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People give Rick hate for all his characters being stereotyped by their godly parents(/patrons) which is understandable but also blatantly erases the gold that is:

The studious kid who studies myths and archeology angrily swinging around a sword while glaring at his little sister who is now fluent in Egyptian and could not give less of a fuck

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Things Percy Jackson remembers in Son of Neptune:

Annabeth exists

I met Annabeth at a camp

Annabeth and I kiss sometimes

Fuck Ares

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Percy and Nico are so funny. Never have I seen two characters who would, literally, die and kill for each other, whilst in the same time cannot look into each other’s eyes or spend three minutes in the same room without the air turning uncomfortable. Ha ha ha

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The difference between Romans and Greeks:

Romans: Our legionnaires wear purple, the traditional colour of imperial authority and status, to remind them that while we are all that is left of the Roman empire, we have not lost our power, and still prevail with the image and traditions of the Roman Empire of old.

Greeks: Yeah, our campers wear orange so we can find their dead bodies more easily.

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Watching the Percy Jackson series has made me empathize with Aphrodite more than I ever thought possible.

Cuz these kids are TWELVE and are out here just trying to SURVIVE, but every time Percy and Annabeth interact I’m giggling and kicking my feet like “Hehehe you don’t know it yet, but that is the love of your life. Yes, yes, there’s a big scary monster but what about the slow-burn romance?”

And I always found it so annoying in the books when Aphrodite would show up and only be interested in the romantic dynamics between the characters and otherwise be kinda useless. But now??? I’m totally on the same page with her. Cuz I know they’re going to fight a million monsters and win, and at the end of the day one fight looks just like the next. But they only fall in love ONCE and it’s AMAZING.

Like damn. Apologies the goddess Aphrodite. I suddenly get it.

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rip "we drowned in a bathtub." "all three of you?" scene. gone but not forgotten.

#THEY SHOULD HAVE KEPT THAT IN IT MADE THEM FEEL MORE LIKE KIDS WHO HAD THOUGHT NOTHING THROUGH AND WERE DOING THINGS OFF OF THE VIBES #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo #pjo disney #pjo tv series #pjo tv show #pjo tv #pjo tv adaptation

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5 Things the Book Did Better

With the end of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, here are five things I think the book did better than the show (To go with my 5 Things the Show Did Better)

1. Smelly Gabe

Most specifically the 'Smelly' part. In the book, Sally marries Gabe to hide Percy's scent. In the show, she marries Gabe because... reasons? It is a huge part of her character to kill her abuser ("I knew I was leaving her in safe hands; her own"), and end the cycle of abuse that she started out of love and a desire to stay close to her son. In the show, she protected her son from monsters by... sending him to boarding school? (even the logic the show has mostly been improving doesn't work as well on that one) It just leaves a lot of plot hole of why Gabe? And then in the final episode, it makes sense Sally isn't the one who kills him, because he hasn't been set up as the archetype abusive step-parent he was in the books, and maybe it was a little dark for a kids show, but it is a huge plot point in PJO of breaking the cycle of abuse, and actively making decisions to prevent that which Gabe accidentally killing himself just gets lost.

2. Charon

WHERE'S HIS ITALIAN SUITS? WHERE'S HIS BRIBABILITY? WHERE'S THE INOPPORTUNE MOMENT PERCY BLURTS "CHARON WANTS A PAY RISE" TO HADES?

I have feelings, okay, and those feelings want to see Charon in his full glory.

(But really, such a big part of what drew me to Percy Jackson as a kid was the fun, new interpretations of mythology adapting to the modern world, and characters like Charon were such a prime example of that I'm really sorry the show cut out on)

3. Humour (specifically past ep. 3)

Something about having narrator!Percy of the books was the constant lighthearted and funny (and confused) comments about everything. The show seemed to discard almost all the humour and jokes for plot halfway through episode 3, setting a much less lighthearted tone for the rest of the series.

4. The Show's Constant Explanations

I get it, it makes sense Sally might think it's a good idea to teach Percy some myths. That doesn't mean every little myth needs to be explained in excruciating detail. Just let the scenes play out, without spending ages talking about exactly what they are going to do and where exactly everything and everyone they meet fits into Greek Mythology first! There's simply no suspense for the audience when they spend five minutes talking through every little thing they do before they do it.

5. Cerberus

Whose a good doggo? Book Cerberus! He's just lonely, and wants someone to play with him! He doesn't need to chase and almost kill the trio in some big dramatic scene, he just wants to play with his ball.

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5 Things the Show Did Better

Now that we have reached the end of Percy Jackson TV show, let's talk about it compared to the book with 5 things the show did better.

1. Luke Shows Percy around Camp

In the book Annabeth does a lot of the explaining about camp Luke does in the show. Having him take over that role makes the audience so much more sympathetic to him - seeing him as a genuine friend to Percy that the book somewhat lacks, making the eventual reveal so much more heartbreaking.

2. The Medusa Sequence

The entire time with Medusa in the show had, to me, so much more impact than the book equivalent. A lot of it is the more sympathetic view of a Medusa as a victim that could be explored both given the change in society's perception of Medusa in the years since the book was written, and the knowledge the trio has of her identity from the start, but I also think the creative way they came up with to kill her was brilliant on the writer's part.

3. The Banter

And while we're talking about ep. 3, I cannot ignore the brilliant banter at the start:

"'she met a pinecone's fate'

'...dude.'"

"'I don't think you should just get to decide we don't vote.'

'I'm sorry to hear that.'"

THE CONCENSUS SONG

Or from the earlier episodes:

"I'm you're father, Peter"

"God... like Jesus?"

I'm not saying there weren't some great, even iconic lines in the book, but these were brilliant.

4. The focus on the issues around the Gods

I'm not saying the books doesn't do it well, particularly in the later books, but comparing first to first the series pushes that much harder (and becomes that much more convincing because of it). Even without the narration, you can fully understand why Percy agrees that he might well have turned against the gods when Luke offered, something that in the books isn't really explored in the same depth until TTC (I think, it's been a while since I read them). The Waterland Scene, meeting Hermes in the Lotus Hotel, Zeus' insistence in war just so he can have victory over his brother, so many things that all work together until you, as the audience, genuinely understand the choice Luke made even if you don't know the specifics of his opinions.

5. Hades

The change from the stereotypical moody Hades in the book to the happier, more relaxed Hades who has actively made the decision to remove himself from his toxic family on Olympus is such a great way to further demonstrate the abusive nature that is 'this is what the gods are to each other'. I love the show is pushing this narrative more than the books did, and I love how a happier Hades perfectly demonstrates this as someone who has made the active decision to step out of the cycle of abuse.

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Percy Jackson episode 6 + text posts

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there’s something strangely gutwrenching about the solstice having already passed. there have been minor changes in the “side adventures” of the trio.

they know they’re entering medusa’s house. they go to the arch for sanctuary against echidna and chimera. they go to waterland to help ares and convince hephaestus to stop being like his family. they go to the lotus hotel to get help from hermes.

in the books they’re getting tricked and distracted and losing all of that time on their quest was an accident. but they still made it in the end.

but in the show? they did everything right. they were aware of where they were at all times. but then they go and ask for help.

they try to ask for athena’s help and she lets monsters into her temple because they “embarrassed her.” they try to ask for hermes’ help but he doesn’t tell them until it’s too late that the lotus hotel messes with time.

they basically did everything right on their quest only for their biggest failures to occur because of the gods.

but poseidon gives him four pearls. four, instead of three. one for sally too. but we already know that she gets left behind.

they tried so hard only for the deadline to lapse.

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the first seaweed brain [s01e05] // the first wise girl [s01e06]

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“why don’t they ever suspect Luke why don’t they realize it’s Luke why are they so quick to suspect Clarisse and not a Hermes kid”

guys, Luke is the perfect child. Thats the whole point! He gave his offerings he said his prayers he went on his quest he proved his loyalty to Chiron, to the gods, to his dad. And he did it all with a smile. They have no reason to suspect luke! Luke is the best of them!

Ares could’ve come to that meeting waving a big sign that said “LUKES THE LIGHTNING THIEF” and they still wouldn’t have believed him.

Because they also don’t want it to be Luke.

They love Luke. Luke takes care of them Luke protects them Luke is everything they want in an older brother. It doesn’t matter how blaringly obvious the writers get about who the real thief is. They will ignore every sign, every red flag, every warning, until Percy is dying of poison deep in the forest and Luke is gone.

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No one talks enough about the fact Annabeth first heard the Great Prophecy when she was twelve. It scared her so much she had nightmares about it.

She knew (or at least believed) from the moment Percy was claimed he wouldn't make it past his 16th birthday.

Imagine Annabeth telling herself he's a bit of an idiot anyway, and a son of Poseidon, you can't really like him?

Imagine Annabeth finally accepting he's a friend, only to have nightmares of Thalia's death... except when she looks down it's Percy on the ground.

Imagine Annabeth hating that spark of hope she felt when Thalia came back, older, but not old enough, because she's going to lose one of her best friends and she's just got Thalia back.

Imagine Annabeth finally accepting that if she's going to lose Percy she shouldn't waste time, and asking him to the cinema, only to see him with another girl and realising she was too late.

Imagine Annabeth speaking at his funeral, looking across the crowd and seeing him standing there, and realising that it means she'll have to do this all over again.

Imagine Annabeth, who wants to become an architect so she can build something permanent, knowing that whatever she has with Percy can only end all too soon.

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Why was Percy the only one sleeping on the floor of the Hermes Cabin in the show?

Not sure if this is just me, and admittedly it is still early days, but one thing the show seems to be missing that the book did so well is "all the Gods are terrible parents", and nowhere is this more noticeable than when comparing the Hermes cabin in book to show. Percy comes in to the Hermes cabin and got a sleeping bag on the floor. In the book, it was a struggle to fit him in because of the number of kids already sleeping on the floor. It was a big thing that so many kids were stuck there because their parents wouldn't claim them. In the show, he appears to be the only one on the ground (which is a little ridiculous and honestly just looks particularly cruel to Percy - ah yes, you specifically are on the ground).

From the very start the Hermes cabin is presented as over-full in the books. It's the place where kids go when their godly parent just doesn't bother claiming them, or is a minor god so they don't have a cabin of their own. It is an enormous plot point of the series, being what turns Luke, Chris, Ethan and so many others who spent enough time there against the gods. It is the physical symptom and proof of their lack of care, and one of the biggest reasons Percy sympathises with the half-bloods who turned to Kronos to a certain extent.

The TV show doesn't show that. Percy being the only one on the floor seems to imply the impermanence of his situation; it suggests a fast turnover of people getting claimed and moving on that more people haven't piled up in the cabin. And despite his worry and everyone's warnings he might not get claimed, he does so in a single week, and we never see anything to the contrary to suggest that isn't the usual experience. There is no evidence of overcrowding that should have been so easy to add to the show with a few extra sleeping bags on the floor and someone (perhaps Chris who I believe was unclaimed until he returned to camp in BotL) mentioning how long they've been unclaimed in the Hermes cabin.

This was a bit of a rant about a show I've been otherwise really enjoying, but I don't understand how something that seems so obvious didn't happen. And it's not like the producers or set designers just didn't think about it; after all Percy didn't have a bed. Or that they're not pushing the fact everyone had godly-parent issues; a lot of episode 3 was about how Annabeth never sees Athena, and they talked about how there was a chance Percy would never be claimed as though it was common. And if they're trying to make Percy seem more isolated and desperate to find out who his father is, wouldn't seeing loads of kids stuck on the floor have more impact than 'just you will be there for a short while until a bed come free'?

The over-crowded Hermes cabin was such a massive feature of the book series, to the extent that Percy's eventual demand of the gods (claiming their kids and minor gods cabins) entirely encapsulated all the problems with Cabin 11 that ignoringing it in a show that is otherwise presenting the essence of the story so well... just seems bizarre.

#percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson tv show #percy jackson tv series #hermes cabin #luke castellan #chris rodriguez #annabeth chase #episode 2 #why is Percy the only person on the floor? #why did this happen

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Bonus:

“Percy, you can't ship Medusa's head to Olympus.” “Why not?”

PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (2023-) S01E03 | “We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium”

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I can’t get over his smile in the third gif. He’s so happy to be petting his little friend! 🥹

Annabeth’s got a plan. Percy’s on it. When it’s time, he’s gonna be ready. I know it.