Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-31061080-20170116021657/@comment-31393646-20170428095519

DaughterofPoseidon6 wrote: Ea225225 wrote: ^^Oh my god, dude, I can't believe you actually thought I meant it like that. Look, I NEVER EVER said it like that. Dude, when I said that being a tomboy not being close to the stuck up type, I'm talking about how she is the exact opposite and how she would never support it, okay? And it never was the "only thing" I like about about Piper. You could be a tomboy or just a regular girl, I don't care. As long as you're not the stuck up type. Jeez, dude you know I would never mean it like that. Sheesh, you're a guy and I was just arguing with three girls about it earlier, and they didn't even take it the way you did. Me, too. I think that really is the only thing I admire about Piper, is being non-steriotypical like that, but sometimes I think Rick accidentally kind of drew the charecter away from that once Jason really got in the picture, but Leo always drew her back to it by calling her "Beauty Queen."

Okay, I'll say why Pipes is awesome!!!

DaughetrofPoseidon6 glad you're back, I was worried.

Piper is not addidentaly uh...tomboy-ish. If she was a "casual" girl she would be thought to be a diva who likes spending money on clothes and such. And she likes the way she looks, she takes care of herself, she braids her hair and all, so it's not a pretence.

So...I'm not going to say how beautiful she is as a reason to why she's awesome.

BUT she gave the vial to her dad, even though she could have him know she's a hero. She didn't become a hunter bc then she wouldn't be with Jason. She hugged Annabeth and Percy (she was the first to run to them I think) when they came back. She started practising more on swordfighting after the incident with Khione, which she handled just fine. She was willing to die to free those nymphs. Once she thought "I hope it's not Jason the one who dies" she changed it to "I hope no one dies" immediately. And she thought of Jason before herself!

I'll write more later :)

Also, about sexism, I'm offended every time I see a comment supporting its ideas. And yes, it's too annoying and unfair to think of boy-ish traits as a compliment while girl-ish  as a downfal. And note that many girl-ish features aren't even girl-sih, it's just that commercials and stuff force girls to them. I'm happy to see now at least that many girls don't care about make up, including me. 5 years ago I'd see almost every girl anxious about having the perfect curl and make up! And I'm also happy to see boys doing chores and stuff bc it was considered a "woman's job" before. Ugh!