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Clary confronts Jonathan for the final time. Stream Shadowhunters now on Freeform.com, On Demand, and Hulu. #ShadowhuntersLegacyWhat to watch next: more sea...
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In the books Jonathan tries to kiss Clary and makes moves on her. That's why it's in the show to begin with. The in lore explaination is a bit less incesty. So we see Lilith regularly kiss Jonathan and there's no question she messed the way he views familial love up.
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Jonathan Christopher Morgenstern, also known as Sebastian Verlac, was the first child of the late Valentine Morgenstern and the late Jocelyn Fairchild and the older brother of Clary Fairchild.
Early life
Before he was born, Jonathan was injected with pure demon blood while still in Jocelyn's womb. As a child, Jocelyn saw the destruction he was capable of and what she believed to be a natural inclination to bring death in him and slowly grew fearful of him. After the Uprising, Valentine faked their deaths by setting fire to the Fairchild manor. For years after finding out about his "death", his mother Jocelyn mourned for him. She kept a box of his things with her, and she would take it out once a year and cry over it. Valentine raised Jonathan secretly and in seclusion in a remote cabin in Idris, at the same time as, but separate from, Valentine's other experiment: Jonathan Herondale, whom Valentine was raising as Jonathan Wayland. Valentine kept journals of the two opposite Jonathans' progress. Jonathan claimed to have developed an interest in science as a child, after Valentine gave him a chemistry set and taught him the basic laws of physics. Because of his demon blood, Jonathan grew up with murderous tendencies. When he turned eight, Valentine gave him his first seraph blade. He had been so eager to try it out and make his father proud that he snuck out of their cabin and killed and skinned a large werewolf, wanting to give its pelt to Valentine as a trophy. At one point, a young Jonathan killed a boy named Albert Timberworth by throwing him off a bridge, apparently curious if the 32-foot fall would kill him. Jonathan's deadly experiments continued and began to attract unwanted attention, in addition to fearing that Jonathan was out of control and he could be his son's next victim, that Valentine afterward kept him shackled in the basement of the cabin. Eventually, Valentine sent Jonathan to Hell, specifically the realm Edom. Jonathan felt that Valentine's reasons were that he grew to hate him for his inclination to kill and that his father chose Jace and wanted to protect him from Jonathan.
Time in Edom
Upon his arrival, Jonathan was welcomed by Lilith, the Queen of the realm, who greeted him while in human form. She introduced herself as his mother, and when he told her that his mother hated him, Lilith told him to abandon that thought, because it was her blood that made him special and powerful. As she told him that she loved him, she gripped him by his arms and burned him. Other demons joined in burning his skin—gradually, layer by layer—because he was too pretty, and too human, for their world. They made him hideous, leaving his body disfigured, his face unrecognizable. Eventually, Lilith and the demons taught him how to use and draw power from his demon blood. He spent his years in Hell clinging to memories and hopes of freedom. Eventually, he summoned the Greater Demon Azazel, who helped him escape Edom in exchange for his freedom from Duduael. Upon being freed, Jonathan found the cold unbearable, having gotten used to the flames of Hell. He was also disappointed to not have been overwhelmed with the emotions—anger, nor happiness—he'd expected to have when he finally made it back; instead, In the end, he felt nothing, though he eventually realized that he needed revenge on his father.
As Sebastian
Jonathan spent time thinking of his next steps in his new life. To blend in, Jonathan kidnapped the English Shadowhunter Sebastian Verlac from London and took on his identity. He led Sebastian's family to believe that he was safe and just needed to be away. Meanwhile, Valentine had managed to convince the other Jonathan—now known as Jace—that he was Jonathan Christopher Morgenstern, until he was forced by the Soul-Sword to admit to him his deception. Meanwhile, a vision from Ithuriel told Jace and Clary that a "demonic Morgenstern" would be capable of destroying the Soul-Sword, denoting that someone like Jonathan would be able to do it. Because it was then believed that Jace was Jonathan, they wrongly assumed that it was referring to him, leading to him accidentally activating the sword. Clary was later able to deactivate the Sword, and Jonathan, knowing that the Sword could be used to destroy him, a demon-blooded creature as well, stole the Sword with the intention of sending it to Edom with Valentine. Jonathan then had Azazel stage an attack on Isabelle Lightwood so he could swoop in and "save" her, a deed which he hoped would later grant him access to the New York Institute. He took her back to his apartment. When she woke up, he offered her a vial of medicine that would help with her withdrawal symptoms. To gain her trust, he told her that he was also previously addicted to yin fen and found his own ways of kicking the addiction, one of them being the root extract medicine he was giving her. He convinced Isabelle to confine herself in his residence for at least a day to recover. After recovering, Isabelle invited Sebastian to the Institute, just as he had anticipated, where he proved his worth by imparting his expertise on Greater Demons and advising them how to defeat Azazel. This opportunity also allowed Jonathan to meet Clary for the first time. When he noticed that Clary was struggling with her rune powers because of her emotions, he advised her to accept her feelings instead of shutting them, and her powers, out. When they needed Clary's ability to save Jace and capture Valentine, he forced her to accept her emotions by throwing harsh truths at her, which, despite his words, Clary later thanked him for. Jonathan was eventually able to gain the trust of the other Shadowhunters and integrated himself into the Institute, well enough that he became part of the team assigned to Valentine. He anonymously arranged for Luke Garroway to get access to Valentine's cell to kill him but reported him to Alec Lightwood, prompting Alec and the Clave to decide to have Valentine transferred to Idris to keep him safe, while he was being interrogated for the Mortal Instruments, from those who want him dead. This transfer gave him the opportunity to Portal Valentine away from the Shadowhunters through Duncan Armstrong, a Shadowhunter he'd been blackmailing into doing his bidding at the Institute. Jonathan had Duncan Portal them to the basement of the cabin he grew up in and later killed Duncan. Jonathan gave Valentine a recap of the life he had. When the remorseful Valentine took the blame for everything that happened to him and told Jonathan that he grew to regret sending him away, Jonathan refused to believe him and continued to prepare for the ritual that would send Valentine and the Soul-Sword to Edom. Valentine then took hold of the Sword and, compelled to tell the truth by the Sword, told Jonathan that he never hated him, that he had always and still cared for him despite his decision to send him away, and that he still thought of him and was haunted by his decision every day. He also told Jonathan that he was the "ultimate warrior" he'd always dreamed of, not Jace, and the man he'd grown up to be fulfilled this dream, calling him his greatest creation. This was able to convince Jonathan to change his mind, and he later took Valentine back to his place and had dinner with him. When Valentine left for Idris to summon Raziel, he left Jonathan behind in New York, claiming to have done it because of the danger. Jonathan decided to kill those in pursuit of them, for which Valentine Turned several mundanes to Forsaken to help him. Jonathan was able to take Jace by surprise and moved to hang him by the neck on a bridge, only to be coaxed into a battle. While he bested Jace at first, Isabelle arrived and confronted him. He was distracted enough that Jace was able to stab him from behind. Jonathan tried to continue fighting, but Jace was able to kick him off the bridge and into the stream. In his dying moments, Jonathan crawled ashore and used his blood to open a rift to Edom and called for his "mother", Lilith. Through this rift, several asmodei entered the world, one of which took Jonathan's body and brought it to an isolated cave. The demons then coalesced into Lilith, and she was reunited with her "son".
Jonathan is an expert liar, able to blend in with others as a charming, compassionate, brilliant man. He also has masochistic tendencies, often burning his hand, due to his high resistance to pain after years of torture in Edom. Johnathan is also sadistic and bloodthirsty; he enjoys killing and finds ways to justify his decisions and actions.
From his time with Valentine, he was well-educated and was trained to possess unrivaled fighting abilities, along with the superiority his demon blood gave him. His time in Edom also gave him vast knowledge of Greater Demons.
•Nephilim physiology: Being Nephilim, Jonathan should possess a variety of enhanced physical and mental abilities granted to him by the angel blood of Raziel in his veins and also by the angelic Marks of the Gray Book. This includes enhanced strength, speed, agility, stamina, and coordination, which continue to improve over time and practice.
•The Sight: As a Shadowhunter, Jonathan should naturally and easily be able to see through most magical illusions and layers of glamour over reality.
•Runic magic: Due to the angel blood running in the veins of all Shadowhunters, Jonathan should be able to apply runes on his skin without any danger. These Marks would give varied effects that serve to benefit the wearer.
•Use of heavenly weapons: As a Shadowhunter, Jonathan would also able to perform tasks unique to their species, such as the ability to use and call on the power of angels for their seraph blades, as well as to handle any heavenly weapons or objects with effect, which would normally not work for other species. In particular, these are tools made of adamas and forged by Iron Sisters.
•Demonic blood empowerment: Being born with pure demon blood apparently gave him enhanced strength, speed, and others superior to those of normal Shadowhunters', as well as the ability to destroy small living beings, like a flower. According to Valentine, this would also affect his psyche. Upon being reborn with Lilith's ritual, Jonathan was brought back even stronger than he was before. After being transformed by the Seelie Queen, Jonathan’s powers became nearly god like.
•Summoning: Jonathan summoned the Greater Demon Azazel out of his prison within Dudael in exchange for him taking Jonathan out of Edom.
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29.Casting announcement on Instagram
30. - "Bass is short for Sebastian." Todd Slavkin (@toddzer1) on Twitter
31."... my incredible stunt double, Joey Racki," Luke Baines on Twitter
May 12, 2019 · One year after having her runes and memories stripped by the angels — punishment for disobeying their orders and creating a rune to kill Jonathan — Clary has grown into the successful artist she...
May 7, 2019 · In particular, Clary ended up creating a rune to kill her brother Jonathan, which was emotionally devastating enough, but there was still a bigger price she had to pay.
Clary and Jonathan talk about how their relationship has changed. Watch the final episodes of Shadowhunters Mondays at 8/7c on Freeform. #ShadowhuntersLegacy...
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I like the movie Clary better, Lily Collins made Clary so endearing. I found myself rooting for Jonathan plenty during the tv show, because the other characters made such stupid decisions. I still love the tv show though. I find it unintentionally funny.
