#to try and stop reynapollo shippers from shipping
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Rick leaned so hard into the incest for the first few books. There’s so many of these scattered throughout the books, causally mentioning that all of the campers share facial features and the traits their godly parents like the most. Not to mention calling each other by familial names (cousin, sister, uncle, etc…).
He should have just leaned into it instead of trying to retcon it and then retconning his retcon in the same paragraph.
“But the thing is, the godly side of your family doesn’t count, genetically speaking, since gods don’t have DNA.”
Well, that’s not what the other four books say but alright. We can pretend that this is what Rick meant all along. Problem solved. oh wait, there’s more…
“A demigod would never think about dating someone who had the same godly parent. Like two kids from Athena cabin? No way.”
But they’re not related. You just said they aren’t related. Most of the campers are also only there for summer, so they aren’t “like siblings” or “raised together as siblings” and they aren’t adopted. Why wouldn’t they date if they wanted to?
“But a daughter of Aphrodite and a son of Hephaestus? They’re not related. So it’s no problem.”
Yes, we know they aren’t related because gods don’t have DNA and because they aren’t “like siblings” or “raised together as siblings” or adopted. Kind of like how Annabeth and Malcolm aren’t related, aren’t like siblings, weren’t raised together as siblings, and aren’t adopted. So there’s no problem with Annabeth and Malcolm dating.
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#riordanverse#percy jackson series#pjo#rick i am criticizing you#he did this because of percabeth btw#everyone kept pointing out that they’re cousins and it made rick sweat because they ARE cousins#you can still see the old forum posts that popped up after it became apparent that#percabeth was going to be end game#and everyone collectively went ‘wait a fucking second….’#anyway it’s always funny when rick stops the story to tell us something directly that’s been bothering him#it’s almost always related to shipping too#like when he stopped the story to tell us that reyna and apollo would never date#to try and stop reynapollo shippers from shipping#or when he stopped the story to tell us that percy is tragically straight so he can’t be shipped with male characters#how’s all of that going for you rick#i hope the fandom shipping keeps you up at night
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