FUUUUUUUUUU (aka a fannish overreaction)

[greenconverses]

YOU GUYS.

RICK RIORDAN APPARENTLY DID AN INTERVIEW WITH MORTALNET.COM TODAY. AND HE DROPPED KIND OF AN IMPORTANT CHARACTER DETAIL FOR THE LOST HERO, IF YOU CANNOT TELL BY MY CAPS

Terry: Is Nico’s presence at camp going to be positive or negative?

Rick: On that, I’ll tell you right off the bat that Nico is not in the Lost Hero. But do not count him out; he will come to play a very important role in the new series.


Nico is not in the Lost Hero













WHAT IS THIS FUCKERY, RICK RIORDAN

I HAVE NOT WAITED A YEAR FOR NICO NOT TO FUCKING SHOW UP IN THIS NEW BOOK. WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME WHEN I HAVE SHOWN YOU NOTHING BUT LOVE. WHY.





I DON'T EVEN CARE THAT HE HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE LATER IN THE SERIES.


RICK RIORDAN, I AM DISAPPOINT

p.s. this post is officially an excuse to bring in gifs and CAPSLOCKS

Comments

[grayx3eyedsoul.livejournal.com]

WHAT?!

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY. I STILL CANNOT PROCESS THE FUCKERY.

[saturninepen.livejournal.com]

AGAIN WITH THE "I DO NOT HAVE A SUFFICIENT ANGRY ICON". TARJA WILL HAVE TO DO.

I STILL CANNOT BELIEVE THIS UNTIL I READ THE BOOK FOR MYSELF. IT CANNOT BE TRUE, IT CAN'T IT CAN'T IT CAN'T!

AND SERIOUSLY, I'VE SAID THIS SO MANY TIMES, BUT WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT HE CAN'T SHOW UP EVEN ONCE? THIS SEEMS WRONG. AND HE HAD BETTER PLAY A MAJOR FUCKING ROLE TO MAKE UP FOR THIS FUCKERY.

ALSO: WE'VE DISCUSSED/RANTED THIS ALREADY, BUT IT BEARS REPEATING. IF THEY DON'T EVEN MENTION HIM, THERE WILL BE BLOOD. BLOOD. HE CANNOT JUST VANISH WITHOUT HAVING AN EXCUSE/EXPLANATION FROM SOMEONE ELSE AS TO WHY.

OMFG, I CAN'T EVEN. STILL STUCK AT THE "WTF IS THIS" STAGE, CAN'T REALLY FORMULATE COGNITIVE ANSWERS THAT HAVEN'T ALREADY BEEN SAID, SORRY.

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

LIKE I SAID, IF FUCKING GROVER GETS PAGETIME AND NICO DOESN'T, I WILL BE VERY DISPLEASED. VERY.

[saturninepen.livejournal.com]

ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS PRETTY WELL ESTABLISHED THAT GROVER'S GOING TO BE OFF DOING HIS "SAVE THE WILD" ENVIRONMENTALIST STUFF, SO I MEAN REALLY.

I'M TELLING YOU, I WILL GO TO SAN ANTONIO. I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, RIORDAN, I WILL CAMP ON YOUR DOORSTEP UNTIL A SUITABLE EXPLANATION IS OFFERED.

[saturninepen.livejournal.com]

OKAY, NOT REALLY. BUT STILL. SOMETHING WILL NEED TO HAPPEN.

BUT THIS THEORY YOU HAVE ABOUT NICO BEING MISSING. WE SHOULD DISCUSS THIS MORE ON LJ. MORE INPUT IS GOOD INPUT.

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

BUT WHY WOULD RR TELL US NICO ISN'T GOING TO BE IN TLH IF HE'S NOT THE TITLE CHARACTER.

WHY ARE YOU CONFUSING ME SO MUCH, RR?!

[saturninepen.livejournal.com]

I NEED TO STOP USING MY DEFAULT ICON ON THIS, IT'S TOO SMILEY. ANYWAY.

OH GOD, NOW I REALLY CAN'T WAIT FOR TUESDAY D: I WAS DOING OKAY, BUT NOW MUST NEEDS KNOW WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON WITH NICO.

IT'S KIND OF SAD THAT THIS HAPPENED AND NOW EVERYONE'S LIKE "FUCK WHAT HAPPENS TO PERCY, WHERE'S NICO?!" NOW.

[green-climber.livejournal.com]

Isn't Grover RR's fave, though?
I've sort of gotten the impression that RR is not quite as attached to Nico as a lot of fans are, so this nose doesn't greatly surprise me. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt for now, though, and assume that it's because he wants to devote the new series to his new characters. Having Annabeth (hopefully) play a big role and having the book set around the premise that Percy is missing...well, throwing other characters in there might have detracted too much from the new guys. I'm wondering now who else is NOT in it. Rachel? Thalia?

I do think, though, that Percy is the lost hero. I'll be very surprised if there's some big twist and it turns out that it's Nico instead. I think, in this instance, the hints we've been given are probably pretty indicative of the actual plotline.

[green-climber.livejournal.com]

Any by "nose," naturally I meant, "news." (shakes head at self in exasperation).

[mediate89.livejournal.com]

I FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THIS RAGE.

[flooglebunnies.livejournal.com]

Nah, that was me.

[chibimarchy.livejournal.com]

LMAO @ YOUR ANGRY!GIFS. BUT YEAH, THIS IS A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT.

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

I HAVE BEEN SAVING THEM ALL UP FOR SUCH AN OCCASION OF TOTAL FUCKERY LIKE THIS.

[flooglebunnies.livejournal.com]

FOREVER UNFORGIVEN, RICK RIORDAN.
FOR. EV. ER.

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

BUT WAIT

WHAT IF THIS IS SOME EPIC MINDFUCKERY ON RR'S PART

WHERE NICO IS REALLY THE LOST HERO AND PERCY'S JUST A RED HERRING???

[mediate89.livejournal.com]

THIS IS RIORDAN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WHEN HAS HE EVER EPICALLY MINDFUCKED US?

[mediate89.livejournal.com]

NEVERRRR

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

THERE'S ALWAYS A FIRST, OKAY.

[mediate89.livejournal.com]

GO AWAY, KRONOS.

[flooglebunnies.livejournal.com]

If he does, FORGIVEN RICK. BUT A LITTLE DOUBTFUL NEXT TIME HE SAYS SOMETHING.



DEVIOUS RICK IS DEVIOUS.

[mediate89.livejournal.com]

FOREVER.

[flooglebunnies.livejournal.com]

FOREVER





Or maybe until Rick releases the books with Nico.

[mediate89.livejournal.com]

I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. IF ANNABETH DOESN'T GO ON THIS QUEST WITH THE KIDS I WILL STOP READING. YOU HEAR ME. STOP READING. I'M NOT JOKING. I NEED A SMOOTH TRANSITION. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO THINK ANYMORE.

[antistar-e.livejournal.com]

Well shit.

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

DOES THE MAN NOT KNOW THAT WE HAVE OT3 FIC TO WRITE.

HOW CAN WE DO THIS WITH ONLY TWO OF THE THREE.

[saturninepen.livejournal.com]

REALLY ONLY ONE. PERCY'S MISSING TOO.

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

DAMMIT YOU ARE RIGHT.

Y NO CANON OT3 MOMENTS, RR?!

[bubblexdreams.livejournal.com]

I literally just froze.

Hey Rick Riordan, you aren't going to get away with this one. No, you aren't.

And I thought this was a happy post.

[mediate89.livejournal.com]

YOU WERE MISTAKEN.

>:

[bubblexdreams.livejournal.com]

I was very mistaken.

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

I AM SORRY TO BEAR BAD NEWS.

[bubblexdreams.livejournal.com]

IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
DAMN, I WAS THINKING THAT I COULD BE CALM, BUT NOPE, NO CHANCE.
RICK RIORDAN...

Taking Thalia out of Luke's death scene with some crappy excuse about her being stuck under a statue wasn't enough? You have to skip over Nico in TLH? Good job, Rick. Good job.

[dreamyzingg.livejournal.com]

THIS

[bubblexdreams.livejournal.com]

I AM GLAD THAT YOU AGREE.

[maplelump.livejournal.com]

WHAT THE EVER LOVING FUCK?????????????????????? NICO WAS, NO IS MANDATORY FOR MY HEALTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ANGRY MAPLE, IS ANGRY.

[lambbaby.livejournal.com]

But, but but......IT'S NOT FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean COME ON what does Nico have to do to get some freaking attention?!!!! HE HELPED SAVE THE FREAKING WORLD.

THIS IS UN-FUCKING-ACCEPTABLE RIORDAN.UNACCEPTABLE. There better be a damned good explanation for where the hell Nico is at. And by good I mean he needs to be shacking it up with Rachel at Camp Half-Blood. That is possibly the only freaking way I will forgive this bullshit that is happening.

Or this needs to be a HUGE mindfuck and Nico really is the hero.

[ceryni-10.livejournal.com]

OMG THIS NEWS HAS SCREWED MY DAY! IF HE DOESNT HAVE A MASSIVE AND I MEAN massiveMASSIVE ROLE IN THE REST OF THE SERIES I WILL BE SOOOO PISSED!

At least in bringing this to my attention I will not spend each page of TLH thining/worrying where is NICO?!

Omg and to the person about Thalia missing Luke's death! How lame I didnt even think about it!

RR you best have a dam good ongoing plot!

[dreamyzingg.livejournal.com]

WTF

NOT COOL RICK NOT COOL

[artemisrae.livejournal.com]

I am perplexed. On one hand, this kind of fits in with my tiny personal fanon Nico who actually doesn't hang around camp that much (*glances at OT3 fic*) but on the other hand, I expected some more characterization from Nico. Especially since that whole Doors of Death thing in the prophecy seems to scream Son of Hades to me.

Honestly, I was pretty wary of the new books in the first place, but I had figured it's because I'm a little bit crazy and was reluctant to give up my personal head canon. RSquared should consider himself on notice.

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

RSquared should consider himself on notice.

That he should. I just - want more Nico. T_____T

[spellcoats.livejournal.com]

WHAT

WHAT

WHAT

[purplesmudges.livejournal.com]

I-I just.. I can't.

WHAT HAPPENED TO SMOOTH TRANSITION.

I'm not really like RAAAAAGE but more like ...:(

This saddens me deeply, RR.


IF ANNABETH DOESN'T GO ON THE QUEST WITH THE NOOBS....

..... SHIT WILL GO DOWN!

I realize I am repeating things from some of the previous comments, but FUCK TO THE NOOOOO.

Smooth. Transition.
Just sayin'

[laura-sommeils.livejournal.com]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHY, WHY, WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY? YOU MAKE ME SAD, RICK, VERY SAD. FIRST YOU TAKE AWAY LUKE, AND NOW NICO, ;_______;

WHAT

[heyjessiex.livejournal.com]

what
WHAT
WHAT
I AM HIGHLY DISTRESSED
IN FACT, WHEN I SAW THIS, I STARTED CRYING.
I DO NOT CRY OFTEN.
I AM NOT HAPPY.
I SAY WE GO STORM RR AND DEMAND AN EXPLANATION.
BECAUSE I'LL ONLY FORGIVE HIM IF HIS BOOK IS AMAZINGLY EPICALLY EPIC AND/OR NICO GETS A PART ABOUT TWICE AS EPIC AS PERCY.
THIS SUCKS THIS SUCKS THIS SUCKS
THERE'S A TROPE FOR THIS

RICK RIORDAN HAS TO MISLEAD US. IF HE DOESN'T I WILL NOT BE AMUSED.
I AM DISAPPOINT, RR.
I AM ANGRY.
I AM POSTING THIS EVERYWHERE I CAN.

[bluepianos.livejournal.com]

Holy shit, you're fucking hilarious. :D This made me laugh so much.
On the other hand, if you count out my laughter (holy fuck. This is so damn funny! Your .gifs! I can't even--) I'm so fucking angry now.

NO NICO!? YOU'RE FUCKING KIDDING ME, RICKY! YOU'RE SERIOUSLY-- ARGH.

Thanks for the heads up. Now I know what to expect. (still haven't read it yet).
DAMN YOU RIORDAN. (but you're still legendary.)