Where's ya man's at?

#this was an understated but rly good moment#for two reasons the first being#i think there is a lot to be said abt valentine facing the head of the ny institute with his downworlder boyfriend by his side#like valentine’s comment abt downworlders was def more than#about just magnus being present in the institute#bc the clave has always used downworlders for their means valentine himself has used them for his own purposes#so this is not what he’s remarking on#but specifically about magnus being a part of alec’s life#who runs the institute and thus embodies the institute and so to valentine the#institute itself has been irrevocably tainted#and the second reason being alec standing with magnus to#offer his silent support#bc this is the first time magnus is stepping back into the space#where he had been tortured and also facing a man who has caused him so much pain#so i think that is also significant on that level as well#anyway i really like the imagery of magnus and alec standing together and a little apart from everyone else#bc their relationship is just really powerful in both the political and intimate sense (via @amorverus) 

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the contrast of maryse trying to stop magnus entering alec’s first wedding to her literally walking him down the aisle at his and alec’s the power that that has the growth that that has the world impact that that has