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[half-bakedboy]

Em’s Shadowhunters Finale Coda Fic Rec

My small contribution to the wonderful finale coda’s our lovely fandom authors have posted ♥️

Happy by AlisonSilverstorm99 | Rated: G | WC: 497 | Pairing: Malec

“It feels nice,” Alec says softly. “To be able to smile and laugh without expecting the world to go up in smoke at any time.” Then, turning and pressing a kiss on Magnus’ forehead, he says, “And I have you. For as long as I can live,” with all of his heart’s love in his hazel eyes.

Replay by ColorfulWarlock | Rated: T | WC: 1083 | Pairing: Malec

Magnus Bane may have forgotten the Shadow World, but the Shadow World never forgot him.

this place is ours now by cuubism | Rated: G | WC: 2189 | Pairing: Malec

The Institute is a difficult place for Magnus to be, even on his own wedding day.

in your warmth I forget how cold it can be by icanthelpbut_love_you | Rated: E | WC: 5210 | Pairing: Malec

Frantically trying to save his fiancé from eternity in hell is definitely not how Alec envisioned spending his first days after getting engaged. So now Magnus is back, he figures they’re owed at the very least some time alone.

I Wish by la_muerta | Rated: E | WC: 4517 | Pairing: Malec

A collection of missing scenes from the special two-part finale episode of Shadowhunters Season 3.

Loving Husbands by supersapphics | Rated: G | WC: 720 | Pairing: Malec

A small private moment between Alec & Magnus directly after the wedding, before they join the reception celebrations.

Five times Alec called Magnus his husband on their wedding day by SquaresAreNotCircles | Rated: G | WC: 1210 | Pairing: Malec

Jace happens to be close by, so Alec drags him over. There’s no real need for him to be present while Magnus opens up the portal to his – their – loft, so Magnus suspects Alec of doing it mostly so he can say, within earshot of Magnus and in front of the whole wide world and everyone they know, “My husband is taking me home.”

show me heart again by gaywoodandbine | Rated: NR | WC: 533 | Pairing: Malec

Magnus tips his face towards the golden light of a New York City morning and smiles faintly at the warmth that sinks into his skin. He is at peace for the first time in weeks.

Catholic Redemption for a (former) Vampire by Nocticola | Rated: G | WC: 1242 | Pairing: Magnus & Raphael

Raphael is not a vampire anymore, but even when he was, he was still a good Catholic. Now he needs to find redemption for his sins.

Certainty, Hope, and a Promise by Beckyhelene | Rated: T | WC: 18864 | Pairing: Malec

(Missing moments between leaving Edom and lying in bed together next morning) In the aftermath of Edom, and everything that came before it, the newly reunited and engaged Magnus and Alec have a talk. 

Into The Light by Lonelygrl91 | Rated: T | WC: 8429 | Pairing: Clace & Malec

Jace has been watching her for a year, but when she sees him things change. Suddenly Jace is feeling the pull towards the mundane world, and a love he could never have in the shadows. But is the jump into the mundane worth it? And what will the inquisitor say?

This Is the Coda That Never Ends... by ByTheAngell (SomeLittleInfamy) | Rated: T | WC: 148,656 | Pairing: Malec, Clace, Sizzy, Reyhill, Maruke, Heline

Jace doesn't expect Clary to see him. She doesn't expect those vague emotions she paints to suddenly hold onto solid meaning in her mind. And the rest of the Shadow World, however open to change it may be since her departure, isn't prepared for the changes that are yet to come...

[megs-readstoomuch]

::Looking at sad, soft, teary Jace who is hoping the angels will give Clary back her memories, and then Simon tells him he needs to move on::

::Glares at Simon::

NO. BAD SIMON.

::sprays Simon with holy water::

[ccrizies]

Waiting for the episodes while drawing with a faded out sharpie

[just-a-glittery-fan]

Best parts of the finale

Brace yourselves, it's a long, but good one.

LITERALLY EVERYTHING WHAT THE FUCK, IT WAS SO GOOD

Magnus sitting on that fucking throne looking like the king he is, omg

SIZZY FIRST KISS OMG, I was literally screaming. It was just so cute and I loved the camera going around them. Poetic cinema.

Maia becoming the Alpha she is meant to be

Magnus interacting with Lilith and showing her her damn place

What a duo, Alec "TURN ME INTO A VAMPIRE" Lightwood and his sister Izzy "I'LL GO TO HELL ALONE" Lightwood

Shadowhunters/downworlders connection

MELIORN WAS A GIFT, A FUCKING GIFT. Him being all well, wait 'till you take your lover to bed;) was amazing.

Simon and Clary cute conversation about the shadowworld

ALEC CALMING DOWN BECAUSE OF THE RING

MELIORN ASKING JACE QUESTIONS BECAUSE HE CAN'T LIE AND THEN GETTING ALL HAPPY JACE THINKS HE IS A 9, DEAR LORD. Again, Meliorn was a gift.

Jace saying cute shit about Simon while he couldn't lie

MALEC REUNION IN EDOM

Izzy sacrificing herself to save everyone

Then everyone putting their lives in danger to save Izzy

CLARY AND IZZY WANTING TO BE PARABATAI, OMG I CAN'T BREATH

THEY GAVE US A SIZZY SEX SCENE AMEN

Everyone came back from Edom so fucking horny lmao

Magnus' being soft and fixing Alec's hair

Sizzy being all cute and soft on that couch

Clary being all excited to see her dad

Clary being all emotional that she saw her mom

SOFT.PARABATAI.SCENE.

Izzy getting inspired by Magnus and Alec

Clary sacrificing everything she knows and loves to save the world from Jonathan and all the emotions that came with it

I love the wings, Clary basically killed him wrapping her wings against him I'M WEAK

Alec being worried about both his parents being at the wedding and his mother being all like "He will always be your dad, and he is as proud as I am". I thought that was so soft.

Madzie is flower girl, Cat is best woman(???), Jace is best man, Robert took his son to the altar

MARYSE.TOOK.MAGNUS.TO.THE.ALTAR. That was the biggest symbol of her growth to me, and I am so proud of my queen. Honestly, one of the best things on that ep

Maryse reassuring Clary she's not trying to replace her mother? Soft!!!

Malec first dance

Brother Zacariah is me

Malec being so fucking important. They opened the way for others like them

HELINE!!! KISSED!!! And are already talking marriage

UNDERHILL AND LORENZO??? Sign me the fuck up!

ALL THE PARALLELS

Sizzy dancing and being cute

Jace's quote about he always trying to be perfect was beautiful and so fucking emotional

My heart breaking because of how fucking hurt Clary was

IZZY IS THE HEAD OF THE INSTITUTE, THIS IS WHAT SHE DESERVES I'M CRYING

Simon brings her lunch everyday I'm crying

Maia deserves the world and Taki's is going to be amazing

Simon and Jace training

BOOP. BOOP. This is the cuttest shit ever, man.

MAGNUS LIGHTWOOD-BANE HIGH WARLOCK OF ALICANTE

ALEXANDER GIDEON LIGHTWOOD-BANE INQUISITOR

MALEC IS A POWER COUPLE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD LET THAT SINK IN. They really changed the world, guys. Fuck.

Luke being happy that he got his life back

"To us." Ugh, perfect.

MY SON RAPHAEL SANTIAGO IS GOING TO BE A PRIEST. He'll do everything he couldn't before and he's alive and well and happy and exactly how he should be.

I loved the "ending where we started" thing that's going on with Clace. It is BEAUTIFUL.

[head-of-the-ny-institute]

I have never loved Clary. I have liked her but I have never loved her as a character. But after the finale... I feel like all of these traits of hers finally came together when she killed Jonathan.

And not just her positive traits. Not just her selflessness, her creativity, her vulnerability, her honesty. Because she was all those things in that moment. She was honest, telling Jonathan how much she wanted him and a family. She was vulnerable, not even attempting to hide her desperation to save her loved ones or her fear of failure or her internal anguish that this is what her life has come to - she had everything and now she has to give it all up. She was creative in how she handled Jonathan. And she was selfless, sacrificing her sight to save her loved ones. 

 But she was also impulsive again. She didn’t look to find another way. And she was too self sacrificial for her own good - just like Alec when he devastatingly broke up with Magnus filled with good intention even though it ruined him, just like Magnus who continuously gives up parts of himself, his magic, his future, his life, for people who will not respect him. 

And I love her. Oh my. She is imperfect and great and she is still impulsive and still too self sacrificial but she is kind and creative and honest and vulnerable... 

Thank you Clary. And thank you to Kat for her incredible performance.

[malecante]

Just invite Jonathan to the wedding and he'll calm down tbh.

[loonydru]

they really just avoided having to deal with alec’s immortality by just straight up ignoring it. honestly that’s a mood

[spookysshadow]

Jonathan Morgenstern META

Jonathan’s death scene had me fucked up.

Like, I’m not gonna lie, I haven’t seen much of the show since they cancelled it. Half of me just wasn’t interested anymore, the other half was tired of the fandom always bickering, but fuck it, Jonathan dying had me in tears.

I only caught a glimpse of a gifset of his death with Clary and all. I hadn’t even realized the finale had aired. But on my dash there it was, Jonathan being killed in the arms of Clary.

And it made me really think about how tragic of a character he is. Don’t get me wrong he’s caused a lot of damage, physically and psychologically to a lot of people. He’s the bad guy, for sure. But he’s not the same brand of bad guy Valentine was, ya know.

Valentine to me was the kind of guy who knew better, he was aware that what he was doing was wrong and fucked up, but he did it anyway because he believed his way was better after all. Much like racists do, they are aware racism is fucked, they know they are shitty,. But they do it anyway.

Jonathan wasn’t that. Jonathan was very much the product years of brainwashing, abuse and neglect. For Jonathan there was never a right ot a wrong, it was just the way his father taught. This is a boy who grew up in complete isolation from others. Who developed his ideas of the world from whatever his father told him or beat into him, including the fact that he was an abomination. Then, his pre-teens to late teens were spent in another version of Hell, where he was physically, psychologically, and sexually abused. This further warping his state of mind.

Jonathan didn’t learn to view the world through the eyes of a man who has developed his own rational and critical thinking skills. He learned to view the world through a series of very poignant signals, through obedience for survival, that the most important thing is to make it out with as little injury as possible, He reminds me more of a person who had suffered so many tragedies at a young age, growing up, that because of the trauma and the resulting mental illness and fear, never ends up making the right decisions.

And what really hurts me about this character, at least from the show’s perspective is that we see his hope for a better life slowly diminish. There is a part where we kind of hope he becomes good. And slowly the decisions he makes aren’t great, and they lead him closer and closer to the tipping point.

That tipping point, at least from my view, is when he allows Valentine to live. Up until then he can still be the Jonathan that everyone wanted. Even the killing of Sebastian was still something that could have been covered up or reworked to his advantage. But the minute he allows Valentine a chance, he can’t take it back.

And even at that point it’s hard to blame him. Jonathan has ample amount of reasons and experiences that tell him he should not trust his father. But in the moment, with Valentine holding the sword and expertly saying words that make Jonathan feel like maybe this time his dad will look at him and see him, Jonathan believes him. Its, for me, the same hope a child holds out when their parents say everything is going to be alright, even though you can see it’s not. Mommy and daddy aren’t separating. Daddy won’t hit you again. Mommy will stop drinking, I promise sweetie. These small promises that are false, so obviously false, but it;’s so much nicer to believe that they’re true. So you do. And that’s what he did.

It’s that childish longing and hope for a father that turns crushes any hope of him being redeemable.

Every decision there after is a conscious decision, a purposefully evil decision. It’s no longer, I don’t know how to navigate the world, violence and blood is all I know. It’s I have a goal in mind and I will purposefully hurt and kill in order to achieve.

He becomes such a horrendous person that the only way to stop him is death. It’s what he’s earned after everyone and everything he’s destroyed and hurt.

But I can’t stop thinking about how this, what twenty, twenty-one year old man, a boy really but the way he acts, spent so much of is life in pain and agony. Just excruciating misery, marred with neglect and torture of all kinds. And his one reprieve from all the pain was his sister, regardless of how fucked his version of sibling love was, Clary was still that brightest star in his sky. And the fact he died essentially by her and in her arms, is to me one of the most heartbreaking things ever.

Everytime I think about him I just imagine this boy trapped in a glass box, shouting and screaming at the top of his lungs even though it doesn’t make a sound. His hands pounding at the glass, trying to get anyone to notice him and his pain. Mom. Dad. Lilith, Anyone. By the time he gets to Clary it’s too late and it’s not Clary’s job to save him. That should have been an adult who gave a shit, not a younger sister. But it’s still so heartbreaking to imagine the boy in the glass case slowly stop pounding on his prison walls. Sliding down to sit on the floor and just watch all these people walk around him, not one of them taking notice.

The fact of the matter is that boy could have been Jace. He could have been Magnus.

Had Jace not had Alec, had Magnus not had Ragnor. Who would they have been? I can’t say. What I can say is that they got lucky. They has someone who showed them that their was better.

Jonathan never had anyone in his corner. Not his parents, not friends, no one. And the brevity of Clary being in his corner was much too little too late. He was absolutely, without a doubt alone and he died the same. No one mourns the wicked.

It just reminds me of so many people who grow up with no one in their corner and this constant echoing of you have to be better than your circumstances, like fuck you. Sure, in a perfect world everyone with the worst circumstance would find inner strength and manage to overcome, but that isn’t the average. Sometimes the waves keep crashing and you try to reach out, hold on, wade the storm, but its too much. The current pulls you under and you don’t ever emerge. Some people get pulled under and get brought out, others drown and no one notices, ever.

Jonathan was a villain, yes without a doubt. He did heinous acts, he hurt so many people. But I won’t clap for his death, I can’t.