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steelplatedhearts: “Dear Diary: France still not free. Marius...

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:41:49 -0400

“Dear Diary:

France still not free. Marius still being an idiot.”

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“Dear Diary:

France still not free. Marius still being an idiot. Grantaire has started to encourage him, of all things. Must have a discussion with him later.”

——

“Dear Diary:

France still not free. Marius still being an idiot. Tried to impress upon Grantaire the importance of taking these things seriously and not encouraging Marius in his romantic delusions. I do not think he really absorbed any of my wisdom, as he spent the entire meeting trying to play with my hair.

I worry about the fate of France, diary. I really do.”

——

“Dear Diary:

France still not free. Marius still being an idiot. I am v. close to losing my shit over this nonsense, diary. It’s like I’m the only one who cares about the future freedom and dignity of Patria.”

——

“Dear Diary:

France still not free. Marius still being an idiot. If there is one more fucking musical number in the middle of my meetings I am going to punch Marius in the face.”

——

“Dear Diary:

France still not free. Marius still being an idiot.

Although, as it turns out, Marius makes v. amusing squealing noises when punched.”

——

“Dear Diary:

France still not free. Marius still being an idiot. Eponine yelled at me for making Marius cry.

WHY IS EVERYONE SO CONCERNED WITH MARIUS’S PROBLEMS fuck everything I am going to bed.”

Clockwork Princess: Spoiler questions and answers.

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:59:35 -0400

cassandraclare:

LOVE TRIANGLES.

This is actually an answer to an ask I got over a week ago from someone who got the book early - I wrote her back but asked her if she’d keep the answer private till more people had read the book. She did, so I just wanted to say: classy reader, thanks for being classy.

That said, this ask and answer is about love triangles, love in general, and The Epilogue.

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Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:11:06 -0400

srmarybadass: myadamantiumheart: polyjuiced: can we just take...

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 06:54:12 -0400

srmarybadass:

myadamantiumheart:

polyjuiced:

can we just take a moment to appreciate the obama tumblr using #we will go down with this ship as a tag

omfg

somewhere deep in the White House

there is an intern

who is one of us

kyarybunny: maverek: hufflepuffingtardisfumes: missakito: not...

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 07:24:20 -0400

kyarybunny:

maverek:

hufflepuffingtardisfumes:

missakito:

not-your-fairy-princess:

thegreathufflepuffseb:

THE YEAR IS 1999 AND YOU JUST HAVE TO DANCE WHEN YOU HEAR THIS SONG.

Two notes in and I instantly reblogged.

aw yeaaaaah

My childhood, oh my lord.

OMG, How the hell do I remember this?!?

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Sat, 25 Aug 2012 07:21:31 -0400

"The views expressed were offensive. Rape is rape and the idea that we should be parsing and..."

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 05:45:12 -0400

“The views expressed were offensive. Rape is rape and the idea that we should be parsing and qualifying and slicing what types of rape we’re talking about doesn’t make sense to the American people and it certainly doesn’t make sense to me. What I think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn’t have a bunch of politicians, the majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women.”

- President Obama today on Rep. Todd Akin (via barackobama)

source

(via christel-thoughts)

If Tumblr were around in the 90's

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 05:57:58 -0400

thiskitten:

deadlysupia: nagareboshi-yue: stanlaughingalonewithdoctors: sp...

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:05:30 -0400

deadlysupia:

nagareboshi-yue:

stanlaughingalonewithdoctors:

splattersmudge:

When Peter Pan tells you to grow up you’ve surely got a serious problem.

^

DAMN. YOU GO PETER PAN.

Infernal Fic: "The Wheel" (Jem/Tessa, in 1912)

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 06:02:45 -0400

angel-gidget:

Title: The Wheel
Fandom: TID
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2,000 approx.
Disclaimer: Not mine, but rather, Ms. Clare’s.
Summary: Ms. Tessa Gray-Carstairs is but one of many passengers aboard the RMS Titanic. In the end, her story is no more and no less remarkable than all the others.

A/N: Justine demanded Jem/Tessa in a Titanic AU. Adria noted that going AU in order to put Jem and Tessa on the Titanic might not be strictly necessary.

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miakayuuki: tonysnarking: isshou-ni: It is gloriously...

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:46:14 -0400

miakayuuki:

tonysnarking:

isshou-ni:

It is gloriously official, my friends! After the Live Talk Show Stream on NicoNico Douga!, we all can now look forward to a new Sailor Moon anime to arrive in the summer of 2013. This one will be based on the manga and will have a brand new animation.

All details were found at Missdream.org so please visit that site for more information and the translation of the broadcast. And be sure to follow their twitter @missdreamsubs for even MORE updates! :D

O_O

A whole NEW anime?

I… idk how to feel about this.

^ yeah. part of me is excited knowing there’s new sailor moon material coming our way but i have this insane attachment to the old one ~~except episodes 174-199~~ that i just don’t know how i’ll react to the knew one.

Could not BE more excited about this!

Things that Killed Ned Stark

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:54:28 -0400

margaerylikesgirls:

Ned Stark

Bad Luck

Petyr Baelish

Joffrey Baratheon

A sword

Illyn Payne

Robert Baratheon

Bad Choices

Stubborness

Things that DID NOT Kill Ned Stark

Sansa Stark

Cersei Lannister

Catelyn Stark

Ned’s Horse

The formation of the Seven Kingdoms

Never mind the fact that he’s being played by Sean Bean. Poor bastard never stood a chance.

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Fri, 29 Jun 2012 05:42:27 -0400

cassandraclare: Oh my Jem! Cassandra Jean continues to draw...

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:54:15 -0400

cassandraclare:

Oh my Jem! Cassandra Jean continues to draw breathtaking beautiful pictures.

I’ll post up a CP2 snippet later today. I owe you for yesterday’s Alec dramaz. Snippets at least are things I can control!

cassandrajp:

Jem from the Infernal Devices series (Clockwork Angel)!!

Seriously guys, read these books they’re really REALLY good. Don’t let the “Young Adult” tag on these novels make you think that they are any way lesser literature. They’re brilliantly written with deep, compelling characters and ridiculously fascinating plot and mythology. A lot of Young Adult books are pretty amazing actually so give it a shot!

Probably the last sketch I’ll be posting for awhile. I head back to New York on Friday and then after that I’m going back into

[s e r i o u s w o r k m o d e]

Cassandra Clare: Clockwork Princess snippet

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:53:21 -0400

Cassandra Clare: Clockwork Princess snippet:

cassandraclare:

Will rose slowly to his feet. He could not believe he was doing what he was doing, but it was clear that he was, clear as the silver rim around the black of Jem’s eyes. “If there is a life after this one,” he said, “let me meet you in it, James Carstairs.”

“There will be other lives.” Jem…

alohomorashlie: twistingreality: louis-theroux: theoppositeofl...

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:11:08 -0400

alohomorashlie:

twistingreality:

louis-theroux:

theoppositeoflamp:

marielikestodraw:

stephtheawesome:

callmehopeless-notromantic:

d0ugieslizard:

mjolnirss:

alfuhdawg:

IT’S THE AGED 27 & 1/3; BIT THAT MAKES ME CRY WITH LAUGHTER

this kills me!

They actually did it, too.

Oh My God, they did!!! AMAZING.

I HAD NOT SEEN THE BREAD PART OF THIS

OMG PERFECTION

reblogging because my local sainsburys celebrated by making bread giraffes

terrifying bread giraffes

God bless the British! That is adorable!!

omg those adorable bread giraffes!!!!

Best. Thing. EVER!

City of Lost Souls Playlist

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:09:04 -0400

City of Lost Souls Playlist:

cassandraclare:

The Mundie Moms kindly put up the playlist I made for City of Lost Souls this morning. Below, the songs I listened to while writing, and why those particular ones.

mundiemoms:

Happy Mundane Monday! Enjoy the COLS PLAYLIST!!

City of Lost Souls Playlist

Hem Of Your Garment: Cake

This is a great Sebastian song because it’s not just about being a bad person, it’s about being a bad person but knowing someone much better than you and really wanting to be like them. It’s about wanting to be good and not knowing how to be. About feeling unworthy and that just making you angrier than ever.

I have no love but only goals

How very empty is my soul

It is a soul that feels no thrill

A soul that could easily kill

And I’m not fit to touch

The hem of your garment

Love Me Like the World is Ending: Ben Lee
A lovely love song, but one about mortality and finite-ness and endings. This was a Magnus and Alec song since mortality is much on their minds. “The sky is what makes the ocean blue” = mortality is what makes life worth experiencing.
This is the last day of existence.

And all i want is you.

There’s a certain sadness.

But i know, i know, i know, the sky is what makes the ocean blue.

“From Some Dying Star” by Future Bible Heroes

A Sebastian song. More about how other people see him. There’s something about very beautiful people who are also very scary and this song gets at that.

Your hair is gold on gold
You’re seventeen years old
You make my blood run cold cause you’re not human.

Fresh Blood - The Eels

This was a fun song to listen to again when writing some of the creepier scenes in the books. The refrain about needing fresh blood was — well, there’s some vampire action in City of Lost Souls. Some of it is Simon, but some of it … isn’t.

The moon shines in the autumn sky

Growing cold, the leaves all die

I’m more alone than I’ve ever been

Help me out of the shape I’m in

After the fires, before the flood

My sweet baby, I need fresh blood

First Day of My Life

A Jace and Clary song. It reminded me of what Izzy tells Clary in City of Glass, that Jace basically was half-asleep before he met her, that she’s the first person he ever really “saw.’

Yours is the first face that I saw

I think I was blind before I met you

“Poison and Wine” by the Civil Wars

About Sebastian’s messed up feelings for his sister. You can interpret it … however you want!

You only know what I want you to

I know everything you don’t want me to

Oh your mouth is poison, your mouth is wine

Oh you think your dreams are the same as mine

Oh I don’t love you but I always will

“Honey and the Moon” by Joseph Arthur

This one is also for Jace and Clary. They are once again in an impossible situation in this book; they love each other, but as Lilith said, some love can burn the world down. I feel like this song is also about what it’s okay to do for love, and whether love is a moral force or outside morals.

We’re made out of blood and rust

looking for someone to trust

without

a fight

But right now

everything you want is wrong,

and right now

all your dreams are waking up,

and right now

I wish that I could follow you

to the shores

of freedom

where no one lives

“White Blank Page” by Mumford and Sons

Who doesn’t love this song? The lyrics could work for Maia and Jordan, Magnus and Alec, Jace and Clary …what if love’s not enough?

Oh tell me now, where was my fault

In loving you with my whole heart?

Lead me to the truth and I will follow you with my whole life

Oh, lead me to the truth and I will follow you with my whole life

“Fistful of Love” by Antony and the Johnsons

This is a creepy song. It’s not a love song, even if it is. A Jocelyn and Valentine song — I think after CoLS it will make sense that they get a song, even if Valentine’s dead.

And I feel your fists
And I know it’s out of love
And I feel the whip
And I know it’s out of love
And I feel your burning eyes burning holes
Straight through my heart
It’s out of love

“Lead Me Into the Night” the Cardigans

Magnus and Alec. Mainly Magnus - there is something about the lyrics that makes me think of Magnus, who is pretty worn out and tired of life by the time he meets Alec, who wears his heart on his sleeve , and wakes Magnus up out of his disillusionment and boredom with the world.
And lead me into the night Please drive away the light Cause I’ve been blinded by glitter and gold My eyes need to rest from this light And sleep well at night I traveled east and I traveled west And I found a boy with a heart on his chest

“Battle for the Sun” Placebo

We had a song about Sebastian’s messed up feelings for Clary. Here’s one about his messed up feelings about Jace.

I will battle for the sun

And I won’t stop until I’m done

You are a cheap and nasty fake
And I am the bones you couldn’t break
Dream brother, my killer, my lover

“Sweet Talk” The Killers

I usually have a song I listen to when I’m writing action scenes and this time, this was it. I also liked the thematic imagery about angels, grace, and the Fall.
Dig me out from this thorn tree

Help me bury my shame

Keep my eyes from the fire

They can’t handle the flame

Grace cut out from my brothers

When most of them fell

I carry it well.

“Falling Slowly” by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová

One for Jace. This is possibly Clary’s point of view on him, but it does - in kind of a bleak bunch of songs! - have for me the theme not just of love but also of the hopefulness of the fact that we always have choices about what we do.

Falling slowly, eyes that know me
And I can’t go back
Moods that take me and erase me
And I’m painted black
You have suffered enough
And warred with yourself
It’s time that you won

Take this sinking boat and point it home
We’ve still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you had a choice

“Our Way to Fall” Yo La Tengo
My Simon and Izzy song. It makes me think of how awkward Simon was when he met her, and how he’s grown into being someone who she could maybe love and maybe love her.

I remember a summer’s day

I remember walking up to you

I remember my face turned red

And I remember staring at my feet

I remember before we met

I remember sitting next to you

And I remember pretending I wasn’t looking

So we’ll try and try

Even if it lasts an hour

With all our might

We’ll try and make it ours

Cause we’re on our way

We’re on our way to fall in love

First Day of My Life by Bright Eyes

A Jace and Clary song. It reminded me of what Izzy tells Clary in City of Glass, that Jace basically was half-asleep before he met her, that she’s the first person he ever really “saw.’
Yours is the first face that I saw

I think I was blind before I met you

And lastly:

“Opened Once” by Jeff Buckley The majority of City of Lost Souls is Clary’s story, because the majority of the series has always been her story. So this song is for her (and a bit for Jace since he does see her as she is and love her for that), for her vulnerability in loving Jace, and for her feelings of confusion and being left behind and abandoned, and the courage she finally finds.

I once was open

And one with a travelling heart

I loved this sweet guy

Just like the fiction

Rushing in your riverbed

Arise like applause in my head

And in the half-light

Where we both stand

This is the half-light

See me as I am

Just like the ocean

Always in love with the moon

It’s overflowing now

Inside you

We fly right over

The minds of so many in pain

We are the smile of light that brings them rain

In the half light

Where we both stand

In the half light

You saw me as I am

I am a railroad track abandoned

With the sunset

Forgetting

I ever happened

That I ever happened.

Cassandra Clare: Sebastian's heart

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:39:17 -0400

Cassandra Clare: Sebastian's heart:

cassandraclare:

sanncari asked you:

Mrs. Clare! It’s such an honor to ask you this: “WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE REAL SEBASTIAN?” and “WHAT DOES “I HAVE A SISTER AND I’LL TEACH HER TO LOVE ME” MEANS?!” (P.S.: I LOVE YOUR BOOKS!)

thebabewiththepowerofvoodoo asked you:

Kind of a random question but,…

cassandraclare: Eeek. marion-cotillards: Benedict Cumberbatch...

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:48:37 -0400

cassandraclare:

Eeek.

marion-cotillards:

Benedict Cumberbatch & Lydia Hearst | Marie Claire UK, December 2010

Could this man be any more perfect? Doubtful.

I <3 me some Fletcher! Let’s canonize him!

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 06:45:54 -0400

I <3 me some Fletcher! Let’s canonize him!