Can u imagine a place were u are not allowed to read shadowhunters? I'm not talking about the non existence of the book or other books. There is of course place around the world when is almost impossible to find a book.
I'm talking about political figures denying to you your right to read books, the right to choose the ones you want to read.
Booktok says that books shouldn't be a political issue to have in mind when u vote. I'm not from USA, but I have seen that oratory in Internet from people from there.
If I'm right, shadowhunters is not banned like other books. For example The Handmaid tale, hunger games, Fahrenheit 451... and more. I have seen books banned for having lgbt in it.
Books with critical thinking that they don't want people to have. That havs been seen in Germany lot of years ago, but not too long ago.
If u read shadowhunters u can not say the books are not political, what are they then? Everything is political, specially the dark artificial shows the really dark side of the people and how some politics and ideas can make changes, bad changes in that case. And it shows a lot of behaviours we have seen in the past and WE ARE SEEING NOW.
Russia? Israel? Afghanistan? USA? Argentina? Italy? South Corea? North Corea? Some are more subtle than others but that doesn't mean it is not there. Those dangerous ideas.
Do u think what Valentine did was out of the blue? No, he started little and welcoming people to his Cult, and brainwashing them. With others they enter cause they have the same ideas as him. Then they expanded and created Chaos, and scare. There was a war but the ideas were still there. Sebastian was a kid of the war, and it was so much evil in him that he wanted to destroy the world his way. I know he has special characteristics but anyways.
The Cohort were brainwashed since kids by their parents or other people that still have Valentine ideas. And they tried to punish the Downworlders and killed them. The sentiment of hate is dangerous and scare people would follow the hateful ones.
War, War, War, and again War. All again repeated in this books. We had a glimpse of Thule in the Queen of Air and Darkness. Do u think that is fiction? It is, but it isn't at the same time.
Books have the power to get our critical thinking working.
Thule is Ukraine, Thule is the woman in Afghanistan, Thule is the conflict in Syria, Thule is the ruins of Germany when the war stopped and had to rebuilt, Thule is the spanish oppression by the dictator Franco until he died (sebastian).
Thule is everywhere around the world, all broken parts that are oppressed by Politics and Rich evil man who want to exploit and own the land. And the people are the one who recollect the pieces back.
Livvy not leaving Thule showed how important to her was to rebuilt the place she was part of. The resistance of it again.
Thule is the world, u just have to ask urself who is the evil where u are from. Who is the one that don't allow freedom and difference. And their only benefit is themselves and their radical and totalitary ideas.
