Board Thread:Magnus Chase & the Gods of Asgard/@comment-32364251-20171218232652/@comment-33295654-20180124172205

Smolsassypotat0 wrote: well, im not gunna say ya cant ship who ya want, but i personally prefer fierrochase to sam x magnus but only because sam really really likes her betrothed. yes, both sam and magnus do have chemistry, but i think more in a brotp kinda way...

i dunno why you would hate alex, although maybe thats just cos you havent read the new book yet, but i think other users on this thread have made good points! honestly, how alex is acting is pretty on point for someone in her/his position would act. alex does kinda act like a jerk at times, and is a bit brash, but it makes sense in  context of her/his character's backstory.

and i dont think the fandom likes alex because alex is the second kid of loki. im not really sure that matters because the fandom has shown a couple of times that thye will love a well written character despite parentage (ie, jason isnt as wildly popular even though his dad is friggin king of the gods, and the son of the god of death has an entire army of fangirls almost as big as the fangirl army of the son of the ugly crippled god of fire) and kids' parentage in the books isnt a huge things, because even a hermes kid could do something pretty big. so while im sure being the child of loki most certainly helped with alex's involvement in the quests and helped alex get thier foot in the door, i dont think that they would have let a worthless good for nothing stick with the team...

i will admit to major fandom bias because of diversity, though. the inclusion of a genderfluid character  is AWESOME and i think that you do make a point about that making alex special, although maybe not in the dismissive and slightly patronizing way it was phrased. (i dunno if you intended it that way, but that is how it could be read? as if you were dismissing that part of the character?)  But, the fact that they were LGBTQ also contributes to their backstory, which shaped their character and personality, as im sure years of torment and abuse because of gender identity and parenthood would to any person.

i know the only thing that will probly change your mind/influence yer opinion on this is reading the canon material, but i hope you can keep an open mind towards alex! if ya dont ship em,  no biggie, but idk if hate is deserved in this case? maybe more of a strong dislike or disapointment in the development of the personality of their character?



tl;dr  :     dont hate alex pls until you have finished SotD, there is more to her/him that meets the eye, and more that will be explained, but while i disagree with ur ships, i wont try to force you XD

I agree that the representation for genderfluid people is AMAZING but I feel like Rick actually can't write it very well. Everything about Alex's character was to do with her gender, even her choice of books and that's not at all realistic.

Of course, that's just my opinion and you're welcome to have yours. :)