#And just hasn't got around to the Apollo chapter yet

[gingermintpepper]

I would really like to read one piece of writing, amateur or not, that features Apollo and Zeus having a positive relationship. One. Any one. It could be 30 words long for all I care. I just need confirmation that one other writer actively producing content in the Greek Mythology sector doesn't think of Apollo as Zeus' toy, sexual or otherwise, or of Zeus purposefully surpressing Apollo because he doesn't want him to surpass his power, or of Apollo only being obedient to his father over all else because of fear and physical abuse, or of any other reason possibly invented except some sort of mutual understanding and respect.

It should not be this difficult to find content where they do not hate each other.

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

I first read Percy Jackson and the Olympians in the summer or fall of 2009. The trailer for the movie had just dropped, and a bunch of my classmates were reading the Lightning Thief every waking moment; they couldn't put it down. I didn't understand the hype but it looked interesting, so my mom bought me a copy from K-Mart, and I was instantly hooked! I just so happened to be 12 at the time, so it felt like the books were written specifically for me (I even had black hair and lived near the ocean; I wanted to be Percy SO BAD).

Over the next few months, every time my parents went to K-Mart for any reason I would beg them to let me come along, and then I'd beg them harder to buy me the next book in the series (they wouldn't buy them for me all at once because they were like seven or eight bucks a pop, so I had to space them out going into 2010). They sold paperback copies of the first four, but the Last Olympian was an oversized hardcover, so it doesn't match the rest of the collection (this still bugs me to no end).

I remember in the summer of 2010 when the Heroes of Olympus series was announced, I kept refreshing Rick Riordan's website for the cover reveal. I was so excited that you got to see the characters' faces this time (in a blurry jpeg, but I still thought it was super cool). He also published the first chapter for free as a teaser, and instead of scrolling through a wall of text it had pages you could click and drag across the screen like a real book, which blew my 13 year old mind.

My older sister grew up on Harry Potter, but I didn't get into that series until 2011 when the final movie came out (I had seen them all with my mom and sister, though not in order and I wasn't really paying attention), so PJO was the first series that got me interested in reading outside of school. I could hardly wait to read Heroes of Olympus, and I was SO upset when I realized it kinda stunk. I don't know what it was about that series, but it took me forever to slog through Lost Hero, and I couldn't even make myself finish Son of Neptune, I was completely checked out. I never got around to reading any of the others, or the Trials of Apollo series, or Magnus Chase or any of the other spinoffs; they just weren't my cup of tea.

The Lightning Thief movie was, well, different than I expected, but I didn't necesarilly hate it (I thought the actors were too old and it really bothered me that Annabeth wasn't even blonde!), but Sea of Monsters was downright unwatchable. I'm really glad they didn't adapt Titan's Curse because it would have blown HARD. I have zero expectations for the upcoming Disney+ show, but as long as Rick Riordan has ANY creative input as a producer it can't possibly be as bad as I fear (knock on wood). I'm 24 going on 25, I feel like I'm too old to get excited about a kid's show, but this series will always have a special place in my heart.

Fingers crossed that the show doesn't suck. I liked the musical, so this stone hasn't been bled completely dry just yet.