#coi spoilers
Tessa: Wow, if I had a nickel for every time one of my kids tried to use necromancy to bring a Blackthorn back to life, I’d have two nickels—which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.
I want to be into this whole Matthew/Cordelia thing but since they introduced him being in love with Lucie first, I’ll never get over that lol
Malcolm and Annabel is still a really interesting and tragic story and the ending of that story is still so weird and dumb to me lol
Lmao I’m just skipping past any side couple stuff at this point. Does anyone not care about anything outside of the main romance? Like in general, I’m not interested in side couples but cc seems to be obsessed with pairing literally everyone up lol.
Btw filomena feels like cartoonishly suspicious which is probably a red herring but I still don’t trust her
My bad queen, rip in peace
Btw filomena feels like cartoonishly suspicious which is probably a red herring but I still don’t trust her
Now Will and Tessa are leaving? ♀️
Me: Oh they skipped two weeks ahead?? Jem and magnus are already back?
The book immediately: no you fucking idiot why would you get the one thing you wanted
WAIT so the reason Magnus and Jem are getting a short story together is because they’re gonna be off on their own adventure and not be here for most of the book? Cool cool love that
only coherent thought i’ve had about chain of iron is the fact that grace/christopher is the perfect dynamic and i just…grace being told her whole life not to speak too much or have her own opinions (because men only want to hear themselves talk and she’s been groomed to seduce men since she was eleven) paired with christopher who always holds back his words because he’s afraid that others find them boring or annoying. the way that they’re both really interested in science and were able to talk about it easily. the way both of them have trouble navigating social cues and the way she didn’t use her power on him but she also didn’t know why she didn’t. the way that grace was worried that he thought she was weird and she didn’t know why she cared. the way christopher was shocked that she seemed to understand him so well and then didn’t mention her to matthew for reasons he couldn’t explain. the way grace falling in love with gabriel’s son is the biggest fuck you to tatiana and has a lot of dramatic potential….yeah just thinking thoughts
Bitches be shipping gracetopher after two interactions
It’s me i’m bitches
I have literally been waiting for the gracetopher content we got in COI since the family tree came out
“In the end it had been Christopher, looking more frightened than he had during the demon battle, who had offered to take Grace back to Chiswick in his carriage-”
““Christopher - was everything all right, dropping off Miss Blackthorn?” He tried not to sound as if he were too invested in the answer. Matthew raised his eyebrow but said nothing. “Oh, perfectly,” said Christopher. “I told her all about culturing bacteria, and she was so fascinated that she never spoke a word!””
- Christopher is simply an icon and no one can change my mind about it
““Miss Blackthorn! Miss Blackthorn, what happened?” It was Christopher Lightwood, of all people. Grace knew him mainly as Jame’s friend; he seemed the least alarming of the three.”
“Christopher laid a hand on Grace’s arm and began to steer her from the room. Normally Grace heartily disliked being stressed, but Christopher did it in a kindly, not a domineering, sort of way. “Are you all right?! he said as they reached the staircase. “I was startled,” Grace said, which she supposed was truthful enough.”
“The chapel doors opened a crack - everyone looked up, but it was not Cordelia; it was Grace, escorted by Christopher.”
- Well, at least Christopher isn’t afraid of her anymore ;)
- and she thinks he’s kind (which he obviously is!) <3
“She stepped inside - and jumped. There was Christopher Lightwood, perked in the corner on a wooden stool, turning a peculiar object over in his hand. What is he doing hiding in a corner? she thought furiously. Couldn’t he sit at the table like a normal person, where she could have spied on him properly?”
“- when Christopher turned and blinked at her. “Oh! It’s you,” Christopher said with his usual sunny smile. “I thought it might be rats again. Hullo, Grace.””
““But - aren’t you going to ask me what I’m doing here?” Grace asked, approaching the worktable. “Why would I do that?” Christopher seemed genuinely puzzled. “You’re affianced to Charles - surely you have a right to be here.””
““Would you like a quick tour of the laboratory? I dares it’s the best-equipped scientific workshop in London.” Grace was nonplussed. She hadn’t compelled him to offer her the tour; he’d come up with that on his own.”
“She didn’t like using her power, really, she thought, as he led her a series of shelves containing tiny jars full of colorful substances and started telling her about a table of chemical elements…”
“She didn’t quite follow, but she surprised herself by wanting to know more as he talked about the purpose of various objects and instruments, the experiments he and Henry conducted, the things they discovered. Grace was reminded of the time he had given her a ride homeroom a picnic last summer during the demon attacks. He’d told her then about his love of science without being the least bit condescending, as her male admirers often were, or self-important in the way Charles always was. Christopher treated her as an equal whose enthusiasm for science was not only similar to his own but unsurprising.”
“Christopher blinked his unusual violet eyes. “Just because it looks like a stele doesn’t mean anything - especially if its purpose was meant to be disguised for some reason.” “Hold out your arm,” Grace said impulsively.”
“She touched the tip of the pithos to his skin and hesitated, suddenly unsure of herself. She momentarily wished she had used her powers on him; she was sorely in need of the confidence they would bring her. Slowly and awkwardly, she drew the enkeli rune, the rune most Shadowhunters learned to draw fist. Angelic Power.”
““This Creation rune here on your arm,” she said. “Are you terrible fond of it?” “No, not really -” Grace took the pithos and, with the tip, traced the Creation rune on Christopher’s arm. He watched her with interest, and then some surprise as the Creation rune shimmered - and vanished. Christopher’s eyebrows shot up into his hair. “What ho,” he said, sounding pleased-”
““No, I mean-” Grace wished she hadn’t said anything. “I only meant that you didn’t seem surprised to see me out a rune on myself.” “Why would I be?” Christopher asked, obviously confused- “You’re a Shadowhunter. It’s what we do.” Grace’s heart sank- Now Christopher probably thought she was completely peculiar - and for some reason, that bothered her.”
“Christophergave her a sheepish grin. “I’m still in the early hypothesizing phase of my investigation.” He gestured excitedly as he talked, his hands - covered in stains and burns and scars - slicing the air.”
“Suddenly he stopped, looking stricken. “I’m sorry, Grace, this must be tremendously boring for you.” Grace gathered that boredom was the reaction Christopher was accustomed to from most people. But Grace wasn’t bored, not in the least. She wished he would keep talking”
“Very well,” Christopher said. “I am in your debt for helping me discover this device’s purpose, and happy to oblige.”
- I have so many thoughts on this scene I’m probably going to do a separate post about it, just imagine me squealing and jumping up and down while reading this
- Also, next to him being a huge science nerd, Grace seems physically attracted to Christopher, too : D
- I think this is the only time we actually see Grace self-conscious
But Grace, confoundingly, seemed to see Christopher clearly. Talking to her had been so easy that he’d forgotten to filter everything he said, going over it to make sure it would come out right before speaking. He would tell anyone about her sneaking into the lab, not until he’d had more time to think about it.”
“- not the way Grace seemed to be. She’d been so eager to look through the microscope at the gunpowder compounds he’d been studying; so curious to see the contents of his journals. But it was silly to dwell on it. Grace would likely never visit the lab again. It was too bad - many great discoveries had been made by teams working in tandem. Look at the Curies, who had just won the Nobel Prize for their experiments with radiation. Perhaps if he told her about the Curies…”
- Aaaaand Christopher likes her too <3
- I’m so ready for a Shadowhunter science duo
So, any ideas what kind of scenes I should filter out next? Also, please tell me your opinions, theories, etc, about this lovely pair! I’d love to read them<3
@axoloteca@my-lady-of-roses@kit-12@originalwinnercheesecake@woodworkjosie
Poetic justice
Chain of Gold: Cordelia is in love with James but James has no clue.
Chain of Iron:
olivia-at-the-end-of-the-lane:
Y’all, CC is really doing something with her commentary on women’s power (or their lack thereof) in the 1900s.
Tatiana tells Grace: “My child, as a woman, you will be at a disadvantage in this cruel world. If you marry, your husband will own everything and you nothing. Your very name will go away, in favor of his … We must take all the power that is available to us, for we are so far below others. We must take it just to have a chance to survive at all.”
Lilith tells Belial: “But as a woman I am well accustomed to using methods other than brute force. With a paladin and Cortana at my disposal, the oath cannot stop me.”
And Belial says to Lucie: “You, girl, do not matter … When I heard you were born, I wept tears of fire, for you were female, and you could not see the shadow realm.”
And yet. And yet Tatiana gave Grace the power to influence men to gain control over their futures and get what they want most: Jesse back. And yet Lilith played everyone in COI like a fiddle and came out with an advantage over Belial to get her realm back. And yet Lucie’s power is the one thing that derailed Belial’s plan.
Feminism is a theme in all of the TSC books, but it’s most prominent here. Here there are women recognizing their institutional lack of power, and there are women being berated just for being women. Here there are women being clever and doing what they can to survive. Here there are women winning.
Chain of James is so horny he breaks free of the gracelet
Grace/James:*tries to meet up right before James’ wedding to Cordelia*
Matthew appearing out of nowhere:
Lucie and Grace setting off Malcolm Fade’s villain origin story and knowing they are 100% responsible for the TDA plot
Okay, but if my man doesn’t love me so much that he BREAKS the bracelet enchanted by a Prince of Hell meant to keep him in love with someone else then WHAT IS THE POINT
We really went from “Daisy, my Daisy.”
To “Daisy, my Daisy.” but on the floor this time
To “Daisy, my love”
i’m going to scream
Trial by Mortal Sword: an ancient Nephilim artifact used to compel Shadowhunters to tell the truth when questioned
Will Herondale: Is Gideon aware that he still owes me twenty pounds?
anyway, here’s my contribution to coi memes
Tessa, tired of this shit:
Shout out to Christooher Lightwood for being 100% drama-free and not knowing what miscommunication is. Everyone’s relationships are falling apart all around him and he’s just vibing
james herondale is the definition of “tell me youre in love, without saying you’re in love” when he gave her a present for their two-week anniversary