#riodanverse opinions

[kate1028]

❗️Spoilers for Tsats❗️

Okay so I’ve seen a few reviews on tsats now and I wanted to give my opinion about it now. First of all: I absolutely loved it, like I immediately started rereading it after I finished it. Nevertheless I have some things I want to point out and talk about:

Will not bringing a weapon with him: That’s a point that actually annoys me because Wtf? I really see him being the person, who brings as the last one a weapon with him if they go to a field trip or mortal world quest but into Tartarus? No, I really think that he would bring a weapon with him. Besides it made him seem helpless most of the time, which isn’t right.

Nyx describing the cocoa puffs as their children: Like ewww no that weirded me out so much, please no stop that. That really bothered me.

The writing is different to the other books: Yeah obviously that was going to happen, because Rick didn’t write that book alone and honestly it’s not really bothering me by now, it’s just different and we’ll see wether it will bother me at some point (I don’t think so)

Percabeth and dam: Okay yeah maybe it’s rather unusual for the characters in the book to use these words/ that joke but I still love that it was in there. It’s just something from the fandom in the book and I couldn’t care less that it’s maybe not that logical.

Will’s character: So about this there seems to be a lot of contradicting opinions but I admit I didn’t think he was out of character (yeah the part that he was so helpless most of the annoyed me too a bit but I think that’s mostly because he didn’t had any weapons, which I already mentioned earlier) Apart from that I really think that he would freak out in the underworld, and maybe it also seems really extreme because he’s down there with the literal opposite of him, when it comes to this. Like, Nico’s second home is the underworld and he likes the darkness and has no problem with death. Will on the other hand is a child of Apollo (btw Apollo already mentioned his concerns about Will being in the underworld in ToA 5) and can’t deal with darkness that easily like Nico does, and even prefers the light over the darkness, which is completely valid. Furthermore he is a healer, his fatal flaw is probably not being able to accept that sometimes you just can’t heal and help people, so obviously he’s weirded out by being in the underworld, surrounded by death. And he also can’t accept it that easily, because for him, as a healer, death is not really an option, therefore I can understand his struggle and the tension that grows between Nico and Will, because Nico on the other hand isn’t a healer and has been surrounded by death for ages. But I think Will does a good job in learning and understanding that you can’t difference death and darkness that easily from life and light, because it’s a circle. But he needs time to understand and adapt, being in the worst place to ever exist while that doesn’t help much either btw. And for my last point: No, Will was never the pure happy sunshine character, maybe we just saw that side of him, but think about it: We know now, that he’s been in Camp already, when Nico came in Camp. Means he’s been there (and maybe had already a closer connection to Lee) when Lee, one of his siblings and cabin counsellor, died, he also seemed to have a rather close connection to Micheal, who died a year later with half of the rest of the Apollo cabin, Will’s other siblings, and all the while he couldn’t do anything, couldn’t heal them. And then suddenly he was the cabin counsellor, a figure role and needed to be brave and couldn’t show too much weakness to encourage the other ones, while still grieving. I think that leaves some trauma too, not as bad as Nico’s but enough to get scared and suspicious of several things. Oh and can we please talk about Will having plague powers?!?! 🥰

Reyna: I wished that we would’ve seen more of Reyna, I’d’ve loved that but that would probably be rather complicated to include especially after she joined the hunters, so I can understand why they kept her out.

Friendship between Piper and Nico: I loved to see them in the end and talking to each other. I think it could really help them to get over Jason’s death. If they would get Leo in now too that would be the best, because I feel like those were the closest people to Jason (and Thalia and Reyna) and then they could get together and help each other.

Hazel: I also hoped she would appear more often but it’s still just one book and you can’t include every single PJ character because you just don’t have the time and space (same applies for Reyna)

My last point: The whole book felt a bit disconnected from the rest of the books of that universe. But there are probably a few reasons why: First, like already mentioned, it was co-written, means another author included their ideas and writing style, so obviously the book will get a different vibe as the previous ones. And obviously you notice that, even if you maybe can’t really name it, because you read fifteen! Fifteen books, who weren’t co-authored, in that world before tsats, which is a lot. Second of all it’s just one book. A stand-alone. Rick never wrote a stand-alone in that world, always five books. Now he wrote one, co-authored. This could be the reason why so much feels fast paced and maybe even pressed into the story, because he had ideas and wanted to put them in there, maybe even needed them, but couldn’t unravel them completely because it’s just one book, not five like he’s used to. A lot needed to happen and happened in that book, so it was fast paced and felt at some point even forced. After reading the book, I think it would’ve been better to make a Duology out of that. Then you would’ve been able to explore things slowly and take your time. Those two things are probably the reason why I felt that this book was a bit disconnected to the rest. Much was missing (like characters: Hazel, Reyna etc), there wasn’t any time to take things slow and explain, like what I’m used to.

As a conclusion there are some things in that book that I don’t like and could’ve been made better but in the end I still love it and it kind of healed something inside me that I didn’t even know was broken. It just felt so sweet and somewhat healing. ❗️That’s just my opinion on that book, and I can completely understand that others think differently as well as respect that, so please also respect mine.❗️

#tsats #the sun and the star #nico di angelo #will solace #percy jackson #riodanverse #my opinion

[innocentlymacabre]

Regardless of which one you picked (the harder the choice, the better), is The Crescent of Fools and Forgotten Time the movie for you!

(majorly appreciate any reblogs and signal boosting!)

Jayce and Lott find themselves in the twisted grasp of Lucille Carmine, one of the most dangerous Overlords of the criminal world, in a fantasy-heist, splicing the thrill of walking the edge of a knife with fantastical malevolence.

full intro here

And the best part is that you can get it made! Literally all you have to do is head to this link, read the script (you can also listen if that's more your style), and vote with your honest opinions. The winner of the competition gets their movie fully funded and produced!

I've found that the listening tool is more reliable than reading, so to make sure your vote counts in one go, just hit play and mute the tab while you read. Feel free to reach out to me if you run into any issues!

So go forth and read! Tell your friends! Tell your family! Tell that annoying guy you always see at your bus stop in the morning!

P.S. If you send me a screenshot of your vote, I'll do everything I possibly can to get your name added to the credits :)

#hazbin hotel #helluva boss #hellaverse #how to train your dragon #httyd #riordanverse #pjo #percy jackson #oceans 11 #doctor who #new who #the owl house #gravity falls #our flag means death #ofmd #atlantis #the italian job #half bad #the bastard son and the devil himself #nimona #tcofaft

[olivers-cocoapuffs]

I am trying to think of more ways I can variate your name that aren't Ollie or Olive. It is surprisingly hard.

I just made a post about assigning fandoms to people I know so I am going to inform you that I associate Stranger Things, the entirety of Draco Malfoy and his friends, and a few other miscellaneous things with you

alright, so question-y questions

(I'm in a weirdly good mood?)

I am thinking a lot about comfort things. Specifically, comfort things that you would and wouldn't expect to be comforting. For instance, the toy I've had since I was like six? Comforting. That random show I watched one day in 2019? Not so much.

Anyway, I'd like to know if you have any of these or just opinions on the matter.

I realise this is quite an odd question so I'm also going to ask what your favourite animal is

Have an exceptional day

(Also I debated making a comment about how Athena would love you because she created Olives and they're like sacred to her and everything but I scrapped it because I edit everything like it's going to be graded when I'm in a good mood. Anyway, probably a weird thought but I'm decided to give you the comment anyway because idk trivia? let's go with that)

I don’t think there really are unless you pull out the middle name but then you just sound like my parent.

I saw that! To me you’re the sun and the star (the entirety of the book) and the original series but the Riodanverse in general. Also Derry Girls (and the sunrise but that’s neither here nor there) I’m kind of curious about the other things tbh 👀

(that’s good)

I think comfort items are more common with the neurodivergent community as a way to regulate themselves! I have a weighted elephant that I got in year 7 after I broke my ankle, or a lil llama that I named Patchie (which is actually his nickname)

I don’t think I have one ngl. Maybe a wombat? Or a shark. Do you have one??

(Athena may or may not have had something to do with my name choice. She’s my favourite goddess)

[mydarlingdearestdead]

Since you ask questions maybe I should return the favor :)

Most controversial Riodanverse opinion?

Mine is that Leo/Calypso shouldn’t have ended up together, and Leo should’ve had a character arc where he realises he doesn’t need a partner to be happy

yes I totally agree! I actually think Leo is Aroace or at least in the Aromantic spectrum. And calypso plain freaks me out a little.

my opinion is maybe that Percy doesn't need another adventure

like we've put the poor guy though enough at this point.

Thanks for returning the favour, it's greatly appreciated and I really enjoyed this :)

[rickriordanfandam]

opinions on riordanverse ; my edition

a lot of people have been doing this so i decided why not right. probably gna lose some followers or smth but anyways. pls respect my opinions! if u disagree, thats fine, but please be polite. unless any of my opinions strikes u as morally wrong then pls point it out to me respectfully. thanks!

- i actually liked drew. im so sorry to everyone who hates her but full offence, why. think about it this way ok, first of all drew became hc because silena died. silena was the traitor, the one who betrayed chb, yet after she died campers celebrated her as a hero? and then drew suddenly has to replace her and live up to idk that legacy she left behind,, when all of a sudden this girl named piper swoops in and takes her place. idk abt u but i wld be salty abt that too. not only that, but as an asian, the chances of drew having faced racism/bullying as a child is pretty high (she studies at brooklyn academy). which means that when she finds out shes a demigod, and arrives at chb where most of the campers are white (this is an assumption btw), she’d obviously be scared of being bullied for her skin color right?? so the first thing she wld do before the campers get to bully her is to bully them before they can do so. (sentence structure here is wack i apologize) ofc this might not even have happened, drew could have had a perfect childhood && was a b1tch for no reason, BUT EVEN THEN HER ROLE AS A BULLY WAS PRETTY VITAL BECAUSE THAT FURTHER SHOWED THE CONTRAST BETWEEN HER AND PIPER,, HIGHLIGHTING PIPER AS A HERO//GOOD CHARACTER,, AND THEREFORE MAKING READERS LIKE PIPER MORE. anyway stop hating on drew please. ALSO WHY IS THIS SO LONGA SDFJHG

- jason isnt bland, the fandom just kinda erased his backstory (thanks to @pjohoo-memes for the phrasing lol)

- reynabeth wouldnt have lasted/would have broken up several times. idk i just see them as two extremely powerful characters who have firm opinions and will definitely clash at some point. in a platonic relationship,, i can see them as really good friends but as lovers? idk i just think theyll break up

- PIPABETH

- i dont really like jercy,, i see them as better friends than lovers. also idt jason and percy were that close..?

- the dam and not my type jokes are srsly cringey and were never funny. ik that seems hypocritical since my username literally makes use of the dam joke but honestly i dont actually like the joke. its not funny to me and has never been funny

- the seven were not best friends. they definitely argued,, and honestly probably werent as close as the fandom makes them seem. like ure dumped with 6 other people, out of which u only know a few. my introverted ass would have jumped off the argo 2 quicker than leo valdez could bomb camp jupiter up. also leo was a dick to frank. so what if frank is bigger sized?? thats not a valid reason to tease him

- the fandom needs to stop hating on octavian while worshipping luke. if u hate luke and u say u hate octavian too, then okay. but if u tell me ure a luke stan but u despise octavian?? imma disagree w u. luke was worse than octavian im sorry. first of all, octavian being a dick was kinda justified. hes been after the praetor position for so long, and everyone keeps saying to “wait for jason” when suddenly this dude, whos a son of NEPTUNE (neptune wasnt liked much by romans), and the camp decides to make him praetor?? dude i would be pissed off big time. and then afterwards, he finds out that greek demigods are real and the dude they made praetor is greek. AND THEN GREEK DEMIGODS COME TO CJ AND ONE OF THEM BOMB IT UP?? octavian has been told all his life that greeks are scum and this dude called leo valdez attacks cj. sure it was an accident, but did octavian know that? no. so it was honestly justified that he was such a salty prick im just saying. also some of yall be hating on octavian for cutting a teddy bear open and thats the funniest shit ive ever heard i swear 

- luke didnt go to elysium

- travis and connor stoll r way too underrated. the two have been head counselors of the hermes cabin since luke was revealed as a traitor, can u imagine the stress? luke, the person they probably looked up to as a brother, betrayed them. and they didnt even have time to process this when they were  thrown the roles of being hcs. that would have been so stressful and i would probably have broken down if i were them. the stoll brothers taking turns to wake up at ungodly hours because a new camper is crying and homesick and terrified, the stoll brothers having to comfort and take care of new campers, having to deal with the amount of people in that cramped space because not enough campers are being claimed fast enough. having to resolve issues between campers in the hermes cabin all the time. the stolls arent just comedic relief, and we need to stop treating them as such

- tratie shldve been canon idc idc

- demigods of the demeter cabin arent talked about enough and i love the fact that meg was demeters kid. like she isnt the child of one of the big three yet shes so powerful.

- we need to hype clarisse up more her character arc was phucking amazing 

- rachel is overhated. sis found out greek gods exist and regularly come down to earth to fuck around and went “ok cool”. queen shit behavior methinks

- the floor 19 crew of mcga is srsly underrated. like do u even remember halfborn gunderson, mallory keen, tj, etc??? bc i feel like we only remember samirah, magnus, alex, and sometimes blitz and hearthstone

- sadie (tkc) was kinda annoying at first. i like her more now tho but i rmb not liking her for a phat while

- tkc and mcga need more love

- carter kane and jason grace arent boring. theyre just really sweet boys who are too good for this world and yes yes yes 

- hazel and frank (especially frank) need to be hyped up more. i hardly ever see anything about them. also yall seem to forget that frank was literally made praetor and that even hecate admired hazel and was willing to fight beside her because of how powerful she was

- frazels age gap is kinda sketch but i still think theyre really cute

- nico definitely had trauma from going to tartarus on his own

- GROVER IS PERCYS BEST FRIEND

- annabeth isnt smarter than leo but neither is leo smarter than annabeth. ive seen a lot of discussions about who is smarter and heres my hot take on it: neither. theyre equally smart, just in different ways. leos a genius mathematically speaking. he has no issues solving math problems meant for people much, much older than him. annabeth on the otherhand, is great at strategies etc. she can make an army of 1000 more powerful than the enemy, even if theyre outnumbered. so in my opinion, both are equally as smart//u cant compare their intelligence, because their talents lie in two different areas.

- while i do agree rick riordan isnt a god and that hes bound to make mistakes,, AND that hes given us a lot of representation,, if the representation offends the people its sposed to represent, then theres a problem. im talking about piper as a poc and wearing feathers in her hair. im not a poc, so i cant speak for them on whether or not its wrong, because i dont know either. HOWEVER, i have seen multiple posts BY pocs talking about how they didnt really like rick’s representation of piper, and thats an issue. pocs have been and are still oppressed and discriminated against by many. as a white cis man, we cant really blame him for not knowing (tho he could have done a research,, asked some pocs,, idk), but by representing pocs in that manner, hes influencing impressionable kids/teens into thinking “oh pocs wear feathers in their hair all the time” etc, which isnt true. the pjo/hoo series is extremely successful, and kids who read the books will probably start forming inaccurate opinions on pocs. the amount of fan art that depicts piper with feathers in her hair dont help either. “but rick said so in the books, so its canon” yeah well rick isnt a god and he can get some things wrong at times. im not saying we should cancel him, im saying we should start educating ourselves and not spread false info like pocs wearing feathers in their hair all the time. also that snake song shit where she sang Summertime was just- yeah. bc heres the thing you can be racist, and still include minorities, but portray them in a racist way. And even then, ignorance isn't a thing to admire. Getting those facts wrong still has a major impact. It continues to perpetuate racist stereotypes.

“ With the feather thing, I looked it up myself; it takes less than five minutes to figure out that Cherokees don't braid feathers into their hair. I didn't grow up in the country where my parents are from. I have many other first/second generation American friends who have also been through that, with a bit of a disconnect from their culture. But something that most of us have in common is that when we didn't know something, and when our parents weren't that big of a help, we looked it up. We sought out resources online and through other people from our culture to be able to connect more with where we came from. Some of that took a Google search. So I find it hard to believe that Piper, a girl who Rick's trying to portray as someone who is attempting to connect with her culture and is totally against racist stereotypes, wouldn't know that eagle feathers aren't supposed to be braided into your hair casually. She may be disconnected from her culture, but she's also shown to want to connect back to it. Piper wouldn't be casually braiding feathers into her hair while also telling off people for being racist. It makes no sense.” - reddit thread (down below) 

for those of yall who wanna know more please please read this, it has a lot of things i wanna add in here : https://www.reddit.com/r/camphalfblood/comments/gy3gl2/piper_mcleans_portrayal_is_innacurate/ 

as well as https://finding-my-culture.tumblr.com/post/189422373260/maxie-ratties-and-cattie-finding-my-culture 

i will be posting screenshots of these in future posts so if ure viewing this on ig and u dont have tumblr,, dont worry 

- the fact that most of the strong female characters in the series refuse to be “girly”, and ngl i dont really like that. just because ure girly doesnt mean u cant be strong. 

- piper would have been a great way for him to start making the strong characters act girlier, but instead he went with the “I’m not like other girls” trope which is quite obnoxious to hear constantly, and I don’t think it’s necessarily great for younger girls to read that idea growing up.  the closest we've ever had to a strong female character who was also into "girly" things was Silena. when I was younger I admired Piper's "I'm not like other girls" thing, but then I got older and realized that the whole mentality of "not like other girls" is super obnoxious, and a little bit toxic

i have a heck load more that i cant rmb rn but yeah feel free to add more 

#riodanverse opinions #frank zhang #hazel levesque #leo valdez #piper mclean #jason grace #percy jackson #annabeth chase #grover underwood #tkc #the kane chronicles #mcga #magnus chase #magnus chase and the gods of asgard #pjo #pjato #hoo #Heroes of Olympus #the seven #octavian #luke castellan #meg mcaffrey #apollo #trials of apoll #travis stoll #connor stoll

[witch-apologist]

Fuck it send me ships and ill give my brutally honest opinion about it

(Spop, SU, Riodanverse, you can ask about others but I can't garuntee ill have actually consumed the source media)

#mcu and dceu also works #twilight too but its mostly gonna be bad opinions

[mystiika]

re; hades’ visual appearance in riordanverse ( + other modern sources )

   so i’ve been thinking a lot about how hades & his roman form pluto were depicted in the books but this extends to a lot of modern depictions in general. in regards to his appearance, the tormented souls weaved into his clothing was quite interesting but my main issue is the colour of his skin. given that hades spends his time in the underworld & away from the sun, people often depict him as having “deathly” pale skin, sometimes even saying he almost looked blue. it’s in the riordanverse descriptions but we also see it in things like disney’s hercules & lore olympus ( to a degree ). while i agree that for most people, a lack of sun would mean he wouldn’t be as a tan as he once was, at the same time he’s a god that can control every aspect of his appearance & doesn’t exactly find the visuals of the dead be particularly attractive. greeks are known to have tan skin & hades seems to be one of the only gods ( as far as i could find ) who is depicted as having anything lighter. there are, however, examples of black greek god/desses such as nyx ( but that’s a post for another day honestly ).

   he’s one of the few gods we don’t see shift into animals but he has every capability to alter his looks. i mean the guy likes to make himself 10′ tall, he cares a lot about what he looks like. he feels no need to make himself look like he’s dead to appeal to the souls that come through his kingdom nor to intimidate those in the realms above. he’s still a “normal” god & in the original mythos, his size/stature is described, his dark hair & beard is described, & it’s talked about how intimidating & feared he was, but there was never any mention of his skin tone until much later. as a god, he needs nothing & relies on nothing. food is nice but unnecessary, sleep is a reprieve but not needed, sun is enjoyable but has no bearing on the degree of his tan. while we know nico to have paled drastically from olive skin to pale white, he’s still mortal & hades cannot be held to the same standard as his children ( even tho nico is the only one of the three who lost his tan ).

   additionally, in the riordanverse it’s said that hades/pluto headed the losers during world war ii, & hazel is said to have noticed visual similarities between him & adolf hitler. this of course bled into the readers’ thoughts to the point that rick himself had to declare that the theory was wrong & that hitler was not a demigod let alone a son of pluto. but after this, people speculated that his sons could have been mussolini & emperor hirohito. still, all of this left a bad taste in my mouth. i understand that as pluto, he becomes more disciplined, militaristic, & warlike than he is as hades. the aggression is more present but the idea that he would have sons with the sole intent to cause chaos & massacres seems somewhat unfounded in my opinion. we see how deeply he cares for his children in both of his forms but at the end of the day, he still wants his children to do good, to be good. also he’s war-like, but he’s not a war god. it’s not his job & he’s not about to ignore the fact that it’s someone else’s domain. in short, he’s a god of reaction, rather than action itself.

   also apparently pluto ( but not hades ) is clean-shaven in the riodanverse?? & i honestly refuse to write hades without any facial hair regardless of what form he’s in. it just feels off. like i can’t even picture it.

#as marie kondo says.... if it doesn't spark joy then get rid of it #metas — the gap between understanding & misunderstanding can best be bridged by thought #hades. visage — everyone sees what you appear to be‚ but few experience what you really are #hades. v. 2 — the myths about hades & the gods‚ though are pure invention‚ help to make men virtuous #hades. v. 2 ( pluto ) — the descent to the underworld is the same from every place