#rickcourse

[cartwrights-old]

i hate to go on another one of my pro rick rants but the people who criticize him because nicos coming out scene was toxic and violent...dont really...make sense to me. just cause, thats the whole point? i dont think rick would ever condone something like that and i dont think thats what his idea of a healthy and compassionate outing looks like

I do agree that the episode should have some sort of trigger warning in case it brings back traumatic memories to someone though.

[fromoutoftheunexpected]

rick is like: here are some characters i have said are neurodiverse. no, they would not be read as such if i hadn’t stated. no they will not have any adhd symptoms aside from the ‘quirky’ ones. omg, look how hyper they are. hahah see how they can’t pay attention. how silly.  see how every character has adhd and dyslexia, but not any other neurodiversity, this is because only adhd and dyslexia can be comorbid. hahah imagine if any of the character had ocd or tourettes (or even just on tic) or was autistic, how silly, that would be too inconvenient to the story and they aren’t viewed as being pretty enough.

note: every sentence in this is sarcastic - sorry for writing in a way that is hard to understand, this is just the best way for me to get my frustration out

[demigodgooglesearches]

Clearly Percy Jackson's fandom is more dead than Rowling's career if now all PErcy Stu Jackson's blogs are talking about J.K and creating more discourses than HP fans themselves instead of creating content for his stupid DEAD fandom.

is this supposed to be an insult? like. u know most percy jackson fans read Harry Potter right. like percy jackson is a lot like Harry Potter. both kids books. like u know we can do what we want with our blogs right

[not-your-pet-dog]

Some wholesome Rick Riordan memes because he's getting a lot of unnecessary hate lately, if y'all want more I'll do more, and I'm open to other meme formats and ideas : )

[pjorants]

You can tell when an old male is the author because when ever they what to make the girl seem mean they have her wear a tonnnn of makeup and the girl they’re picking on or main girl is always like “I DON’T WEAR MAKEUP AND I DON’T CARE HOW I LOOK except when it comes to (insert love interest name) BUT OTHER THAN THAT I REJECT ALL FEMINE PRODUCTS AND REFUSE TO TALK ABOUT OR BE OPEN ABOUT MY FEMENINTY”

trying to pass this bs off as feminism

looking at you rick

like what’s wrong with a girl wearing makeup or dressing cute? She can do that and fight nothing wrong with it

I’m sick of these female character who are either very ‘girly girl’ and are mean and weak or ‘tomboys’ who reject all femine things and supposedly stronger

it’s passing the idea that for a girl to be strong she must be more like a stereotypical man and reject all femininity

Which is a bunch of sexist bs

In conclusion write more diverse girls

ex. a girl who likes to rock a red lip who can out run any guy and is proud of both those facts

ex. a girl who doesn’t like wearing makeup but won’t shit on it and she loves to wear crop tops

I COULD GO ON THERE ARE SO MANY OPTIONS

I got very off track but seriously write more diverse girls

[demigodgooglesearches]

It makes me sick how many terfs are on this website 🤮🤮 how are you able to interact with them without puking like are you a god or

I think a lot of it is because I am cis and I am not directly affected by their stupidity. I am not the one their harassment is directed to. I know my existence doesnt by default bother them

so I think that having the platform I do (13k followers) it's my job to annoy these clowns as much as possible and have my followers, ah, add whatever input they please (;

[demigodgooglesearches]

The fact that you ignored what I said about Riordan being lesbophobic and writing stereotypically his character of color demonstrates the kind of person you are. You won't be transphobic (although we can all smell that you are doing all this for attention) but you really hate lesbians and people of color that much, huh? Riordan deserves fans like you.

hey, yes, it's Lyss-- yeah, no, I want the crack this person is smoking. Can you get me that crack? I want that exact crack, nothing more, nothing less. How much is it going to be??

What do you mean its prime crack?

I dont care if I have to sell you my third god damn kidney to pay, I want this fucking crack.

[cartwrights-old]

Rick Riordan is a cishet white guy writing books about minorities kicking ass and saving the world, he’s bound to make mistakes when writing about things that he's never experienced. But I personally think that that’s exactly what Piper’s feathers, Hazel’s eyes, Reyna’s backstory or anything that you found disrespectful to your culture or identity were. Mistakes. I don't think they weren’t born out of racism, or sexism, or homophobia or any terrible things like that, they were born out of ignorance and the privilege that he has as a cishet white guy.

When people call Rick out on mistakes that he’s made, he apologizes, thanks them, and corrects it. The most recent example of this is the whole thing with Muslims not showering during Ramadan. How rare is it to see a content creator of any kind to listen and try harder when confronted with something they did wrong? I don’t think that any stereotyping or stigmatization was intentional on Ricks part, isn’t that all that matters? The Intention. His intention was to help poc, lgbt, and neurodivergent kids see themselves and accept themselves, and he screwed up a lot on the way. And in my opinion, that’s okay. As long as he continues learning and trying to be better. What he meant is the real testament to his character, but how people interpret it is what leads people who criticize him to believe what they do, and they’re entitled to their own opinion and all that. As Rick said in the quote below, what the people actually read is what’s important to them. I’ll leave you with this quote from his Stonewall Award speech, that I think sums this up.

“I am trying to do more. Percy Jackson started as a way to empower kids, in particular my son, who had learning differences. As my platform grew, I felt obliged to use it to empower all kids who are struggling through middle school for whatever reason. I don’t always do enough. I don’t always get it right. Good intentions are wonderful things, but at the end of a manuscript, the text has to stand on its own. What I meant ceases to matter. Kids just see what I wrote. But I have to keep trying. My kids are counting on me.So thank you, above all, to my former students who taught me. Alex Fierro is for you. To you, I pledge myself to do better – to apologize when I screw up, to learn from my mistakes, to be there for LGBTQ youth and make sure they know that in my books, they are included. They matter. I am going to stop talking now, but I promise you I won’t stop listening.”