you know what one really underrated but heartbreaking scene in tda is? that scene in lady midnight after mark comes back, when he lets the kids eat whatever they want for breakfast and makes a mess of the kitchen. everyone’s having fun but then julian comes and sees it and kind of just malfunctions and breaks down.
because julian can never be the fun one. he can never be the one who lets them eat syrup for breakfast, he’s too busy making sure they have actual food to eat for each meal of the day. julian can’t make a mess everywhere and leave it to clean later, he’s too busy running the institute and making sure the kids keep up with their studies and have clothes to wear and are as put together as they can be.
julian never gets to be the fun older brother, because he’s the parent. julian doesn’t get to take things lightly because he’s too busy holding everyone up. julian is serious because he stopped being a child when he lost his last parent aged twelve. julian is serious because the only person in the world he can open up to and share some of his burden with is the one person he can’t have without losing everything. cristina sums it up when she says to mark: he is envious because he loves them but cannot be their brother. he must be their father. in his mind, they dread him and adore you.
julian could never be the fun older brother. because he was too busy being the only parent the blackthorn siblings had left.
sometimes i randomly remember jean saying “your brisket lungs” to andrew motherfucking minyard and i LOSE MY SHITTTTTTT
neil’s favorite game is “i’m going to say something unhinged as fuck with no context and watch people try to figure out if i’m telling the truth or not”
andrew’s favorite game is “im going to watch neil say something unhinged as fuck and offer zero input on if it’s true or not (i know the answer) and watch everyone cycle through the stages of grief as they realize that there is literally no way of knowing without asking and they’re scared ask if neil really jumped out of a plane without a parachute once or if he’s fucking with them”
remus “fuck the french” lupin and sirius “if you insist” black
“Emma, no.”
A book by Julian Blackthorn, co-written by Cristina Rosales, published by Diana Waybrun.
Based on the prequel:
“Jace, no.”
A book by Alexander Lightwood, co-written by Clarissa Fray, published by Isabelle Lightwood.
Based on the prequel:
”Matthew, no.”
A book by James Herondale, co-written by Cordelia Carstairs, published by Lucie Herondale.
Based on the prequel:
”Will, no.”
A book by Jem Carstairs, co-written by Tessa Gray, published by Charlotte Branwell.
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I feel like we forget sometimes how insane Ronan's crush on Adam was. Like, oh my god? They weren't even dating for most of these... The longing, the yearning, the devotion, the lovesick pining - 10/10, *chef's kiss*, nobody is doing it like him. He loves Adam - lonesome, unknowable Adam - like it's breathing. They make me violently ill.
new and improved articulation that i still cant quite put into words the way i want to. hence diagram.
OH YEAH, and Blue is Lily Evans. Tell me I’m wrong.
The Raven Boys as Marauders - Gansey is James, Ronan is Sirius, Adam is Remus and Noah is Peter.
at some point after tgr, the trojans sit cat down intervention-style
‘cat you CANNOT keep making jean hotter. you taught him how to cook. you taught him how to drive a motorcycle and helped him get his own. you’re getting him to show his soft boy side in public. you helped convince him to be a dog dad cat we CAN’T HANDLE ANY MORE the whole team is obsessed with him and jeremy is DYING can you have some CONSIDERATION cat’
AHHHHHHH
kevin “go on, shout, scream, say something” day & jean “you’re as beautiful as the day i lost you” moreau