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Simon and the Shadoworld.

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Simon is Clarry's friend, has been there for him for years, and she drags him into the shadow world, where he is turned into a vampire. Raphaelle the New York clan leader return's him to the institute and she makes the decision to turn him into a vampire, he doesn't like the fact that he is a vampire and clary has dragged him into this world. He would rather be doing the normal things for his age like attending college and playing his music. There is a variation from the books to the show that in the books Simon has a full band, in the show, it is Maurine only.  He sees that Clary is in danger from the Shadowhunter yet Clary can't explain it but she knows that these are her people and that they can help her make sense of the world that she now is in, as she can see Jace and the others can't as Simon when he is turned into a vampire he doesn't really have anyone to turn to and Alec seems to always be digging him or Clary out of trouble.  Yet he starts to see his

Alec and the shadow world causing trauma.

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  ALEC GRUMPY-CAT LIGHTWOOD - YouTube  - the hand movement is actually Matthew is a great portrayal from the books,  this is a great edit from the show and shows how Alec is actually the one who shoulders the responsibility of the Lightwoods, these are the family that run the New York institute.   This clip shows how Matthew Daddario the person who play's Alec nailed the role despite him not having blue eyes. He  notices that the  Shadow hunters are not very bright and their plans mostly fail and that this makes for great TV.  He shows the role by subtle but noticeable movements, that are mentioned in the books, things that stand out to me and others are,  The rolling of the eyes.  The rational mistrust of Clary  That he says what the others are not game to say.   Judging Mundane's, because they have a failure of imagination. There are also habits that Dom Sherwood has mentioned  during a recent podcast, that are both Matthew and Alec however it is mentioned that Matthews perso