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NICO… YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT O.o
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Nov 14, 2014 05:22PM
I can't respect your beliefs if you never defend them.
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I'm not expecting you to respect them. I'm asking just to be left alone and what happens to me doesn't effect you. It's my choice after all.
Nico (Hades) wrote: "I'm not expecting you to respect them. I'm asking just to be left alone and what happens to me doesn't effect you. It's my choice after all."
Our choices aren't automatically good just because they're our choices.
In a discussion, I will call a mistake a mistake. I explained my side, and I'm interested in yours.
...Or are we all here just to swear and call names then? What's the good in that?
Our choices aren't automatically good just because they're our choices.
In a discussion, I will call a mistake a mistake. I explained my side, and I'm interested in yours.
...Or are we all here just to swear and call names then? What's the good in that?
And this discussion was never about anyone's "rights" as you keep trying to paint it. People are indeed free to make their own mistakes as far as I am concerned. In a discussion about the ACTION itself we should be able to discuss the actual action without making things personal.
I said it before, and I'll say it again: having to dig through all your propaganda and empty phrases, and just the way you treat people seeking answers for their concerns speaks volumes. This is about respect? Hahaha
It's about one thing: selfishness. Period.
Lie about anyone who disagrees with you, even your mom and dad, just to shut them up. Paint them as demons. I see this every day and I don't respect it at all.
All you do is dodge questions and lie about (or swear at) others. THAT is what I call hateful and bigoted. I don't care what your beliefs are, you should be prepared to defend them to others, otherwise you are lying to yourself too.
You should be ashamed of yourself for representing what you stand for in this way.
I said it before, and I'll say it again: having to dig through all your propaganda and empty phrases, and just the way you treat people seeking answers for their concerns speaks volumes. This is about respect? Hahaha
It's about one thing: selfishness. Period.
Lie about anyone who disagrees with you, even your mom and dad, just to shut them up. Paint them as demons. I see this every day and I don't respect it at all.
All you do is dodge questions and lie about (or swear at) others. THAT is what I call hateful and bigoted. I don't care what your beliefs are, you should be prepared to defend them to others, otherwise you are lying to yourself too.
You should be ashamed of yourself for representing what you stand for in this way.
Listen. I respect you. I'm not judging you at all.
I'm not hateful. I don't swear unless I'm really done with life. I've only got my mom who doesn't know about my sexuality. My dad left when I was eight. He just walked out the door and never came back. I live with my mom and my three cousins(all girls). The oldest hates me and blackmails me because I'm gay. The middle one is a psychopath with severe anger issues. The youngest is a sweetheart with the biggest heart I've ever seen in a six year old. I'm not perfect Do not judge me. I'm a real person with feelings and a life.
I think that children should be learning about being Gay and Trans and all that other stuff at a young age so that they can understand it and that if they want to be or are Gay and Trans, that it is alright to be who they are because EVERYBODY has their own story and this character pulls it through to show the Gays and Trans out there in this world that it is OK to be who they are, and shows those who aren't Gay or Trans to not be Prejudiced because one of their favorite Characters is Gay. NICELY DONE RIORDAN!!!
Love this twist in the series and really hope it come to a conclusion in the next book!
Sam wrote: "Brenna wrote: "I'm so disappointed! The biggest problem that I have with this move in his books is that his target audience is children. Parent's buy these books for their children because they kn..."Well, they are a little different...
Brown wrote: "Nico (Hades) wrote: "Um... Masquerade? What the hell."Nico,
could you explain why you disagree instead of just swearing?
How is a relationship centered on pleasure equally important to one that ..."
Agreed!
Zeus3713 wrote: "I think that children should be learning about being Gay and Trans and all that other stuff at a young age so that they can understand it and that if they want to be or are Gay and Trans, that it i..."We don't want children to be sheltered but it's not like we have to thrust all of this stuff in their face and be like, "You need to know what this is!! Learn it now!"
Personally, I feel like we all just need to keep to ourselves. Like I don't care if there are people out there who don't care for my life choices. I just want them to leave me alone. And the same with people who support LGBT. We don't need support(no offense). I'm perfectly fine on my own. I just want everyone to not give me dirty looks if I wanna hold another boy's hand. That's all I ask.
And I'm not calling anyone names and I only said "hell" which I, along with many others, don't believe is a swear. If you don't like it, I won't say it. I'm just speaking my mind.
Sammy wrote: "Zeus3713 wrote: "I think that children should be learning about being Gay and Trans and all that other stuff at a young age so that they can understand it and that if they want to be or are Gay and..."Um, if this was a straight relationship, no one would be considering this "thrusting it in their face." Portray a straight couple in what was likely a sex scene before the editors probably forced the author to change it to "just sleeping" (*cough*The Mark of Athena*cough*), and hardly anyone bats an eye, but simply state someone has a crush on a person of the same sex, and you get uproar and controversy.
Zeus3713 wrote: "I think that children should be learning about being Gay and Trans and all that other stuff at a young age so that they can understand it and that if they want to be or are Gay and Trans, that it i..."I agree, but no one "chooses" to be gay or trans, you're born like that. But positive LGBT role models do encourage LGBT children to be more comfortable with their sexuality.
Me? I'm not arguing. I'm just speaking my mind. FREEDOM! *busts through walls* I AM DIVERGENT AND I CANNOT BE CONTROLLED. *jumps out window*
Nico (Hades) wrote: "Me? I'm not arguing. I'm just speaking my mind. FREEDOM! *busts through walls* I AM DIVERGENT AND I CANNOT BE CONTROLLED. *jumps out window*"Actually, in Allegiant it is revealed that (view spoiler).
Ariel wrote: "This totally took me by surprise at first, but when I thought about it I thought I remembered a part in a previous book where I thought he might be gay for a second, then quickly dismissed it. I co..."Well I honestly thought Nico was gay from the start. I mean, he didn't have any love interests that were pointed out in the story like Percy, Jason, Leo, Hazel etc. All of them had love interests as the story progressed and Nico's hadn't been revealed.
Maybe Rick was unsure of whose Nico's love interest should've been or insecure to add in Nico's sexual orientation as the series progressed. Which is why.. ta-dah, one of the biggest character plot twists in 2014 history.
Not much of a fan of this series, but I was quite shocked yet impressed that he added a homosexual character in the book.
Kids need to learn about these kind of topics and to those who aren't kids need cut the bullcrap about not wanting a gay character in a 'kid's book' (I hardly think PJO is a kids book though).
There will definitely be people who aren't straight in real life, and I don't see how that can't apply to books. I mean...come on....not everybody you meet is gonna be straight. And to those who were pre-Nico fans before his reveal and but are currently hating him because of the last two books...you ain't true Nico fans.
Keep up the good work, Rick!
Yeah. I feel like we're all just humans. And we have our flaws. No one is perfect.
And anyways how are heterosexual relationships selfless?
Because I was informed that same sex relationships were selfish.
Scroll up through the conversation. You'll see it
It really hurt when I read that.
I don't know why he's so against this. If ya don't approve, just ignore us.
Sorry. I just wish I could be accepted.
And I accept you. If only the rest of the world was like you. (Or Ellen)
I am thinking it's a sign
That the freckles in our eyes
Are mirror images and when
We kiss they're perfectly aligned
And I have to speculate
That God himself did make
Us into corresponding shapes
Like puzzle pieces from the clay
And true, it may seem like a stretch,
But its thoughts like this that catch
My troubled head when you're away
When I am missing you to death
When you are out there on the road
For several weeks of shows
And when you scan the radio,
I hope this song will guide you home
They won't see us waving from such great heights,
"Come down now," they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away,
"Come down now," but we'll stay...
I tried my best to leave
This all on your machine
But the persistent beat it sounded thin
Upon listening
And that frankly will not fly.
You will hear the shrillest highs
And lowest lows with the windows down
When this is guiding you home
They won't see us waving from such great heights,
"Come down now," they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away,
"Come down now," but we'll stay...
They won't see us waving from such great heights,
"Come down now," they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away,
"Come down now," but we'll stay...
They won't see us waving from such great heights,
"Come down now,"
They won't see us waving from such great heights,
"Come down now,"
-The Postal Service
Such Great Heights
That the freckles in our eyes
Are mirror images and when
We kiss they're perfectly aligned
And I have to speculate
That God himself did make
Us into corresponding shapes
Like puzzle pieces from the clay
And true, it may seem like a stretch,
But its thoughts like this that catch
My troubled head when you're away
When I am missing you to death
When you are out there on the road
For several weeks of shows
And when you scan the radio,
I hope this song will guide you home
They won't see us waving from such great heights,
"Come down now," they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away,
"Come down now," but we'll stay...
I tried my best to leave
This all on your machine
But the persistent beat it sounded thin
Upon listening
And that frankly will not fly.
You will hear the shrillest highs
And lowest lows with the windows down
When this is guiding you home
They won't see us waving from such great heights,
"Come down now," they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away,
"Come down now," but we'll stay...
They won't see us waving from such great heights,
"Come down now," they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away,
"Come down now," but we'll stay...
They won't see us waving from such great heights,
"Come down now,"
They won't see us waving from such great heights,
"Come down now,"
-The Postal Service
Such Great Heights
I don't see the problem, to be honest. There is really no difference between homosexual love and heterosexual love. Love is love, and I was actually quite pleased that Rick included this in the series. There is nothing wrong with being gay-In fact, I believe that Nico being gay was a smart move on Rick's behalf; it gave Nico more layers and showed us how much more complex his past really was.
So many ignorant people here complaining about a simple scene where in a old character finally accepts that he may have feelings for another male and voila its like and entire cask of Greek Fire exploded. People chill, it explains a lot and not at all out of blue. Kids are not ignorant and they never were don't bring your own prejudices in their lives. And again the books may be branded middle school or 9+ years or older but they are read by everyone I am 32 years young this year and love Percy Jackson series more than ever before in fact most of my favorite books would be so called children or YA books .. i.e. Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl, Percy Jackson, Hunger Games etc. Well sorry if this post became too long for you but books are for reading and introducing ideas new or old to the readers, so chill and Keep on Reading.
I like this guy. His taste in books make me respect this man. *bows*
Super ultra mega cool supreme overlord of all
Thanks Nico and Bianca for the nice words .. if they were meant for me then :P. It would be my pleasure to be friends with you.
Matthew wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Zeus3713 wrote: "I think that children should be learning about being Gay and Trans and all that other stuff at a young age so that they can understand it and that if they want to be ..."Actually...that's so true.
Nico (Hades) wrote: "Me? I'm not arguing. I'm just speaking my mind. FREEDOM! *busts through walls* I AM DIVERGENT AND I CANNOT BE CONTROLLED. *jumps out window*"Hahaha! Love, love:D
Alex wrote: "I don't see the problem, to be honest. There is really no difference between homosexual love and heterosexual love. Love is love, and I was actually quite pleased that Rick included this in the ser..."There is a little but of different guys. Just a little bit...
Nico (Hades) wrote: "It really hurt when I read that."Bianca (aka Leah) wrote: "yeah..."
I wanna hug you guys.
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