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hey guys! i’m back after a HOT minute, and with me i am bringing a rant about the mischaracterization of percy jackson. here goes :)

can we just talk for a sec about how percy’s obsession with the color blue is PURELY fanon? like after the first book, we barely even see him eat blue food, (which i think he wouldn’t bc that food would literally just remind him of a terrible time in his life. if it were me, i would kinda just want to erase that time from my memory entirely. (i think he would still eat it sometimes because sally likes it and just because it’s fun but like…ykwim?)) much less be totally obsessed with the color blue.

after the first book, blue is barely ever mentioned to be percy’s favorite color. and i feel like percy is wayyyy more a person to like purple or something as his favorite color rather than blue. i can’t explain why but to me it just makes sense. this obsession with the color blue is such a fanon based thing and it’s also so toxic because nobody talks about the significance of the color. they just use it as a joke and another way to dumb his character down. “oh he would eat anything just because it’s blue” “oh he would be a democrat purely because they’re blue lol” NOOOOOOOOO!!

that’s not PERCY! that’s way out of character for him!! he would NEVER do that!!! Percy is smart. He’s not an idiot, not even close. He would never do those things. I understand that they’re jokes, but they also come from a very real perspective and interpretation of Percy. Multiple people in the fandom, and the books frankly, think Percy is stupid. The jokes aren’t helping.

Maybe i’m just a killjoy, but you know what? I think i’m okay with that. Percy isn’t obsessed with the color blue and making it seem like he is results in his character being dumbed down and made into a joke.

ALSO, the jokes take away from the sentiment of the blue food. It’s supposed to be his and Sally’s escape from their abusive environment. It shows how resilient and strong they are. It is SUCH a great example of how Percy’s ideals are based on his childhood. He was taught to question things, to push back against mindless authority, to not just become a person who can’t think for himself. Or at least, it helps contribute that idea. (I could talk a lot about how his time with Gabe really contradicted that entire thing and taught him to blend in with others and not stand out and to become a people pleaser, but that’s off topic so not right now.)

People making it solely into a joke and never talking about the importance of it takes away from the entire thing. And people acting like Percy is an idiot who is obsessed with the color blue and would do anything as long as it’s blue are limiting his character and ultimately contributing to how mischaracterized he is in his OWN FANDOM.