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while i'm feeling stabby let's talk about action scenes in the percy jackson show (bc i refuse to let this go i refuse i do)

bc the actions scenes otherwise were not unfortunately memorable for me i'm going to be talking about the first and last ones and why they don't work both on a cinematic level but also on a character level. did i want to address the disappointingness of the st louis arch fight? yes. but literally cannot remember it beyond the fact that it was disappointing. which says a lot imo.

so. let's start with the mrs. dodds fight shall we?

i'm going to say it. taking away the sequence where percy assumes that he's wrongfully in trouble kills a bunch of subtle character work in the series.

in the books percy has a short monologue at the beginning where he starts off with "am i a troubled kid?" and so the lead up to mrs. dodds attacking him does several things. we, the reader understand that percy didn't (consciously) do anything, so we feel the unfairness when he's pulled aside - this scene asks us, the readers, to sympathize with the kid, not the authority figure. it sets up a fundamental theme in the books, that authority figures, and more specifically adults, can be challenged, can be wrong, can be terribly unfair to children. and this is important considering the protagonist of this story is dyslexic and has ADHD???

and they take it out. and it's really really galling.

there's so many other things that i could say about the character work in this scene. so many, like the fact that mrs. dodds' monologue about the gods is misinterpreted at first to be about the school - setting up the connection between the school administration unfairness and the gods unfair attitudes towards their children. like the moment when percy thinks that it might have been his ADHD acting up when mrs. dodds got up the stairs quicker than humanly possible. there's also less foreshadowing for mr. brunner being chiron, like the pen turning into a sword isn't even properly shown hello the pen suddenly having magical properties could be completely divorced from mr. brunner gifting it to percy.

there's just. a lot. of character work I'M LITERALLY SCREAMING IT'S NOT EVEN A HARD SCENE JUST PLEASE WHY IS THE SHOW ALLERGIC TO TENSION LIKE PLEASE

but they don't add in the conversations, they don't add in the moment of self-doubt, they don't add in mr. brunner. mrs. dodds just approaches menacingly. in broad daylight. like sir. the mist can cover a lot but it showed ares as a kidnapper. it doesn't make that much sense that it completely erased people's perception of mrs. dodds. like please.

(also idk if this is disney, but i think that it was incredibly frustrating that they really just removed percy's being treated as a delinquent and as a troubled kid. the show begins with the monologue but the monologue is kickstarted by percy being at "Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York." HELLO??? you could have had the exact same monologue but you change it for subpar themes????)

ok so it doesn't work on a character level.

does it work cinematically?

HELL NO.

this scene has already been torn to shreds and back (BUT NOT ENOUGH) so i'll be short. EVEN THE SPY KIDS HAS IMPACT SEQUENCES. ONES THAT LOOK REALISTIC MIND YOU. there's no impact. percy isn't pushed down by mrs. dodds, he just. trips? ig? silently? without any noise? ahahaha the lack of noise??? someone else has already mentioned the lack of noise but yeah once you hear (or don't hear) it, you can't un-hear it.

ahahahaha

ok but surely the show improved as they went on, as the filmed more etc etc. sure. but like. also no. (and also though i'm sure they did film these episodes in order lets also keep in mind that filming is not always linear)

ARES FIGHT SCENE WOOOOO LET'S GO

ok i did lose the video (i looked for it i swear, i took 30 min trying to look for it, which really isn't that long but yeah) but a lovely tumblr user here (i think i know who it was but i don't want to be embarrassingly wrong) edited the ares's fight with his internal monologue and an awful recorder rendition of that one song from the titanic and it really does encapsulate my thoughts. but yeah if you aren't familiar with the video.

when i was watching the final episode i swear i was trying to turn all critical brain functions off but it was really hard for me not to notice the increasing amount of time that ares just lets percy get up. i just watched dune (second part) so i was spoiled for good fight sequences but something i did notice was that in dune, when there is a pause in a fight it is FOR CHARACTER REASONS. the characters are DELIBERATELY NOT ENDING THE FIGHT. and that was not the impression i got from ares. it really wasn't.

and that took away from his authority/menace as a god ngl.

so yeah was the fight better than the dodds fight. 100%. like 500%.

does that make it a good fight sequence.... ehhhhhhhhhhhh....

(why did the scenes with luke have more tension than the ares fight hello)

and character wise. assassination. all the assassination. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE CULMINATION OF PERCY'S CHARACTER ARC AHHHHHHHH. sorry. but like this was the point at which percy decides he's done running. and stands up to ares with all the taunts and quick thinking that we know him for. unfortunately the show thought itself better and erased that theme ahaha.

so this really is just a fight for the helm. no big reveals, no reading the actions and emotions of a god, no strategy, no trying to get to the water and ares stopping him. like

WOULD IT BE SO HARD TO JUST FOLLOW THE NICE LOVELY SCRIPT THE BOOKS GAVE YOU FOR EXAMPLE: shot of percy looking at the water, shot of ares looking at percy looking at the water, maybe a pan to the water here, percy moves towards, ares blocks. YOU CAN IN FACT SHOW BATTLEFIELD STRATEGY IN A MOVIE. BC BATTLE STRATEGY RESULTS IN STRATEGIC FIGHTING. WHICH IS WHAT THE VISUAL MEDIUM IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD AT. RIGHT? RIGHT???

ahahaha sorry just feeling stabby i don't really know why. anywho off to the senate meeting. i'm running a bit late but i did rsvp with a knife sooooo

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Netflix, cinema and pirated stuff wrapped

Tumblr not giving me year in review got me yearning for summaries. So have a list of the movies and shows I've seen this year.

Again, if any follower would like to make it into a kind of a tag game, please do 🥺.

Batman, 2022. Loved Robert Pattinson in a smudged makeup. Loved Paul Dano. Loved the music and the climate of Gotham. Another shameful example of the main female character being worked in the story quite sloppily, as the movie wouldn't really suffer without the Catwoman.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975. Actually good.

Guardians of the Galaxy vol.3, 2023. This is what they mean by 'marvelisation' tho I'm not sure if we can use it for the Marvel movie. I mean the fear of being genuine and serious oversaturation of jokes to the point of tastelessness. Rocket's backstory was less moving than that of Dr. Doofenshmirtz. But I absolutely fell for Cosmo the dog and have to add one star for her. Right into my Laika fells.

Blade Runner, 1982. Actually not that good. But Rutger Hauer was kinda hot.

Barbie, 2023. Oh boy. Really hilarious and fun in the first two thirds. Then the Kens' plot was so botched and filled with the shallowest ideas of womanhood and feminism, I felt as if I was watching something written by an 16-y.o. who just got on tumblr.

Oppenheimer, 2023. Wooooo the physicists, woooo the physics, wooooooo the Manhattan project!!!!! Woooo Cillian Murphy's beautiful eyes!!!! It was like seeing Blorbos from my papers come to life.

Brother Bear, 2003. Fucking amazing.

A Bug's Life, 1998. Good. But I'm afraid I will forever associate it with that one yaoi alice cooper poison comic. You know the one.

Schindler's List, 1993. Actually good.

Deadpool, 2016. Eh. Probably would like it better if I saw it when it came out.

Niebezpiecznie dżentelmeni, 2022. I appreciate the concept, but it could be better. Marcin Dorociński as Witkacy was the most memorable I think.

Chłopi, 2023. Crazy good.

The Lobster, 2015. I like a weird film, it has to be said.

Aguirre, Wrath of God, 1972. Fine.

Fitzcarraldo, 1982. I'm in love.

Emigracja xD, 2023. A good, Polish show?? A good, Polish comedy show??? More likely than you think!!! Seriously, where are all the fans?

1670, 2023. Another good Polish comedy show????? I love that it has a small tumblr fandom already.

2nd season and a half of 3rd of The Witcher Netflix. I cannot overstate how shit it was. Do not watch.

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92 Questions Tag

Rules: Answer these 92 statements and tag 20 people

I was tagged by the lovely lovely @seatudying and @colbystudies (and I feel like maybe someone else too? ahh sorry!), please follow them if you don’t already! 💛

I’m putting most of this under the cut because it’s SO LONG and also I feel like I always tag the same people in tag things so if you’re someone who likes to be tagged in things then please let me know so I can tag you!!!!! I don’t want to spam people who don’t want to be tagged!

Last: 1. Drink: teaaaaaa 2: Phone Call:  my mum, calling me to come get her and the dogs from the park because she didn’t want to walk the whole way home again 3. Text Message: my granny, asking if she needed anything from the shop lol 4. Song you listened to: teenage dream (glee cover bc EW katy perry) 5. Time you cried: I cry from laughing on a fairly regular basis tbh sooo yesterday, but if sad crying then I can’t remember tbh

Have you: 6. Dated someone twice: this implies I’ve even dated once lol 7. Kissed someone and regretted it: ahahahaa kissing... 8. Been cheated on: nope 9. Lost someone special: yeah 10. Been depressed: honestly not sure but I think so 11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: nope, no drinking for me thank yoouuu

List 3 favourite colors: 12-14: warm yellow, light pink, teal

In the last year have you: 15. Made new friends: yes!!! 16. Fallen out of love: nopeeee gotta be in it to fall out 17. Laughed until you cried: oh definitely! see number 5 18. Found out someone was talking about you: not that I remember 19. Met someone who changed you: nah 20. Found out who your friends are: what ???? 21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list: I’ve never kissed anyone lol sorry to disappoint

General: 22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: all of them except like 4 ppl I’m friends with and talk to loads but haven’t met irl 23. Do you have any pets: yep! 4 cats and 2 dogs 24. Do you want to change your name: eh, sometimes, because it’s so plain 25. What did you do for your last birthday: literally nothing wooo summer birthdays when everyone is busy/on holiday are just great 26. What time did you wake up: like 7:30 probably 27. What were you doing at midnight last night: sleeping 28: Name something you can’t wait for: going to uni!!!! basically getting to start a new and independent life 29. When was the last time you saw your mom: about an hour ago 30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: I’d love to lose some weight but lol I’m so lazy and exercise is hard 31. What are you listening to right now: a clock ticking lol 32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: yes 33. Something that is getting on your nerves: nothing atm 34. Most visited websites: tumblr, youtube, twitter 35. Mole/s: I got plenty (really tho I have loads of moles) 36. Mark/s: the dark mark 37. Childhood dream: I don’t think I ever rly had one lol how sad (maybe to be a singer? that’s still my dream tbh tho) 38: Hair colour: dark brown 39: Long or short hair: longish ??? 40. Do you have a crush on someone: nopeee 41. What do you like about yourself: idk I have good morals? like I don’t even have the capacity to understand why someone would do or say something mean or cruel 42. Piercings: none! 43. Blood type: I actually have no idea 44. Nickname: one certain friend calls me softie, my dad calls me dufus or snowflake 45. Relationship status: single 46. Zodiac: leo 47. Pronouns: she/her 48. Favorite TV Show: currently BBC Merlin 💛 49. Tattoos: not interested tbh I have a low pain tolerance and I’m indecisive so tattoos don’t sound like a good idea for me 50. Right or left hand: right 51. Surgery: no[e 52. Hair dyed in different color: no but I’ve thought about dying it like ginger or something lol 53. Sport: literally nothing how sad 55. Vacation: I’m going to London in August ye buddyyyyy 56. Pair of trainers: what ???? whatever idk

More general: 57. Eating: I’m not great at eating tbh like I have a small appetite generally BUT I could eat entire packets of biscuits and I rly want some cookies rn 58. Drinking: always water # don’t hate hydrate 59. I’m about to: answer the rest of these then GO TO SLEEP 61. Waiting for: my birthday wooooo 62. Want: books 63: Get married: I will eventually but not for a good few years yet I hope 64. Career: not sure tbh but I’ve thought about teaching physics

Which is better: 65: Hugs or kisses: HUGS ALWAYS. GET UR SLIMY KISSES AWAY FROM ME 66: Lips or eyes: eyes 67. Shorter or taller: whatever 68. Older or younger: older ??? but like not much either way 70. Nice arms or nice stomach: arms probably idk 71. Sensitive or loud: sensitive pls 72. Hook up or relationship: relationship 73. Troublemaker or hesitant: who would even pick troublemaker? are you okay????

Have you ever: 74. Kissed a stranger: nope 75: Drank hard liquor: nope 76. Lost glasses/contact lenses: I lost my glasses for like 5 mins one morning bc I woke up and couldn’t see that they’d fallen under my bed somehow 77. Turned someone down: does it count if we were like 8 lol 78. Sex on the first date: no dating so no 79. Broken someone’s heart: not that I know of 80. Had you heart broken: nope 81. Been arrested: no 82. Cried when someone died: yes ofc 83. Fallen for a friend: no

Do you believe in: 84. Yourself: I try to!!! 85. Miracles: yep 86. Love at first sight: ehhh probably not 87. Santa Claus: no :’( 88. Kiss on the first date: I mean, yeah, people can and do do this

Other: 90. Current best friend name: I have like 3 best friends leave me alone 91. Eye colour: blue/grey BUT I have some goldeny brown in one eye wooo 92. Favourite movie: GIFTED 💛  Chris Evans and McKenna Grace are my favourite people and I sobbed like a baby for most of the film

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Heyyyyyyyyyy! Kumusta kayo? 

Any Follow Recommendations para sa Tumblr 2017? Arts and Culture Enthusiasts? Photographers? Film Makers? Wooooo. Let’s get the hype back. :)

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I’ve picked up several followers over the last month and some of them weren’t even porn blogs (Wooooo!) So welcome to this corner of the Tumblr, and here’s a something about this blog. 

I think a lot about Star Wars. Like, a lot a lot. 

I have a serious Solo child problem. Anakin Solo is my kid forever and ever and no one will ever take his place, but apparently my Solo child problem is so intense that I won’t be put off by being only given a problematic one in new canon and I will adopt him as my own.  

I will ramble about Solo children till the cows come home, and then I’ll invite the cows to join me. Feel free to invite me to do this, but also know you do it vaguely at your own risk of 2000 word meta/rambles. 

Mara Jade is my favorite Star Wars character. Not my favorite Legends character, but my favorite Star Wars character of all the characters film, book, comic, game, Legends or Disney canon or otherwise, thus I will always be forever bitter about her decanonization until such time as they correct this mistake and give me new stories about her. I attempt to keep this bitterness to a dull roar and succeed most of the time. ^_^

It took me a good long year or so to make peace with Disney canon, but I largely have - thank you Kylux fandom (seriously it’s largely their doing). 

I suspect I will still always prefer Leia/Han and the Solo family (& honestly probably the Skywalker family although we know nothing about what Luke is doing yet huh) in Legends canon. 

Speaking of Kylux fandom, I reblog a lot of Kylux. If that isn’t your jam (believe me, I never expected it to be my jam) and you’re here primarily for the Legends stuff, the tag I use is ‘tales from the dumpster’ and it’s rare I don’t tag a post.

I occasionally, rarely, but occasionally post something NSFW-ish and I always tag it.

This is because I am a librarian in my real life and I like things organized, including with metadata. 

I’m a pretty ship friendly zone when it comes to Star Wars. There’s one actual NOPE and otherwise I tend to reblog everything and anything that strikes my fancy, and I’m not interested in wading into arguments about it. Actually that goes for the NOPE, because I just don’t care. It does nothing for me, but if its your jam that’s fine. This is why tumblr savior exists.

I have a Dameron problem because have you looked at Oscar Isaac?

I also have a Adam Driver problem because you know, I didn’t expect that one, but here we are. I blame Solo kids. 

I also tend to reblog Potterverse stuff and X Files stuff on a semi regular basis. Also Buffyverse. Those are the fandoms I’ve been most active in throughout the past twenty years of being online, and the ones I’ve written fic in, etc. I sometimes reblog other stuff. 

I run @youngestsolokid much more lazily. It’s dedicated to Anakin Solo specifically, and Legends Solo family stuff more generally, and Solo family stuff even more generally (i.e., yes, I repost art of Leia and baby Ben, because it could be any of the kids, yes? And it makes me happy). I post things there as I get a chance and I’m working my way through all of the books & comics Anakin appears in. I just finished the mind bending delight that is Crystal Star. 

I love costumes and costuming stuff, although I never feel like I’m particularly good at it. 

I RP characters on InsaneJournal

I write fanfiction on Ao3 @ Sabrina. 

I’m an over 30, she/her, feminist, who is trying to learn empathy and compassion pretty much all the time usually with a cup of coffee or tea in my hand. 

What else?

I did a slumber party thing the other Friday night and I may do that again in the future. I got a lot of fun anon asks, and it was fun to interact with people a bit, so that’s a thing I’d like to do more of in the future. 

Anyway, I think that’s the basic stuff... So come on in and have a cup of tea.  =D