#we discoursin today lads

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can’t reblog the comment so ig I was blocked but here’s a screenshot

I really thought this post was gonna make it through without anyone commenting any wack shit on it but here we are! Let’s go!

About the forced-to-be-parabatai thing: they both made that decision as CHILDREN. Hot take, but, children are not mature enough to decide to bond their soul to someone. Just me? Okay. Aside from them both being literal children, you cannot tell me that there was no outside influence in the decision. Again, they’re kids. Talking specifically about Alec, he had a big thing for making sure his parents were proud of him and he has difficulty doing things that go against him. If they weren’t supportive of the idea, he probably wouldn’t have gone through it, and even that is a form of pressure for him to do if. He literally had last minute regrets and didn’t want to do it, but was then convinced by Izzy. His reasoning was that he was in love with Jace, and while that obviously isn’t and wasn’t true, he still should have been able to make that choice for himself, whatever the reasoning.

About the other shit you said: I never said that Alec didn’t love Jace as a brother, he does. I also never said that Jace was less important than Alec’s other siblings, I just said that he wasn’t more important. I literally say that losing Jace WOULD NOT BE HARDER than losing Izzy or Max. I didn’t say it would be easier. But I’m just saying that Jace isn’t the most important person in Alec’s life. Now let’s talk about Magnus. First of all, Jace spends basically the entire series choosing Clary over Alec and risking Alec and Izzy’s lives, jobs, and runes for her. The fact that y’all think that’s cool and me saying that, if it came down to the wire, everything about Alec’s story and relationships in the show implies that he would choose Magnus over Alec is a problem is incredibly wack. Alec was willing to stay in Edom FOREVER for Magnus, he would never see Jace again. And yet we’re supposed to believe that Alec would just act like he doesn’t care if Magnus dies as long as Jace is saved? It’s bad writing, bad characterization, and it treats Magnus like shit and like he’s just a prop. Alec loves all his siblings equally but the love he has for Magnus is on a totally different level. That’s what this post is saying, not that Jace is less important to him than Alec’s other siblings.

Finally, let’s talk about how Jace treats Alec. For most of the show, Jace treats Alec like shit. Are we all just ignoring the “maybe our parents were right and your best isn’t good enough” thing that Jace never apologized for? Because that was seriously below the belt. Totally uncalled for and absolutely targeting Alec’s biggest insecurity. Jace is using the trust that Alec has in him and their bond and how close they are to hurt Alec. When Simon points out that if Jace keeps treating Alec like shit he’s going to leave, Jace just pulls the “ALEC WOULD DIE FOR ME” thing while totally refusing to acknowledge the actual point that Simon is making or doing anything to correct the behavior. Instead he just lashes out at Simon. Obviously I’m not saying like kill Jace or anything but I am saying that it’s unhealthy for Alec to have this bond with someone who treats him that way. Anyways, fuck Jace Herondale lives. Free Alec.

actually i think it’s less that Alec can’t live/fight without Jace and more that he thinks he can’t bc he was forced into this bond at such a young age. Aside from the actual physical detriments of losing the parabatai bond (and parabatai bonds, from what I’ve seen insinuated, CAN be broken), losing Jace would not be worse for Alec than losing Izzy or Max and literally EVERYTHING about his ENTIRE character arc implies that he would always choose Magnus over Jace. What I’m fuckin saying is that the entire interaction where Magnus says “lll use every bit of my magic to get Jace back even if it means my death” and Alec is just like “lol thanks” is so desperately out of character I don’t even know how to process it also stop using Jace as a reason Alec can’t become immortal with Magnus also jalec is bad and also incest and even if it wasn’t incest it would still be bad