The Not-So Austen Bookclub discussion

Teaser #15

“If Jem dies, I cannot be with Tessa,” said Will. “Because it will be as if I were waiting for him to die, or took some joy in his death, if it let me have her. And I will not be that person. I will not profit from his death. So he must live.” He lowered his arm, his sleeve bloody. “It is the only way any of this can ever mean anything. Otherwise it is only —”

“Pointless, needless suffering and pain? I don’t suppose it would help if I told you that was the way life is. The good suffer, the evil flourish, and all that is mortal passes away,” Magnus said.

“I want more than that,” said Will. “You made me want more than that. You showed me I was only ever cursed because I had chosen to believe myself so. You told me there was possibility, meaning. And now you would turn your back on what you created.”


Will...what...NO!!

You HAVE HAVE HAVE to go with Tessa if Jem dies you dolt!! Otherwise you'll BOTH be miserable...!

I'm sorry. *sniffs* I can't deal with this anymore...I'm going to go drown my sorrows in caramel sauce and buckets of ice-cream.

I just..I can't....WHAT?! WILLLLL!!!!! NOO! YOU HAVE TO BE WITH TESSA!!!!! This isn't happening, this IS NOT happening!



This is currently me:

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Will you CAN'T not be with Tessa! That would be just..I can't even talk about it! If Jem dies get your BUTT over to Tess and be with her you dope!!!!!!!! I understand that you would both be heartbroken if Jem died (I would be to), but that doesn't mean YOU.CAN'T.BE.WITH.HER. !!!!!!!!



I'm sorry..I just can't talk about this anymore! Excuse me while I go cry and scream into my pillow.

I feel like crying so badly...

Will is so... so sweet.

PLEASE DO NOT LET JEM DIE SO THAT WILL CAN SOME HOW END UP WITH TESSA. AND PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE JEM HEARTBROKEN. AND JEM HAS TO BE HAPPY. HE CANNOT BE HEARTBROKEN OR BATTERED OR DESTROYED. HE HAS TO BE HAPPY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and WILL AND TESSA HAVE TO BE TOGETHER

Me when Will Herondale sacrifices and turns away the love of his life:
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I LOVE YOU WILL!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WILLIAM YOU GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE! YOU WILL BE WITH TESSA! THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION!!!!

Olivia wrote: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WILLIAM YOU GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE! YOU WILL BE WITH TESSA! THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION!!!!"

At least Magnus has common sense! It's like EVERYONE understands that Happiness = Will + Tessa EXCEPT for Will and Tessa!!

So he just wants her to be miserable and alone after Jem dies? Go back to America? Jump off a cliff? Marry Chairman Meow? Feed ducks alone by a lake? I get it...he wants Jem to die in peace, and then for him and Tessa to be MISERABLE, ALONE, UNLOVED and HEARTBROKEN for the rest of their lives!!!

Wake up Will - PLEASE!!!

Booknut wrote: "Olivia wrote: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WILLIAM YOU GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE! YOU WILL BE WITH TESSA! THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION!!!!"

At least Magnus has common sense! It's like EVERYON..."

ARGGG!!!! I KNOW IT'S SO FRUSTRATING! WILL AND TESSA JUST NEED.TO.BE.TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And seriously, marry chairman meow? Feed ducks alone by a lake? I think I just peed myself from laughing so hard :D

Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Olivia wrote: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WILLIAM YOU GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE! YOU WILL BE WITH TESSA! THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION!!!!"

At least Magnus has common sense! I..."

Hey! *mock frowns* Chairman Meow is no laughing matter!! He is the ONLY character, besides Church, who doesn't do anything foolish and lives a peaceful, violence-free life! Will could take a leaf out of both cats' books!!

Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Olivia wrote: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WILLIAM YOU GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE! YOU WILL BE WITH TESSA! THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION!!!!"

At least Magnus has co..."

Too true! *bows down to the master mind* I think we need to set up Will with some therapy with the cats! You know a one-on-one, well actually two-on-one where we can TALK SOME SENSE INTO WILL!!!! Who knows, we might even be able to overcome his duck problems! He needs to practice feeding them so he's prepared for when he and Tessa do it together when they are HAPPY AND IN LOVE!

Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Olivia wrote: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WILLIAM YOU GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE! YOU WILL BE WITH TESSA! THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION!!!!"

At lea..."

Can you imagine Will as a dad? WOULDN'T HE BE THE CUTEST DADDY EVER?!! I know we're under the conclusion Tess can't have kids, but I can picture Tessa smiling - sitting in a rockingchair - looking out on the lawn where Will is giving their cute little son a piggyback....

*squeals* SO CUTE!!

Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Olivia wrote: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WILLIAM YOU GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE! YOU WILL BE WITH TESSA! THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION..."


AHH !!!!!! It sounds so... so beautiful.

Will is so sweet. You can tell he really does care for Jem.

Ok, ok...Clockwork Princess plotline:

- Will and Tessa 'i love you but I don't and let's have paragraphs describing our heart-tearing eye contact' tension
- Jem and Tessa cute 'omg we're engaged but you're dying' stuff
- Cecily 'i think i love Jem but shit he's engaged' thoughts
- Sophie and Gideon 'we're in love and who cares about the others' moments
- Gabriel 'God I'm such a loner' mini-chapters
- Jessamine's 'wallowing in a cell without makeup' moments
- Henry and Charlotte's 'we're having a baby!' times
- Magnus' 'what the hell am I doing hanging around with the likes of all of you and ...ooh! Will's eyes are pretty' banter
- The Magister's 'mwahahahahahahahahaha...ha...ha...I'm gonna kill you all' monologues

Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Olivia wrote: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WILLIAM YOU GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE! YOU WILL BE WITH TESSA! THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION..."

Ohmygod that..that *wipes tear* THAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!! AHH WILL NEEDS TO BE A FATHER!!!!!!!! I could just imagine Will and Tess growing old together and having kids together!!!!

Booknut wrote: "Ok, ok...Clockwork Princess plotline:

- Will and Tessa 'i love you but I don't and let's have paragraphs describing our heart-tearing eye contact' tension
- Jem and Tessa cute 'omg we're engaged..."

Sounds about right!! Except you forgot one:

-Final chapter somehow it all works out perfectly and Tessa and Will kiss and admit their love for each other! And Jem's in the background smiling and saying I'm sooo happy for you! You and Tessa are SOUL MATES!

Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Ok, ok...Clockwork Princess plotline:

- Will and Tessa 'i love you but I don't and let's have paragraphs describing our heart-tearing eye contact' tension
- Jem and Tessa cute 'o..."

And Gabriel sips at his glass of wine...alone. :D

Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Ok, ok...Clockwork Princess plotline:

- Will and Tessa 'i love you but I don't and let's have paragraphs describing our heart-tearing eye contact' tension
- Jem and ..."

Perfect!

Booknut wrote: "Olivia wrote: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WILLIAM YOU GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE! YOU WILL BE WITH TESSA! THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION!!!!"

At least Magnus has common sense! It's like EVERYON..."

Exactly! Dear William,

You are making no sense! Stop being so blind and realize that you need to be with Tessa NO MATTER WHAT!

Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Olivia wrote: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WILLIAM YOU GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE! YOU WILL BE WITH TESSA! THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION..."

But we also do not really know what Tessa IS. In my mind she can have kids, and she does, WITH WILL!

Booknut wrote: "Ok, ok...Clockwork Princess plotline:

- Will and Tessa 'i love you but I don't and let's have paragraphs describing our heart-tearing eye contact' tension
- Jem and Tessa cute 'omg we're engaged..."

Haha I love it:P Awesome storyline:P

Olivia wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Olivia wrote: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WILLIAM YOU GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE! YOU WILL BE WITH TESSA! THERE IS..."

Omygoodness little Will babies *swooon*

Holy fuck I don't even know what to say right now I am an emotional wreck I can't even-

Haha exactly:P

Anna wrote: "Olivia wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Olivia wrote: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WILLIAM YOU GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE! YOU WILL BE WITH ..."

Doesn't that just make you want to dance with joy? Haha

Olivia wrote: "Anna wrote: "Olivia wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Olivia wrote: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WILLIAM YOU GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE! YOU ..."

*happy dance*

Anna wrote: "Olivia wrote: "Anna wrote: "Olivia wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Olivia wrote: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WILLIAM YOU GET YOUR BUTT ..."

I'm so happy dancing with you!! Anna - we've missed you so much in the Shadowhunter roleplay *sniffs* ...though perhaps we'd better start up a 'Dead Guys' roleplay for you, hmm? *grins* Anything for the Stalker of the Toilet Paper God!!

Booknut wrote: "I'm so happy dancing with you!! Anna - we've missed you so much in the Shadowhunter roleplay *sniffs* ...though perhaps we'd better start up a 'Dead Guys' roleplay..."

Ahhh!!! I'm so behing on the roleplays! Sara will make a reappearance soon! She's really really sorry she hasn't been more active with the Shadowhunters! ;) A DEAD GUYS ROLEPLAY???? Oh lala!!! I think I just swooned a little! (Ok, a lot!) Oh Anubis, thy God of Toilet Papyrus!

Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "I'm so happy dancing with you!! Anna - we've missed you so much in the Shadowhunter roleplay *sniffs* ...though perhaps we'd better start up a 'Dead Guys' roleplay..."

Ahhh!!! I'm ..."

Toilet Papyrus? Really?!
O____O
Oh, Gods - mental image!! *shakes head frantically*

Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "I'm so happy dancing with you!! Anna - we've missed you so much in the Shadowhunter roleplay *sniffs* ...though perhaps we'd better start up a 'Dead Guys' roleplay..."
..."

:D
Papyrus was the original toilet paper ;)

Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "I'm so happy dancing with you!! Anna - we've missed you so much in the Shadowhunter roleplay *sniffs* ...though perhaps we'd better start up a 'Dead Guy..."

haha

Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "I'm so happy dancing with you!! Anna - we've missed you so much in the Shadowhunter roleplay *sniffs* ...though perhaps we'd better start up a 'Dead Guy..."

Oh, I know. It's just...mentally scarring!! Besides - toilets + Anubis DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT go together!! He should be the God of Lightening Hot Hotness. ;D

Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "I'm so happy dancing with you!! Anna - we've missed you so much in the Shadowhunter roleplay *sniffs* ...though perhaps we'd better start u..."

Too true! The mental image is just to much! And I agree. Anubis=the God of Super Amazing Hot Guyness:P

Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "I'm so happy dancing with you!! Anna - we've missed you so much in the Shadowhunter roleplay *sniffs* ...though perhaps we'd better start u..."

Ooooooh!!! The mental image of that name for him..*fans herself* umm SWOOON!

Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Anna wrote: "Booknut wrote: "I'm so happy dancing with you!! Anna - we've missed you so much in the Shadowhunter roleplay *sniffs* ...though perhaps we'..."

Precisely:P

Found the funniest post on the Shadowhunter Wiki Will Herondale page!! Someone commented:

"To Tessa:

You obviously should have given it more thought when Jem proposed. You weren't on a game show and asked like this:

TESSA GRAY WILL YOU MARRY JEM CARSTAIRS?! YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK.

.-. For the love of the angel, you could have said: Give me a moment by myself.

TWill forevers <3 "

How funny is that?! And, also, how true?!!

Booknut wrote: "Found the funniest post on the Shadowhunter Wiki Will Herondale page!! Someone commented:

"To Tessa:

You obviously should have given it more thought when Jem proposed. You weren't on a game show ..."

Hahahahahaha! That is so incredibly true!

Booknut wrote: "Found the funniest post on the Shadowhunter Wiki Will Herondale page!! Someone commented:

"To Tessa:

You obviously should have given it more thought when Jem proposed. You weren't on a game show ..."

Very true! She was rash in her decision to marry Jem. If only she had waited another hour! Heck, another five minutes! She would be with Will right now!!!

Olivia wrote: "Booknut wrote: "Found the funniest post on the Shadowhunter Wiki Will Herondale page!! Someone commented:

"To Tessa:

You obviously should have given it more thought when Jem proposed. You weren't..."

If only!!!!!!!!! *sob*

Olivia wrote: Very true! She was rash in her decision to marry Jem. If only she had waited another hour! Heck, another five minutes! She would be with Will right now!!!

That fact has tortured me so much!! She has the worse timing ever. There are no words to describe how much so.

Booknut wrote: "Olivia wrote: Very true! She was rash in her decision to marry Jem. If only she had waited another hour! Heck, another five minutes! She would be with Will right now!!!

That fact has tortured me s..."

My sentiments exactly.

Booknut wrote: "Olivia wrote: Very true! She was rash in her decision to marry Jem. If only she had waited another hour! Heck, another five minutes! She would be with Will right now!!!

That fact has tortured me s..."

Couldn't agree more.