James Herondale - Blog Posts
this is james herondale erasure
those tsc boys have got to stop coming up with the most insanely suicidal plans. looking at you two in particular, Jace Herondale and Simon Lewis.
i've been informed that the gun thing is real popular in the fandom and yeah its great but it's by far surpassed by james literally ripping her dress to pieces to get to her
grace telling fucking everyone and their mother about what she did to james as if she has ANY RIGHT i am LIVID
Hey y’all! Myself and my friend noticed there was a big hole in the TSC fandom - namely, that there isn’t a Discord server for us all to come together and appreciate/freak out over our favourite Shadowhunters.
So we decided to fix it! Here is your official notice of the creation of The Downworld, a place for us to talk theories, go crazy over our beloved ships, worship those characters that maybe don’t get enough love fandom-wide, and of course, appreciate the absolute genius that is Cassandra Clare.
All we ask is that you be kind and respectful to each other, and agree to our server rules that’ll you see when you join. The server is also 18+ only, so unfortunately we won’t be able to allow minors to join.
If you’d be interested in joining, please feel free to reach out to me or @timesconvert and we’ll get the ball rolling - don’t be scared; unlike Jordan, we don’t bite!
god cassie is really fucking destroying me with james' internal monologues
are we gonna talk about how grace would be the most hated tsc character if her and james did a gender swap or....
james 🤝 clary
having their minds altered without their knowledge or consent for over a decade
in all seriousness though james blatantly avoiding telling people as long as possible is so sad and i want to die
self soothing this awful scene by looking at clace art
nah sorry cordelia has been losing me for a while and like....
this is SO different and so much worse than the aline scene in cog.
like you are a a married woman. even if it is fake, there's a level of respect that banging his fucking parabatai absolutely betrays. you're supposedly so in love with him and know him so well yet you fully intended on, i repeat, fucking his parabatai.
i'm trying so hard to stay on the cordelia train and she is not making it easy. i keep telling myself she's fully under the impression he loves grace but it's still so hard 😭
no let's talk about that last part some more.
james herondale's mind has not been his own since he was a child. he has had his consent and body violated and manipulated for decades.
cassie did such a good job portraying his anger, grief, loss, and pain. i'm glad he didn't hold back, because grace needed to hear straight from her victim the impact she had.
very little has ever been so simultaneously arousing, satisfying, and fucking heartbreaking as the scene of james ripping into grace. i waited and was RICHLY rewarded
very little has ever been so simultaneously arousing, satisfying, and fucking heartbreaking as the scene of james ripping into grace. i waited and was RICHLY rewarded
THE POWER OF JORDELIA'S HORNY LITERALLY BROKE THE BRACELET I'M
i have a fucking stroke every time i get a jordelia crumb
herondale men really just say the most swoon worthy shit out of nowhere
JEM PLAYING AT THE JORDELIA WEDDING I'M GONNA OFF MYSELF
"herondales only love once"
don't worry baby you will
"the light of cortana"
NO JAMES
THE LIGHT OF CORDELIA
"i think it was cortana"
oh... james... no....
I JUST FINISHED CHAIN OF THORNS AND OMFG GUYS I CANT.
anyways here’s the merry thieves as marauders (or the other way round idk)
Thomas -> James
Matthew -> Sirius
James -> Remus
Christopher -> Peter
And as an added bonus, the love of my life, Alastair would be the other love of my life, Regulus.
(I REALLY wanted James herondale to be James potter for the lolz but they’re just don’t give off similar vibes in my humble opinion)
Look how pretty this is!! 😊
James, be careful. You’re almost drooling. James and Cordelia at the Ruelle.
I wonder what happened in TLH era for them bury all those things. Cordelia's scabbard, James's gun and broken pieces of a sword which I think is the Blackthorn sword because it was never mentioned in TDA, in Jesse's coffin.
Finally got COG 🤩 Think I’m in love
ehcvjhervcuervcherwvhcukecfkhudvhujfehv huefh- these head cannons! I fucking loved them! Especially the “Sex with a ghost one”! Like where do you get there fantastic ideas?! Also about the sex with the ghost head cannon I have tried to write it and extend it-
Lucie smiled as she looked at her husband. His Blackthron green eyes reflected the sunlight coming from the window, turning his face a shade paler. He looked beautiful as always, with messy black hair and his enchanting smile. He caught her looking at him and pulled her closer, kissing her lips as he did so. Lucie put her arms around his neck, into his soft raven hair and started ruffling it. He wrapped his arms around her waist and soothingly rubbed her back. She loved it when he did that, it calmed her down, made her feel wanted.
“Happy Anniversary, love,” she muttered gently into the kiss. It was their first anniversary, and Lucie being Lucie had even wrote a short story on how she expected it to go. She hoped Jesse hadn’t found that story, cause he would have tried his best to finish all of the things on Lucie’s list. Which also included writing ‘L+J’ on the moon with gold chains. She really hoped Jesse hadn’t done that, and even if he had, how had he done it?
“Happy anniversary, Princess Lucinda,” Jesse said mockingly, but still with his usual warmth of affection. Lucie couldn’t help to prevent the blush on her face. She used her willpower to pull back from the kisses and said, “Oh thank you, Sir Jethro. What should I do, on this auspicious day, to amuse you, my dear?”
Jesse didn’t answer, just pulled her closer again, and showered her with more kisses, moving from her forehead to the bottom of her neck, where she still wore the chain of gold, that used to store Jesse’s last breathe. “Just be there for me,” Jesse said, and kissed the chain of gold, “Until my last breathe.”
Subconsciously, Lucie reached for his pulse, by placing her hand on his heart. He is still here with you, Luce she comforted herself, still alive, breathing.
While one part of her busy reminding her Jesse was safe, the other part was forming an idea. A very good one indeed. Lucie mentally made a note to visit her parabatai’s brother, Alastair Carstairs.
* * *
“Good Evening, one and all,” Will Herondale announced, “Today as we all know, we are here for my daughter, Lucie’s first marriage anniversary with Jesse Blackthron!” The audience erupted with applause as Jesse kissed Lucie on the forehead, receiving a stare from Will and James and a kind smile from Tessa and Cordelia.
The audience wasn’t a really big one, just the close relatives- the Herondales, the Lightwoods, the Fairchilds, the Carstairs, Grace, Brother Zacharich and Ariande.
Jesse felt Lucie move away from him. He scrunched his eyebrows at her. She gave him a comforting smile and winked, “A surprise for you, Sir Jethro,” and she walked away to the stage. She took her place beside Alastair Carstairs, who Jesse hadn’t noticed was waiting on the stage with a piano. He couldn’t blame himself, the only person he noticed was his Lucie.
“Hullo everyone,” Lucie gave a small bow with a wide smile, “Since it is my first anniversary, I am going to perform a song that I myself have written and thanks to Alastair for the help with the piano,” she turned her head in an appreciative gesture towards Alastair, who smiled kindly.
“This one’s for you, love,” Lucie gestured to Jesse, who blew a fake kiss at her.
Alastair started playing. Lucie followed and started singing, “I'm getting hickeys from my bed bugs,”
Alastair gets nervous like “This is not what I signed up for”. Will and James get the questioning look on their face. Meanwhile Lucie ignores all this, not moving her gaze from Jesse she continues,
”I'm getting busy with a bad perfume I'm sticking kisses to a pen drug I'm making friction with a sad vaccuumI'm getting jiggy with a rifle I'll pull the trigger with my eyes closed Hoping to hit you somewhere vital And when I miss, you come and kiss me with a smile,”
At this point, James and Will were moving towards Jesse to kill him but thank the angel for Uncle Gideon and Uncle Gabriel, who held them down.
Then there is a few seconds of Alastair playing the piano and Lucie sings in high pitch, “I'm having sex with a ghost, 'cause he knows I'm alone He's a freak in the sheets, play it cool I'm sleeping with a Sex with a ghost, 'cause he knows I'm alone He's a freak in the sheets, play it cool I'm sleeping with a ghoul,”
Will, James, Gabriel, Gideon and Thomas were mortified while Tessa, Cordelia, Anna, Matthew, Ariadne, Jem and Grace were laughing their asses off. Christopher wasn’t really paying attention to the lyrics, he just thought it was nice of Lucie to write a song for her love. Gideon and Gabriel are holding James and Will back to prevent them from strangling their nephew. Jesse had no idea what Lucie was doing, but he definitely knew this was some masterplan of Lucie’s to make her dad and brother kill Jesse.
Ignoring all this and looking at Jesse with a smirk, Lucie continued, “ The only time I ever see him Is when he's behind me in the mirror Even from a distance I can hear him Try to listen, but his whispers make my ears hurt,”
Will and James finally broke free of the Lightwood brother’s grip as they lunged towards Jesse and landed on top of him.
“Thank you,” Lucie bowed and rushed to grab her second best bonnet.
(The song above was “Sex with a ghost”)
Ghostwriter/Blackdale Headcannons
As promised, in honour of my birthday here is a master list of all my Lucie and Jesse headcannons.
CHAIN OF IRON SPOILERS AHEAD
DISCLAIMER
If you’ve seen the same/similar headcannons to these it’s likely that someone has had the same idea and posted it immediately rather than add it to a list to be posted 2 weeks later. I promise I’ve not copied or stole from anyone, these are all straight from my brain as soon as the thought occurs.
Cannon Time Period
For a long time after Chain of Iron Jesse struggles to sleep because he’s scared of being possessed again and because he gets nightmares of murders.
·When they get to Cornwall Jesse refuses to go outside or open any windows until Lucie wakes up because he doesn’t want to see the sun without his light
As soon as he gets the chance Jesse goes to meet his uncles officially. He doesn’t ask Grace or Lucie to come because he feels his family is something he must face on his own. There were many tears, many desperate hugs, and many stuttering sobs.
Jesse makes a point to get to know his cousins. He tries to help Christopher with some of his experiments, he lets Anna take him shopping and Thomas helps to teach him Welsh. He asks Cecily and Gabriel if he can babysit Alexander sometimes and Eugenia takes him out for tea while teaching him modern etiquette.
Jesse moves in with Gideon and Sophie and they love and nurture him like his mother never did.
When celebrating her birthday Jesse always gets Lucie something pertaining to writing (new pens, a notebook, typewriter accessories etc.) then takes her some place beautiful so she can write about it in one of her books. He once took her the highest point of Idris where they could look down on Alicante and see Lake Lyn simultaneously; He also took her to an abandoned mansion on the outskirts of London which she thought would be a well-suited environment for a fight scene
At their wedding Jesse gives part of his vows in Welsh both to surprise Lucie and appease Will
Lucie gifts Jesse his first set of gear and gives him a custom sheath for the Blackthorn sword as an engagement present.
Lucie gives Cordelia the final instalment of The Beautiful Cordelia for their parabatai ceremony. In the instalment Cordelia discovers that Lord Hawke - her lover she’s been trying to reunite with this entire time - was actually Cruel Prince James all along, and he may not be as cruel as he seems.
After finishing The Beautiful Cordelia, Lucie begins writing a spinoff novel titled: Princess Lucinda and Her Adventures with Sir Jethro.
When they’re sleeping/cuddling she rests her head on his chest and her hand on his throat to feel his pulse.
Lucie inherited the Quiet Look and is often found gazing at Jesse from across rooms, much to the disappointment of those trying to have a conversation with her
As we know Alastair can play the piano so I got the idea that for their wedding anniversary or Jesse’s birthday maybe Lucie enlists his help to create the song “Sex with a Ghost” (this song is pretty funny if you imagine Lucie singing it). She writes the lyrics and Alastair does the backing music. The catch is she doesn’t actually give him the lyrics, so when the time comes Alastair along with Jesse, Will, James, and Thomas are all mortified while Tessa, Cordelia, Anna, Matthew, Ariadne, and Grace and laughing their asses off. Christopher isn’t really paying attention to the lyrics, he just think it was nice of Lucie to write a song for her love. Gideon and Gabriel are holding James and Will back to prevent them from strangling their nephew.
When Tatiania goes off on one of her anti-Herondale/anti-shadowhunter rants, claiming Lucie stole her son and that she’ll have her revenge, Lucie interrupts her by simply knocking her out with a punch then letting the Silent Brothers deal with her.
After all the chaos is sorted Jesse regularly wakes up at the ass-crack of dawn as to not miss a moment of sunshine. The first thing he does is look at Lucie and silently thank her for giving him life again. He doesn’t wake her up because he knows she lost many hours of sleep just to stay up at night with him. Instead he makes tea and reads by the window or on the balcony. If Lucie does wake up to join him she writes in her notebook next to him or they discuss they’re plans for the day.
It becomes their nightly routine to talk about their day while Jesse brushes Lucie’s hair before they go to bed
When they trained together for the first time Lucie was very surprised that Jesse could hold his own against her. That was until the sun shone through the glass panes, illuminating Lucie’s pale eyes and making her hair shine all the different colours he loves. This caught Jesse off guard and Lucie used the opportunity to knock his feet out from under him. In turn Jesse sweeps her off her feet so she lands on top of him and captures her in a kiss.
Lucie chooses Cordelia to be her suggenes and Jesse chooses Grace
Modern/human AU
Their respective clothing styles are lazy cottagecore with a touch of academia for Lucie and soft boy-next-door also with a pinch of dark academia for Jesse. Lucie drinks ice coffee out of a metal straw, wears baggy sweaters, has pencils in her hair, always carries a notebook and is constantly bumping into people. Jesse likesthe piano, black coffee, old converse and crewnecks and candid photos
Lucie steals sweaters from basically all of her friends. She took Jesse’s green one, Cordelia’s yellow one and a brown one from James
They’re both English majors which is how they meet but Lucie has a focus on creative writing and Jesse has a focus on literature. Jesse also does a minor in business to please his mother.
After they get married they open a publishing company where Lucie releases The Beautiful Cordelia and many others. Jesse is her editor.
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