You See, But You Do Not Observe

raj mandeli the calculus whiz who yells something in urdu which percy thinks means “i have to go potty,” and then runs away from the laestrygonians

why is this problematic? raj mandeli is a very stereotypical portrayal of south asians. the way urdu is treated as a joke is immature and feels borderline offensive. It rubs me the wrong way.

pranjal the healer who is the ✨only named medic at camp jupiter✨

why is this problematic? perhaps i’m being too nitpicky with this one, but a doctor of all professions? seriously? a lot of us receive immense pressure from family members to become doctors. It would have been nice if we could be represented in a way that breaks stereotypes. I’m not saying it’s bad to have pranjal be a doctor, but why is the sole south asian representation in the pjo universe a doctor and a calculus whiz?

drew tanaka the bully,,,do I seriously need to elaborate on this one?

why is this problematic? she’s a bully. I repeat, she’s a BULLY.

mrs. chase the “evil asian stepmom”

why is this problematic? not really gonna elaborate on this one much because i don’t feel it’s my place to talk about how she treated annabeth. but having both of your two female asian characters be portrayed as a bully/antagonist is just,,,not okay.

ethan nakamura the antagonist who also died

why is this problematic? he’s an antagonist. who also died.

frank zhang(oh boy get ready)

why is this problematic? okay, so frank zhang is the only asian kid in the seven, and he’s also the only kid in the seven who doesn’t have ADHD and isn’t dyslexic. honestly, I don’t know if this was intentional on rick’s part or not, but it is kind of fishy to see that the only asian kid in the seven was the one who didn’t have learning disabilities. honestly, why rick? why frank out of all of them? asian kids can have learning disabilities too, you know! did you also know that there’s a huge stigma that comes with learning disabilities in the asian community? consider this article, written by a chinese high school student with ADHD and ADD:

read this snippet:

As a Chinese student diagnosed with ADHD and ADD, it is extremely hard to cope with the fact you have a learning disorder. Some people in my Asian community did not acknowledge my learning disabilities, as traditional Chinese people look down upon learning disabilities.

ADHD, ADD, and other learning disabilities are considered shameful in the Chinese community. People who dismissed my ADHD and ADD just assumed I was “not smart,” and that was a “fault” of my parents. For many, there is no such thing as ADHD and ADD — they believe this is just a cover-up for laziness.

yeah. lots of people in the asian community do not take learning disabilities seriously. frank zhang is just reinforcing the stereotype that asian kids can’t have learning disabilities. whether rick did it inadvertently or not, it’s still reinforcing that stereotype and it angers me. 

also the way he was described? phrases like “baby sumo wrestler?” it’s so infantilizing and so unnecessary!

do you mean this one? i scrolled a lil through ur blog and found it if you still need it

normalize losing motivation.

normalize smaller blogs.

normalize less notes and reblogs.

normalize lack of inspiration.

it’s okay if you don’t write, post or publish everyday. it’s okay if you don’t feel like finishing that work in progress. it’s okay if you can’t mentally or physically come up with something. it’s okay if you don’t have this many followers, notes, or reblogs. any of this does not define your worth. your value. your talent.

golden rule, support and love others as you’d want to be. don’t be afraid to reach out and self-promoted. it’s okay. it really is.

So I was reading something and I came across a statement that was like "It isn't entirely impossible for autistics to empathize. We can focus on the emotions and needs if others. But the problem is allistic people can focus on other people's emotions and their own at the same time. Allowing them to think about how they're feeling and what they're thinking as well as focusing on what the other person is feeling. Autistic people can't do that. We can only focus on ourselves and our emotions, or the other person. But not both at the same time."

This makes literally perfect fucking sense in regards to Ty and his feelings for Kit. Because he can focus on Kit's pain and his feelings, but then he can't focus on his own. So then how is he supposed to figure out if he has feelings for Kit if he's focusing on what Kit is feeling and might be going through. If he worries about Kit then how is he supposed to self reflect? He basically can't.

I struggle with this myself all the time. If I'm helping someone with their problems it's hard to take care of them and think about my feelings on the situation. Like someone will ask me what I think and I'll completely freeze up because I wasnt in thinking and reflecting mode, I was in helping mode! So basically what I have learned to do is toggle back and forth. It's super difficult to do and sometimes I'm bad at it.

I think grief shifted him permanently into his feeling his feeling and thinking about his stuff mode. You could argue that he was focusing on Livvy but he really wasn't. It was about him. But it was all screwed up and not at all proper reflection because he was grieving.

Ty needs to like genuinely hone in on his emotions and do some genuine self reflection for a moment and really think about what he actually wants. Self reflection is not something I'm really great at personally. I don't know if it's an autistic trait or not. But I think Ty is scared of actually acknowledging and shifting through his emotions unless he can just come up with a "quick fix" solution like bring Livvy back.

And when he and Kit reunite again he's probably gonna be shifted back into worrying about other people mode because Kit will most likely be in trouble knowing Kit. So Ty needs someone to literally shake him and force him to actually take a moment to process what he's feeling.