mizpah

[a sort of good-bye without saying good-bye]

[jemlovebot]

realizing that no man can compete with jem carstairs

[willskempen]

Jem and Will. 

               Will and Jem.

[forhyyh]

#tidappreciationweek17: day four ≡ favourite platonic relationship

“I cannot leave you to face death alone,” Will whispered, but he knew he was beaten; the sands of his will had run out. Jem touched the parabatai rune on his shoulder, through the thin material of his nightshirt. “I am not alone,” he said. “Wherever we are, we are as one.”

[tidsource]

Jem Carstairs

We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.

[alecbaene-deactivated20180724]

me talking about myself:

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me talking about Jem Carstairs

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[tessacarstairs]

books meme: [1/10] ten quotes or scenes

Whatever you are physically…male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy–all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but you are the light inside. ♡ jem carstairs and tessa gray, the infernal devices

[staminarunes]

do you think Jem carstairs looks up to the sky sometimes and whispers: “you would have loved this” with a huge smile on his face when he sees new modern things that remind him of Will

[hilokaul]

TIDAppreciationWeek17 Day 7 | Free for all: After the Bridge

He turned his head to the side and she saw him swallow. “For all my life,” he said, “when someone has said the word ‘beautiful’, it is your face I have seen. You are my own very definition of beautiful, Tessa Gray.”

Her heart turned over. She raised herself up on her toes — she had always been a tall girl but Jem was yet taller — and put her mouth to the side of his throat, kissing gently. His arms came up around her, pressing her against him, is body hard and hot, and she felt another pang of desire. This time she nipped at him, biting at the skin where his shoulder curved into his neck.

[carswells]

“She was not sure who reached for who first, only that a moment later she was in his arms and he was whispering “Yes of course, yes,” against her hair. He sought het mouth tentatively-she could feel his gentle tension, the weight of so many years between their last kiss and this. She reached up, curling her hand around the back of his neck, drawing him down, whispering “Bie zhao ji.” Don’t worry, don’t worry.”

[ultraheroin]

FAVE MALE CHARACTERS - jem carstairs (the infernal devices)

We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.

[kihlorn]

will has always been the brighter burning star, the one to catch attention —                              but jem is a steady flame, unwavering and honest.

james carstairs, the infernal devices

for steph, @blackhtorns <3

[ariadnebridgestock]

OTPS: favourite quotes

James Carstairs & Theresa Gray: 

#1

“Say something in Mandarin,” said Tessa, with a smile. Jem said something that sounded like a lot of breathy vowels and consonants run together, his voice rising and falling melodically: “Ni hen piao liang.”

—> why? 

I personally love this quote the most because Tessa told him to say something in mandarin to her for the very first time and the first thing Jem says is “you’re beautiful”. He could’ve said it in english before this or said something else but he decided to tell Tessa that she is beautiful in mandarin and it’s just beautiful. It shows how much Jem really means it since Jem liked Tessa then when he said it, and how special ‘beautiful’ will forever be to these two lovebirds also seen in After The Bridge. Everything mandarin spoken between these two is honestly just beautiful because I speak mandarin myself so it’s not only something that is special to them, but something that is special to me too.

[tessacarstairs]

@theinfernaldevicesnetwork​ event 1: favourite relationships

→ jem carstairs & tessa gray

sometimes jem felt as if he wanted to burn. sometimes he did not know why he struggled against it, why he valued a longer life of suffering over a shorter life without pain. but then he reminded himself that the lack of pain would only be another illusion: like jessamine’s dollhouse, like will’s stories of brothels and gin palaces. and, if he were truly honest, he knew it would end his chances to find the kind of love his parents had once had. for that was what love was, wasn’t it — to burn bright in someone else’s eyes?

[tessacarstrs-deactivated2022071]

My name is James, James Carstairs. But everyone calls me Jem.

[sockmonstergotstyle]

one of my favourite things about jem is we all praise him for being so kind and caring but that man throws the best backhanded compliments in all of tsc

[grishae]

URL inspired quotes (12/?) ≡ for @tessacarstairs

“his eyes went soft and silver as he spoke. ‘zhe shi jie shang, wo shi zui ai ne de,’  he whispered. she understood it. in all the world, you are what I love the most.”  (jem carstairs & tessa gray, clockwork princess)

[carswells]

i havent said this in a while but jem carstairs is too good for this world we all dont deserve james carstairs adios