#I just....

[ofswordsandpens]

just caught up on the pjo show and tbh Grover's interaction with Ares was hilarious but VERY (like, completely) ooc for him, tbh

grover in general just feels like a very different character than he was in the books, I'm a little (okay more than a little) annoyed

honestly as much as I'm enjoying Aryan's portrayal, as the show progresses the less and less this feels like a depiction of book Grover. Like, did I think master manipulator Grover playing Ares was funny? Absolutely. Did it feel like something book 1 Grover would have done? Not particularly.

And I think I would be vibing with these changes more if the show wasn't also removing Grover from scenes where he was either: extremely helpful, made the right call, or actively saved Percy and Annabeth.

Like in the book, Grover made the initial correct call about Medusa and then actively battled her to the best of his ability. In the show, his correct call is given to Annabeth and he can't control the shoes so he's removed from the scenario so Percy and Annabeth can talk about it. Then he accidentally crashes into the boxes which distracts Medusa. This is the extent of his "help" to them.

Then he's removed from the Water Land parts entirely. In the book, he saved Percy and Annabeth from either death or at minimum extreme bodily harm from crashing into the asphalt, but in the show he's forced to stay with Ares as collateral. And then the show did attempt to give him something to do by manipulating Ares and I promise, I do understand the intent behind the scene, but again, since I find it very unlikely that Grover's going to correctly identify the lightning thief in the next episode, he didn't really get anything valuable for the team.

And just to be clear: it's not that I'm upset that show Grover's going to be wrong, because I do think it's important for characters to be able to make mistakes, make wrong calls, etc. It's just that as of now (episode 5) you could have removed show Grover from the quest and it would have hardly made a single difference.... That's not good. And you cannot say the same for book Grover at this same point in time.

Then the show's also removed Grover's personal stake in the quest from the book: his last chance to redeem himself to get his license, and his consequent motivation to one day search for Pan.

Book Grover also feels exceedingly guilty and perceives himself as a failure, and the show's barely touched on at it at all, and sure, we have a few more episodes to circle around to this but we still should have had more seeds of this sewn by now. It's more impactful for it to be carried through the plot rather than exposition-dumped in the final hour.

So I guess here's to hoping that in the last three episodes, the show will allow Grover to do more in the trio beyond providing conflict management and comic relief. And actually provide concrete and useful help.

[stupidlittlespirit]

hey so yea I’m an artist been drawing for years: it’s totally normal to prefer torture over drawing, I can confirm. Drawing IS torture. No matter how good you get at it man IT NEVER GETS EASIER TURN BACK NOW!! (joking of course, have fun with it you don’t need to be a pro, but it is tough. Low-key super rewarding though once you start improving n learning new things)

Good luck on your art journey though genuinely!! I’m sure you know this but I might as well say: take your time with it! I’m currently working on my anatomy (cause I tended to ignore it a lot..) and it’s HELL but every time I do it I can see tiny little improvements and it’s great!! Keep going, you’ve got this

[itoshiki--hito--e]

Messy Kazurei doodle (~‾▿‾)~

[cinamun]

Have we talked yet about how she isn't to blame?

[antisociallilbrat]

Nancy is such an interesting character because as I’ve said before, she’s determined to change the shitty world around her but it’s not because she’s filled with some unbridled optimism. I wouldn’t even call her an optimist, she’s more of a realist.

Nancy Wheeler is a character that is filled with lifetimes of passed down feminine rage. We’ve seen this since season one. She has watched her mother and presumably her grandmother settle for lives they didn’t want. Marry the first ‘decent’ man that came along, not out of love but because it was expected of them. If they had dreams they didn’t get to pursue them because who would stay home to take care of the kids?

She’s not going to settle. She’s not going to become her mom. Nancy Wheeler won’t fucking stop till the world conforms to her. Even if she has to fight for it with blood and tears. She’s a damn way maker.

[rennarita]

[icoulduseapairofbrassknuckles]

Looking up the ages of all the boys in MOTA And BoB and The Pacific and good lord they were all so young. All of them were under the age of 30, most were under the age of 25. Just babies going to war really.

[yesterdayiwrote]

*sigh* dude idek if I can defend you anymore, what is even going on?...

[dancewithmejustforthehellofit]

Coworker is back and now we're talking shit about homeless people again. With a student even!

[clown-demon]

((Ngl... having your fp tell you she took additional training on how to help people with schizophrenia and how to talk to them is just... really touching... I have never had anyone ever do that for me...

[gay-mooshrooms]

why are you so quiet???

thinking bout, "I AM SALLY JACKSONS SON!"

[notimeforlaugh]

is it weird if I want tullulah to go apeshit child warrior and try to get separated from everyone who loves her and purposefully get herself in danger to get tough, because she is tired of being weak and dependant?...

I swear I'm normal (defo no)

[pitynostars]

like they cld have had the doctor settle down with his family for a bit, finally stop runnning, give us that, give donna that etc etc.... without the bigeneration stuff ?? Just feels like it was pointless apart from to make room for a bloody spinoff and give us more tennant wank.

[crazydreamer6]

Alright @rillaofexile here comes a fucking rant

HEY! Hey TPP, guess what?

You're bad fucking writers and you're dumb.

And you wanna know why??

Cuz you wrote this in the newest episode, right?

BUT YOU FUCKING WROTE THIS ALL THE WAY BACK IN SEASON 2 WHEN YOU ACTUALLY CARED

Arum has been closed off in anti-magic prison before. Didn't kill him. Not even close. You expect me to just accept that anti-magic airplane is going to kill him when stone of the same property didn't. He didn't even flicker once. Which is dumb to begin with because Arum... Is a living being? He is not a ghost? He is a physical living being, his life force may be tied to the Keep yes, but the idea that he'll disappear off the face of the earth is a dumb idea.

But you don't care. You're doing this for drama. You're doing this because you're out of ideas and you don't actually give a shit about being consistent with your own writing. You're making things up as you go. Which is why your magic system is idiotic, you don't know how it works and you're making shit up. I have a more consistent magic system in my fanfic that I BASED OFF OF YOUR OWN PODCAST BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO FIGURE OUT A CONSISTENT MAGIC SYSTEM. If you paid the fuck attention to your own writing you wouldn't look fucking dumb.

But I digress. I'm tired. I'm still going to continue listening to this BS because they've got me and I've invested too much time into these characters to not see how it ends. But it's not going to be good. It's not going to be enjoyable. It's going to be disappointing and flat and rushed and sad because you don't give a shit.

So I'll sit over here and wait for it to come crashing down. See ya then

[chaos-potat]

I have an intense fear of someone or something being outside an uncovered window at night and trying to get to me

Oh, well that's a fear alright

tbh I've felt that one before

this is still more rational than mine, these are embarrassing me tbh, I don't know if I want to say mine now ;-;