Board Thread:Magnus Chase & the Gods of Asgard/@comment-5896827-20161014021044/@comment-35011668-20170117065457

DracoWombat wrote: The Mysterious Ms. Enter wrote: While I can't speak from a view in the LGBTQ+, I have to say that the character wasn't very good from a writing standpoint.

Alex Fierro is someone who added nothing new to the narrative of the second Magnus book (Her LGBTQ+ status notwithstanding) and could be removed from the story with no issues. Rick wanted her to be some strong, independent kickbutt person with a "sassy" attitude but she came off to me as a mostly rude person and was a major Jerk but not in the fun way or even in the way of Clarisse:She spends her time insulting the Gods in the same vicinity as them (Unlike when Percy and Annabeth called out Hera on her crap treatment of Nico, or Jason who calls out Jupiter who nearly is about to blast the boy for his insolence), which annoyed me because they're STRONGER than her (Yeah Yeah, I know that Demigods in certain stories and even in this series have fought/defeated Gods before but still.) and if they were like the Olympians she'd be dead by now or at the least cursed.

Really, her only silver lining was helping Sam with no strings attached.

I don't think Alex was even meant to be a good person; just a girl with a mysterious past and a few redeeming qualities. She seemed to me like the morally-grey-character-that-helps-the-heroes-out-of-personal-interest. And she's by far the most anti-authoritarian character we've ever had to deal with, and we had to deal with Sadie Kane, to put things into perspective. Also, Rick went out of his way to make the Norse gods quite childish to the point of annoyance. I mean, the Greek gods were partially mad, but they all had moments of wisdom (Except for Ares, I can't remember any from him). The Norses were underwhelming.

Morally Grey or Not, it still doesn't really excuse her unlikable nature for me. I don't have problems with Protagonists who are jerks, don't get me wrong but she wasn't a funny jerkish protagonist or one that could have been interesting, she just felt like that one lazy jerk in the group who was disinterested and only occasionally tried being helpful.

She was more or less a guest party member or Sixth Ranger type of person, rather someone tied to the plot and while the whole Sixth Ranger trope worked out for other characters in other media the same can't be said for here.