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allya // side-blog for thoughts // follows + likes from @softouchess // @soelgis on ao3

[soelgis]

the characterization of james in anna's and matthew's short stories make me a bit sad particularly because i wish that CC would lean more into "nerd trapped in a hot body" when she was writing him throughout TLH

[mallalada]

get yourself a main character whos two primary emotions are "little cunt" and "catatonic with grief"

[kaitcreates]

[winesharksea]

imagine getting in a terrible fight with the love of your life and not seeing each other for 4 years and then he rolls up during a thunderstorm with his dead sister and you have to go on a magic road trip with him even though you have very complicated and confusing feelings about him and then people keep talking about how attractive he is, like OKAY YEAH I KNOW. I'M AWARE THANKS. YOU DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND OKAY WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT TY BLACKTHORN AND HIS RARE SMILE THAT LIGHTS UP A ROOM HUH? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT OKAY JUST STAY OUT OF MY LANE.

[soelgis]

lowkey wondering if this is a hint about the importance of ty and livvy's role in twp? with ty potentially being part of the prophecy and livvy's connection to the real world potentially directly affecting the balance of the world.

i also keep thinking about ty's research and how maybe he would be able to use magic? or exploit livvy's connection the world of the dead but use it for good this time?

[inmyvampireempire]

I love tumblr because somehow I can end up being mutuals with a celebrity (someone that wrote a fic that I loved)

[kitty-is-endgame]

a wise person once said

[soelgis]

new kitty fic!! fair warning the fluff is so tooth rotting that it might make you throw up a little

https://archiveofourown.org/works/86429796

[cassandraclare]

Hi Cassie!

I'm curious to know if we'll be visiting any other institutes besides the ones in London and Los Angeles during TWP.

Thanks! ♡

Yes, we will see New York and quite a few other Institutes.

[cassandraclare]

Is Ty really that pretty? Hehe

People definitely comment that he's attractive in TLKOF!

[fairondaisy]

rereading lord of shadows via audiobook while i Task and like. we genuinely do not give kieran enough credit for how well he was handling his arc for that book. you are kieran of the hunt and they’re saying you murdered a man and you believe it, but you don’t remember. are you being framed. did you actually do it. it doesn’t matter because your father wants you dead and your brothers, even your favorite brother, will watch it happen. there is only one person you love in the world and you believe he will come for you right up until the end. when he does you take an arrow for him. for some reason he is strange with you. he says the two of you need space, that you need to decide who you are to each other out of the context of the hunt. you agree because you love him and you trust that he loves you and that you will choose each other again. the city and institute bristles with iron that makes you feel sick and his family doesn’t like you and you don’t know why but you try to help the best you can. then the truth comes out, your memories return. you are hit with the full force of your own jealousy and desperation and guilt and heartbreak. you realize why his family doesn’t like you. you realize he doesn’t like you, not anymore. you were rescued from death but maybe it would have been better to die thinking mark blackthorn still loved you. still you promise to help, because faeries keep their promises and pay their debts. you tell him “we will be done with each other” because that is the kindest thing you can think of even though you don’t know what will happen to you after that. and thats not eeeeven getting into the cristina rosales of it all. my god

[mikawa13]

Every time I look at fanarts of TID I have to take a deep breath because some of the clothes aren't completely period accurate, so I wanted to try to draw them with more accurate dresses.

Charlotte did not take as long as I expected, probably because I always imagined her style in a more simple and elegant style.

I used Cassandra Jean's design for the gear and tried to adjust it a bit following the Codex's information about older versions of the female gear having a skirt, but I just decided to make that padding around the abdomen and hips longer and simulate a skirt (but not too long to not reduce the mobility), whereas the male gear would be shorter and the way that Cassandra Jean did it.

RIP Charlotte, you would've loved jumpsuits QUEEN

(February 4, 2024)

Little Miss Barbie x Regina George (1878 Edition)

Jess was a bit more complicated because she does care about her appearance more and has a more intricate style. And normally I try to not add a lot of detail with Victorian characters because Queen Victoria didn't like makeup and found it vulgar, so women usually went for a natural look. Jessamine paints her dark circles whereas Charlotte naturally has them for obvious reasons. ☠️

Low-key, I loved doing Jessamine's ghost form.

And please let's not talk about my strange doodling attempt with the electrum lace design on the parasol. Halfway through it I started telling myself Henry is not a fashion designer and he tried his best to mimic a lace design with the electrum and hide some runes for her protection.

(February 13, 2024)

I will be honest, I struggled with the color of the dress because I do not imagine Cecily with a plain color dress, but not too intricate as Jessamine's. Everything looked too blue at first and I switched so many colors until it ended up like that. And don't get me started on the hair... It felt ✨WRONG✨ to give her a historically accurate hairstyle considering everyone gives her straight hair down.

So in my head her hair IS straight, she just has to appropriately wear it up. But nothing too complicated. And it's worth mentioning my memory is starting to blur out a lot. I had to check her wiki for the weapon and whatnot, and I found that she was petite and thin. In my head she was about Tessa's height. But I barely remember a lot from the books by now.

But I did try to make her look closely similar to Will. And I think she does look like a female, better, version of him. Also, if you're wondering why she's not wearing the necklace: I didn't realize I didn't add it until I finished coloring the dress and by that point I was so sick of it I left it like that. I had the sketch of the necklace, I just forgot to put it with the dress. 🫠

(March 2, 2024)

Gideon is so lucky. 😩

The suits might discourage me from doing the men because there's not really much difference aside of small details of how each man wears it. But anyway... Back to Sophie.

The damn maid dress. It's simple. It is ten times simpler than Jessamine's dress and YET I was struggling with it. And don't get me started on the scar.

The wiki said it was a big, silver, scar on the left side of her face from the corner of her mouth to her temple. I had an existential crisis trying to figure out how to do it, because in the other set ups of these drawings, I depict them like they're facing me, so the portrait wouldn't have shown the scar.

And it's a problem because I also suck at drawing scars. The first try looked fine but it wasn't silver, then I did this and in one part I guess it's fine because I didn't want to make a pretty scar when it's supposed to be bad and shocking for the time period. But a part of my brain thinks it looks like the fungus from The Last of Us. ☠️

Anyways. You may be wondering, "why didn't you do the Shadowhunter gear?" And it's a simple answer... I wanted to see her in a pretty dress. Of course, I could have done the portrait with the maid dress, the middle with her fancy dress, and the second full-body drawing with the gear but I didn't think about that until 10 minutes before posting. 🫠 And that gear is COMPLICATED (Not really, I'm just tired after the dresses).

(April 10, 2024)

If you are wondering why there is a huge time jump from the last fanart to this, I had a really bad art block and the frustration from the inaccurate dresses brought me back lol

Unfortunately I am currently in another slump 🫠

The next one was supposed to be Tessa but the dresses really frustrated me and I never even started the sketch. Idk if I'll ever finish it. I hope so, but don't get your hopes up.

[mayaheronthorn]

Kit being able to break curses by his mere presence is fucking bollocks! I live for this and I have a theory that whenever he’s with Ash, Ash’s loyalty spell is turned off, that would be cool af

[wikitpowers]

[cthalerart]

feel like crying today? i've got you covered! ;)

ty & livvy from queen of air and darkness — one of my favorite scenes of all time ♡

[zoom for details!]

@cassandraclare

[soelgis]

in regards to ash morgenstern i am very curious in how exactly CC will handle his possible redemption arc. in particular, considering how she usually leans into familial ties repeating cycles through generations (herondales and lightwoods being very favoured in that regard)

the two times we have seen redemption arcs have probably been with gabriel lightwood and grace blackthorn (not counting alastair or jessamine because unfortunately we don't really get their povs). but also, gabriel and grace are specifically ones who reject their parent/guardian in fear of eventually turning into them, which mirrors ash's possible arc of not wanting to be sebastian, or even, valentine. posing the question of how much your heritage defines you (typical nurture vs nature).

the problem with that is that this is juxtaposed with kit also being one of the main characters but by being the "lost herondale" being consistently reminded by everyone how much his heritage does (should) influence him. in my opinion, keeping his dad's name (rook) would have been much more interesting for the overall plot and to mirror ash's possible internal conflict throughout twp as well (a point where they could heavily relate, even if it’s for different reasons).

of course it all can be done with kit still keeping the herondale name but i do wish that we could have stretched out uncertainty with which kit uses it like it was at the beginning of lord of shadows.

[kitty-is-endgame]

Kit Herondale: