#sh 312

First, Maia - the person with supernatural tracking skills - couldn’t go on a tracking expedition because an old school vamp wouldn’t like a werewolf there. But Izzy, a shadowhunter, is fine. It's not like vampires hate shadowhunters even more than werewolves.

Second, Cain is just so damn eager to talk to Simon - and not because of anything Simon did or said, but because hey, Simon is a daylighter. Lucky Simon, he gets to find and talk to the oldest vampire in the world for no merit of his own.

Third, Cain is just so helpful. Annoyingly so. Not only does Cain know of a way to get rid of the Mark, but he also just ups and gives Simon the item he needs for the ceremony. That item? The very rock Cain used to murder his own brother and has been carrying since then as penitence for his actions. You know, a trinket he could part with easily to help a guy he literally just met. Geez, how lucky is Simon that this Cain guy is so ready to do his work for him?

Fourth, Simon doesn’t want to hear the dangers of the ceremony. Which I buy since Simon has been acting out of emotion this whole time. But that doesn’t mean it is emotionally satisfying because we know Simon is wrong. He’s been plagued by guilt from something that didn’t happen. Clary is alive. If Jace had sent fire messages for both his siblings, Simon’s entire motivation to be rushing the ceremony would be gone. It’s weak writing if the audience is one step ahead of the character when that knowledge makes the whole character motivation break.

Fifth, Izzy has no reasons whatsoever to not ask questions. She was the one asking about the use of Adamas when it could kill Alec: why the hell is she so chill with letting Simon go through with a ceremony everyone keeps saying might kill him?

Sixth - and this is for the whole show - stop trying to make the audience think your main characters will die. We know they won’t.

Seventh, because they asked no questions, neither Simon nor Izzy had the chance to discuss the need for mortal blood once the ceremony was over. If this was supposed to be a Sizzy scene, it isn’t ideal that it’s about Izzy having no choice but consenting to Simon biting her otherwise he’d die. Had they learned beforehand that Simon would need to drink a lot of blood and Izzy had decided then, with options and safety, that she would let Simon bite her, it would’ve been another thing entirely. 

Eighth - or Seventh B - I don’t even particularly like Simon but I know he would never - ever - had gone through the ceremony if he knew it would be a risk for someone besides himself. He would never put Izzy in the position of having to fight against her addiction again. Not when there were other options and there was no reason they couldn’t go ask other mortal friends to give up some blood in Izzy’s place.