#i could understand the vitriol if it was something like clace where they always get a short story and always get extra content

[eliotquillon]

sorry i know hatred is bad for my heart but i can’t stop thinking abt the person who randomly showed up on my isabelle lightwood post to tell me how much they hate book!isabelle because she’s so toxic and her relationship with simon is so awful. first of all when did i ask. second of all what the hell are you talking about. this is the incest series. every single major character in this universe has done something heinous to their significant other. isabelle is quite literally one of the only members of the main cast who hasn’t engaged in some kind of fauxcest so by that standard alone she is already head and shoulders above her brothers + clary. i joke a lot about isabelle and simon matching each other’s freak but like they have the most normal relationship in maybe all of tsc BY FAR; they hang out/date for months before they start throwing around ‘i love you’s and are the only tmi couple with explicitly shared interests/hobbies.

also isabelle is pretty consistently the only one of the main 6 not actively hating/having major personal drama with another one of the main 6 (except, y’know, when simon literally CHEATS ON HER, which she gets over pretty quickly all things considered). she very clearly doesn’t like clary in city of bones but sucks it up for jace’s sake and helps her get ready for magnus’s party anyway (even when it’s clear that clary Does Not Like her). like yeah compared to a normal person she is toxic and has some unhealthy perspectives. however compared to her peers she is literally the only person with any kind of interpersonal skills whatsoever. arguably she has better social skills than clary and clary actually grew up around more than 2 people her own age. and also it might help to remember she’s a 16 year old girl . not to pull the misogyny card or anything but literally what the hell did book isabelle do wrong to some of you people other than…flirt with boys + enjoy wearing makeup