#shadowhunters polycule

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the first major snowfall in ages finally hit nyc recently and all im imaging is the Polycule attaching snowboards and the such to the back of simons van and them just being happy with snow day activities

oof, this ask is from so many months ago, i'm so sorry. i was very busy. i'm also not sure how great my answer will be because i'm a whole ass brazilian so i have no idea what snow day activies are, but i will try anyway

so, major advantages: meliorn has magic and maia is a werewolf and if i'm not mistaken it's said or implied that werewolves have a higher core body temperature than humans. or maybe i made that up, but it's canon for me

major disadvantages: raphael and simon are vampires, which means that technically they are kind of "cold-blooded" creatures? i mean they would still have other important temperature regulating mechanisms such as mitochrondrial heat production and muscle contraction, but they basically don't have a heartbeat/blood flow/arguably blood at all, which is a major way of regulating core temperature, and canonically their skin feels pretty cold, so like. they probably are more suscetible to temperature changes is what i'm saying (i'm mostly going off this source [link] for this. i'm already overthinking this answer good job me)

plus i am once again saying that raphael is from guadalajara which means that like me he is used to Worm Temperchoores, like, WAY warmer than NYC's, and he grew up without pretty much any kind of snow at all. and sure he's lived in NYC for years so he's SOMEWHAT used to the cold but he still spent his formative years in guadalajara, so like. he fucking hates the cold, is my point

but back to major advantages: meliorn and magic! which means they can do something about it. don't ask me what, but i'm sure they can do Something. i mean i'm sure to some extent the downworld has already figured out a solution to this problem cuz while it might not kill them (since they're immortal) it is very uncomfortable and probably makes them slower, which is a disadvantage to say the least. plus raphael has magnus who knows that raphael is a grumpy ass in the cold. also i think java is similarly hot so magnus Gets It, but idk what the temperatures usually are in jakarta

anyway my point is that magnus probably got some coats/vests/blankets spelled for his boy so they can keep him toasty (since they are otherwise kinda useless for vampires since they rely on trapping body heat and vampires don't have any) and vampires in general probably have access to that kinda stuff, but still, rapha gets grumpy and his face is still cold and everything is just awful and he doesn't understand how gringos do it. his complaints fly for about 2 days before the New Yorker Squad™ (particularly simon and maia, who drag clary and inevitably everyone else is there) decides that they've had enough of this and that raphael will learn how to enjoy the snow

he is like "i am not willingly going into the snow! you don't understand, i'm a vampire, i won't get back my body heat the way you do". simon: "i literally am also a vampire". raphael: "you're just a fledgeling, you wouldn't understand" "i've been a vampire for like, ten years!" "seven" "same thing" "it's so not the-" "i have gone through enough winters to be able to understand, and you, sir, are going to learn to enjoy the snow. have you EVER even made a snow angel?" "no" "well this changes today"

he literally has no excuse because meliorn has this super sweet spell that keeps him from losing heat so like. he doesn't even need a coat (he's still wearing it and preferably also a scarf and gloves because he is, first and foremost, dramatic) so he is forced to have a day off and go play in the snow, woe is him

(he tells the clan that should they need anything they should ring him, but they're like "nah simon has promised us pictures of you in the snow, we can handle ourselves" and it's not like raphael is too busy these days, really)

anyway! they have fun. simon strikes me as the winter lover kind of person altho really i think he enjoys all seasons in their own way, but like... hot chocolate and scarves and snow fights, yes? and while i think maia might prefer warmer temperatures she can double enjoy herself in the snow now that she's a werewolf because she gets less cold and like, damn, tell me that being a wolf and jumping headfirst into a pile of snow wouldn't be fun. you can't, unless you're a bad taste bitch

i also think maia is the building snow forts kind of gal because, idk, she just looks that way. and sure she's excited about kicking everyone's asses during snowball fight but FIRST she needs to have a full fort complete with towers and windows for her to throw snowballs from and shit

rapha is the one that helps her build it the most cuz he likes the motions and besides it is a little less energetic than whatever it is that the rest of these wackos are doing. again izzy didn't get any chances to play in the snow either so naturally clary is dragging her around from snow activity to snow activity and running around everywhere and holy shit they have so much energy. simon is there as well naturally and eventually they make it their goal in life to ruin maia's and rapha's fort, which ends up kickstarting the mandatory snowball fight. even tho maia only has a half complete fort

(eventually when everyone has left maia and rapha will come back and finish the fort. it's the principle of the thing. raphael also wants to build an igloo or some shit and maia rolls her eyes but actually i can see him being into building snow things? it's just soothing and nice and quiet and he can pretend there's Elegance and Finesse to it)

and meliorn is just watching them curiously the whole time because of course they know snow but they dont really know about Snow Activities these funky little non-seelies dedicate themselves too. i feel like the seelies have their own snow activities, maybe like, festivals? dances with the snowfall and games to welcome the change in the environment, that sort of thing. but they are nothing like snow angels ("it doesn't look like an angel in the slightest, just like you kept moving your legs and arms in the snow" "thats what it is" "right, so...?") or snowmen ("also doesn't look like a man" "meliorn we aren't exactly artists") or snow fights (altho that one they can appreciate) and they're really interested in like participating even though they dont understand and everyone has to keep telling them that it's Not That Deep and izzy is so amused she just kisses them one billion times

eventually they start doing it just to get more of those laugh-filled kisses of hers

also at least one of them, probably izzy of rapha or meliorn since they are the snow ignorant ones of the group, is absolutely horrible at making snowmen. probably izzy tbh because shadowhunters dont exactly have a knack for these things. like clary's snowman is all artistic and simon's is fun and creative, maia's is pretty, raphael's and meliorn's look like the Platonic Ideal Of A Snowman, and izzy's looks like A Pile Of Dirt. clary giggles at it for an embarrassing amount of time, which inevitably leads to izzy taking the snow from her snowman to throw snowballs at clary and triggering a new snowfight

and then they have some soup inside and cuddle under a blanket as they fight over what they should watch and all is well with the world

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Pretty random ask but there's a specific tiktok trend that I think is called trying to figure out what your partner needs or something like that. I might be completely wrong but anyways, the concept. I watched this specific video https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSxUCLcs/ And it's SO CUTE. My point is I immediately thought of the polycule which would be SO chaotic since they're so many people, but asngkahs CUTIES

OH MY GOD THIS IS SO ADORABLE!!!!!! and yes u r completely right, it would be a meSS

so i bet simon would have the idea to do this because i voted him Most Likely To Know What's Going On, like, trend-wise and shit. and they do one for each because i'm extra

so they start off with clary cuz she's the one with the least amount of partners, but everyone else sits at the corner and screams tips and ideas like this is that drawing game or something (i don't know what it's called cuz i never played it). clary mimicks jumping motions because she wants them to catch her. izzy just nods understandably and is like "you want to be taller. i understand. i've been offering you to get you some platform shoes-" and clary just goes "NO!!" and bursts out laughing. maia thinks she's trying to do a coreography. simon actually realizes what she wants but doesn't tell them and opts to scream random ideas instead. meliorn has never be sadder that they can't lie because they'd LOVE to scream random suggestions but they have no idea what the fuck she wants. eventually they give up, but when clary tells them, izzy does catch her just for good measure and clary giggles so much

next up is izzy cuz second smallest amount of partners, plus it's just the same as before + meliorn. izzy raises her foot because she wants to take off her shoes because they hurt from being in heels so much. maia just taps her own foot against hers. izzy is like no. clary is like oH DO YOU WANT TO BE TALLER???? and izzy just laughs that soft laugh of hers. someone - i can envision meliorn but idk - kisses her foot because dom izzy rights and she's like NO THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED RIGHT NOW and raphael and simon are just like i am looking away i do not see it. someone offers a foot massage and she's like well, i wouldn't complain, but no. once they give up, she takes off her shoes herself

next is meliorn cuz they're already there. they just want to put their arms on their waist and give them a kiss cuz they're suave and sweet like that so they extend their arms slightly in that position. simon immediately goes for a hug cuz he's cute and meliorn is like "close" fully believing that they'll get it right but from them on they just get more and more wrong. next simon tries is a cheek kiss. raphael goes for a hand kiss. simon shakes their hand. izzy hands them a spoon? maia thinks it's about opening something and tries all the drawers. they all try a robot dance. izzy hands them water this time. raphael spends a long time reflecting on what it could be. izzy just keeps handing them stuff. candy? peanuts? orange juice? flowers? where did she get flowers. no one knows

at least when they give up she is the first to get the hug and kiss because of the flowers. raphael may or may not resent that he didn't think of that before (he gets a kiss on the forehead instead of the lips and lingers a little longer in their arms and it's sweet)

so raphael is next and he just wants someone to hand him a chair because that gifset about how raphael always sits down first thing when he gets into a room lives rent free in my mind and i think that's very funny for some reason?? clary actually figures that one out because she's a fellow lazy ass and she's like "THE CHAIR, HE WANTS THE CHAAIRR" but no one listens to her because so far she's only been wrong and simon is like "fray, just because you would want a chair, doesn't mean everyone else does" and he's lowkey right because every time she tried to guess she was just going for whatever she would want in their place. simon gives him a cheek kiss then tries to make him give simon a cheek kiss and raphael does but he's like "that was not it". maia plays with his hair and he's like that's pretty nice but HOW did you get that from that motion. meliorn actually pulls one of the drawers in the kitchen because she thinks he wants to cook or something and raphael teases her for becoming isabelle. he doesn't get to sit

simon just pokes his own cheek and everyone is instantly like "he wants a cheek kiss" in unison and he's like HOW did you guys figure that one out, no one else figured the others out!! and they're like you're just transparent af and also you've tried to get cheek kisses from both raphael and meliorn we know you. simon is frustrated that his plans to be mysterious were yet again ruined but he gets 4 cheek kisses so he's not mad

maia's is just a mess, since literally everyone in the polycule dates her. she actually does the "raising her hands" thing because she wants them to take off her sweater because it's too hot. she gets Three Thousand High Fives. raphael thinks her back hurts so he tries to snap it for her, which sends her giggling like crazy. simon tries to start a yoga lesson. they do that weird little train that the people in the video did except with seven people and maia almost loses it. she gets hugs. she gets kisses. at one point izzy is like “maybe she's mimicking a tube" and they're like WHY WOULD SHE WANT A TUBE. at one point they all just do the same position as her for some reason. in the end she bursts out laughing and is just like, guys, i just wanted to take off my sweater laughing uncontrollably. they're all pretty sheepish about it. raphael pretends he din't participate in their weird ass shenanigans (he did). it's pretty fun

[shadowhunterspolycule]

Hewwo! IDK if it's already done before but the first thing that came in my mind was game nights!! Or movie nights!! Them just enjoying their time together and I was wondering if u have anything to say about this. Love u lots ❤❤❤

oh game and movie nights are always so fun and messy in the best way, for sure!

first of all the idea of them all just crammed up in a sofa is really funny. they have to buy bigger couches so they all get to sit together and even then it soon becomes a mess of limbs everywhere because no one there is cishet and so they all sit in such a messy way that the more competitive ones need to go to the floor and sit cross legged to play. it's frequently simon (raphael is also very competitive but he enjoys the closenes a bit too much to give it up, especially since you know, growing up in a mexican family, he was definitely used to this kind of mess pile) so raphael and maia make it a point to sit behind him and kick him as much as possible. to retaliate, he pulls their feet as well

but otherwise it's just... maia leaning her head on raphael's shoulder, feet and legs sprawled over meliorn, clary, and izzy all at once, izzy and clary each with one leg hooked over maias's so they can all touch, meliorn's arm around raphael's shoulders, izzy's arm around meliorn's shoulders, simon resting his head against raphael's knee and maia playing with his hair, clary has her back on the armrest in the corner, hair falling off and almost sweeping the floor, at one point clary tries to bite simon?? they get so tangled up it's pretty much impossible to tell them apart eventually

especially movie nights, cuz again game night gets competitive so within a second they're all upright and focusing completely on the game, except for the occasional "accidental" shoulder bump to try and distract the other. i'm going with mario kart for this because it's fun and allows many players. it also gets messy because meliorn is not used to videogames so she frequently forgets which character she is and gets completely lost (she likes to pick yoshi because nature and it's really cute). raphael and simon always save their best sabotages for each other and inevitably end up last because everyone else gest past them while they're distracted. meliorn is the "protect at all costs" member of the group, if anyone sabotages them everyone else gets pissed. they're knew and sweet! it usually happens by accident but whoever ends up throwing a banana peel at them in the game or something will be mercilessly destroyed and end up last. and meliorn will inevitably win as everyone else focuses on protecting them. raphael is the most protective of meliorn for sure, and is inevitably betrayed when by the end it's just them both and meliorn sabotages him, but he's not even mad cuz he's a sucker for meliorn's bullshit. meliorn would say that they clicked by accident but alas, they can't lie

clary is the idiot who gets her car close to izzy's or maia's and is like "look we're holding hands :)" and is mercilessly thrown off the road. "I JUST WANTED TO BE CLOSE TO YOU" "NOW IS NOT THE TIME AND I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO THROW ME" 

izzy had never played videogames before of course, so simon is assigned to teach it to her and meliorn. the first thing izzy does is throw him off the road. he's like "LET ME TEACH YOU FIRST". she gets the hang of it terrifyingly quick and dedicates the game almost exclusively to shoving other people off. she's a big fan

simon incorrectly assumes that raphael has also never played before but raphael actually does like videogames and maybe him and the immortal squad have indulged in a game or two or seven hundred, but raphael of course doesn't correct him and uses that against him immediately. he laughs so brightly at simon's outrage simon can't even be mad

and with movie night... i have to say that they watch twilight at least once just to make simon and raphael (and maia although the werewolves in twilight are less ridiculous) suffer. simon is like "ngl i wish we just shone when we got into contact with the sun that'd be way nicer" and raphael grumbles an "agreed" that he gets teased for

meliorn was the one who made them watch it when a very mischievous looking izzy said that clary mentioned this specific movie series to her, so they get their revenge from them by watching fairy movies the next time. meliorn is outraged. it's hilarious. izzy tries to placate them with some pecks on the lips whenever they get too stressed out but simon, raphael and maia are too busy laughing their asses off at him

[shadowhunterspolycule]

let's start this party!

i want to know - what do you guys like the most/what first drew you to the polycule?

i think for me it was the combination of many ships i already liked + the chance to write polyamorous relationships that were open and showed a healthy and happy relationship between the metamours. plus, they are fun and chaotic and i like that

what about you? feel free to comment, reblog, or send an ask/submission!

[shadowhunterspolycule]

What is the polycule?

The polycule is a network of several open relationships between the characters featured in the header/profile pic. It includes:

Saiaphaeliorn - simon x maia x raphael x meliorn, and all the relationships included in that dynamic, be them two or three-way 

Claiabelle - clary x maia x izzy, and all the relationships included in that dynamic

Isabeliorn - izzy x meliorn

For those who are visual, here’s a diagram to help understand the dynamics:

[image ID: a diagram. it shows a triangle composed of izzy, maia, and clary in one side, lines connecting maia, meliorn, simon, and raphael all together, and one line connecting izzy and meliorn. end ID]

This means that it does not include every ship possible with its members; raphael x izzy is not part of the polycule; neither is simon x izzy or simon x clary, for example. However, they are all part of the same network, and so they are friends, can have dates together, get-togethers with all of them, etc.; they are just not all necessarily in romantic dynamics. Think of it as friendships; you and your friends and your friends’ friends are all connected to each other in some way, aren’t you? With some you have closer relationships, with others you don’t, but there is still some level of presence in each other’s lives. That’s how it works with the polycule

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polycule dancing headcanons

i'm curious to know your thoughts on the polycule pairings/members and dancing

i'll be posting a few for the next days but i really want to know what you guys think!