Gen Z Culture Is Teaching Your Younger Siblings About Vines And Memes Then Quoting Them Together Even

Rick Riordan is so savage like he made it seem like his books were just gonna be like every other kids series out there and then once he’s ensared all these people into reading this world he’s created, he adds a gay couple that actually gets more than just a mention or two, a genderfluid character that is shown to be an utter badass and as capable and human as anyone else, and a Muslim girl who despite literally being involved with the Norse gods, still keeps her faith and religion close to heart. He even made the choice to give Apollo a backstory that envolved love stories with both men and women. He knew that if he included all these things from the start that not as many people would have read it, so he waited until there was an entire world filled with these characters you‘d grown to love, and then added ones that may have detered you from reading the very first book had that character been in it. And yet because you’re already so enthralled in this storyline of mythology, it doesn’t matter that the characters are different. Of course there are going to be those people who drop out, but for those who stay, you’re teaching that representation matters. That even in a world filled with demigods and valkyrie and all sorts of mythological beings, being like those characters that were added is perfectly alright. It’s more normal than Mount Olympus being at the top of the Empire State Building. Imagine what kind of effect that’s going to have on the kids who grow up with Magnus Chase and Trials of Apollo. They’re going to look at characters like Alex or Sam or Nico, and they’re going to think, “I wish I could be just like them.” Rick Riordan is a legend and you cannot argue otherwise.

If Harry Potter had Riordanverse-like chapter titles

“A DADA teacher tries to kill me - a sequel”

“Put this horcrux back where it came from or so help me”

“Fifth year: I still have no idea what’s going on”

“I don’t have bones and I am not surprised”

“Hermione solves everything, even faster than Annabeth Chase (though I have no idea who that is)”

“I have to catch a flying golden shit”

“I’m dead, but not really”

“An ancient cup tries to tell me what to do”

“To all the boys I’ve ever killed before - Tom Riddle’s diary”

“Wingardium Levifuckyou”

if y’all don’t think percy has to play baby shark at LEAST 10 times a day to appease to Estelle’s demands you’re wrong

Hedwig is a village in Houston. Just thought you guys should know!

#houston #texas #HedwigIsTheBest #IMissHedwig

the kane chronicles are way underrated man, those two are the best siblings and its so well written my two beans deserve more attention

Artemis: Alright, I got a box, we’re going to put everything we love into the box

Hermes: can I put Apollo in the box?

Artemis: no

Dionysus: can /I/ put Apollo in the box?

Artemis: no

Apollo: can I put myself in the box-

Artemis: no oNE IS PUTTING APOLLO IN THE BOX

“Hopelessnes attacks her victims with the sharp tip of a knife, drawing slowly, torturing like, over their skin, until finally plunging into their heart. She works with depression, the ugly monster under my bed”- PoeticInjustice

kidnapper: we have your son

edmund: i don’t have a son

kidnapper: then who just asked for warm chocolate milk and made us cut the crusts off his sandwich?

edmund: oh my god you have eustace

I worry about my friend a lot.

#books #worry #iworryaboutyou #help #laughingsohard

I like the idea of Nico taking up his roman title “The Ambassador of Pluto” as his job and becoming Hades’ liaison for other afterlives; negotiating for disputed souls, solving territorial issues, presenting conflict resolutions, signing treaties and accords, getting to know the other gods, their helpers and the most important inhabitants of each afterlife (maybe even make friends that way). 

And obviously, he gets to stay, as an honored guest, for all the ceremonies and feasts, and see different traditions, so he ends up being quite worldly.  But also consider:

Nico visiting the Norse Valhalla- Magnus: Oh, so you’re a greek demigod? My cousin is a greek demigod too! You might know her, Annabeth Chase?  Nico: What a coincidence… 

Nico visiting the Egyptian Hall of Judgment- Osiris: Meet my daughter Sadie, she is not dead, just passing by. Sadie Kane: Oh, so you’re a greek demigod? I have a very good friend who is a greek demigod too! You might know her, Annabeth Chase? Nico: Okay what the Fuck?