#i worry bc no one deserves racism obviously but theyre just kids and this is one of if not their first mainstream roles and id hate for it t

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im so excited for the percy jackson series all the kids look so cute and i like that rick riordan chose to not take appearance into account and just chose based off of their performance only. while i do think there is definitely a lot of merit limiting the selection pool to people of certain appearances/ethnicities for auditions in showmaking/filmmaking depending on the character/story, and any of the original characters in the book who are canonically characters of color should still stay that way in the show, in this case because pjo very much does not have any storylines where race/ethnicity is a big factor iirc (except maybe the di angelos because a big part of their background is being from wwii era italy? i cant remember if there were any other examples in the original pjo series), and because you can play with demigod’s appearances bc the gods’ lack of dna, and i think with child actors because of their inexperience it is a good thing to choose the best candidate based off of how well they portray the character, instead of worrying about appearance. (tho im still going to have to get used to a blond percy if theyre not going to dye his hair lol) but this isnt anything against the kid i think he’s adorable and i hope he does well and has fun. same for the annabeth and grover actors im already about to start defending them with a machine gun if i see anyone being racist towards them

#i worry bc no one deserves racism obviously but theyre just kids and this is one of if not their first mainstream roles and id hate for it t #to be ruined for them by people who can't accept their faves being not-white #i already saw someone on twitter a while ago saying they were going to be pissed if annabeth was black so i hope they get run over by a bus #before they can start to complain about this now that her actress has actually been revealed as black #.txt #pjo