i have little complaint about the scene with charon and cerberus in practicality because i understand it was a detail that can be sacrificed to give scenes like Hades’ room to breathe, but
(a) did we have to lose “we all drowned in a bathtub” that’s An Incredible Line and wouldve taken the same amt of time riordan pls the replacement line was funny but not iconic :(
(b) the point of this post: i am SO sad they cut percy bribing charon, because like, percy’s a manipulative little shit when he wants to be, and it ends up scaring people! i dont have it handy but that scene in HOO where the character POV (annabeth? hazel?) is like… “did percy just manipulate that guy into this choice? on purpose? that’s…disturbingly calculating” —THIS IS A BASIS OF THAT. percy manipulates charon into letting them into the underworld not by throwing a sack of gold at him; he realizes charon wants to bitch and uses that bitching as a doorway in. “you deserve time off [clink] better pay [clink]” (i dont have my book rip the full quote is so funny tho 😭)
like, first of all, the book stresses that percy gets how adults are with alcohol, guy time™️ (derogatory), and money. gabe wastes all their money on poker. he takes any change percy has on him the moment the kid walks in the door. but also, percy mentions throughout the series that he picked up a fair few unethical skills from his boarding schools, too. and this hinted at that, imo. even annabeth was impressed. and that charon ferried them across and then immediately was like “thx for the coin good luck w the dog” —the same couldve been accomplished with charon unlocking a gate for them and then cerberus is Right There. not much would’ve changed.
idk rip “it was a big bathtub” and rip the image of percy slowly stacking drachmas in front of a dude in an italian suit while the guy bitches abt his boss you will always be famous to me
Here's a scrapped video idea I never ended up finishing: "My Opinion on Honey I'm Home"
I made this back when I didn't have proper video editing software (2022) and I think it shows lmao. I didn't end up finishing this one for obvious reasons
Here's the audio of the full mashup made for what would've been the full video. Yes, I made a mashup clip specifically for this scrapped idea:
The video was supposed to end with Christopher noticing Norman in the distance (walking with the Bug Gang), Christopher getting my attention, and then me attacking Norman as the mashup cuts off lmao
Original is from some silly story on Pinterest called “Stephanie the Optometrist,” by Maledettowerme, but I chose this particular scene, because it was snowing when I started the piece, and I wanted to do it before spring started.