EXACTLY. I despise Johnny Rook and never understood his defenders. And to add onto this wonderful rant, Johnny Rook was most likely indirectly physically harming Kit’s health. It’s said through others eyes that when Kit first came to the Institute that he was a skinny pale kid ‘who hadn’t looked like he went out of the house much’. This seems a bit insignificant at first, like a throwaway comment, but it actually hints to a lot of things. I’m putting these in lists because I just prefer it.
1. Low vitamin D. It’s obvious that Kit must’ve had some kind of vitamin d deficiency, from rarely going outside and if he did go outside, it was to go to the Shadow Market, which isn’t much. Vitamin D is very harmful and can cause things like fatigue, bone pain, muscle weakness, and mood changes like depression, as well as anxiety. And we see quite a few of these symptoms reflected in Kit, especially in LoS.
2. I just want to catch onto the skinny part. Now, there are characters like Ty that are naturally just thin, however, these characters often have some sort of muscle and we see through others eyes that they are well fed and such. (Though to note with Ty, after Livvy’s died, he lost some weight and grew paler, which is a strange reflection of how Kit was at first). When you think about Kit’s lifestyle, often being left at home or in the basement for hours at a time, conpletely alone, it’s reasonable to assume Kit was underfed. He has little to no muscles at the start, and while he was able to swing up a chair when his house was attacked, it was also likely due to partly his Shadowhunter and Faerie blood giving him a boost, and his own adrenaline. All the facts seem to point to Kit not having a consistent source of nutrition due to Johnny Rooks neglecting behaviour
3. Low Iron. I don’t have as much to say on this, but I do think Kit had low iron. When you have low iron (and this is coming from someone who had severely low iron at some point), you tend to develop things like headaches, struggling with concentration, shortness of breath and pale skin. I do believe Kit reflects at least some of these symptoms. Now, low Iron can come from things like blood loss or stomach issues, but the main reason is not having enough iron in the food you eat, and again feeding (haha pun intended) into the likely prospect that Kit was being underfed when staying with Johnny Rook.
Some other things I just want to add:
1. Kit rarely, if ever, was allowed to buy new things if he didn’t steal it. We see that when he’s given money by Johnny Rook, and Kit wishes that he could by new clothes for himself. In the start of LM, Kit’s jeans had holes in them, so he was obviously forced to rely on shady methods when he wanted something, which is why Kit never seems to verbalise what he wants, and feels odd when someone gives him something
2. Johnny Rook obviously gave Kit trust issues, and now Kit seems to see everything cynically. When Magnus’s conjured up food for everyone in London, Kit, before even reaching for the food, had ‘seen through’ the con that Magnus was playing (giving them something they wanted for what seemingly looks for free while trying to gain information), while this may have subconsciously been Magnus’s intention, we know that in his heart Magnus is soemone who gives and generally doesn’t like seeing people miserable. But because of how Johnny Rook raised Kit, Kit now fees he cannot look at an act of kindness without believing there are selfish intentions behind it. This is why he turns on Ty so fast after the necromancy attempt.
3. I know this is small, but I cannot let go of jow Kit was just left in the Silent City alone after the battle for days with nothing but his own thoughts, which were probably quite terrifying at the time. This is a terrible parallel to how Kit was often made to sit alone in the basement, sometimes without explanation.
Johnny Rook severely neglected and abused Kit, and the fandom needs to start recognising that. This is something I’ve made multiple posts about, so I’m happy people are finally doing it too.
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