Dress

"Thomas was so quiet and small they were always losing him, rather like a human marble, and if left to his own devices he would inevitably roll toward Alastair Carstairs. [...] It was a simple matter to locate Thomas when he was lost. Matthew only had to follow the sound of Alastair's irritating voice."

- Cast Long Shadows

My HEART💔

Did you know that James' last name in the German original is Pimplebottom?😂😂

It’s always awesome to see Charlotte looking pissed, but this photo goes supernova with the amazing prissy Pympoole-Botham sighting in the back. Shine on, you crazy diamond!

(found at the Rubinrot Facebook page)

I love how Thomas is an unreliable narrator in the sense that he never notices how other people react to his appearance because he is so self-conscious and has a rather low self-esteem regarding his physical appearance.

It takes Alastair to tell us that, apparently, people are ogling Tom because he looks so good.

On the other hand, we never actually see people reacting that way in any of the other character's POVs, and that can mean 2 things:

A) The others don't pay that much attention to Thomas because he is just kind-hearted Tom to them

B) Alastair in a way overinterprets other people's looks because to him, Thomas is so beautiful, how could other people not see it, how could they not want him?

Addition: In ChoG, Cordelia actually describes Tom as handsome, but not beautiful as James or Matthew (several times). Clearly, the Carstairs siblings have different tastes.

Alastair in ChoG: *snaps at Thomas for calling him by his first name, they are not school boys anymore*

Alastair in CoI: *apparently likes the name Thomas so much he uses it like five times per page*

On a more serious note, he only calls Thomas "Lightwood" in front of the Merry Thieves or when he's trying to mask his insecurity ("speak sense, Lightwood")

RUBY RED!!!

Oh look it’s America and Magda

Hmm. Beginning to think that these omens aren't actually good

Whatever you do, don't imagine post-infirmary-scene Thomastair sound asleep, snuggled up in the narrow infirmary bed.