also nobody asked but i love how jensen seems like an ass and is quiet and kinda grumpy and comes off as super intense but trust n believe he does NOT take himself seriously. yes he is a doctor and yes he's good at it but also he has stupid tattoos and makes stupid jokes and will laugh at himself w everyone else. like okay he Seems intense but he so isnt
tbh my latest biggest theory for why HoO and onwards is such a dramatic drop in quality and consistency is just. Rick stopped making teaching guides.
Like, the Lightning Thief teacher's guide is SUPER in-depth with even stuff like sources about middle grade child psychology and exact specifications of where he's applying that, explaining what different character's goals/motivations are, their dynamics with each other and their environments, etc etc. Even specifying which specific myths certain plot elements are supposed to reference or be about.
That stuff just doesn't exist for later books. There's activity guides and smaller, significantly more simple teacher guides for later books but they don't go into anywhere NEAR the same level of depth. The TLT one is a full lesson plan that breaks down the book at every level and explains what's going on and more or less why Rick did that. The others are all basically just glossaries of terminology and some simple question guides.
And they didn't even use the TLT teacher's guide for the Disney+ show because they clearly aren't adhering to any of what's discussed in that breakdown of the book.
By creating a teaching guide alongside writing the actual book, that's forcing you to document what you're doing, why, your sources, and information about your characters and the story they're in. It's like an even more in-depth version of a series bible. But that's lacking for later books (and etc) and it shows because that level of thought and depth and attention just isn't there anymore.
Forever: Philza, Phil, stop talking about Minecraft, man, I want to talk to you about life, you know?
[...]
You are going to lose the love of your life that can talk to you all the day [makes his trilling "Ooohhhlululu" noise] for a French person.
Phil: [laughs] What's wrong with that?
Forever: Yeah yeah yeah yes- Just that you are losing the love of your life, that's the wrong part!
Forever's neverending quest to impress Phil, and Richarlyson being a dedicated little wingman.
What? Because he defeated Pariah Dark? Don’t be ridiculous! Danny is the heir of the Dairy King of course!
Okay so I love the theory that Danny is basically a baby ghost because of how long(or specifically how recently) he’s been dead. Now a lot of people place Clockwork as some kind of ghost guardian for Danny, but let’s think about it. Who was the first non hostile ghost that actually helped Danny out?
That’s right, the Dairy King
So Danny, much like a baby goose, has imprinted on the Dairy King and is now technically his ghost son... making him the Dairy Prince
So now we get a Danny really confused about his sudden surge of dairy based abilities. Sure, being able to heal faster after drinking milk is nice, but the cheese blasts are a bit... odd.
i apologize for mithrunposting incessantly but honestly if any of you expected better of me you shouldn't have
anyway i get it and some of the failguy jokes are funny. i can tell that nothing i've run into is even malicious. but also it would be really cool and awesome if there were simply less posts calling a disabled person a failure or baby or a dog or whatever for needing accommodation or extra help, especially when like. hey did you know the source material very on purpose did not do anything remotely like that. critical thinking question: could there be some reasons these phrases are not great, potentially