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Hey!

So us mods have been brainstorming to see what kind of events we would like to do on this blog, so to any jatp fan that sees this...

Reglob for bigger sample size!

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You guys are the only family I have

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didn't realize until now percy's whole "i can't get wet unless I want to get wet" ability probably made him a massive pain in the ass as a baby... pov you're sally jackson and your 3 year old son is covered in birthday cupcake frosting and you can't even give him a bath to get it all of because you decided to have him with the god of the sea and now he doesn't let water touch him because he "doesn't want to"

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"Earthshaker, stormbringer, father of horses. Hail Perseus Jackson, Son of the Sea God." 🌊

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Love a good Vine reference

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Can you believe it? A new episode of Julie and the Podcasters!  We got nostalgic and missed Julie and the Phantoms, Julie and the Podcasters, Podcasting in general and each other. So we got together (all four of us even), hopped on a a zoom call and recorded a new episode.  We hope you have as much fun with it as we did and hey, maybe the holidays is the perfect time for a JatP rewatch. 

We‘re planing on resuming our Percy Jackson and the Olympians coverage in the new year, back in the Rerouting Network feed. 

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bro it’s still so funny to think of jatp’s lyrics for edge of great esp the line “what doesn’t kill you makes you feel alive” cause i can 1000000% confidently say that alex had a thing or two to say about this

“does no one else remember the hot dogs and the dying cause that. that didn’t make me feel alive. it made me feel dead. and yet we’re still here. somehow….okay”

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On the Death of a Fandom

I saw a post recently that I haven't been able to stop thinking about. In it, someone mentioned Julie and the Phatoms being a dead or dying fandom. Someone replied rather heatedly denying this phrasing.

Okay. Listen, this fandom has owned my entire heart for four years. I've written hundreds of thousands of words and I see no signs of slowing down anytime soon. And I'm sorry, I really am, but no matter how much I love it, it is a dying fandom. It's impossible to deny. There has been no new content to provide fuel for years. Look at the amount of engagement on fics from three or four years ago, then from two years ago, then now. There has been a massive decline even from a single year ago. I'm admittedly on the fringes, primarily writing crossovers, gen fic, or one of the less popular ships, but you can't deny the facts. Because for all that gen fic is not generally popular, Family Matters - a fic that was written very early on, and definitely not the best or most cohesive work - is still the most kudos'd JATP fic on AO3. Meanwhile, the stories I've written in 2023/2024 - most of which I'd argue are far better - are lucky to still be hitting double digits.

I have literally experienced the entire range of this fandom, most popular to least and every angle in between, and I have witnessed the steep decline, the slow death, the masses of people who moved on to other things and never came back, especially after the cancellation announcement.

And it sucks, obviously it sucks, but that shouldn't stop the people who love it from still loving it. It shouldn't stop people, new to the fandom or old friends, from engaging with it. Because, yeah, the fandom is dying, but it's also still here. There are a lot of us still not willing to let it go. Call it life support.

JATP is not the first dying fandom I've been a part of. It won't be the last. The way we engage with media has changed so radically from what it was ten, twenty, thirty years ago that fandom deaths happen so much more swiftly and brutally now. There isn't a lot of staying power anymore, especially for shows that were streamed from a place like Netflix, shows that never even got multiple seasons. Frankly, it's a miracle there are still any of us here at all, and that does speak to how much this show meant (and still means) to so many people.

But dying or not, that doesn't mean you shouldn't find the joy where you can. it doesn't mean you should feel strange if you got into this fandom late and want to create for it now. My last fic gave me a ton of joy to write, and received all of 13 kudos. And I treasured every damn one of them all the more for knowing how few people are left to have enjoyed it.

Don't be offended that people understand when a fandom is dying. Just do what you can to keep it going as long as possible, for as long as it continues to mean something to you and give you any amount of happiness it can.

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boop!! :3

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cancelling Shadow and Bone right before they were going to do the Ice Court Heist and with a WHOLE SEASON of Six of Crows fucking WRITTEN AND READY TO GO and scrapping that too is evil incarnate netflix you deserve to go out of business forever

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The audio is fixed and the episode has been re-uploaded.

We hope you enjoy it!

It has been a long time, but all four of us are on the same episode again! Can you believe it? The last time that happened, was last April when we talked about the last two episodes of Shadow and Bone season 2: 9 - I Am Become Season Finale

In contrast to this, we're talking about the series and season premier of Percy Jackson and the Olympians this time. We've been planing to cover this show since we assigned godly parents to the characters in Julie and the Phantoms (Ep. 16 of Julie and the Podcasters) and now we're finally doing it!

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It has been a long time, but all four of us are on the same episode again! Can you believe it? The last time that happened, was last April when we talked about the last two episodes of Shadow and Bone season 2: 9 - I Am Become Season Finale

In contrast to this, we're talking about the series and season premier of Percy Jackson and the Olympians this time. We've been planing to cover this show since we assigned godly parents to the characters in Julie and the Phantoms (Ep. 16 of Julie and the Podcasters) and now we're finally doing it!

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The winner of this poll will go through to round 2!

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In preparation for the episode we recorded a few days ago you could listen to this episode.

We talked about the first two episodes of Disney+ Percy Jackson and the Olympians show.

New Week New Episode!!!

This episode @meggie-jolly @futureoutoffocus @crazyfangirl100 and I (@incorrect-jatp-quotes) are joined by the wonderful and very fun @reggies-eyeliner as we assign the characters of Julie and the Phantoms godly parents! It was one wild ride and you guys got to give it a listen!! A big special thank you to Ellie for being one of the most chaotic guests we’ve ever had!! It was the best of times and it was the zoomiest of times! 

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We actually recorded a podcast episode for @reroutingnetwork yesterday.

All four of us talked about the first two episodes of Percy Jackson. We haven’t recorded with all of us since April. Can you believe it?

I don’t know when the episode will come out, but keep an eye out. We had a lot of fun recording and reminiscing about our Julie and the Podcasters days.

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As promised earlier this week, here is the second part of our Red, White and Royal Blue coverage! It starts where we left of, about when Alex goes to Texas to campaign.

We cover the rest of the rest of the movie, compare it to the book a lot, speculate about possible sequels and talk about if RWRB does, or does not belong in the category of fanfiction that get turned into books. We're still not sure, to be honest. Let us know if you know more than us.

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As promised earlier this week, here is the second part of our Red, White and Royal Blue coverage! It starts where we left of, about when Alex goes to Texas to campaign.

We cover the rest of the rest of the movie, compare it to the book a lot, speculate about possible sequels and talk about if RWRB does, or does not belong in the category of fanfiction that get turned into books. We're still not sure, to be honest. Let us know if you know more than us.

Apple Podcasts -- Amazon Music -- Google Podcasts