#annabeth chase is better than you

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I'm not the only one who feels like they're hiding Annabeth, right?

She's barely in the trailer. She's had, what, three shots they've repeated in different scenes? She's had one line in the trailers. If I wasn't following the development and production, I wouldn't know who she was. They're overwhelmingly focusing on Percy and Grover

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It's just so fucking hilarious to me that Rick CLEARLY completely forgot that Athena was a virgin goddess until a kid reminded him on his TTC book tour and that BRAIN BABY was the best he could come up with.

canonically the way athena’s kids are born in PJO is literally insane what do you mean athena takes an interest in a smart human and then a child just shows up on their doorstep like annabeth is literally the immaculate conception SHE’S JESUS?! imagine you charm a woman with your insane autistic rizz about a topic bc you’re an Intellectual and the next day you HAVE A CHILD IN A BASKET ON YOUR DOORSTEP?! also that means PJO-verse Athena DECIDES to CREATE A CHILD FROM HER THOUGHTS whose whole life is about to be suffering and may not survive. like she may be the most darksided olympian

[counting-stars-gayly]

I’m actually LOVING how Rick Riordan, and the other writers of the show, took his initial concept of a Percabeth rivalry fueled by that of their parents and kind of turned it on its head?

Now, instead of Annabeth being wary of Percy because he’s a son of Poseidon, he’s wary of her because she made a callous impression on him. They get off to a rocky start even before finding out who Percy’s father is, and when they finally do, Annabeth doesn’t care. Instead of them fighting because of who their parents are, they’re fighting over their own opposed worldviews.

Then, instead of them arguing over which of the gods is cooler and who was right in the story of Medusa, they realize that, just like Medusa, Annabeth is a victim of her mother and that, unlike Medusa, she is a far kinder and stronger person, unwilling to repeat the cycle of hurt. They realize that, like his father, Percy often acts without considering potential consequences and that, unlike his father, he is a far kinder and stronger person, willing to step up for someone he wronged and whom he cares about.

Instead of Percy and Annabeth’s rivalry being focused on that of their parents, it’s focused on who they are, themselves. But the path to friendship is still the same: a realization that they have each other’s backs, no matter what, because they’re not their parents after all.

[decaffeinatedpartymuggoop]

“If you want more representation” okay but what if they did a better job than all the other actors???

Like, with PJO Rick didn’t go “only black people can audition for Annabeth!! Grover has to be Indian! Zeus has to be black!”

No, the actors auditioned, did a good job, and got the gig.

Like instead of crying cause all these white actors didn’t get it, ask yourself if they even deserved the position.

Everything isn’t some “woke” propaganda or “more representation.” They just deserved the job.

[lilislegacy]

i’m just gonna come out and say it

if luke comes back in a future book, i hope percy is taller than him now.

[percabethluv]

i truly believe rick riordan invented the slow burn. i mean percabeth has everything:

-rivals to lovers

-childhoods friends to lovers

-growing up together as friends

-best friends that are super close

-grumpy x sunshine

-love triangle

-denial of feelings

-going through hard things together

-saving the world together

-going on entire quests to find the other person (titans curse and lost hero like hello??)

and somehow, they just work so well together. and uncle rick manages to make it not feel so trope heavy, but so natural and smooth and that is why I think it works so well and is so completely iconic. you see it coming but there is a “will they, won’t they,” and you can try to focus on the main plot of pjo but you just know something else is going on. percabeth somehow manages to steal the show of the entire pjo series, but uncle rick did a little sneaky-sneak and did it without us realizing and without neglecting the main plot.

[dorcasmckinnonn]

so you're telling me that jason grace was so adorably stupid and brave enough to jump off the grand canyon for a girl he didn't even know, without knowing he could fly, and y'all still hate on him bc percy's better????

[aroaceleovaldez]

just read the plot summary for Wrath of the Triple Goddess and. wow this is. painful this just sounds painful to read.

Why is Grover the incompetent inciting incident character? That is not his narrative role ever, really. That's like, the fanon conceptualization of his character where he's reduced down to comedic relief and nothing more. He's mostly exposition and support. Why not have the inciting incident be something about Annabeth's hubris - something that has gotten the gang into situations tons of times before in a way that doesn't put down any of the characters? Heck you could have even tied it into some Sea of Monsters stuff, like Circe having told Annabeth that she'd make a good sorceress. That'd be perfect for how this book literally just exists to be advertising for s2 of PJOTV. Or maybe call-back to Percy's introduction, where he talks about how he doesn't try to cause problems but problems tend to find him. Or use the established personalities of Hecate's animal companions from HoO, since we know they have attitudes. Just what are you even doing here????

[fate-of-the-envious]

The Judoflip in HOO

Do you know what always bewildered me? The judoflip scene in HOO. Not only did Annabeth unexpectedly slam Percy (her boyfriend, not an enemy) on the hard ground with her knees pressed to his chest and her arm to his throat as she threated him to never leave her, but also Percy was slammed to the ground ON HIS BACK WHERE HIS MORTAL SPOT ONCE WAS!!! Annabeth didn't know that he didn't have the curse anymore. That could have easily killed him! One misplaced rock could have hit the small of his back, and he would be DEAD!

Not only was this an abusive and concerning reaction to slam Percy on the ground, but it really shows how much Percy's fatal flaw being loyalty can not see how this is WRONG because he laughed! You don't hit your partner if they're being stupid; you don't elbow them in the ribs if they can't guess what you're thinking; you don't kick them in the shins to shut up. AND YOU DON'T JUDOFLIP YOUR PARTNER FOR BEING KIDNAPPED!!!

This isn't a romantic or healthy relationship. It's toxic and unhealthy codependent where Percy will give and give, and Annabeth will take and take until Percy has nothing left.

[aetherialpiplup108]

So, I've always been a little upset at the way Thalia was cast aside after TTC considering how important she was as a thematic clinch for the narrative (like, how wild is it that her death was a primary instigator pushing Luke towards his warped ideology—bro literally spends books 1 and 2 going "oh, you want to talk to ME about Thalia?? Well guess what, she'd be on my side"—and then she shows up with an uno reverse card, effectively ensuring his downfall etc. etc. etc.) and the neglect of her character comes to a head in the climax where she's irritatingly not present even though the entire moment centered around her dynamic with Luke and Annabeth.

But.

There is something to be said about how the only reason Annabeth is there to shock Luke into disillusion is because Thalia shoved her to safety, getting trapped underneath Hera's statue in Annabeth's stead. Thalia never gets the "lost family" emphasis that Luke and Annabeth get because she's always pushed out of the storyline (spending the first half as a three, the latter as a hunter) but even so, her love for them is embedded into every action she takes throughout the series. Luke might have been the one who made the promise to the little girl they found on the streets, but Thalia's the one that kept it.

Still…how cool would it be if the statue fell after the gang already reached Luke—forget Hera, what if it was Kronos/Luke that caused it to fall—and Thalia instinctively pushes Annabeth out of danger at cost to herself highlighting that the main difference between her and Luke is not their feelings towards the gods but that Thalia can't hurt Annabeth or another innocent demigod whereas Luke is so blinded by his personal anger, he's forgotten who he's supposed to be fighting for. And Annabeth sees this and just snaps because this is her family, the only people who were there for her as a kid, and they keep hurting each other over and over for a cause they each believe will serve her. It hurts so much that Annabeth doesn't even look up as Kronos stalks over and Percy screams for her to get out of the way, but she does spit out a bitter, "Family, Luke. You promised", and Luke flinches, turning unconsciously to look at Thalia and sees the legs she broke trying to stop him from hurting Annabeth of all people, and realization crashes upon him like a pile of bricks that he's hurt the two most important people to him in the world. So then he begs Percy—who's watching all of this with a damn, what soap opera did I just walk into expression—for the knife and tries in his last moments to rectify the ridiculous mess he's made and offers a well-deserved apology to the girl who stepped up when he did not and the other who never gave up on him.)

or maybe that's ridiculously cheesy and dramatic and totally stupid. idk.

[renaissanceousia]

making artist!percy canon is one of the best changes they did in the show bc percy drawing annabeth in his sketchbook to remind himself she's real? immaculate.

[lady-hibiscus]

crazy how much rick had to do to make luke feel like the bad guy. "he's brainwashing young demigods!" percy: "get off this ship while you can!"

like, brainwashing?? uh no if i found out my deadbeat dad was actually an immortal with basically limitless powers and just does not give a shit about my existence despite me being relentlessly bullied and HUNTED FOR FOOD by mythological monsters i'd willingly join luke.

sorry percy jackson but you're overrated and luke was right. the only god i acknowledge is the one i see in the mirror every day. we take olympus or die trying.

[theforgottengreatpoem]

Alecto using Annabeths hubris to convince her to give up Percy vs Medusa using Percy's loyalty for his mom to convince him to kill his friends

Monsters + Playing into the Hero's Fatal Flaws | Percy Jackson and the Olympians 1x03 | inspiration

[calikitters]

rahhh pjo headcanons part uno

leo is a no sabo kid 🙏🙏 THINK ABOUT IT the only person in his life who spoke spanish to him died when he was still little - he went to school in america and therefore grew up learning english!! he can understand spanish if it's spoken to him but he can't really speak it himself besides a few phrases and words IT MAKES SENSE

annabeth buys two copies of all her favourite books so she can have one copy that she can annotate and highlight and dog-ear the pages and one that she keeps perfectly pristine on her shelf. if I had the money I would totally do that too

annabeth hated twilight sparkle from my little pony and then when she got a little bit older she realised that twilight was actually her. like literally her. that's why she hated her

jason hates toffee with a flaming passion he cannot stand it he will gag dramatically and aggressively if anyone eats toffee around him. the texture and the smell make him feel sick and so he does not eat it ever, he would rather get struck by lightning than eat a piece of toffee

hazel used to really like bubblegum in the 40s when it was new and now that its cheaper and more refined in modern america, she chews it all the time

leo sticks post-it notes EVERYWHERE like literally everywhere on every surface ever. he labels things he writes little notes-to-self he makes sure he remembers to do things by sticking a post-it note on it. he also tried to have them colour coded by importance but they all ended up labeled as "super important" so it didn't really work

[stxrry-dxys]

i’ve seen a few people complain that annabeth hearing luke’s betrayal doesn’t make sense for her upcoming characterization of believing he’s not truly lost but doesn’t this??? make more sense than in the books??

in the books percy says luke poisoned him and she just believes him no hesitation because luke has “been bitter towards the gods for a long time” but luke is her family, and as much as she cares about percy, she just met him. having her hear luke’s admission, and his desperation to recruit percy makes her recognizing him as the traitor (which is something she does do in the books even if she tries to hope for better) much more believable.

and her still trying to hope that her brother, her friend, her family is still in there still makes sense. she heard his reasoning, she saw his face when she knocked his sword away. she knows the 14 year old boy she first met is still in there. but now i’m not expected to believe that she just accepts him being the traitor with nothing more than a pair of shoes and a scorpion sting.

i feel this just works better for that part of the plotline, because in the books she still knows he’s bad and that he’s working for kronos, but that doesn’t negate the five years she spent with him before all of that. and that’s going to be true in the show too.

[happyk44]

To me, children of Zeus are natural strategists in the same way children of Athena are. But the difference is that Zeus and his kids have multiple plans and contingencies if a plan fails at a certain point and needs to shift gears. So like they employ Plan A and get all the way to stage four of the plan when suddenly there's a deviation from expectations for whatever reason. So they shift gears from Plan A1 to Plan A2, which accounted for this deviation and continue on.

Athena and her kids, however, come up with one solid, somewhat broader plan and refuse to deviate from it at all unless there is literally no other choice, in which case they will improvise quickly and efficiently to accomodate the change and get back on track to the original plan.