Upcoming Events: July 2018

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Following the Pride Event yesterday, we’re back to the #SaveShadowhunters hiatus for the foreseeable future. But we do have some fun things coming up once someone decides to finally make an official announcement. 

Here are the events that are still slated to take place once the hiatus is over: 

Once the campaign is finished, I will post an announcement with a revised schedule. It will take me a few days to queue the recs I have already prepared, but it should be a relatively quick turn-around. Thanks again for your patience and understanding!

Monthly Analytics: June 2018

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Analytical Highlights

1,368 total fics recs have been posted in the 16 months since this blog’s creation. 21 of them were posted in the last 31 days. To view this month’s recs, please click here.

THIS MONTH’S BREAKDOWN*:

Total Followers: 1,440
By Chapters: 1 Chaptered Fics and 20 One-Shots
By Length: 2 fics Under 1K, 13 fics 1K to 5K, 5 fics 5K – 10K, and 1 fic 75K – 100K. 
By Rating: 2 fics Not Rated, 10 fics rated General Audience, 7 fics rated Teen & Up, and 2 fics rated Mature
By Genre: 12 Canon AU fics, 7 Human AU fics, and 4 Other AU fic
By Point of View: 14 fics that feature Alec’s POV, 10 fics that feature Magnus’ POV, and 1 fic that features an Outside POV

* – Note that some fics fall into more than one option per category

Other Highlights

NEW AUTHORS:

bitterglitter
Carmenlire
mizzshy
S_Horne
Scarlett_Rogue
willjtudor

NEW FAVORITES:

And Things They Change by Carmenlire
Happy Pride! by alittlebriton
Have Pride by notcrypticbutcoy
Someone Still Loves You by ninwrites
What a Feeling by willjtudor

NEW SERIES:

Drum It All Away by oh_la_fraise
Lightwood Pies series by DragonBread

NEW TAGS:

Assassin
Head of the Institute Alec
High Warlock Magnus
Pride Events
Transgender Alec
Transgender Magnus

THIS MONTH’S MOST POPULAR FICS

A Breath of Fresh Air by WendigoBaby
A Stranger to Your Soul by paperiuni
Hopefully It’s Enough by onihunter305
More Than a Business Meeting by S_Horne
The Other Side by blushingalec
What a Feeling by willjtudor 
You Deserve the Stars by Hisa_Ai

EVENTS

Although June was supposed to be a fun month, filled with several events, the cancellation news and #SaveShadowhunters campaign led to a temporary hiatus. But regardless of what happens with the show, rest assured that I’ll be back once we actually get official statements from networks and streaming services. Those events will take place eventually! Thank you for your patience and understanding in the meantime!

MISCELLANEOUS

The blog’s affiliated Twitter account surpassed 1,000 followers this month! Thank you so much for the support! To view the tweet that marked the milestone, please click here.

Thanks for another great month!

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Alec spends the time thinking about the past year. While Magnus had been the catalyst for his change, ultimately it was Alec who had taken his life by the horns and set it on the track he wanted. He was more comfortable with himself, more confident, than he’d ever been and a large part of it was due to coming out.

Alec Lightwood in And Things They Change by Carmenlire

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And Things They Change by Carmenlire*

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length: 1K to 5K
Rating:

Not Rated
Secondary Characters:

Izzy Lightwood
Secondary Pairings:

Clary Fray / Izzy Lightwood
Additional Relationships:

Alec Lightwood & Izzy Lightwood
Themes: Alec POV, Established Relationship,

Family,

Fluff,

Head of the Institute Alec,

Holidays, Pride Events

Summary:

Alec is just thinking about how much he loves his job, bureaucratic headaches notwithstanding, when he abruptly stops in his tracks.

There, on the corner of his desk, is a little rainbow colored flag in a black coffee mug. It’s just one thing among a dozen pencils, pens, and assorted markers, but Alec’s gaze is glued to it.

Izzy surprises Alec and Alec reflects on the past year.

SH Creators Summer Prompts: Pride Event

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Happy Pride! by alittlebriton*

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length: 1K to 5K
Rating:

Teen & Up
Secondary Characters:

Clary Fray,

Simon Lewis


Secondary Pairings: None
Additional Relationships:

Alec Lightwood & Clary Fray, Alec Lightwood & Simon Lewis,

Magnus Bane & Clary Fray,

Magnus Bane & Simon Lewis

Themes: Established Relationship,

Flirting, Fluff,

Holidays, Magnus POV, Pride Events

Summary:

“Happy Pride!” Clary cries, throwing her arm in the air and releasing hundreds of small glittery rainbows over the both of them. Well, over Magnus and mostly in Alec’s face.

Somehow Alec manages to look stoic and nonplussed at the same time; like he’s become used to not knowing why Clary is doing something and is refusing now to even ask the question.

It’s Alec’s first Pride – once he figures out what Pride actually is.

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So stop seeing who you are as some kind of insurmountable obstacle to be overcome. It’s not. The right person won’t care, Magnus. The right person will just view it as part of all the millions of things that make up you.

Ragnor Fell in Have Pride by notcrypticbutcoy

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Have Pride by notcrypticbutcoy*

Chapters:

Chaptered Fic
Genre:

Human AU
Length:

75K – 100K
Rating:

Teen & Up
Secondary Characters:

Camille Belcourt, Catarina Loss,

Clary Fray,

Izzy Lightwood, Jace Wayland, Jem Carstairs,

Lily Chen,

Lydia Branwell,

Maia Roberts, Maryse Lightwood, Max Lightwood,

Ragnor Fell, Raphael Santiago, Robert Lightwood, Sebastian Verlac / Jonathan Morgenstern,

Simon Lewis,

Will Herondale  

 


Secondary Pairings:

Clary Fray / Jace Wayland,

Izzy Lightwood / Lydia Branwell,

Jem Carstairs / Will Herondale,

Maryse Lightwood / Robert Lightwood,

Raphael Santiago / Simon Lewis

Additional Relationships:

Alec Lightwood & Izzy Lightwood, Alec Lightwood & Jace Wayland,

Alec Lightwood & Max Lightwood,

Magnus Bane & Catarina Loss,

Magnus Bane & Ragnor Fell

Themes:

Alcohol,

Alec POV,

Angst,

Blue-Eyed Alec,

Coming Out,

Drunk Alec, Family,

First Meeting,

Flirting, Fluff,

Friends to Lovers,

High School,

Holidays, Hurt & Comfort,

Illness,

Internalized Homophobia,

Kids,

Magnus POV,

Outside POV,

Physical Abuse,

Pride Events,

Protective Alec,

Protective Magnus,

Relationship Milestones,

Sick Alec,

Sick Magnus, Suicide Attempt,

Thanksgiving, Transgender Magnus, Travel

Summary:

Sometimes it’s hard to have pride in yourself, when everyone around you is kicking you down. Sometimes you need some help believing in yourself again. Sometimes all it takes is a hand to pull you back up.

(Multi-chapter story based around 30 prompts for LGBT+ Pride month. Malec-centric, some Saphael, some Isabelle/Lydia. Daily updates through June 2016)

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What Have You Done Today, To Make You Feel Proud? by dangerouspassions

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length: 1K to 5K
Rating: Not Rated
Secondary Characters:

Clary Fray,

Izzy Lightwood,

Jace Wayland,

Simon Lewis


Secondary Pairings:

None
Additional Relationships:

Alec Lightwood & Clary Fray,

Alec Lightwood & Izzy Lightwood,

Alec Lightwood & Jace Wayland,

Alec Lightwood & Simon Lewis

Themes: Alec POV,

Coming Out,

Domesticity,

Established Relationship, Family, Fluff, Holidays, Pride Events

Summary:

Almost a year ago, he wasn’t even out. Back then, he had been so scared of voicing all his truths to anyone but Isabelle. Looking back on it now, he doesn’t really know what he was afraid of, but he also knows that he came out at just the right time. Even if it was in front of the entire Clave and his family. He thinks about all of that, and even he has to give himself credit for how far he’s come.

He’s going to Pride. With his boyfriend. Who he loves, and who loves him back. It takes everything for Alec not to laugh at how the tables have turned from where they were last year.

or, Alec and Magnus and the gang go to Pride.