#i do trust riordan bc i know he could handle complex familial situations well and that includes families with immortality

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I do see that the series takes some of the themes from Ovid's work and as much as I do have a mixed opinion on it since his work wasn't necessarily supposed to be an official roman version of things but political criticism of the government as well as a way to trash the greeks, it does work well with the overall theme and narrative that Percy Jackson has built up with how gods are fallible and in fact had done a lot of wrong and them ignoring their kids is an awful thing and they should be better parents.

Like, yeah, I do have my own gripes with the usage of Ovid's Medusa rather than the original Greek one in the story, but it does work with the larger narrative of the series so it's not that big of a deal for me.

#mayaposts #pjo #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson and the olympians #i think my main gripe with the whole thing is mainly how people still sorta push this idea that these WERE the original myths #but that's not really the show's fault or anything and most fans know a lot abt greek and roman mythology so it's not that either #but more like the general audience i think is the main thing? #other than that i dont mind it as much honestly since it's trying to tell a certain narrative akd it makes sense to keep them consistent #and like i typically don't like the trope of ''the god/s was/were the evil ones all along!'' bc i don't find them as engaging and think #they're lazy and unoriginal these days since ppl dont really dissect the trope #i do trust riordan bc i know he could handle complex familial situations well and that includes families with immortality #and as a result he's pretty good at telling a more compelling ''the god/s is/are fallible'' story than most people ive seen #im just rambling now lol