This is a great episode and one that shows a very different side of the characters in the dimension the Shadowhunters were so good at their jobs that they weren't needed anymore and so they don't exist anymore.
Clary has been sent through a portal into this dimension due to one of the Seelie's having a life debt with her and it is payment for the life debt. They are helping her find the portal that the shard that her mother gave her. It leads her to this dimension and it is where the roles have been flipped.
It is a dimension that is peaceful and free from demons and therefore the institute is an
internet research facility not the Shadowhunter's home and facility. We see what the Shadowhunters would be if they weren't needed to protect the world from demons and essentially police the down world.
So we see Clary studying art, Jace running a coffee van, Izzy and Alec working for the institute, and Magnus as a Tarot card reader and psychic. Simon is also at college and more confident with his music.
Magnus in this dimension is an anchor to the dimension that Clary belongs into and she goes to him and convinces him that they need help this is one of two episode's where we see the cats that Magnus owns, due to Harry Shum jr being allergic to cats.
It is refreshing to see that Alec is a lot more confident in himself and is playing into the gay character as the assumption that is made is that Alec was able to come out to his family much earlier in life so the assumption is that his mental health is so much better.
We also see Izzy be a full-out nerd and not be ashamed of it and her intelligence as in this dimension she was able to break the internet speed barrier and is with Simon a lot earlier in the game.
Alec the roles of Alec and Mangus switched and this is quite interesting in the way that it is Alec is the confident one and Magnus is the shy one, he still has a bit of the sass but it is toned down it is Alec that has the sass.
This is an interesting episode to watch as it goes into what the world would look like if the Shadowhunter's relationships were healthy. So I will do a series on how the relationships in this dimension are healthy.
( originally published on blogger as the Shadowhunter's alternative dimension and how they are different in 2021)
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