As An African-American Teenager, Im Happy. As The Son Of Ethiopian Immigrants, The Culture That Created

As an African-American teenager, I’m happy. As the son of Ethiopian immigrants, the culture that created the lip plate, I’m even happier

AFROFUTURISM ON HUNDRED THOUSAND.

My personal thoughts on Supernatural so far as a newcomer (spoilers!):

Season One: Fun! Nice, simple story, nice introduction to this world, it's good.

Season Two: Pretty good season. Some of storylines I feel like could've been longer, like the brothers dealing with their father's death and Azazel bringing Sam and the other powered humans together. Overall, I liked it. Ellen and Jo were badass, the adventures got better and more interesting compared to the first season, and it was all around more fun.

Season Three: Personally, this season was honestly not as memorable compared to the others that I've watched. It's definitely not bad, it has some cool stuff. I thought Ruby & Bela were cool, the entire "Mystery Spot" episode was one of the best episodes of the show, and Dean's fear of going to Hell was a tear-jerking storyline. I just didn't find most of it to be memorable.

Season Four: I still regard the angels as the coolest supernatural creatures. You see so many different personalities, different views, they're alot of fun. The storyline with Sam's addiction to demon blood was engaging and led to some good drama, I love Chuck the Prophet, and of course, Castiel's storyline about self-doubt and loyalty is awesome (still love that guy!)

Season Five: The theme of this season is very engaging, discussing the idea of free-will and whether or not we are tied to fate or if we create our own destinies. The return of the trickster, the introduction to probably one of the coolest interpretations of Lucifer, and the grand climax, it's a lot of fun.

Season Six: I'm split on this one. On the one hand, many of the plotlines go nowhere (Dean finally finds a family to be with, you don't see them for most of the season. Samuel returns & they found out they have family, they go away anticlimactically. The mother of all monsters appears, barely does anything.) However, it's still pretty fun and I was still entertained, Castiel's turn to the dark side, the return of Crowley, and the discussion of God & free-will being the best parts of the season. I guess it's stupid but alot of fun.

Season Seven: I like to think that this was the perfect mix of silly humor, adventure, and drama. The Leviathans are cool, Bobby's storyline is both awesome and depressing, Sam and Lucifer's storyline are both horrifying, sad, and hilarious. It was a really good season (though I wish leviathan!Cas stuck around!)

Nico: ...

Will:....

Nico: NO!

Will: YES!

Will: di Angelo!

Nico: Solace!

Will: DI ANGELO!

Nico: SOLACE!

Will: D I A N G E L O

Nico: S O L A C E

Annabeth: What are they doing?

Leo *not looking up from computer screen*: They’re arguing over who’s last name to take when they’re married

Jason: *whispers* what about… “Solangelo”?

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May I just say that I LOVE Rick Riordan? Not for any other reason than the amazing characters he creates: -Percy Jackson: a boy with ADHD and dyslexia. If you didn’t know, Uncle Rick originally created Percy like this for his son Haley who also has ADHD and dyslexia. But also, Percy comes from an abusive household. Smelly Gabe, even though he, from what I can gather, never hit Percy, nor did he hit Sally while Percy was around, but he was verbally, economically and emotionally abusive toward both Sally and Percy. And Percy overcame that. -Annabeth Chase: a girl, also with ADHD and dyslexia, who came from a family who she thought hated her. So she ran away. And found a new family. She ended up losing that new family by the time she was twelve. She believes that she can rebuild the world, and make it better. And in a way, she does. -Grover: a satyr that, when originally introduced to us, is disabled. Even though we find out he’s not, he still has flaws. He has made mistakes, and he feels inadequate. He overcomes this and becomes a member of the Council of Cloven Elders. -Thalia Grace: a girl who comes from an alcoholic home. She lost her brother, and ran away. She ended up turning into a tree, but came back from that. She became the lieutenant to Artemis. -Rachel Elizabeth Dare: a girl who comes from a rich home, but just doesn’t like it. She loves the earth despite her father’s company trying to destroy it. She can see through the Mist, and becomes the Oracle of Delphi. -Jason Grace: a boy forced to grow up too soon. He was two when he was abandoned, then he made his way to being praetor at 15, maybe younger. He never knew his family, and always wanted to bring about change. He was looked on as a hero, but didn’t feel like it inside. -Piper McLean: a girl raised by a movie star. She disliked being tied to that name, hated the idea of being beautiful. She made herself blend in, except when she stole. Or convinced them to let her have it. She overcomes her insecurities, and becomes beautiful, not through her mother, but through her own power. -Leo Valdez: a Hispanic boy who grew up with a loving mother, and then accidentally caused her death. He grew up in the foster system, being funny to try and cover up the pain of his loss. He didn’t like looking back, but Camp made him. He grew into his power, and fell in love. Now, he’s mature, and a leader. -Hazel Levesque: a girl who grew up when it was a sin to be black. New Orleans, in the forties. Her mother seemed to hate her, and she was an outcast. The one boy she loved she never saw. She died, then came back to life. She grew into her powers and made herself new. She started fresh, and now she has found love, and can shape the world however she sees fit. -Frank Zhang: a Chinese Canadian who lost his mother to a war. He was clumsy, he didn’t fit in. He hated himself. He went to the old country, where he fought and became what he was originally meant to be: A warrior. -Nico di Angelo: An OpEnLy GaY cHaRaCtEr like THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN A LOT IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS WITHOUT A LOT OF INFERENCE BUT NICO DI ANGELO IS GAY AND BY TRIALS OF APOLLO IS PROUD OF IT!!!!!!! -Apollo: An OpEnLy BiSeXuAl ChArAcTeR which doesn’t often happen at all ever, but IT’S BEING RECOGNIZED AS AN ACTUAL SEXUALITY BECAUSE HE LIKES BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS AND IT’S JUST BEAUTIFUL Also: The majority of these characters come from single parent homes. But that’s just PJO, HoO, and ToA. Let’s talk about other series for a second: Kane Chronicles: -Carter and Sadie are MIXED RACE. It is canon. Their dad is African American and their mom is British white. Again, that’s not something that really happens a lot in literature, period. -Carter traveled a lot, he had no permanent home. He was really lonely, and very close to his dad. -But seriously, even in modern society just imagine how hard it is to be mixed race. You’re not one or the other, you’re both, which also means that you’re neither. -Sadie grew up with her grandparents, being rebellious and just not wanting to be in England. She wanted to travel with dad, and when he died, it was hard on both of them. And Magnus Chase: -Magnus Chase: a boy who loved his mother, and grew up on the streets after she died. He was actually similar to Leo in his back story. He had a rich uncle, but he hated money, hated being confined. Then he died, and now he’s grown to accept himself. -Samirah al Abbas: a Muslim girl shown in a POSITIVE LIGHT AND DO YOU REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THE PEOPLE HATING MUSLIMS???? And in Hammer of Thor, she PRAYS!!!!!! Like do you realize how beautiful this is? She doesn’t believe in the gods as gods, but as creations of Allah. Like, she is one of my favorite characters. -Blitzen: a guy of unknown sexuality who loves fashion. The best part about this is that Blitz is not openly straight, gay or otherwise. He is just a dwarf who loves fashion, and this proves that you don’t have to be gay to love fashion. -Hearthstone: HE’S DEAF! Do you realize how many deaf kids will read this and realize how cool it is to be what they are??? A lot, is what I hope. It’s just so refreshing to see a disability like this shown in a positive light. Also, he comes from a home where he is made fun of for his disability. It is shown that he has it hard for being the way he is, which I also think is important. It is important to show that people can overcome people who think they’re stupid for not being like everyone else. -Alex Fierro: a GeNdErFlUiD cHaRaCtEr LIKE THAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE GENDERFLUID, yes s/he is binary, but it’s still FREAKING AWESOME OKAY LIKE THAT IS A THING THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN WRITTEN BEFORE OKAY In conclusion, Uncle Rick has taken the time to write amazing, beautiful, powerful, unconventional characters that we love. And it’s important that these are good characters, protagonists, because then we love them, and see that unconventional is good.

*Octavian is flung into the air on fire, dying on impact*

Will: ...Whoa.

Nico: He died as he had lived.

Will: On fire?

Nico: Like a little bitch.

Will:....Is that Leo down there?

Nico: OH SHIT!!!!