New CARSTADALE HERONSTAIRS Snippet from Cassandra Clare

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After Cassandra Clare saw some Jem and Will artwork on tumblr, she decided it would be a "HERONSTAIRS DAY." And so, today, we get to read some new dialogue from Will and Jem -also known as Carstadale or Heronstairs!

Check out this very Heronstairs-y snippet:

"I love you," Will said. "I love you desperately. I have never felt for another the way I feel for you. My love for you is as eternal as the sea, and like the rocks against which the waves are dashed, again and again, it shall remain unyielding. In you I have found my own heart’s heart, which I had thought previously only to find in dreams. Never could I have encompassed a better partner, a finer friend, a more beauteous companion. Allow me just once to kiss your sweet lips."
Jem looked up from the fire, where he was petting Church. Church had fallen asleep and all his fur was sticking up. “I do wish you would cease reading to me from Gothic novels,” he said. “They give me the pip.”
"Love is a noble emotion!" Will cried, waving his arms about with such energy that the book he was reading slid from his lap. His hair was sticking up like Church’s fur, or a bit as if he had been electrocuted.
"Quite," said Jem, and rolled over onto his back, smiling up at Will from his place by the fire. Church twitched and snuffled, curling up against his shoulder. "Now read me something with a fight scene in it, won’t you?"

Jem Carstairs for the January 2014 Shadowhunter Calendar Picture

Cassandra Clare and illustrator, Cassandra Jean, have collaborated to make a hot-guys-of-the-Shadowhunter-world calendar. Above is Jem Carstairs representing January 2014 for the Lunar calendar.

January Jem! So the beautiful Cassandra (NOT me, Cassandra Jean) and I have been collaborating to create a calendar of the TMI/TID/TDA/TLH boys — Men of the Shadowhunter Universe, I guess — and while I don’t know what we’re going to do with it yet, here’s Jem as January 2014, celebrating the lunar New Year. More soon!

Day 12, 13, and 14: Final Shadowhunter Tarot Cards: Will, Tessa, and Jem

Cassandra Jean has created Shadowhunter Tarot Cards. Some of the cards have been switched out for others (you can view all the ones that are out here), but Cassandra Clare announced on her tumblr that the card deck has been finalized. Each day, Cassie will try to post a new card on her tumblr. There are around 70 cards in total. Some of the cards we have seen before and some we haven't, but be ware, there are spoilers!

Day 12, 13, 14:

I was going to post a card a day but I am several days behind, so these three cards go up together since they fit together thematically.
Will gets the Hanged Man which symbolizes someone caught in a bad situation between impossible choices.
Jem gets Temperance, which means balance, and can mean the blending of opposites.

And Tessa gets the Star, which is an otherworldly card, symbolizing magic. It also symbolizes love, vulnerability and hope.

Anthonly Neely's Reaction to Being Fancasted as Jem

Shadowhunters encouraged Cassandra Clare to tweet Anthony Neely about playing Jem.
His reply:

@cassieclare just hearin about him recently, but ya, if ur willing to consider me, I'll talk to my company. Oh and ill read the books ;)
— Anthony Neely (@anthonyaneely) April 30, 2013

Aw... isn't he sweet! And it also looks like he's started to read the books.

I gots me a day off so, thanks to u guys...I gots me some reading to do twitter.com/anthonyaneely/…
— Anthony Neely (@anthonyaneely) April 30, 2013

We could possibly have Anthony Neely as Jem, what do you think?