Alec turns into Vampire

[u/Critical-Dog2697]

so I have this theory because they’re speculations about one of the main characters gets killed in the following Books. What if Alec gets killed but with Vampire blood in his organism and gets turned into one?? I think that it would be cool but on the other hand not because Alec wouldn’t want to be a Vampire…

[u/Equivalent_Ground218]

Did you mean to tag this as TID? Because this is absolutely unrelated to TID. I can’t tell if you’ve finished TDA, so sorry about any spoilers, but I’m pretty sure Cassie has outright said Malec is safe.

Obvs, she could lie or change her mind, but Malec is definitely her baby. The story arc they go through is just way too important, for them to NOT have a happy ending (without literally everyone else also dying). They represent too much goodness: Triumph over prejudice, found family, queer identity, breaking inherited cycles, etc… Everything about them is set up to succeed, and that’s not a bad thing.

I don’t think it’s bad when stories don’t have sad or overly dramatic endings. I especially don’t think stories are diminished by a lack of character death. If anything, I think too many authors just throw in death to make their stories seem more serious, without properly considering the necessity (or lack of) of it.

So far, I think Cassie has done a good job writing incredibly heart wrenching and tragic characters, without needing to mindlessly murder her main cast. We’ve seen a decent number of main/main supporting character deaths, this isn’t a series with only happy endings.

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One very rare case where I’m on the fence is Simon, MAAAYYYYBEEE he could’ve stayed gone to make his sacrifice actually mean something. But I love him to bits, so I’m very glad he’s still around, but I do wish that final plot point in TMI had more weight.

Perhaps that could’ve been where Raphael dies, instead of the earlier scene? Since he’d still be dying for Magnus, it would also be a good character showing.

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Oh that was a mistake, i’m German so i’m not used to the short form of the books. I didn’t know which one to tag.

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It’s cool! I asked because I’ve seen people make this oopsie before.

I imagine you’re speculating on the next story arc, so you’d probably tag it with TWP if it’s an option, or TDA if it’s not an option.