People saying, "The PJO TV series is just as fast as the books, we just don't have Percy's inner monologue to slow us down."
Percy doesn't get expelled immediately in the books. He gets through the entire rest of the semester and then isn't invited back to the school because of his grades. That's already about a 4 month difference to the show.
When he gets to camp, he spends two full weeks in the book training before going on the quest. In the show, it's only a few days.
Why does it matter?
Percy is gaslit by Grover and Chiron for the entire rest of his school year into basically thinking he's crazy. It gives us time to see the build up of the mounting war, in the way of storms and violent oceans. It lets us see how much Percy struggles with school, with being different from everyone.
At camp, he has time to actually start to feel like he belongs somewhere, like he has people who get it. He learns from the people around him, and at least gets SOME kind of weapons training - them cutting out his swordfighting scene with Luke was criminal because it's the first nod towards the fact that Percy will eventually become the camps best sword fighter (and also gives us a nice glimpse at Luke's thoughts on Percy)
I know the pacing needs to be a little quicker because it's a show. But we can acknowledge that the show is moving MUCH faster than the books did, even with the inner monologue taken into account. Cutting every single scene that isn't absolutely crucial to plot diminishes character development, and the characters are supposed to be the core of this story.
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The way they framed Percy's reaction to the oracle is so well done! We don't get that in the book. As far as it goes, Percy doesn't obsess over the "Betrayed by a friend" part and barely mentions it. Here, he builds all his choices around this. He doesn't pick Annaneth because she wants a quest, he chooses her because she's annoying and he doesn't think they'll ever be friends. He picks Grover cause he trusts him more than anyone and because he promised his mother he would protect him. He doesn't choose Luke cause he knows he's more loyal to Annabeth than to him. He insists on the fact that Grover is his protector, and that he will not betray him. This Percy is smart, and especially when his mother's well-being is at play.
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Helpless part 15, every single warning should be listed on this one
Warning/taking abt sh
Warning/taking about rape
Warning/underage drinking/smoking
Warning/talks about suicide
I think that's all but I'm not sure
Annaneth was standing behind the door, "Oh, hey. What are you doing here?"
"I was bored and also Kayla's looking for you."
"Why?"
"She forced Will to take the day off but he said you still have half a day in the infirmary so she's plotting to kidnap you."
"Course she is, um...Annabeth."
"Yeah?"
"Do you...know how to do eyeliner?" Nico asked fiddling with his fingers.
"Yup."
"Can you teach me?"
"Sure, let me guess Piper gave it to you?"
"How did you...?"
"I have my ways." Annabeth grinned before walking inside, "Why does it smell like smoke in here?" Nico ignored the question and handed her the eyeliner, "The first one easy enough, just getting the second one to match is annoying."
"Alright." Nico half whispered before being half pushed on the bed. Annabeth knelt down in front of him and started drawing a line.
"Nico stop moving so much, I'm on the verge of messing up."
"Shit sorry."
"I mean you'll be the victim."
"I guess so." The son of Hades laughed,
"I'll show you how to do it yourself in the mirror, anything else you want me to show you?"
"Honestly half the things in the box I have no clue how to use."
"Lucky for you I have nothing to do today."
"Thanks Annabeth." The two got up, walking towards the mirror but Annabeth tripped over something. "Are you alright?!" he asked kneeling down beside her,
"Yeah I'm fine, just what's this?" She asked not waiting for a response before lifting up the floorboard, the box had been left open and unlocked. "Nico what's this about?" The daughter of Athena sifted though the box seeing everything Nico had desperately tried to hide, oh shit, he thought to himself. "Nico why do you have alcohol and cigarettes hidden under your floorboards?" Tears fell from his eyes, his breathing was short.
"Please don't tell anyone." He curled up. Annabeth grabbed his shaking hand,
"I won't." She pulled him forward into a hug, stroking his hair.
"It... helps- me cope." Annabeth tightened the hug letting the small boy cry into her shoulder.
"It's not healthy but I won't judge, it's better than what I did. But how much?"
"Not that often, I'm... better than I was a couple years ago."
"When did this...?"
"I was maybe twelve, it was the only thing that made me feel okay. Then... something happened and... well I-I wasn't so keen on not being drunk or high while I was alone." She ran her fingers through his hair.
"Do you want to tell me or not?"
"What did you do to cope?" Nico asked desperately trying to change the topic, she rolled up her sleeve.
"After Percy went missing and when we all thought he died, I... almost jumped once."
"Do you want to tell me?"
"He'd been missing for so long, practically no hope in finding him. I was depressed and half dead, thought I would finish it off."
"What made you stop?"
"Someone else was there, for the same reason I was. We talked each other out of it, I'm so happy we could save each other."
"Who?"
"I'll let them tell you that story if they want to."
"It was around a year ago, after the battle of Manhattan. Got drunk and high, I was walking around trying to not feel anything. I could barely walk, got stabbed with a needle, woke up an hour later. Well I think you can put two and two together. Anyways can you please teach me to do makeup now? It scares me."
"Ghost king scared of doing makeup, sure let's go. But I'll be making sure you're okay and not getting addicted."
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This and the last chapter we're meant to be one lmao
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Annabeth Chase birthday week: day 1
So very unsurprisingly once again I'm a whole day late for the birthday week, but anyway, here are some of my favourite quotes by/about Annabeth:
1. "Boys are easy to follow. They make more noise than a lovesick minotaur."
2. "I don't have an I'm-planning-something look."
3. "Even strength has to bow down to wisdom sometimes."
4. "You're cute when you're worried."
5. "I don't know. I just know that I'll be fighting next to you."
6. "This is Annabeth. Uh, normally she doesn't judo flip people."
7. "As long as we're together."
8. "Normally, as long as I'm telling him what to do, he wins in a fight."
9. "The world was collapsing, and the only thing that mattered to me was that she was alive."
And of course, the iconic quote-
10. "You drool when you sleep."
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