#PJO casting

[verlierer-is-lost]

Good lord Percy Jackson fans are so fucking horrified of change it’s kinda scary. Because what do you mean you’re “upset Rick is adding a new character to the TV Show”

Yall got mad when Jason showed up in The Lost Hero. Yall got mad when they made Percy blond and Annabeth black. And now we’re mad at this for some reason?? It’s actually baffling. Like seriously who gives a shit???

This has gotta be one of the most miserable, butt hurt fandoms I’ve ever been in. It’s so fucking embarrassing

[people-wxtching]

SHE'S SO PRECIOUS OMG 🥺

EDIT: she also wrote an entire essay about PJO right before she actually got the role!

[half-blood-goods]

On recent casting news, I would like to mention an idea, because at this point anything is possible with this show:

Jack Black as Blackjack

[julie-and-the-ghost-himbos]

Can't wait to see Luke be all angsty about his dad and it's Lin Manuel Miranda

[tulittt]

Kinda glad that they didn't show the actors for Bianca and Nico as an Easter egg in the Lotus Casino episode. Realistically they probably wouldn't cast the same actors later and for continuities sake and for the sake of the kids doing the cameo it's better this way

[soymusico-y-amoenclavedesol]

7 out of... 14?

[valewritessss]

Someone said they hope the new pjo character is a blonde girl with grey eyes that replaces Annabeth as the love interest who gave them the confidence to say that?

[readwithlivvy]

does having black zeus mean that we're getting black thalia and jason???

[bookishjules]

I keep saying lin doesn't fit the vibe for hermes, but that's such a vague way to put it and really makes it feel more flimsy than it is. so I dug a bit deeper. and I think a big reason that the vibe of hermes wouldn't live as well in lin-manuel miranda is because hermes is easily the most human of the gods in the original pjo series. I could list examples, but I think that's a pretty well accepted viewpoint to have. and because this is the case, having a billboard-sized name filling those shoes feels like its already being disloyal to the character that hermes is in the books.

[people-wxtching]

this is how that chapter in the titan's curse went, right?

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[half-blood-goods]

Now that the "Logan Lerman as Poseidon" train has been officially derailed, it's time to get on the "Logan Lerman as Paul" train

[littlebitofserendipity]

✨ 🕯️. ✨

✨🕯 ✨ 🕯✨

✨🕯 Manifesting 🕯✨

✨🕯 Posidon casting 🕯✨

✨🕯 today 🕯✨

✨ 🕯 ✨ 🕯✨

✨ 🕯️. ✨

[overheard-at-camp-half-blood]

I’ve been thinking about the Percy Jackson casting a lot lately, especially with SDCC photos coming out. Because a lot of people love to repackage their racism as, “Oh, so I’m not allowed to be disappointed without being called racist?” or “Everyone was mad about Annabeth being brunette in the movies, and now we’re supposed to be okay with it?” or “just because Rick says it’s okay, doesn’t mean it is.”

Or just nitpicking the hell out of the show before it has even come out, which to an extent, I understand being worried, with how the movies turned out. At the same time… I feel like some of you are not giving this show a chance at all.

First of all, nobody is saying you aren’t allowed to be disappointed… we’re just questioning why you’re disappointed. Because one minute you’re complaining about how Leah isn’t blonde, and then when someone draws Leah as Annabeth with blonde box braids and gray eyes, you are still whining about how it is not your Annabeth. So which is it?

Because Annabeth is never explicitly described as white. She is described to have tan skin (which non-white people can have), curly blonde hair and gray eyes. And yet, I never see you guys give the same energy when someone draws Annabeth with straight blonde hair and is pale as a fucking ghost, as you do when they draw a black Annabeth with blonde box braids.

Also, let’s be clear, our issue with Alexandria Daddario was never just that she didn’t look like the character, and for the most part, most people upset about that were like… twelve. If that was truly as big of an issue as it was, people would have liked her a lot more in SoM than they did. But no, we didn’t like her, because she didn’t EMBODY the role of Annabeth. We didn’t like her because she was like… a 30 year old playing what was supposed to be a twelve year old.

Like… I am so tired of people acting like that was a big reason why people didn’t like the movies, when for the most part, people hate the Sea of Monsters more.

Also, it’s really interesting to see people say NOW that it doesn’t matter what Rick says because it doesn’t change canon, because I remember arguing with people before the casting about headcanoning Annabeth and Percy as non white, and saying that they were not canonically white, then people saying, “Well Rick commissioned the artwork so OBVIOUSLY their canonically white.”

So, it’s like… what is it? Does Rick’s opinion matter or not? Like, I don’t think these things matter as much to you guys as you say they do.

[tulittt]

We are about to have a bunch of new people join the Percy Jackson fandom with the new show coming out.

YES THIS MEANS PEOPLE WHO HAVENT READ THE BOOKS

Can we please agree to welcome people to the fandom and let them discover things for themselves without being assholes? Cheers I will die on this hill

[cillianmurphyswhore]

Why are people mad about the Hermes casting? It’s perfect for PJO. Like if they had cast Danny Devito as Dionysus…it would just make sense ya know.

[stupidlovepurplepeace]

We’ve got Zeus and Poseidon!!!

I so happy and excited!!! :D