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There is literally no Ship Type I like more than the Healing Ship. When both characters have experienced trauma and/or grief. And they're a little jagged around the edges, but they don't love each other despite that. They love each other's jagged edges, because they love every part of each other. And that doesn't fix the trauma, but it means having unconditional support and comfort
Cassandra Clare LOVES the grew-up-too-soon x babied-all-their-life trope
Clary was sheltered up until the events of TCOB meanwhile Jace was getting raised by Valentine
Kit was forced to grow up quickly while Ty was babied by Julian and his family
Sophie was cast out onto the streets while Gideon had a fairly nice upbringing (besides his dad turning into a worm but let's face it he deserved it)
Lucie was raised as the daughter of one of the wealthiest Shadowhunter families while Jesse literally died as a kid
And do I even need to explain Thomas and Alastair...
Have I mentioned how i feel about these guys
TSC ships as Taylor Swift songs
Clary x Jace - State of Grace (RED)
‘these are the hands of fate. you’re my achilles heel. this is the age of something good & right & real. and i never saw you coming. and i’ll never be the same.’
Simon x Izzy - Timeless (Speak Now)
‘hundreds of years ago, they fell in love like we did, and i’d die for you in the same way.’
Magnus x Alec - Mastermind (Midnights)
‘what if i told you none of it was accidental? and the first night that you saw me, i knew i wanted your body? i laid the groundwork and then, just like clockwork, the dominoes cascaded in a line. what if i told you i’m a mastermind? and now you’re mine. it was all by design. because i’m a mastermind.’
Maia x Bat - So High School (TTPD)
‘you know what i wanted, and boy, you got her. brand new, full throttle.’
Maia x Simon - Sad, Beautiful, Tragic (RED)
‘time is taking its sweet time erasing you and you’ve got your demons and darling, they all look like me. we had a sad, beautiful, tragic love affair.’
Maia x Jordan - We Were Happy (Fearless)
‘no one could touch the way we laughed in the dark talking about your daddy’s farm we were gonna buy someday. and we were happy.’
Luke x Jocelyn - Begin Again (RED)
‘i think it’s strange that you think i’m funny because he never did… we tell stories and you don’t know why i’m coming off a little shy, but i do. i’ve been spending the last eight months thinking that all love ever does is break, and burn, and bend. but on a wednesday in a café, i watched it begin again.’
Jocelyn x Valentine - happiness (evermore)
‘there is happiness passed the blood, and the bruise, passed the curses and cries. tell me, when did your winning smile begin to look like a smirk? when did all our lessons start to look like weapons pointed at my deepest hurt?’
Maryse x Robert - You’re Not Sorry (Fearless)
‘you used to shine so bright, but i watched all of it fade. so you don’t have to call anymore, i won’t pick up the phone. you can tell me you’re sorry, but i don’t believe you like i did before.’
Jem x Tessa - This Love (1989)
‘this love is alive, back from the dead. these hands had to let it go free, and, this love came back to me.’
Will x Tessa - Holy Ground (RED)
‘for the first time i had something to lose. i see your face in every crowd ‘cause, darling, it was good never looking down. and right where we stood was holy ground.’
Sophie & Gideon - The Fate of Ophelia (TLOAS)
‘tis locked inside my memory, and only you possess the key. no longer drowning and deceived all because you came for me.’
Magnus x Woolsey - the 1 (folklore)
‘in my defense, i have none, for digging up the grave another time. but it would’ve been fun, if you would’ve been the one.’
Magnus x Camille - Don’t You (Fearless)
‘i really wish that i could hate you. i’ve tried, but that’s just something i can’t do. my heart knows what the truth is. i swore i wouldn’t do this… you can say that we’re still friends, but i don’t want to pretend.’
Henry x Charlotte - Everything Has Changed (RED)
‘all i’ve seen, since eighteen hours ago, is green eyes and freckles; and your smile in the back of my mind, making me feel like i just want to know you better.’
Cecily x Gabriel - Enchanted (Speak Now)
‘the playful conversation starts, counter all your quick remarks, like passing notes in secrecy.’
Jessamine x Nathaniel - False God (LOVER)
‘you get lost when you’re led by blind faith, we may just get away with it. religion’s on your lips, even if a false god, we’d still worship.’
Emma x Julian - Guilty as Sin? (TTPD)
‘crashing into him tonight, he’s a paradox. i’m seeing visions, am i mad? or bad? or wise? what if he’s written “mine” on my upper thigh only in my mind? … these fatal fantasies giving way to labored breath. my bedsheets ablaze, i’ve screamed his name building up like waves crashing over my grave. without ever touching his skin how can i be guilty as sin?’
Kit x Ty - You Are In Love (1989)
‘and you understand now why they lost their minds and fought the wars, and why i’ve spent my whole life trying to put it into words… you are in love. true love.’
Kieran x Mark x Cristina - Daylight (LOVER)
‘i don’t wanna look at anything else now that i saw you. i don’t wanna think of anything else now that i’ve thought of you. i’ve been sleeping so long in a twenty year dark night and now i see daylight.’
Cristina x Diego - Dancing w/ Our Hands Tied (Reputation)
‘i’d kiss you as the lights went out, swaying as the room burned down, i’d hold you as the water rushes in… but, we were dancing with our hands tied.’
Helen x Aline - WI$H LI$T (TLOAS)
‘you caught me off my guard…boss up, settle down, got a wish list. i just want you.’
Diana x Gwyn - Call it What You Want (Reputation)
‘i want to wear his initial on a chain around my neck. not because he owns me, but because he really knows me.’
James x Cordelia - imgonnagetyouback (TTPD)
‘i hear the whispers in your eyes. i’ll make you want to think twice. you’ll find you were never not mine.’
James x Grace - champagne problems (evermore)
‘“she would’ve made such a lovely bride, what a shame she’s fucked in the head,” they said. but you’ll find the real thing instead. she’ll patch up your tapestry that i shred.’
Grace x Christopher - The Alchemy (TTPD)
‘this happens once every few lifetimes; these chemicals hit me like a white wine. honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy?’
Thomas x Alastair - Sweet Nothing (Midnights)
‘industry disrupters & soul deconstructors & smooth-talking hucksters out glad-handing each other. the voices that implore ‘you should be doing more.’ to you i can admit: that i’m just too soft for all of it. all that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothing.’
Alastair x Charles - tolerate it (evermore)
‘while you were out building other worlds, where was i? where’s that man who’d throw blankets over my barbed wire? i made you my temple, my mural, my sky. now i’m begging for footnotes in the story of your life. drawing hearts in the byline. always taking up too much space or time... i know my love should be celebrated. but you tolerate it.
Anna x Ari - Honey (TLOAS)
‘when anyone called me “lovely” they were finding ways not to praise me. but you say it like you’re in awe of me, and you stay till morning. honey.’
Lucie x Jesse - But Daddy I Love Him (TTPD)
‘beautiful daughter, all my plans were laid. tendrils tucked into a woven braid. growing up precocious sometimes means not growing up at all. he was chaos, he was revelry. bedroom eyes like a remedy.’
ships | mortal instruments | infernal devices | dark artifices | last hours
class difference trope, you will ALWAYS have my heart
there’s been like 2 or 3 written training scenes and gideon is already kicking his feet over sophie
Round 1
Which Canon Shadowhunter Chronicles Ship is better?
Jem Carstairs/Tessa Gray
Sophie Collins/Gideon Lightwood
Sophie's crush on Jem is really interesting to me, because it feels like a classic case of projecting romantic feelings onto the safest possible target. Sophie has trauma from her past experience with men, so she has a lot of complicated feelings tied up in her experience of attraction. Jem is someone safe for her to love, because she trusts that he would never hurt her and on some level she knows that he will never return her feelings. She's safe to pine from afar forever, without needing to potentially hurt herself by getting involved in an actual relationship. That's why this line is so important in my opinion, because seeing an actual romantic relationship developing between Jem and Tessa makes it obvious to Sophie that what she feels for Jem is incredibly shallow. It's been a year and she doesn't really know him beyond his generally pleasant exterior. Acknowledging this is an important step in allowing her to start growing closer to Gideon, who is also incredibly safe as a person but carries with him the inherent risks of genuine love.
