Merry Christmas, @sdewan6!

Written for the lovely @sdewan6 for the Malec Secret Santa 2019 exchange! I hope you enjoy the holidays and your gift!

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Sensing You

SUMMARY: It starts from there. From the memories he tries not to think of. It grows slowly, creeping up on him until he comes to realise that he can’t trust his own senses. Is it his own mind playing tricks on him? Or is it Lilith?

The five times Magnus allows himself to hope Alexander is there in Edom with him, and the one time Alec actually is.

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Magnus counts the first few days, works them back to the time on earth, and allows himself to mentally follow the routines of those he loves. Alec. Catarina. Madzie. Raphael. Clary. Isabelle. It’s torture. Self-inflicted. And though it hurts to not think of them almost as much as it does to think of them, he pushes everything from his mind but Edom.

Time is endless in a place like Edom, and Magnus, having lived centuries already, has more of an understanding of how long eternity will be. It stretches infinitely in front of him, with the despair of a loneliness he hasn’t felt in years. Not that Magnus plans to spend eternity here. With time (something he’s not short on), there’s no doubt in his mind that he’ll find a way to repair the rift. But he’s unsure it will be soon enough to see half of his family and friend’s faces again.

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Merry Christmas, @stupidnephilimlove!

Merry Christmas!! I hope you like it!!!!

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Find You There

One.

It’s dark outside. Snow falls gently from the sky, pelting the grass in a fluffy white blanket. Their home is abundant with joy and warmth, incomplete traditions of years past inviting comfort into the hearts of a now complete family.

Alec looks on fondly as his husband gathers their sleeping eleven year old daughter into his arms, carrying her to her bedroom. His mother is smiling, her hair resting on her shoulders. Her fingers curl elegantly around a wine glass stem, her right arm resting at Luke’s waist as they snuggle together on the couch. His father and his new wife stand in the corner, laughing softly. There had been years of turmoil when his parents had been married, and a deep sigh of relief had followed their divorce. He was glad to see them both smiling and happy; something he wasn’t entirely certain he’d ever seen when they had been together, not even when he was a child.

Isabelle, Jace, and Max sit on the other couch together, setting up the next game for the evening. Max is 16 now, and Alec feels a never ending burst of pride towards his youngest sibling. He’d been nothing short of a menace growing up, but the years have started to mellow him out significantly. Alec feels all 29 years of his life as he watches him grow into an adult, and it’s something that should maybe bring a feeling of dread, but all Alec feels is a deep and sated content.

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alright so it's annual donation drive time over on AO3, and I've already seen the usual "this is ridiculous/this is shady/what are they doing with all that money” so here's your yearly reminder:

Strong is fighting. It’s hard, and it’s painful, and it’s everyday, but it’s what we have to do.

{insp}

survival. // r. w.

The rising “moral panic” in fandoms is not a coincidence, it’s yet another sign that society as a whole is veering towards more conservative, puritanical beliefs - and you have every right to be scared. There have been shitton of “moral panics” throughout history and every single one has been one hell of a circus performance.

op, i want examples! i totally believe you i just want to hear about them.

A lot of writers don’t know what happens next in the piece. Others won’t start up a story unless they know exactly where everything goes.

A lot of writers have a million and one ideas and would trade anything for the focus to have just one. Others only have one and would kill for the chance to come up with something new.

A lot of writers feel they’re not doing enough. Others did so much they wrote themselves to burnout.

There are a lot of ways to write. A lot of different paths you can take. Each have their flaws and their strengths, much like the writers themselves. Don’t spend the energy comparing yourself, alright? Do what you have to for things to work for you.

You might be wondering what sort of squares your bingo card will contain. Here’s a few examples!

Of course, these are all within your interpretation and can be based on the book, the show, or an AU. You can base these prompts off any ship or it could even be general. This is a low stress challenge to help create more Shadowhunter creations so work at your own pace! 

And one more part of black and white.

Rare to draw female characters….

Title: Black Dog

Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV)

Warnings: Rated T. 

Relationships: Magnus Bane x Alec Lightwood

Words: 1,875

Chapters: 1/1

Summary:  Magnus Bane, a travelling demon hunter, wanders into a town that is being terrorised by a monstrous phantom dog. 

Written for Week 2 of @frightening-fall-fic

it can be tempting to live your life like a prequel. to live as if you’re setting up your own story.and once you lose the weight, once you have the money, once you graduate school, once you’re in a real relationship, once, once, once. then finally, you’ll begin to live, and everything you do up until that point is some kind of half-life, some unimportant foreword you can skip. don’t do this. inhabit your life completely. sink fully into the wealth of your existence. the power to manifest is in the fearless owning of who you are, so that you can shape where you’re going.