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ohhh early 2000s protagonists save me

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"Who's Hotter?" Battle of the Anime Mages

#as a child judar/judal single handedly made me get into anime because 11 year old me went this person is so gender im gonna combust. #i dont remember a single episode besides his first fight with the gang

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#soul eater

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A little drawing of them. For me. As a treat

#nobody talk to me nobody talk to me NOBODY TALK TO ME NOBODY TALK TO M E NO B O D Y T A LL K TO MEE. E E NOBODY NOO #GOOD LOORDDD

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every time I read battle of the labyrinth or just think about Daedalus in general, I only ever see Michiel Huisman (perhaps specifically as daario naharis)

there's such a charming annoyance about him..... he looks like he'd invent something and go "that shit wasn't good enough and anyone who thinks it was is stupid" and also have a dead son

#battle of the labyrinth #daedalus #pjo #percy jackson

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I like Dune: Part 2 PRINTS

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there are three "couples" to the audience of tgcf and they're 2/3rds absolutely delusional and 1/3rd stalkers.

#and im rocking with it #peak literature #tgcf #heaven official's blessing #tian guan ci fu

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look at my flop posts boy

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Hua Cheng makes me feel insane.

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I HAVE CRITICISMS BUT I REMAIN HOPEFUL

NOW GIVE THEM FOUR MORE SEASONS WE CAN ONLY GO UP FROM HERE

#percy jackson series #percy jackson #pjo series #those are my kids fr everyone did amazing i just think the writers need to uhhhhhh brainstorm a bit more.........

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Prefacing by saying I love Percy Jackson. I love the books, I love the characters, I went to the House of Hades book tour, I've been a camper at the literal Camp Half Blood in Austin, TX. And I will continue to love everything about it.

The show needs work. Which saddens me but makes sense :(

The cast is perfect, I think the main three can really embody the roles, and the other kids introduced really shined in the short times they've had.

The problem with the show is that it doesn't trust the way the book told the story. It's all far too much "Telling and not Showing." There's far too many instances where one of the three will go "That's ___" and they don't learn who the monster is organically.

The book was written in a way to teach kids Greek mythology. The show assumes we know everything. This works for readers who are interested in a slightly different adaptation that still follows the plot but it really leaves behind anyone who doesn't know what's going on.

The show is simply having one of the three go "That's ___. Here's what we need to do." And they talk about it instead of formulating a clever little plan. We got a glimpse of this problem with the Medusa episode when they immediately knew it was her. (I personally like the episode but I do think it was the start of the issues.) I think it gets a pass because everyone knows Medusa, she's an incredibly famous Greek figure. A garden of statues Obviously leads to the conclusion that the monster is Medusa. But it really took something away for the kids immediately to go "That's Medusa." And then still accept her hospitality. They should've accepted hospitality from this random woman- there would still be opportunity to humanize her like in the episode- learned it was Medusa, and then show that she's still a threat.

The kids in the books are smart, but have incredibly "stupid" moments because they're 12; this is how they get into sticky situations where they're nearly killed and they put clues together to figure out who the monster is.

In the later episodes, it's much worse.

I think the most blaring examples are the Lotus Casino and Procrustes. If you do not have any interest in Greek mythology or haven't read the books, you don't know the Lotus eaters or Procrustes. For them to have Grover immediately go "This is the home of the Lotus Eaters." And Percy to go "You're Procrustes." within SECONDS of seeing the threat, it takes away any and all tension, suspicion, excitement, etc. Suddenly the kids aren't learning and growing, theyre omniscient. You're also not naturally teaching these original myths to new viewers. A lot of the people Don't know the Odyssey, and it's weird to have one of the main three characters go "These are the Lotus Eaters that faced Odysseus, stay careful." It's jarring. Procrustes is even more jarring if you've never read the books, because my first reaction would be "Who??? Why is he in a mattress shop?? Am I supposed to know who this is???" We are supposed to learn that he's a threat through the way he acts, but he's not given a chance to act, we're just Told he kills people by a kid who's supposed to be completely new to this mythical world!!!

There's so much potential. The kids are golden and a great show is RIGHT at the writers finger tips but it needs to be "Show, not Tell" PLEASE I'm BEGGING you to TRUST your Source material, because it's following the plot but widdling it down so much that it's nearly a Sparknotes.

#i wonder if its an episode amount thing?? #cuz it is a lot of adventure for 8 episodes #i love sally jackson in it #theres so many things i love in it #but i need it injected with a bit more .... education energu #percy jackson #please #pjo series #i dont want to complain but i cant pretend its perfect

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pls assume i'm thinking about this moment 24/7 all week every week

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Reblog for larger sample size whatever

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"Kill them with kindness" wrong, curse of ra 𓀀 𓀁 𓀂 𓀃 𓀄 𓀅 𓀆 𓀇 𓀈 𓀉 𓀊 𓀋 𓀌 𓀍 𓀎 𓀏 𓀐 𓀑 𓀒 𓀓 𓀔 𓀕 𓀖 𓀗 𓀘 𓀙 𓀚 𓀛 𓀜 𓀝 𓀞 𓀟 𓀠 𓀡 𓀢 𓀣 𓀤 𓀥 𓀦 𓀧 𓀨 𓀩 𓀪 𓀫 𓀬 𓀭 𓀲 𓀳 𓀴 𓀵 𓀶 𓀷 𓀸 𓀹 𓀺 𓀻 𓀼 𓀽 𓀾 𓀿 𓁀 𓁁 𓁂 𓁃 𓁄 𓁅 𓁆 𓁇 𓁈 𓁉 𓁊 𓁋 𓁍 𓁎 𓁏 𓁐 𓁑

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