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Being like. Post-suicidal is so strange. Like hiiiii everybody im new I spent a good chunk of my life languishing and have like 3 or 4 lived experiences. But now I'm ready to fuck and party or whatever. Can we be friends. Im so happy to be here. Can we be friends

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we don’t own rick riordan anything

I don’t trust people that unironically don’t use any critical thinking skills when actively consuming/engaging with content just because their “favorite author” wrote it.

oh look! rick riordan just published a new book.

am I gonna read it? yes, probably.

does it mean it will automatically be good? absolutely not!!

it’s okay for you to like some of his books while still acknowledging the fact that not all of them have the same quality (or, god forbid, are even good to begin with). not even the greatest authors out there have the capacity to keep shooting 5/5 books with this level of consistency, he’s no different.

this fandom has a weird sense of loyalty to him, and I get it, really. these books have shaped me into I am today and I am happy they exist but rick riordan is not just a poor uncle trying his best :( — he’s a millionaire. a fucking millionaire making shit tons of money with every new release he makes (and I’m not even considering the series).

his books sold more than a 100 million copies worldwide. yes, 100 million. that’s more than a whole country’s population. that level of international acclaim can only be achieved in most author’s wildest dreams.

we, as fans, not only can but also have the right to analise and criticize his work — we engage with it, we spend money on it — and, most importantly, should be able to acknowledge when it is not… it.

there’s nothing wrong with liking an objectively bad/cringe book (or other piece of media) but in order to do so, you must admit that it is one. if his writing quality has dropped or if his characters don’t feel like themselves of if the writing sounds cringe and extra fan-servicey, we should be able to acknowledge it. admit it. we don’t own him anything.

many many amazing authors are out there waiting for someone to read their books. books that can be compelling, diverse, mature, funny and with all types of characters and narratives that don’t use poc/lgbt characters and themes just to check their inclusivity quota for the book.

i still love the riordanverse, but let’s just reflect on who we’re giving our attention (and money) to.

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through the ages 🍀

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キッス

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Bus ride

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Who gonna tell him he spent a fortune to fund izuku's support items so they could be pro heros together again after 8 years

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I missed drawing them so much

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can't believe the same man who wrote wottg percy also wrote THIS

people literally drowning out him out with applause when he tried to downplay himself?? making him walk around the mess hall because they wanted to be his friend?? "I want to be percy jackson when I'm older"??

take me back to when percy was characterised like this I beg of you rick

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me when the devastating fanfic I chose to read is actually devastating

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why do all the words sound heavier in my native language?

—  @metamorphesque, Yoojin Grace Wuertz (Mother Tongue), Still Dancing: An Interview With Ilya Kaminsky (by Garth Greenwell), Jhumpa Lahiri (Translating Myself and Others), @lifeinpoetry

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canonical

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headcanoning nico dressing emo/scene, punk or goth style is ok is cool but hear me out WHAT IF he dressed like those characters in the matrix? like, all black outifts, leather jackets, dramatic trench coats and boots?!?! that’s giving underworld business guy, stylish AND badass

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the major arcana

mum taught me how to read tarot cards when i was younger... ive always loved this card and it reminds me so much of ladynoir ;-;

hd and process

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percy jackson is a new yorker. you know what there are a lot of in new york? italians. i know because i am one in new york. so percy jackson could be italian. so sally jackson could also be italian. so imagine the shock on nico di angelo’s face when sally starts screaming at percy in italian

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he’s so unserious

Percy calling Hades and Kronos "uncle" and "grandpa", but calling his own dad "sir" is the most Percy thing ever, and l'm here for it😭😭😭