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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Cassie Answers a COHF Question + New Fan Art

You guys! Cassie answered a Very Important Question from City of Heavenly Fire:

Q. Hi, is everyone really gonna die in the last book of the Mortal Instruments? — deansgirl27

Cassie: Everyone is not going to die in the last book of The Mortal Instruments. I feel like there’s been a lot of character death floating around in random media lately (Homeland, Teen Wolf, various) and I have been seeing much sad. Which I totally understand because character death often sends me off to bed with a fluffy cat and an ice pack. I have said that six people whose names we know will die in City of Heavenly Fire. (And there was a big banner that said WHO WILL SURVIVE across the teaser cover but to be fair I didn’t come up with that one!) And I can see how that would be nervewracking. I guess what I can say is:

1) I do think all the deaths matter. None of them happen for shock value or no reason or to get across the message that death is random.
2) No ladies are fridged.
3) While some deaths might be surprising (?) — there is a big war going on so I don’t think the fact that some characters die will actually be that shocking.
4) My goal is not to destroy lives or drown anyone in a bucket of feels, just to tell an enjoyable story and create an end point that hopefully people will feel does justice to the story that came before.
5) I don’t want anyone to feel jerked around. I want things to feel earned and meaningful. I am not a fan of nihilism — which is not really an overall judgement call, just a preference. The ending is not a despairing one. I believe in hope! I really do. I hope this calms some of the more trepidatious fears. I guess time will tell — two more months — how it all works out, but that’s the goal!
And Cassandra Jean has added to her Season's project (remember TMI was Fall, TID was Winter The Dark Artifices is Summer and The Last Hours is Spring:


And aegisdea drew the sweetest Sizzy. They just seem so right, don't they?
Sizzy Wizzy by aegisdea


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