#rick new book

[yonemurishiroku]

So, like, we’re going to have Percy, Annabeth, Nico and Will having experienced Tartarus.

Two most popular ships and there they go in the most horrible hellhole. Wow.

Congratulations to the Tartatus Club, Percabeth and Solangelo.

#nico di angelo #yone rambling #percy jackson and the olympians #percy jackson #pjo #hoo #toa #solangelo book #annabeth chase #percabeth #solangelo #nico book #rick new book #heroes of olympus #trials of apollo #will solace #william andrew solace you choose to go to fucking hell for your boyfriend #i say we stan this guy #tartarus club

[theitalianerd]

SOLANGELO BOOK NEWS!!

#OMG ITS DONE #ITS HAPPENING #solangelo #solangelo book #nico solo book #mark oshiro #rick riordan #rick new book #nico di angelo #will solace #pjo #percy jackson

[miroana]

Percy Jackson will do your quests

#I laughed aloud at the idea of posidon posting a pull tab ad poster on olympus with percy’s home address on it #I put down the new pjo book to draw this #do you know how inspired I need to be to put down the new pjo book?? #percy jackson #pjo #poseidon #percy jackson and the olympians #the chalice of the gods #greek mythology #rick riordan #my art

[greenconverses]

how dare you do this to me

#percy jackson #rick riordan #*shakes him* #LET THEM REST MY GOD #new pjo book nonsense

[agentsofmarvel]

my 20 year old self is not ready for this middle grade book 😃🤚

#WAKE UP NEW PERCY BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT JUST DROPPED #I AM SCREAMING #percy jackson #percy and annabeth #rick riordan #chalice of the gods #annabeth chase #grover underwood #percabeth

[gxndrya]

me at 13, reading the new pjo book and watching the movie

me at 26, reading the new pjo book and watching the show

#pjo #percy pjo #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson chalice of the gods #chalice of the gods #new Percy jackson book #percy jackson tv show #percy jackson tv series #percy jackson memes #rick riordan #peter johnson

[autism-alley]

hi originally posted this at the end of a long thread of back and forth, here’s the og post if you want full context but i feel like this needs to be its own post especially bc i keep seeing this argument being made—the argument that the kids (in this case it was annabeth) SHOULD just know the monsters are monsters and who they are and how to defeat them before ever encountering them, that it’s a problem if they don’t.

the problem is not if 12 year olds should recognize a trap when they see one, even if they’re smart 12 year olds, and if that’s realistic. that is entirely beside the point.

the problem is rick riordan wrote a book series whose formula is bringing myths to the modern age and he’s not sticking true to that in the show—percy jackson and the olympians’ Shtick is taking these classic, ancient threats and giving them a new face. these traps work because these kids are not walking into a cave marked with Get Out and getting ambushed by monsters—the monsters are disguised as harmless mortal human beings, in harmless mortal human being places (for the most part) and i think we—and more importantly, the show—are all forgetting the mist, the magic involved here. it’s not just that medusa is a “creepy lady with her eyes covered” it’s that there is ancient magic at work here, magic that, like the systems of abuse pjo exists to criticize, has been evolving and continuing its malevolence for millennia. it’s formulaic, that’s the point. it’s the same trap you’ve learned about all your childhood, the same trap a thousand children before you learned all their childhoods, and still, it works. you fall into the trap. because that’s how generational abuse works. it’s a trap. it isn’t enough to learn monsters exist, what they look like from a second hand story that originated thousands of years ago. if you want to escape alive, you have to adapt as quickly as they do, recognize their face, and ultimately, beyond any individual trap, the game itself has to change. real, generational change.

so. the problem is rick riordan wrote a series with a formula for action that perfectly captures the overarching, systemic conflicts he was commentating on, and then threw that formula out in the show because it was “unrealistic”. i don’t give a damn about realism when it works to the detriment of the story. this is a story about generational abuse, yes, but it’s told through ‘a tale as old as time’ and that’s why it works so fucking well. and when it comes to basic storytelling, if your characters know the threat before they even walk in and you do practically nothing to then make up for the stakes you have removed, that’s a flaw. now you’ve lost the entertainment value for your audience, on top of also lessening your themes.

something else that is so. honestly soul-crushing as a writer and a creative, is that to me this is reflective of the way we are now afraid to tell earnest stories. stories where we care not for listening to the people who want to pick apart fictional, mythical, fantasy stories for not being “realistic” instead of aligning with our target audience who acknowledges reality is not what makes a story. think of your favorite movie, show, book, comic, what have you—has the reason for your favoritism ever been because it is the most reasonable, the most grounded, the most practical out of any you’ve seen? or is it because of the emotion? the way it speaks to you, to your life and the person you are? the journey it takes you on? is the percy jackson and the olympians book series so good because it’s inherently realistic?

the secret to storytelling is, very simply, focus on your story. everything else is secondary. if it’s written well, it doesn’t matter to me that the characters walk into a trap that, to the audience, is obviously a trap. because i can understand how the characters don’t know it, and how the story falls apart if the narrative just tells the characters it’s a trap from the jump. that’s what dramatic irony is—first used in greek tragedies! this is literally a tale as old as time in every sense except for the end—where it’s happy. and it’s not earned if we don’t first see, over and over, the status quo as a tragic trap.

it’s not about if annabeth (or the other kids) is “smart enough” to not walk into a trap, or about if she’s just too prideful to not walk into what she knows is a trap (or any reason that could apply to the other characters), it’s that annabeth, at the end of the day, is a character. she is a storytelling tool for the messages of the narrative. that doesn’t make her any lesser. in fact ignoring it reduces her, because it reduces what she represents. it’s about how rick riordan, or whoever else at disney, has fumbled the storytelling bag so ridiculously hard that they can’t take the simple, effective formula outlined from start to finish (by good ol 2009 rick himself) and adapt it to the screen without answering the most unimportant, derailing, anti-story questions.

#one of the ppl who reblogged the og post said whatever happened to suspension of disbelief and i could have kissed them on the mouth #yes exactly #this new age of audiences who praise ‘realism’ over good storytelling i hate u #‘content over cinema’ i hate u. #i’m not even a screenwriter but any writer can tell you #we’re talking foundations of the craft here #and the worst part is rick already succeeded in the books #if it ain’t broke don’t fix it #where along this path did he lose sight of everything he set out to say? #anyways this is its own post now go forth and do with it what u will #pjo #percy jackson #pjo show crit #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo tv show #percy jackson tv show #annabeth chase #ris raves

[purpleshadow-star]

So I went to an early screening for the first two episodes of the Percy Jackson show yesterday (Saturday), and let me just say, it is 100% the adaptation we deserve. It was amazing. Once it ended, I wanted more.

The characterizations were amazing, any changes there were made sense and made the situation more realistic and added tension, the story was straight from the book, it was just amazing.

I went with my mom and she, who doesn't know the books, really enjoyed it. I asked her how she liked it (literary just the first two episodes) compared to Harry Potter (which i had her watch a few years back), and she said there was no contest. She likes the pjo show much more. She said it was engaging and even had her wanting the next episode once it was done.

Everyone needs to watch this show. It was amazing. It lives up to the hype. We need to make sure it gets greenlit for season 2.

#oc it's not perfect #there is one (1) critique i have but tbh it's not a super big deal and could very well be rectified in future episodes #but other than that it was absolutely amazing #the whole theater was clapping at iconic moments and it was a great experience too #once we got home i made my mom rewatch the lightning theif movie with the new context so that she could see what weve had to live with #she hated it lol and she doesnt even know the amount of inaccuracies bc she hasnt read the book #she said it's just a bad movie in general and she's right lol #anyway the show was AMAZING everyone make sure to watch it as it comes out so that they greenlight S2 #riordanverse #rick riordan #percy jackson show #percy jackson tv series #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #annabeth chase #grover underwood #pjo series #pjo show #percy jackson disney+ #pjo disney+ #pjo #no pjo spoilers

[nerdblob]

Zeus: and so i guess you’d want to be immortal , you know more like us, essentially more awesome

Percy:

Zeus: ??

Percy: pay ur fucking child support

#percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #the last olympian #im new to this fandom i ahve no clue what the usual tags are #zeus #rick riordan #percabeth #percy jackson fandom #percy jackson books #poseidon #hestia #athena #annabeth chase #annabeth pjo #incorrect pjo quotes #pjo text post #pjo stuff

[demitimelord42]

It’s me.

I’m girls

#pjo #Rick riordan #new book #percy jackson #annabeth chase #grover underwood #the original trio are back baby

[yonemurishiroku]

Extremely elated to see:

- Nico low-key subtly merely a little bit freaking out at whatever he’s pointing at. Perhaps a possible danger.

- William Andrew Solace giving zero care to that possible danger and only having eyes on his boyfriend.

Ahhh, to be young and gay at the bottom of hell.

#nico di angelo #yone rambling #nico solo book #will solace #solangelo #pjo #hoo #toa #percy jackson and the olympians #heroes of olympus #trials of apollo #riordanverse #rick new book #new cover #tsats #the sun and the star: a nico di angelo adventure

[thisnerdetteoverthere-blog]

Rick really be like „nah, i‘m not writing other books, other people will take over“ and, „percy will be forever 17“ and then just drop a new dam percy jackson book with the literal god damm original trio on us harder zeus dropped apollo from olympus

#honestly not to be that person bringing back cringe 2013 fandom lingo but #rick is a troll #uncle rick #he‘s laughing at us spiral rn #i can sense it #heroes of olympus #rick riordan #percy jackson #NEW BOOK #the chalice of the gods

[mydairpercabeth]

percy is so sure of him and annabeth being endgame 🥹

#rick did not want yall to forget #percy loves one girl and that’s annabeth chase #chalice of the gods #cotg #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #NEW PJO BOOK #annabeth chase #percabeth #rick riordan

[thethingivecometosay]

saturday afternoon goodies. i don’t always believe in retail therapy, but a trip to a local bookstore is allowed now and then, as a treat.

#mine #nostalgia #books #bookshelf #quotes #literature #bookblr #local bookstore #philosophy #the creative act #rick rubin #morning pages #walking #new books #litblr #lit blog

[greenconverses]

I AM NEVER GOING TO BE FREE

#this is 100% a cash grab for your stupid Disney show DON’T EVEN DENY IT RICK #PJO #LET THEM REST RICK #percy jackson #new pjo book nonsense

[significant-ace-nnoyance]

"the percy jackson show is bringing a whole new meaning to what it means to be a faithful adaptation" YOU FUCKING BET IT IS OH MYG OD ARE YOU KIDDING???? UPDATING THE BOOKS IN A WAY THAT PORTRAYS THE SERIES'S OVERALL MESSAGE BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL????? AND KEEPS THE VOICE???????? AND THE EPICNESS????? BUT ADDS COMPLEXITY?????????

#imagine getting to be rick #rewriting ur original book series #like hes so lucky #jumping off the st louis arch oh my god episode three was an absolute masterpiece of cinema i want ot crawl inside the writers heads #theyre adapting it so well to the new medium #and the short amount of time they have #like theyre making such smart cuts AND additions and preserving the og voice and characterizations so well #and ADDING to MY UDNERSTANDING OF THE OG BOOKS AND CHARACTERS #OH MY GODDSSSS #percy jackson #ITS THE YEAR OF PERCY JACKSON MFERS #pjo <3