One other issue of our lovely Clare is that she wants us to believe her fave characters are underdogs whilst simultaneously giving them more privilege and worship than any other character.
Like, she says the Herondales are shunned and looked down on because of Tessa’s demon blood and Will’s mundane mother. Ok. Then we have them controlling one of the most powerful institutes, being bffs with the most powerful political figure in shadow hunter society, throwing “magnificent” balls at tthe institute and in Paris that almost every shadowhunter attends, Will is said to be regarded as a leader who people naturally listen to and follow, more than three side characters mention that the herondales are “very influential”, etc.
Then there’s James. CC tried so hard to paint him as a tragic bullying victim who was an easy target because of his diabolical eyes and terrible, terrible powers. Yeah but that lasted 40 pages max, right? Putting ChoI aside, in that one side story where the carstairs attend Will and Tessa’s anniversary party in Paris, just a few months before the academy, Cordelia says that she can’t imagine James having no friends because he’s *again* so naturally charismatic, everyone listens to him and attracts so many people with his *beautiful* eyes. Huh. Let’s say this is Cordelia’s idealization clouding her fucking eyes and judgement, and give CC the benefit of the doubt.
Also, in Choi, which happens like max four years after the academy, we see like three girls fawning over him and betting on who he’d ask to dance first. Poor James! He’s charismatic AND attractive. Oh yeah and he can become a shadow.
Lmao the guy seriously went “my father was cursed, but I? I’m damned!” AHAHAHAHHA SHUT UP don’t let Alastair hear you buddy, because he’s the guy that’s actually struggling in this story.
Next we have Anna and Matthew. But thinking about them makes me wants to break my skull on a marble wall. I’m sure you already know about these darlings of the fandom.
THIS THO
They are extremely powerful and rich and influencial. So are the Lightwoods and the Fairchilds.
James was in the Academy for like, a month, before his parents came pick him up. Also I'll never get over how ChArIsMaTiC James is,,,, like, have you seen any of his official artworks? He's so fucking creepy
Apparently every single girl in London is thirsting over James, but poor him, he's so undesirable and rejected!
HE'S DAMNED AKJSJDJ PLS STOP 😭
Matthew and Anna are the popular, influencial, socially accepted outcasts lol
Has CC ever been excluded from anything? Is this her perceptive of what underdogs are? JFC, can this woman please go out more