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This is a continuation of the series on Maryse as she has one of the biggest character developments in the show. She can grow and accept her past and stop running from it. I was planning only a four-part series yet talking to a friend she has pointed out some other things that will be in another post about how her changes change the way that people respond to her, as she has started to take her walls down and be her true self.  Shadowhunters 3x03 | Maryse, Alec, and Magnus dinner Part 1 - YouTube I love this clip as it shows that there is a bond starting to form between Maryse Alec and Magnus, as we do see that the one thing out of all of Magnus's experiences is something more Mundane, which is having dinner with the family that would become his in-laws. Something that terrifies most people.  As family dynamics can be an interesting concept to some people and given his experience with the Shadow hunters he has seen how cruel they can be, given his history with the Herondales. Howev

  Down worlders    These are Supernatural beings and hybrid creatures who inhabit the Shadow world is the widely used term to refer to beings that are said to be part human and part demon or have a disease of demonic origin. Downworlders are even said to be the demonic counterpart of Shadowhunters, who are part human and part angel. They include werewolves, vampires, warlocks, and fairies, they have counted as denizens of heaven. This post will focus on Vampires and their role in the Shadow world and how they can operate in this world and adapt, we will also look at the links to disability in this type of down worlder.  So generally vampires   also known as the Children of the Night, are a species.  Downworlders along with werewolves, and vampires are humans infected with a demon disease. However, unlike the former, vampires are considered "undead".  Being undead,, they have been brought back to life or "sired," by another vampire.  In the Shadow World, they live in

 So this is going to be possibly another series of posts about this relationship as it does progress and show's how making decisions on behalf of others can lead to unexpected consequences this starts with Simon trying to protect Clary as they are young adults and he knows nothing about this world and because he can't see what Clary can see he tries to protect her as the assumptions is that she is on something and this is creating problems.  Yet when he discovers she can see the "Shadow world," and he can't he is concerned as a good friend should be yet Jace can show Simon what Clary can see in later episodes in this season.  Jess Penner - "Don't Come Over" Music | Shadowhunters Season 1, Episode 1 | Freeform - YouTube It does create massive problems for the Shadowhunters, due to her ( in the first series) not realizing she is the daughter of one of their own who went rogue. Thinking that some agreements that were made are, a little too lenient on th

So I was writing a post about the Relationship of the Lightwood family and I realized that this Family has all of the hallmarks of being very dysfunctional is very dysfunctional. The mother Maryse is obsessed with the family image to the detriment of the family and each of the siblings seems to fall into the trope of a person within a dysfunctional family.  Dysfunctional family - Wikipedia  This isn't a  healthy environment for anyone to grow up in yet they do manage to heal after being exposed to a spell that shows people's worst fears through hallucinations, that were caused after being cast by a warlock that is looking for Magnus as he rescued one of her warlock children due to the situation she was living in and she was being used by several people for her magic.  This spell brings out people's worst fears and we see the effects of the life that the Shadowhunters are currently living.  Especially Alec as we see throughout the show that he blames himself for things that

This is a great episode and one that shows a very different side of the charcters as in the dimension the Shadowhunter's where so good at there jobs they weren't needed anymore and so the don't exist anymore.   Clary has been sent through a portal into this dimension due to one of the Seelie's having a life debt with her and it is payment for the life debt. They are helping her find the portal that the shard that her mother gave her. It leads her to this dimension and it is were the roles have been flipped. It is a dimension that is peaceful and free from demons and therefore the institute is a internet research facility not the Shadowhunter's home and facility. We see what the Shadowhunter's would be if they weren't needed to protect the world from demons and essentially policing the down world. So we see Clary studying art, Jace running a coffee van, Izzy and Alec working for the institute and Magnus as a Tarot card reader and psychic. Simon is also

Magnus has had a long and rich life and it has been full of twists and turns but as it turns out being an immortal character he has seen things change over the many years he has been alive, we see that he can see perspective's that others can't and we see that he has a deep mistrust of the Shadowhunter's due to the way that they have treated downworlders, we see that he has watched the Shadoworld change and he has had to change with it.  I am aware that these clips are out of chronological order however it is to give people an overview of Magnus and how he fits into the world and I will do much more in-depth look at the relationships at a later date.  This like how he ties into the down world will be a series as when I started writing it I started reading the YouTube comments and this brought a different spin on things that I hadn't considered.  Shadowhunters 1x11. Magnus and Alec. I'll do you pro bono - YouTube  - He has seen the Shadowhunter's own history play

This is such a great clip and well acted and is such a great way of showing, how conflicted Alec is as Alec is suffering the consequence's that Clary coming into his life has come to a head and is essentially an arranged Marriage with Lydia Bramwell. A family that Mangus has had contact with. Lydia isn't in the books but is a link to the Bramwell family that Magnus was good friends with as the children were running the institute. This is the link to the glitter that Magus in the books loves, yet due to the risks to Harry Shum jr, the glitter was toned down. It shows that Magnus is interested in Alec and not just as a Shadowhunter as in the books he is the spitting image of a Shadowhunter called Will Herondale. As Magnus's life in the books was intrinsically tied to Will and therefore Camille at the time, it is mentioned in the show and it is a deviation about how Camille did save Magnus from himself.  Yet in the books, Magnus was found by the silent brothers and educa

So Magnus I have written about before is a very complex character both in the books and in the show. He is the son of a demon and a prince of hell. He can perform complex magic as is seen as a threat by the other warlocks, because of his power's.  In the books he has a different life story to the show and there was a want from the actor that played Magnus to explore the charcters backstory and how this is amazing for the show if it was to be continued, in various ways.  ( This being Harry Shum jr)  Magnus being a very complex character in the books we don't seem to see much of in the show his powers but one thing is that his realtionship with mental health is an interesting one to look at as, he is immortal.  Yet this isn't over stated in the show, it is mentioned in two seems in the show that he has had struggles with mental health.  We see him as a very hedonist character and this changes when he meets Alec as he has a purpose in life again. He has an anchor to guide him.

I am going to do a much more in depth look at how these situations can cause trauma and how they relate to real world. In other posts I have done a look at Alec and Magnus but this will be the start of a series on how these situations relate to the real world and how having trauma in your life can complicate things. The first thing about this relationship is that Alec and Mangus both in the books and show have a very complicated relationship due to the fact that Magnus is immortal, and he has seen the way the shadow hunters treated down worlders, before the accords. They treated downworlders like second class people and even hunted them for sport at times.   So we see this struggle of how to keep a relationship alive when there is prejudice on one side and a long history of relationships on the other and how to balance this imbalance of power in the relationship. There also  is the struggle of him trying to keep his business and private life separate for a reason, it seems that he i

  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

So this post has been an interesting one to write, it seems to me that in the book Simon and TV Simon are very different and there are comic cons and things that explore this as well. This is because the TV show and the books are very different art forms and the way that they were adopted is a story in and of itself, as there was a movie made first but it didn't really do well.  However, the TV show did take some liberties with the plot lines however it has been made clear that it was to do with ratings and as I have said in other posts they have essentially made some of the more "controversial," relationships in the books healthy to the point the actors have won awards for their relationship on screen.  However, due to the show's cancelation, they weren't able to continue with some of the plots that they wanted to, with relationships, and continue with some of the plot lines of the books. In previous posts, I talked about Magnus being connected to Camille and how

 So this is a post that I have been wanting to write for a while, it is an interesting one to get into and I went deep down the rabbit hole that is the "Shadowhunter's fam". But there is so much in this show that isn't overt and one thing that hasn't really been explored in the Magnus and Alec relationship is that they both help each other heal from trauma. Psychological trauma - Wikipedia    Magnus is a magical warlock that presents as a male, who has been in an abusive relationship. While Alec has been brought up to suppress his emotions and in the TV series was willing to go into an arranged marriage to save his family name (a bead or lavender marriage). We see from the first season that Alec cares for Magnus and doesn't presume as the other Shadowhunters do that Magnus can use his magic to fix things. He realizes that magic can come at a cost to people and this cost can be on the person itself. This is an overreaching theme in the TV series but not so much

 Matthew Daddario - he is not everyone's taste but he has kept what can only be described as class and respect in a difficult time being around COVID and the cancellation of a show that meant so much to so many people.  It shows that people don't need to go to fancy acting colleges to be good at what they do, they do need an understanding of the industry and respect for that industry and I see that he has done this, well. Even his colleagues seem to have a lot of respect for him and keep in touch with him and will do the comic con circuit. However he is happily married and this seems to be rare in the TV industry I give credit to his wife and his family, to be able to keep them out of the Media and protect them.  Matthew Daddario Live on Instagram 25.07.2017 | HD - YouTube   - He is also incredibly smart and will use this to his advantage, as seen in this clip from when he was filming Shadowhunters.   His cast members seem to respect him and he respects his boundaries' and

 So I have been talking to my friends about this and this resonated with me so hard about emotions getting in the way and sacrifice as in my own life I wanted to have the same things that everyone else has but I have had challenges that no one else in my friendship group never has had to face. When I did try to "fit in," to the disability community in my area it made me realize that my upbringing was fundamentally different from others that have disabilities. I was expected to work or volunteer to not "mope around the house all day."  Like wanting approval from parents and teachers but not understanding the internal struggles that people who present with high functioning disabilities, have and the emotional trauma that can bring.  If you substitute the institute for society it sees that yes Alec is different and can't follow his heart, he is doing this out of duty,  not out of love out of what his society expects of him and this can be traumatic.  The thing that

  Alec presents as very closed off and suffering from what seems to be anxiety, and not comfortable in his own skin he presents as a very closed person and growing up in what is essential if you were to translate it to the real world a military organization it seems that there is an order of things and the reason he is so closed off and not comfortable in his own skin is he is not acknowledging a very core part of himself his sexuality.   This is raised in the episode, called Raising Hell, ( season 1)  the main character needs to give up memory as a payment for a demon, to get the memory back from Clary the main character, that has been hidden along with relics that belong to the "Shadow world," Alec is a part of an organization that essentially there purpose in life is to keep the Mundine's safe from the Shadow World.  So things that people think are the stuff of legends and fairy tales.  They are raised in what is called the institute, and these institutes are headed up