losing my mind a little bit at the percy jackson tv show trailer because the quips? the actors?? the goddamn cover of Riptide going on in the background???? Middle school me would’ve been going NUTS and I’d be lying if I said I’m not at least a little delighted I can indulge her with this show
OKAY BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE PJO BOOKS ARE cuz I really hope that this tv series becomes a jumping off point for kids with ADHD and dyslexia and other ND stuff to finally find a book series they love, not just because I loved it myself but because ND kids deserve to fall in love with books!!!
My brother is a genius, super smart guy I am so proud of him every single day, but he was always so behind in school because his dyslexia went undiagnosed for ages (my whole family’s dyslexic but his is the worst case by far) and compared to me who was a complete book worm my whole life, he had NOTHING to love in books because every time he read them, he just struggled over and over again. He had given up on books, learning, everything because no books spoke to him and made him WANT to keep trying. Jump cut to me introducing him to the PJO book series!! I was probably ranting about them because I was just an AuDHD girlie hyperfixating and I don’t even remember how I convinced him to read it but you know what happened when DID start reading it??? HE NEVER STOPPED! THAT HAD NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE AND IT WAS SO EXCITING FOR MY FAMILY (MY MOM IS LITERALLY A READING SPECIALIST FOR KIDS SHE WAS SO FUCKING STOKED) THAT THEY GOT HIM THE PJO BOX SET FOR CHRISTMAS AND THAT IS THE MOST WELL-LOVED, YELLOW-PAGED, FALLING APART AT THE SEAMS BOX SET IN OUR HOUSE FULL OF BOOKS BECAUSE MY BROTHER AND I KEEP READING THEM!!!!
I WANT THE SAME FOR THIS NEW GENERATION OF KIDS!! I WANT SOME OF THESE GEN ALPHA BABIES TO STUMBLE UPON THE SHOW, WATCH IT, PICK UP THE BOOKS, AND HAVE A COME TO JESUS MOMENT JUST LIKE MY BROTHER DID BECAUSE THAT’S WHY THEY’RE SO IMPORTANT!!! BECAUSE THERE IS A BOOK SERIES (SEVERAL EVEN) THAT SPEAKS SO WELL TO THE KIDS THAT HAVE GIVEN UP ON LISTENING
anyway here’s to the anniversary of getting our PJO box set, Merry Christmas :)
watching Brennan, Katie and Raphael try to take a very mid concept of essentially Sam Says Bingo and make it funny and high stakes, without knowing the true motive/concept of the game is pure joy and hilarious to watch.
in this time of uncertainty, I turn to the shows I used to watch when I first started high school as a sense of contancy because it's the one thing I can control and the fact that I've already watched it and know what happens next gives me a sense of comfort
my sister just informed me that she doesn’t like to watch shows on her phone
funny the variety you find even within families because watching sitcoms until 5 am was an essential part of my development that legitimately saved my life
Recently rewatched "Curriculum Unavailable" and the 'therapist' started listing off all the reasons the study group got to Greendale in the first place. Before he got to Britta, she stopped him because "I don't want to hear mine." And something about that is just so emotionally devastating to me. I actually can't stop thinking about it. Like what was it in particular? The An-Her-Chists bailing on her? If it really is that, then to me, this is just another reminder to Britta how people don't really tend to like her, how people always end up leaving if she doesn't go first. I think remembering that drags up too many feelings for her to the point where she'd rather ignore it than ever face the memory of it happening or the realisation it could happen again. I mean, she doesn't even wanna hear it.
Somehow that makes me think of a Britta at home thinking about it all and just helplessly, unavoidably panic crying because she couldn't bear a repeat. "What's an anarchist to do without her organisation," probably would sound something more like "What's a girl to do without her friends," now that she knows what it's like to have them. But of course, Britta being Britta, she'd never want to show that in front of anyone. So it's better to just avoid it all.
Yeah, I'm really out here just devastating myself for no reason tbh