Percy Jackson

[errant sequoia]

I'M FUCKING READY

[patent pond]

Can't wait

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im gonna be a nerd and watch each episode a second or third time and do some annotating with the book

see what's the same and what's changed

uhhh it's up there

probably tied for number 1 with a few things lol

[violet gazelle]

https://fixvx.com/disneyplus/status/1737291734449893850

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Appreciating that Sally is a bit more....hm, not as a pushover in regards to gabe

She's still with him but she seems to deal with him a little better

They left out a lot of the first part of the school that explained more about his school issues and Mr Brunner and Mrs Dodds and stuff

Sally I'm pretty sure whoever you ran into that minotaur is DEAD

The "opening" was really good music is okay for it but visuals are really nice

[errant sequoia]

Done with the first two. Extremely pleased with the casting so far. I think the only part I don't love so far is the pacing, it's a bit wonky.

But overall very excited to see this continue

[solemn atlas]

the pacing is odd for sure. I really wish I had listened to an audiobook of the book before I jumped back into this

Luke introd himself and I was like, I know that name but I have no clue your relecance in this story

[fallow cypress]

damn was Clarissa ever in the movies? I don't remember her, but she's giving off movie Annabeth

[errant sequoia]

idk if she was in the movies but she's on of my favorite castings so far, she's matching book clarisse so well

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tbf in the books this is about as much intro as we get to Luke at this point haha

we know he's a son of Hermes, that he traveled with Thalia and Annabeth, and that he becomes friends with Percy and that's about it lol

[forest sage]

On episode 1 rn and the change in that first encounter I was like

[raw mauve]

they really named one of his bullies boba fett Bobofit

[forest sage]

Is this my TV or is this how this scene looked

[solemn atlas]

it was very dark

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yeah some screens were definitely too dark

*scnees

fuck

*scenes

[forest sage]

That’s my complaint with the first episode

Fine with adaptation changes but I’d at least like to be able to see the night scenes

[proven tendon]

I actually didn’t like it! I at least think Gabe should have been more of a douche if they were going to portray sally like that

[proven tendon]

Yeah I know she was in the second movie fs I don’t remember if she was in the first though

[proven tendon]

Was this in the second episode? Haven’t watched it yet

[forest sage]

.

[proven tendon]

Oh shit thanks Bellamy

[covert basin]

Show good

I’m really happy with the casting!

Pacing is too fast tho question mark?

The visuals are great tho

[raw mauve]

how many eps is it supposed to be?

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8

covers the first novel

i think 10 episodes would have been better and would have helped with pacing

but we will see how rest of the season goes

[raw mauve]

i like the pacing so far

also, i didn't realize the first ep would be on hulu as well, I think hulu is going to be an episode behind D+

[raw mauve]

Mr D asking for a $500 bottle of wine (per the first google result)

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Honestly kind of cheap for him

[raw mauve]

Well the second result for the one he mentioned is $9000

[errant sequoia]

That's more like it

[violet gazelle]

https://open.spotify.com/album/3QgBafkEM8gwLgayprkVY8

[feral bridge]

Just watched! Cast is amazing, excited to see more

I do agree with some of the early comments on the pacing being somewhat off

[fair mortar]

Watched last night my biggest issue is the obvious commercial breaks.

[solemn atlas]

ya they were very jarring

[fair mortar]

Yep way too jarring

[fallow cypress]

when do new episodes come out?

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should be late tonight I think? so basically midnight EST tonight

oh damn so even sooner

[fallow cypress]

oh nice

[covert basin]

Good episode!

The pacing was better

[fair mortar]

Did they stop the hard cuts to black?

[patent pond]

Gonna watch it soon 👀👀

[fallow cypress]

im already seeing memes about the ending of the episode lol

[fair mortar]

I'm gonna watch it tonight probably

[covert basin]

I don’t think I noticed them here

[fair mortar]

Hmm, kinda wonder if that means they are planning on a linear TV (Disney and/or ABC) showing of episodes 1 &2

[covert basin]

Also different directors

From ep 1-2 and 3

[fair mortar]

Oh that would make sense

But still thats a little weird

Like typically there is some visual sameness to things like that between episodes

[raw mauve]

I sent some to a friend

[solemn atlas]

the hard cuts make more sense when you’re on the ad supported tier

did anyone else catch what looked to be a boom mic or something in the top right corner of the second shot of the selection ceremony?

[patent pond]

Timestamp eta?

[solemn atlas]

3:05

actually might have been one of the flags

[fair mortar]

They are still here.

[fair mortar]

Not shocked but little upset they chaged the location of Underworld

Unless I'm misremebering I'm fairly sure its Vegas in books

[proven tendon]

I think it was LA right? Pretty sure but not certain tbh

I vaguely remember something about like a tv studio or something

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Always was LA

[errant sequoia]

lotus hotel is in vegas

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I’m excited for what they do for it in the show

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same

pacing seems a touch better this episode. I enjoy the changes they made to medusa

love grover

lol "they will see this as impertinent" i AM impertinent"

picking lin manuel miranda as hermes was the best choice because we will all sympathize with luke

i too would hate my father

[fair mortar]

Yeah I think confusing those two, its been FOREVER since I read books.

Can someone explain the LMM hate? I am so confused

Also should we be spoiler tagging book things?

[solemn atlas]

I’m okay with not tagging things, it’ll get confusing and they might stray from the books a little bit like they did with medusa

but obviously if anyone wants to tag we can do that

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lmm is different for different people. Some people dislike him cause they think he's cringey. some dislike him cause he's everywhere. I personally have issues with how he has cast POC people in his works. In the Heights is a good example of his casting lighter skinned actors then he should have. Hamilton is also controversial because casting POC to play slave owners is...well...yeah. That's as much as I want to get into without moving to sensitive topics tho

[covert basin]

LMM is corny

I think it’s funny that his song writing is so good but when he’s the one singing it’s oof

[fair mortar]

I never minded his singing but I won't go there. His POC casting, i've never seen the complaints but I understand them, granted idk how involved he was in casting any of his productions.

[errant sequoia]

some people also see him as very conceited since he tends to cast himself as lead

[forest sage]

I like his works but I understand why people find him corny and the criticisms of him

[fair mortar]

I like his works too and I don't think he should be above critcisims but I feel like over last 2-3 years or so people have gone from loving or liking him to claiming everything he does is trash and it makes me scratch my head a bit.

[covert basin]

That’s just the internet being the internet no?

[fair mortar]

Maybe lol

[forest sage]

He was popular on the internet so naturally he became cringe to the internet. It’s the cycle of life.

[errant sequoia]

keep thinking about this episode

it was a really really good episode

[fair mortar]

Yeah

The whole show has been great tbh

Imo

[patent pond]

there were still cuts to black, alot less though

[fair mortar]

Its definetly designed for with ad plans more than ad-free plans and thats pissy

[solemn atlas]

I'd guess we'll see that a lot more with future D+ originals

[errant sequoia]

I'm surprised they haven't brought up the cellphone thing yet

And I'm trying to remember if they had by this point

[feral bridge]

just watched, I enjoyed this episode a lot

favorite of the three so far for sure

[solemn atlas]

Happy Percy Day

[covert basin]

https://tenor.com/view/percy-jackson-floss-dance-flossing-walker-scobell-gif-15536226497042895717

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the best day of the week

[patent pond]

6pm tonight right?

[covert basin]

Goddamn this show is just

[errant sequoia]

Another fucking fantastic episode

[solemn atlas]

that was so good

CJ was “miffed” lol

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You guys think that season 2 has already been greenlit and ep 8 will end with like a "percy Jackson will return in the sea of monsters"

[feral bridge]

pacing was definitely rocky for the 2 episode premiere but the last two episodes have both been bangers

also funny to see them retcon Rick Riordan's "I thought it was closer"

[errant sequoia]

i was sitting on the edge of my seat like "how they gonna do it"

[raw mauve]

i'm surprised we didn't learn about how Annabeth wanted to be an architect, or how children of Athena are tasked with building things

it was such a short episode, they had the time

[errant sequoia]

they like...very briefly mention it

im starting my reread today once my highlighters get here so i'll let you know how much they bring it up during that scene in the book

[errant sequoia]

Working on my reread and rewatch and who the fuck is this??

[covert basin]

Argus

[errant sequoia]

oh shit that's right

i forgot about him

[fair mortar]

Its been so long since i read books is all of this episode (going to St. Louis and so on

In books

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yes and no

the general concept of it is

but parts of it are changed

im doing a reread and making my notes in the book right now and then going to make a document of the differences

I will say one thing that they've reitereated like 4 times in the book already in 6 chapters, but ignored completely in the show is the power of names

[fair mortar]

Like do they go to the Arch as an “Athena temple” or is that new

I should just do a re-read I’m sure it will only take me a few hours the books are short

[errant sequoia]

they go to the arch, but i can't remember if they talk about it being athena's temple

right now i'm about 100 pages in and just about to capture the flag

a lot of how they meet echidna is different

[covert basin]

I feeeeel like Athena’s temple is new

So they could make a statement about American pioneering

[fair mortar]

I mean I for one am not of the opinion that things need to be one for one from book

[errant sequoia]

ill let you know when i get to that chapter lol

oh neither am i

my main goal in this is to see what things they leave out that I THINK they should have kept in

like the power of names

but that's just me

[raw mauve]

That’s new, in the books ||their train had a layover and annabeth just wanted to go cause she likes architecture||

[fair mortar]

As long as things feel like the heart of the story

[covert basin]

I’m just sad we didn’t see the blue cherry coke

[raw mauve]

It wasn’t a temple to Athena in the books

[fair mortar]

I don’t recall this at all, and I also wonder if its something that might not translate well to screen

[errant sequoia]

it has legit been brought up four times in 6 chapters

[covert basin]

Was that like saying Voldemort

[errant sequoia]

Sally tells him not to say the Minotaurs name, Mr. D tells him twice not to (once we he says Zeus and Hera, and another when saying his own name)

[fair mortar]

I mean I read the books ages ago, like I feel like Book 5 came out when I was still reading them

[errant sequoia]

and then Annabeth tells him not to call the Furies the Furies, but the Kindly ones instead

[fair mortar]

I feel like tbh they did it because while it might be in books, they didn’t want to feel like Potter

[covert basin]

I’m fine with them not doing that tbh, sounds too Joanney

[errant sequoia]

it's just interesting because it's brought up so many times lol

[covert basin]

Lol

[fair mortar]

The “he who should not be named” troupe has been tied to Potter a ton.

Even though LOTR for sure does it first

[errant sequoia]

something about how power has names and how by naming them they'll be listening and just idk stuff like that

[fair mortar]

And I think they are trying to avoid feeling Potter-y as much as possible.

[covert basin]

Which is based

Because Riordan is the anti-Joanne

[fair mortar]

The books were trying to capitalize on Potter to a degree so using that troupe for sure makes sense.

[covert basin]

I really really really want this to do the whole series

I need to see Nico

[errant sequoia]

also, interestingly enough, the first episode the first minute or so is mostly direct from the book, but with some parts cut off. The weirdest is when he goes "am i a troubled kid? Yeah, you could say that" but gives absolutely ZERO context on why we would think he's a troubled kid

episode 1 by far had the most amount of info and backstory missing

and again, not saying that it needs to be a 1 to 1, and i know shows are different. There's just some info that I feel like people who haven't read the book before need that they get in the books

like we're given absolutely zero background on Sally. I'm hoping that comes later, and the actress who has been playing her has been great, but if you haven't read the books you really don't have any idea who she is

besides percy's mom obviously

and then there's the changes i do like a lot, like Percy is a LOT angrier at his father, very early on

and very early on hates that there are children that don't get claimed

[fair mortar]

Was just talking to a friend and realized Riordan is show runner on this so to me thats hopeful in terms of things honestly

But also the episodes he wrote have had those issues more which fair he is not a screenwriter (he wrote premiere, also next week)

[errant sequoia]

oh yeah Riordan has been working with these tv series since the beginning

i think he had final say in most of the cast

im going to be so sad seeing lance reddick for one of his last roles, but at the same time, at least it'll be super easy to come up with a reason for why they recast him

"i'm zeus i can change my face whenever i want"

Blue highlights are things that happen in the show, but are different. These are my favorite two so far.

[errant sequoia]

And this is how episodes have been divided so far

[covert basin]

I’m an idiot

I kept wondering “wait when does a friend betray him”

||I forgot LUKE||

[errant sequoia]

And just for reference, this is where we are with the ending of ep 4

[patent pond]

Looks like future episodes will be more focused on each/two chapters

Where as the first episode took all the exposition chapters into one

[raw mauve]

I’m still sad about the poodle

[feral bridge]

r.i.poodle

pretty sure we're also gonna lose the waterbed emporium scene, that seems very easy to cut to me

[errant sequoia]

oh for sure

[proven tendon]

Wait…that happened in the books? ||crustys waterbeds??? I remember the scene but like u could’ve sworn it was in a different book||

[feral bridge]

Yeah it’s in the table of contents starry posted above!

[errant sequoia]

Yeah it happens when they get to la

Before the go to the underworld I believe

[raw mauve]

after the santa monica ocean scene, before the underworld

[feral bridge]

iirc in the books it's how they find the actual address for the entrance to the underworld

which, easy enough to write a quick alternative solution to that

[errant sequoia]

best day of the week

[fair mortar]

Episode is up

God damn, this casting is SO PERFECT

Its what makes the show tbh

[errant sequoia]

Ares is so good

[fair mortar]

||Percybeth fans are EATING GOOD tonight||

[errant sequoia]

And immediately, too.

[fair mortar]

Yep

And it just keeps going

[errant sequoia]

I'm so ready for tunnel of love

[fair mortar]

I forgot about that

Okay less cuts to black I feel this episode, and they feel better

[errant sequoia]

Same

[fair mortar]

This is the best episode yet

100%

[errant sequoia]

And Riordan did write this one

Grover what are you cooking

[fair mortar]

The first two had a lot of info dump stuff it had to do to make things work

[errant sequoia]

Percy retains a lot more info then he gives himself credit for

[fair mortar]

Now they are in the grove and I’m LOVING it

[errant sequoia]

God the percaberth in this episode truly

It's truly so much and so good

[fair mortar]

Also reading the myths and stuff I really love how things line up

[fair mortar]

SO GOOD

[errant sequoia]

Yeah this is definitely the best episode so far

Holy fuck

[fair mortar]

God damn, Annabeth is SUCH a good actress

She is a star in the making imo

Thank you for the emotional abuse and the cheeseburgers

[errant sequoia]

Hepheasteus is probably my least favorite casting so far but still very good

[fair mortar]

See I loved it

[errant sequoia]

I still think it's good just not as good as some of the others

[fair mortar]

Leah Jeffries is acting circles around him in that scene

[errant sequoia]

I think that's why

[fair mortar]

Yeah but I think thats just a testament to how amazing she is

[errant sequoia]

Lotus casino next episode

[fair mortar]

Yeah thats gonna be good

[errant sequoia]

https://tenor.com/view/excited-too-much-energy-shaking-gif-22511742

[fair mortar]

I don’t know how they outdo this episode though

This was perfect episode of TV

Okay trailer for next episode squashes fan theory of next episode being a musical I feel

I would not be shocked if Lin did a number though

[errant sequoia]

Fuck I need MORE

I'm so intrigued though like both the two weakest episodes and the best episode so far were written by Rick lol

That's the last Rick episode of the season tho

[fair mortar]

Pilots (and lets be real Ep 1 &2 were basically a 2 episode pilot) are hard and its a lot of info dump so I’ll let that one slide. He’s still got a hand as EP on the whole show though even though he only wrote a bit

[errant sequoia]

just glossed over the chapters for the episode, a decent amount was changed but I think they were all really good changes

[feral bridge]

just finished the diner scene and Ares is GREAT

[fair mortar]

Ares is so well cast.

[feral bridge]

yo I LOVE that they're giving grover more personal agency

[covert basin]

This episode was god tier

Ares perfect casting

I liked Hephaestus for the little bit he had to work with. He was only there tho for Leah to slay

[feral bridge]

WHAT IS LOVE, BABY DON'T HURT ME

I'M CACKLING

sorry this has turned into my live reactions

[covert basin]

Don’t apologize!

[errant sequoia]

lol we were doing live reactions too

i started laughing so hard and then they started showing ||hephaestus story|| and i got sad

grover not being just comedic relief anymore is so good

he gets it in later books as well, but he needed it so badly in book 1

[feral bridge]

yeah I'm loving watching him be cunning too

like him buttering up Ares for information is wild

[errant sequoia]

so far we've seen hermes, ares, and heph and that's it right

[feral bridge]

and dionysus

[errant sequoia]

oh duh lol

dionysus was my fave casting so far but ares might beat it

[feral bridge]

I love Jason Mantzoukas but honestly I had always pictured someone a little more dad bod-ish for Dionysus

[errant sequoia]

matzoukas plays it perfectly, but exactly on the dad bodish thing

[feral bridge]

like I pictured more punch drunk alcoholic and Jason is so fucking insane that he's a more wild vibe to Dionysus just inherently

do you know who I weirdly always pictured in my head as Mr. D?

Colin Mochrie from Whose Line Is It Anyway

[errant sequoia]

granted, rick has made it clear that physical descriptions don't matter for actual casting, but like dionysus as a WHOLE and not just in percy jackson

like needs a different bod

listen i could honestly see that working

[feral bridge]

just older, balding guy

I think it's also because Mr. D is so grumpy and Colin Mochrie has a resting grump face

[errant sequoia]

true

[feral bridge]

ok whoever this actor for Ares is he has a crazy forehead vein situation and I cannot imagine anything MORE Ares

[covert basin]

Stanley Tucci as Dionysus is the only good part of Sea of Monsters

[errant sequoia]

yeah i think ares is best casting for me so far

it's just so spot on

and like...the being upset and insecure about athena

it's so good

[feral bridge]

also if Percy's actor doesn't grow up to be a massive a-list star as an adult then I don't know anything anymore

he's SO good

[fair mortar]

Percy AND Annabeth

[feral bridge]

JEEZ this scene with him and Annabeth and the chair

[fair mortar]

Like holy fuck that are both so good

[feral bridge]

I'm wrecked

[fair mortar]

I’m just waiting for your reaction to another scene Kran

[errant sequoia]

the whole trio is amazing

[fair mortar]

Grover is the weakest of the three acting wise but still very good

Honestly best trio of young actors we’ve gotten since HP trio

[feral bridge]

he isn't that way JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

[fair mortar]

I teared up so much

[feral bridge]

THEY'RE REALLY LAUNCHING THE S.S. PERCABETH WITH FORCE THIS EPISODE

[fair mortar]

Like holy crap the Percybeth stuff was SO GOOD

I just honestly can’t get over it

[patent pond]

Me hoping they get to the hero of Olympus books so I can see the crew on the Argo II

[fair mortar]

One book at a time.

We don’t even I think have green light on S2 yet

[errant sequoia]

started writing but no greenlight yet

[fair mortar]

I don’t think I’ll ever forgive them if we don’t get a s2

[feral bridge]

THANK YOU FOR THE EMOTIONAL ABUSE AND THE CHEESEBURGERS

[fair mortar]

Best line

[feral bridge]

this really gets better each episode I'm so happy

[errant sequoia]

honestly s2 is i think pretty much guaranteed at this point

[fair mortar]

Idk that they can surpass this episode

[errant sequoia]

it's past s2 where i worry

[fair mortar]

True.

[covert basin]

Just give me Nico please

I need to see my gay son

[fair mortar]

50/50 id say if they include a hint of Nico

[errant sequoia]

if they can continue this quality of episodes, i think it can make it. but it's so hard to know with disney+

[feral bridge]

oh god Zoe Nightshade will DESTROY ME

[errant sequoia]

next episode baby!!!

[patent pond]

The sun and the star spin off for Percy Jackson when

[errant sequoia]

i just wanna see who they cast as thalia, apollo, and artemis

[feral bridge]

yeah Thalia casting will be major

I'd love to see how they take on Aphrodite too

[fair mortar]

Thalia casting is big and book after Rachel casting

[patent pond]

Disney has been doing a good job for casting so far

[errant sequoia]

if we get a s4 i wonder who they cast for pan

[fair mortar]

I hate that they have to recast Zeus

[patent pond]

Wait why

[feral bridge]

the actor passed away 😦

[fair mortar]

Actor passed away

[errant sequoia]

at least giving an excuse in character will be easy

"i got bored of that face so i changed it up"

[patent pond]

Oh that's so sad

[errant sequoia]

like they did for beezlebub s2 good omens

[fallow cypress]

wait who's playing Zeus?

[errant sequoia]

Lance reddick

[fallow cypress]

oh my god

[patent pond]

did they go to pirates to film parts of ep 5?

[raw mauve]

I just realized that Annabeth witnessed her second friend be frozen for all time when Percy sat in that chair for the Sheild

[feral bridge]

oh GOD

I ALSO DIDN'T REALIZE THAT

[errant sequoia]

these episodes were probably the most heavily changed from the book and the changes were SO good

sorry, this episode

rick gave Grover so much more character and agenda instead of just following annabeth and percy around and being the comic relief and i'm so here for it

he gets that in later books, but i book 1 he is very much just comic relief

[proven tendon]

Same!!

[proven tendon]

WAIT WHAT

[fair mortar]

This person doesn’t understand what adaptation means

[covert basin]

Z this is a meme

[raw mauve]

Zed did you… watch it all the way through?

[fair mortar]

Yes and unless I’m missing something calling it a “multiverse “ is still stupid.

[covert basin]

Z she doesn’t mean any of it lol

“And now that I have everyone here” should have been your cue to not take the rest seriously

[fair mortar]

I thought that meant "ignore first part, this is what I really mean"

[feral bridge]

it's one of those things where it's just trying to get people mad and then trolling the people who she just made really mad

[errant sequoia]

it's the BEST DAY OF THE WEEK

OASIS CASINO TIME

[patent pond]

Lotus?

Or am I missing something

[errant sequoia]

nah my brain is dumb

no idea why i was thinking it was oasis especially considering i just reread it

[errant sequoia]

lol https://fxtwitter.com/updatespercy/status/1747298492714823830?s=20

[feral bridge]

I'm sorry did anyone ever expect them to reference anything about the movie adaptation

like why is this something that needed to be clarified

[covert basin]

This is a fan page

Omg it’s just Rick throwing shade

[errant sequoia]

he hates the movies so much

[feral bridge]

may we all be as passionate about anything in life as Rick Riordan is about how much he hates the 2010 movie adaptation of his own novel

[patent pond]

Percy Jackson 106?

[errant sequoia]

pretty sure that means season 1 episode 06

i could be wrong tho

[covert basin]

It does

[fair mortar]

This is one of the only reasons I'm awake right now

God I'm so excited for this espisode

[fair mortar]

Only 34 mins ugh.

So umm was Clarisse a suspect in the book?

[feral bridge]

pretty sure yes

[fair mortar]

Okay i wasn’t sure if this was a change or not.

[feral bridge]

"not to change the subject, but I'm gonna"

[fair mortar]

This feels like a huge change from books this whole section.

[feral bridge]

I mean the addition of Hermes to the Lotus Hotel in the first place absolutely, and I think from the start they've been on a tighter timeline to get to LA that doesn't really allow for what the hotel was in the books

you're a couple minutes ahead of me though

[fair mortar]

Yeah I am for sure I’m trying not say too much.

[fair mortar]

Honestly a bit of a let down after last week

[feral bridge]

THE DELAYED HONK IN THE GARAGE IS SO FUNNY

ok preview for next week showed wayyy too much tbh

[errant sequoia]

okay i'm all caught up

this felt like a kind of "moving things along" episode

but we're getting the mattress palace!!

alright caught up in the book real quick, biggest notes of difference:
-i don't know if clarisse gets brought up as the possible thief but it has not been mentioned yet
-obviously no hermes in Lotus
-took a regular cab to santa monica and arrived BEFORE summer solstice was over, Poseidon wasn't there to meet him because he's not allowed to directly help
-Was given three pearls in the book, no mention of rescuing Sally

Oh, and when Percy talks to Annabeth about his dreams, she already seems to have a vague idea of who it might be besides Hades "Percy....let's not talk about it. Because it it isn't Hades....No. It has to be Hades."

i understand what they're doing with hermes and why they're giving him more story time but man he's still a little whiny bitch

currenty theory for nico and bianca cameo is this https://fxtwitter.com/fictionalxmoon/status/1747457213550018887?s=20

sounds like a kid yelling "bianca" in the background

and a bit more https://fxtwitter.com/DizzyLoaf/status/1747522047616381102?s=20

[covert basin]

https://tenor.com/view/spider-man-norman-osborn-surprised-you-cant-do-this-to-me-gif-24182893

If this is actually a reference to them, they are obligated to do book 3 now

[errant sequoia]

before the episode came out, this was the tweet from becky (rick's wife) https://fxtwitter.com/updatespercy/status/1747350946525352128?s=20

it'll be interesting to see if they confirm or not if this is it

[covert basin]

https://tenor.com/view/endgame-avengers-hawkeye-clint-barton-dont-give-me-hope-gif-15254733

I’m on various degrees of not ok rn

[errant sequoia]

im still working on my document of things that have changed in show versus book

which im okay with!! lots of the changes have been really good

but it's interesting to see what has changed and what has stayed the same

like the 3 pearls versus the 4 pearls. That very directly changes part of the underworld storyline, and has us looking at poseidon in a very different light possibly

did poseidon tell her to give all four to percy, and was directly thinking of saving sally? or was that the nereid's personal choice? it just changes things a lot lol

either way, only two episodes left

i'm still calling that they're going to pull a "percy jackson will return in sea of monsters" at the end of ep 8

[patent pond]

Yea I think the 4th will be sally

[errant sequoia]

it will absolutely be sally lol the nereid literally said "save the world and save your mother"

[errant sequoia]

https://fxtwitter.com/updatespercy/status/1748071763836105008?s=20

[covert basin]

I am not only screaming but also crying

[patent pond]

[patent pond]

Wonder what's up with this then

[errant sequoia]

it me

[covert basin]

Lol

I grew up with the books and my gf has only seen the movies

And my first reaction was “Wait they failed?”

[errant sequoia]

me sitting there like summer solstice passed??? 4 pearls??? what the fuck???

[faint lichen]

https://tenor.com/view/muppetwiki-muppet-wiki-muppets-muppet-miss-piggy-gif-5166935470846053524

Okay where are we at

I’m probably gonna start watching after work today

[errant sequoia]

ep 6 was tuesday

two more episodes after that

[faint lichen]

Oh dang

[faint lichen]

NAUR

why is Olivia Rodrigo in the soundtrack

[errant sequoia]

there's a song in the first episode

[patent pond]

I did not expect levitating as the lotus casino song

[faint lichen]

Oh my god

[feral bridge]

yeah ngl levitating kind of took me out of the moment a little bit

[faint lichen]

I’m liking how breakneck episode 2 is

Oh okay that’s too fast

[feral bridge]

thereeee it is

[faint lichen]

“Oh gees”

[feral bridge]

I was like how is he LIKING the episode 2 pacing

[errant sequoia]

1 and 2 pacing definitely the worst of the 6 so far

[faint lichen]

Wait did they cut the oracles message

I know he doesn’t tell anyone the last two lines

[errant sequoia]

no

[faint lichen]

Oh there it is

Lmao

Oh they did cut the hell hound and the newspaper clipping

[errant sequoia]

yes

i have a doc of all the stuff they've cut and changed lol

its just not done yet

[faint lichen]

If kingdom hearts was being made today I want Percy’s actor to voice Sora

[errant sequoia]

i love walker

[faint lichen]

He’s doing like a perfect 2006 Haley Joel Osmet

[errant sequoia]

all three of the trio embody their characters so well

[faint lichen]

“They smell fear”
“That’s bees”

Uncle Ferdinand mention

Okay wig I’m liking how they are adapting the Aunty Em part

[covert basin]

All 3 main leads should be in more things

https://tenor.com/view/senator-palpatine-anakin-skywalker-phantom-menace-gif-10607636

[forest sage]

Instructions unclear, Percy’s career will remain Percy and that movie where he played younger Ryan Reynolds

[faint lichen]

God I am LOVING how much Medusa is SERVING

LMM jumpscare

[faint lichen]

Oops I accidentally binged all 6 episodes

[covert basin]

Lol

[faint lichen]

He’s growing into his hero role

[fair mortar]

So the Percy Jackson TV subreddit is apparently just shitting on the show and how bad it is and I feel like we are watching two different shows

Last episode was my least favorite (I really liked the ending and changes to the pearls and stuff though) but I still think this show is wonderful so far

[covert basin]

Reddit gonna Reddit

[covert basin]

That place is in another universe

These are the only people that like the movies

[fair mortar]

Yeah, it was super weird. Like they like the movies, hate Uncle Rick, etc

[covert basin]

They are taking Rick’s hate towards the movies SO personally

And taking it out on him and the show

[patent pond]

Hey, if they are shiting on the show, that probably means they watched it.

[feral bridge]

I'm sorry, people like the movies????

I can't even process hating Rick Riordan

[errant sequoia]

i feel as though people who like the movies did not read the books

[feral bridge]

Sea of Monsters was fine I didn't realize it was possible for anyone to walk out of The Lightning Thief and feel like that was a good piece of media

[feral bridge]

oh 100 million percent

[errant sequoia]

it's PERCY DAY

[covert basin]

It do be the best day of the week

[faint lichen]

My first Percy day!

[errant sequoia]

im so happy for you obi

[errant sequoia]

i finally sat down to work on this more

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w2Lj6d8BITVWCCQf1BQvag5uVl7bLoBKzI3QS8X0P1I/edit?usp=sharing

Got the first two episodes done which i suspect will have taken the longest because they each had the most amount of episodes

hoping to get 3,4, and maybe 5 done before ryan gets home. He still has to watch 6 which will be my rewatch of that one.

3 is where it starts to get interesting though because that's when they REALLY start to change things in the episodes

episodes 1 and 2 had changes but compared to the rest of the episodes, they were minor changes

and again, this document is purely for my entertainment to see what they decided to change. There are a few things that i think they changed that maybe they shouldn't have (which i need to go back and highlight) but for the most part I absolutely welcome the changes made and have enjoyed lots of them

[fair mortar]

Hey they included that!

[fair mortar]

God next week is going to either be long episode or feel a bit rushed.

[covert basin]

Omg

The scene with Sally at the end, gold

[errant sequoia]

Very very good episode

Hades was fantastic

Twitter making a good point about the regret Annabeth having probably seeming to non book readers as her possibly being the lightning thief

[covert basin]

I like this hades

He kinda ate

[errant sequoia]

sassy hades is best hades

i would be sassy too

[faint lichen]

https://tenor.com/view/screaming-shouting-tantrums-crying-girl-gif-16422563

[fair mortar]

Can you remind me what her regret actually is suppose to be?

[covert basin]

It’s not from the book

[patent pond]

Beds didn't get cut!

[errant sequoia]

reading the book vs the show, it's really interesting how the trio are just a LOT smarter and know a lot more

like multiple times in the show they come across someone and immediatly know who they are, where in the book it takes them almost like the entire fucking chapter to figure out who they are

ie medusa and crusty

dionysus to an extent, but that was more so because Percy just didn't really believe in the gods yet

[patent pond]

Oh they gave 4 because Grover loses his pearl

It's so dark

[covert basin]

Yeah we got misdirected

“Omg they have 4 pearls this tim- nope back to 3”

[errant sequoia]

it was purely a way to make it seem more like sally was cared about lol

[fair mortar]

I think the figuring out who some one is thing works a ton better in a book than it does a show

I really like the show

[errant sequoia]

Oh for sure, it works a lot better to keep the show moving too haha

[patent pond]

But I wish we could see them losing a pearl instead of Grover just saying "oh yea the pearl is inside of him, guess we have three now"

[fair mortar]

Thats minor imo

[covert basin]

I mean he almost got eaten lol

[errant sequoia]

i doubt they will but it would be interesting to see if that pearl came back in some way

[fair mortar]

Nah, doesn't feel necessary

[raw mauve]

I am too nervous to watch last nights ep

[fair mortar]

Its good, watch it!

I will say my fears about next week feel lessened by the fact that the trailer seems to emphasis him back at camp, I think they might rush through some parts and focus on the camp ending stuff thats going to be GOOD

I can't wait for people who don't know the story to freak out

[raw mauve]

I forgot the book doesn’t end with them getting back to camp, or Percy on Olympus

[covert basin]

Inb4 the finale is as long as the movie

[faint lichen]

That would be slay

[errant sequoia]

The ending of the book is then technically back at camp but leaving for the summer

[fair mortar]

I’ve seen 41 mins

Let’s be clear though, the Ares fight should be about 5

[feral bridge]

watching now

REALLY did not think we'd be getting Crusty's

I really like the "the entrance to the underworld is a Hollywood audition waiting room" idea too so a little bummed we're not getting that"

also "you're lucky we're letting you keep your head" what did some Disney executive think the decapitation scene in the book might be a little too much for a PG rating

BIG BABY ROTTIE CERBERUS

the dog ate grover’s homework

I get this solution to the pearl problem because it shows that Poseidon was thinking about Sally too, but also the “oh no oh jeez I lost it” is a little :/

Hmmmm interesting that they’re having them discover the bolt before seeing Hades

"why are you trying so hard to get rid of me? I would never do this to you"

Hahahaha this was not what I was expecting for Hades but I love it

“I seldom cahoot” 10/10

IS THAT POSEIDON?????

OH MAN WHAT AN EPISODE ENDING

I’M SO READY FOR FINALE LET’S GO

[feral bridge]

my instant assumption was that she regrets running away from home, but yeah this is a new moment that wasn't in the book

[errant sequoia]

I wonder if her regret has something to do with her dad. She mentioned in an earlier episode that her dad had written and wanted her to move back and she hadn't responded, and I wonder if she regrets not responding to him.

[feral bridge]

that feels likely to me, especially seeing how deep the bond is between Percy and his mom, I think she probably regrets not trying with her dad

[errant sequoia]

PERCY FINALE NIGHT

[errant sequoia]

oh shit i didn't see this

[fair mortar]

I saw one thing Uncle Rick revealed. A major change.

[errant sequoia]

oh i haven't seen anything yet

[fair mortar]

I like it though. Spoilers for the episode ||the pearls bring them back to montauk ||

[errant sequoia]

i wanna go in blind (as blind as I can for having read the book lol)

[fair mortar]

Yeah tagged it so no one sees it unwillingly.

[errant sequoia]

im very excited though

[covert basin]

Yeah I saw that too

He confirmed a ||Joe Mama|| cameo

[errant sequoia]

It's almost TIME

[fair mortar]

So glad they are flashing back to this

[errant sequoia]

Right?? I was really mad they hadn't included a sword training scene

It's not the same but still good

[fair mortar]

Its enough

Yeah thats about how long I expected them to spend on that fight

[errant sequoia]

Ares got FUCKED

Oh man that realization percy has of how small he is when he enters olympus

So good

For like ONE second I was like why is Olympus so dark and stormy

Ryan just goes "weather boy grumpy"

[fair mortar]

Olympus is amazing

[errant sequoia]

Lance 😦

[fair mortar]

God he is so good

Its going to be so hard to replace him

[errant sequoia]

Bro the instant percy started going off on zeus

I'm just like percy no no that's not good

[fair mortar]

Is the implication that Hermes is a gossip because Lin makes so much sense for that.

This is second best episode.

This ending is very different isn’t it

That’s gonna upset a ton of people

That post credits scene. Perfect.

[errant sequoia]

Kinda mad it took away Sally's agency of choosing to do it tho

The ending actually isn't crazy different from the books. The Luke scene is definitely changed tho, along with the Zeus scene

[fair mortar]

The fact that theres no ||scorpion scene|| will piss off people I think

[fair mortar]

I see what you mean but its fun idk

[errant sequoia]

I feel like it makes Luke look less committed. Dude in the book was ready to KILL

No its still a fun scene!

I just wish Sally had gotten the revenge she deserved

Mad there was no "percy jackson will return in sea of monsters" lol

[errant sequoia]

They're moving ahead like they're expecting a 2nd season

Me when percy starts shit talking to Zeus

https://tenor.com/view/mcmahon-crying-he-was-special-wwe-vince-mcmahon-gif-13313547165599993551

[covert basin]

Tbfff

If it was her it’s technically murderrrrr

Which is deserved but they probably had like second thoughts about that considering he’s less abusive here than in the book

But that finale was so good!

[errant sequoia]

it's not murder she made him in to art

he's still alive he just can't move lol

i will say there was an interview where they acknowledged that tv gabe was less abusive and more just a dumb asshole, so it felt more fitting to have him open percy's mail (like he answers sally's phone) and die in a dumb way

[weary quail]

No doubt this will be renewed with how much each new episode is discussed online. Willow had nowhere near that engagement.

[covert basin]

Nobody saw Willow at all

[weary quail]

I did😔all of it

I thought it was fun but yeah, not as great as it could’ve been, finale had great visuals though

[feral bridge]

oh man I LOVED THAT

Lance Reddick was so good as Zeus 😭

[errant sequoia]

like im sure whoever they get to replace him will be great but it wont be the SAME

[weary quail]

Even Kratos would’ve thought twice taking him on

[feral bridge]

I kept rewinding on the Percy and Poseidon scene for every facial expression

Walker is so fucking talented

and they could not have cast Poseidon better

[errant sequoia]

honestly i don't think there's a single casting i'm unhappy with

Hermes is the one im most meh about

[covert basin]

https://tenor.com/view/lin-manuel-miranda-gif-18377041

[errant sequoia]

but i don't hate it

[feral bridge]

yeah I was fine with Lin

[errant sequoia]

his perfomance was just very...okay compared to others

[feral bridge]

Mr. D is different than how I imagined him in a way that was jarring for me but I'm not an idiot, I will take my Jason Mantzoukas and say thank you

[errant sequoia]

mr. d defintely felt like he got a slight personality change

[feral bridge]

also I learned today that Toby Stephens (Poseidon) is Maggie Smith's son?????

[errant sequoia]

still very similar, but seems to care more about godly thing in like...a hard to explain way

[weary quail]

I was a really blown away with who they cast as young Percy. Found his acting even better and more believable. That’s extremely rare to find with kid actors.

[keen crystal]

Great job making magic @weary quail! Mickey is promoting you to level 10 !

[feral bridge]

he definitely seems like more of a scoundrel as opposed to just cranky, but that's very on par for Jason's casting

like Jason just brings chaotic energy with him, of course we're gonna get a more chaotic take on Poseidon

like I pictured alcoholic couch potato dad, instead we got party animal who should really cool it

[errant sequoia]

mr d?

lol

[feral bridge]

yeah

[errant sequoia]

yeah that's definitely a good way of putting it

book mr d just cares so much less about everything haha

[feral bridge]

based on mythology, this version actually probably makes more sense. Dionysus's godly domain includes festivity and insanity

[faint lichen]

https://tenor.com/view/controlmypc-cat-screaming-discord-gif-20582295

[raw mauve]

Finally watching the last 2

[raw mauve]

oh good, Gabe did it to himself

[faint lichen]

THEY WENT TO WDW

[covert basin]

Synergy

[patent pond]

Uh that will season 2's main setting for pj

They decided to scrap the plot from the books in favor of a Disney world ad

[faint lichen]

I would kill for Grover’s pov of living with the land

[wise orchid]

Aww Anabeths father took all 3 of them!

[weary quail]

Just saw the video and they need to start filming season 2 like yesterday with how fast they grew already😭

[feral bridge]

Walker and Aryan's voices have already lowered so much

[errant sequoia]

unfortunately can't start filming till it gets renewed

all they can do is work on the script

[wise orchid]

I want to know the metrics. I think it did well enough to gather another season

Just need longer episodes. Or more of them

[feral bridge]

my favorite part of the video was them doing the Moana water thing at Epcot and Aryan and Lea making the water do stuff and going "wow Walker, you make this look so hard"

[patent pond]

Do you have the link to the video?

[feral bridge]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8WyfnL6/

[queen acorn]

https://fxtwitter.com/HollywoodHandle/status/1753219747305398482?t=wpHS2QJERe04Sy0I4XmH2w&s=19

[feral bridge]

oh she was GREAT in The Baby-Sitter's Club

[patent pond]

Oh That's where Ive seen her from

[feral bridge]

OH WAIT I FORGOT SHE WAS CAST IN LIVE ACTION ATLA AS WELL SHE'S GONNA BE TY LEE

[fair mortar]

Wait they already cast Ty Lee for ATLA? Is it confirmed for S2 &3 already?

[feral bridge]

I mean we have azula and ozai cast for s1 as well despite not seeing either of them in the original book 1

[fair mortar]

Oh true, so changes are a coming lol.

I’m hopefully optimistic for that show, its all at once right not weekly

[feral bridge]

I think so? it's netflix so they usually do full releases or at least release in chunks

[wise orchid]

They already changed the timeline for the show, so that's probably why they're going to be in this season

[errant sequoia]

oh she was SO good as claudia

she'd be great as thalia

still salty they cancelled babysitters club

[patent pond]

Why did they

[feral bridge]

who knows, Netflix cancels lots of good scripted stuff 😦

[faint lichen]

https://x.com/percyjackster/status/1754972110974591061?s=46&t=09cA0y3oOR76a3l3x2zBjA

Charlie Bushnell PH 🍉 (@percyjackster) on X

Book Poseidon: sorry you have to go through this man you should have never been born

Movie Poseidon: man i dont remember anything abt this guy tbh

Musical Poseidon: It’s a seashell 👉🐚

Show Poseidon: I want you mom soooo bad shes literally like im literally in love with her

Twitter · Feb 6, 2024, 8:55 PM

Is this how I learn there was a LIGHTNING THEIF MUSICAL

[raw mauve]

Is it true Poseidon in the movie is the guy who plays Owen Hunt on Greys anatomy?

[feral bridge]

no that's a different guy

Owen Hunt's actor is Kevin McKidd, Poseidon's actor is Toby Stephens

OH wait you said movie

according to wikipedia, yes that is Kevin McKidd lmao

[raw mauve]

Cursed to have no kids in one show, and to be a deadbeat dad in a movie

[errant sequoia]

i know one song from the musical

and it's a very good song

[patent pond]

Musical??

[errant sequoia]

yeah

https://www.lightningthiefmusical.com/

[solemn atlas]

https://fixupx.com/ScottGustin/status/1755346883440975906

SEASON TWO BABYYYY

[patent pond]

WOO

[wise orchid]

[errant sequoia]

YAAAAAS

[feral bridge]

SEA OF MONSTERS HERE WE COME

[queen acorn]

https://twitter.com/laughing_place/status/1756395184395551229?t=p1-iW2DEl-FpN4kRP-Xarw&s=19

LaughingPlace.com (@laughing_place) on X

110 million hours of @PercySeries has been streamed #TCA24

Twitter · Feb 10, 2024, 7:10 PM

[queen acorn]

https://twitter.com/megsokay/status/1756390733274378542?t=5XsBDdD1ywAZYGa9YRESQA&s=19

Meghan O’Keefe (@megsokay) on X

Shotz also says they are already looking at Books 3, 4, and 5 in terms of what they can seed in Season 2. #TCA24

Twitter · Feb 10, 2024, 6:52 PM

[covert basin]

Erm

I hope that’s not a sign

[queen acorn]

https://twitter.com/OfficialTCA/status/1756392558392188973?t=dS0ykOwzNkuaZnYzn3e06w&s=19

The TCA (@OfficialTCA) on X

Walker Scobell says the trio discusses their dream casting for the series all the time. He and Aryan really want #GodofWar actor Chris Judge to play Atlas in #PercyJackson and Sam Claflin to play Apollo #TCA24

Twitter · Feb 10, 2024, 6:59 PM

[covert basin]

Sam Claflin Apollo…

https://tenor.com/view/finnick-odair-hunger-games-catching-fire-finnick-annie-cresta-gif-20980927

I’ll allow it…

[feral bridge]

Finnick is RIDICULOUSLY Apollo coded so yeah easy fit

[faint lichen]

https://vxtwitter.com/wyliebass/status/1757159169461796905?s=46&t=09cA0y3oOR76a3l3x2zBjA

HES NOT BABY ANYMORE

[feral bridge]

THEY GROW UP SO FAST

I definitely have noticed his voice is a LOT deeper in recent press than it is on the show

and I think I saw a comment from him in a video about how by the time they filmed the character posters and stuff, he'd already gotten a lot taller and in the poster they ended up using his jeans were apparently too short

I'm wondering if it's possible for the series to be secretly greenlit for more seasons and they're gonna try to knock a couple out back to back before the cast grows up too much

there's a year between the events of book 1 and book 2 but only six months between book 2 to 3 and book 3 to 4, so if the cast eventually looking too old for their parts is a concern then that's something they'll have to think about

[faint lichen]

It’s so hard cause of the minor filming rules

It would be really smart of the to film sea of monsters and titans curse simultaneously though

[feral bridge]

yeah like hypothetically if they're able to do 2/3 and then 4/5

[kindred sierra]

Season 2 babyyy

[dry urchin]

??

[faint lichen]

https://tenor.com/view/jediwizard4-walker-scobell-percy-percy-jackson-percy-jackson-and-the-olympians-gif-12992590825561409282

More like Percy jack’d son or whatever

I can’t believe he’s 13

[covert basin]

He’s already the age Percy is in Heroes of Olympus

They need to make these faster

[faint lichen]

Okay actually sitting down to watch season 2 now

[weary quail]

I haven’t read the books but so far been enjoying season 1 more, it felt more fun and less predictable in comparison

[queen acorn]

https://fixupx.com/i/status/2003212726433370548

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

New castings for ‘PERCY JACKSON’ Season 3 have been revealed:
︀︀
︀︀• Holt McCallany as Atlas
︀︀• David Costabile as Dr. Thorn
︀︀• Jesse L. Martin as Frederick Chase

**💬 65 🔁 56 ❤️ 936 👁️ 29.2K **

FixupX · Dec 22, 2025, 9:15 PM

[weary quail]

they really drained the budget last episode to give it all to this once, the Sea of Monsters action was pretty awesome

The show is too damn dark though with the flat lighting.

[solemn atlas]

the lighting is fucking awful

I could barely see shit

[covert basin]

Oh my god

In S3 Walker is going to be taller than Luke

[covert basin]

Caught up now and I"m loving this season

Even tho 2 is probably the worst book LOL

[weary quail]

Found it weaker than last season and this didn’t even feel like a season finale. Really hope next one will be better with proper promo this time. Barely seen anyone mentioned the show on social media anymore.

[covert basin]

Cas-te-lawn???

“I prayed for a friend, and I was given a brother”

https://tenor.com/view/fire-writing-gif-24533171

[green bone]

lol that was so weird

excited s3 is coming out this year

gotta get on it before their actors are too old