#especially musical percy

[amazingmsme]

there’s a Percy Jackson x Hatchetfield fanfic on wattpad

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Ok but also hasn’t he been through enough?!😩

[horsechestnut]

I absolutely love how casual the Seaweed Brain name drop was! It would have been so easy to make it a big moment, or to have Leah put emphasis on it, but no. Because to us it's huge, but to the characters it doesn't mean anything yet. It was perfect.

[aroaceleovaldez]

im really not a fan of Rick's recent trend of recycling bits of his writing that got a good reaction the first time and acting as if that's a valid substitute for. actually bothering to write something original a second time around. It's clearly just there as a callback and nothing more.

It's "Nico's rage exploded" and "Percy's rage exploded" with the exact same paragraph formatting. It's CoTG having titles like "My Singing Makes Things Worse, and Everyone Is Totally Shocked" (reference to TLO, when Percy says he thinks his singing would cause an avalanche) or "Pretty Much the Best Good-Night Kiss Ever" (reference to TLO "Pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time") or any other number of near word-for-word references to the first series. It's Nico calling Percy "seaweed brain" in Un Natale Mezzosangue (when Percy says in TTC that anybody but Annabeth calling him that is a major offense). It's Nico and Will falling into Tartarus in TSATS word-for-word referencing Percy and Annabeth in House of Hades, despite it not making any sense for their characters (and otherwise being written as Percabeth 2™). It's the show making huge changes but keeping random "fan-favorite references" (mostly overusing "seaweed brain" and "wise girl" and emphasizing percabeth) only because they're popular in-jokes and considering that a faithful enough adaptation to market it heavily as such. It's lazy writing.

And it's a disservice to the series and to the audience, because it clearly shows Rick doesn't have original ideas anymore (though given all his writing is heavily derivative to begin with, it begs the question how much was original in the first place and how much he has difficulty when he doesn't have a structured mythological plot to work from) and that there is an expectation that the audience will just sit down and accept that behavior hook-line-and-sinker. Everything recently is clearly such lip-service to the audience, either in retcons that are overt speaking-to-camera acknowledgements of things he's been criticized on or wink-wink-nudge-nudges of community in-jokes that have no business in the actual text (see: over-use of ship names in canon). Especially since Rick tends to be about 5 years behind on the fandom uptake. It's just so disappointing to see.

[significant-ace-nnoyance]

thinking about musical annabeth singing my grand plan and then show percy telling her "you're better at this than me" AND HER NOT ARGUING BECAUSE ITS TRUE. ITS TRUE AND HE NOTICED

he sees her!!!!! he sees her competence and skills in the way that she has wanted to be seen for years and years!!!!!!!

an episode after her mother condemned her for a single mistake and percy stood up for her!!!!!!

a day after medusa's monologue about worshipping athena silently and grover telling percy about annabeth's hat of invisibility!!!!!!!

"YOU KNOW THE ONLY GIFT MY MOM EVER GAVE ME. A HAT THAT MAKES YOU INVISIBLE. SEEMED APPROPRIATE. !!!!! MY GRAND PLAN IS THAT I WILL BE REMEMBERED AND SOMEDAY SOON SOMEONE WILL NOTICE ME!!!!!!

(and someone did finally see her for who she is. and she finally saw percy "i swear i swear that im a good kid ALL I NEED IS ONE LAST CHANCE TO PROVE IM GOOD ENOUGH FOR SOMEONE" jackson) <3

[why-be-social-when-you-can-read]

okay but am I the only one who thinks ‘just a man’ from epic: the musical is really fitting for older percy?

[creative-hanyou-girl]

I don't know if anyone else feels this way but I think a big reason why I'm so chill about the changes made to the PJO show from the books is because I kind of look at each other as their own seperate canon.

Like, I read a lot of anime and manga, and anime adaptations have a huge habit for changing plot points for various reasons, and as a fan of said anime and manga, I've found that I can enjoy both versions of the same story even with the differences when I look at them as their own universe or canon. That's not to say I don't want them to be faithful or true to the source material, but if a scene or situation plays out differently for a logical or entertaining reason, than I can still appreciate that deviation from the manga even if I still like the other original version of that part more. And I can even like the reversal way if I feel an anime does something better than even the manga. But if I want to, I can look at certain moments as more canon than others because I got 2 different versions of that same scene or moment.

And, I don't know, I kind of apply that reasoning to the PJO series as well, mainly with the books, the show, and even the musical (not the movies put that right back where it came from). So far I'm loving the TV show, and while I miss some of the things they changed (like the pink poodle), this adaptation really is doing a great job with staying true to the heart and spirit of the original book that I personally am not even really bothered by the changes, especially when I remember that the books will always still be there with it's own version, or canon, of events.

Like, I will say 1 thing I adore in the books that isn't really in the show is the fact that a lot of Percy and Annabeth's "rivalry" during TLT has more to do with the rivalry between Poseidon and Athena. I just really like on how this adds a level of "forbidden friendship/love" to their relationship 'cause I personally eat the forbidden relationship trope up, especially when it's done well like with Percabeth.

Yet, even if this isn't really the reason percabeth have beef with each other in the show, I can still appreciate and enjoy that according to the show's canon, they have issues because they genuinely have problems with each other as actual people rather than their parents' rivalry, because at the end of the day, that's the PJO TV show canon, and I can always turn to the books for that version of Percabeth's "rivalry", as that is the PJO book canon.

Same goes for the characters too. I will always have and love my dark haired Percy and blond haired Annabeth in the books, but I can also welcome and love Walker's Percy and Leah's Annabeth from the show. And so far, they along with Aryan are KILLING IT as those characters.

I can love both versions of the characters.

I can love both versions of the same story.

I can look at both versions as they own seperate canon or mix them together if I so wish too (especially since both versions of PJO are written by the same guy)

And that's ok. The adaptation doesn't have to be a complete copy of the books. It doesn't have to have things play out eactly the same way. The characters don't have to look exactly the way they are described as in the books. And that's ok. I will still always have the books to love and appreciate, but I can also start to love and appreciate the new adaptation for it's new spin and twists to the same story that sets it apart as it's own canon while still staying true to the spirit of its predecessor.

Anyway, sorry if I'm not making a lot of sense. I just think the people complaining about the changes in the show are looking at it all the wrong way. The show has it's own canon just as the books have their own canon, or even the musical. At the end of the day, isn't that kind of cool to have different versions of the same story and characters? Doesn't it give you so many more options to look at the story in different ways that you can prefer or choose from? Doesn't it give you new versions of canon that you choose from? And really, as long as the PJO adaptation, or any adaptation for that matter, stays true to the heart and spirit of the original story and characters, do the changes made really matter?

[neon-in-the-night-time]

casting directors of literally any percy jackson adaptation when they get to the part about clarisse wearing a xxxl t-shirt (meaning she is fat or at the very least muscley enough to be wearing a 3XL shirt that fits her comfortably)

[vibingandthrivingouthere]

ready for everything that the edit girlies are cooking up 🥰🥰🥰

[the-gamling-dog]

watching the Mean Girls musical for the first time while I work and when my wife came in with a ginger tea I called her Wise Girl for her translation advice...

Call my fandom Venn-diagrammed between three fantastic blonde women I guess? ¿Gatekeep/Gaslight/Girlboss?

[quixotic-gray]

one of my favorite hobbies is overworking myself to the point of burnout in all of my hobbies :')

[mistarover]

the singer in me is so obsessed with the harmonies in killer quest. like they really used that song to show off their singing abilities and i love it so fuckin much

[thissmycomingofage]

....man this finale has so many plot holes

[froqgy]

ughhh tlt musical society if riordan didnt suck bad😭

[mediflo]

time to fade away into a new fandom, see everyone in a month or so. So sorry to all the WIPs

(It’s a musical called Epic based on the Odyssey)

[dyslexic-mess]

So Hermes was the original creator of the lyre and traded it to Apollo for his role as herdsman after singing to him so well, Apollo promises him he'll be the messenger of the gods.

What I'm saying is that Hermes kids are actually excellent singers and performers.

[etdraconis]

@dieangelo gets a lyrics starter with Brennon Cousland - Good Kid from the Lightning Thief

"I never try to do anything... I never mean to hurt anyone. I try... I try to be a good kid."