Message from @King Canuck
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you know what I mean?
https://img00.deviantart.net/8830/i/2016/338/2/2/magnus_chase_cast_by_potatoocat-daqkedr.jpg here's a shit drawing of the core cast of the nordic trilogy
a light elf who was born deaf, and as such was ostrasized from his entire realm
A dwarf who wants to make clothing instead of weaponry
Shape-shifting "what's a fucking gender" loki kid
*muslim valkyrie*
and our protagonist, the son of frey, god of summer.
this is the only art I could find of all of them
<:think_woke:378717098681171988>
the official fanart looks loads better
yeah the valkyrie thing was a weird take
And then some orcs come and rape then all?
Muslim Valkyrie top kek
pfff
I know right nic
The explanation was something akin to the swords of the holy cross from The Dresden Files
odin saw Samirah, a daughter of loki (long story) as a potenial valkyrie
The pinnacle of human evolution
she was like "But... Allah's the only god?" And Odin's like "Look, nobody in our pantheon is even certain the abramic god is a thing. I'm offering you a noble job to help people, want in?"
and she shrugs and says okay
That's woke as fuck lmao
but ultimately wants to retire from being a valkyrie at some point
yea I know
when percy meets Diyonisus.
"you're saying God's real?"
"Don't get metaphysical, Peter."
"Percy."
"Whatever."
the author wants to stay as far as he can from bringing modern popular religions in, if possible
so the most you get is people who believe in the abramic gods, but such a being is by nature so fucking abstract that he can get away with ther ebeing no confirmation
Makes sense
http://rickriordan.com/content/uploads/2016/04/samirahmoredetail-299x416.jpg here's some of the official art of Samirah
the hijab doubles as a fucking invisibility cloak
Nazi furries exist
And they need rights
I wish they all doubled as invisibility cloaks
#NaziFurriesMatter
But yeah liket
the original 5 percy books are by far the best though
part of the reason you see diverse characters in more of his later series is because at some point someone looked to him and said something akin to
you realize that the only black character with a name in your original series gets blown up right
and everyone else is white or ginger
and the author was like "....Huh. You're right."
so his later series as (mostly natural and decently written) diversity of background
>ginger is a race
<:think_woke:378717098681171988>
could be