#sea of monsters spoilers

[oveliagirlhaditright]

One thing I kind of miss from the PJO adaptation (though this isn't a complaint that they cut it, because this is a thought of Percy's and I understand why that would have been hard to translate into live-action) is when he's first claimed by Poseidon and moves into Poseidon's cabin, and there are some lines that are something like, "The cabin was massive and I had all this room to put my stuff where I wanted to, and there was no one to bother me... so naturally, I hated it." Percy is an extrovert, so of course he was lonely in this situation. But he also hated how ostracized he was as soon as he was claimed, in being a forbidden kid of the Big Three.

This whole part was also just humorous, and a good example of the way that Rick Riordan often writes his humor: which is defying your expectations. The lines set you up to make you think Percy's going to like staying in Poseidon's cabin, but pull the rug out from under you--in an amusing way--when it turns out he actually hates it.

It would be cool if season two could do something with this--when Percy is finally completely cool with Tyson by the end of it--with him saying something like, "I'm so glad that you're here, Tyson. Now it's not so quiet that I can hear a pen drop in here," or something like that. I don't know.

[ampresandian]

My (unofficial) PJO season 2 episode 5 script part 2/4 (part 1)

Images of script and copied text (bc I'm lazy and don't want to write out alt text) under the cut, just in case I didn't tag enough spoiler warning or people aren't interested <3

(this part specifically is the siren scene just in case that's important to you)

Annabeth Tries to Swim Home

ABRUPTLY: INT. QUEEN ANNE’S REVENGE – DAY

PERCY wakes up with a start, breathing heavily. ANNABETH is right beside him.

ANNABETH: Percy! Percy, you were having a nightmare. 

He tries to calm down. 

ANNABETH (CONT): Come on. We’re approaching the island of the Sirens. 

They climb the stairs out onto the deck. The heavy fog and low clouds keep it gray and dim as they make their way to the mast. Percy ties Annabeth to it. 

PERCY: Is that okay? It’s not too tight?

ANNABETH: It has to be tight enough.

PERCY: Right. It’ll hold. 

He finishes tying his knots, and gathers two scoops of candle wax, rolling them into earplugs. 

ANNABETH: Don’t untie me. No matter how much I plead and beg. 

PERCY: (nodding) I won’t. Promise. 

Percy puts the wax in his ears, and all sound cuts out immediately. After a moment, we can hear the low thump of his heartbeat, and the whisper of waves against the boat. 

Craggy rocks emerge from the fog as they sail closer to the island. Percy watches Annabeth, who seems fine at first. 

Suddenly, she begins reacting to the music. She begins to struggle, clearly distraught. 

ANNABETH: (SILENT) Percy!

He looks away from her, uncomfortable with her misery.

The boat continues through the fog, remnants of old wreckages floating in the water. Percy looks thoughtful, a hand twitching as if to reach for his ear. A low hum can be heard, under the waves and beat of Percy’s heart. 

He looks back at Annabeth.

ANNABETH (CONT): (SILENT) Please, Percy! You have to let me go. Please!

PERCY: (AUDIBLE) I’m sorry.

ANNABETH: (SILENT) I thought you were my friend! Let me go!

Percy looks away again. He closes his eyes, upset.

He looks back at the mast, now empty, the ropes on the ground with Annabeth’s knife. 

PERCY: (AUDIBLE) Annabeth!

Annabeth can be seen swimming towards the island. Percy jumps in after her. 

PERCY (CONT): (AUDIBLE) Annabeth!

Percy is desperate, trying to keep an eye on Annabeth and avoid obstacles. Annabeth is entranced by the island, still shrouded in fog. He dips below the water again and again, coming back up to find Annabeth, further from the ship each time. He gains on her, little by little. 

PERCY (CONT): (AUDIBLE) Annabeth!

Annabeth is nearly to shore. The black sand of the Sirens’ beach can be seen. Percy is finally close enough to grab her, catching hold of her ankle and pulling her back out to sea. 

ANNABETH: (SILENT) Percy! No! Let me go!

Annabeth struggles against him as they sink into the water. Completely submerged, she falters, seeming confused. 

Percy pulls them down, but Annabeth begins to struggle again, needing to breathe. Percy looks around, desperate again, before concentrating. 

Suddenly, bubbles converge upon them, and the two teenagers are enclosed in an underwater bubble. Annabeth gasps for air. She meets Percy’s eyes and begins to sob (AUDIBLE), her head buried in his shoulder. 

PERCY: (AUDIBLE) It’s okay. Just hold on. I’ll get us back to the ship. It’s okay.

Annabeth nods, her sobs beginning to subside. Percy begins to navigate their bubble back towards the dimly visible hull of the Queen Anne’s Revenge. The ship has drifted away, out of range of the Sirens’ voices.

They surface, and a rope ladder drops down the side of the ship. Annabeth climbs up, followed by Percy. Again, it is silent except for his heartbeat and the lap of the waves. The sun has appeared, the fog receding behind them. 

Percy looks at Annabeth, but she stares out to the horizon. Eventually, she looks back at him. 

ANNABETH: (SILENT) It’s safe.

Percy removes his earplugs, and all sound returns. 

PERCY: Hey. Are you okay? (winces)

ANNABETH: I didn’t realize how powerful the temptation would be. 

PERCY: What did you see? 

ANNABETH: (pause) I rebuilt Manhattan. It was beautiful, full of Greek pillars and rooftop gardens that never wilt. And... my parents. They were together again, and happy to see me. (another pause)

PERCY: It sounds beautiful.

ANNABETH: (sigh) Luke was there too. 

It becomes tense. 

ANNABETH (CONT): We started over. I rebuilt the world, and everything went right this time. 

Percy: So... When Luke said you could start the world from scratch. That really hit home, huh?

ANNABETH: My fatal flaw, Percy. That’s what the Sirens showed me. It’s hubris.

PERCY: Pride?

ANNABETH: Deadly pride. Thinking I can do things better than anyone. Better than the gods. 

PERCY: Do you?

ANNABETH: You don’t ever think about how messed up the world is? What if we could start over--no war, no homelessness. No racism. No useless homework or standardized tests. 

PERCY: That sounds pretty good.

ANNABETH: I mean, the West is good. It represents a lot of the best of humans. But sometimes it’s so hard to ignore the bad stuff, you know? And then, like, what if Luke’s right? If it was all torn down, could we do it better? 

Percy looks confused. 

ANNABETH (CONT): You don’t ever think that way? Like you could do a better job running the world? 

PERCY: Um... I don’t think so. That sounds like kind of a nightmare. 

ANNABETH: (with a soft laugh) Lucky. Hubris isn’t your fatal flaw. 

PERCY: What is, then? Doesn’t every hero have one? 

ANNABETH: I don’t know, Percy. 

They pause, contemplating. 

PERCY: So, was it worth it? Do you feel wiser? 

ANNABETH: (considering) We have to stop Luke. If he can still tempt me so easily... Well, I won’t be the only one. 

Percy nods. They float in silence for a moment. 

PERCY: Annabeth... The reason you hate Cyclopes so much. The story about how Thalia really died. What happened?

ANNABETH: The night Grover escorted us to camp, he took some wrong turns. The worst one was into a Cyclops’ lair in Brooklyn. 

PERCY: Wait. There’s Cyclopes in Brooklyn?

ANNABETH: Tyson lives in Manhattan and you’re surprised there’s Cyclopes in Brooklyn?

Percy holds up his hands in defeat.

ANNABETH (CONT): Anyway, he tricked us. The Cyclops split us up in this house, it was like a maze of corridors, Percy. And he could mimic anyone, sound just like them. Just like... (trails off before continuing) He lured us, one at a time. Grover was running to save Thalia, and Luke too. Thalia thought she’d heard me yell for help. And I was only seven, and alone in the dark. I just kept running.

Annabeth stops talking, looking out across the sea again. Percy takes her hand. 

ANNABETH (CONT): Eventually, I found the main room. The others were there too, tied up. The Cyclops was getting ready to eat them. He saw me. Spoke to me. He would’ve killed me. But... I managed to get Thalia free, and she saved us.

PERCY: Wow. That’s pretty brave, Annabeth.

ANNABETH: I really didn’t do much. And we barely got out alive.

PERCY: Still. You were only seven, and all alone. That’s plenty brave in my book. 

ANNABETH: (shaking her head) I still have nightmares about it. And I still can’t like Cyclopes. It was his fault we took so long getting to camp. It gave all the other monsters time to catch up to us. If we hadn’t gotten stuck in that house, Thalia would be alive today.

Thunder rolls, far off. 

PERCY: (trying for levity again) Maybe she did meet a hero’s fate.

Annabeth playfully hits his arm. Camera focuses on her face.

(PART 3 | PART 4)

[twicetolivetwicetodie]

Circe: This is your true form, Percy

Percy:

[bogbutteronmycroissant]

The edits will be WILD

[iseathegalaxy]

"but no one ever bothered to check the seas, so I'm going to"

all of us:

[c-herondale]

Obsessed with how Annabeth isn't spacial, she isn't a chosen one, she has no demigod magic powers, she is for all intents and purposes, a fairly normal girl.

But she poured her blood, sweat and tears into becoming the best warrior she could be. She trained hard for years because she knew she had disadvantages and she didn't want to be seen as weak.

She's literally known in Camp and by monsters like Alecto as the most powerful demigod alive and she doesn't have powers. It's almost as of girls don't need to be magical to be a hero!

[helpallthenamesaretakenblog]

and if we don't get a girly lil montage of annabeth's makeover on circe's island with cutesy music in the background in s2, then what's the point??

like imagine. it's percy in a really tight situation rn. he's tempted by his humane insecurities, risking trusting a suspicious primordial goddess. but he's choked, because he wants to be perfect. he wants to be enough. we see a torn expression on walker's face. indecision and doom is hanging in the atmosphere.

then we cut to some pop music blaring in the background. leah's lips are touched up with lipstick a close up shot. her cheeks are brushed with powdered pink. we see her spinning around in some dresses while giggling with the servants (+reyna cameo). she's shooting star eyes at the mirror with someone gives her a grand reveal of her new gorgeous hairstyle.

oh, where were we again? oh yeah. we cut back to percys life or death situation or whatever.

[haystarlight]

Grover saying he's gonna go search for Pan in the seas...

Everyone who's read book 2: 😬😐😶🤐🫢🫤😲😦😧😨😰

[sallyjacksonsson]

reasons why I need season two:

percy rattling off a string of coordinates when annabeth asks where they are

the siren scene

f a t a l f l a w s

grover in a wedding dress

percy as a guinea pig

[demigods-posts]

that rule of three people per quest is always in tact when you look for it. in tlt, it was the og trio. in som, it percabeth + tyson. in ttc, two people out of five died. in tbotl, annabeth's quest boiled down to percabeth + rachel for a brief period. in the hoo series, one of the seven died, leaving the other six, which is a multiple of three. this shit is crazy.

[readerconfused]

Percy Jackson was renewed and while everyone was excited to see the new and beloved characters from the books all i thought was "yes! MORE DIONYSUS"

This man will suffer without his work husband at the camp

[bogbutteronmycroissant]

[acethestan]

I CANNOT WAIT FOR SEASON 2 AND HOPING THERE IS PLENTY OF MORE TO COME!!! 🔱

☁️: THE EDITS I HAVE SAVED BEFORE TIKTOK TOOK OFF THE SOUND 😭 I HAVE SO MANY! (should i post?)

[uglypastels]

Oh he's gonna hold up the weight of the sky for her, he'll reject god status and immortality, he'll fall into tartarus, he'll - boooring

That shit is ages away.

Meanwhile, literally chapter 2 of Sea of Monsters, this simp, age 13, printed out a picture she emailed him and stuck it in his school notebook as a reminder that she and the camp were real.

Out of all the things he could do to tell himself all of the magic of the myths was not just his imagination, he looked at a picture of her. On a regular basis.

[lover-of-mine]

Poseidon interfering before having to turn Percy into a plankton, maybe. Or a floating patch of kelp.

[ampresandian]

Okay so season 1 was definitely Percy's story like between the flashbacks and his development over the quest The Lightning Thief is Percy's Story. The whole series is Percy's story but the way they produced the first season of the show is especially Percy's, and I need them to continue to develop this in the rest of the seasons.

Season 2, Sea of Monsters, should definitely be Annabeth's. Percy (and the readers) get to know her better--she opens up to him about her past, not just introducing him to the world they share (the Olympians) but to Her World and How it Got to Be that Way. We see more of how who Percy is impacts her (esp with Tyson), and she takes on a lot of responsibility for saving their quest. Unlike the Arch or Crusty, Annabeth is the one that saves them from Circe and takes on Polyphemus one on one.

Season 3 I think is Thalia's. It's the only chance we really have, as readers, to get to know her--we're thrown into her relationship with Percy at the beginning of the book, after our only introduction to her being her saying her name at the end of som, but we travel with her on this quest, and I think flashbacks, etc. in this season should be about her. It's the best way to let the audience get to know her, and I think we need to get to know her to understand her choice at the end (and to be excited when we see her again later). We need that her sudden disappearance at the end, when she leaves without saying goodbye and just as suddenly as she appeared she's gone, to hurt and to feel wrong and making her the Character is the way to do that imo.

Botl in season 4 I think is tricky at first glance (esp since we've given Annabeth som already) but tbh it needs to be Grover's. Flashbacks can be about his time in schools as a protector, and his time searching for Pan. Grover's development is kind of sudden in this story, but I think showing him when he's younger and like as he's been off Doing Things it would be more dramatic and honestly Grover is a fantastic character that Rick seems to forget about/ignore a lot and he should make it up by showing us what his life is like when he's not with Percy (which is increasingly often) and letting us see his independence develop to the point that he's ready to take on his new mantle and be a leader.

Season 5 is obviously Luke's. Even the book is written like that. We need flashbacks to his life and childhood just as much as Percy does, and they need to humanize him and let us empathize with who he was and how he got to who he is by the end of the story before he dies. I think they should give us flashbacks to his quest here, too, and probably the conversation he clearly has with Hermes before he goes on it (he's obviously bitter when he talks about it in tlt, and he had to get his magic shoes, and I think they need to utilize having that conversation in person so we can see how Hermes tries and fails to relate to him and also to make LMM make very very sad eyes as Luke leaves because he knows his son is at the end of his time as a hero). They can milk this for all the comparisons between Luke and Percy. I think flashbacks to his claiming, and not having to move cabins but probably like getting a bed or something now that he's here Forever, and when he becomes the Cabin Counselor. How/when he meets up with Thalia. Him seeking out fights as they make their way to camp. The battles he fights on his quest, facing monsters he's working with now, getting the scar.