I cannot say this enough, Charlie Bushnell fucking killed it this season. I hadn’t come across a single non book reader take before the finale that he could be the lightening thief. Like it was wild out there. Everyone was mentally preparing to get betrayed by Grover or Anabeth. People were gushing over Luke left and right. Some of them could literally see Sally or even Thalia (?!?) stealing the bolt before raising an eyebrow at him. Like they’re all great theories sure, but the fact remains that Charlie played Luke SO deceptively well, spewing hint after hint from the beginning, things that you can’t UNSEE in the second viewing, and still got away with it flawlessly✨ and idk I just feel so smug and proud?? like hell yeah those are my ultra talented writers and that’s Charlie and NO ONE holds a candle to him and also can someone tell me how those girls on tiktok are doing now i kinda wanna know :]
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'family, Luke. you promised' is hitting so much harder after Ares' commentary on the godly family. like 'olympians fight. we betray. we backstab',,, Luke is so resentful of the gods and the family he was born into, but is unable to escape how they raised him. he fights. he betrays. he backstabs. he may have promised Annabeth family but he couldn't give her the genuine, unconditional love Percy can. he is a villain of the gods' own making, the product of their dysfunctional family. he could never turn out different. the NEXT line Ares says is 'we will push anyone down a flight of stairs to get ahead', which Percy had EXPLICITLY defied in the previous episode when he pushed Annabeth down the stairs to sacrifice himself. Percy's fatal flaw of loyalty is breaking the cycle of violence, he is creating the family Luke was never going to be able to give her.
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Just a friendly reminder that Annabeth accidentally witnessed her older, big brother the boy she loved and trusted more than her own dad betray her and all she stood for and attack her friend.
Imagine how still she must’ve been in disbelief and pain.
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