more trials of apollo spoilers under the cut

honestly i am literally crying right now rick riordan has made canon a happy healthy same-sex relationship and i’m crying so many queer kids are reading this goofy kid-friendly novel and there are HAPPY GAYS like yes nico is still the King of Angst but so much queer lit is about how miserable we all are and how dead we all become and will and nico are bickering amicably and being disgustingly cute together and i’m genuinely crying tears are falling down my face and i’ve had to put the book down because uncle rick, this random hetero white man, is able to pull this kind of shit when even some queer authors refuse to and nico gets to be happy and there are happy queer children and i am CRYING