Honestly my favourite thing about the new magnus chase book is that it shows how much rick riordan has listened. He listened to people’s complaints about lack of representation, and attempted to rectify it in hoo with a largely poc main cast and an lgbt character. And then he listened to people’s complaints about the way he was representing his characters (the main one I remember is that nico never actually says he’s gay, in fact the word is never used), and he fixed that in toa and now mcga with apollo being very open about his attraction to different genders and then alex stating outright that s/he is transgender and genderfluid (please dear god let everyone remember that alex doesn’t use they/them pronouns).
And honestly, more than that, he’s gone above and beyond what anyone asked him to. You can tell he’s done his research, and he’s done it well. In hot (I’m not calling it thot) alone he touches on so many subjects like police violence, racism, lgbt homelessness, religion, and he does it all so respectfully and thoughtfully that honestly, from my position, I can’t find any fault.
Rick Riordan heard what people had to say about his books, and he sat down, listened, took notes, aced his test, and then did an extra credit assignment no one even asked him to just because he wants to learn. And honestly it just feels….so refreshing.
And this is why I love this author.
I am Terra 