i have something important to say. PLEASE do not harass walker scobell or say anything weird. please. I know we’ve all said this, but seriously it is SO WEIRD!! People will see an edit of him and say “have my kids” or “be my husband.” Like, you can call him cute I guess? but that’s just straight up creepy. I’ve said it before, and people are like “he’s my age, it’s not creepy.” IT’S STILL CREEPY!!! IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU’RE NOT A CREEPY PEDOPHILE. YOU DO NOT HAVE A PASS TO HARASS A MINOR! EVEN IF YOU’RE ONE! so yeah. again, making edits or calling him cute doesn’t necessarily mean you’re being creepy. saying things like “he’s so hot i want to marry him 😏😩” would make him uncomfortable though. please don’t. I don’t care if i’m late to this, I see this ALL THE TIME. on tiktok, pinterest, even in my own friend group. spread the word PLEASE!!!
like listen, it’s just too much. think he’s a little cute, whatever. but that’s way too much.
it's wild to me that people act as if chani's primary reason for leaving paul was bitterness about being a concubine like girl..... i promise that did not even register in her brain compared to the realization that paul had chosen to become her people's oppressor, to become her oppressor, to destroy the equality that was very foundation of their relationship. i promise her agency and her loyalty to her people, things which existed before paul and will exist after him, were more important to her than how "official" her relationship would be considered within a system she did not care about.
I think we (Rick) missed a LOT of potential with platonic relationships throughout the series'. Platonic relationships were definitely handled better in PJO but in HoO the friendships just seem to be sidelined (I havent read ToA yet so I can't speak on it)
I think Caleo could have benefitted both characters a LOT if they'd just been friends, and Leo's arc could've been handled a lot better that way too. In PJO Percy and Grover's friendship is PEAK, but we see him less and less throughout the series, and then we see him a grand total of like, twice in HoO, and neither of those are of him in person, and only one kinda interacting with Percy. Rachel doesn't get a chance to really be friends with Percy and Annabeth, we just have to trust that they became besties off-screen. Hazel and Frank get together wayyy too quickly imo, and it would've been nice to see them as just friends for a bit longer. We were absolutely ROBBED of certain platonic pairings, like Leo and Nico or Piper and Percy. Another issue is that pairings get established and then immediately thrown under the bus. In TLH, it's stated from the beginning that Leo and Piper are super close, but they don't have many interactions alone after that at ALL, and Leo constantly says that he feels left out, while Piper constantly talks about how Annabeth is her closest friend (thats a whole other convo abt queer undertones but y'know). Same thing happens with Percy with Hazel & Frank, their friendship is built over the course of SoN, but then by MoA it seems to be mostly forgotten.
Anyway, that all is to say that we should've spent more time shining a spotlight on the FRIENDSHIPS of the series.
--Signed, local aroace who is so very done with the excessive focus on romance in fiction <3