#mike schubert

[legless-fish-on-rollerskates]

So with the disney series on the way and one of my friends currently in a production of the lightning theif musical I've been getting back into pjo, and I've been listening to the newest olympian podcast (guy named mike who's never read pjo reads pjo and talks about it chapter by chapter with longtime fans), and in episode 8 he talks about how the cosmic threat (gods) is really different from the malicious threat in other books (eg voldemort) and it makes the stakes have a really different energy because it's not someone evil intentionally hurting people for personal reasons, it's larger powers at play who don't really care if they hurt people because to them it's just collateral damage.

Now of course mike is still early enough in book one that the cosmic threat is the only threat and we all know that changes as the series goes on, but it made me think about the difference between the godly antagonists and the human antagonists in pjo and how they're portrayed, and I sort of realized for the first time that, in the case of the fate of humanity, pjo doesn't have "bad guys".

There are two types of antagonist in pjo. The first are the gods/titans/other mythological beings who don't care about humans beyond what they can do for them and are mostly just fighting amongst themselves. Yeah, big bad villain Kronos isn't really a fan of humanity, but destroying humans isn't his main objective in the war. His objective is destroying the gods and taking back control. Destroying humans is a happy bonus for him, but even if he knew he wouldn't be capable of that he would still be fighting the gods.

The second type are the half blood traitors, and this is what I really care about, because Luke is an antagonist but he is NOT a villain. He's a victim. And that distinction is the entire point.

Throughout the entire series Percy shows he understands this concept. Our first minor human antagonist is Clarisse. Percy doesn't like Clarisse, but he understands she's a product of her situation and he treats her with genuine compassion even when he's not being very nice to her. He knows how important her quest is to her, that her anger stems from insecurity, and he makes sure she gets to take the fleece back even though he won't get any credit.

As the books go on we see more significant demigod antagonists who don't just bully Percy but actually betray him. It would be easy for Percy to hate them, to write them off. But he doesn't.

Nico turns on Percy several times throughout the series, always for the same reason (seeking information on his family/bianca). Someone else might see that repeated betrayal and be furious, and yes Percy is a little pissed, but his first conscious reaction is guilt that he wasn't there for Nico and his first instinct is to try and help him. He continues to trust Nico despite everything. And Nico fights alongside Percy in the very end when it counts.

Silena doesn't just betray Percy, but all of camp and by proxy all of humanity. And instead of seeing a traitor Percy sees that, just like Clarisse, just like Nico, Silena is a victim of this life they've all been forced into by their godly parents. Percy understands that the human threat has been created by the cosmic threat, and Percy turns around and says "no." He has Clarisse's back. He forgives Nico. He makes sure Silena is honored as a hero. He gives the knife to Luke.

And this is what sets pjo apart. This is why the story is so important. Luke is the ultimate traitor. He was Percy's first friend at camp after Grover, and at the end of book one he tries to kill Percy and nearly succeeds. He turns his back on the gods, offers himself to Kronos, and forsakes all of humanity. And instead of building up that animosity throughout the series and culminating with Percy killing Luke, Percy spends years trying to help him. He learns Luke's backstory. He meets his parents, the godly and the mortal. He sees Luke's experiences as what they are: trauma. He finds him and asks him to come back. He offers him his trust. Luke declines, multiple times. But Percy doesn't stop trying. And at the very end, when killing Luke is the only way to stop Kronos and Percy has the opportunity to do so, he doesn't. He is not the hero, and he knows it. Instead, he forgives Luke. He gives him the knife. He offers his trust. And Luke finally accepts.

So Luke dies, Kronos is defeated, and Percy is not victorious. He sees it as a failure that they all let it get far enough that saving Luke wasn't an option. The gods offer to grant Percy one wish as a reward for his heroism, with immortality as the implied correct choice. And Percy shocks them all and says "no. This isn't about me. It was never about me. I don't want to be a god. I want you to make sure that what happened to Luke never happens to anyone ever again."

#mike schubert #the newest olympian #percy jackson #pjo #luke castellan #clarisse la rue #nico di angelo #silena beauregard #long post #pjo meta #percy jackon and the olympians

[eucalyptusbuck]

if u love percy jackson you really really really should listen to the newest olympian. i just. love percy and love tno and mike so so so so so so much. i need everyone to love them too

#percy jackson and the olympians #pjo #pjo tv #percy jackson #tno #the newest olympian #mike schubert

[rays-of-gold]

can’t believe my 1st pjo fic is one based off a joke in tno

#the newest olympian #percy jackson #fanfiction #mike schubert

[doctordumblesstark]

Love to see one of my favorite podcast, The Newest Olympian, that also happens to have a great outreach, talk about aromanticism and asexuality and thus further spreading the awareness!

https://www.thenewestolympian.com/ep59

Also it's generally a great time even if you like me are still new to the Percy Jackson fandom and are also falling in love with the books alongside host Mike Schubert. Genuinely one of the things I most look forward about on Mondays.

#percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #pjo #pjo series #mike schubert #newest olympian #aro spec #aroace #aro pride #aromantic #aro #ace spec #ace representation #ace pride #ace #asexual positivity #asexual pride #asexuality #asexual #rick riordan #artemis

[tinkisspiraling]

Me watching Mike guess the plot so precisely but also very wrong -

#the newest olympian #my jaw literally dropped #what is going on #mike schubert #multitude

[tandonshows]

Hello! It's me, Marissa Tandon, and I want to tell you about my new thing. Sappy text post incoming.

Growing up, I spent a lot of time on this website, keyboard smashing and meta tagging (and, ok, sometimes horny tagging, let's be honest with ourselves) about my favorite movies and TV shows. During the day, I spent hours trying to work through high school and extra curricular activities with the looming threat of applying to college very much breathing down my neck. And then after (and, okay, sometimes during) I consumed media and talked about it online like it was the elixir of the gods, escapism, and mental health.

I put a lot of that feeling into my latest audio drama, That Vampire Show, and into Kat's journey. But when I made that show, I also found myself so nervous to talk about it. Would people laugh when I said I was making a show about fandom? Would they roll their eyes when I talked about fan fiction and the community that can come out of it? Would they think I was weird for finding comfort in absolutely hyper fixating on media?

But I found something better: when I told people about That Vampire Show, they started to open up. People told me about the piece of media that they hyper fixated on, wrote fan fiction for, blogged about, and found comfort in. They shared about hard times in their life and how media and characters and online communities helped them get through it. And, at the end of those conversations, everyone said the same thing: I never get to talk about the stuff I love like this.

Growing up, I used to say that if I could just make being a fan a career, that's what I would do for the rest of my life. I'm not exactly there yet, but hosting You Are What You Love is one step closer to that. Every Wednesday, I sit down with a new guest and ask them one question: what piece of media changed who you are as a person?

They are some of the most joyous conversations I've had in a long time. There are five episodes out so far:

Lauren Grace Thompson (voice of Kat Wright) talked about Supernatural

Mike Schubert (host of Potterless, The Newest Olympian, and others) talked about seeing Bo Burnham live for the first time

Lauren Passell (writer of Podcast The Newsletter) talked about Calvin & Hobbes and Disney

Gabriel Urbina (writer of many things, including Wolf359) talked about Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Ashley Quach (writer, director, and children's book illustrator) talked about John Finnemore

And some more incredibly exciting guests are coming up soon (including Daniel Kibbelsmith (Marvel), David K Barnes (Wooden Overcoats), Molly Burdick (Pod & Prejudice) and so many others!). I hope you'll give the show a listen, and join me in trying to be more open and loud about the things that we love.

If you're into text posts like this, you can also subscribe to my newsletter, which I send out with every episode of the show.

Listen to You Are What You Love here.

#supernatural #potterless #the newest olympian #bo burnham #lauren passell #lauren grace thompson #mike schubert #calvin & #disney #gabriel urbina #wolf 359 #buffy the vampire slayer #buffy summers #ashley quach #john finnemore #cabin pressure #benedict cumberbatch #daniel kibbelsmith #molly burdick #pod & Prejudice #david k barnes #wooden overc #marvel #you are what you love #yawyl #yawyl podcast #marissa tandon #that vampire show #tvs podcast #podcast recommendation

[the-gershomite]

Batman, Hellboy, Starman #2 of 2 February 1999

written by James Robinson

art by Mike Mignola

colors by Matt Hollingsworth

letters by Willie Schubert

#dark horse comics #comic cover #Batman #Hellboy #Starman #James Robinson #Mike Mignola #Matt Hollingsworth #Willie Schubert

[capncunt]

they should let me watch the percy jackson show a week early just because i realllly wanna see it

#making this face rn 🥺 like please let me watch it now #pjo #incredible move inviting mike schubert of the newest olympian as press bc every time he posts i get more excited for the show #ramble on

[dwalendinhetniets]

Baking a cake and sitting on the floor in front of the oven while listening to a podcast is not the way i expected my afternoon would go but here we are

#it is good tho! #can't wait until the cake is ready #also the podcast is: #the newest olympian #by mike schubert #and i love it a lot!! #i get to reexperience the pjo books without actually doing any reading lol

[ichabodcranemills]

if you liked being fucked up by the duplicates in Wolf 359, I cannot recommend Zero Hours ep. 6 enough

#though I’m not sure if Zach Valenti was the right choice for that #I know he can do drama—I mean I listened to w359 after all #and his ep in Unseen is pretty intense as well #but I think he sounded too goofy silly scientist and that ep deserved something with a bit more gravitas I think #the uncanny friendliness and levity of Mike Schubert’s character was great though #so idk I don’t think both of them should’ve been silly #listening to zero hours

[eucalyptusbuck]

#imagine if actors and writers were actually treated well and could promote their work and not be starving rn #good tweet from mike #mike schubert #the newest olympian

[rays-of-gold]

mike schubert thanks for this one

#mike schubert #potterless #saving my finals one podcast at a time

[pieplease]

Sometimes when i see people become a part of an older fandom i get so excited that I forget that the memes will hit different now. Age gap, culture changes, slang. What i want is for them to see the absolute unhinged behavior of our teenage selves. Because i know that the tags will be heavily repeat material now, and generalized multifandom posts and so on.

#percy jackson #the newest olympian #anyways this is about persassy #this is about mike schubert not getting to see the MS Paint doodle of percy jackson

[tuxedosaurus]

My one actual critique of the PJO show is that Percy’s first person narration shoulda made its way in.

As Mike Schubert of The Newest Olympian repeatedly points out, narrator!Percy provides A LOT of the sassing integral to Percy’s character, which also provides a lot of the comedy.

I know it’s HARD to do that in a show, but I woulda loved something like the Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon, which gives Peter’s thoughts via voiceover to replicate the thought bubbles from comics.

#pjo series #pjo tv show #pjo #pjo tv series #pjo tv adaptation #pjo tv crit #percy series #percy jackson and the olympians

[tandonshows]

Percy Jackson is back for good!!

Not only has Percy Jackson returned in a new adventure with The Chalice of The Gods, a seventh Percy Jackson has been confirmed! We're celebrating the return of our favorite demigod on You Are What You Love with our second episode on the impact of the original series.

Mike Schubert, host of The Newest Olympian, join to discuss the book series we've been sleeping on all along, Percy Jackson and The Olympians. 

We discuss how Mike started reading the series for the first time as an adult, the idea of genuine goodness in Percy and his friends, and what the books can still teach us after childhood. Tangents include positivity in fandom, representation of mental health and family dynamics, and why Rick Riordan is such a good guy.

You can listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts now.

#percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #percy and annabeth #fandom #rick riordan #pjo #pjo series #podcast #podcast recommendation #tandon productions #marissa tandon #you are what you love #podcasts #fandom podcast #podcasting #mike schubert #the newest olympian

[demiaseranmage]

I’m currently obsessed with “The Newest Olympian with Mike Schubert” (I’m on episode 72, which is chapter 14 of BotL) and I’m waiting for the inevitable “I kind of don’t like Rachel because she kissed Percy and I ship Percabeth” to come out of Mike and for him to theorize that Riptide is the “cursed blade shall reap”.

#percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #the newest olympian #battle of the labyrinth #percabeth #perachel