#leah rants

[itsthegirlinthebowtie]

ahsoka using only one lightsaber while fighting the inquisitor is so snips of her. like yeah you have a double bladed lightsaber well I have two lightsabers but I only need one to get your ass

[the-common-cowgirl]

“Oh, erm, you have something on your lip, Leah”

THANKS. ITS HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 👍🏻

[daisysmalia]

People freaking out already when we know nothing ughhhhh

[swanguk]

the way that jungkook sings “i’ll be fucking you right” in the second pre chorus of seven still makes my heart flutter every single time

[gojos-espresso]

I want to finish my gojo fic so bad but my creative burnout and laziness is just....:(

[locklylemybeloved]

y'know i had faith in leah as annabeth from the start because rick said she had the annabeth spirit but DAMN I DIDNT REALIZE HE MEANT HE LITERALLY GRABBED HER FROM THE BOOKS!!! I DIDNT REALIZE HE MEANT SHE *IS* ANNABETH!!!!!

[all-da-ladies-luv-leoo]

Neither Walker Scobell nor Leah Jeffries look book-accurate. Every time I think about this, I get so angry because Walker received very little—if any—hate for not looking like book Percy, but Leah received endless amounts of it for not looking like book Annabeth, and it reminds me that people aren’t mad because she’s not book-accurate. They’re mad because she’s black.

[leahuzumakisblog]

BIRTHDAY IS REALLY A NO SKIP!!!!!!

[backintheblackparade]

Gotta love good old fashioned American Ignorance(TM): Metric System Edition… I was laughing my ass off at math textbook claiming a woman “running” a race at a speed of 3 1/3 km/h….

(the average human walking speed is 5.1 km/h)

like… how do you get to the level where your scholars writing the books for educating the next generation are so sanitized and ignorant of literally the entire rest of the world that they write nonsensical bs like that?

[the-paris-of-people]

The Annabeth fell first part of the Annabeth fell first, Percy fell harder pipeline is highly underappreciated! That little girl had never opened up emotionally to anyone before and within two days she's willing to sacrifice her pride to protect him, making speeches about how he's better than the world she grew up in, and shooting heart eyes at him for making a turn out of a parking lot.

[f0rkz]

Ngl when I watch Twilight it always makes me remember that I actually don’t even like twilight. I actually dislike twilight BUT. I fucking love the concept of twilight it was just so so so poorly executed and it pisses me off to no end. Anyways Bella and Jacob should’ve been the canon endgame idgaf

[itsthegirlinthebowtie]

moments this episode where actual crying tears came from my eyes: ezra using the emitter from kanan’s lightsaber in creating his new lightsaber, chopper recognizing ezra somehow in trooper armor, “hi hera, I’m home”, the look on hera’s face when she sees ezra, and anakin’s force ghost watching over ahsoka with pride to end the episode…bye i’ll just be weeping in a corner

[a-littlebitof-nonsense]

Percy and Annabeth’s friendship is literally everything

Don’t get me wrong i’m a huge percabeth shipper but their FRIENDSHIP!?!? I will go feral for it always

I absolutely adore how the show is laying out the grounds for their relationship and the journey they will take and how deep friends they are becoming. And the actors are doing so well portraying this too!

JUST UGH THEYRE BEST FRIENDS AND IM SO HERE FOR IT

[swanguk]

that’s my boy, we love to see it 🎉

[little-blurry-stars5]

JKDLA;DA;FL oh my gods..

OK SO luke with the glory and telling percy that and percy thinking he has to get glory for his father to notice him? BRILLIANT. OH MY GODS. (its just like younger luke. i wonder if we'll get to see clips of young luke, it would be intresting to compare and contrast them to percy)

also the scene in capture the flag where percy is just messing around? THATS HIM. THATS SO PERCY BEHAVIOR THEY CAPTURED HIS CHARACTER PERFECTLY

ALSO him refusing to go on the quest? also percy. i cant belive how good this is. and i love grover's pointy ears. thats such a cool detail i dont think is in the boks but i love they added it

AND ANNABETH?? OH GODS ITS HER!!! THATS OUR GIRL!!! i love the casting sm they look like BABIES. WHY is he seeing his mother die hes like 2 years old wtf. (unitentional jason refrance lmao)

ALSO THE GIRL IN THE WHEELCHAIR? AMAZING. this show is so diverse and i can't wait till they show queer charaters (maybe they will with backround characters... hopefully, please please)

also i love annabeth's accent. it really adds to her character being black and i love that.

i WILL add more but i must go consume more meidia of these guys klajfdklasjfdoa

[verlierer-is-lost]

I have been wanting to talk about this for a while, especially since I keep seeing it on Twitter

For the most part, I agree with this tweet. I struggle to make the PJO cast look like themselves. It’s really important to get those features right. That being said, we also have to remember that a good chunk of the PJO fan artists are inexperienced artists. While there are a lot of artists who are just flat out racist, there’s also the group of artists who have a harder time drawing from life. I’ve seen so many amazing artist who clearly know how to draw black people, but their Annabeth fanart still doesn’t look like Leah.

No hate to the op, again I think she’s right to an extent, but it is so frustrating seeing mainly non artists saying this. And there are so many people in the comments saying “it’s so easy” when it really isn’t. Drawing from life is a skill that comes with practice. And whether you know how to draw black people or not, you’re probably going to have a tough time drawing any of the PJO cast if you don’t have that skill. Thankfully tho, there are a few simple ways you can improve on drawing from like:

I have some notes for Walker and Leah specifically, just because I think they’re the hardest to get right. (I know this probably seems creepy, but it’s so helpful to look at refs) This is all basic info you can find anywhere, it’s not revolutionary or anything

Walker:

-The eyebrows to me are the most important part. They’re much darker, and close to his eyes.

-He also has a pretty straight nose. Drawing him with a button nose will make him look like a random white blond boy

Leah:

-Again, the eyes and eyebrows are pretty important. Her eyebrows are thin and long. And her eyes have shadows underneath(plus she kinda has doll like eyes)

-round face

To show what I’m talking about, I did a quick doodle of Leah from reference. For me personally, when I draw from life I like to pick out a few distinct features that makes them feel real. It’s pretty bad because again I’m not the type of artist to typically draw from life, which is why art study’s can be super helpful to spend time on.

I really dislike when non artist complain about what fan artists are doing. We do this for free, in our free time, for a community that we love. But I also think it’s important to LISTEN TO CRITIQUES. If someone is telling you your Annabeth fanart is too light, you need to listen. As much as I agree with OP that this is predominantly a Leah issue, it isn’t just Leah. I can see throughout the fandom that a lot of artists are having a hard time drawing the characters(and I’m one of them). The PJO fandom has not had real people to base their drawings off of until two years ago, which is probably the reason a lot of us are having trouble with it. Even outside of this fandom I have a hard time with this. It took so much practice for me to get Alex and Henry right from RWRB, and I still can barely draw Henry 😭

Even some of the most experienced artist have difficulty drawing from life, again it’s a skill that takes practice. Anytime you see PJO fanart that actually looks like the actors, it’s probably because they just have more practice, or they’re more experienced artists.

I’m honestly having a hard time finding what OP is talking about when she said “artists draw Annabeth as a random black girl while referencing Walker for Percy” I was looking through saved work of other Percabeth fanart, and I see the same issue for Walker. I don’t doubt that there is work out there she’s referring to, I just can’t find it myself.

Sorry if this was a garbled mess of a post. I know it was really long, but hopefully this can help some artists to pick up on distinct facial features and replicate it in their own artwork. Trust me, as an artist I know it isn’t easy, but practice will always help. Best thing about being an artist is there’s always room for improvement

(Also don’t forget to give Leah black features 👍🏽)