#and the budget is cut again

[casa-delle-galline]

So Max made the weird decision to cancel OFMD, the show that was one of the most in-demand shows on the platform, of the highest score, that was basically its cash cow, worth hundreds if not thousands of subscribers, and thought that was a good idea?

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[payasita]

so the queer teen instinct never goes away huh. I'm 26 and when an auntie gushed about my hair and told me "you'd BETTER not cut it before your cousins wedding" a rage I hadn't felt since before I left home awakened in me and my new under cut looks Fantastic but it's not enough. i need a tattoo

[mxmade-up]

WTF IS THIS EPISODE

[bvckbiter]

i dont think ive seen anyone rlly discuss this yet but one scene im still miffed they took out was the hellhound attacking percy during capture the flag (after the showdown between clarisse and percy). this isn’t so much a gripe for 1-to-1 accuracy but rather what it represents. least important to most important (in my opinion):

1. percy’s powers are forced to fully manifest. his displays escalate, from percy making the fountain grab nancy bobofit, to spraying clarisse in the toilets, then finally to heal himself. it makes sense that his displays should escalate in response to his opponents, instead of a repeat of clarisse and gang trying to bludgeon him.

2. the chapter where it happens is when percy starts realizing that chb is not a perfectly safe haven and the gods arent all that (“i could begin to understand luke’s resentment…”). clarisse may be holding a monumental grudge against him; but the hellhound is pre-meditated, murderous intent, and it requires scheming and betrayal from someone inside/affiliated with camp. because chb is no longer a place where percy can just blend in as unclaimed and hide forever, poseidon is essentially cornered into claiming him, and the quest is inevitable.

3. the hellhound tells us just how dire the stakes are even while percy is esconced in chb—the lengths to which the antagonist is willing to go in order to draw out the war between zeus and poseidon, to kill anything standing in his way. the hellhound tells us how dangerous kronos—AND LUKE—are, a point that is underscored by the following chapter describing the iconic (TO ME!) horse and eagle dream… which is something they also took out.

for comparison, in the show, capture the flag ends with annabeth pushing percy into the water so he heals from the injuries dealt to him by clarisse. so to me its not as impactful and, in an on-brand move by the tv show, severely diminishes the stakes of situation, so instead we get chiron horse-splaining the whole situation rather than actually feeling the consequences of it.

you could argue that the show version does achieve points 1 and 2, just differently—or not to the fullest degree, depending on if you agree with me or not. point 3 though is what irritates me particularly. it’s the show’s take on defanging luke. i could understand removing the scorpion because yeah it’s feasible that kronos would try to take a softer route with percy and recruit him.

but removing the hellhound, which is the murder situation where you could actually still make luke not entirely at fault for the situation (kronos threatened him, kronos foresaw that percy would be in that spot but luke didnt, etc.) is basically just. absolving him of any actual moral reprehensibility in the show. which i dont like. luke’s character is one that i def agree can afford to be made more sympathetic, especially since in tlt-som hes quite a cardboard cutout villain (likely bc rick didnt know fully yet his plans/vision for luke), but the show just swings in that opposite direction, almost as if it’s too afraid that it will be too complex/polarizing for its audience. as a longtime luke fan its insulting; and as a pjo fan it’s quite worrying, because if they miss the point of luke’s character, high chances are they miss the point and spirit of the series entirely.

to conclude, this is not to say that this scene, or any singular scene at all, is the make or break for me, or for anyone at all (though i think the lotus casino scene/episode may be a close placeholder for that lol). however, it is, in my opinion, one part in a very long string of show retcons that swap the source for something worse or with less heart.

[sskk-manifesto]

!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sysig]

By the skin of your teeth (Patreon)

[osakwv]

Me thinks starscream is cursed or something. Always starts strong then the writers change / have forced limitations or they have no clue what the fuck to do with him.

[zombeesknees]

had to drop $812 at Midas today for all new tires/a realignment, and then i got home to find wimsey bleeding like a stuck pig from a giant gash across the underside of his neck (not sure if one of the other cats literally went for the throat, or if he just clawed all the fur and skin off), and then i had to work an extra two hours to make up for the Midas jaunt, so today has just been A Day.

picture of the recuperating, grompy patient:

[bugmistake]

in a perpetual state of i need a haircut i need a piercing i need to dye my hair i need a tattoo bc i was so so busy being too depressed to want anything as a teenager to have my first years of self expression besides dyeing my hair every few months. but now that im 23 and dont live with my mom im like ohughh god. its my time. i wanna change my clothes my hair my face!!!!! btw does anyone have opinions on hair dye. i used to like ion a lot when i was dyeing my hair regularly but that was like. years n years ago. ive been using good dye young but i dont rlly like it :~(

[namtanlovesfilm]

bright leaving gmmtv is literally zero surprise but OOF, gmmtv must be sour as all hell bc he probably represented like 20% of their revenue with all of his brand deals alone 😬

[emdotcom]

*remembers what they did to Vanny* 500 FUCKING PIPEBOMB ATTACK.

[gomzdrawfr]

do you have a favorite book?

I can’t remember the last time I read a novel because the books I touch and read are uni related 😂😭

But I did remember enjoying short poem books…romance one…ya panda yearn a lot in her free time…

[snickerdoodlles]

...ngl, enron musk acting like he can do to the US federal budget what he did to twitter is kinda funny

[lorelaiislatte]

cbs do you want me to backflip off a building because it’s really starting to feel that way

[bootyful-seventeen]

hey y'all, anyone have any good stress relief tehniques or habits they'd like to share cuz I've been more stressed in the last 3 weeks then I was in the last 6 months

[hikelesbian]

financial counsellors are annoying. “save by doing xyz!” girl, i am living a hair above paycheck-to-paycheck 40+ hours of work a week at two OFFICE JOBS. i can’t. and that’s me knowing full well that life’s never going to get any cheaper.