“she uses you as bait in capture the flag!” percy: WHERE?!
“he’s emo!” will: WHERE?!
“they’re mean to you!” / “they have light hair!” leo: WHERE?!
“she—” piper: WHERE?!
“he went insane in the labyrinth!” / “she betrayed camp!” clarisse: WHERE?!
So those of you who've read till the very end of Trials of Apollo know that Piper has now moved on from Jason and is dating another girl who's Native and her age-Shel!
Now, many people didn't like this-I mean, I get their sentiments, since Shel was just shoved right in to make Piper bi.
And I stand by my previous statement about Piper's bisexuality being shoved in and not counting as good representation-
But I think that Shelper is awesome.
Hear me out.
So Piper is actually dating a girl who shares her heritage, her dwindling heritage, and Shel is actually helping her discover her heritage now.
I mean, that's awesome. Wanting to reconnect with your heritage AND find another partner that's also trying to reconnect to said heritage? Piper and Shel were so lucky to have found each other, because they can help each other out a ton.
Things are kind of dangerous for Native Americans trying to reconnect with their culture in the USA, so it's great that Piper will have someone to be with her if she gets threatened or disdained because of what she's trying to do.
I don't think I properly articulated all of my points so I might edit this, but feel free to reblog it.