alec lightwood is one of the best characters from that period in the 2010s where you weren't shit without a big brave woke gay arc because usually those arcs were like oh i'm gay but no one knows woe is me so hard to be gay. but alec is the only person in the whole show who thinks he's straight passing/closeted in any way. his siblings are like hey bud do you think you might be gay maybe because we do. this girl he hates is like is the reason you're so bitchy all the time that you're gay. this vampire he also hates is like hey man i think it's really brave that you're gay #lovewins. the guy he's into is like you're gay and that's FINAL. the woman he's in an arranged marriage with is like i know you're gay but that's okay with me because i'm sexually attracted to my work. even his shitty absentee parents are like we know you're gay you're a disappointment to the family name for reasons separate to you being gay. alec lightwood thinks he's DL shadowhunter trade living out a love simon fantasy meanwhile everyone in his life is conspiring to get him on PreP
