Yes, he may have been young, and later became a hero, that does not give anyone to okay his wrong doings. He has hurt tons of demi-gods and betrayed his friends. He did this willingly even before he became a host for Kronos. Yes, he may have been hurting because of his mother and father, he may have been angry at the gods, and he may have felt like he was being looked over, but that doesn't mean he should take that out on other people.
While I do agree, he has shown that after a while he was giving seconds thoughts, keep in mind he did do things out of cold blood.
2. Grover messes with the bottom of his shirt/sleeves/bracelets/necklace when he gets nervous.
3. Percy bakes occasionally when he misses his mom (with blue food coloring of course).
4. Thalia paints her nails, but they don't stay nice for long because she bites her fingernails.
5. Annabeth sticks her pen or pencil behind her ear or in her hair when she pulls it into a messy bun.
6. Chiron needs glasses but wears contacts.
7. Mr. D is a softie if he trusts you enough or if you're really good friends with him.
8. Mr. D is easier on the younger campers.
9. (ties in with hc #7) Mr. D is nicer to Chiron when it's just them and no one else is around.
10. Mr. D was a bit frustrated when Chiron was sent away from CBH because he took the blame for the poisoning of Thalia's tree, because he knew Chiron wouldn't do such a thing and even more frustrated with Chiron because he did take the blame.
11. Mr. D gives tips on binding safety + has extra binders in the big house for trans masculine campers and is really good at correcting people on a camper's pronouns.
Percy is the type of boyfriend to bring Annabeth snacks and drinks when she's designing buildings real late into the night because he wants to make sure she didn't forget to take a break and eat.
If you are a parent who is either religious or disagrees with me in any way, DO NOT say that your child is only LGBTQ+ because they either,
1. Have LGBTQ+ friends who "easily influence" them
2. Are being possessed by the devil/demons
3. Going through a "phase"
4. They're wanting attention
5. Are too young to know what they're doing or who they are
Or Etc. That can damage your child mentally. Your job as a parent is to love, provide, make sure they're comfortable, and keep your child SAFE. Not destroy them because they ideanify as a different gender then what they were assigned at birth, who they kiss, or if they don't feel attracted to anyone at all. You can't make the decision for them, ONLY YOUR CHILD CAN.
It's so amusing when I see people brush off adhd as just a lack of discipline or interest like maybe if I just tried harder then it'd all fall into place somehow. Like it's just funny because neurotypicals hear adhd and immediately think "ah! Scatterbrained fool" when in reality if I'm really interested in something I can sit at it for 16 straight hours I just have no interest in listening to *you* because you're boring
I'm gonna talk about something often talked about in both the adhd n asd communities and honestly I don't fucking agree.
I don't like how ADHD is often said, it's "diet autism" or "autism on meth", or "autism with dopamine deficiency", etc. etc. Sure, the disorders are related and similar, but they are not the same thing.
I've talked about it in another post, but there's this article arguing for the fact that autism also experiences dopamine deficiency and executive dysfunction but it's clearly in a different way than ADHD.
People with ADHD have difficulties with executive control, like impulse control, emotion control, etc. And people with ASD have difficulties with cognitive flexibility, like changing from one task to the next, having difficulty with changing environments, not being able to read between the lines or see symbolism in things.
For me with ADHD, I can very easily read between the lines and see symbolism in things, I like variety and spontaneity, I'm more easy to handle change. While my boyfriend with ASD doesn't experience the intense emotions like I do, he can control himself better than me, he's easier at handling things than I am.
And there's more to that, not just what I've stated.
What I'm trying to say is yes, there are overlaps in ADHD and ASD, but they're not the same disorder. If they were, it would have to be called something new to encompass both of them. Because the current definition for ASD is not the same as ADHD. And ASD experiences similar things as ADHD does, but diverges in different ways.
And for those who experience both, I don't know what to say either, I'm still researching. The world is still researching. We aren't even there yet.
If you want to include it, you're going to have to expand the definition. Don't diminish ADHD to being autism with some spice. It really pisses me off, thanks.