The Next Generation of Shadowhunters

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Writing Prompts to Get to Know Your Characters Better

I’ve created a list of 48 different scene prompts to get more familiar with your characters and their relationships, that are more fun (in my opinion) than lists of deep questions to ask yourself about them. Feel free to do as many (or as few) if you want. If you answer any, please tag me!

Individual Characters

Write a description of them from the point of view of their best friend or a person who has a crush on them.

Write a description of them from the point of view of a person who absolutely hates them.

Write their earliest or favorite memory.

Design what their Instagram page would look like. (Yes, even if they’re from a time when they don’t have Instagram.)

Write their death scene, even if you’re not planning on killing them within the piece.

Alternatively, write them a eulogy or obituary.

Your character is in high school, and has become valedictorian and has to give a speech at graduation. Write it.

Write a letter of recommendation for this character. For what? I don’t care. Write it.

Your character has a YouTube channel. Write the script for their most watched video.

Write the notes written on the doctor or therapist’s clipboard after a meeting with the character.

Your character has been arrested. Write the news posting.

What song did your character make an embarrassing dancing video to as a child?

Your character has become a celebrity and is on a talk show, telling the story of a traumatic childhood memory…

One-On-One Friendships

First meeting scene has been done so many times. Write the first fight instead.

Write a series of text conversations between the two.

How would they behave at an elementary school sleepover?

One friend has been detained–arrested, grounded, detention, you choose–and the other is trying to convince the detainer to let them out.

The two decide to enter the school talent show, solely for the $50 Cheesecake Factory gift card prize.

For whatever reason, they must pretend to be siblings. Bonus points if they are different races or just look nothing alike.

One friend got evicted, and has to live with the other for a week.

They’ve been working on a joint bucket list since they became close. Write the list.

One is extremely drunk and the other must stop them, as they have decided that now is the time when they just have to…

Your characters reunite in a nursing home in their 90s after not having seen each other for at least a decade.

A creep hits on one of them, and as friends do, they pretend they’re dating to ward off said creep. Only problem? Said creep keeps showing up.

The maid of honor/best man speech.

Friend Groups

They’ve been in a car together for 6 hours on a road trip, and someone tries the dreaded “Are we there yet?”.

A group picture goes horribly wrong. Write the scene– or draw the picture if you’re a visual artist.

It’s middle school. There’s a snow day. Everyone goes sledding. And then…

Compile the memes that are most commonly sent in the group chat.

They discover one of them has never seen Star Wars. Write the following discourse and movie marathon.

Look up “Most likely to” challenges on YouTube, write down the best questions, and use them with the group. Even better, write a scene where the group is using them with each other.

Write your characters as overly passionate PTA members planning the next school fundraiser.

One of them goes out of town, and the group has to watch their house/plants/pet/kid while they’re gone.

A member of the group was minorly wronged. Everyone decides to enact petty revenge.

The wedding was going so well, until the rest of the friends decided to make the reception a little more interesting.

One friend works at a restaurant. The rest decide to eat there while the friend is working. Describe how the group gets the friend fired in one night.

For whatever reason, nobody can go home for Thanksgiving. They decide to have Thanksgiving together instead.

Romantic Relationships

Write a breakup scene. Doesn’t matter if they’re not going to break up in your piece.

Write the moments when they each knew.

One’s meeting the other’s parents for the first time, and accidentally lets slip that…

The siblings/friends scheming together about how to get the two to date without being creepy.

Write the stupidest argument they’ve ever had.

What text message conversation is framed in their apartment/house?

Somehow kill one of them, and let the other react.

It’s Valentine’s Day. The couple goes out to eat, when both of their exes walk in… with each other.

The Mario Kart match neither of them is allowed to talk about.

They’re not speaking. Write the development of the fight only through conversations with the buffer friend.

Write a proposal scene, even if you’re not planning on them getting married in your piece.

They return to the place where they first met/kissed/dated. Somehow, the place has been changed, and not for the better.

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If y'all feel like sending me a prompt this fine Sunday!

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City of Magic Snippet

So recently I’ve been working on a little Harry Potter/Mortal Instruments crossover fic that’s about both the next gen characters from Harry Potter and a few of the next gen characters I have created. I’ll be releasing chapters for this story alongside a bunch of one-shots I’ll be posting that follows the Herondale and Lightwood kids as they grow up. Anyways, I thought I’d post a little snippet from the crossover story, titled City of Magic, and see if anyone is actually interested in it. I would like to inform everyone that the first chapter is finished but is unedited and thus it may be different once I actually post it.

There wasn’t a lot of things that Neville doubted Headmistress McGonagall about; in fact, Neville could probably count on one hand how many things he has doubted the Headmistress about in the time that he’s taught at Hogwarts and this recent decision was certainly one of them.

 “Minerva, are you sure this is a good idea?” He asked the headmistress, watching from his seat in front of her desk as his previous head of house continued to write letters informing the students and their parents about the recent developments in Hogwarts security.

 Headmistress McGonagall sighed before setting down her quill and looking up to meet his eyes. “For the last night Mr. Longbottom, yes. While I may not be exactly happy about the recent developments I don’t doubt that this is the best course of action that we could take.”

 Neville frowned as he broke the woman’s stare to look down at the bandage that was currently wrapped around most of his right arm and the scratch marks that lays beneath it.  He wanted to keep Hogwarts open just as much as any other member of the staff but even he couldn’t quite wrap his head around bring demon hunters to Hogwarts to protect it from demons of all things.  Of course, he also couldn’t quite wrap his head around the fact that demons existed.

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The Next Generation part 3

So here’s a few things about the older versions of Rafael and Max that I have set up in my head. Like I said, this is only how I imagine them and has absolutely nothing to do with actual canon interpretations of them.

Rafael Santiago Lightwood-Bane is the 26-year-old oldest son of Alec Lightwood and Magnus Bane. With black hair and brown eyes, Rafael was adopted by Alec and Magnus at age five in 2012. The oldest of the next generation and a male feminist, Rafael works as a bartender at Hunter’s Moon. He’s highly protective of his family and is often the first person his cousins call whenever they need help. While he does love his family he is also constantly exasperated by his younger cousins and brother.

Max Michael Lightwood-Bane is the 24-year-old youngest son of Alec Lightwood and Magnus Bane. With blue hair and blue eyes, Max was adopted by Alec and Magnus in 2010 after being abandoned at the shadowhunter academy. Fun-loving and extroverted, Max is a bit of a film geek and has an impressively large collection of movies consisting of both old classics and new blockbusters. He also enjoys making videos about various things, including his family members.

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The Next Generation part 2

So here are a few things about a few side characters who are important to the Herondale and Lightwood kids. I will later be making a thing for Rafael and Max as well but I have decided to make theirs separate from this one since they’re not my characters.

Kai Blackthorn-Penhallow is the 19-year-old son of Helen and Aline Blackthorn-Penhallow. With black hair and brown eyes Kai was born to two mundane parents; he was later left orphaned at age five after a demon killed his biological parents and was adopted by Helen and Aline shortly after. After being sent to the Shadowhunter academy at age twelve he met Stefan Herondale who he later became parabatai’s with.

Adrian Johnathan Blackthorn is the 17-year-old oldest child and only son of Julian and Emma Blackthorn, he’s the only one of his sibings to inherit the Blackthorn’s brown hair and blue-green eyes combination. Adrian is the oldest of four and is often the most rebellious of his siblings. He went to the shadowhunter Academy when he was 12 where he met Celina, Bex, and Nikolas; the latter becoming his future parabatai. He eventually moves to the New York institute to be closer to his parabatai, something that further strains his relationship with his parents.

Nikolas Gabriel Rosales is the 17-year-old child of Beatriz Mendoza and Miguel Rosales. He has black hair and brown eyes and resembles his mother more than his father. Because of his mother works at the New York institute as a tutor Nikolas has grown up alongside the Herondales and Lightwoods. He was sent to the shadowhunter Academy with Celina and Bex, and later met Adrian Blackthorn, who would go on to become his parabatai.

Daniella Emilia ‘Dani’ Valasques is the 18-year-old oldest child of Maia and Bat Valasquez. Like her parents she has brown hair and brown eyes. Dani has known the Herondales and Lightwoods for most of her life. She first officially met them when she was five years old and her mother brought her to the New York institute; she was then sent off to play with 6-year-old Stefan while her mother attended an important meeting. She has since become a great friend to Stefan and is seen as an older sister figure by Celina and Bex.

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The Next Generation

So here are a few things about the next generation of Shadowhunters that I’ve come up with.

Stefan Lucian Herondale is the 19-year-old eldest child of Clary and Jace Herondale. He bears his mother’s fair complexion and his father’s golden blonde hair. With the same blue eyes of his Herondale ancestors both Tessa and Jem Carstairs have commented on the fact that he looks like a blonde haired Will Herondale, who he shares both his love of books with as well as his protectiveness of his loved ones.

Celina Jocelyn Herondale is the 17-year-old middle child of Clary and Jace Herondale. She has her father’s golden eyes and tan complexion, but her mother’s red hair as well as her height. While she shares most of her personality traits with her father she also shares her mother’s artistic talent. Just as protective over her loved ones as her older brother is, Celina is a force of nature that would do anything it takes to protect those she cares for.

Alexander Simon ‘Xander’ Herondale is the 14-year-old youngest child of Clary and Jace Herondale. With golden blonde hair and radiant green eyes, it is easy for people to see that Xander will be just as attractive as his father, if not more so. Possessing a calm and erudite type of personality he is all too happy to stick to the shadows and allow his older siblings to garner the attention of others.

Rebecca Georgia ‘Bex’ Lightwood is the 17-year-old oldest child of Isabelle Lightwood and Simon Lovelace-Lightwood. With brown hair and blue eyes Bex is just as beautiful as her parabatai, Celina. Often described as being a part-time shadowhunter and a full time fashionista, Bex’s love of fashion is rivaled only by her love for her family. Bex, like many Lightwoods before her, follows the belief of ‘family before law’.

Luke Gideon Lightwood is the 13-year-old middle child of Isabelle Lightwood and Simon Lovelace-Lightwood, as well as the twin brother of Leia. Although he takes after his mother in looks, sharing her black hair and dark eyes, Luke shares most of his personality traits with his father; having the same love for ‘nerdier’ things such as comics and Star Wars.

Leia Grace Lightwood is the 13-year-old youngest child of Isabelle Lightwood and Simon Lovelace-Lightwood, as well as the twin sister of Luke. Sharing the same black hair and dark eyes of her mother and twin, Leia is a wild child and actual ray of sunshine who prefers spending her time in the forests of Idris rather than being in her home city of New York.

Willow Sophia Carstairs is the 14-year-old only child of Tessa and Jem Carstairs. She takes primarily after her father sharing not only his dark hair and eyes, but also his love for violin. While she spends most of her time with her parents she also makes frequent visits to the New York institute in order to spend time with her parabatai, Xander, and her crush, Leia. A hopeless romantic, Willow enjoys hearing stories about her parents’ life together as well as stories about them and Will Herondale.

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Hi everyone! This is a new blog that I’m running that is going to be dedicated the children of the characters from The Mortal Instruments series, most of who are my own ocs with the exception of the Malec sons (Rafael and Max) who are both canon. Max is introduced in Born to Endless Night from Tales From The Shadowhunter Academy while Rafael is introduced (briefly) in A Long Conversation which is a short story found at the back of the first editions for Lady Midnight.

You are all more than welcomed to send in headcanons/confessions that I will match up to a picture (you can even send me a link if you want me to use a specific picture) and then publish on this blog. You can also send in one-shot requests about certain characters.

My main motivation for doing this blog is to help me get more motivated to write about these characters that I have created. I first started creating these characters a few months before City of Heavenly Fire came out and I’ve been meaning to write about them but I’ve never have the proper motivation to do so.

I will be posting bios about each of the main characters that contains info about them such as age, looks, and sexuality. I would like to go on record to say that just because I have something listed as one thing that does not mean you can’t send in something that goes against it (i.e. sending in a headcanon that portrays a straight character as bi/gay). With that stated, there are a few things that I will be more against/unwilling to post than others (i.e. sending in a headcanon that portrays a lesbian character as bi/straight as appose to the above example). If your not sure about what category your headcanon/confession/request falls under then feel free to message me and ask!

With all that stated, when I write one-shots that aren’t requests I will be keeping to the info in the bios (i.e. straight characters portrayed as straight and gay characters portrayed as gay).

If any of you are interested, my main blog is LadyShadowhuntress.

Thank you!

-LadyShadowhuntress