hands down one of the best pieces of subtle world building this season is the name High Five Heroes and the way it doesn't mean anything. the Bad Kids and the Maidens' names actually say something about their respective groups and what they've done/been through. meanwhile High Five Heroes is clearly a name that was handpicked by Kipperlilly long before she stepped foot in aguefort on the first day or actually met any of her party members. it's a pre-approved inside joke specifically designed in a lab to be as bland and palatable and inoffensive as possible—a middle manager's attempt at manufacturing camaraderie. the most generic, perfectly marketable name she could come up with for her Perfect, Optimal Adventuring Party.
for anyone who didn’t see the leaked footage of pjo yesterday, here was all the things i noticed from the 10 sec clip:
-percy seems fairly comfortable with tyson (tyson picked him up off the ground lollll)
-annabeth takes off her cap and puts it on the ground, and then she surprises them and points her dagger at tyson
-annabeth was pointing a dagger at tyson defensively, but percy was holding out a hand to stop her
-when tyson puts percy down, he picks up annabeth’s hat for her
-percy takes her to the side to reassure her and let her know she can trust tyson
-she does a little hair flip and gets in the gray sisters cab, and percy follows reluctantly
-tyson looked so sad as they walked away 😭
-wardrobe and hair: tyson and percy are wearing matching prep school uniforms, annabeth has the literal CUTEST hair
the footage got taken down because its illegal lol but i wanted to share this because we got SO MUCH from that clip!!
also can we talk about how annabeth was so scared for percy cause she didn’t know the context behind tyson and just saw her crush being picked up by a cyclops and she went to his defense like what the heck
(this isn't a question about the best p&p adaptation ever, it is simply which you prefer OUT OF THESE TWO OPTIONS since they are the two most commonly talked about and compared!!)
splinter is an interesting character. i went back and watched the show and do you know how many times this mans stopped himself from saying shitty shitty things to his kids? a lot! like visibly. and when he doesn’t this guy actually apologises?? i dont understand the fandoms beef with this guys parenting, he’s better than most parents i’ve met man istg