#Might I also add that declaring book annabeth is now black (for support of black people) ignores EVERY OTHER NON-BLACK POC HEADCANON

[percabeth4life]

i don’t know if you want to bring this up again so feel no need to publish this ask, but claiming show canon automatically overrides book canon is also giving a credit to riordan which he did not work to deserve. there are countless authors who include a diverse cast of characters from the start and get no acknowledgement. he never made that effort in his first series and people shouldn’t pretend he did. though, i am very happy that he has chosen to do things differently in the live action!

Thanks for your consideration!

Regardless: I agree fully with this. It's something I was also considering but didn't point out as that wasn't my focus. It gives credit that is not owed, it gives him more diversity than he actually included in the original books. There was ONE notably black character in the first series, One. The second series included One (notable) black girl (who was strongly connected to slavery and also killed off and brought back and also put in a relationship with an older guy and and and-). He does not deserve credit for things he didn't do.

I'm glad he's trying to improve, despite my issues with him, but Book Annabeth is NOT overridden by show Annabeth. Any claims to such ignore his intentions in the original writing, for good or bad.

The Show Annabeth is black, and Leah is going to do amazing I'm certain, she deserves love and support. But her being Show Annabeth does not mean she's Book Annabeth. That's an objective fact, not a dismissal of her. They're two different Annabeths.

Both are wonderful, and I look forward to seeing Annabeth on the screen just like I've loved having Annabeth come to live via the books.

#anon asks #life answers #pjo show #pjo disney+ #pjo disney #I appreciate your consideration tho <3 #But yeah this is one of the big things #Might I also add that declaring book annabeth is now black (for support of black people) ignores EVERY OTHER NON-BLACK POC HEADCANON #And yeah you can make her mixed as one pointed out but other POC shouldn't have to make her one specific mixed race #Like they have a right to their hcs of her being other races too! #And if you're declaring that Annabeth is now black in the books than is Clarisse too? Because that's a nasty negative stereotype #you've just given Rick #And on top of that: is Percy now Blonde? Grover now Indian? Luke now black haired? #If you declare one is now the book you must declare all #and ngl I think more people will throw hands over blonde haired percy being demanded as book canon