Muse isn't too sure about this 'genderbending' thing

[alexandra_lightwood]

Is this some kind of weird, mundane magic that I haven't heard of?  I'm supposed to be a guy.  That's what's in the books.  Do you really think what happened is going to change because I'm female instead of male?

You don't even know if Magnus will like me when I'm like this.  He said he's bi, but those stories make it sound like he likes men more.

And, technically, if I'm a girl now, shouldn't I be interested in women?

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[alexandra_lightwood]

Eighteen, but I don't think they really see me as an adult.

[gabriellightwood]

They should. I'm eighteen so they have to include me.

[He speaks as he's very entitled to it.]

It should be the same for you.

[alexandra_lightwood]

Dating a warlock hasn't helped my reputation. [Not that Alec cares about earning most Shadowhunters' approval. Magnus is more important than even her family's approval.] And the things we've done to help Jace and Clary...

They have to include me but they still ignore me.

[gabriellightwood]

Why is it that every time I talk to one of you, that warlock is always brought up? What's so special about him?

[alexandra_lightwood]

[The answer is simple and complicated and Alec knows she lacks Jace's way with words to be able to explain it so she goes with simplicty instead.]

What makes Cecily so special?

[gabriellightwood]

.... That is not the same. She's not a downworlder and she- we-- we're normal.

[alexandra_lightwood]

No, it's not the same since he's better than most of the nephilim he met over the years. He helped them despite knowing that he was hated for what he was.

You shouldn't blame the child for the sins of his father and that's what you're doing. It's not Magnus' fault that his father was a demon.

I'm glad I'm a deviant if that means I can see that there's more to someone than heredity. I'm sure Alexander feels the same way.

[gabriellightwood]

[That sins of the father remark made him flinch. He changes the subject quickly.]

Surely you're not so different from... yourself.

[alexandra_lightwood]

[A guilty look crosses her features when she notices Gabriel flinch. She hadn't meant to imply anything about his father, instead thinking of how Magnus' parents had been blamed him for a demon's acts.]

I didn't...

No, w'ere not too much different. Except being around Magnus makes me more willing to talk than Alexander. My mun thinks that it'll help me work things out with Magnus or I'll get so frustrated with him I'll tie him to the bed and not let him go until we work out our differences.