#and also because Hades was shitting his pants in the underworld due to all the earthquakes

[my-name-is-apollo]

I had not expected the Apollo vs Poseidon in the Dionysiaca to go so hard:

"And now a fiery chief stood up to the champion of the deep: Phoibos, to fight with Poseidon. He set shaft on string, and also lifted a brand of Delphic fir in each hand doubledextrous, to use fire against the surging sweep of water, and arrows against the trident. Fiery lance and watery arrows crashed together: while Phoibos defended his home the upper air rattled a thunderclap for a battlesong; the stormy trumpet of the sea brayed in the ears of Phoibos — a broadbeard Triton boomed with his own proper conch, like a man half-finished, from the loins down a greeny fish — the Nereids shouted the battlecry — Arabian Nereus pushed up out of the sea and bellowed, shaking his trident."

(Book 36, Trans. William Henry Denham Rouse )

Apollo is fighting Poseidon standing on Delos - an island - completely surrounded by Poseidon's domain. He's ambidextrous apparently and is using fire against Poseidon's water. There's thunder in the skies sounding like a battle song (thanks Zeus) and the roar of the waves is tearing Apollo's ears (thanks Triton). Poseidon has his entire gang cheering for him.

Like don't get me wrong, Apollo peacefully refusing to fight Poseidon in the Iliad is good on its own, but their fight in Dionysiaca is so so fun to visualise.

[stitchoran-irwin]

THE LIGHTNING THIEF MUSICAL

HOLY SHITBALLS THAT WAS AMAZING SOO I JUST SAW THE DAM SHOW AND IT WAS AMAZING (insert that one kid from the incredibles) AND IT WAS ALSO MY FIRST SHOW AND TIME IN NEW YORK CITY!!!! so i got my ticket morning of, and a seat in front row was open. when the girl on the phone told where the available seats were and she said row a (front row) and i nearly yelled gimme front row. i was at ellis island, and i tweeted it out. THE OFFICAL TWITTER TWEETED TO ME. TO ME. brb getting it tattooed on my ass cuz the whole pjo franchise owns this fine piece of ass. SOO I WAS LITERALLY THE FIRST PERSON IN LINE WHEN DOORS OPEN. I RAN TO MY SEAT, AND THEN WENT UPSTAIRS TO GET MY SELF ANOTHER CAMP HALF BLOOD (i out grew my other one) AND THEY WERE SELLING BOOKS. BOOKS I TELL YOU. SO I GOT A NEW COPY OF THE LIGHTNING THIEF BECAUSE MY ONE FRIEND BORROWED IT AND IT HASN’T BEEN SEEN YET. (it’s been like two years) AND ONTO THE SHOW before the show: -they were playing storm sounds and also wind chimes, and bird chirping. -they didn’t announce the show was starting, the house lights just went down. -the set was amazing. i loved how they all used the set and interacted with it. -the whole theatre was really small. it only holds 300 people during the show: act i: -james (?) and carrie were the first out. BUT CHRIS’ ENTRANCE. HE SLID INTO (my dms and heart, no jk) AND HE WAS THE PERFECT PERCY. -KRISTIN WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. -(their vocals deserve DESERVE A CAST RECORDING, GET ON IT, CHOP CHOP @ LIGHTNING THIEF MUSICAL) -chris, i cannot say and stress this enough, was the perfect percy. the casting director knocked it out of the park with him. -sarah was mrs dodds. she was hilarious. i think she was wearing an adult diaper…. -carrie owned the stage, the moment she came on. sally and chris’ onstage relationship was real, raw, and beautiful. james was smelly gabe and freaking hilarious. -the whole theatre smelled after carrie sprayed febreeze behind james. it smelled good, but vv strong. -SPEAKING OF STRONG, it was amazing. carrie nailed it, and chris’ reactions made my whole week. there were funny parts in the song, but the overall message was beautiful. -ALSO THERE WAS BLUE FOOD AND MARSHMALLOWS. CHRIS ACTUALLY PULLED OUT A REAL COOL BLUE (naturally) GATORADE FROM THE FRIDGE THAT WAS ON STAGE. -carrie was such a mom to george and chris. -james’ minotaur,.,,,, i loved it. -you drool when you sleep was amazing. -PERCABETH’S FIRT ENCOUNTER? I’M STILL SCREAMING -"are you ever gonna wear pants again?” “NOPE.” -the sexism remark annabeth made? like gyffindors, the campers got that tattooed. BUT JAMES AND GEORGE’S REACTIONS MADE IT. -GEORGE WAS A WONDERFUL MR. D. ANOTHER TERRIBLE DAY WAS SO FUNNY -JONATHAN RAVIV IS MY MAIN MAN, HE WAS FUCKING AWESOME, HE PLAYED SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND YET HE MANAGED IT BEAUTIFULLY. -i don’t remember much about “their sign” -KRISTIN AND SARAH’S PUT YOU IN YOUR PLACE WAS AMAZING. THE FIERCENESS AND THE TWO STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERS BUTTING HEADS WAS AMAZING. -then, the campers literally shitted on their parents. KATIE GARDENER MADE AN APPEARANCE. SO DID SILENA (and in another terrible day, she mentioned BECKONDORF I SCREAMED) “yeah, chiron wins.” (chiron was telling the campers that his dad ate his kids.) -also, chiron’s costume was pretty simplistic. he just had a horse tail and his gallops around the stage made my day. -the oracle, played by carrie, was freaky as shit. they had her on a platform, and her dress was long enough, so other cast members could get under and push out on the dress itself. -CHRIS’ REACTIONS WERE GOLD. -GOOD KID. HOLY SHIT. -chris has percy down pat. the song was so much emotional on stage then on the recording. when percy got on the scaffolding, for a moment, i thought percy was gonna jump. -luke came up and told percy that he could go on the quest for his mother. PERCY JUMPED UP AND WAS IMMEDIATELY SOLD ON THE QUEST