#malec party

[battii-art]

Last minute Malec for pride month

Characters by @cassandraclare

[paris1902]

trsom giveaway: “i don’t want the world. i want you.”

i’m entering this giveaway to find out what malec’s future might be, but what really holds meaning for me is their past. alec lightwood was one of the first lgbt characters that i had ever seen in any form of media. in a time that i was questioning everything i knew about myself, he was there, showing me that whatever i was, whoever i was, i could have a happy ending. and maybe i haven’t gotten that happy ending yet, but i’m getting there. i know i will.

so here’s to tomorrow.

here’s to yesterday.

and thank you, @cassandraclare, for writing malec’s story. it’s one that i know i’ll never forget.

[adverbialstarlight]

Wow I'm not sure what to say first, so I'll just say thank you, Cassie. When I first read TMI I was in seventh grade. I was just starting to realize that I like girls which was kind of terrifying, and though I was already comfortable with and sort of saw that gay people existed I was never able to really see myself in any of the typical gay white guys on YouTube.

Alec was already pretty cool to see because I didn't have much exposure to diversity in books and I could relate to his personality, but then Magnus Bane waltzed in.

Southeast Asian, bisexual, confident, stylish, and a freaking warlock. Really, Magnus was the first character any media that I was really able to connect to. Even though I now identify as panromantic-asexual, he will always hold a huge place in my heart. LGBT+ representation was already hard to find and great to see when it happened, but to see a character that was from Southeast Asia and bi like me who also got to be one of the main, most developed characters? I was probably going to fall over from happiness.

Reading about Magnus, I really felt seen.

He was everything that I hoped to one day be (still working on how that magic part will happen) and getting to see his and Alec's relationship throughout the books really gave me hope and probably helped to influence who I am today, cheesy as that sounds. A healthy, happy relationship between two guys, and one of them being poc, which made me think that I could one day find a girl who would love me and make me happy even though I'd always thought that only white people were able to be LGBT+.

I'm probably going to start crying if I try to keep writing, but I think my main points came through. My chances for winning this are incredibly low, but either way I can't wait to read RSOM. Thank you so much for Magnus, Alec, and all of the other wonderful characters in the Shadowhunter Chronicles (except for the Dearborns, probably) @cassandraclare, I will never forget it.

[born-this-way-16]

As a kid I was a huge bookworm.

But then, without meaning to, but also without realising, as I grew up I read less and less. Until it was only those few fanfiction before sleeping.

A few years ago I found out about your books and suddenly I was hooked again. Reading book after book, any chance I could. And I will forever be grateful for that.

Tales from the Shadowhunters Academy is my favourite, because it connects every character from all the different parts of this universe, and as a very special story for each of them. I was so emotional for all of those stories.

But "Born to endless night" was just right. I can still remember feeling so much happiness and tenderness for Magnus and Alec. Seeing how much they had grown, and being sure of all the love that little boy was gonna be getting from now on.

So I can actually wait until I will be able to read their full story, because I know in my heart the waiting was worth, and maybe even necessary.

Thank you, really.

@cassandraclare

PS : this is not me trashing fanfiction, I definitely still read those too.

[tea-and-cats-and-books]

Red Scrolls of Magic Giveaway Post

I started reading The Mortal Instruments a little over a year ago. Alec pretty much instantly became my favorite, and I always looked forward to any scene with Alec in it the most. By this time last year I was doodling Alec and Magnus in my notebook during class. I love both of them and I love their relationship. Alec has become my all time favorite character. Their story really means so much to me. Malec's existence is one of the main reasons why I created this silly little blog. This past year has been pretty rough for me, but when I'm stuck in a downward spiral or I feel so numb and feel like I've forgotten how to smile or feel anything at all, I'll see one of the latest snippets, or really anything about them at all on Cassie's blog, and it always makes me smile. It makes my whole day. It makes me happy to see other people love them too. Sometimes I'll just start thinking about them or a certain scene and pick up one of the books to look at it and end up rereading the whole thing. Magnus and Alec have made me laugh out loud, tear up, and even get angry(not at them, mostly at people who hurt them) at times when I find it hard to care about anything at all.

Anyways, here's a list of small things about malec that make me smile:

Any time they hold hands

Alec always surprising Magnus

Magnus relaxing when he sees Alec

Alec trying not to laugh (at the Butt Song, that time Maia called Magnus shiny, etc...)

Magnus and Alec laughing at the completely ridiculous Butt Song

That time Magnus threw the towel that was on his head behind the couch cuz Alec had arrived

Magnus silently threatening to kill Elliot with a spoon because he was being mean to Alec

Alec being blunt and honest and just getting to the point

Born to Endless Night (okay, not small, but just thinking about it makes me happy)

Alec's first words to Magnus being "We put the holy water in his gas tank, you know"

Magnus ruffling Alec's hair

Alec whistling as he walks away after getting a second date with Magnus and falling down the stairs

How protective of each other they both are

The two of them snuggled up with their sons on a blanket holding hands at Isabelle and Simon's engagement party

The fact that there’s going to be an entire trilogy about Alec and Magnus

the #malecparty tag

[sydhina]

Let’s do this I guess. Letter-ish thing because letters are fun. let’s appreciate them. Sorry for the innocent souls having to scroll past this massive post. I couldn’t add a ‘read more’ thingy on my phone and my laptop’s broken. (rip Nigel the laptop)

dear cassandra clare

before i start this thingy, which doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the books, I’d like to say that the reasons I’ll be discussing aren’t the only reasons I love tsc. Anyway here we go.

My friend knows this guy (I’m going to change everyone’s names because well reasons) Lucas, and when he was fourteen he came out as bi. I remember a girl telling him to just choose, which seemed rude but no one said anything about it. He was never ashamed of who he was and I admired that.

Then there’s my uncle, who is gay. Everyone in my family is pretty chill about that but he was young in the 80s when it was probably even harder to come out than now and he must have been terrified. Still he did and that’s something to admire as well.

You probably kind of see where this is going.

There’s more

There’s this trans girl who’s new at our school: Nora and this year they changed our bathrooms and teachers talked about being trans in their classes.

My best friend’s friend Luna has two moms, who I only met once but they seemed like nice people.

Everyone of these people had to find themselves on their own, but because of your help so many people -me included- have help. I don’t know who I am or who I want to be yet, but I’m glad I don’t have to figure it out all alone. I’m glad so many young people don’t have to do it alone. So thank you for Magnus, Alec, Diana, Helen, Aline, Lily, Raphael, Anna and everyone else, for helping out me and so many other people. It’s so great to see how many people these books helped.

(of course besides this I also love the characters for other reasons, I love the world, seeing how each book improves and the angst because I guess I like to suffer (and man I suffer a lot) But I didn’t know how to fit that in there)

[moonlit-sunflowers]

Malec Appreciation

I don’t usually post things, but Cassandra Clare is doing a contest and i MUST enter.

The reason I love Malec so much is how real their relationship feels- there are so many moments of doubt and lots of things they have to overcome within their relationship and around how they’re treated, but that just makes it more believable. Despite everything they have had to go through, they come out stronger every time. It gives me faith in the idea of a loving relationship that isn’t a million miles away from real life like some relationships shown on screen and in books sometimes, even if I am neither a badass immortal nor a badass angel-warrior.

(Also is the Malec/Max/Raphael family I need more of that so badly please)

(Also *TSC spoilers* please Magnus cannot die he must live all that worrying about Magnus outliving Alec and now Magnus is ill and it might not even be a problem anymore aka help)

Okay that was the end of my soppy Malec post sorry if you bored yourself by reading this byee

[sweetcabbageprince]

I love Magnus and Alec because they’ve helped so many people (in their world and ours) and have always been there whenever I needed them.