onthebeachwithwill:

Part of the reason I don’t want to watch Shadowhunters is because they have Magnus asking Alec on their first date. Maybe I am being misled because I am going off all the gif sets I’ve seen, but that is upsetting to me. A major part of their relationship is the fact that Alec asks Magnus out first. Alec is the one who reaches out. It takes so much courage for Alec, who is not even openly gay with his parabatai or his parents, to go out of his way to ask an immortal warlock- a downworlder, no less, who is still not on great terms with The Clave (to whom Alec is ever loyal)- on a date. His first date. Ever. And Magnus is impressed with his courage, he respects Alec for trying when he could easily shy away due to lack of experience.
Look I understand that this scene was not in The Mortal Instruments-it was only mentioned in The Bane Chronicles, and written out in full on Cassandra Clare’s website- but it so important for their relationship and for Alec’s character development. Having Magnus ask him out takes away from Alec’s character development and that breaks my heart.

Disclaimer: Again I haven’t watched the show and I am only going off gif sets and what people have told me, but Malec is important to me and I thought I should put this out there. If I am incorrect in this please tell me and I will give the show a shot, but if anything else like this is going on in the show I don’t want to ruin the beauty of the Shadowhunter books. Also, I don’t want anyone to feel I am judging them for watching the show and appreciating it for what it is. This my personal opinion, thank you.