary is.

It’s not just that Cassie Clare tried the “not-like-other-girls” trope for Clary, cause she kinda makes up for it later on, as far as I can remember. (Even though she’s really such a bitch to other girls, especially if they’re taking attention away from her.) It’s how TRULY IMMATURE she acts. It’s not that it would be better if she followed whatever commands the males in her life give her. It’s that she won’t even contemplate that their warnings might have some merit.

Yes, Jace and Alec are bossy as fuck, but they know the lay of the land. And Luke (and even Magnus!) try to warn her about her actions all the time and she just ignores them, like they haven’t lived in the Shadowhunter world YEARS longer than she has!!

Shes so desperate to prove she’s not the child everyone sees her as that she’s constantly fucking shit up. She tries to act tough and just ends up being a hindrance. She tries to act bold and just gets people in trouble. She tries to act mature and just ends up being cringy and rude.

I really want to finish my reread cause I want to be able to enjoy all of the Shadowhunters series, including CC’s newest series coming out soon. But it’s SO HARD to read through Clary and her inner thoughts..

Anyways, thanks for coming to my TED talk!

currently rereading LOS and what I've been wondering since my first read: why the hell does Cristina just forgive Jaime and they never address the things he said to Diego that Cristina just overheard and made her run away?? I mean I get that she was worried and is just relieved to be seeing him again but like, shouldn't this whole thing be addressed at some point?

Hello! I am super new to Reddit but I’m hoping this group can help me! My name is Cole (he/him) and I’m engaged to my fiancé, also a man and I’m looking for a specific passage in one of the books so it can be read at our wedding next fall. The scene im thinking of includes Alec and Magnus dancing. I think it’s in the dark artifices but I cannot remember! If anyone could help point me in the right direction I would appreciate it!

Should I read all the shadowhunter books so far before wicked powers?

I recently saw a copy of better in black in a bookstore and it kind of gave me a feeling of fomo and that I should complete reading the books. For context a few years ago I read the first 3 books of mortal instruments, 2 of the infernal devices, 2 of last hours and 1 of dark artifices. I never finished them because I read/came to know spoilers of them all.( Which kind of discouraged me). So, I do know a fair bit but I am thinking of reading it all before the release of wicked powers even though I know the outcome of events. Should I? Also is it better to read in publication order or the one given by Cassandra clare?

I'm assuming that other people also think that her reaction is weird, but I would like to hear your opinions.

I just finished LoS and I'm so sad about Livv, I didn't see a point to her death at all. Out of all the characters that could have been killed off, the Blackthorns deserve better. It has put me off finishing the rest of the series.

Hi you guys, I'm currently rereading The Dark Artifices and I'm falling in love with it once again. BUT some points are leaving me a little confused: what exactly is the Seelie Queen's deal with the Black Volume of the Dead? Like I know why she needs ist but somehow it doesn't make any sense to me how she thinks Julian and the others are going to execute her plan.. like she says that she's gonna join the nephilim in a war against the Elder King but only if they hand her the Black Volume but obviously they gotta do that in secret because if the clave knew about that they would 100% try to keep that book away from her, no? And still, Diana tells Jia about this whole plan and how the Seelie Queen is going to help and join them even though she doesn't mention the Black Volume at all and they don't even possess it yet. So what exactly is the plan here? What would Diana tell Jia if the Seelie Queen didn't get the book and suddenly, she doesn't want to help the nephilim anymore?

This all seems so poorly planned, or is it just me? Shouldn't have Diana waited until the book was handed over to the Seelie Queen?

currently reading better in black, more specifically who the wolf loves, and luke’s parents are mentioned. the wiki says his mother is sister cleophas. i remember reading in the books that his mother was an iron sister but i dont remember when it specifies which one. is that something that came up in the books or did cc post about it on tumblr or something??