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I am trying not to be upset so I will just post something productive.

I admit I only donated because my friend is there and I want to help the situation in general. But I'm sure others are less selfish than me and want to help just for the sake of it. So text the word "Haiti" to 90999 to donate $10 on behalf of the American Red Cross. It registers on your cell phone bill.

I really wish I could have posted happy news today. I was looking forward to it. Right now, I just feel detached. Though I do wish again to thank

rubyd for dealing with my freaking out last night.

Anyway, I finished the first Percy Jackson book. I guessed everything. I have mixed feelings overall. It is way way way cliched, and the constant on-again-off-again stupidity of the characters infuriates me. Like how Percy could come up with his plan against ___ and still be dumb enough to trot merrily after ___ after getting every mental warning in the world of BAD IDEA DUMBASS. Ugh. But the thing that irks me the most is
Aka Luke. I do hope Riordan makes him a more developed character in the later books and does not go the "oooh I'm darkly intellectual and want to take our the gods for sake of the mortals" route. Because while the motivation has potential, the execution was messy. I'm still looking forward to Nico in later books. And I still think Ares is bad-assed. I like Hades too; he's pissy but with reason. Luke is just *insert complex emotional anithero reasoning here*. Meh. Totally ruined my enjoyment of the last part of the book. Here's hoping Percy Jackson pulls a "The Gunslinger" on me and that the later stuff absolutely rocks.

ETA: My Percy Jackson ramblings were posted entirely to distract me from my Haiti frettings so if you have anything to say about them, I prefer it be of an equally distracting nature because I so don't actually care about the book's logistics right now.

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I dunno, Draco is a pretty different character. His eeeeevil was set up as a family thing, and he was basically trying to live up to their eeeeevil expectations. He wasn't really an antihero, either! The only thing they really have in common was the blond.

I used it merely because of my penchant for assigning HP roles to the PJ charas. I am still bitter over Draco's really good potential for being an antihero as of Book 6 and Rowling deciding it was better to just sweep it up as a family issue in Book 7. Really, I'm just a bit disappointed in this ending because it felt tacked on to an otherwise satisfying conclusion. Although I do acknowledge Riordan had to do more with the prophecy and explain the shoes and whatnot. It felt uneven and poorly foreshadowed, which for a book that did foreshadowing up the whazoo, actually surprises me.

Yeah, the Slytherins got shafted in general in book 7.

OH MAN the first time that prophecy went on, I was like "son of a bitch it's Luke." I COULD FEEL IT. And then I went and got whiplash from reading the book at a normal pace omggggg.

But I am forced to agree with Hades and Ares being badass mofos who deserve the titles. :\a

I want to meet more gods. They are definitely my favorite characters so far. I love how they don't even care half the time. Mr. D is awesome too in his own way. Hades impressed me so so much. It was just like I always imagined the Lord of the Dead should be, but with more of a worn-down businessman feel. Beautiful.

If the gods are your favorite part, you 100% need to read Gods Behaving Badly. It's really a grown-up version of PJO all about the gods.

\o/

I like books.