This Is What You're Missing. You Know Who You Are. READ.

October in Sweden.

No, cause what do you mean I can't listen to Lana del Rey and read my otps and do nothing else other than just be a depressed fangirl all day long???? What sort of witchcraft is this??

Me? Having a type? EXCUSE YOU? HOW DARE YOU? I do not obsess over the same characters in different fonts!

(alec lightwood, will herondale, kit herondale, ty blackthorn, cardan greenbriar, azriel shadowsinger, gwyneth berdara, mark blackthorn, ash morgenstern, matthew daddario, xaden riorson, nico di angelo, nesta archeron, jude duarte, izzy lightwood, henry winter, lucas (evernight), legolas greenleaf, aragorn, hareton earnshaw, lucas grey, elloren gardner, damon AND stefan, caroline forbes and rune kristiansen watching from the corner of my room while trying not to laugh their asses off bcs I locked them in my house, and they're not allowed to leave)

love this for anyone that got a bit lost in all the frenzy of the books

Timeline of the Mortal Instruments part I

I'm trying to write fanfiction based on Mortal Instruments, and as usual, I'm doing research and need a timeline of events. I couldn't find one that was detailed enough, so I made my own. And I'm sharing it right here.

It covers the books City of Bones, City of Ashes, and City of Glass.

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August 15

Clary is in Pandemonium with Simon and sees Jace, Isabel, and Alec kill a demon

August 16

She argues with her mother and leaves with Simon

She runs into Jace at Erik's poetry reading

After a phone call from her mother, she runs home, where she encounters the Ravener, whom she kills, but is then almost poisoned by him. Jace takes her to the Institute.

August 20 ("You haven't eaten anything in three days.")

Clary wakes up at the Institute.

Clary and Jace go to check on her apartment, where they find the outcast. At Dorothy's, they find a portal, which Clary jumps through.

They show up at Luke's house, where they run into Simon, and eavesdrop on a conversation between members of the Circle and Luke before leaving

Isabella tries to make dinner, but ends up ordering Chinese, and they discuss the Circle over dinner

Isabella walks Simon out, and Clary falls asleep in the hallway

August 21

In the morning, Brother Jeremiah arrives and tries to get into Clary's head, and they end up going to the Silent City

Early in the morning, they are in the Silent City, then they go to Taki's for breakfast

During the day, they rest and prepare for the evening party

Magnus throws a party for Chairman Meow, where Simon is turned into a rat after drinking a potion and then taken away by vampires

Clary and Jace go to the Dumort hotel, meet Rafael, are helped by the werewolves, and escape on a vampire motorcycle with Simon the rat

August 22

In the morning, they return from the Dumort hotel, spend the day resting and treating their injuries

Before midnight, Jace comes for Clary and takes her to the winter garden

August 23 (Clary's 16th birthday)

It's Clary's 16th birthday, which she celebrates at midnight with Jace in the greenhouse, then she argues with Jace and Simon

In the morning, she finds out where the cup is, and they discuss it in the library at dawn

In the morning/afternoon, they set off to get the cup from Dorothea

Dorothea transforms into the Great demon Abaddon, injures Alec, Simon saves everyone by breaking the skylight

At noon/in the afternoon, they return to the Institute, Hodge betrays them, Valentine takes Jace away, and Clary is pursued by Hodge

At dusk, Clary is pursued by Hodge out onto the street, where she is saved by Luke

In the evening/at night, Luke and Clary treat each other's wounds and talk. Clary learns about Jonathan and that Valentine is her father

Magnus Bane appears at the institute and heals Alec

Night of August 23-24

Attack on Renwick Hospital, clash with Valentine, Luke's pack wipes out his renegades

Jocelyn is found in a coma

Clary and Jace discover that Valentine is their father

Jace refuses to go with Valentine

August 24

Early in the morning, Valentine escapes with the Cup of Death

Jocelyn is taken to the hospital

Jace returns to the Institute and calls Clary to tell her that Isabella and Alec are okay

August 27 ("Otherwise, for someone who had nearly lost her life four days ago, he looked remarkably healthy.")

Clary goes back to the hospital to see Luke and her mom

Brother Jeremiah stops by the hospital to see Jocelyn

Clary goes to the Institute and runs into Isabella, Alec on crutches, and Jace in the greenhouse

At night, Jace takes Clary to the hospital on a vampire motorcycle, they stand by Jocelyn's bed for a while, and eventually Jace argues with Clary and runs away

August 28 ("Last Tuesday… Then Alec Lightwood appeared at his doorstep, … thanked him for saving his life and asked him out on a date, …)

Alec asks Magnus out on a date.

August 31 ("In response, Magnus immediately lost his head, kissed him, and arranged a date with him for Friday.")

Jace convinces Alec to stay by training him with weapons

Alec and Magnus's first date at a restaurant

Their date is interrupted by Katrina, who asks Magnus to deal with a werewolf who has transformed at a club

Alec and Magnus's first kiss (1)

August 28-31

A warlock child summons the demon Agramon on Valentine's orders.

The warlock's child is later found dead.

September 1 ("The Great Demon you fought last week")

Jace convinces Alec and Isabelle to go hunting with him.

Marysa Lightwood is back at the Institute, argues with Jace, and he runs away from the Institute.

Marysa tells Alec why she is angry and explains what happened to Hodge

Simon kisses Clary

Jace fights a pack of werewolves, and the body of a werewolf child is found

Luke and Clary accompany Jace to Marysa at the institute, meet Rafael

Meanwhile, Alek is with Magnus and gets a hickey, he might sleep at her apartment at sofa

September 2

Alec wakes Jace up.

The Inquisitor interrogates Jace and eventually imprisons him in the Silent City.

Simon almost spends the night in Clary's bed before she received a message from Isabella about Jace and rushed to the institute.

A dead fairy child is found in Central Park

Valentine attacks the Bone City, murders the Silent Brothers, and steals the sword

Isabella, Alek, and Clary pick up a signal from the Silent City and head there to find Jace

The wounded Jace is entrusted to Magnus' care and protection

September 5 (It is mentioned that Jace has been with Magnus for several days, but the Shadowhunters are still searching for evidence in Bone City, still without a coffee maker)

Clary meets Simon at 5 PM

Clary, Simon, and Alec go to see Jace and Magnus and discover Valentine's plan with the sword

Clary, Simon, Jace, and Isabella set off for the Enchanted Court

Clary and Jace kiss, Isabella dumps Melichorn, Simon leaves offended

Simon goes to the Durmor Hotel and they suck his blood

The Shadowhunters search for evidence in the Bone City

Isabella, Jace, and Clary head to the Institute to shower and change, Clary falls asleep in Jace's room

September 6

At 3 AM, Clary wakes up in Jace's room

Rafael brings Simon's dead body

Simon is buried and rises as a vampire

September 9 ("I haven't been outside for two days")

Clary is in the hospital with her mother

She meets Simon at Luke's place

Luke saves Maia from a Drevak attack, then demons Raums attack Luke while he is parking the van

Magnus takes care of Luke and Maia, Alec leaves angrily, and Jace runs away to the ship to find Valentine

September 10

In the morning, Clary creates a rune of fearlessness

The Inquisitor comes with the Lightwoods for Jace and locks him in the Malachai Configuration

Maia escapes from the kitchen and is captured by Valentine's demons

Valentine captures Simon (around mid-morning/noon)

Jace escapes from the configuration and meets up with Clary and Luke

In the afternoon, Valentine kills Simon (lets him bleed to death)

Luke, Clary, Magnus, and Jace set off for the ship in a van shortly before sunset

Valentine refuses to exchange the Mortal Instruments for Jace at sunset, the Shadowhunters prepare for battle and head there

The Inquisitor dies saving Jace, Isabella is injured, Alec gets her off the ship and falls into the water, Magnus saves him

Robert Lightwood is wounded in battle

Jace finds Simon and revives him

During the night, there is a fight on the ship, Clary finally destroys the ship with a rune and everyone falls into the water, the Shadowhunters are saved by water nymphs

September 11

Early in the morning, Clary wakes up in the back of Luke's van with Simon, Jace, and Luke

The sun begins to rise, and they start to run away with Simon, eventually discovering that he can be in the sun

In the evening, Jace prepares to move out of the Institute, but Marysa talks him out of it

September 12: Alec's 18th birthday

Clary falls ill

Alec celebrates his birthday with his family

Isabella stops by Magnus's place and Magnus enchants her whip

Alec stops by Magnus's place in the evening, they end up kissing

(I wasn't sure where else to put Alec's birthday, and this seems to work best. Since Magnus already has a coffee maker in his house because of Alec, it has to be after City of Ashes, where he didn't have a coffee maker yet, and also Jace isn't finally at his home.)

September 11-19

Clary is sick.

Robert Lightwood is recovering from his injuries and needs constant care (which exhausts Marysa).

September 19

Clary goes to see Simon, and they break up.

Luke admits that he has been in love with Clary's mother all along and that he never told her

Jace goes with Clary to Taki's Bistro and tells her that he will only ever be her brother

Clary meets Madelaine at the hospital and tells her that she knows how to revive her mother

She then goes straight to the Institute to see Jace, who refuses to let her go to Idris and they argue

Clary tells Maryse that she will meet with the Clave's leadership

September 25

Luke brings Clary a new green velvet coat, Clary packs her things, unaware that she is not going anywhere that evening

Simon follows instructions and meets Jace at the Institute, who tries to convince him to lie that Clary doesn't want to go

The Fallen attack the Institute, forcing Jace to drag the injured Simon through the portal to Idris, Madelaine is killed -> it is then around 5:00 p.m. in Idris

September 26

Clary arrives (1:00 a.m.) at the institute and finds it empty and learns what happened.

Clary, offended, creates a new portal and gets to Idris and Lake Lyn with Luke -> 7:00 a.m. (2)

Simon wakes up at the Penhall's, meets Aline and Sebastian, Alec leaves for Gard

Clary and Luke spend the whole day traveling through Idris to Alicante, arriving at Amatis at dusk

In the afternoon, Alec returns for Simon and takes him to the consul, who is then locked in a cell

Alec sends a message to Magnus

September 27

Clary wakes up in the afternoon at Amatis', takes a shower, puts on her battle armor, and escapes through the window

The Inquisitor interrogates Simon and tries to force him to confirm that the Lightwoods are responsible for everything

Jace kisses Aline

Magnus replies to Alec that Simon has not arrived, Alec goes to investigate in the Guard and overhears the guards talking about Simon

Clary goes to the Penhalls, argues with Jace and runs away, Sebastian accompanies her to Amatis

Alec tells Jace that Simon is locked in a cell

Amatis catches Clary on her way back, is disappointed, and tells her she can go wherever she wants

Jace visits Simon in his cell at night

Ragnor sends a message to Magnus at night, telling him to come to him

Valentine's henchmen attack Ragnor and demand the White Book

September 28

Magnus arrives in Idris and finds Ragnor dead

Sebastian wakes Clary in the morning and takes her to Ragnor Fell on horseback

Magnus pretends to be Ragnor and tells her what happened to him, they make a deal about the White Book

Sebastian takes Clary to the Fairchild residence, kisses her, she pulls away, Sebastian tells her that Simon is imprisoned in the Gard

Isabella brings Simon blood

Rafael visits Simon as a projection

In the evening, Jace visits Clary, she throws a few plates at him, and then they use the portal to move to the Wayland mansion, find the White Book, then the imprisoned angel, free him, and the house begins to collapse. Jace and Clary kiss outside in the grass. At night, they return on foot to Alicante, which is under attack by demons, and the Gard is on fire.

Night of September 28-29

Max complains in the evening that he saw something climbing on the demon towers, but no one believes him. Alec wants to put him to bed.

A demon attacks Aline, Isabella chases it and saves her, then returns with Alec to the Penhall house, Alec goes out again, leaving Isabella, Sebastian, and Max in the house

Sebastian attacks Isabella and kills Max

Alec saves Magnus, Magnus says he loves him

Werewolves (hundreds, thousands) rush in to defend the city

Jace and Clary go into the city, fight the Behemoth, are helped by Maia, and go with her to the Hall of the Accords

Luke argues with the Inquisitor in the Hall of the Accords, while Clary gives Magnus the White Book

Sebastian tries to lure Clary out of the hall, but she refuses and goes with Jace and Alec to Gard to find Simon

They rescue Simon and Hodge, who tells them that the lake is the Mirror. Before he can reveal Valentine's plan, Sebastian kills him, and Hodge realizes who Jonathan really is

They reveal that Sebastian is Valentine's spy, fight him, and he escapes. Clary has a concussion.

They return to the Hall of Accords and discover at dawn that Max is dead.

September 26-28

Maia brings Simon a cat for blood, which he doesn't want because they have a cat at home.

Luke tells Maia not to bring cats, so from then on she brings blood in bottles

Simon refuses to leave Idris, even though Clary tries to convince him

The Penhalls contact Sebastian's aunt about what he has done, she doesn't believe them and sends them photos

The Hall of Accords is converted into a council meeting place, Luke is invited to participate

The dead are burned in the square

September 28

Alice brings Clary photos of the real Sebastian Verlac

Max has a funeral in the morning, for family only

Isabella refuses to leave her room

Valentine appears as a projection in the Hall of Accords, giving them until midnight tomorrow to surrender before he attacks again

Isabella pulls Simon into her bed to take his mind off things

Jace sneaks into Clary's room and confesses his love for her, they fall asleep together in bed, Jace sneaks out later and let her a letter

Luke summons some Shadowhunters at night to negotiate for three/four seats in the Council for Downworlders.

September 29

Clary reads a letter from Jace in the morning and finds a family ring.

Jace finds Sebastian thanks to blood on Clary's coat and pursues him.

Isabella and Clary argue about Jace and his suicidal mission

Jocelyn comes to Amatis' house, Clary argues with her

The Clave is preparing to surrender to Valentine, Clary discovers the Alliance rune and tells them about it, she demonstrates her powers in front of Clave

Jocelyn tells Clary that Jace is not her brother, that Sebastian is her demonic brother

Simon has the Mark of Cain drawn on himself and surrenders to the vampires so they can join the battle

Jace finds out who Sebastian is, fights him with Isabella's help, and kills him

Battle on the Brocelid Plains

Valentine summons Raziel, Jace interrupts him and Valentine kills him, Clary takes over the summoning and Raziel kills Valentine, Clary asks Raziel to bring Jace back to life

When Valentine dies, all demons on the Brocelid Plains escapes and the battle is over (after only 10 minutes)

September 31 ("Almost two days had passed since he had last seen her at the lake")

Jace is released from the hospital

Valentine's funeral takes place

Luke tells Jocelyn that he has been offered a place on the council and is planning to move to Idris. Jocelyn finally makes up her mind, tells him she loves him, and Luke turns down the offer

In the evening, a victory celebration with fireworks takes place

The Queen of the Fairy Court offers Clary a service if she convinces the council to offer Meliorno a seat on the Council, but Clary refuses

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My notes and what weird things I noticed

(1) - It is pretty confusing which kiss between Alec and Magnus is actually the first, because they have three first kisses in The Bane Chronicles. The chapter "What to buy a shadowhunter who has everything (and who you're not officially dating anyway)" mentions that they are together at Taki's and later kiss outside, leaning against a wall. Magnus describes that he is aware that this is Alec's first date and kiss. In the chapter "The Course of First Love (and First Dates)," Alec invites Magnus on a date on Tuesday, to which Magnus responds by accepting the invitation and kissing him. However, the first kiss doesn't happen until later in the chapter, when they return from their date to Magnus's house. However, this may be a translation error since I am reading Bane's chronicles in Czech. In the first chapter, it may be meant that this is Alec's dating and first kisses in general, not this specific one. When accepting the date, the kiss could have been on the cheek. And then the real first kiss happens Friday after the date.

(2) I tried to figure out how they could travel through the portal so that it would make sense with the time zones, since there should be a six-hour time difference between New York and Idris (CED). Jace told Clary that they would travel in the evening. But the sun's rays reflected off the surface when Clary went through the portal in the evening and exited the lake in Idris. The only solution I couldn't come up with was for Jace to tell her they would travel through the portal between midnight and 1 a.m. But then it doesn't make sense that Luke says the lake is several hours' walk from Alicante, but they don't arrive in the city until dusk. Cassandra Clare may have mixed the time zones when writing this and thought Idris was six hours behind New York. That would explain a lot. Unfortunately, time zones work differently, and this is the best I could come up with.

my toxic trait is thinking i would be immune to valentine's manipulation tactics and able to see through his bullshit and not be brainwashed into joining his cult

i know full well the guy would be able to clock my trauma from a 10 meter radius and he would exploit the fuck out of it but a girl can dream

Petition to rename sour strips/ rainbow belts to gay bacon.

Also. I NEED for the "Roseblood" (maryse and eliza) ship to be as canon as Waywood (I will die if it isn't).

people: do you like (character)?

me, a little unhinged about said character: He’s fine. He’s alright.

“She read paperbacks too, one after the next like she was chain-smoking—romance, science fiction, old pulp fantasy. All she wanted to do was sit, unbothered in a circle of lamplight, and live someone else’s life.”

―Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

I hope the ghost of Emily Brontë haunts Emerald Fennell for the rest of her life.