#Aunty Em

[bookishjules]

walking up to aunty em's seeing all the monster statues out front, thinking.. this place is freaky... but then you realize. no. they're statues because they're bullies. these are Monster monsters aunty em turned to stone. surely that means she isn't the monster. and she talks so sweetly and she gives you food and tells you you don't have to be like your terrible parents with their own monstrous legacies.. but then things start to feel off and you become unsettled and she's telling you to betray your friends and you can't do that, so you find a place to hide... but when the lights turn on you see that hiding place for what it is.. the tomb of the People. of the heroes and satyrs and good honest people who did not deserve to be turned to stone. aunty em can talk a pretty talk. she can show you the side of the story that she knows will compel you, but she never told you about her own monster story, did she? maybe it didn't have to do with the curse athena dealt her. maybe it had to do with how she chose to use it. and now you've learned the full story..

#i.e. the discrepancy between the statues on display and those in the basement had me shook #aunty em #percy jackson #pjo tv #pjo tv show #pjo tv spoilers #pjo

[mydairpercabeth]

you dont want me to root for her??? THATS MOTHER!!!

#MOMMY #MOTHER LAKE #Medusa #Aunty Em #shes so real #FREE MEDUSA #SHE DID NOTHING WRONG #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson the lightning thief #pjo tv #pjo #pjo tv show #pjo series #percy series #jessica parker kennedy #supporting womens wrongs

[adrianasunderworld]

I feel like goth and horror lovers are great customers for Medusa at her store. Like you find this garden store that's kinda off the beaten path and the lady there has the most insane monster statues youve ever seen.

"Oh my God, this Hellhound statue is gonna look great in our garden. We'll take it!"

Or people who do haunted attractions buying stuff off her. Imagine some haunted house was doing a gorgon theme, not knowing they commissioned actual Medusa for her statues.

"Yeah, we're doing a Gorgons Garden for our haunted house. So we really want some scared people statues to put outside. Do you think you can have those made in time?"

"Oh yes, I can get that done in plenty of time."

#percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo medusa #percy jackson show #aunty em

[audhd-nightwing]

percy jackson ep3 live reaction

yesss the attic it looks perfect

the voice crack on “hi” i’m cackling

“oh geez” HES SO PERCY

annabeth immediately i love him.

percy’s gf requirements: has to be willing to push him down a flight of stairs without hesitation

let percy understand the horses PLEASE

“i chose you” i thought it was gonna be like ‘because you’re my best friend’ but nah he is just suspicious of grover dang. “i trust you” DAMN HE REALLY LYING HUH. poor grover totally believes him too. good thing he earns his trust back eventually and remains his best friend forever

“i’m gonna pack the best snacks” HE IS THE BEST KIND OF FRIEND

why tf are there lobster traps in the cabin. WHERE IS HIS BED???

“i think they’re canadian maybe? or from chuck e. cheese i dunno” he’s literally my favorite person ever

“these are… interesting”

thalia’s tree :(

when do they tell percy that grover was thalias protector 🤔

“the most powerful being in the universe’s best idea to save his daughter’s life… was to turn her into a tree?” YEAH FR GET HIS ASS PERCY

bro really does not know how to read the room 💀 “she met a pinecone’s fate” dude she is talking about her dead friend/sister-figure. grover’s literally like “wtf man”

how tf did they get a taxi from long island to the city bro

“i’m sorry to hear that” UR THE BEST ANNABETH

why is grover singing… THEATRE KID ENERGY

“our voting system’s broken” hgjfhdhd

BIG OOF ????

the autism makes decisions so hard very real

NOT THE TOSTITOS /j

“they smell fear” “that’s bees” EXCUSE ME? BEES WHAT NOW??

damn dodds that’s brutal

“perhaps the most formidable demigod child alive” i adore how they make 12 y/o annabeth so fucking powerful. like i really really love that they do that cuz ppl always talk about how powerful percy is but not how powerful annabeth is

defeated by shitty evacuation skills smh

…we’re lost in the woods, somewhere in new jersey

“i didn’t even know they had forests in new jersey” king. what.

ahhh i wish they just made them 13 i really cannot see them as 12 year olds

ope it is revealed. GROVER STOP TRYING TO REDIRECT THE CONVERSATION ITS NOT WORKING

annabeth IMMEDIATELY knows it’s medusa lol

thinking abt how sally used medusa’s story to teach lil percy that appearances aren’t everything and “not everything that looks like a monster is a monster”. very interested to see what they do with her in this version of pjo

“and i definitely trust my mom” percy is such a momma’s boy i love it

i hope they don’t make her evil pls pls pls. SHES NOT EVIL SHES AN SA VICTIM. “a survivor” :(

“the gift the gods gave me is i cannot be bullied anymore” yes 🙌

girl really said “it’s not a gift it’s a curse” as if she was there 💀 ilysm but clearly the story you’ve heard isn’t what really happened

“so did i” :( she was a worshipper of athena

“i wasn’t like you, i was you”

ANNABETH “that isn’t what happened” GIRL YOU WERENT THERREEEEE

you tell them medusa !! her and percy get matching “i hate poseidon” shirts

team #trust issues

oop. yeah fuck poseidon.

okay yeah i really like this characterization of her. like a good person with a skewed moral compass. or at least good intentions but not great actions

leetle snakes hiss hiss

annabeth watching percy defeat alecto… she literally has heart eyes hehe

THEY BETTER SHIP HER HEAD TO OLYMPUS I SWEAR

you tell them grover!!!!!!

oh he really did choose grover because he trusted him aw :,)

YES SHIP THE HEAD

“i am impertinent” ily

the song 💀 this is why they are besties

LIN MANUEL MIRANDA? *lip bite*

#percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson show #pjo tv show #pjo spoilers #pjo show #aunty em #annabeth chase #grover underwood

[lamiue]

He stole our youth and promised heaven

The men start wars yet Troy hates Helen...

#history of man #i know it says man but you got the idea #medusa deserved better #medusa #pjo #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #rick riordan #aunty em #maise peters

[chronicallyinlovewithcharacters]

been rewatching percy jackson now 3 episodes are out and the sally/medusa parallels are insane!

the one i picked up on the most was episode 1 in montauk, percy watches sally in the kitchen the same way he watches medusa

difference is he leaves medusa but stays with/goes to sally

bit of a reach but it could show how poseidon left medusa to her fate but in the books we are shown how he still cares for sally despite everything (calling her beautiful multiple times, low-key flirts with her at percy's birthday party, asks about her)

anyway i just love the new series!

#percy jackson #percy jackson lightning thief #percy jackson disney+ #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson series #rick riordan #walker scobell #sally jackson #poseidon #medusa #aunty em #episode 3 #episode 1 #percy pjo #pjo adaptation #pjo series #pjo #pjo hoo toa

[diver5ion]

#percy jackon and the olympians #aunty em #medusa #so she's a monster afterall? #how disappointing #jessica parker kennedy #//

[armath-the-wise]

Thinking about how Sally told Percy at a you g age "not everyone who looks like a monster is one" (talking specifically about Medusa.

He's gonna be hesitant to hurt Aunty Em.

I'm so excited to see him realizing it's Medusa because of how that previous scene will impact his reaction.

What with a bunch of people saying the changed Gabe doesn't deserve to be Medusa'd (idk how I feel), maybe... Maybe they don't kill her?

Hmmm....

#percy jackson #medusa #pjo #aunty em

[spicyramenstuff]

Aunty Em, can we do a roomie situation? I'll happily help cook and maintain the garden. I'd give so much to cook and bake in your kitchen 🥺🥺🥺

#pjo #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #Aunty Em

[professorhayforbreath]

yknow, one of things about the book that would have really benefited from an upgrade was a heavier focus on the characters' adhd and dyslexia. i really figured the show would build on the neurodivergency angle, since it's supposedly the updated version of pjo, but if anything there was LESS mention of it??

#in the book you get things like percy and annabeth being unable to read aunty em's sign because it's in neon cursive #or percy mentioning the zoo truck's reverse-printed white on black text is more dyslexia friendly #i'm honestly just confused like what happened lol #pjo show crit #pjo tv crit #pjo #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo tv show

[bookishjules]

percy trying so hard to hold onto the lessons his mother had taught him, so hard to trust her stories about medusa and monsters... only to be presented with evidence that directly contradicted those lessons and stories. and yet the moment medusa suggested he betray his friends, he was gone. he had made his decision. he would listen to his mom and take her advice into account, but at the end of the day, she wasn't here. and the discernment of who medusa really was fell on his shoulders. it was his responsibility, in that moment, as the one who had led them into the proverbial gingerbread house, to identify who the real monster was. regardless of what his mother had told him.

i can only imagine how difficult that would have been. to question his mom when he's using her as his beacon, his guiding light, especially during this quest

#percy jackson #pjo tv #pjo tv show #pjo tv spoilers #sally jackson #aunty em

[coldblooded-angel]

WORLD. FUCKING. STOP. OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD I HAVENT STOPPED SAYING OH MY FUCJING GOD I AM ABOUT TO PUNCH MYSELF IN THE FUCKING FACE IM SHAKING WHILE TYPING THIS HODGWJXHSJX

#YOURE FUCKING CRAZY AUNTIE EM #HOLY SHIT HOLS THI SHYBDHWJDHJWD #VAMPIRE BARRY SAVE ME VAMPIRE BARRY #barry keoghan #I WANT TO SERVE HIM MY HEART AND INSIDES AND EVERYTHIBG

[lady-phasma]

I often wonder about closeted arospec celebrities. When I was a kid, it wasn't easy for celebrities to be openly queer. My friends and I would speculate, as middle schoolers do, about celebs.

On the rare occasions that I pay attention to a celebrity outside of their profession, I play a mental game of "are they arospec?" It probably stems from the same need for representation we had when I was growing up, but sometimes I wonder if there are significantly more public figures who are arospec than we realize.

#I don't have a list but I feel like I know 'em when I see 'em #aro thoughts #aromantic #arospec #aro #aroallo #auntie prattles #txt post #personal

[sandrasoapbox]

When Martha Kent said, " ... that (General Sam Lane) man is.. a lot."

That has the similar vibes as this:

Maybe it's a Kansas thing.

#my adventures with superman #maws #mawsm #martha kent #ma kent #episode 10 #the wizard of oz #auntie em #warner bros #dc comics

[sukibenders]

One thing that was weird to me in an interview Rick made after the Medusa episode was when, in regards to the changes from the books and how Annabeth instantly figured out where they were, he says around the lines of "Oh she's a daughter of Athena, goddess of wisdom, so why didn't figure this out sooner in the books" or something like that (correct me, politely, if I am wrong). And, to that, while I understand wanting things to be different from the books it's also important to note that isn't it implicitly stated that, in the books, both Percy and Annabeth were under some sort of magical spell that basically had them throwing out basic thinking out the window? And also weren't they literally starving after having little to nothing to eat for hours? And also, again, they were kids! They probably aren't going to figure things out right away no matter how smart, especially when hungry!

#pjo #percy jackson #pjo tv show #pjo tv show critc #like correct me if im wrong about the books bc it's been a minute #but grover was literally warning and struggling to get them away from auntie em's place so they had to be under some spell #and another thing that kind of irks me in the show is how they don't let annabeth be silly all that much #like i enjoy her in the show but i also want to see more of her being flustered and geeking out (thinking back to how she was on the arch) #like having her open up emotionally is great but i also want more happier moments without her being so serious #and if anyone can find that interview with rick pls share bc he didn't have to do annabeth like that #mind you that was the same rhetoric nico had in ttc and percy nearly fed him to wolves bc of it #so watch out rick #annabeth chase

[heteromerous-rhyming]

usually i don't look at writers of specific episode, but can we take a moment to appreciate that episode three, medusa's episode, had a female writer of color? Monica Owusu-Breen really went i'm going to speak directly to the discourse surrounding medusa and ATE, and Jessica Kennedy took the script and ran

#just. no words. #medusa's introduction??? #amazing #10/10 #could watch all day #i might miss aunty em's but #medusa steals that whole episode. #didn't like aunty em's portrayal of medusa as crazy jealous ex #love love love this interpretation of her #pjo tv show #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #1x03 #..