Round 1- YA Crush Tourney: Simon (No. 10) vs. Etienne (No. 23)

The first round of YA Sisterhood’s 2nd annual YA Crush Tourney continues today (Wednesday, July 18) with our Simon Lewis, the No. 10 seed, going up against No. 23 seed Etienne from the Anna and the French Kiss.

Time for Shadowhunters, Downworlders and Mundanes to unite and get Simon into the Superior Sixteen.

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Benji @ The Non Reluctant Reader is advocating for Simon in the YA Crush Tourney. Here’s what they had to say about our favorite vampire:

General Information

“Medium clever,” Simon acknowledged. “Like a cross between George Clooney in Ocean’s Eleven and those MythBusters guys, but, you know, better-looking.”

– Simon, City of Fallen Angels, Book Four

Simon is a easy-going sixteen year old “open geek” who comes from a Jewish family. His father died when he was ten, leaving him along with his mother and sister (he’s very affectionate for both of them, by the way) to coup for themselves. Though they’ve done a very good job of it, and he’s a very “good kid”, so to speak.  He’s been best friends with Clary, the protagonist in The Mortal Instruments since they were little kids, and has secretly been crushing on her for as long as he can remember. He’s the bassist of a band which name changes so often, it’s impossible to know what they’re called. In fact, it’s probably already changed ten times since you started reading this. For those animal lovers out there, he’s been a vegetarian since he was ten and can’t stand the sight of blood. He loves anime and horror movies.

Best Qualities – Witty, Loyal, and Soft

“Mom. I have something to tell you. I’m undead. Now, I know you may have some preconceived notions about the undead. I know you may not be comfortable with the idea of me being undead. But I’m here to tell you that undead are just like you and me … well, okay. Possibly more like me than you.”

– Simon, City of Ashes, Book Two

   While reading The Mortal Instsruments, you’ll probably find yourself bursting out laughing during the series. More often then not, you’re probably laughing because of something Simon said. Don’t get me wrong, all the other characters are hilarious too, but hands-down, Simon is by far the funniest. He’s always making witty jokes and hilarious comments that help keep what can often become a dark mood in these books lighter. And they’re never trashy jokes, they’re done very ingeniously and always at the perfect moment to have you rolling on the floor. And I’ll let you in on a little secret, they invented the term “LOL” to describe Simon while texting.

Simon is fiercely loyal. *spoilers* In City of Glass when the only way to get the vampire clan to fight alongside the Shadowhunters against Valentine is to let the clan kill Simon, Simon instantly agrees, against the will of Clary and many others. Though, it didn’t work. Again he proves his loyalty in City of Lost Souls when someone has to call the archangel in order to bargain with him, Simon instantly volunteers, even though he knows the archangel will most likely kill him. *end spoilers* Simon is the kind of guy who whenever you need him, he’s there for you, even if he may not like you very much.

Though Simon can be fierce when he needs to save his friends, he is very soft and friendly. Though he doesn’t let him be stopped from doing what needs to be done, he hates the sight of blood and hates violence even more. *spoiler* When he gets turned into a vampire in City of Ashes, he refuses to let go of his humanity and drinks only animal blood because he couldn’t live with himself if he lost his humanity. In that sense, he’s sorta like Edward from Twilight, except he doesn’t sound constipated whenever he speaks.

Looks

“He’s cute. Does he have a girlfriend?”

Clary hesitated a second too long before replying. “No.”

The girl looked suspicious. “Is he gay?” 

– Girl and Clary in a conversation about Simon. City of Bones, Book One

In City of Bones, Simon starts out as a nerdy looking kid with brown hair, brown eyes and glasses. Very skinny as well. Though he does have the looks of the sexy smartical style, which causes a girl to notice him in the quote above. Then in City of Ashes he gets bit by a vampire, which turns him into a sexier, more masculine version of himself, and it also causes him to loose his need for glasses. His hot and sexy “vampire mojo” as described by his friend causes him to get two girlfriends, one the gorgeous Shadowhunter, Isabelle, the other the werewolf who defies all paranormal rules that vampires and werewolves can’t be lovers to get together with him, Mia. Even if Jace may be more attractive, Simon is not that bad either! 

Talents

“You know what’s awesome?” said Eric, setting down his drumsticks. “Having a vampire in our band. This is the thing that’s really going to take us over the top.”

In the books, Simon is described as being a pretty good bassist, though he never really takes his band too seriously, and often says that they “suck”, but in truth he is good at what he does. In City of Bones, when Simon saves his friends using a bow and arrow, we find out that he learned to shoot with one while in boy scouts, and is good at it. He’s also described as being obsessed with video games, and very good at playing them.

Visit Benji @ The Non Reluctant Reader for more Team Simon in the YA Crush Tourney!

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