Reading roundup, including Fallow and Forbidden Parabatai Het

[hamsterwoman]

58. Jonathan Kellerman, The Murderer's Daughter -- a non-Alex Delaware novel, although Delaware does make a brief appearance, and I think I remember Grace mentioned in a recent Delaware book? I mean, all of Kellerman's realistic crime books take place in the same universe, so that's nothing new, but it does drive home how much more I enjoy reading

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Re: Shadowhunters

[hamsterwoman]

Emma punches the wall shortly after their parabatai ceremony, so it's years before she's aware of Julian's love or her own feelings

Hm, yeah... not sure then.

It did seem like Kit being a lost Herondale and the story of Tobias were from something that was covered in the short stories, so happy to have the confirmation. Without knowing anything in there, it definitely seemed to me like Johnny Rook knew Kit was Nephilim and was warning him away from Shadowhunters because of that (the "will kidnap anyone" thing was very odd, until the Herondale reveal). Although I guess it could also be something passed down from parent to kid while they were in hiding, through the generations. That seems less likely, though, because surely as they became grown-ups they'd interact with enough people to know that nobody else believes that...

Remind me, is there an actual time limit on becoming a Shadowhunter (i.e. getting first Marks or whatever) if one has Nephilim blood? If there is (e.g. if 19 is the cut off), I could see this be a thing where -- after the first generation(s?) growing up mundane -- when the kid(s) aged out of that limit, their parents (or warlock guardians or whichever) could tell them the truth about their parentage, and so onward through the generations.

Re: Shadowhunters

[aome]

What I remember about age limits is: a young Shadowhunter raised away from Shadowhunter life (ie parents were exiled or voluntarily left) is that the Clave/Institute has the right to visit every six years to see if the child would like to join them, three times. So: 6, 12, 18 - looks like 18 is the cut-off? But that has to do with known Nephilim children. If Kit had been successfully hidden until he was, say, 20, I'm not sure he would necessarily be barred from becoming a Shadowhunter. It's not like anyone had the chance to ask him before. It's kind of unclear what would happen in a circumstance like that. Clary was just shy of 16, so that's no help.

I had to go look up the age that a kid gets their first Marks, since they made a big deal about Tavvy not having the slightest bit of protection on him, when Malcolm took him. Turns out to be about 10 years old.

Re: Shadowhunters

[hamsterwoman]

So: 6, 12, 18 - looks like 18 is the cut-off? But that has to do with known Nephilim children. If Kit had been successfully hidden until he was, say, 20, I'm not sure he would necessarily be barred from becoming a Shadowhunter. It's not like anyone had the chance to ask him before.

Given how the Clave seems to favor arbitrary rules over policies that make any actual sense on everything else, I'd guess the cut-off is 18 regardless of whether they had been given the choice before or not. Either because something actually happens at when you turn 19 and you can no longer, IDK, take Marks if you haven't been Marked before, or because the rules are the same for everybody because the Law is the Law. That would make sense with Johnny Rook's "anybody under 19 could be kidnapped" warning to Kit -- presumably once Kit turns 19, he doesn't have to hide from Shadowhunters anymore because it would be too late to induct him. (Although then they could still keep an eye on him and force him to give them access to any future children.)

since they made a big deal about Tavvy not having the slightest bit of protection on him, when Malcolm took him. Turns out to be about 10 years old.

I wondered about that too, from that line, but didn't go so far as to do the research, so thanks for sharing the results of yours :)