Daylighter’s Comments (group member since Jan 18, 2010)

Daylighter’s comments from the The Infernal Devices group.

"The Breeze" wrote: "Yes, because I believe that Tessa is infertile."

Tessa being fertile or not is beside the point. Imogen was most likely born somewhere in the 1950's, while TID takes place in 1878!

Shadowhunter Girl wrote: "Yeah, I hate that, too. Is anyone else getting the feeling that in COHF, Alec might die or Magnus will lose his immortality?
And is it possible that Brother Zachariah might be Gideon or some Ligh..."

I've said this before somewhere on this group, it's not possible or logical for Imogen to be Tessa's daughter.

Ana wrote: "Does this mean Brother Zachariah is neither Will nor Jem. Because Magnus specifically says that he didn't have them around any longer..."

Well it does say few remaining constants, there's Ragnor Fell and Tessa for sure. Camille's already mentioned, anyone else.? BTW the epilogue of CP2 is called London, 2007.

Ashlee wrote: "Daylighter wrote: "Ashlee wrote: "Shadowhunter Girl wrote: "But she doesn't age! That would imply that she can be with Will only for a little while and that's just depressing."

i still dont get wh..."

It says she's immortal, no mention of being able to have kids or if she's a warlock or not.

"Tessa, who like him, had loved a mortal, someone who was destined to die as she was not.
Magnus replaced the photograph in the trunk. He shook his head, as if he could clear it from memories. There was a reason he rarely opened the trunk. Memories weighed him down, reminded him of what he had once had but no longer did no longer, Jem, Will, Jessamine, Henry, Charlotte — in a way it was amazing that he still remembered their names. But then, knowing them had changed his life."__Magnus's Vow

“She smiled. Her skin looked whiter than he recalled, and dark spidery veins were beginning to show beneath its surface. Her hair was still the color of spun silver and her eyes were still green as a cat’s. She was still beautiful. Looking at her, he was in London again. He saw the gaslight and smelled the smoke and dirt and horses, the metallic tang of fog, the flowers in Kew Gardens. He saw a boy with black hair and blue eyes like Alec’s, heard violin music like the sound of silver water. He saw a girl with long brown hair and a serious face. In a world where everything went away from him eventually, she was one of the few remaining constants.

And then there was Camille.”__CoFA

Ashlee wrote: "Shadowhunter Girl wrote: "But she doesn't age! That would imply that she can be with Will only for a little while and that's just depressing."

i still dont get where it confirms that she is a warl..."

CoFA & Magnus's Vow

Clockwork Princess snippet

Gideon touched her cheek, lightly, with the tips of his fingers. “Did you know your name means ‘wisdom’? It was very well-given.”

Sam wrote: "Maybe Will, Alec and Clary are modern day reincarnations of Will, Jem and Tessa. My theory is that Jem and Tessa get their chance to be together in the first life and Will and Tessa as Jace and Cla..."

What resemblance? o__O

A GUIDE TO THE WORLD OF THE NEPHILIM
With Valentine Morgenstern’s plan to disrupt the Shadowhunters’ world foiled, her mother awake from her coma, and her relationship with Jace Wayland finally getting off the ground, Clary Fray’s life has finally calmed down a little—just in time for her to begin training to fulfill her destiny and become a Shadowhunter, like her mother before her. She’ll immerse herself in their history, in their magic, in the Downworld of vampires and warlocks. She’ll learn to fight, to identify demons, to know the Shadowhunters’ places and territories like the back of her hand. And she’s racing to catch up with her fellow Shadowhunters, who have been doing this a lot longer than she has. Doesn’t mean she can’t have a little fun, of course…

The Shadowhunters’ Codex is intended as a guide for fans to the world of Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunters series, The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices. It provides a concordance to the many fantastical creatures, places, and things of the books, but also fleshes out the world of the Shadowhunters with new details, new monsters, new runes, new magic.

The Codex is the Codex itself, a textbook for new Shadowhunters, and also notes and art added in by Clary, commenting and updating things. (For one thing, the Codex’s official take on things is often not quite the same as what Clary knows to be true. The facts it claims about warlocks alone are outrageously incorrect!) It also contains many stories not yet touched upon in the Shadowhunter novels: the story of Jonathan Shadowhunter and how the Shadowhunters came to be, the creation of the Silent Brothers, the invention of parabatai and much more.

Unlike the Shadowhunters novels, but befitting an encyclopedia of their world, the Codex’s articles are illustrated by a number of great fantasy illustrators: Rebecca Guay, Charles Vess, Jim Nelson, Theo Black, John Dollar, Michael Kaluta, Elisabeth Alba, and Cassandra Jean. It will be available for purchase by mundanes in late fall 2013.

(below, Elizabeth Alba’s sketch of Alicante, the City of Glass:

"Attention Institute Directors! Does increased demonic activity in your region mean you’re spending all your time making new Shadowhunters and training them? Don’t you wish you had some sort of teaching tool to bring them up to speed more quickly, so they can get on to the job of helping you turn back the denizens of Hell? Well, such a teaching tool already exists: the Shadowhunter’s Codex.

Now in its two hundred and seventy-ninth edition, the Shadowhunter’s Codex has been teaching new Shadowhunters since the late 12th century: the history and the law of their new world; how to identify, interact with, and if necessary destroy that world’s many colorful denizens; and which end of the stele is the end you write with (the thinner end). What the heck is a Pyxis? Why can’t we use guns to fight demons? Why have I just gotten in trouble with the Council for some obscure infraction dating back to before the Renaissance? If I can’t see a warlock’s mark, is there a polite way to ask him where it is? (There is not.) Why do I have to memorize the names of dozens if not hundreds of angels that we only ever use to name seraph blades and nothing else? Where do we get all that holy water? These and/or many other important questions are covered by what generations upon generations of Shadowhunters have known as “the Codex.” Geography, History, Magic, Zoology textbook all rolled into it, the Codex is here to help new Shadowhunters navigate the often beautiful, often brutal world into which they have just nobly thrown themselves.

Tired of carrying around weighty tomes bound in obscure leathers and closed with bronze buckles? Tired of borrowing editions from your Institute library whose bindings are worth more than your yearly salary from the Clave? Wondering where the money for that salary comes from? Good news! The Codex will soon be available in a smart, modern edition using all of today’s most exciting printing techniques: a sturdy clothbound cover! a protective dust jacket! information about title, author, publisher, and so on easily available right on the cover! Attaches neatly to your weapons belt! Won’t set off metal detectors!

{Psst. Um, Clary here. Hi. Look, the Codex is full of useful information — Simon says it’s like a game manual for being a Shadowhunter — and that’s great, but first off, it’s a little stuffy, and second, it’s way, way out of date. No mention of the Mortal War or Sebastian, much less the more recent drama we’ve all been going through. So this version of the Codex is my edition and I’ve tried to fix it up a little. I’ve added in notes, updates, comments, and I’ve put in some of my art as well—my images of the Shadowhunter world and also, just because, some drawings of my friends.}

The Codex is lavishly illustrated and features the world of such luminaries of the fantastic as Rebecca Guay, Charles Vess, Jim Nelson, Theo Black, Michael Kaluta, John Dollar, Elisabeth Alba, and our own Cassandra Jean. And it will be available sometime in the late fall of 2013.

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If this explanation is a little too crazy meta for you, a more normal description of what the Codex is can be found on the Novels page of my website here. And if you’re worried it’s going to slow down the production of Clockwork Princess or Heavenly Fire, it’s not. The Codex is based on the thousands of pages of notes about Shadowhunter history and characters and backstories that I’ve been writing and collecting as reference since 2004. The notes are all being collated and put into sensible order and fleshed out by Josh, my husband, who hopefully you have come to know and tolerate from my many posts about him. So basically this is stuff I have all already written, filled in where it’s sketchy by Josh, who is an award-winning short story writer in his own right and quite capable. And some snarky notes and additions by Clary, written by me. There will also be artwork of the world and all the characters — can’t say I’m not looking forward to Charles Vess’ illustration of the cast of Infernal Devices but it’s all going to be lovely"__Cassie

Noor wrote: "Daylighter wrote: "“What are you doing, following me around the back streets of London you little idiot,” Will demanded, giving her arm a light shake.

Cecily’s eyes narrowed, “This morning it was ..."

Mainly Tumblr, someone had typed that one from one her signings where she read some excerpts from CP2.

Josey wrote: "and also, a question... how do you post pics on this?"

Click on the (some HTML is okay) it explains how to put images up.

Ana wrote: "Newest Snippet from Cassie's tumblr:

http://cassandraclare.tumblr.com/

Tessa put a hand against the wall as she made her way numbly down the stairs. What had she almost done? What had she nearl..."

I don't like that last snippet.

He's eventually going to die though, even if he's brother Z.

's book cover

Noor wrote: "sorry to crush ur hopes.. :("

Lol it's fine, I was just guessing.

Clockwork Princess snippet

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 held his hand out, and for a moment, they clasped hands, as they had done during their parabatai ritual, reaching across twin rings of fire to interlace their fingers with each other. “The world is a wheel,” he said. “When we rise or fall, we do it together.”
Will tightened his grip on Jem’s hand, which felt thin as twigs in his. “Well, then,” he said, through a tight throat, “since you say there will be another life for me, let us both pray I do not make as colossal a mess of it as I have this one.”

Clockwork Princess snippet

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 held his hand out, and for a moment, they clasped hands, as they had done during their parabatai ritual, reaching across twin rings of fire to interlace their fingers with each other. “The world is a wheel,” he said. “When we rise or fall, we do it together.”
Will tightened his grip on Jem’s hand, which felt thin as twigs in his. “Well, then,” he said, through a tight throat, “since you say there will be another life for me, let us both pray I do not make as colossal a mess of it as I have this one.”

I wonder if Alec's going to be Nicholas Hoult!

Shadowhunter Girl wrote: "Bella wasn't sooo bad in my opinion...yes she was a very weak female lead and acted a bit lifeless and every film and was pretty whiney...Okay, so, yeah, she isn't great. But I love Emmet. That wil..."

You do realize that's impossible right? TID takes place in 1878, Jace was born around 1990.