"shipping and blorbofication are not inherently at odds with understanding a story's deep themes" and "some people can't grasp the themes of a story because they never learned how to engage with stories outside of the lens of shipping and blorbofication" are two statements that can coexist
#.........#do i wanna say it#???#percy jackson#because this can freaking happen sometimes#see#a lot of the dark percy discourse#no it was not out of character#we have had years of proof of this#also the iliad#yes i said it#the iliad#the odyssey#too#the iliad and odyssey are freaking awesome and should be analyzed because lord have freaking mercy