On anon because pjo fandom can be brutal, but in TLC or maybe a crossover with PJO and TKC? It's either Percy or Carter who sees a family illegally immigrating and basically says "I minded my own business they have enough problems, hopefully they'll be okay" IT'S IN TEXT! People read too much into things that do not need to be read into and essentially make the author out to be worse than they are. If an author is stating word for word in text some way they support something a "coded" message representing something else doesn't matter, sometimes he just needs plot he's not trying to say anything about anything political because he already said what he wanted to say in a different book OPENLY!
Ok I honestly don't remember that scene, since it's been so long that I've read a Riordan book, so I'll have to look into it.
There were just so many red flags in the video, and imma just say that I do not condone the harassment of anyone. I don't post on tt which is why I decided to rant about it here.
But my biggest issue in the video is that someone took 3 lines of text from a book, slapped some highly questionable "proof" to it, and decided to call it "Media Analysis"
Long story short, she starts the video as a welcome to her series in media analysis and begins by explaining that the US' views on immigration have "always been arbitrary and discriminatory." Rick Riordan, a white man from Texas, has internalized this so obviously he's already biased on his views of immigration.
She shows a few snippets of the book, among them being this screenshot
Now, he probably used this analogy to help the reader understand the relationship, though it mightve been a poor choice of words on his part. HOWEVER, remember that this is a story about gods and primordial forces. You cannot compare country borders to Life and Death. Once you die, you're supposed to stay dead, such is the nature of mortals. But to OP, this alludes to the very real social problem going on in the US.
Now, from these excerpts she claims Rick Riordan is using ICE propaganda in children's books. Riordan's writing is not perfect at all, I know that. Because he is white, his portrayal of certain characters, like Piper and Samirah, are definitely questionable.
What pisses me off the most, is that she refused to do any research on Riordan, essentially boiling down his entire moral views into "He loves ICE 😔" If she had, she would have known his Twitter is where he gives other writers (sometimes POC) a voice. He stands by his morals, and is genuinely a good person trying to be a white ally. His site is a good place to know where he stands morally. Instead she just assumed shit and is now being praised for it.
So no, you're not gonna do that kinda shit with Rick Riordan. He's not perfect but he is not that kind of man.
Also: she deleted my comment where I tell people to do their research 🤷🏽♀️
TLDR Someone was claiming Son of Neptune is ICE propanaganda. OPs "proof" was highly questionable and unresearched
