i can’t explain how happy i am to see the pjo series casting kids. the reason no other rendition of pjo has ever have come close to the books is because the feeling and heart of the books can’t be replicated with an adult cast. so much of pjo is wrapped up in the fact that they’re KIDS.

all of the gods are adults, every bad teacher or monster in disguise is an adult. they rarely seek the help of adults, and mostly avoid them on quests. it’s not a coincidence that hestia, the goddess they immediately are meant to trust, takes the form of a child, or that artemis consistently takes the visual age of the teens in the hunt, or that the one ally they actually take on is rachel. and it is just not possible to achieve the stark dynamic when the cast of canon 12 year olds are played by grown adults that look like they should be holding down 9-5 jobs and then going home to kiss their wives.

the core of pjo is about children. thinking about percy grappling with immortality doesn’t hit the same when it’s a middle aged man, not a small, scared sixteen year old still learning to drive. bianca choosing to join the hunt and subsequently dying would not have been such a big deal if she didn’t have a kid brother, and wasn’t a child herself. even luke becomes a much more sympathetic villain with the context of him being so young, not when he’s some sleazy 25yo with a beard

so much of the magic of the story is lost when you take away the age of the characters. i can’t explain the feeling of reading pjo when i was 7 or 8 and looking up to the Big Kids that were funny and witty and angry and loving and smart and valuable, not in spite of their flaws but because of them, and then watching the movie and being like. oh. that’s just some guy

the presentation of percy and annabeth in walker and leah isn’t just going to be accurate to the tone and context of the books, it’s going to place these characters in a way that is actually reachable to kid viewers. it’s not going to be “here’s some woman pretending to be annabeth,” that is going to be annabeth, a young girl that they could see on the playground or in their classroom and imagine being friends with

snake

4 minutes left before my computer kicks me off social media for the day so can I just take this time to say: I need a man to train me like a dog. that's all

ive been tagged by not one but THREE!! lovely mutuals [@coolstreetbubba @pleasuresoftheharbor @joanbaezed] to share five songs ive been listening to recently :) heres me songs

dance yrself clean - lcd soundsystem

i'll come running - brian eno

you ain't goin' nowhere - bob dylan and the band

colours - joan baez

only love can break your heart - neil young

no pressure tags :> @westerberg @cowboyinthesand and @critterdaddy teehee

okay so it's officially my birthday, hopefully i can get through the day without crying (unlikely)

>:p

1. i believe that i should be allowed to make empty posts. the box should not say “Add something, if you’d like.” if i have NO CHOICE IN THE MATTER!

2. this was going to be a tags only sort of post but then i got distracted by that. anyway!

they were out of line for this. by the way.

AND FUCK JACK MANIFOLD !

well. my roommate of 5 years is moving out!

Complaint hour but wtf is the point of an onsite if the only things we are doing as a team are a dinner and one brainstorming session? Like we are not even going some where fun. NYC, Hawaii, or bust.

cornelia and wyatt are so many things to me. a magician and their assistant. a lord and their retainer. a dual boss fight with special phases that activate after one of them dies. but they are not boss and employee which is funny because that is textually what they are

overall a very successful birthday BUT i need to be a bitch for a minute like i really need to say something that i know will make me sound awful and ungrateful and miserable so. ranting in the tags don’t follow me there.