#there's other things too like sokka's actor im pretty sure lied about his race to get the role

[dethronedroses]

i just rbed a post about a comparison between the pjo adaptation and the atla adaptation and, as someone who thoroughly enjoyed and critiqued the pjo adaptation, and as someone who has only seen snippets of the new atla and people's reactions (so this is based on that and is my general opinion!!!)-- i think it's safe to say you can see the impact of not having input from the original creators.

all of the changes made in pjo were done with the author's input, and even in some instances, encouraged by him. now, were all the changes perfect? no! did they help move the story in a way that made sense for the audience, both for book readers and new people? YES!

additionally, in the pjo adaptation, the characters themselves did not fundamentally change-- percy's fatal flaw is still loyalty, annabeth's is still her pride, and the show does a good job of showing us those character details rather than telling us!! (there are some instances where they do more telling rather than showing, but different rant for a different time)

what i've gathered from the atla adaptation, especially in regards to most of the characters, is that they've stripped away fundamental character stories for the sake of appealing to a different audience. the biggest examples i can think of is aang's lack of his carefree nature, as well as MUCH of katara's rage (and feminine rage, which also has to do with how they changed sokka, but again, that is a different rant for a different time), and from what i understand, suki's character development as well

these characters arcs last throughout the entire series, and culminate at different points and conclude with the story-- something that it seems that the adaptation chose to ignore.

i still might pirate watch the show in my own time, but at the moment, from everyones initial reactions, it truly looks like the creators made the right choice to walk away from it, especially if they saw all of this coming