Open letter after reading "The House of Hades"

[genki_geek]

Dear Mr. Riordan,

You just sunk my ship permanently. I hope you're happy.

*retreats into a corner and hugs Nico tight*

Signed,
A sad fangirl who's never gotten the ship she wanted in ANY fandom

Comments

[blurredlights]

ack!
... now, I'm curious. and I mustn't open the book until I'm finished with my deadlines... :(

[genki_geek]

It's not that bad really. Awesome actually. But I'm still a fangirl in mourning for my lost ship. Huhuhu :(

[blurredlights]

and I'm just replying now! haha.

I didn't want to comment on your other blog as people might kill me for spoilers. but I didn't think the Nico development came out of field. I guess I've been reading a lot of LGBT lit lately, but it's a common portrayal of homosexual feelings from teenagers who see themselves as heterosexuals. His dour attitude makes much more sense now, for me. :)

[genki_geek]

I guess I wanted more hints than that. Hehe. Because yeah, the dourness could have come from a lot of different issues: abandonment, isolation, generally being excluded because he's a son of Hades. It felt like a sudden development because I didn't see any specific foreshadowing that that was Nico's specific issue.

[blurredlights]

Haha. Well, that would be tough as Nico was hardly ever there. :)

That said, I never really saw Nico's dourness as an effect of isolation (which he chose for himself) or being excluded (because Annabeth made an effort). Abandonment's an issue most everyone in the series deals with.

Nico's set-up is actually very similar to Andrew Lincoln's character in Love Actually. Yes, I'm comparing him to a heterosexual character. Because I don't think Nico's gay. :) I think he had a crush on Percy and misinterpreted it as him being gay. Which is why I didn't see it coming out of field. :)

[genki_geek]

Haha. Well, that would be tough as Nico was hardly ever there. :)
>> I KNOW! Which was my main trouble with the first books of Heroes of Olympus. LOL

Nico not being gay
>> Hmmm. That would be my obvious choice (shippiness and all), but I don't think RR's going to go that way. Too big of a backlash. If ever, he might make Nico bisexual instead of homosexual.

[blurredlights]

The problem with Nico being homosexual is... well, he isn't one. Haha. The way he deals with his problems? It's either he's heterosexual--or very repressed. Which makes him Chinese, not gay. haha :D