Rr Crit - Tumblr Posts - Page 2
Its here. Doomsday.
Ok so, it’s one of two things regarding the wrath of the triple goddess. Either
A: this is actually written by a ghost writer and NOT RICK (not good bc then that means Rick is simply milking his cash cow dry, which diminishes not only themes in his OWN STORIES but honestly just disrespecting his characters and his VERY LOYAL FANDOM)
OR
B: He is writing the book himself and Rick’s fan service has finally reached its final form, meaning that he has and will continue to dismiss themes and established characterizations and events of his story in favor of just giving the fans what they want, WHICH IS TERRIBLE FOR STORYTELLING BC A FANDOM WILL NEVER, EVER AGREE ON EVERYTHING AND WILL ALWAYS HAVE CHANGING OPINIONS OVER THE YEARS!
What I’m trying to say is that it’s bad. This book is gonna be bad. Disrespectfully bad.
i hate hate hate the fact that more often than not (and most often by r*ck himself) a lot of criticism is labelled as hate when a huge portion of criticism comes from extremely passionate and dedicated fans who are frustrated with a piece of media
bad representation in the pjo-verse: a masterpost
(disclaimers under the cut)
RACISM/OFFENSIVE STEREOTYPING
general issues: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7
SAMIRAH:
- arranged marriage: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4
- hijab: 1 // 2
- response to rick’s post: 1 // 2
- nickname “sam”: 1 // 2 // 3
HAZEL:
- general issues: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6
- physical appearance: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9
- fr*zel: 1
- white/lightwashing: 1
- (bonus: fancasts/faceclaims/art references)
PIPER:
- general issues: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4
- physical appearance: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9 // 10 // 11
- relationship with tristan: 1
- cornucopia: 1
- response to rick’s post: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4
- (bonus: resources masterpost)
SADIE:
- whitewashing: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9
LEO: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5
REYNA: 1 // 2
MALLORY: 1 // 2 // 3
PAOLO: 1
THOMAS JEFFERSON JR: 1 // 2
latine rep: 1 // 2
eastern asian rep: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4
indian rep: 1
southwestern asian rep: 1 // 2
antisemitism: 1 // 2 // 3
- LAVINIA: 1 // 2
the monsters and racial coding: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4
the gods and dna: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4
camp jupiter and the confederacy: 1
cultural appropriation: 1 // 2
white supremacy: 1
racism centric post with additions on leo + paolo + antisemitism: 1
ANTI-LGBTQ+
- general issues: 1 // 2
- nico’s romanticized forced outing: 1 // 2
- lesbophobia: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6
- ace/aro rep: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4
- transphobia: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4
ABLEISM
- general issues: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9
- clovis: 1 // 2
- solangelo: 1 // 2
ABUSE
- leo: 1 // 2 // 3
BIG AGE GAPS
- general issues: 1
- annabeth and luke: 1
- black female characters: 1 // 2
- female characters: 1
- apollo and thalia: 1
MISOGYNY/SEXISM
1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7
FATPHOBIA
1 // 2 // 3
ACNE
1 // 2
UNDERAGE ALCOHOLISM
1
Keep reading
Still not done reading wottg, but here are some of my thoughts as memes:
the rage I feel when reading Blood of Olympus chapters 45-56 is almost equivalent in magnitude to the absolute joy I experience when reading The Last Olympian chapters 1-23.
remember when percabeth was good? when they meant the world to each other but had other people they cared about (nico, for one. both of them. so much), other worries and other storylines aside from their romantic plot? and when nico's completed arc wasn't repeated for no reason other than to dump more trauma on the youngest character in the series? when background characters were included in the story not for all the unnecessary last minute romantic subplots but because they were fun and fascinating to learn more about? and were actually friends with main characters? remember when grover was percy and annabeth's best friend forever? and antagonists were actually interesting and intimidating and had compelling goals? and the story revolved around friendship and family and loyalty? and death was definite and loss was palpable and battles were thrilling?
yeah. good times.