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Magnus: I wasn't injured. I was lightly stabbed

Alec: I'm sorry. You were stabbed?

Magnus: Lightly stabbed

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And then you have Magnus who is so in love with Alec and wants to be there to support him but can't because he also has to support his people. It's these sort of difficult choices that will shape the future of the Downworld.

Kat McNamara about Magnus in the Season 2 finale (x)

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Exclusive Interview: Shadowhunters' VFX Supervisor Philippe Thibault

Freeform's Shadowhunters has been impressing viewers this season with it's new visual upgrades. The makeup, wardrobe, the stunts, props - almost everything has been overhauled to better pull audiences into the magic of the Shadow World. A large part of that responsibility has been entrusted to

Magnus’ magic this season behaves vastly different to what it used to and it’s often very fascinating to watch. What was the thinking behind that? And how closely have you worked with Harry Shum Jr. in collaborating on that?

My collaboration with Harry has been great and very important to the design of the magic. Harry is such a great actor, but most importantly for this part, a great performer. The way he moves when magic happens has a direct impact on how we approach the design of the VFX. Again, we were looking to make magic that was grounded in reality, but I also felt it was very important to make it look like it was very connected to the powerful warlock that is Magnus. 

We imagine the creative process of working out the logistics of certain effects is very back and forth. What’s one effect that took the most thinking, or the longest amount of time to decide on, and why?

Magnus’ magic was hard to nail down; we started with concept designs and decided on the look and colour that way. To bring it to “reality” it took a lot of trial and error. Our FX team first started the design with particle systems using Houdini and they did a great job coming up with the look and behaviour of the particles. The final product is a close collaboration with CG and outstanding compositing. Lionel Lim and Simon Devault, our lead compositors at Folks, have their stamp on the final look and I feel that now, we have it down to a science. We also did a full body scan of Harry, because his every move involving magic is being roto-animated by our team, which is also one of the reasons why it feels so connected with Harry’s acting.  

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RIP: In loving memory of the following scenes

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MAGNUS AND BANE. cant believe magnus is in a relationship with himself 

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Lightwood Family: Drama™️️ Magnus:

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I want to see a lot more of his relationship with Magnus because they have a history and they go back—though we haven’t heard too much about that yet. But that’s the relationship or bond that I really want to get into more.

Isaiah [x]