#they fully erased that Nico's connection to mythomagic is part of his disability/being neurodivergent and went ''no actually he's just gay'
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it was a thing for awhile in the fandom (and still is) to focus on one demographic a character is a part of while ignoring others like they can only exist one at a time (primarily being erasing disability traits or experiences the characters describe, usually by taking a trait meant to indicate one thing and claiming it can only indicate a separate thing and never anything else)
but the absolute biggest offender will always be when Rick and Mark Oshiro just fully did that in The Sun And The Star. like. oh okay. this is what we're doing now. and fully said it too. "Nico only likes Mythomagic to look at the hot men on the cards" ah yes of course it's definitely not because. he has adhd (and autism coding) and Mythomagic is his hyperfixation/special interest. nah that couldn't be it. Because of course Nico's only trait is "Gay" and that's the only thing that can inform his character Ever. How could i be so silly as to think otherwise? (sarcasm sarcasm)
anyways the fandom could really stand to learn about intersectionality that'd be great. rick too probably. also just remember disability exists in general and is kind of very central to the series and nearly every character. thanks.
#pjo#riordanverse#nico di angelo#tsats crit#rr crit#in the case of what TSATS did that example doesnt even have an element of intersectionality to it really that's just purely erasure#they fully erased that Nico's connection to mythomagic is part of his disability/being neurodivergent and went ''no actually he's just gay'#''he only likes this game because Gay Reasons''#they both said that out loud at the book tour and it's also in the book itself and i hate it#anyways sorry theme of the week seems to be shaking my fist at lack of acknowledgement of intersectionality#and general erasure of the focus of disability in the series (primarily first series)#(including the franchise itself erasing the focus on disability which i will personally bitch about forever)
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