Ayda asking Adaine if she's "hard to be around" in ep 7 of fhsy is such a heartwrenching look into her character that I'm shocked we got it within the first episode she's introduced in.
Like that entire episode you can tell she wasn't meant to be that deep of a character beyond "she's kooky just like her dad! 🤪". Her antisocial nature is amplified to a pretty stereotypical/dehumanized extent, to the point where she's uncharacteristically mean to the bad kids (& they're uncharacteristically mean to her back).
But then Adaine offers her some kindness. And there's that little exchange that says so much.
Ayda thinks of herself as hard to be around.
She says it so matter-of-factly, almost as if she's used to hearing it from other people. She is not the same as her father. This is not the case of a person who is unapologetically "weird" and doesn't even realize it. Ayda is aware that she is not normal socially. She doesn't have the words to articulate why that is just yet, so she blames herself. She's insecure. And she's just so lonely.
Ayda gets a lot more depth and development as the series goes on. But the core of her character has always been an autistic teen girl who doesn't know yet what a treasure it is to be around her.
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Dysfunctional Fam™
Dysfunctional Fam™
sunboi: yo guys why poseidon looks mad
messenger pigeon: wdym bro
sunboi: he looks ready to turn someone into a dolphin
drunk_on_LOOOOVE: ey! That’s ripping me off!
sunboi: fine he looks ready to turn someone into a horse happy
drunk_on_LOOOOVE: very
seaking: ATHENA.
Athena Parthenos: Poseidon.
sunboi: soooo
What’s wrong people???
free therapist here yk
seaking: WHY IS HE BACK ATHENA?!
Athena Parthenos: it has been years poseidon
Let. it. Go.
sunboi: so were ignoring the free therapist offer
ok
interested in a calm the heck down lollipop?
seaking: I AM NOT LETTING IT GO AFTER ODYSSEUS STABBED MY SON IN THE EYE
Athena Parthenos: so what?
Your son was ugly anyways.
seaking: GASP
YOU DID NOT SAY THAT
NONONONO
.DFKAKFHSDFAKSDFHKASHFDASHDFKSH
messenger pigeon: bro got so mad he couldn’t even speak properly
drunk_on_LOOOOVE: lmao screenshotted
Athena Parthenos: Stop being childish, Hermes, Dio.
messenger pigeon: hey, listen, im just tryin to break the tension for our readers
Athena Parthenos: what
drunk_on_LOOOOVE: what
sunboi: what
seaking: what
messenger pigeon: what
sunboi: moving on-
You two @seaking and @Athena Parthenos take this to the Dms
Me and Hermes here need to talk privately too.
messenger pigeon: what..?
sunboi: you heard me, messenger boy
dms, now.
messenger pigeon: … sure.
*
sunboi > messenger pigeon
sunboi: why are you hiding from me, hermes?
messenger pigeon: what do you mean?
sunboi: youre avoiding me
You wont even look at me
Hermes
What are you hiding
messenger pigeon: i cant tell you, apollo
sunboi: what do you mean?!
Is someone threatening you?
If they are i swear on the styx im going to toss them in the worst pits of tartarus
messenger pigeon: NO NOTHING LIKE THAT!
I just…
I cant say
sunboi: hermes please
I need to know
I dont want to be like this anymore
messenger pigeon: apollo…
Its supposed to be a secret
sunboi: so?
That’s not as important as us
messenger pigeon: its about artemis
I just thought that, you know,
It wouldnt be fair to tell you to keep it from her
sunboi: i can hide something from her
I swear!
ive gotten better
Tell me
messenger pigeon: alright. Ill tell you
Its about orion
He’s returned.
sunboi: no.
No, no, no, no, no
It cant be
messenger pigeon has sent a video
messenger pigeon: this is the video hephaestus saw on cams
This is why he took so long to respond
im sorry apollo
sunboi: artemis is goig to finds outtr
yuo knwo that riughts???
messenger pigeon: eventually, maybe
but not now.
sunboi: i dont knwo whaat illl do if orion comes back
Wha t if artemis seeshim and brings him to olympus
Thentheyll both hate me
I dont want artemis to hate me
messenger pigeon: apollo thats not going to happen
Shes your sister
she’ll stick by you
I know youre panicking
Want to call?
sunboi: mhm
messenger pigeon started a call that lasted 6 hours
*
messenger pigeon > machines <3
messenger pigeon: hephaestus
machines <3: you told him, didnt you?
messenger pigeon: how did you know?
machines <3: I saw the messages in Dysfuntional Fam
messenger pigeon: well, you’re right
machines <3: do you really believe that he’ll manage to keep it a secret?
messenger pigeon: well it seems he hasnt kept a secret from artemis in a long time
But we dont know, so maybe he has
machines <3: i suppose thats fair
But its just a guess
not fact
messenger pigeon: are you angry?
machines <3: no, no
I should’ve expected it, really
after those issues with the cows were ironed out, you and apollo were inseparable
messenger pigeon: thanks for understanding, hephaestus
machines <3: no problem, brother
~
sorry for not posting but hereeee
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