I have to be honest with my readers that in this post I have struggled with it as in a previous life I worked in a pharmacy that had a methadone program. Some of the stories I heard during that time are heartbreaking. (I also have a smartphone addiction that I am working on.)
However, this is going to focus on Izzy (Isabelle) Lightwood being stable and how someone in reality that has a chemical addiction can get help. As addiction can take many forms including but isn't limited to illegal drugs and alcohol. (let's talk about Magnus in another post 😉)
These clips focus on Izzy in season two where she is mostly in the recovery stage, she is seeking honesty and accountability from the people who have created the environment and circumstances that lead to her addiction. We have seen in the first season that even as young adults they see that their parents are away a lot and Alec is acting as head of the institute a lot of the time. He also relies on Izzy and Jace however when Clary comes in his plans are derailed.
This clip in particular focuses on the responsibility she has been focusing on. One of the fundamentals of recovery and stabilization. Is to keep yourself busy and focus on what you can control in your life. So this is her duty at work, training her little brother that has a massive lot of potential. However, she sees that the family needs to confront what is going on in their personal life, deal with the dysfunction, and move beyond it as Clary has become a more stable fixture in their lives and they have started to care for her and Alec has to respect her as Jaces girlfriend
We see her call her Father out for his poor behavior toward Max. So she is not only taking accountability for herself but the others in her family. That she is responsible for or cares about and we see an honest and vulnerable moment between her Father and later Alec as through his bond with Jace he can sense something is wrong Clary has unusual abilities and still being new to the Shadow World. Still acts on her impulses without telling people. Izzy is also enforcing her boundaries with her father as a daughter as they had very rigid boundaries. Alec, now can express his emotions more he can be an Emotionally safe space and we see that they regard the training room as a safe space to talk and train.
In thisclipi,p we see that she is physically strong stable, and competent in how she is working and they are working as a team Good as we see that this is a direct tribute to the books where their is some New York Shadowhunter's that turn evil and they were coined team evil against a team good. Confronting those who seek to do her harm this is Jonathan her actual brother, not Jace.
We see in this clip that Izzy sees what needs to be done and this is a great character progression of her forcing Alec to confront his issues, as she sees him going down the same track of avoidance of his issues. So this is her simply doing what needs to be done, Due to the demons that are attacking the realm due to the rift being open. We also see that the circle members are still in high places and are undermining the attempts to stop Valentine.
We also see Izzy navigating the social aspect of the workplace as well as becoming respectable again and earning the admiration of others in the shadow world.
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( first published on blogger inWith 2022)
Reading for this post
The Importance Of Maintaining Healthy Family Relationships (marriage.com)Infidelity And How It Affects Marriage, Children And Families - Diane Rehm
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