things about percy jackson that im obsessed with
it’s a funny show but like, not like MARVEL funny. the dry humor in the dialogue is so casual and natural. excellent writing 11/10
the lack of music in the bullfighting scene. it added so much. also, the anger in percy’s face after sally disappeared. walker is such a good actor
the fact that percy got his exposition to the greek world from his mom. i feel like he deserved that as opposed from hearing it from chiron in the book. i loved this change.
the clear parallels between percy and luke established early. percy and luke are practically the same character, but with different upbringings. percy had a poor upbringing, but his mom established a good moral compass and percy kept that. luke had a tragic up ringing wuth his mom, and that was one of the catalysts for his spiral. i could write an essay but thats the long and short of it.
aryan simhadri. the casting is all 10/10 but i think he’s my favorite.
logical by olivia rodrigo. i know its cheezy and out of pocket, but so is every other pop culture reference in rick’s books. i think it just fits.
along the same lines, sally is SUCH a young mom. i think it adds to her character and how she’s kind of flying by the seat of her pants when it comes to parenting, especially a troubled kid like percy, even if he’s trying his best.
mrs dodds’ transformation. that was hard asf.
the big house is so beautiful???
so is the rest of camp. oh my god. it’s literally what i imagined when i read the series and more. a blend of both beautiful greek architecture and janky summer camp buildings. it felt like going home again.
annabeth’s demeanor??? like the way she was all “yes?? of course im stalking you??” just kinda shows the ‘six steps ahead of everyone’ aspect. not only that, but it kinda paves the way for her hubris fatal flaw.
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I FINALLY FIGURED OUT!
you guessed it. ATLA THEORY TIME!!!!
Remember this scene?
Azula was able to trick Toph in this scene, and I think it's not because her heart is cold (wink at the antis and shows my middle finger) nor she has her breathing under control, nor because she is just this manipulative.
I think it's because of the addition of so much unnecessary and unknown information for Toph. She includes 3 colour names and her "height", wich I severely doubt it was even taught for Toph. Also, she was describing the shape on an animal differently of what it looks like, wich would have to include Toph's imagination for her to figure how the fuck it looked- wich is also a hint. Toph doesn't know how a platypus-bear looks like. She can tell its weight probably, and its general shape and form, but not how it looks.
Therefore, I think Toph was mostly stunned by the clear discrepancy of what she was sensing, what was being described and especially the riddled information.
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long post about gender and interacting with kids
buckle up friends i pulled out the laptop for this (i split open my thumb and phone typing is annoying rn)
Before starting to work in an er, I had worked with kids at a summer camp, but never as a person who was out as queer, let alone trans. The kids were at least six years old, but most of them were eleven through eighteen. It was a pseudo educational setting, teaching these kids but never physically interacting. In the years since, I've come out as queer and nonbinary, and am visibly queer to most anyone who sees me. When I was first assigned to work in our pediatric area, I was terrified. All of a sudden, I had to interact with kids as young as days old. I had to take temperatures, put on monitoring devices, hold for procedures, all of these things that involved putting my hands on children. The rural areas I grew up in, and even some of the more liberal, urban areas I spent time in view trans people as pedophiles who should be kept away from children. I was scared of the parents more than the kids, to be honest. For over a month almost all of my shifts were in peds, and as a creature of habit, I learned to be comfortable. I got to be more comfortable by practice, and learning how to do my best at my job. Somewhere along the line I realized kids aren't usually afraid of me. Something about the unusual nature of my presentation tends to intrigue them, while still being small and soft enough to be friend shaped. Somehow I learned how to make kids comfortable with me, how to help them be less scared, and learned enough about my job to be confident enough to reassure their parents as well. Who i am isn't a threat. I can hold a child still against me for one procedure or another and they can heart my heartbeat through my flat chest and they can relax against me and nothing is wrong. The things that have made me comfortable in my body have not made me dangerous.
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