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How come Sebastian is all evil and Tessa is perfectly nice when they both have demon blood in them?

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Joanne I just don't get it. Maybe it's to do with the fact the demon blood was injected into Sebastian when Joceline Fairchild was already pregnant and the father was Valentine, so both shadowhunters. But Tessa's mother was a shadowhunter and father a demon. So, they both have demon and shadowhunter blood, but then wouldn't Tessa be more 'evil'.


Lydia Well I think it's because Jocelyn had the shadowhunter marks and Tessa's mother didn't know she was a shadowhunter. The marks is what makes a shadowhunters a stillborn (Which is what Sebastian was) Tessa is a whole new being of shadowhunter as to Sebastian who is a stillborn.


message 3: by Hannah (last edited Apr 02, 2013 07:19AM) (new) - rated it 5 stars

Hannah It probably has to do with how they got the demon blood in them. Sebastian was injected with it, he was an experiment by Valentine. Tessa is, basically, a warlock. Some warlocks are good (like Magnus or Ragnor) and some aren't. I guess it just depends on the person. Also yea, it probably had to do with how different Tessa and Sebastian were raised also.


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Is Sebastion a warlock, since he has demon blood and Shadowhunter blood? Tessa has both, and she is a warlock, so is Sebastion one too? It's scary to think he lives forever lol.
And shouldn't he have been born stillborn? After all, Jocelyn had marks.


message 5: by Sabrina (last edited Apr 02, 2013 01:09PM) (new) - rated it 5 stars

Sabrina because she is a girl and its a fact girls are sweeter than boys! ;) JK that is honestly a good question though you may want to email it to Cassandra clare. I emailed her once and she replied... it took a while but I got a response!!! Great question! Good luck with that one.


Brittney I think it might have to do with the conditions they were raised in. Where Tessa came from a family who acted like they loved her, Sebastian was raised only by Valentine, who was cruel and cold to his son, and that is probably why he turned out that way. I don't think it had anything to do with the Demon Blood. Although it could have to do with how the demon blood was administered. Where Tessa was born half demon, Sebastian was forced to be part demon by having the blood injected into him.


message 7: by Courtney Lee (last edited Apr 02, 2013 07:01PM) (new) - rated it 5 stars

Courtney Lee Sebastion was injected unwillingly with demone blood while Tessa was born with it. Warlocks are born with the blood in them and they get their humanity by their human side. Also the shadowhunter gene/blood is dominiant in most cases. Sebastion would have been a good guy if the demon blood wasnt injected into him so he is more like a demon while Tessa was born the way she is.

I also think that the face that it was Lilith's that was injected into Sebastion that made him evil. She is like, the queen of the underworld or whatever. her blood would be pure evil.

It also says the the TMI books that sebastion couldnt help what he was. He didn't really have a choice. I dont really think it was about the conditions they were in because look at Jace. He spent 10 years being raised by Valentine and he is no where as evil as Sebastion. It's purely in the blood.

Tessa and Sebastion are probably similar in ways that they are because they are the same species but they arent the same in other ways. does that make sense. It's like a house cat and a mountain lion. they are the same species but are different in other ways


message 8: by Nurlely (last edited Apr 02, 2013 08:06PM) (new) - rated it 3 stars

Nurlely Errr.... double posts??

Good question.
Tessa seems to have more privileges than Sebastian. Tessa's father was said to be a greater demon and her mom an unmarked shadowhunter, yet Tessa was able to get pregnant, since her angel blood 'defeats' the greater demon's blood. Angel's blood is dominant.

Sebastian might have been born evil, with or without the demon's blood, since he has the evilish trait from Valentine.

Although it also didn't make sense that a baby can be such an evil, before he was even raised in such a nasty way by Valentine. Sebastian can't surely be born evil (as described by Jocelyn at his birth), for he might be injected by demon blood, but still has blessed shadowhunters as his parents. He was injected, not born of. Tessa was born of not only a mere demon, but a greater demon, with a 'non-protected' shadowhunter mother. If angel's blood is that dominant, how was Sebastian born with demon's behaviour when he was 'only' injected with demon's blood (should be defeated by his parents' blood right away) while Tessa was born not only with a greater demon's blood but must also carry his DNA??

It raises another question. If the angel blood is that dominant, how can brother Enoch know that Tessa was a warlock even though she bore no usual marks, and didn't know that she was a shadowhunter?


Nurlely Lydia wrote: "Well I think it's because Jocelyn had the shadowhunter marks and Tessa's mother didn't know she was a shadowhunter. The marks is what makes a shadowhunters a stillborn (Which is what Sebastian was) Tessa is a whole new being of shadowhunter as to Sebastian who is a stillborn"

Sebastian is a stillborn?????


Brittney Lydia wrote: "Well I think it's because Jocelyn had the shadowhunter marks and Tessa's mother didn't know she was a shadowhunter. The marks is what makes a shadowhunters a stillborn (Which is what Sebastian was)..."

Sebastian can't be a stillborn, because a stillborn baby is a child who dies inside the womb. He is very much alive, therefore, not stillborn.


Maria it was my understanding that Valentine "feed" Jocelyn with demon blood while pregnant ... so Sebastian was born "eveil" .. as well Sebastian was the son of 2 shadowhunters + demon blood (lilth)..(maaybe becauseof lilith blood is that he is more eveil)

Tessa in the other hand was a unmarked shadohunert + a Great demon (not as bad as lilith) ..

soo myabe thats the difference too???


Aubrey B Tess has a soul, Lilium -is that her name? the demon lady.- told Valentine that the blood would take away Sebastian's soul. I guess you can't force warlockdom on an unborn fetus because it will make them lose their soul.


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