don’t you think it’s insane that we’re potentially just over a month away from seeing leah williamson back on the pitch ….

will 2024 be the year we get a new phoebe bridgers album?

Steve and soda call two bit "howdy doody"

sandman fandom how are we feeling about the season two casting call??

Was Riz venting to Jawbone in that preview of next episode?

I really hope all the baker Street irregulars grew up to become an unofficial detective force who figure out crimes as a collective. they're just like their dad

Look, I didn't want to be "that" person

who criticizes something just because "it was different in the books".

But I love PJO just way too much to not feel frustrated at the tendencies of modern adaptations that I think new series is suffering from. And I feel much more frustrated because in others aspects the new show is great.

First of all, what's with this downplayed brutality of PJO world? The moment Sally started her speech about Perseus I smelled trouble. In her story, in her reasoning she named him after Perseus because of this beautiful story where happy ending is just something that happens. While in the books thats a huge deal that Percy is named after THE ONLY HALF-BLOOD HERO that had that happy ending. That fact is supposed to highlight the mortality rates and that for most of these demigods happy ending is pretty much NOT IN PROSPECT. Like, despite that rambling post I'm usually fine with some differences that are made in adaptations, most of them I usually can understand. But why do you need change the message of "I named you that way because I hope you will live happily ever after despite being in constant danger" to "I named you that way because it's a beautiful story about a mother and a son"? Especially when they absolutely could do both?

Secondly, the Gabe issue. You see, Percy Jackson books were great because they were able to discuss with children some pretty heavy themes without downplaying them - like domestic abuse. And that scene with poker players and Gabe getting from Percy money was brilliant because it showed that Gabe was so awful that he took everything he could even from a 12 y.o. There were also heavy implications that he beat Percy. But now Gabe is just your usual jerk who is lazy and doesn't have a good relationship with his stepson and argues with his wife all the time. Look, I know, that is awful too, I know that. But the point of Gabe that he was absolutely the worst. That he's the worst of the worst that's why he smells on this metaphysical level and is able to hide Percy. That he kinda deserved what happened to him in the end. And now I sure that we won't get that end because apparently that stuff is too brutal for kids. If they're afraid that much younger audience would get shocked by it they could at least do that in hints, you know. Old shows were great with things that you didn't understand as a child and then later while rewatching them you finally could get the message.

And what's with this Grover thing? Okay, I understand they probably didn't have the time for establishing why Percy would feel betrayed by his teacher but wanted to save this "low point" for Percy's character. But why? Why? How Percy as a character and we as viewers are supposed to feel that amazing friendship if it started for us with betrayal? That just sucked.

Also, personal flaw - they really could insert "This is a pen" line when Brunner gave Percy the pen. They really could and that would be so awesome. But they didn't.

And the sad part is that now I understand that there was no way they could include this important stuff in the series. Because Disney is too afraid to show domestic abuse. They afraid to show Sally Jackson that put up with heavy abuse just to keep her son safe. They afraid to show that literal children die in PJO world. That that half-blood stuff is no game - as Percy said in the very first minute of the series. For fuck's sake they didn't even mention him having ADHD! They implied that by saying that he was being weird! That was so so so so important that those things that kids with ADHD are struggling make them so special and strong in their own way. And now that message is gone too.

And all of that is because Disney doesn't have any balls left. It's like they sanitize everything they make into that 0+ versions of stories while sometimes the point of the story is in discussing something from a real, sad and unsanitized world.

The stuff I listed is just from the first episode and I don't know if the show will go that way, if this tendency of sanitizing the story will continue or not. I'm just really afraid that all of that means that they decided to leave out all the brutality that made Percy Jackson so iconic. It is like watching this new version of Harry Potter where he doesn't live under the stairs - that maybe doesn't change much story-wise but it's just not the same Harry Potter that way.

I want to like the show, I really do. Walker is so amazing is this role. Other actors are really great. I see the effort, I see how people tried to make this adaptation as close to books as they could. The show looks truly amazing. The fight with minotaur was absolutely stunning. Ending sequence is a masterpiece. I have so many good things I can say about it. But those little things they changed - they weren't little at all. A huge chunk of what made those books so special at least for me is gone (especially in comparison with Harry Potter books). And I can't help feeling sad.

I bought "Genefather" and now have to read it.

I am filled with an immense feeling of dread.

Only Lord Vader can communicate what's going on inside my head.

Maybe, just maybe they will do him justice.

But did ever anyone not Reynolds or Kyme do him justice? Rhetorical question.

Still, hope springs eternal.

You know what else is eternal?

THIS GUY!

yo phil please please pleaseeee show lullah the messages that wilbur wanted to send to her like i reallly hopee so. i get it if not but i really hope he does at some point show her.

September is gonna be MY month fr

so punk's not been wearing his arm brace for the last few events, said in that interview that he's healing fast and thinks he could've made mania, brought the brace back only to use as a prop, and then finally got properly physical with drew. so does this mean he's coming back from injury now?

Here's Shinobu Tanno's utterly horrifying illustration of the Dark Temple / Shrine of Darkness from Book 12. Love how he drew a huge cauldron full of blood, like what the actual fuck have Team Zahhak been up to down there?

(The human skulls and bones littering the place probably go some way towards answering that question.) That's Zaravant in the centre, fighting what looks like a ghoul. This image shows the Dark Temple in the process of flooding with part of the ceiling caving in. Sadly there are no soggy mages in sight but I know they got wet so that's good enough.

Moodboard for a Marvel Legend who just won’t leave 🙃

Let’s hope it stays that way 🤞