Can we take a moment to appreciate this moment right here:
Can you imagine how much this must mean to Magnus?
This is Maryse Lightwood, the woman who hated Downworlders enough to join the Circle. The woman who hated Magnus being with Alec and verbally jabbed and degraded him every chance she had. This is Alec’s mother embracing Magnus both literally and figuratively. This is her accepting him and basically signing off on their relationship. Magnus knows how much family means to Alec and not having a family of his own, this must mean the world to him.
Secondly and completely heartbreaking, think about how long it has been since Magnus had a motherly figure embrace him like this. His own mother took her own life because she thought Magnus was a monster and she was ashamed to have born such a being. Now we have Maryse holding him, accepting him, bringing him into the Lightwood fold. Treating him not as a monster but as someone worth embracing.
And now I’m crying. I can already tell this episode is going to mess me up and I can’t wait.