“Show Annabeth needed to be blonde because it’s important to her character that people constantly underestimate her because she’s blonde”
And black girls DONT get underestimated for the same reasons?
“Blonde Annabeth just meant so much to me because people always thought I was a dumb blonde”
You have representation for that already. You have Elle Woods and Captain Marvel and Barbie and Cress Darnel and Sophie Foster, give someone else a turn. You don’t think there’s black girls out there who get to feel better about themselves because they finally see themselves represented on screen in a main character? Leah Jeffries is facing enough hate and doubting herself for this role, let her play the part because she’s doing a wonderful job. Rick Riordan picked her for a reason.
