You know what the difference between Rick Riordan and JK Rowling is? Rick actually made a point to actually include more and more representation in every book he wrote while Jo just pretends like her books have always been more diverse than they actually are. That’s why, even a decade after getting into both series, I have more respect for Riordan than I ever will for Rowling
the fact that jupiter and saturn haven’t been physically and observably this close since 1226 is so poetic bc you’re telling me i’m going to look up at and admire the same astronomical anomaly in the sky that someone hundreds and hundreds of years ago, with less knowledge of the stars and the planets than we have now, also looked up at and admired nonetheless. the past is long gone but the awareness of being connected to someone somewhere long ago thru the night sky is overwhelming me