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luke making his deal with kronos

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And heres a mother fukcker of a drawing because i listened to this song for 4 days straight. No i dont know how to draw side profiles. Yes i gave luke a lil mullet

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Yes I had such a good time on this reread and I hope you guys did too!!

It was definitely interesting retreading TLT as an adult- there were a few jokes and A LOT of americanisms that I didn’t pick up on/understand when I read the book as a kid and it was fun reading the book with that enhanced understanding

There were a few things I wish had been a bit more developed, mostly to do with Percy’s grief when he thought Sally was dead which tbh was pretty glossed over

And you know, I get it. It’s a kids book and she comes back at the end but it would have been nice to deal with that in a more complex way. Compared to the various deaths in HP it was a bit lacklustre

But yes, though I would have liked a bit more exploration of the more mature themes in the book, it’s still a firm favourite of mine and I loved revisiting it with you guys 🧡

Discussion Question: Chapter 22

Did you enjoy revisiting the Lightning Thief? What did you think of the book? Has your opinion on the book changed since you last read it?

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Discussion Question: Chapter 22

Did you enjoy revisiting the Lightning Thief? What did you think of the book? Has your opinion on the book changed since you last read it?

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Let’s be real, this definitely happened right before Luke made the scorpion attack Percy at the end of The Lightning Thief.

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Chapter 22: The Prophecy Comes True 22/04/21

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Jfc Chiron has had the other campers make burial shrouds for Percy, Annabeth and Grover?? What a grim arts and crafts session that must have been

Aww Grover got his searcher's licence!! I'm so proud of him!

Um Sally what do you mean you've 'disposed of' Medusa's head?

Have you just stuck it in the bin because idk if that would do the job

Huh George Washington was apparently a son of Athena

I don't know enough about American history to know if that makes any sense

"Wherever you're going- I hope they make good enchiladas" honestly that's just a solid motto for any situation in life

The camp necklaces are honestly so cute <3

If Disney doesn't sell merch where you can custom make your own camp necklace from a selection of beads then what is even the point

Then again, it's 2021 and Universal still don't sell Weasley jumpers with every letter of the alphabet on them so maybe I shouldn't get my hopes up

Percy is really out here complaining about 'five paragraph essays' BRO that's not an essay what are you talking about

Oooh I had completely erased Backbiter from my memory. Not a fan.

I've got to be honest, Luke talking about burning Western Civilisation to the ground and building something more honest genuinely seems like a post that would crop up on my dash :////

However Luke does have a point with his quest. Like WHAT is the point in risking your kid's life by sending them out to retrieve an apple which you don't even really want

Hahah Percy is trying to sound so badass by saying "call off the bug" rather than "Luke please, I don't want to be murdered by a fucking scorpion"

Awww look at that we've come full circle, right back to Percy lying almost dead in the hospital

Percy: Next summer we'll either get a quest or we'll sneak out together

Annabeth: That's a plan worthy of Athena!

Me:

Me: That is barely even a plan.

Awww that's the end guys..... now to resist the temptation to dive straight into Sea of Monsters haha

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sally jackson is such a badass she turned gabe’s abusive ass into a statue and used the money she got from selling it to pay for a tuition in NYU

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Discussion Question: Chapter 21

Do you think the prophetic line "you shall fail to save what matters most in the end" came true? How does the fact that the prophecy could be interpreted in many different ways impact the story?

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best upgrade of 2017

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Chapter 21: I Settle my Tab 21/04/21

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"Every time I saw him on TV, calling me a delinquent punk, I knew... somehow... we would be okay" Percy is honestly such a lil shit but I love him

Hahaha Percy sending the whole of LA to bankrupt Gabe's business is a POWER move

?????

Percy going up to Mount Olympus by yourself seems like a VERY bad idea why do Annabeth and Grover never try to talk him out of these things?

Okay I may be dumb but like... what is actually in the Empire State Building? Do people work there? Wouldn't that be incredibly irritating having tourists blocking the lifts every day?

This is very weird, for some reason I'd always pictured Mount Olympus like it is in Disney's Hercules.... you know, palaces made out of clouds, all that jazz

I'd completely forgotten that it's actually the top of a mountain lol

Awww that's actually incredibly sad that Hades' built his palace to resemble Olympus

But like the emo version

Yesssss I love a good ceiling that looks like the sky! and the throne room has MOVING CONSTELLATIONS on it what a vibe

Oooh Percy, poor move. Probably safer to greet the king of the gods before your dad....

Yep I knew it, Zeus is pissed

Honestly I'm very impressed that Percy is able to talk to these gods I would've pissed myself

Also I can't believe the movies messed up so bad with the gods. Like you read this scene and they're scary y'know, they radiate power. But then in the movie they're just kinda... comedic?

Reason #572 why the movies suck

"Your mother is a queen amongst men" Poseidon is right and he should say it

Honestly it's kinda wild that Sally just straight up Murders Gabe

I mean he's trash and he deserves it but still, wouldn't expect it from a kids book

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GeT rEkT sMeLLy GaBe

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“I am Posei-done right now”

— Percy Jackson at some point (via jason-gracefully)

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We're nearing the end of our reread of The Lightning Thief, I hope everyone has been enjoying revisiting the book and getting involved in the fun! And thank you so much to everyone who has donated to our justgiving page for Save the Children UK!

Save the Children do fantastic work helping kids in the UK and around the world receive the food, care, and education they need and their work is incredibly important, especially in the aftermath of the pandemic

£51 could provide a healthy baby kit containing vaccines for diarrhoea and pneumonia for families in Afghanistan

£66 could buy two week’s worth of ready to eat rations for a family of five in Syria

£85 could provide a severely malnourished child with medicine and vital food at an outpatient clinic for a month in Ethiopia

We've hit that first milestone of £51 which is awesome, but it would be amazing if we could make it up to £66 by the end of the reread!

There is obviously no pressure to donate but if you would like to contribute, please head to our justgiving page or share this post- if everyone who followed this blog donated £0.12 we’d raise enough for those food rations, and if everyone donated £0.30 we could hit our £85 target which would be fantastic

Thank you again to everyone who has gotten involved in the reread, donated, or shared our posts raising awareness- you're all amazing and your support is very much appreciated!

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Discussion Question: Chapter 20

We know that earthquakes in LA are caused by Hades' rage. Are there any other real world events you think could have been caused by the gods?

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Chapter 20: I Battle My Jerk Relative 20/04/21

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I'm sorry what is up with this coast guard? They've just picked up three kids in the middle of the bay and decided to just drop them off on the nearest pier?

No attempts to contact their parents or anything??? wild

WOW Percy is really shaming me here by saying that crying is for little kids. Lost count of the number of times I've cried this week

I'm fine :))))

Somehow I misread 'aluminium baseball bat' as 'aluminium baseball hat' and I was so confused by Ares' fashion choices

Percy bro what are you DOING???

THIS IS SUCH A BAD IDEA!! ARES IS AN ACTUAL GOD AND YOU ARE 12 YEARS OLD! FIGHTING HIM IS AN ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE IDEA

Yeah okay no I'm sorry this whole chapter is ridiculous. There's no way that Percy could actually stand a chance against Ares. This is way too OP

And Annabeth really isn't doing much to try and stop him from making these kind of stupid decisions

Actually what am I saying? Annabeth may be book smart but she is also dumb and over confident. Grover I was relying on you to talk some sense into these dumbos

What are these kids doing??? They're having such a serious goodbye chat rather than trying to convince Percy this is a stupid idea THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T SEND 12 YEAR OLDS ON A QUEST BY THEMSELVES

Hahaha Percy has the nerve to think "even strength has to bow to wisdom sometimes"

Percy bro you are not the wisdom in this equation, you're a dumb bitch and we all know it

???? Ares has apparently cursed Percy ???

Apparently he'll feel it 'every time you raise your blade in battle' ,,,, does this ever come up again or have I just blocked this from my memory ??

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big lightning thief energy

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