#askingasks

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Everyone saying “Don’t forget what Rick did” like damn y’all said the same about blm but I don’t see anything on people’s dash anymore. I swear everyone says “I won’t forget ab this” but wOoAhH that’s EXACTLY what happened with the whole pjo fandom. The fandom pretends to care soOo mUch but on god no one will remember this in 2 weeks and I fucking hate that

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so is it bad that I’m a black person and haven’t heard of anti rick Riordan until a few days ago? I only really read the books, and even though I’ve been on tumblr for a while I’ve never interacted with 99% of the pjo fandom

sorry i think i got this yesterday and didn't answer. so, first up, nearly all of your tumblr experience is dependent on who you follow. i've been aware of rr crit for years because of the people and topics i follow. there's a huge chunk of fandom that won't reblog or talk about the racism in rick's works because they believe "fandom should be fun". which it should be- a lot of my friends in pjo i made because of their talent and i enjoy their content. however, because of that attitude, rr crit gets silenced or passed around the same 15% of fandom that cares. so consider this: 🤔 who are you following? 🤔 are any of your pjo bloggers people of color? 🤔 do they only talk about certain topics? 🤔 how have they been involved, if at all, this past week?

regardless, you did mention not being that involved in tumblr pjo fandom. when it comes to pjo, tumblr is probably the most critical fansite. so just get more involved then! read up and follow, think and analyze. it's that simple.

finally, you asked if "it was bad because your black". it's not particularly bad, merely unfortunate. but sometimes it takes a little push- you're not the only one who needs it. alright, so since you're black, let's do a quick rundown of explicitly black characters in pjo and hoo: beckendorf, kelli, hazel, and hazel's mom, marie. in ten books, we've got (only) four explicitly black characters. here's what's so crazy about these characters:

beckendorf dies.

→ fandom wise, despite being kind and compassionate in canon, there are some fans who will display beckendorf as the angry, rough black guy stereotype

kelli is a monster.

hazel's from the 40s, says little about the romans involvement of the confederacy, is written like someone way more mature than her age (this is called adultification and is extremely prevalent with the treatment of black girls), and tossed into a love triangle with older teens. she is the only black girl in pjo/hoo but is given white and exotic features.

→ fandom wise, hazel is consistently white washed or simply ignored, despite being a main character in hoo

marie is a poor caricature of a voodoo witch, while being an awful and manipulative mother.

these are only the black characters- if we were to pinpoint the other marginalized groups rick disrespects with harmful stereotypes and blatant racism, this ask would be ridiculously long. in the books, it might not be able to get the issues so quickly, but when written out like this, it's very plain to see. 🤔 as a black person (or anyone nonblack reading this), consider how this could ever be considered good representation. but yeah, if you want to rectify this problem of not being aware of rr crit, then here:

📖 reread the books, and read the 'rr crit' tags

🤔 think about if you feel represented. but also consider that your experience may not be universal

🖱️ follow bloggers who openly critique rick. these are often blogs of color, but there's some that aren't

🔍 learn more about microaggressions, stereotyping, and representation. search what you don't understand, and find actual diverse books and authors

📝 write your own posts about problems you see

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is there even a shred of good rep in r*ck’s books good god

sure!!! blondes got to feel special for representing the goddess of wisdom and being half of the characters in the books 😌 good for them, media is always lacking in proper blonde rep, but at least rick is here to properly research and supply 😌

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what the flying fuck is going on??? i wake up to see a warzone from 4 am and then also more of rick’s stupidity wtf

there are four things that i can think of:

1, the most pressing is that rick our beautiful diversity martyr released a statement about piper mclean and the racism that (definitely) went into his character. normally i would say, read and decide for yourself, but white ass rick is pathetic for not properly apologizing, fearing cancel culture, and not shutting up. he created pjo and with it has added racist stereotypes into his characters... @tsigililimclean, @pjolesbian, and @piperisgay have talked about it with multiple points, but i believe the later has gone to take a much needed break. it's ridiculous.

2, people are now figuring out that the actors who played annabeth and percy, daddario and learman, were in a relationship despite learman being 17/18 while daddario was 23/24. additionally they were engaged and he cheated on her??? unbelievably messy

3, rick's wife, becky, made weird ass cryptic tweets about past mistakes (racism 😐) and not harrassing the actors... like anyone would harrass CHILDREN for the racism and misogyny of the creators, but knowing this fandom, they absolutely will [I don't think I linked the tweets in the right order, but it's all the same thread so it doesn't matter]

4, it's tannabeth chase's birthday 😐

thank u for participating in the hot mess of the pjofan wrap-up 😌

[bunkernine]

NO will does not look like fucking shaggy, will is good looking okay ! ! !

and he would've gotten away with it too if it wasn't for you meddling anons

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Hey, sorry if this is a weird question (and sorry for stalking your replies), but what do you mean by “the cloud fluff” (for Hazel’s hair)? I really love your blog by the way

Not that weird of a question. I'm referring to the left picture. It's typically very cartoon-y and in some instances is whatever, but when it comes to hazel, she's drawn with cartoon fluff while Annabeth has defined curls. (the gold eyes also suck but hnnng)

Curly/Kinky hair always has shape, whether it's type 4 or type 3, and its typically in Z or S-shape. It took me 4 seconds to draw the right image. It's not that hard to reference curly hair or an afro or whatever you want for Hazel. Hair has weight, texture, and form to it, and it's not just a bunch of cotton balls, is all I'm saying lol. A lot of black girls growing up get teased for their hair, and while some "soft puffy cloud I can touch" may seem poetic, it's not.

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isn't brason lowkey problematic tho... :/// like brick literally hit jason the first time they met if that isn't a red flag I don't know what is

they were enemies, people attack their enemies in a war-like situation. i don't think all of Brick's interactions should be apologized for, because Brick clearly hurt Jason physically, but also emotionally with his pride. but... they were in pandemonium 🤔 Stapler also attacked Jason too when they were kids... i need to think more on this bro

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the what now

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