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First of all, good morning to you too. It'd be good if you tried to say this in a more nicely rather than straight up insulting me for no appearant reason. Or at least being brave enough to send it unanonimously.

I don't know what post on mine you might be talking about, but let me tell your... you are wrong.

Don't worry, I don't judge you, we all went through the Romans are just Greek copy paste phase. :) I will just give you this quick historical lecture.

Romans had and still had their own gods before they syncretized them with the Greeks, and even then, they were very different.

I'd like to start with the fact that each pantheon's gods have different roots. Most Greek gods have Mycenean roots, while Roman gods might have Etruscan or Sabine ones, or whatever.

Clearest example here are Mars and Ares: unlike Ares, Mars was a really one of if not the MOST beloved god in his land, and he wasn't just a god of war: he was also associated with vegetation and forests and stuff. Ares is just the very personification of war.

Even in mythology, they're different. An example I can give is how Ares and Athena hate each other, or are rivals, while Mars literally tries to marry Minerva.

Minerva is also a good example. Even if in her origins, she had similar domains to Athena, she wasn't as important as her. She was just a minor goddess.

She'd later become more popular, but even after that, the functions of Athena were done by other gods in the Roman pantheon. God of protection? Mostly Jupiter. God of war? Obviously, Mars. Minerva was more a goddess of artesans than anything else, and also the matron of professions like teachers or physicians. (This during the Republic. During the Empire, when the Romans conquered Greece, it changed. Again, because of syncretizm).

Romans also had gods with no Greek equivalent, like Janus or Quirinus.

We have to remember these are two diffierent cultures, with different values/morality, religion, time and place and not just some sorta China copy. It's important for me that y'all know that.

Not to mention D.I.D is a serious topic which your favorite god Rick Riordan, patron of uneducated children, horribly mishandled.

Because we’re told to us that they go to Hermes’ cabin because he “defends hospitality” or some shyt like that.

Trans. by Google cause I’m lazy:

“You’re still being determined,” Luke explained patiently. “They don’t know which cabin to assign you to, so for now, this one is yours.” Cabin 11 welcomes all newcomers, all visitors. It’s only natural that we welcome you, because Hermes is the god of travelers.

Trans now yes by me:

That’s why you’re here, you, enjoying the hospitality of Cabin 11.

Hermes IS a god of hospitality, but we’re also told that Hermes’ cabin is one of the most populated cabins (and I don’t know if Rick meant to include the unclaimed children in this or not, but very probably not).

Trans.:

The teams were announced. Athena had allied herself with Apollo and Hermes, the two most numerous huts.

And my point is… if without the unclaimed children, the Hermes cabin is already big enough, how full is it WITH the unclaimed children? Percy himself complains about it.

Trans.

Inside, it was full of girls and boys, which were more than the beds available. On the floor there were sleeping bags, spread around everywhere. It looked like a gym where the Red Cross had decided to use as an evacuation center.

And

“Why do I have to install in Cabin 11? Why do we have to be so crowded? There are many beds.”

Yes, the book itself says it bad, but there was a very easy solution for this in CHB, that would’ve probably saved many kids from being nearly asphixiated and it’s using ZEUS’ cabin.

Hermes IS a god of hospitality, but the main god of that is Zeus. And I feel like this is unecessary villanization of Zeus. He is also the god of oaths, and he would NOT have slept with anyone, so the kids would’ve probably been able to sleep in beds.

Perhaps they could’ve also used the Artemis cabin for little girls. Artemis PROTECTS little girls, and since her cabin is empty, what problem would there’ve been? Artemis is a virgin goddess, but not anti-motherhood. Hera’s cabin too, but for a bit older ones.

All these cabins are empty. They could’ve been used in order to give the unclaimed children space and comfort, and in a way that didn’t contradict mythology and makes sense.

But no, Rick just wanted to villanize Hera and Zeus and make Artemis some “feminist queen, no motherhood shyt”, completly ignoring that those gods have very important domains tied to children and/or hospitality.

I'm sorry, but tf you mean "not a real powerful force"? Demeter's and Aphrodite's children? Are you fucking kidding me?

Taking into account how demigods work in PJO (since it's very different than in actual mythology, because demigods DON'T HAVE FUCKING SUPERPOWERS), THEY SHOULD BE LIKE THE FUCKING SHYT.

You're telling me that Demeter's kids... the kids of the goddess that literally almost starved humanity to extinction, the goddess that very probably fought in the Titanomachy... are not as powerful, but a motherfucking Ares kid IS?! Like, I'm not saying he ain't powerful, but like man, she's very probably holds more power than him.

And APHRODITE, THE GODDESS OF LOVE, THE DAUGHTER OF FUCKING URANUS? Like, bro, half of the things in mythology happen thanks to HER: The Argonautica (for Medea and Jason), The War of Troy (Menelaus & Helen & Paris), and so many tragedies in which she might not be physically present, but she's still there as the romance included...THE ELDEST OF THE OLYMPIANS, DUDE. Her children would not be powerful as well? HER SON IS LITERALLY ONE OF THE MOST KNOWN HEROES!!

Can we talk about how Rick Riordan read about demigods and inmediately chose to call them half-bloods?

First of all, it's not a word that ancient Greeks used: those who were considered "superior to mankind, but inferior to the gods", to say it somehow, were called demigods or heroes. Pretty sure it started being used during the Middle Ages, as... literally, as a term, to call those who were of "mixed race" during the colonization of America. It originated from that, and it many negative connotations: pretty sure it could be considered a slur. And he KNOWS this. At least, I want to think he does. I mean, explain this:

Yeah, Rick, it's good that you wanna point out the discrimination Indigenous and African people suffer, but I think Piper' and Carter's discomfort with that name could be erased by simply not calling them that. It is really unnecessry. Sure, you could add a scene in which someone calls demigods that, be it with ill intentions or just as a misconception, but both ways could serve to show the characters' upsetness before such name.

Don't you think, Rick, I don't know, it comes to my mind... that there are better ways to call the children of gods? I believe that throwing this word around like it's nothing in a children's book is... questionable, to say the least. It minimizes what the word half-blood meant. What it was used and is still used for.

"Oh, but he does call them heroes and demigods!" Oh, so he IS able to not use a racial slur for his literal childrens book, huh? Not to mention, he STILL called it "Half-Blood Camp" and the term that is used the most is still that one.

I've counted just The Lightning Thief, but the word half-blood is said like 60 times, the word hero is said like 50 and the word demigod is said only 6 times.

But also people treat him like the poorest little meow meow over it. Like he lost a leg. My spleen exploded essentially and it just partially grew back? No biggie?

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ahh ic ic, yeah I also have similar thoughts on that as well, cause they just can't be fully held accountable, but still have some fauls. And yeah, I honestly need more fics that actually focus on how shit Tim and Alfred are because they're always written as best guys ever (and they fucking aren't). And fr I get so sick of fics making Alfred Jason's fav person, but like ???? That bitch is an enabler of Bruce's bad behaviour, even the fact that he doesn't step in when things are serious enables Bruce so ngbfjsnfn anyways hate saint Alfred or good grandparent or any of those tags ✌️ haha yepp canon Tim deserves bad stuff happening to him, but fanon Tim deserves a shit ton more :)

Also lwk want the batfam to say Alfred misses Jason and Jason who was orig thinking of going back immediately goes 'fuck nah' just cause they said Alfred would miss him lol. Plus sometimes they'll mention his military background for no fucking reason but for 'oh I would kill the Joker if he ever came here' or 'Ive killed before' blah blah blah nonsense. Like if you're gonna kill the Joker, fucking do it, don't just say you would. Fucking act on it you fucking coward. Plus the fact he was the one that put up the memorial case is sickening. Like of all the words he could've used, he used the fucking 'Good Soldier' umm wtf man??? And the fact that Bruce just accepted it???? Fucking bullshit.