I do like the concept of Percy Jackson. It's cool, but it could've been done better.
Especially by todays standarts, some of the stuff Rick Riordan wrote seems pretty wrong. And even generally there are a lot of problematic things in his books.
My ego tells me I could do better than that, especially since I'm a queer hellenistic polytheist. I know about discrimination and I'm 100% sure I could capture the gods better.
Therefore I'm planning to write my own novel, on a very similar concept.
Percy Jackson but as unproblematic as possible. New characters, new plot.
I do have to think if making my own camp is a good idea due to copyrights, but I definetely want the teens to be constantly around eachother.
I don't have many plans yet, but I have like a dozen characters in mind.
The main character for example will not be some boy who's existence is forbidden since his dad is one of the most powerful gods, therefore he's so special yada yada.
It'll be a trans boy. Son of Ares, coming out of a abusive family and trying to fight with monsters, discrimination and mental health. One of his best friends will be a daughter of Aphrodite who sometimes takes the war aspect of her mother very serious.
I will focus a lot on representation, therefore I'll give my best to ask people for tips on how to write characters that are supposed to represent them.
(Unlike Rick, who made a native girl run around with sacred eagle feathers in her hair constantly)
+ It's not my plan to use Riordans ideas to become famous or some shit. I just want unproblematic versions of a similar concept to be available for people.
