#yeah when I learned of that I was like “what is the Greek god-esque family tree lmao”

[melonymint753]

pour one out for Yizhi who not only got his last name changed to be made related to someone not even from the same dynasty, but also had to probably absorb his brother to make room for a lover that his gf wasn't even canonically married to

[couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name]

how would you do a percy jackson adaptaion?

okay, so I know this is a controversial opinion right off the bat: I really don’t think it should be an animated series.

A large part of the appeal of the series is that it’s a fantasy series set very very firmly in reality. Literally, apart from the camps, you could go to every location hit in the books. Riordan mentions specific streets, buildings and landmarks, and that was cool when I first read them. I remember being a kid and waiting for him to set a scene in a place near where I lived! I remember trips to New York and being able to envision an epic war happening in the streets. So I think any adaption needs to be live action just to keep that same feeling alive, while I’m not knocking on animation, I just feel like taking the story out of real life would make it loose a little of the charm. Like, the scene where Manhattan is completely frozen in time? It would be haunting to see that in real life, but I feel like it would be less impactful if it didn’t…you know…look real? The series should be done in a way that makes you truly feel like you could just turn a corner and walk straight into a snake woman going about her day. 

Now: another large part of the appeal of the series is how funny it is, but a lot of that…is Percy’s inner monologue. He doesn’t actually voice most of it, there was even a book where Annabeth described him as being quiet. So, I think the best way to work around this: make it Interview With A Demigod. 

Imagine it’s got an interview with a vampire-esque setup- and this even works because within the riordanverse, the books canonically exist because Percy sat down with a ‘camp scribe’ and had his quests recorded. So, like, this isn’t even entirely out of left field. But just imagine, a college-aged, maybe a little older Percy, I can see it so clearly in my head, he’s wearing a sweatshirt that at first glance looks like it says NYU but a trained eye will see it actually says NRU for a camp jupiter easter egg, he’s sitting in some dinky little diner (maybe it can even be a monster donut or something with a clever greek myth related name) with a guy who’s recording the conversation on some old-ass tape recorder that keeps acting up but they can’t record on a phone because of the whole technology thing. Every now and then it’ll cut back to them to get some great Percy thoughts out there. They open with older Percy saying the ‘look, I didn’t wanna be a halfblood’ and then explaining where he was when the whole mess started. Once he get’s to “was I a troubled kid?” the screen fades from older Percy to 12 year old Percy getting in a fight with Nancy and her gang, and the voice over says the ‘Yeah, you could say that’ part as we see him get threatened by the principal to behave on the field trip. Boom, we’ve got an opening. Lowkey….I’m seeing Jordan Fisher as older Percy, but I’m not 100% married to the idea. 

And before anyone tries to argue that showing an older Percy would spoil he’s not gonna die in last olympian- like, reading the books, we all knew he wasn’t going to die. It was a first person narrative and he was consistently speaking in past tense lmao like we Knew he was gonna make it. We still enjoyed the series. It won’t ruin anything.

I want part of the score of the adaptation to be instrumental versions of songs from the musical, I think that could be a sweet nod to that team. 

They really need to nail camp halfblood. I know that goes without saying, but in order to keep the pacing of the story decent we can’t spend as much time falling in love with it like we got to with the book. The book is like, 24 chapters and the quest starts at chapter 12- for a movie or tv show, that’s just gonna feel like it’s dragging. So, the insanity of the camp needs to smack you in the face right away, and then it needs to endear itself to the viewers quickly after that. Don’t try to ease the viewers (or Percy) into the mythology is real thing, rip it off like a bandaid. He’s on his way to meet Chiron and Mr. D for the first time and even if he’s not comprehending what he’s seeing, there’s nature spirits and harpies all around going about their day. Hestia waves at him and then disappears into the flames. Hecate kids can be seen casting a spell on the porch of the Hermes cabin. The Stolls are seen pranking some Aphrodite kids. He sees someone surely die on the climbing wall but then you hear a faint ‘I’m okay!’. The Apollo kids put a rhyming curse on another cabin. Pure chaos all before he gets the ‘so, gods are real’ speech. And then after that…show how warm Luke is to him at the cabin and at dinner. Show the kids all goofing off at the campfire and really make it clear that they’re children. Show the strawberry fields rolling in the wind and Percy sitting on the beach. The whole couple weeks where he’s searching for powers and learning greek and latin with Annabeth can be a montage. Make it clear how hurt and scared he is when he finds out he needs to leave.

It needs to really get you feeling how Percy’s feeling, every laugh, every tear, every moment of fear or confusion needs to shine clear through. Like…think of Spider-Man Homecoming, the Washington monument scene. All things considered, it’s not the most high-stakes scene we’ve ever seen in that franchise, and when it cuts to the kids in the elevator, they’re worried but not quite freaking out, but that scene feels very high stress to watch because the movie is good at getting the viewers to feel what Peter feels. A Percy Jackson adaptation needs a touch like that, because Percy’s a very emotional kid and that’s what a lot of the scenes hinge on.

Lowkey- I’d love it if the casts of both the previous movies and the musical had cameos or bit parts (the movie cast did Nothing Wrong, it was the rest of that team). It’d be hilarious to see, like, Jake Abel as the owner of the poodle, or Logan Lerman as Older Percy and the reporter’s waiter that keeps trying to get in on the conversation, or Brandon T. Jackson as a satyr who’s still stuck grooving out in the Lotus Hotel and Casino. Kristen Stokes as a nature spirit, Chris as one of the ghosts stuck in the waiting room of DOA Records, just like any of those casts having small parts would be fun and sweet. 

There should be a lot of easter eggs for the bigger riordanverse. Promotions in the background for the new Tristan McLean movie. Gabe’s got a true crime documentary about the missing Grace children playing during his poker game. Mr. D is reading a paper about Rachel Dare’s father’s newest project. At some point while they’re still in New York they pass the Kane family’s mansion or whatever it was called. Annabeth keeps a picture of little her and Magnus on her nightstand. The barest of hints about the Triumvirate. Seeing kids in camp jupiter gear in some background shots, just out of notice of our main characters but implying the camps are going through similar problems (BITCH….if we got a titan’s curse adaptation…and we had a shot of Thalia in the foreground….but in the background we saw a blond boy in purple with a golden sword….well I would simply loose my Goddamn mind).

And show us how easily the mist lets things blend in, too- like, everyone thinks ‘Monster Donuts’ is just a normal chain, it’s just on an average street block, but if Percy looks through the window he can see who’s behind the counter. Show someone swindling some guys in a park and you have to look twice to realize he’s a gegeines. Like…how people are still trying to find all the background ghosts in haunting of hill house. I would LOVE to see a bunch of background monsters and mythical beings just going about their day as much as the mortals are while the gang’s questing. 

The effects need to be fun. The whole story needs to be fun, but one weird thing about the past movies are that like…in their attempt to make it gritty, none of the fantastical things happening on screen actually felt that exciting. We need bright colors and interesting choices, consistently cool action shots, a liveliness that makes you feel like you’re in the center of the action. I have absolutely no doubt Disney easily has enough funds to pull off great effects.

The characters need to be….in character lmao. Annabeth needs to be cocky and bratty with the skill set to justify it. Percy needs to be a sweetheart who pretends to be hardened because that’s what people assume he’s like. Grover needs to have dry humor and a Too Old For This Shit attitude whenever percabeth start bickering. Luke needs to be nice and friendly but in a specific way that you can look back after the betrayal and see he was trying to groom everyone. Sally needs to be loving, protective and strong. Chiron needs to feel defeated and determined at the same time. Mr. D needs to….be Stanley Tucci lmao

Also, I’d love if the adaptation could expand more on things that got brushed along in the books- Percy and Beckendorf’s friendship, Silena and Clarisse’s dynamic, make Nico’s crush on Percy a little more obvious, give Rachel some more development. One thing that haunts me about the books is Sally never found out that Gabe hit Percy. Absolutely they don’t need to make the abuse explicit, but I also personally feel like a lot of Percy’s mindsets throughout the series are somewhat a result of Gabe, and I’d like if that got, you know, acknowledged. Maybe in the scene where he figures out Gabe abuses Sally he could say ‘does he hit you too?’ or something to that effect. They could also go more into detail about Annabeth’s family, give Zoe some more depth….like the possibilities I’m screaming.

Okay this is already long and I’m getting tired but I can so clearly see a great adaptation in my mind….Disney please come through….It’s what we deserve…. 

[kovnynir]

❝   incoming   transmission:   TAZIN,   MAVERIK  from   the   planet   of   CONCORDIA   is   making   arrangements   to   land   on   batuu.   the   THIRTY-FIVE   year   old   HUMAN   MANDALORIAN   is   here   to   become   a   PROTECTOR.   keep   a   close   eye   on   them,   i   hear   they   can   be   CURIOUS,   FOOLISH,   and   CHARMING.   they   have   documented   that   they   always   bring   their   BLASTER   with   them.

LINKS:   PINTEREST.

❝   STANDARD   DATA.

full name : maverik morut tazin

aka : mav

age : thirty-five

birthday : february 19, 0 BBY

gender & pronouns : cis male, he/him

orientation : pansexual

species : mandalorian human

occupation : protector

❝   APPEARANCE.

hair : brown

eyes : brown

height : 6′0″

scent : apple, lemon, wood, smoke

accent : concordian ( british ) -- his voice is,,,, sexi

scars : plenty

tattoos : lots of them! god just look at him. very intricate mandala-esque lines covering his right arm, on his left arm are two bands around his forearm

piercings : none

face claim : serkay tütüncü

❝   PERSONALITY.

positive traits : curious, jovial, caring

negative traits : foolish, impulsive, short-tempered

force signature : his force signature is an abandoned building, crumbling and rotting away. one would think it’s disturbing, but there’s almost a hypnotic beauty to it. the rot has a lot to do with his history, but it’s still standing. at least it’s still standing.

❝   BACKGROUND.

birth place : concordia

father : adem tazin - fc: ertugrul postoglu ( deceased )

mother : hiranur ayaz - fc: hülya avsar ( deceased )

siblings : none

pets : none

notable skills : combat, search and rescues, climbing, photography

❝   MISCELLANEOUS.

zodiac : pisces

alignment : chaotic neutral 

mbti : estp, the entrepreneur

hogwarts house : gryffindor

greek deity : hermes

greatest wish : to protect mandalorians from harm

greatest fear : losing everyone, being alone

pop culture characters : aladdin, dimitri from anastasia, edward elric from fullmetal alchemist, john b. routledge from outer banks, shigure sohma from fruits basket, denahi from brother bear

among us details : he’s a fucking bomb impostor, a legend in the vents. he doesn’t mind being crewmate and usually just kinda listens to everyone else lie. dark blue with baseball hat.

❝   HISTORY.

such is the way of a mandalorian that grew up unwanted, maverik was used to the way things went on concordia. he knew all the stories, he ran and hid and fought with the rest of them, he did what he was told, and he tried to make himself scarce. he didn’t want to be a problem, but it seemed as though just breathing would put the boy in the doghouse. he didn’t get it but... his father fucking hated him. because not only did maverik kill his mother in childbirth ( which. literally not his intentional fault, but okay. ) but he was taking the spot of what could’ve been a better, stronger, bolder child. his father wanted a warrior, and he got one, but not in the way he expected. maverik wanted to discover. his father said he was cursed.

when the protectors were looking for recruits when mav was practically only a child, his father gave him away without a second thought. maverik didn’t know why he was screaming and crying and straining against fenn’s hold... he knew he wasn’t wanted. but he wanted, so desperately, to be wanted. 

so he went with the protectors, and that became his life. 

he grew and trained and earned his armor, his brothers became true family to him, and he could really shine. he developed a love for photography and urban exploration because of all the planets they were visiting with abandoned places. plus, it was time to be alone. he didn’t like thinking about the things that hurt him, but half the time he’d just force himself to, just to make sure he remembered the lessons he’d learned from his first family. 

life in the protectors wasn’t easy, but it was solid. he worked, he explored, he cared for the mandalore system and the people within it. and yeah. some people came and went. some people he wished would've stayed.

atera arrives and maverik takes her under his wing, teaching her everything he can think of. it doesn’t last long, but just long enough to scar when she runs away like she never fucking cared.

only a few months pass and he’s showing up to werda and dragging danti sejal out of the rubble. and in an instant, he fell in love. maverik knew it wasn't his job to be personally attached to every person that came through and showed him any sort of kindness, he had work to do. he had to learn to get over it. he had to learn that it was a burden to love maverik, because he was a curse, a problem, and therefore, he’d get attached all he wanted, but never let the other know it. he helped danti run off to follow the mishras. when zoya appeared two days later, alone and without her brother, maverik was, of course, there to pick her up and carry on.

these constantly-changing connections of his are part of the reason why he’s so afraid of being attached. maybe his dad was right. maybe he was cursed.

his death was an accident. they were on a planet with a massive scrapping business, and those scrappers were ruthless. he and his younger brother soryn were out in the scrapyard because something caught maverik's eye and he wanted to explore. he wound up getting stuck and breaking his leg, which definitely wasn't good -- but when he called for soryn's help, he didn't respond. mav had to drag himself up and out of the ruined ship and was met with soryn's dead body, staring at him, blank eyes and all, stripped of beskar. his head slowly tilted up, the scrapper stomped on mav's helmet and sent him falling to his death. they snuck in and stole his beskar, and were on their way.

❝   ARRIVAL ON BATUU.

he wakes up in the woods, very confused and alone.

❝   PRESENT.

he needs to figure out what to do surrounding the protectors, the mand’alors, and his path in life.

❝   HEADCANONS.

he’s a big photography nerd, he’ll definitely ask to take your picture, complementing you all the while. ( deff has a stash of candids of people he knows is checking him out lmao )

he’s literally the most charming motherfucker alive. he’ll flirt with anything that moves. 

loves speeder bikes!

tangent icon

maaaaad adhd idiot

get’shuk KING ( mando rugby )

❝   TIMELINE OF IMPORTANT EVENTS.

0 BBY / AGE 0 : birth on concordia, mother dies

7 BBY / AGE 7 : given to the protectors

14 BBY / AGE 14 : atera arrives, maverik adopts

16 BBY / AGE 16 : atera leaves

17 BBY / AGE 17 : saves danti, danti leaves, zoya arrives

35 BBY / AGE 35 : dies, present