Clary and Jace and links to disablity culture.
This is going to be an interesting post to write as this
clip is a follow-on from where Jace is possessed and Clary is trying to fix up the
mess that she created in bringing him back from the dead and in bringing him
back from the dead he was vulnerable to possession from Lilith and this being what
happened to him he is under possession from Lilith and this is the mother of
all demons and a person who can control demons.
So in Clary not being
brought up in the Shadow hunter’s world, she doesn’t have a lot of knowledge of
demons and the world that they live in and how they act in the world as well as
we see that there are a lot of mistakes that Clary makes in lying about what
she has done when she knows that the clave possesses a relic that can force people to tell the truth
about a situation and to understand the world she needed to be brought up into
that world. Yet in being brought up in this world we see that she didn’t know
how to act or react as they have a very different outlook on life and what the Shadowhunters
see as acceptable behaviour we see as very aggressive they see as normal. [i]
From a very young age, this shows that they are conditioned
to be a Shadowhunter and to see that emotions cloud judgment and that you
should use your head and not your heart but this is difficult when we see that
people can find a balance of both.
However, when you
haven’t been brought up in this world it is very difficult to see what is
normal and what is rude as Clary seems to not be aware of the consequences of
her actions in this area and how it affects everyone around her this isn’t a
great thing in how she acts as she encourages people to go against the rules
and this could be considered just as bad as valentine as we see that they have
the law for a reason and that this is something that Clary isn’t aware of that
the Clave is around for a reason and it is to protect the shadow hunters and to
keep order as if one person thinks it’s ok to break the law because they don’t
understand it then how can they keep order if others don’t respect the law
either.
As we see they say the Law is hard but it is the law and the
reason it is so hard is for the protection of both the down worlders that the shadow
hunters used to hunt for sport and this kept “them in check,” but they are part
“mundane,” as well as demon blooded and this can be a challenge for people due
to them having demon blood it makes it harder for them to get through the day
as we see that Mia mentions that when talking to Simon in the first season and
I will go back and finish the posts about that and how hard it can be to just
get through the day as a person with a disability.
As well as that Mia
goes against the system, and we see that it needs to be trusted but at the same
time a bad law is no law, so we see that laws do need to be reviewed as times
change as well. What happens when the
law is abused is what we do see in the shadow hunters as well we see that they can
manipulate the law to their end as they are the enforcers of the law and what
happens when the laws are abused.
[ii]
By those who are supposed to be above them and that there is a better way that
people can see so people like Alec who starts the cabinet meetings with the
down worlders and that this is something that we see they share information and
stop issues before they start to become issues at all and we see that they are
complex issues at times and this is similar to what we call community policing
as the police become part of the community and prevent issues before they start
and then they can see to be able to re-detect those whose behaviour’s could
lead to further issues and prevent them from escalating. Into a massive issue so like community
policing. [iii]
in the real world where the police start to form relationships with the
community that they have been a part of so they are part of the community instead
of being part of an institution.
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an insider with a contrast is the institutional a so an era
where we see that a lot of institutions where being built and the community was
retreating into these institutions instead of the institutions working together
and this is what Alec try’s to do when establishing the downworlder cabinet
meetings and we see that it is met with suspicion and then it starts to work but we see that again communication
does break down in what he is trying achieve as his father tells him about a
relic that they lost and that can kill those who have demon blood the soul sword
and this is a complex issue around the sword as well as we see that it's
difficult for Alec as he knows that he needs to be discreet about it however we
see that Mangus does find out about it and that it’s difficult for him at times
due to being in the relationship with Mangus and wanting to protect the institute
as Mangus is Alecs first romantic relationship and we see that this isn’t great
lying to your partner about something that could kill them hasn’t been found and we see that this isn’t
great in what they are trying to achieve as we see that they just a bit before
talked about trust and this is what this boilies down to trust and trusting
each other that the system does work.
(There is a great clip with Matthew Daddario and Harry Shum
jr doing an epic rant about not taking home important information if you work
in with confidential information.)
However, there are times when it doesn’t work well and we
see that it falls in that the Clave is keeping secrets from the institute heads
and that they could be helping look for the sword as well but the Clave seems
to like the power it has so we see that the power needs to be kept in check and
that this is where Alec’s council seems to work and we see that others have
tried it in the past but not succeeded so we see that people can work together due
to his persistence and we see that there is a place that people seem to
understand what people seem to see what he is trying to achieve and he sees
what is at risk for the down world.
In Valentine and what
needs to change and we see in the final episode that there has been massive
reform in that the Down worlders were able to be deputies to the Shadow hunters
so are community police and prevent issues before they are escalated. It is a
massive issue and an issue around what happens when the institutes are not appropriate
for the time.
So in the previous
post, I was talking about an instruction that is called Baily Henderson
hospital and it was set up for those who were mentally ill, and it was run in a
very different way it took what would now be considered to be a social approach
to mental illness and disability as it was set up that they Clients had a job
within the facility yet I am not saying this approach is the be all and end all
but there were issues but we see that there is a place for facilities like this
but what does happen when they don’t change.
This is very similar to what would happen when the Shadowhunters don’t
move with the times as they essentially live in a very similar environment where
they all have a job and jobs are found for people to be “useful,” to the Shadow
world.
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</script>As we see that their state of existence is battle and this
is very similar to people with disabilities that have to battle for what they
need whether that be from the government a care organization or from families
we see that people need to be aware that this is a battle for people with disabilities
however in saying that not everything that hinders a person with a disability
is someone else’s fault as having a disability if you can understand that your
actions have consequences being a person with a disability isn’t an excuse to
be a jerk.
So this is where the complexity of Clary’s lack of decision-making
comes in as her mother was doing her a disservice in taking her memories away
and not training her in the world as she would have been able to protect herself
a lot better so this is similar to where people with disabilities need to be
challenged in a way that they can understand the world that they live in and that
they, unfortunately, won’t be able to live what most of society considers a
normal life.
This would have been better for Clary to understand that she
is a shadow hunter and undergo training to protect herself from the demonic
world. However, this is a role that she
was born to do essentiality and we see that she is taken under Jace’s wing in a
way and then learning on the fly about what to do, and in a way, Alec does look
out for her as he sees that Jace sees something in them.
Alec, also we see shares the same view about traditions
needing to change as we see that when he clashes with his mother about Max’s
rune ceremony party we see that she was taken aback that he was having it at Magnus’s
place and we see that his mother is horrified by the thought that they are associating
with Down worlders and I see that this is something that has been passed down
this thinking that they are better than the Down worlders but are willing to
work with them when it is needed. As in the chain of Gold, we see that the head
of the London institute during the “social season,” something that we see that the
upper classes did to make sure that their daughters did have a good chance of
catching a good marriage match and we see that this was the same in the Shadow
hunters world but within their communities, as they have their own country so
this would be why they need to come to London or their nearest institute to
have their children introduced to the heads of the Clave and to have the proper
social customs in place.
However, we do see
that some of the older shadow hunters have
the same attitude towards the shadow hunters doing “mundane,” activities and
this includes having a shadow hunters’ picnic. As they believe that the shadow hunters’
natural state is battle and that they should always be on high alert but we see
that things aren’t what needs to happen it is more around them preventing these
attacks.
This is what Alec is saying when we see that he is the only
one who is alarmed that Clary is Valentine’s daughter and sees that known else is
alarmed by this and alarmed by the fact that she is the Daughter of a person
who went rogue and created an offshoot of shadow hunters who wanted to cleanse
the world of demon blood.
So I do understand that Alec sees her as a threat and that we
see Jace’s reasoning as well as we see that she is defenceless in this world as
Joslyn gave her no tools to survive the world. [iv]
However, this is like when a person needs care and doesn’t know
how to ask for it so they need an advocate for them so I see that Jace does
become Clary’s advocate and this is something that we see that she can grow
into being accepted into the world as we are starting to see a wider acceptance
of people with disabilities being accepted into society instead of being placed
in institutions.
I live in a unit where I have a support worker check in on
me twice a day and 3 days a week we have someone take me out into the community
to do things like go to the local shopping centre and to do groceries etc or
something as simple as going for a drive and talking and problem-solving.
I know others in this complex as two units are owned by this
company we see that they can assist all of us by having us ask for what we need
and this for me looks very different from what others have as well so what a shadow
hunter needs in training is very different from what a down worlder needs in
training when they are turned or discover their powers.
As they all have powers but what they do with them is the
challenge and the challenge in thinking with this show is are the shadow
hunters good or bad. This becomes so subjective as we see it does depend on the
situation they are in as we see that some see the down worlders as “part mundane,”
some see them as demonic as well so they are to be avoided, as the older
generation of shadow hunters seem to see them as slaves to their impulses but
we see that this isn’t the truth we see that it’s the shadow hunters that we
see have trouble thinking through what the consequences of their actions are
and that they often need help cleaning up their mess.
This is similar to when people with disabilities caregivers
or advocates don’t have their best interests at heart and we see that they aren’t
able to be objective in caring for the person with a disability as we are
seeing in Australia a need for reporting of abuse of vulnerable adults. I won’t
go into details but I know of several high profiles stories that we see that
the person wasn’t cared for in the way that they expected to be cared for and
this is heart-breaking to me and the core of why I started the blog and the Quora
space I run as well as it is a way to say hey we are all in this together and
we have different needs but these are the very complex issues that we face.
I am also pleased to see that there is people with a disability
starting to work within the system to try and change the system as it is quite
complex to navigate and some people who know the system are starting to work to
get it simple to navigate but some of the key issues are what is a disability and
what is a health issue and what do you knock back on the basis that it’s a health
issue and can be managed when for another person it’s a disability and affects
their ability to live a normal life and so this is where I see that a lot of
people who would benefit from the program if they had the help they needed they
could work, or volunteer and contribute to a society that way as well so it is
quite a complex issue with no easy answers to what needs to happen.
I see that this was what
Alec was faced with when he became the official head of the institute and we
see that he wasn’t able to please everyone all the time and did struggle with
this and we see that this does become an issue as struggling with this is
something that I do as well as we see that he is a people pleaser and wants to
help people and protect his family but this isn’t something that he can do because
Jace was helping Clary when the right thing to do would be to take her to the Clave
but we see that Jace was right in not taking her to the Clave as we see that
the circle members were able to hide and infiltrate the Clave circles and in
doing this we see that they can understand what they are doing and how they are
doing it as I will start to talk about her abilities in a later post as we do wonder
how far along they would be if they where encouraged from the start and Joslyn
didn’t take her away from that world.
As yes it is a brutal
world but I feel that Joslyn could have protected her a lot better as we see that
in the Bane chronicles that Magnus and Jem where able to help Jaces ancestors in a way that they would have
been able to help Clary but at the same time we do see that Mangus was helping
Clary so what did he know as we see that he was apposed to doing the memory
wipes yet he did say to Joslyn that you aren’t helping her you are deceiving
her and this is very similar to high functioning people with a disability they
often by well intentioned family members aren’t told that they are disabled and
that they will need extra help for the rest of their lives and it does set them
up for disappointment when they can’t work full time or don’t understand social
cues in the case of a person with autism and I didn’t know a TBI could cause
ADHD like symptoms until I was in my 20s and I do grieve the life I could have
had if I developed different skills earlier but I have with a considerable amount
of support from family have been able to work to re build a life for myself,
and this is a good life and one that challenges myself mentally buy doing this
blog.
I am also able to volunteer in my community as well so we
see that this is how I keep the social contract of myself being looked after so
I feel a lot of guilt that I can’t earn a wage but I see that I do other things
in society and I worked so hard that I made myself sick so I need to look after
myself as you can’t pour from an empty cup in trying to change things or
educate people around what needs to change for society to change.
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