#bc with say. pjo. it's you're a demigod AND have adhd etc because of it

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cons of canon adhd characters: all the wonderful (/s) metas that explain why it's just a side effect of being [insert overpowered supernatural creature here]

#nd tag #I'm still going through a meta list so I'm vague posting about one specific (and a half) instance here #but I hate those kinds of headcanons so much #bc with say. pjo. it's you're a demigod AND have adhd etc because of it #(and given that most 'positive' stuff at the time was about how it was A Good Thing Actually way back when I don't mind it?) #(bc it was exactly the kind of thing kid me needed to hear) #but if you take a (/one of the only) canon adhd characters and turn their adhd into a Fun Quirky Disguise for being Totally bamf? #what's the point? #I'm all for 'okay the writers didn't know what they were talking about and this diagnosis actually fits better' #but to take a pretty much text book example and be like #they're pretending to have this Specifically So that everyone thinks they're an idiot is obviously. not good. #just #give us more characters that are supernatural AND neurodiverse and not because of it