The Dark Artifices

Sent by brucewvayne :

hullooo i was just asking something I DONT GET why you're mad at the tda snippet? (not looking to start shit i just genuinely don't get it so i wanted to know)

The reasons I’m mad at that snippet —well, the first line, truthfully, because I was too annoyed to read past that- are actually similar to the reasons why I’m so incredibly frustrated at all the books and stories I’ve read in the Shadowhunters Chronicles tbh.

For those of you who didn’t see my latest post about it, here’s the quote in question:

“You’ve got a lot of responsibility now,” Jace said to Julian. “You’ll have to make sure Emma winds up with a guy who deserves her.”

The quote operates on the idea that it is Julian’s responsibility to decide who Emma is going to date, instead of Emma herself. This plays into the idea that women are incapable of making their own choices and that men should make them instead.

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