Sunday, April 9, 2017

TV Round Up: Shadowhunters (thoughts on S1 episodes 4-9)

So, I'm already nine episodes in of the first season of Shadowhunters. It's been a while since I've found a show so interesting that I've actually started binge watching it. The last show I binge watched was Schitt's Creek and I totally love that show.

My opinion still has not changed for Clary and Jace, they are still dull and boring and they have zero chemistry.

There are so many things I don't like about Clary and one is how selfish she is. I can't believe she made the decision to bury Simon so he can become a vampire. All because it was too heartbreaking for her to let him die. She never thought that maybe he didn't want to come back as a monster. Her only thoughts were about how sad she would be without him. I notice that she tends to be selfish a lot and from the moment she joined up with Jace, Alec and Izzy they have been doing everything she wanted regardless of the consequences.


She is part of the reason why the Clave sent in Lydia Branwell to "temporarily" run the Institute due all the unsanctioned activity they have been doing for her. She never seems to care about anyone but herself. She has fleeting thoughts for Jace, Luc and Simon but she mainly thinks about herself, which is why she's one of my least favorite characters.

I think Jace is too blinded by Clary, all his actions revolve around her and their insta-love. I can't believe he blamed Alec for Clary being abducted which would not have happened if she had not left the Institute.

Speaking of Alec, he is so conflicted about his parents and his sexuality. And he's trying to run away from dealing with both by proposing to Lydia Branwell. It's also easy to see he has an attraction to Magnus Bane but he also doesn't want to deal with it. I'm not entirely sure but I do believe Alec smiled for the first time in the fourth episode when he met Magnus. I was like wow that's a genuine smile, he's usually so grumpy and cranky all the time. These two have an easy chemistry.


I adore Magnus he has an electrifying personality and such charming wit. I'm glad he's getting more scenes. I was disappointed that Izzy changed to try to please her disapproving mother, it doesn't seem like her mother truly loves or values her. No matter what, I think Izzy is cool and I don't understand why her mother would be so harsh on her when she goes above and beyond the call of duty to do her job.

I'm so disappointed with the werewolves on this show because they look like regular wolves. I wonder if Twilight is to blame for such lame werewolves, not since the Being Human TV series and the Underworld movies have werewolves seemed even remotely scary. Even the werewolves on the Bitten TV series look like regular wolves. Oh, I forgot even the Harry Potter movies had lame werewolves.

This show really surprised me, I'm already completely hooked and can't wait to watch the last four episodes of season 1.

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