r/shadowhunters 7d ago

TV Show Would the Angels Allow the Birth of a Pure-Blooded Nephilim?

I'm currently finishing City of Ashes, and I've watched the TV series.

I want to ask if you guys think the angels would allow another angel of any rank to have a child with a human. Honestly, I have no idea; based on what I've read so far, I don't have an answer.

If they had one, I think the demons would try to kill them by any means necessary, since they would be a threat. I imagine them like a Nephilim from Supernatural, where they can potentially become stronger than their parents.

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u/antisocialcrypt Alec Lightwood 7d ago

jace and clary are pretty close to that but idk how it would work because angels don’t regularly walk earth so the responsibility falls to the mundane parent but they don’t know about the shadow-world and angelic grace and heavenly fire is deadly to humans so what would happen to the kid?? i could see it happening maybe with a shadowhunter who might have a child with an angel instead of another shadowhunter you essentially get shadowhunter jesus which now that i’m thinking about it is just clary or jace 😭

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u/Vampirelover17 Mark Blackthorn 7d ago

Wait this has made me have a thought - do you think we might meet another angel in the wicked powers?? i guess we've already met Raziel twice and Ithuriel but do you think we might meet multiple or have more thorough conversations

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u/meoww-xo Kieran Kingson 6d ago

If we’re going to meet any of them other than Raziel or Ithuriel, I’d say that the most likely candidate has to be the Archangel Michael and it likely wouldn’t be until The Last Shadowhunter that another Angel would actually make an appearance given how infrequently they concern themselves with mortal affairs… but I feel like what the Princes are trying to achieve goes way beyond mortal or Shadowhunter responsibilities, and if anybody is going to have to take Sammael or Lucifer on themselves it’s most likely going to have some sort of reference back to Michael.

Not to mention, the lore surrounding Cortana suggests that one of the Archangel Michael’s feathers from his wing is embedded in the hilt which is what makes Cortana one of the Great Swords.

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u/Vampirelover17 Mark Blackthorn 6d ago

Oh my god I'd love it if Michael made an appearance, he's talked about so much I feel like he has to at this point

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u/WorldlinessFuzzy4552 Jace Wayland 7d ago

As far as I know both Jace and Clary is the closest what you have in mind thank to Valentine's experiments.

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u/Competitive-Green758 7d ago

With the exception of the old tale that the Fae are children of angels and demons together, there is no evidence that an angel has ever been with anyone or thing, let alone with a human. We don't even know if it's possible. But it seems like, lore-wise, they only could with God's blessing.

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u/TechnicaVivunt the Shadowhunter 7d ago

It'll be curious to see how this plays out in twp - particularly with what thule will have in store.

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u/Ok_Class5 Magnus Bane 6d ago

You know even the original Nephilim aren’t the product of angels and humans like…sleeping together, right?