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rick doesn’t write mentally ill characters bc demigods ““are stronger than that”“ bc people with mental illnesses are weak apparently

janmikalen

not disagreeing cause you make a very valid point, but dont they have adhd?

ocdjason

(Op here on a different blog) ADHD is not a mental illness. It's a mental disability, yes, but not a mental illness. What I said is quoting a tweet where Rick himself says that he doesn't write mentally ill characters, and that Percy and Annabeth don't have PTSD from Tartarus because, as demigods, they're "stronger" than getting it.

#rr crit #ableism

Okay since my crits on rr's ableism (on another blog) have been getting notes I want to make this one (which if you liked/rbd those, I ask you to please read through):

when I had a special interest in pjo/hoo, my whole kind of brand I Guess was that my favourite character was octavian. and while I don't even really think about pjo anymore I suppose he still is. the reason why is because I saw myself in him, more specifically: I, a mentally ill person, saw my symptoms in him. canonically.

im not going to say what I did when I was 14-15 and try to convince nyall to like him, what I will say is that regardless of anyone's thoughts he leans into ableist stereotypes that make him a harmful villain. hes canonically said to have delusions- in fact, delusions of grandeur are stated specifically (which you could throw away as "oh rick didn't mean it ~actually~ but hey? using mental illnesses or their symptoms as just throwaway ways to make a character seem worse is... still ableist)

theres more eplicitly said stuff that I can't remember off the top of my head that certainly hit wrong when I was big into pjo and some other more minor stuff that made me feel how I did (like him being described as looking sicky and sleep-deprived) so I'll end with this:

as a kid with schizophrenia, seeing a character with my symptoms not only as a villain, but with those symptoms being used to try and show why he's a villain was harmful. it was like being looked in the face and being told "you are bad and dangerous because you are like this", and in a children's book series too

listen. I dont want people to like octavian, I want nonpsys to address that the way hes written is one of the shitty ableist things in his books because its the ableism crit other people tend to ignore. there are more examples of ablesim against psychotics (malcolm getting visions and saying he knew something was wrong bc he was too smart and logical to get hallucinations or wtvr, apollo not wanting ppl to know about the talking arrow bc "oh no ppl will think im ~crazy~", I could get into psycho/psychopath being slurs, there'd be a lot more if I reread I bet) but I want to keep this post to one main topic and well its already longer than i meant

#pjo #hoo #rr crit #rick riordan critical #ableism #octavian #idk how well worded this is but like. address anti-psychotic ableism or dont address ableism at all

transannabeth

i wasn’t going to say anything publicly about it but i’ve been frustrated about this for a while, and rick is just another creator in the list of several who’ve done this

but i’m really sick of creators being like ‘i interpret this character as asexual’ as if they don’t have complete control over their narrative. your interpretation and intent is great, but if you mean for someone to be asexual just say it in canon!!!!!!

this goes DOUBLY for creators with younger/middle grade audiences who may not know about aspec orientations. i deserved to have canonical aspec characters when i was a middle schooler, it would’ve made acceptance of my sexuality so much less painful, and other readers who may feel the same deserve it too

if you see your character as asexual, put it in canon. put the word on the page. you’re in charge, just fucking do it already

swipermclean

https://uquiz.com/JncJya

you've already read pjo (and maybe hoo), so you're not off to a great start.

#0-29% ok

muddaisy

I don't go here anymore but still find camp jupiter so funny like. "our motto is conquer or die and we teach children from as young as toddlers to be perfect soldiers who can't show any signs of weakness with no actual education mixed in with that. why do our legacies who were born here with parents deep in this ideology keep trying to be fucked up and conquer things" i wonder fucking why you militarist dumbasses

#camp jupiter

muddaisy

havent posted anything pjo/hoo related in a bit huh. anyway heres some dreyna

#never rbed this here huh #my art #pjo #dreyna #reyna ramirez arellano #drew tanaka

diver-up

#pjo #pipabeth #annabeth chase #piper mclean

all psychotic trans mlm in the pjo fandom knew were project, be mad at rick, trans will's gender, ship jastavian and lie

#this is niche but i do not care #op #pjo #hoo

canarhys

just saying hi.

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canarhys

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atesomerocks

LISTEN i miss him,,,,

#ohm #him....#jason grace

lizzibennet

thinkin bout how percy introduces himself as a troubled kid even tho he’s just a kid with rotten luck and like ok, he does weird shit but like,,, he’s not a bully, he’s actually pretty quiet, we see him befriend the outcasts, he endures other kids’ teasing because he doesn’t wanna fight. he’s his happiest when his mom gets home and brings him blue candy. like? he’s a nice kid. weird, yes, but good, as well. but im thinkin bout he was probably never told that by anyone (but sally, obv). like if you grow up being told you’re a troubled kid, being perceived as one and being treated unfairly because of it, obviously you grow up not only to believe you really are troubled but to actually cause it, cause you get punished anyway, so why not rebel. idk what im on about but i have many feelings about percy jackson in this chilli’s tonight

lizzibennet