Okay but the thing people aren’t talking about (and I need to talk about) is the Gods marked that box “Return to Sender.”
Let’s think this through. The gods knew what was in the box. (Athena was annoyed/insulted/whatever.) The gods who don’t just give demigods big scary weapons that might later be used against them? The gods did that?
The Gods. But no, not really. Just one God.
The God who didn’t like how that man laid hands on his boy. The God who rent the sky with rain each time Gabe degraded his son. The God who knew why Sally had to pick a man like that (probably told her to pick a man like that after the sundae incident) but caused the ground to shake each time that man laid a finger on his Queen.
Poseidon knew what kind of man Gabe was. And he had Hermes leave that box for Gabe to find. Poseidon let Gabe make the choice but Poseidon signed Gabe’s death warrant.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
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You know why the conversation between Sally and Poseidon is so good and has us losing our shit?
Because of ✨context✨.
I feel like these days the majority of the scenarios don't show you the way the character feel but just the way that they act. Which sometimes those two things are different. Do you know where was the last time that a show showed us well written context behind actions and words? In that kiss scene in Good Omens.
The conversation between Sally and Poseidon is so amazing because it appears that it's just two parents talking about the future of their child, which it is, but it also turns into a conversation between a couple who still loves one another but for reasons can't be together.
Let me show you how I analysed this moment.
So here Poseidon is stating a fact. That Sally doesn't want to sent Percy away and she's responding truthfully that she doesn't. The context behind her multiple no's is :
No Im not ready to separate from him yet
No I don't like the idea of him being away from me
No I can't lose him yet because i feel it'll be like losing you again.
And now you'll say "where do you get the last one from pines?
From here.
"Tell me why" I believe has a double meaning as a sentence.
1 tell me why you can't lose him yet and get it out of your system
and
2 tell me you still love me and miss me
The way he said it with much longing and so strained, in my opinion, that I feel the context behind it is:
"Tell me why you can't lose him. Tell me that you see me in our son. Tell me you miss me because I can't tell you how I feel."
Thats why Sally says "you don't wanna hear why" and if you watch carefully youll see them chuckling a little.
She says "you don't wanna here because if I tell you we both know you'll drop everything and come to me and that can't happen."
I don't have the full subtitle here but Poseidon says
"but you have no one to say it to, and maybe that's the most unfair part of it"
Meaning you don't have any one else who understands what's like to raise a demigod and also you don't have any one else to lean on, to listen and comfort you when things get rough. And that's unfair because I want to be here for you.
And then he says the line that's literally my new roman empire
"YOU SAY IT AND I WILL LISTEN"
(screaming in a pillow)
Context "I will drop everything and come to you if you tell me to. You call me and I'll be here in seconds just like I did now"
I can't this is killing me..
Then we have Sally turning the subject again on Percy with the "I want him to know who he is, before your family tells him who they want him to be" only to counter it with
"he is better than that" and context wise I'm sure she says "you are also better than that. Than them."
I think that, because the camera points at Poseidon at than moment and the when Sally says " he has better things in him than that" she takes a little credit for her contribution into who Percy is, which honestly fuck yeah girly you deserve all the credit, and that's when the camera points at her.
Then Poseidon starts explaining her how the situation is going to be and how it'll be for both her and Percy and he finishes with this
Which also has me screaming and crying on the floor because so far is the closed he's got to look at her. So far he looks down or up front.
And he's so poud of her and I'm... I can't.... He loves her so much......
And because it's obviously a very sensitive sudject emotionally for Sally who's trying to move on or to focus on her child she changes the subject (kinda) again by asking Poseidon
And here we start seeing context purely for Poseidon
I can't post more pictures, but he turns and side looks at Percy and you can seeee that he's considering it very much. He almost says yes. It's so tempting and devastating for him. Only for Zeus to throw that thunder. At first i thought it was Poseidons thunder (as stormbringer) to represent his inner conflict but while I was waiting for it to be heard I noticed that it took to long and that his face didnt show resignation until after it struck. So I strongly believe that, that was Zeus warning him about interving.
And thus we reach the ending monologue where Poseidon states that when Percy is ready, as his mother sees fit he will be at his sons side supporting him as he very much wants.
I swear the context here is so good I'm gonna be thinking about it for days.
Now I'm gonna cry watching Sally/Poseidon edits on the clock up because I physically can't :')
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there’s something about poseidon showing up for sally.
luke tells percy that they burn what they’ll miss most so that gods will know that what they’re saying is important so they’re really listen.
but sally burns ice cream. ice cream that she has no attachment to. it’s not even baby percy’s ice cream. it’s just random leftover ice cream that she grabbed from a pile of dirty dishes.
the ice cream could not be more unimportant to sally. in the grand scheme of things, the ice cream is nothing.
but poseidon comes to her anyway. he shows up immediately after probably the most lackluster offering sally could give. he shows up anyway.
just…there’s something about poseidon showing up for sally.
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