#Rick Says Hey

[bugs-and-grass]

uh. i have a problem.

[ID: Photo of a Flareon carrying an unidentified egg in her tail, holding it against her side. Her expression shows clear distrust towards the one taking the picture, muzzle curled up into a snarl and fur bristled. It looks like the middle of the woods with /ID]

i was walking mama while kyle's asleep and she ran off, but when i found her she was carrying this egg. i really don't think she laid it and she won't let me come close or hear me out.

guys we literally don't have the resources to care for another baby pokemon right now and if she stole that egg we're in deep shit

[bugs-and-grass]

it's illegal in unova to wear slippers in a public space after 11pm.

no i have no idea why that is. yes i've tried it. no it's not enforced.

Did you know that, in Goldenrod City, it's illegal to bathe a Mudsdale in front of the Radio Tower?

Sometimes I wonder about the circumstances that led to weird laws like this being made.

[andy-clutterbuck]

requested by Anons

[bugs-and-grass]

@ex-champion-mad-scientist

Pelipper mail! A bottle of blue-greenish serum. (Wait… why’s the color off?…)

Heyyyyyy Rick, got the stuff you asked for! Ehehe… problem is, my shelf got stolen this morning, so I didn’t have too much of the sample left. Had to mix it with some solvant. Don’t worry, it probably still works! Maybe!

At least, I think so?…

cheers my dude

[bugs-and-grass]

oh gosh what an absolute bean please give him extra pets and treats for us

@u-nova @bugs-and-grass

Here's the Boy! He got startled by a Magikarp while we were resting from our training.

[conanssummerchild]

unpopular opinion but i dont really think it was bad of rick to make rickbot. i mean he was falling back into his obsession with finding rick prime so he made a replacement for himself as to not completely disappear from morty's life the way he did from beth's (well the way he did from beths in other dimensions, since his own beth died ig) if he tried to act normal while being completely consumed by trying to find rick prime he wouldve probably been even more of a bad grandpa than he usually is, so he replaced himself, maybe morally its not the most correct but like its a step up from completely disappearing, he actually thought of morty this time, which i think speaks volume for his character development idk. and i mean he said it all himself in the last scene of that episode. he refers to it as "my darkness", which is accurate, he says "hunting him destroyed me" which is why he didnt want to include morty in it im assuming, "its going to take over your life morty" "maybe trying to stay healthy while doing it" "its the most painful shit ive ever had to deal with" like he was actually taking morty into account for once dude, im not saying rick is like perfect and im very aware hes done super fucked up shit, i just dont think this is an example of it

[bugs-and-grass]

[ID: Photo of a Sandshrew staring up at the camera, head tilted curiously. It looks like this was taken in a sandy area, perhaps a desert. /ID]

so this little guy started following me while i was helping with a delivery.

guys help i don't have a pokeball on me--

[bugs-and-grass]

not ashamed to admit i assaulted a plasma grunt when i was volunteering at a shelter one time.

[andy-clutterbuck]

5x03 | Four Walls and a Roof

[moeblob]

And then she threatens to kill him if he doesn't man up and say that while looking her in the eye (and then he apologizes while looking at her in the eye because he cannot be directly rude).

[bayetea]

seeing non-black people critique rick's portrayal of black characters is interesting sometimes. only like 30% of the critiques I see make any sense to me to be honest

[bugs-and-grass]

ah lads not again

Love opening the dashboard to see someone going through the horrors. Good to know everyone on this site is 100% sane and normal! :D

[bugs-and-grass]

Nincada delivery to eeby Rick

A catch patch

awww fuck yeah thanks

so do i just slap it on my belly or something or what

[aroaceleovaldez]

I think one of the problems with the HoO characterizations is Rick kind of forgot to give half the cast hobbies and general interests, and maybe like people they know outside of their families and outside of camp, or if he did remember to it rarely gets brought up for most of them, or in the special case of Annabeth - she randomly develops a hobby in weaving for exactly one scene and then never again. Apparently she just knew how to do that, even though it is a skill she has literally never used before nor uses again.

The best examples I can give of this are comparing/contrasting the examples of when we do actually get this with the lack-thereof: Hazel and Frank are good examples. Hazel has hobbies and interests generally unrelated to all her demigod stuff (horses and art) and we see this repeatedly discussed and brought up. She also knows and interacts with people outside of the necessities of her quest/Camp Jupiter or her family - Sammy was her best friend at school and they hung out and stuff! Meanwhile, Frank, as far as we know, doesn’t know anybody outside of his family even though he presumably went to school before Camp Jupiter? His hobby is... archery? That’s the only thing he ever really shows interest in but at the same time it only rarely gets brought up except for him using a bow as his main weapon and the like two instances of noting that Frank had hoped he was an Apollo kid for a little bit. The closest other detail we get to Frank having any other kind of hobby/interest is him mentioning off-hand that he used to play Mythomagic.

Piper and Leo - We can presume that Piper knew Shel before moving to Oklahoma, because Piper used to visit her grandpa often and as far as we know that’s also where Shel lives. But we never see Piper ever mention knowing anyone else in her grandfather’s community. Heck, when she’s introduced we’re basically outright told that she doesn’t interact much at all with any of her classmates outside of necessity, and we don’t even have any confirmation that before Hera’s mind-meddling that she even acknowledged Leo’s existence. Also, Piper has like, exactly zero hobbies. We do not know what Piper does in her free time or what she likes (except vaguely that she has surfed before), only really what she dislikes. Leo at least does have some kind of excuse for not really knowing anybody, and an explicit explanation about why that is the case and how he feels about it. Leo also has a repeatedly referenced interest/hobby in mechanics that’s very core to his character.

Percy and Annabeth? Pre-HoO, they both have plenty of interests and know people outside their general circles! Percy knows kids at school. Annabeth’s general outer social circle is Camp Half-Blood, because she grew up there, but she clearly knows people at camp. She’s also super into architecture! And Percy does a ton of stuff in his free time - he skateboards! He plays basketball! He has two pets he takes care of (Blackjack and Mrs. O’Leary)! Post-HoO he’s on a swim team! But during HoO? Percy’s hobbies just kind of disappear, besides “oh yeah he uh. Does water stuff.” There’s no acknowledgement of like, “Yeah Percy sets up a little basketball hoop on the back of his door on the Argo 2 and shoots trash at it.” Literally anything! And yeah, Annabeth’s architecture interest is somewhat acknowledged, but also like, not really? We at least get some kind of “Yeah, in her spare time she’s usually on her laptop working on stuff” but we also barely get any instances of Annabeth thinking about her friends at camp except for like, Tartarus.

For Jason it at least kind of works because a.) he has amnesia and it’s implied he doesn’t really have close friends at Camp Jupiter besides Reyna, so it figures he only ever really references random other legionaries like, twice. and b.) there is also the heavily implication that Jason doesn’t have hobbies, because his entire life was so focused around his training at Camp Jupiter. This works less with Reyna, but she also kind of has an excuse for not knowing people besides like, her sister and Jason, given she ran away when she was young, Circe’s island was destroyed, and she could have only been at Camp Jupiter for like 3 years maximum at that point. And she’s not exactly the most social character. We also don’t get much indication of her hobbies, besides she also likes horses and it’s heavily implied she likes nature/gardens? Presumably, given we get like, one note of that in HoO, maybe two if you count her living on Circe’s island, and then like one more nod to that in TOA. And we only get her POV chapters in BoO anyways so again, she has some excuses. Coach Hedge also is incredibly bland besides maybe him having a hobby in sports, and... violence? Which definitely does not count. And him lacking any POV chapters doesn’t really help.

I think this is why Nico continually feels like such a strong character, simply because we know what he does in his spare time. We know he knows people outside of the camps (most of those people are gods or ghosts, but he at least knows people) and technically you could argue him knowing about Camp Jupiter between BoTL and TLO counts too. He even references his old neighbor at one point. Obviously, he’s very into Mythomagic, and that comes up a lot because it’s his special interest and is usually also relevant to their quests. He travels a lot, and apparently used to when he was younger as well. We also learn he used to have a special interest about pirates and that apparently may have played into his crush on Percy. Like, all that is so simple and minor but it makes such a difference for how Nico feels as a character. Most of Nico’s stuff though is established in the first series, which definitely helps because the first series was pretty good about giving characters hobbies and maybe some people they know - Annabeth, Percy, and Nico we’ve already covered, but also like, Grover knows other satyrs and is usually practicing music and also we know what foods he likes. Thalia is very into punk culture and music. We know she particularly likes Green Day. We know she knew the Hunters of Artemis before the events of TTC. Rachel's whole thing is that she’s super into art and she has a bunch of connections through her rich family, and she’s basically Percy’s only mortal friend. They have lives!

If you put a protagonist in a room and told them to occupy themselves, you should have an answer for what they do. They should be able to name one person outside their immediate social circle who they are generally friendly with or vaguely know, unless they have a specific reason for that to not be the case. HoO crew needs to occupy their time by themselves, no weaponry, for twenty minutes? Hazel could be drawing, Nico could be organizing his cards, Leo could be tinkering, Annabeth could be working on her laptop, Percy could be trying out little skateboard tricks. Jason, Piper, Frank, and Reyna? What would they be doing?

TOA does actually answer that question for Jason, at least, because we learn that Jason makes tiny dioramas! That’s adorable! Why doesn’t he do that in HoO?! TOA also gives us more depth to Will Solace besides “He’s a medic and does medic things” with telling us that he’s into Star Wars. Like, that’s actually so much information to work with! Thank you! And then we also find out in TOA that Nico’s also kinda into art! We still don’t get anything new for Piper, Frank, or Reyna - besides again one more potential implication that Reyna thinks plants are Pretty Okay, and that nature is Mildly Alright. Like, not even “maybe she keeps a houseplant” territory, all we have is “if she had the option, she might be interested in visiting a flower garden.” But honestly TOA at least gives us something for most of the characters we see. Like at least one thing. Most of the rest of the writing is a mess but at least the characters are mildly interesting.

Anyways, give your characters hobbies, it’s good for them.

[dragonling348]

I'm thinking about that first few episodes of the PJO show, compared to the general opinion of the show now. I'm thinking about the ways we saw Percy trip and fall in front of Annabeth, how Percy got distracted instantly and pet a gecko in the middle of a fight, how he almost shot another camper with a bow and arrow after telling everyone it was probably a bad idea to let him hold a bow and arrow. I'm thinking about how this kid fails so often, and we really got to see it for a moment. We *had* that for a few episodes. This total looser who's human, who messes up but still somehow saves the world. We get moments like the consensus song--it's not like the show is devoid of humor. But as the show goes on, you can sense a change. I won't say my critiques on the newer episodes because everyone knows exactly what direction the show went, the pieces of humanity that it's missing. But I will point out how everyone cheered when the 12 year old ran a taxi straight into a wall. Because that's what they remember. They laughed when they were kids reading a chapter list with things like "We take a zebra to Vegas"

I don't know what the point of this post is, it doesn't say anything that the entire fandom hasn't been saying. I'm not even trying to reach a decision on whether or not I like these changes. But Rick Riordan *had* that feeling in the show. It's just that as it goes on, we get less and less.

[bugs-and-grass]

confirmed: even god cannot fully comprehend the flavor of oran berry.

Pelipper Mail! A little taste of simplicity from the world: An Oran berry!

Ooooh! Quite the curious little fruit you've sent me, yes? I know of these Oran Berries. They developed as sort of a 'health fruit' meant to soothe pain and help promote healing. As such, this... should have a rather plain taste. I did not want them to be inedible to anyone.

Bit of peeling here... aaaand... mm! Mm, yes, that... that IS quite an interesting flavor. Very chewy, very juicy...

... Perhaps it's almost bland in some fashion. I can taste it. But I do not really know if I'd say I "like" or "dislike" it. But if I were to adjust its flavor, its intended effect would falter, wouldn't it? Hmmmm.