Went Into The Discord Talking About Not Understanding Why Everyone Was So Devastated By This Book At

"if i smile then they'll die?" my sweet little dumb dumb

YO WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH CHARLES AND ALASTAIR???

EVER????

JAMES FUCKING TELL SOMEONE

if you ship jessamine with any shadowhunter you fundamentally misunderstand jessamine and are no longer allowed to speak on her

i'm side eyeing you if you say peter b is miles' father figure because he already has a father

am i an idiot or are most of the jjk techniques hard to understand

i think one of the biggest damages to fandom spaces that social media (and the sort of instant gratification that it spawned) is that nuance is dying.

every fandom i enter (some to a worse degree than others i will admit) is just teeming with bad takes with no nuance. you can't acknowledge a good part of a character without being attacked for supporting someone who's done abc and suddenly being labeled an xyz apologist.

this leads to these dynamic and interesting characters being viewed only through a binary of right and wrong, which destroys the very things that make them feel real and human.

everyone is racing to be morally right in an age where awareness of social injustice is rising and as a result they're either forcing issues that aren't there to criticize a character or ripping them to shreds just to feel morally superior. in doing so not only are they ruining the stories and characters, but they're making these real world issues come off as frivolous and unimportant, when there are actual bodies of work that properly and intentionally explore them.

one thing that really stuck with me after the last hours is how little cordelia and lucie feel like actual parabatai

i could see them as best friends for sure, but they lacked that spark cassie's parabatai bonds usually have

hey so that whole first fight in season six was a goddamn nightmare

oathbound and ragpicker king are both coming out next week and i will be reading them back to back. i will be tagging any and all related content on with spoiler tags but do be aware that i will probably be exclusively posting about this for a while and avoid me as necessary if you're concerned about spoilers.