#ball of darkness unironically like as legitimate dialogue that is meant to be cute...

[quincywillows]

look i haven’t read pjo since hoo (and that series was... yeah) but even this latest book is now just further evidence that capitalism is legit killing art. bc the thing is the truth is the point is we literally did not need anymore books in the pjo-verse after the original series. we just didn’t. i think doing little short story compilations like demigod diaries and stuff was fine it gave folks more content to chew on and see their faves in and that’s all good but the moment you start creating series on series on series just to make more money you inherently cheapen the strength of the original with every additional unnecessary installment. it’s like television shows that go on for waaaay too many seasons and starting creating totally unnecessary drama or recycle plots

stories and arcs need to end when they naturally end and capitalism as a model for these mediums refuses to accept that. the decline in the actual quality of media is what we get

#and its like the overton window bc everyone is just getting used to this quality and its just gonna keep getting worse and worse and wrose #ohhhh im haunted. #like i said i stopped after boo but i went to look at spoilers just out of curiosity #and some of the excerpts ive seen... WHO IS THAT? WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE? #i was the biggest nico stan in the world in the WORLD when i read the original u have to understand #i dont know who that child is. anyone who writes grumpy #ball of darkness unironically like as legitimate dialogue that is meant to be cute... #oh we're in hell. in literacy hell for real for real #publishing ind crit #negativity warning #rick no offense but take ur money and ur dignity and get the hell out