I’m posting this greatly shocked, after (I know I’m late) having just watched episode 4 of the second season of Shadowhunters, which is the very last episode I will watch. Let me explain why.
Once upon a time (well like in 2012 or something) I was the biggest fan of The Mortal Instruments. As the years go by, now that I’ve reached adulthood, I look back on my “fangirl” years (well can you even stop being a fangirl?) with a lot of nostalgia. Today, the only books I have time to read are assignments in college. I miss the days I spent reading The Hunger Games, Divergent and The Mortal Instruments (and much more).
However, these stories are still staying with me, every day of my life. They might not be considered great literature by my college profs, but they are part of me, and part of the reason for which I wanna study literature and languages.
In the bits of free time I’ve managed to have, I have been watching Shadowhunters, since the very first episode around a year ago. And today, after watching the episode I mentioned above, I have to admit I could barely watch another episode even if I tried.
I have never been one of those people who cannot accept a single change from book to movie/TV. But killing Clary’s mother, Jocelyn, is one change I will never approve.
No, I didn’t mind Aldertree. No, I didn’t mind Lydia. No, I didn’t mind that Luke was a NYPD agent. No, I didn’t mind most of the changes they made, because I was so happy to see one of my favourite stories on screen, after the first try flopped at the box office. But that is no more.
How could Cassandra Clare (I read that the writers actually asked Cassie before writing it) agree with such an awful turn of events? Jocelyn is so important in Clary’s journey and stays with her throughout all of the six books.
The actress who portrayed her was flawless, and she was from Quebec, where I’m from, and I loved her a lot. The mother-daughter relationship was just building up, and it was growing into something that felt so close to the books. For the first 3 episodes, I felt like the writers had finally understood how to be faithful to the essence of the books, while telling the story in a somewhat different way. Apparently, they don’t understand anything.
I honestly hope season 3 gets cancelled, and I say this while acknowledging that I might give it a chance, that maybe I’ll change my mind and I’m shocked after having just watched it, but I doubt it. I guess I’ll just have to stick to my memories of the books, or find time to read them again…
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