Seriously, it's bizarre. I could actually buy "You're diagnosed as ADHD because you have the wiring to be an ACTION HERO and this culture wants you to sit in class all day." That actually made an interesting sort of sense. But... "You're diagnosed as dyslexic because your brain really wants to read Ancient Greek." How does that...I just don't even...WHAT? It's not even like Greek's alphabet is some bizarrely different form of writing! The Latin alphabet came from Greek! We're not even talking syllabic vs. semi-phonetic, here, much less Latin Alphabet vs. something like kanji.
The Large Girl was there to express that All Ares' Kids Are Dicks, and that Being Large Instead Of Svelte Means You're A Dick, as far as I could tell. (Seriously: Ares' cabin is described as being full of enormous, ugly, mean kids. That's their entire characterization set.) Oh, and to be an object of mockery when Percy gets to show off his Kewl New Powerz by humiliating her every time she tries to be mean to him.
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Date: 2010-02-27 06:29 pm (UTC)The Large Girl was there to express that All Ares' Kids Are Dicks, and that Being Large Instead Of Svelte Means You're A Dick, as far as I could tell. (Seriously: Ares' cabin is described as being full of enormous, ugly, mean kids. That's their entire characterization set.) Oh, and to be an object of mockery when Percy gets to show off his Kewl New Powerz by humiliating her every time she tries to be mean to him.