I think that's one of the major reasons why I preferred PJO to HoO. We actually got to see Percy develop and grow but then we move onto the next series and then BOOM! Five brand new MAIN characters. They didn't get nearly as much development and Percy and Annabeth's development just seemed to stop. By the time I finished reading HoO, Percy and Annabeth felt the same as they did when I finished reading PJO.
HoO characters (from my recollection, I read the series a while ago and don't remember a ton) would have, like, one insecurity that would get dealt with in half a book and then never develop again.
Eh, that's a general trope of MG hidden world fantasy though. Although it's not something that should have been in every single series, like eventually we get it, the gods are real, we understand.
OH and on the topic of bad LGBTQ+ rep,
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the way that he had Piper just. suddenly get a gf after her boyfriend fucking dies? Granted I don't remember a ton from HoO but was she ever even remotely interested in another girl? Plus the fact that her plotline in ToA involves her breaking up with Jason and yet her sapphicness is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it line at the end of the fifth book? If RR really cared about Piper being good sapphic rep he could've worked it in from the start, or at the very least worked in into her earlier ToA appearance. Have her and Jason break up because she's not sure if she likes him (in addition to the memory stuff) and wants to be able to explore her sexual/romantic interests without being in a relationship. Have her say something to Apollo, the Greek god whose queerness is the most acknowledged, about how she thinks she might be bi/pan/a lesbian. Do literally anything besides having her go "oh btw turns out I'm sapphic!!" in like a year after her boyfriend of what, five books? dies saving everyone. Piper had so much potential and UGH this aspect could've been done so much better.
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Honestly it felt like Rick took a fish and slapped me with it
Like??????? Out of nowhere??????? And just??????????????????????????????????
I had to reread that part multiple times and I was still confused?
Do you want to make a DM specifically for this lol you too, Linn
Also all of his POC characters were icky and he did no research on any minority characters at all and I hate it
Also all of his POC characters were icky and he did no research on any minority characters at all and I hate it
and yes!!! the only thing I liked about the movies was POC Grover
Also all of his POC characters were icky and he did no research on any minority characters at all and I hate it
and yes!!! the only thing I liked about the movies was POC Grover
They kinda just made him into the "Black Best Friend" trope though
hot take: none of the canon pjo characters were even as good as we imagine them to be, the canon kinda sucked especially in the second series and its fanon that made them any good. fanon reyna? fanon nico(hes an annoying preteen mcr loving emo shit in canon, i said what i said)? fanon piper is god tier but canon piper was a hot mess written by a white man who didnt realize trying isnt always the best option
The above also goes for Warriors.
hot take: none of the canon pjo characters were even as good as we imagine them to be, the canon kinda sucked especially in the second series and its fanon that made them any good. fanon reyna? fanon nico(hes an annoying preteen mcr loving emo shit in canon, i said what i said)? fanon piper is god tier but canon piper was a hot mess written by a white man who didnt realize trying isnt always the best option
Yes
For sure. RR tried to force in so many new leads in the second series that none got developed beyond baseline characteristics (something that also wasn't helped by 1) the weird way he wrote the women of color, 2) third person POV, 3) so many POV switches a book, and 4) having nine major characters with perspectives split over 5 books) and even Percy and Annabeth didn't really grow at all.
And that would be one reason I struggle to work on my draft cause I have a lot of characters and everyone is important but I need to stick to one POV)
Me: sticks to a whole 5 POVs πππ
Bad habit, but I think it runs smoothly enough in 3rd person, as long as you give proper exposition when you switch.
Being tired on a weekend night. I wanna stay up till four and then sleep until evening, not get tired at 11. I can go to bed at 11 on a school night and still get enough sleep
this is gonna sound so fucking pretentious but i hate it when people who listen to generic pop music tell me my music taste is bad like bitch u dont even have a taste in music you listen to the default music
Omfg Default Musicβ
On the topic of music, it pisses me off when people wear band t shirts of bands they've never listend to for the style. I love looking people dead in the eye and saying "metallica, hmm? What's your favorite song?"
i hate aphobia. what are we doing to you.
Dubs. Especially of live action shows
i'm a filthy anime dub watcher but live action shows with dubs are weird
There's this movie in Irish called Arracht, and it really blew up (especially for an Irish language film), and I saw a news article talking about how it'll be dubbed for the American audiences. Like bruh. That's ridiculous. This is an Irish language film, it's important that it's in Irish, it's important for the language and community of speakers- if Americans can watch Parasite and love it, they can watch Arracht in the language it's intended to be in.
So yeah. I hate dubs too. Not just for minority language films.
I have a hard time focusing on a movie when there's subtitles but also if dubs don't like up it's annoying and throws me off
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