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I know people like to interpret Paul as an outright villain of the story and while that's not unreasonable, I personally love another interpretation.

It doesn't matter if you are a kind person with good intentions, it doesn't matter if you are smarter that anyone else and it doesn't matter if you can literally see the future, NO ONE has the right to hold absolute power over other people.

Systems with strict vertical hierarchy cause oppression. There is no way around it. Even that one guy who you think is better than that shouldn't be put at the top.

Paul being portrayed with many positive character traits doesn't muddy the message, it enhances it.

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What do you think about the changes to Luke’s confrontation with Percy ?

Got this ask, got really confused, realized the final episode was out, went to watch it, came back here.

So.

Mh.

As with the majority of the many changes this show made to the books, I have... mixed feelings on it.

Part of me loves this much more than the books - much - more. Because it made so much more sense. Luke, trying to recruit Percy instead of just... flat-out trying to murder him again.

And! That Percy was the one who figured it out, on his own. I love how clever this show makes Percy.

It was a really tense and interesting confrontation.

Now here's the part that made me dislike it. Because it made so much sense.

In the books, Percy not taking Luke's side made complete sense, because Luke just flat-out tries to murder him, for the second time, and he is screaming and throwing so much stuff out in such a frantic way that he does sound like he lost his mind. It's very easy to conclude "My guy, you're being brainwashed by Kronos".

But this Luke? And this Percy?

The Percy who literally spent the entire damn show MAKING Luke's points. The first half of this show, every single conversation between him and Annabeth was basically Percy reciting Luke's bulletpoint list of why the gods suck and demigods shouldn't do their bidding.

And now, what? All of the sudden, just because, what, daddy dearest showed up once and saved Percy's life from Zeus, he is Team Olympus? C'mon. That was weak as fuck.

A very brief summary of a point I've made in the past, I don't want to drag this argument out again but it's important to bring up in this context: PJO is inherently a story about keeping the status quo. It follows the very tried concept of giving the villain (Luke) a very good and valid motivation to rebel against an oppressive force, but undermining the good points he makes by adding something that nobody can argue is bad (Kronos controlling everything in the background), so the hero fights the immediate problem instead of the shared oppressors, instead of just giving the very good and valid motivation to the hero and have them fight for real change.

And in the books, at least there really wasn't much of a reason for Percy to join Luke, and Luke doesn't even really ask for it either.

But this Luke asked. This Luke very coherently expressed himself.

And this Percy has made his exact talking points in the past. And nothing, aside from Poseidon stepping up once in his fucking life, has really changed. If anything, I'd say the bad - Ares, Zeus, ATHENA - really outweigh the good.

Why is Kronos worse than Zeus? Because he ate his children? Zeus did worse things to his own children in mythology, to be quite frank. Show Percy is too clever - too knowledgeable about mythology and the past of their godly family and good at putting one and one together - and too bitter toward the gods to so fully dismiss Luke, in my opinion, especially considering we removed the "I will immediately try to murder you with a killer scorpion" and added Luke explicitly trying to recruit Percy.

And I'm not saying "Percy should have absolutely joined Luke's side", but I am saying that it felt far too much like a 180 on Percy's part to be defending the gods and pretend that Luke isn't making sense. I liked that Chiron called that out in the end, but... Percy's reply was even weaker because there was no foundation for why he would be so stubborn about this.

Even if you don't pull through with it, I think that an angle of doubt, an angle of temptation, should have been played up here.

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percy jackson and the olympians (2023—) • good kid / the lightning thief musical • my grand plan / the lightning thief musical

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okay i get that letting gabe accidentally kill himself is fun and ties into the whole thing with the phone and general lack of boundaries but. first unless i completely spaced out they never mentioned that sally married him in the first place to help shield percy. second, sally flat out murdering him is a delight and it should have stayed. third, without sally saving herself, the last line of that prophecy is greatly diminished in impact. my best guess is that disney really just wouldn't let a protag's mom kill a man in cold blood. for this they are, as ever, cowards

#this #and its not the first time in the show too #like in the casino episode originally they entered the hotel-casino to get a shower and a night of sleep #and then decided to look out and play a little #not gambling #but games #and then the time thing started happening #so that was very explicit anti gambling content there #not so much in the show #obviously they dont want casionos to be angry with them #cowards #again

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If anyone wonders why this blog is going to go silent for months soon:

I am travelling to a country where using tumbrl, especially engaging with ace/aro content could be dangerous for me. Its all good, just a precaution.

See you in the future everyone and have a good day!

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So...I've been thinking of doing a Highlander the Series rewatch on Youtube? I know this is an incredibly niche and practically prehistoric corner of fandom, but it's been brewing in my head for a while and I though it'd be fun to do.

I was also thinking about how I was also in the gen section of a hugely slash fandom, and I was thinking as I roll into season 2 of the series I might ask other members of the fandom, especially those who were lovers of the Duncan/Methos pairing to join me in certain episodes, just to get a wider flavour of the viewer experience of the time. I was thinking that I would post it as both a video & audio?

What do you guys think? I won't ask if you guys think there is an audience for this because I know there is only about five people who would actively watch this but, for those five people, would it be something you'd like to see?

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Saw a post like this with negative outlook so I asked for it to be fixed

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can someone please be proud of me like fuck I’m trying

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Vader: [opening a desk drawer in Obi-Wan’s old room] Let’s see what this old fool kept in here…[picking up a piece of paper]  Obi-Wan: [in a letter] 

Dear Anakin, 

If you’re reading this, then you must be rifling through my belongings, which means you are either extremely bored (in which case I suggest going and tidying up your quarters, which I don’t need to see to know are a disaster,) or I’ve been missing for an extended amount of time and the Order needs the room to store extra chairs, or I’ve died, possibly while trying to rid the galaxy of General Grievous. If I am in fact dead, I hope this letter finds you well in spite of it, and that you have not gone off the deep end or murdered anyone in an attempt to avenge me. (…unless it’s Grievous, I suppose.)

You will find attached to this letter the receipts for several items in my room, such as the electric tea kettle. I hope you can at least return them for store credit. 

I’ve set up a college savings plan with the Galactic Bank of Coruscant, because I noticed that Senator Amidala is obviously pregnant, and since I am not nearly as dense as you apparently think I am, I presume the child is yours. The account information is in my safe, which I would give you the combination to except that I know you have been breaking into it since you were 14. 

If you do intend to eventually leave the Order, as I suspect you might, please make sure that you give the Council two weeks’ notice. It’s only polite, and you never know when you may need to use them as a reference. Even though I know you clash with them, they do care about you.

Finally, please make sure Duchess Satine’s nephew gets the inheritance I’ve left him (the information is also in my safe, and no, I’m not going to tell you any more details about this. I realize how much this is going to torment you, and I’d be lying if I said that’s not bringing a smile to my face.) 

Your blanket is in the hamper. Wash it on the gentle cycle. The password for the wi-fi, in case you’ve forgotten, is BuyYourOwnDataPlanAnakin.

Be well, my Padawan, and I shall see you again someday – hopefully many years from now – when you, too, rejoin the Force. Don’t forget to change the payment settings for Netflix now that I’m dead or you’ll fall behind on your programs. 

Yours,  Obi-Wan Kenobi  PS: Don’t let Vos speak at my funeral. 

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BRO?!?!?

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I’ve never been so taken out by a response

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Being ace for me is like, 90% I'm so glad no one bothers my peace of mind and tries to touch me in a sexual way, and 10% pining over hands in my hair and fingertips over my wrist and wanting you to crawl inside my bones like there is no middle ground.

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Happy International Asexuality Day!!! No matter where you are in the world, you are seen, recognized, and loved!

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Happy International Asexuality Day!!! 💜🤍🖤

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Dirk being Ace

I submit that this is the most Ace thing Dirk has ever said:

He didn't say she's not my type but just more broadly "not really my thing" - which is something I've said many a time.

Just sayin'