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Alex being moody is fine with me. It's understandable due to her/his life. My problem is, Riordan's way of portray this. Maybe it's just me, but Riordan wants to portray lgbt characters as okay, he wants to portay being lgbt is not a problem. And it's not a problem, of course. But the way he is portaying this is, it's kinda makes that being lgbt is a problem. I don't know If I explained well, but, when I was reading Alex's portray and the way she/he's written, It was kinda seems like that. Riordan is trying so hard to portray being lgbt is fine, instead of trying to portray lgbt as normally. Political mouthpiece is an example of that. It wasn't needed. If Riordan did portray Alex as not-problematic rather than portray her as full of angst, It could be much fine.

Same with Apollo. Apollo's comment about Nico and Will is a little bit strange too. Apollo was saying being gay is okay and he has no problem with Nico's dating with Will. But, If this is okay, why you're talking like it's problematic? Apollo was trying to explain with long sentences that how being gay is okay, but If you see that as fine and okay, why are you trying so hard to show why this is normal? Just let it go and don't make comments about it with long sentences. Being lgbt is normal and fine. So there is no need to be long talking about lgbt.

I feel like I couldn't explain well. But this political mouthpiece is being nonsensical, because there are other ways to portray lgbt people as okay. There is no need to be so much angst. Just portray lgbt as the way it is, rather than trying so hard to prove people that lgbt is normal and okay. Being lgbt is normal, so live it like this.

Well. I have another problem, with Nico. In the HoH, everyone remembers the Cupid scene. Cupid was acting like a jerk and abusing Nico and making fun of him because he was enjoying Nico's suffer. How much disturbing this scene? I understand Nico. Nico wasn't accept himself because he wasn't  feel like he belongs to this time, century. In the past, being gay was less welcomed than it is now. Nico's being moody and having angst are understandable. But the way Cupid's acting, It's makes me nervous. Nico could've been opened to people when the time came. When he feels ready, he could tell people about it. I mean, what's the meaning of this Cupid scene? He was forcing Nico to admit his being gay. I really wanted to punch Cupid in the face. Honestly, why Riordan did write so much angst about it, I don't know.