YA Crush Tourney- Superior Sixteen: Jem (No. 5) vs. Finnick (No. 16) & Magnus (No. 13) vs. Four (No. 4)

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Alyssa Barbieri in General News, The Infernal Devices, The Mortal Instruments // 4 Comments

The second round–Superior Sixteen–of YA Sisterhood’s 2nd annual YA Crush Tourney continues today (Friday, July 27) with our Jem Carstairs the No. 5 seed, going up against No. 12 seed Finnick from The Hunger Games and our Magnus Bane (No. 13) facing off against Four (No. 4) of Divergent.

Time for Shadowhunters, Downworlders and Mundanes to unite and get Jem and Magnus into the Extraordinary Eight.

VOTE FOR JEM

VOTE FOR MAGNUS

POLLS WILL BE OPEN FOR 24 HOURS AND WILL CLOSE AT 12:00 AM EDT ON JULY 28TH.

Check out the advocate posts below:

JEM (No. 5) vs. FINNICK (No. 12)

When most people dream about their fave person in the Infernal Devices series, many go for the Will Herondale. I, however, look to the other side of the parabatai duo, James Carstairs, as my choice for the most amazing character in the YA Crush Tourney.

There’s so many reasons to love Jem and so many reasons why YOU should vote for Jem. I asked fans what qualities they adore in him:

Sweet, caring, reliable, talented, honorable, musically driven, charming, good-hearted, dedicated to his parabatai bond, loving, accepting, generous, (can be) soft spoken, mysterious, GORGEOUS!

All quotes below this are from The Infernal Devices series.

Jem is passionate! He is a true poet at heart. “He wanted what his father had had – the sort of love poets wrote about.” What Jem truly desires is that once-in-a-lifetime love that sweeps you off your feet and carries you away for the rest of your life. Because he worries of his impending death, Jem just truly wants to spend the rest of his life loving Tessa with all his heart –

So who is Magnus Bane? Besides have a fashion sense that someone would kill for, a long list of adventures, and a warlock? Well – I’ll do my best to sum him up for you and not ramble.

Personality: In both series when we meet him, Magnus is inquisitive about situations but is aloof, making characters like Jace, Clary, Tess, and Will work to get him to help. He’s not someone who trusts easily, but when he does, he is fiercely loyal, willing to call on demons, going into a battle to protect Alec, and standing up to Camille to protect Will and Tess.

Magnus is kind of an instigator as well. He likes to put his friends and people who are in authority positions, in conflicting positions, where they typically have to divulge important information (that makes me gasp!).

And a must have in a crush – sarcasm – “I was alive when the Dead Sea was just a lake that was feeling a little poorly.”

Looks: Magnus maybe a little older than the rest of the crushes that are in the tournament – like maybe 800 years older, but the guy doesn’t look OR act his age. He has spiky black hair and cat like, green-yellow, eyes that smolder (at least in my head they do) when he looks at another beautiful character. I mentioned Magnus’s awesome fashion sense and here is a snip-it of his attire during City of Ashes: “Even the Inquisitor’s eyebrows shot up when Magnus strode through the gate. The High Warlock was wearing black leather pants, a belt with a buckle in the shape of a jeweled M, and a cobalt-blue Prussian military jacket open over a white lace shirt. He shimmered with layers of glitter.” All right ladies, don’t be jealous that he dresses better than us! I mean look at that style!

Talents: Besides being one of the most powerful warlocks in the world? He gives Will (also a hottie) the piece of mind he has been desperately seeking by summoning a demon. He had the ability to protect Clary until it was time for her to realize who she was. His magic is old and powerful; I’m betting it comes from all that time with the Silent Brothers.

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