#she'll mangle it like she's mangled every other infantilizable character that's come her way

[thevagabondexpress]

listen. guys.

the answer is not to make ty taller than kit. it's to show that short and noticeably autistic people can be badasses and intimidating and sex gods too.

the answer is not to make ty taller than kit. it's to let ty be a gothic horror cryptid ninja who is very aware that his looks and his neurodivergence are things that get you infantilized because it's something he's experienced, people keep treating him like that, and so he claws back every small bit of control, of power, of ability to intimidate that he can in any way that he can whenever and wherever he can.

the answer is not to remove ways that ty can be infantilized. it's to have the people around him infantilize him and then let him cathartically take down everyone who approaches him with that mindset until nobody dares call him adorable or try ruffling his hair again. to make ty a study in how when you think someone's cute when they're spitting mad sometimes you become a lesson for anyone else who thinks they can get away with doing the same. to make him a representation of how hard it is to escape infantilization and a name to look up to for everyone trying to do it because somehow he did (and he did it with no help from his boyfriend, either).

and kit, poor kit, beloved big brother, personification of summer, tall sun-smiling goofball in a secondhand jacket, sure that he is more well-adjusted than he actually is, has no idea what is coming for him. not. at. all.

#ty blackthorn #twp #tsc #the wicked powers #the shadowhunter chronicles #we know our beloved author's not gonna do this #she'll mangle it like she's mangled every other infantilizable character that's come her way #but we have choices beyond “follow her” or “vent” #except we couldn't possibly break the height rule #that's the one trope which can never be subverted #the universe would collapse if we broke the height rule #oh no we can't have that #i hope you can hear the sarcasm dripping out of that last batch of tags