Hey everyone, it’s been far too long! (I’m truly sorry, life has not been fun lately 😅) But I’m back to rant about something!

Why… just why did someone try to tell me that "just because Luke felt bad about what he did, and died in the end, doesn’t make him a hero"??

Like, I beg your finest, top-shelf, pardon???

Number 1, please for the love of any deity listening, gain some media literacy and use it! Number 2, what do you mean he wasn’t a hero??? That’s literally the whole point of the end of The Last Olympian! He’s literally named a hero! Percy Jackson, the main character, says point blank that Luke was the actual hero in the end!

"But he did so many bad things and killed people!" Yeah, his body did, ya know when it was being controlled by Kronos! But who did Luke, fully in control and totally unaffected by Kronos, kill? Oh, that’s right, NO ONE!

He did ATTEMPT to kill Percy (even though he actually didn’t want to) but he didn’t succeed. Am I saying that it wasn’t bad that he hurt Percy? No, I’m not. But I’m also saying that if Kronos weren’t manipulating and forcing Luke to do his bidding, then Luke would have never hurt Percy or other demigods unless absolutely necessary.

And if the god’s would’ve just treated their demigod children and the other minor gods better, then Luke wouldn’t have even had to consider siding with Kronos as a legitimate reason.

And speaking of that, the reason that Luke is considered a hero is because he was the one who defeated Kronos. Without him, they wouldn’t have been able to destroy Kronos. Luke was never really the true threat that had everyone worried. Luke was never the true villain, it was Kronos (and the gods). Kronos was going to rise again even if he wasn’t successful in manipulating Luke to fight on his side. Kronos would’ve just found another demigod to manipulate, and it would’ve more than likely been Percy if Gabe’s stench wouldn’t have hidden Percy so well.

But really, to say that Luke wasn’t a hero in the end is just telling me that you read the books with your eyes closed. I just really think that it’s sad that the complete first series of books have been out for almost 15 years now and most people still can’t comprehend Luke’s character.

sometimes i think about all the things that could’ve happened in billy’s life before they moved to hawkins and i just

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the arguments that nico will name a daughter bianca are actually insane bc

a) does this boy look like they'll ever be equipped to raise a child

and b) he lost bianca during a really traumatic part of his life; i dont think they'd cope facing that every day

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you could just admit that you wanted to have a possession kink in the story and have the characters ponder over this and discuss their feelings and maybe even some boundaries but no. Instead, you have a story where a woman character will openly say that she doesn’t like being treated this way and then the male character will just straight up completely ignore her wishes. And that’s worse, you do realize that’s worse right

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I've decided to just block anyone that dies ship rating because I find it ao annoying

I wish I could let things go

every time my boss mentions something totally unprompted about lgbtq+ at work it takes every inch of my body to physically hold myself back from losing my job instantly by punching him in the face

My life is a survival horror game where the monster chasing me has sensitive hearing and I’m the only one who understands this and everyone else does not care and makes as much noise as possible, getting us all killed. Yay!

absolutely begging for people to learn the difference between a trade and a free agency signing

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And I realized I’m going to have the gnarliest farmers tan

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