As much as fans of Cassandra Clare's "Mortal Instruments" series love to crush on Shadowhunter Jace, it's nearly impossible not to adore Clary's BFF Simon too. Sure, the nerdy "mundane"-turned-vampire has often caused more harm than good with his heroic impulses, but he's also been a sort of stand-in for the rest of us following along from home. Now that he's juggling his own love triangle in "City of Fallen Angels" (that much we know based on the first chapter of the book), we hope he won't start seeming more, well, Jace-like. Before the book's release on Tuesday, Cassie spoke to her friend Holly Black about one change in Simon's life: He's got a fan of his very own named Maureen.
"Simon, we know from the past, is in a band that's constantly changing its name," Cassandra explained. "She's the only real fan of their band, she's about 13 years old. She's [the friend of] a cousin of Eric, one of his bandmates, and she follows Simon around. She loves him passionately. Someone should love Simon passionately for a change! And she videotapes him, and she makes little fan videos for her Tumblr."
And indeed, Maureen's Tumblr is live and super-cute (of course, since it's run by Cassie herself). Maureen says she's following Simon's band, currently called Millenium Lint, as a project for her photography class because she wants to be a documentary filmmaker when she grows up.
So far, Maureen has posted photos that she says are of Simon talking to Clary, Simon getting out of a club with his werewolf girlfriend Maia, and Simon having an intense conversation with his Shadowhunter girlfriend Isabelle. (If either girl catches wind of this site, I smell plot-stirring trouble!) There are also the obligatory cute animal clips and videos for Bloc Party's "Banquet" and Bright Eyes' "Lover I Don't Have to Love." Even if the sites seems a bit more on the side of stalkerish than documentary, my 13-year-old self would definitely love to be friends with Maureen.
Come back tomorrow to learn about Cassie and Holly's upcoming book tour, and how they managed to finish the the next installments of their series while basking in the Mexican sun.
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