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• 'Troubled kid' literally just means 'autistic kid who faces peer abuse and even adult abuse for it'.It's Percy's entire character and lingers into his childhood
• Was a bully beater and stayed that way no better how many times he got expellend
• Ass at school but really smart in every other area
• Has his intellegence insulted nonstop his whole life and just takes it despite what a strong backbone he has because he thinks he deserves it
• Anger issues and general emotional regulation problems
• Mama's boy who's mom dosen't quite understand how he works sometimes but loves and is good to him anyway and considers his differences from normal people a gift instead of a problem that needs to be 'cured'
• Canon safe food(blue food)and Rbf(the 'intimidating default expression' he inherented from Poseidon)
• Dosen't even try to understand societal norms because he thinks they're stupid as fuck
• Super kind in a way that gets on normal peoples nerves both irl and in-universe
• Has a beyond weird sense of humor that's unbelivably realistic and always lands
• Wears heavy clothes/layers all the time
• Complex morality leaning towards chaotic good but he's done some fucked up shit that was technically justified under the circumstances
• Dated Rachel,who is also autistic-coded,because she made him feel normal for once and he specified that was what made him love her along with her brutal honesty and enthutiasm
• Hates traditional masculinity and wants to be free of it and acts a lot like a trans femme egg,including finding hypermasculinity on men gross and unappealing
• Very goofy,silly and chaotic with kiddy interests and a disgust towards 'true maturity' but also loves punk shit
• Can never tell when someone is attracted to him but when he loves them back he's Rizz City
• Anarchist who hates the rich,privilege and power and does activism and direct action both in the mythos world and the mortal world(the former onscreen/the aformentioned bully beating and implied to participate with Rachel in her protests and charity events)
• Gets along so well with younger people he basically adopts them as his younger siblings and pseudo-kids
• Percabeth is even worse(sayin' a lot)with autistic Percy in mind but also completely accurate.Homeboy was said to be 'kept in line' by Little Miss Golden Girl and watered himself down for her because she's 'ideal' and makes him ashamed to even exist near her and so does most of the cast,ON PURPOSE which is the true autistic who can't mask around allistic neurodivergent people experience
• Is literally the protagonist of a book series that's ultimate function is representation for neurodivergent kids as their role model that's now all grown up and got to live a good life at last????????The idea of allistic Percy is genuinely insane ong
• 'Good Kid' from the musical?Yeah,it's literally a song about an autistic kid who can't mask and gets abused by everybody for it no matter how hard they try to be good
• And just in case,cause i've gotten this response 3 times this month alone:Yes,i've read the books.Pjo's been my special interest since i was 12.I've probably read the books more than you have