Is Alec Lightwood Autistic?
One of the most popular headcanons and theories about The Mortal Instruments world at the moment, is whether or not Alec is high functioning autistic. As someone with high functioning autism, I can safely say, since the first Mortal Instrument book, I have been wondering this. In both the books and the TV show he displays many of the common quirks most people with high functioning autism display; so much so that there is an entire category of fanfiction in Archive of Our Own for autistic Alec. I was always pretty sure that Alec was autistic, but the one thing that always stopped me from being sure was my wondering if a Shadowhunter can be autistic. It isn’t something we have seen until very recently with Ty from Lady Midnight. Many people say Alec isn’t autistic because Cassandra Clare never said he was, but she also never said Ty was autistic, and it is very obvious he is. In fact, Ty and Alec are very similar in many ways, especially when it comes to social interaction; Alec just
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