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My opinion on the Percy Jackson tv show season 1!

So I watched season one of the Percy Jackson tv show as it was released and now here is time for a quick review!

Sorry I wanted to finish this drawing before, hope you like it! (To be honest i didn't draw the drawing on the shirts, I just used what was used on the Disney store, but I draw the rest.) You can see it on my Instagram too, without the review

SPOILER WARNING

I'll start my review of season one by talking about...

The characters

Well, first I wanna say I like how the three main characters are being portrayed here ! Percy is a very loving and kind character while Annabeth is a smart girl desperately looking for recognition from her mother. As for Grover, he's a kind and clumsy satyr who really likes Percy and it shows. Basically these three characters love and trust each other and it's incredibly obvious ! Even Annabeth and Percy, who start their relationship by not being that much trusting in each other. I really like how their quest improve their relationship !

What I love too is how the adults are shown, especially Sally and Poseidon. Sally, who was shown as a perfect mother in the book, became a woman who is doing her best to raise her son in the series and I find it so interesting ! The book is in Percy's point of view so it's obvious that he would see her that way, but the tv series isn't exclusively from his point of view so it can show her turning desperate because she don't know how to effectively protect her son. I can say I really like her scene with Poseidon too, that was so touching!

Just a word about Gabe, who is way less clearly abusive. A lot of people thought it was a problem, that he was too nice, but I thought it made him even more scary because if he's not physically violent against Sally, he's still clearly psychologically abusive. Though it seems like Sally is able to manage him a bit.

Just remember that abuse isn't always physical, that you can be abusive without hitting anyone.

The gods

I can say I like how the gods that appears in this first season are portrayed!

Dionysus is so manipulative and bitter, I love it! Even if we never say it in the series (from memory), it's obvious that he doesn't want to take care of the demigods, and I love it!

Ares is wonderfully portrayed as a being who has a real passion for the war ! For example, we see him having fun on Twitter and, later, Grover succeed to convince him to talk to him by talking about less-known wars. He also has that wonderful vibe of "don't mess with me or I'm going to beat you to death".

We don't see Hephaestus a lot but again you feel it's someone confident who is a very skilled blacksmith.

I love that as soon as we meet Hades he's very welcoming and behaving in a very "I don't care about what's happening with my brothers" way. He just want to protect the underworld and, again, it's obvious.

Zeus is incredibly intimidating which, again, I love so strongly ! I can understand why no one would stand to him.

Finally, Poseidon is a very loving dad who can't do much for his son but is trying when he can try. I also love how, at the end, he ends up standing to Zeus to protect Percy. Then the very awkward interaction he has with him because the didn't talk much, Poseidon was mostly absent, but he still love him.

The adaptation

Now, of course I'll talk about the adaptation. And I'll start this part by a very personal story: how I discovered Percy Jackson.

I started my discovery with the movies. Actually with the first one only, I didn't want to watch the second one because I didn't understand why it would have a sequel. I thought it was enjoyable, though very cliche, but far from the best movies. As I didn't know the original story I thought it must have been an adaptation of a very average book series who must have gotten a bit of success and has been adapted because Hollywood didn't have any idea anymore.

Then I finally read the books because a friend insisted it was good, and Internet was talking about how it was full of representations... And now I hate the movies ! Because I considered we could have gotten incredible movies out of the books ! But we didn't...

Honestly I'm not angry that the tv series made so many changes. Because it wasn't exactly my problem with the movies. My problem was it made changes that didn't make any sense, transformed the story into something very cliche and sexist, and wasn't respectful of the mythology when the book was.

I'll only give one example that angers me a lot: Grover's case.

In the book Grover is a very sweet, kind, brave and goofy character who love his friends and even more his girlfriend Juniper! He's very likeable, and a good protector for the demigods he's in charge of.

In the movie he's not likeable at all. He's a goofy character and likes Percy but he isn't sweet and only think about girls... Like you have a scene where he decides to stay with Persephone because she's hot... He clearly isn't sacrificing himself at all. Overall I don't think he's likeable, I thought he was kinda useless and annoying.

In the tv series... He's kinda goofy but not too much, and he's sweet, kind and brave. More than that, he's considerate and I actually like that he's clearly intelligent in this show because he lived longer than Percy and Annabeth. He's not entirely faithful to his book counterpart but the changes make sense and he's still very likeable and I want to hug him so hard !

For now, I'll conclude there. I'll probably rewatch it and make a new review later but I don't want to say I'll surely do it so I won't have pressure. That first season wasn't perfect but it was pretty enjoyable and I can't wait seeing what they're doing next. To be fair, The lightning thief wasn't the best book of the series so I understand it wasn't as fun as the last books.

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i don't believe the mailman exists, it HAS to be our parents who bring us packages and letters there's no way for one guy to do all that

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KITTIES!!!!!!

Anybody else got that Evergiven sized writers block

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Trials of Apollo incorrect quotes

part 3 :)

Apollo: I’ve come to a point in my life where I need a stronger word than fuck

Arrow of Dodona: Here's some advice Apollo: I didn't ask for any Arrow of dodona: Too bad. I'm stuck here with my thoughts and you're the only one who can talk to me

Will, tending to Apollos wounds: How would you rate your pain?  Apollo: Zero stars. Would NOT recommend.

Meg A: I slept for almost 12 hours but I might still be tired so lets go for 12 more just incase. Apollo: Meg, that's a coma. Meg: Sounds festive.

Reyna, driving Meg and Apollo: So how was your day? Apollo: We almost got surprise adopted! Reyna: What? Meg: We almost got kidnapped. Reyna: Oh, okay. Reyna: *slams on the breaks* WAIT WHAT?!

Meg: You love me, right, Apollo? Apollo: Normally, I’d say yes without hesitation, but I feel like this is going somewhere and I don’t like it.

Shapeshifter: *transforms to look like Apollo*  Apollo: Okay, are you like BLIND? You look nothing like me. First off, I'm way taller. Secondly, I DO NOT look so sleep deprived and lastly, if you could drag comb through that hair you're like a 7 on a good day and I've been told I'm a constant 10.

Leo: What’s up guys? I’m back. Literally everyone at camp halfblood: What the- you can’t be here. You’re dead. We literally saw you die. Leo A: Death is a social construct

Apollo: How do I deal with my enemies? Meg: Kill them Apollo: That's a bit extreme, I was hoping for a more passive solution Meg: Kill them only a little?

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Mirabel just needs to be!

Why is the theory "Mirabel didn't get a gift because she's Abuela's successor" is so popular? 💀

Can people not ruin the point of the movie that she deserves recognition and love regardless of a gift?

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She's so cute!

Revamping her

Originally a bruno love interest, I find it much more interesting to have her as a friend to him. Especially as I personally hc him as Aro/ace

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happy lesbian visibility week everyone!!

rip isabela madrigal you would have loved flower shop au fics on ao3🙏

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Some ppl are like "I'm a kinky sex-positive pervert freak!!!" and then make fun of virgins and asexuals..... sure, reclaim freakiness but keep working on that because teasing ppl for their sex lives (or lack thereof) is, unfortunately, very normie mainstream vanilla behaviour. the right to sexual determination includes NOT having sex. 101 shit. Like this isnt subversive dude, it's using the edge of an ideology for bullying

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These are the Netflix shows and movies that Nintendo Power reccomended to commemorate the release of Netflix fpr the Wii in their March 2010 issue.

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Well I replied "they just liked the name" but it's kind of a funny story.

Because my parents didn't know how to call me until I was born. It's then that they decided on my first name. The thing is my first name is actually the feminine version of one of my uncle's name and that uncle hated they chose it.

Of course they didn't made that choice on purpose, they just liked that name without thinking of my uncle.

For the purposes of this poll please just stick to birth names! I'd like to do another poll for names people chose themselves later in life.

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the question, you see, is not ‘is it too ooc for this character to cry’ but rather ‘what circumstances would push this character to cry’

this is the whump wisdom, go forth and make that character cry

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He's the best of the best!

Say something good about this character!

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Aaww so cute!

Here is mine!

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seen some people theorise about how julieta’s gift works by intention - that she has to know what she’s healing and want for it to work, which is why she’s there in person handing food out to the townsfolk instead of everyone just stocking up, and also why she can selectively not treat things like mirabel and agustín needing glasses. which you could definitely point at and say this probably means that her food wouldnt have any healing effects on bruno while he’s hiding out, because she doesn’t know that he’s there or what he might need healing

but how i would like to interpret that is that even when she isn’t thinking about it consciously, even when she doesn’t know where he is or that he’s still eating her food, even when she doesn’t know if he’s still alive or not, after bruno disappears there’s always, always a part of julieta’s brain that’s thinking i just want him to be okay, wherever he is. it might not work as efficiently or thoroughly as if she was standing in front of bruno seeing the cut on his leg from falling through a rotting floorboard or the bruises along his side from when the ladder overbalanced or the cough that he gets from the dust and actively choosing to treat those specific ailments, but she wants her brother to be safe and healthy and taken care of so, so badly all of the time that it suffuses every single item of food that she makes no matter who she’s making it for. and that means that what he does manage to steal is maybe not enough to keep him in the peak of health, but its definitely enough to keep him going until he’s ready to come back home