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Just OG trio things <333

Just Annabeth things :))

Did anyone else realize in episode 4 (woe what a night) of Wednesday during the prom scene ajax is with his date in the first scene and in a background of another he's with a different girl, then back with his date again.

we got a seaweed brain

the percabeth is percabething and my brain chemistry is altered

i fucking cried

im so normal about them

Do you think Annabeth ever saw Percy interacting with Estelle and wished it could be her and Luke?

As much as I loved the Thrill Ride O' Love scene, it feels.......unusual, lacking. 1st off, I kinda wanted to see Annabeth freak out about the mini automaton spiders and how they actually rode them out. But that's not the point. What I mean is, it's strange. To think that a god, any immortal being, would so easily accept the words of a 12 year old girl, unless Hephaestus had been thinking them himself for a while now. And isn't that a bit out of character for how he's been portrayed so far? Like, wasn't he about millenia of escapism? Of not thinking about people and being bothered by it? Or have I completely missed the point? It HAS been quite a while since I read PJO but idk, guys, idk

GUYS ITS HERE. ITS HERE ITS HERE ITS HERE. SHE FINALLY SAID IT. PERCY IS OFFICIALLY SEAWEED BRAIN AGAIN. YESSSSS

Everything else aside, you know what else is fucked up? How Athena let ECHIDNA, the literal MOTHER of all monsters and the freakin CHIMERA into her "temple". And for what? Annabeth "embarrassed" her??? By letting her demigod quest companion do what he wanted with HIS battle ruins??? AND SHE KNEW THERE WERE CIVILIANS???????

I am having such a hard time picturing me wanting to take the Gods' side in season 5. I just don't see it happening.

I'm watching the 4th episode right now and I just love how they're already building up Percy's whole "They might be gods but this is a shit way to treat kids. So, fuck you" Like, a 12 year old just lying there awake after a nightmare and discussing this with the smartass girl who he thought would have never befriended him.

And then said smartass girl stating that it's just bow everyone works, not just the gods??? Like, I love how Percy was treated so good that he could say fuck you to the gods but then I also hate how Annabeth just accepted it, because arghhhhhhhh

Grover: Hey Percy, do you wanna eat enchiladas

Come on let’s go and play

I never see you anymore

Come out to camp

it’s like you got kidnapped

We used to be best buddies

but you kinda left

But now that we’re here

So hey, do you wanna eat enchiladas or just hang with me

Like old times

Percy: ...

Percabeth reacting to Percabeth in:

TLT: Ew!! Gross no

SoM: We’re just friends

TTC: We’re best friends

BoL: Blush

TLO: Blush intensified

Percy Jackson is definitely one of my ‘comfort book series’, and compared to other middle age/older white cishet males, Rick did a good job portraying the characters. However, there’s a few things I noticed while rereading it and I’d like to point some out. 

1. Making Frank, the only Asian character, the only one without dyslexia. This enforces the stereotype that all Asians are super smart and all that. 

2. Forcefully outing the only gay kid there was for the first ten books. Now this is a really common cliché, but seriously, there’s other ways for us to come out. 

3. Making Piper hate other ‘girly girls’. Now I get she’s a ‘tomboy’, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Hell, I’m a ‘tomboy’. But that doesn’t mean I hate on other girls trying to express themselves. Like, Piper’s the excepting type; she wouldn’t put other girls down.

4. Killing of Bianca off for Nico’s character development. Like, she was already leaving for the hunters, meaning Nico wouldn’t see her as much anymore, but no. He killed her off. And there’s nothing wrong with needing character development, but I have literally never seen it when the male dies for the female development. It always the ‘worthless female’ that’s only there for a male’s development. And I’m not calling Bianca useful at all here, I promise.

5. Having Annabeth hate Rachel out of jealousy, then having everything be fine after she becomes oracle. Like, I’m glad they got over that barrier and became friends, but come on. You don’t just go ‘oop- don’t hate you anymore. haha’ that quick.

6. Having people, especially Frank, shame Leo for not masking his neurodivergent traits. And sure, maybe the others don’t mask theirs either, but Leo’s is probably the most severe, and why should he have to mask it? (Look that up if you don’t know what it means). 

There’s definitely more, so I’d like to here one’s that you come up with

I just realized the PJO show runners could do something so sick and twisted and amazing during the Circe scene.

What if, the image that Percy sees in the mirror, the “cooler” version of himself, is like book accurate Percy. I just think that would be such a funny, messed up little Easter egg.

Part 6…

Annabeth. I'm happy with the drawing, I'm in love with the character🙏🙏🙏10000/10

Zoë. Beautiful, but for me it was quite difficult to imagine her appereance

And of course our “Centaur number 1” Long curly hair is a must!!!

Zeus! I like how he turned out ahahaha, but Zeus himself is not that much AHAHAHA

Artemis. Without further ado

Well, Sally! Best mom👸

Rachel. The only character without a Greek nose in my head hahaha

Hermes. I love him.

I love him so much that I was afraid to draw. His whole image is saturated with the smell of sand, light gray hair and some kind of unquenchable cheerfulness coupled with fatigue💗 I don't think I could convey it, but I love this art because the Hermes in my head is VERY beautiful

next part last!!

FUCK YEAHHH

SEA OF MONSTERS PEOPLE WHO'S PUMPED???

GET READYYYY

Everyone holding Annabeth to an impossible Standard

And then there’s Percy

10 little monkeys - PJO ver.

7 little demigods, jumping on the bed,

Leo fell down and cracked his head,

Sally called the Solace and the Solace said,

"No more demigods jumping on the bed."

I've been redrawing some old stuff to get back into digital art :)

I am very proud of how this Annabeth fanart turned out I think it’s my best yet sorry it’s not colored in I want to leave this one without color also I do take criticism because I want to get better! 🩵🩵

Also I made a solangelo doodle so I thought I would incorporate that 

Go check it out~

Then he emerged. Tall. Pale. Eyes like cracked obsidian. His presence sucked the heat from the air. Campers backed away instinctively. Even Clarisse had her jaw clenched, hand on her electric spear. He didn’t speak. Not at first. He simply looked around, his gaze stopping on the Big House, then the cabins, then— Terra She stared back, her breath catching. Her instincts screamed at her to run. But another part of her—something quiet and rooted deep—whispered stay. Chiron stepped forward. “Who are you, son?” The boy tilted his head. His voice came like distant thunder. “I am Tamesis,” he said. “Son of Tartarus.”

What if a son of Tartarus appeared in camp half blood? What if a daughter of demeter fell in love with him? What would happen?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64692256

Work by Xerena_likes_books

So are we just gonna not have fanart of Kuke (luke being possessed by kronos) being sat upon by a giant?

You're gonna wish you… We could’ve had

never had met me. it all.

The racist K3 crusaders are mad the Annabeth is being played by a black girl.

And going a step further by stealing FANART and whitewashing her, yikes😬.

@ notmyannabeth stay mad racist😘.

Not gonna lie if I was born from my mother thoughts I would brag about it all day

"Percabeth are together in every universe" but I have never seen two blonde bitches in the same room.

annabeth chase moodboard

What I'm most curious about is how they handle Annabeth's insecurities as a "dumb blonde" or if it will be edited to basic doubt in her abilities as a girl? I can't wait to see a more accurate portrayal of the character growth and arcs, even if some are handled differently with modern-day sensitivities in mind.

I'm certain this actor is going to be amazing portraying Annabeth's core character, no matter what she looks like. Rick knows his characters best, and if there's a conflict from the original into the new form, I trust him to handle it better than anyone else.

Rick Riordan’s response to the racism and hatred directed at Leah after she was cast as Annabeth:

“Leah Jeffries is Annabeth Chase”

“This post is specifically for those who have a problem with the casting of Leah Jeffries as Annabeth Chase. It’s a shame such posts need to be written, but they do. First, let me be clear I am speaking here only for myself. These thoughts are mine alone. They do not necessarily reflect or represent the opinions of any part of Disney, the TV show, the production team, or the Jeffries family.

The response to the casting of Leah has been overwhelmingly positive and joyous, as it should be. Leah brings so much energy and enthusiasm to this role, so much of Annabeth’s strength. She will be a role model for new generations of girls who will see in her the kind hero they want to be.

If you have a problem with this casting, however, take it up with me. You have no one else to blame. Whatever else you take from this post, we should be able to agree that bullying and harassing a child online is inexcusably wrong. As strong as Leah is, as much as we have discussed the potential for this kind of reaction and the intense pressure this role will bring, the negative comments she has received online are out of line. They need to stop. Now.

I was quite clear a year ago, when we announced our first open casting, that we would be following Disney’s company policy on nondiscrimination: We are committed to diverse, inclusive casting. For every role, please submit qualified performers, without regard to disability, gender, race and ethnicity, age, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis prohibited by law. We did that. The casting process was long, intense, massive and exhaustive.

I have been clear, as the author, that I was looking for the best actors to inhabit and bring to life the personalities of these characters, and that physical appearance was secondary for me. We did that.  We took a year to do this process thoroughly and find the best of the best. This trio is the best. Leah Jeffries is Annabeth Chase.

Some of you have apparently felt offended or exasperated when your objections are called out online as racist. “But I am not racist,” you say. “It is not racist to want an actor who is accurate to the book’s description of the character!”

Let’s examine that statement.

You are upset/disappointed/frustrated/angry because a Black actor has been cast to play a character who was described as white in the books. “She doesn’t look the way I always imagined.”

You either are not aware, or have dismissed, Leah’s years of hard work honing her craft, her talent, her tenacity, her focus, her screen presence. You refuse to believe her selection could have been based on merit. Without having seen her play the part, you have pre-judged her (pre + judge = prejudice) and decided she must have been hired simply to fill a quota or tick a diversity box. And by the way, these criticisms have come from across the political spectrum, right and left.

You have decided that I couldn’t possibly mean what I have always said: That the true nature of the character lies in their personality. You feel I must have been coerced, brainwashed, bribed, threatened, whatever, or I as a white male author never would have chosen a Black actor for the part of this canonically white girl.

You refuse to believe me, the guy who wrote the books and created these characters, when I say that these actors are perfect for the roles because of the talent they bring and the way they used their auditions to expand, improve and electrify the lines they were given. Once you see Leah as Annabeth, she will become exactly the way you imagine Annabeth, assuming you give her that chance, but you refuse to credit that this may be true.

You are judging her appropriateness for this role solely and exclusively on how she looks. She is a Black girl playing someone who was described in the books as white.

Friends, that is racism.

And before you resort to the old kneejerk reaction — “I am not racist!” — let’s examine that statement too.

If I may quote from an excellent recent article in the Boston Globe about Dr. Khama Ennis, who created a program on implicit bias for the Massachusetts Board of Registration for Medicine in Boston: “To say a person doesn’t have bias is to say that person isn’t human. It’s how we navigate the world … based on what we’re taught and our own personal histories.”

Racism/colorism isn’t something we have or don’t have. I have it. You have it. We all do. And not just white people like me. All people. It’s either something we recognize and try to work on, or it’s something we deny. Saying “I am not racist!” is simply declaring that you deny your own biases and refuse to work on them.

The core message of Percy Jackson has always been that difference is strength. There is power in plurality. The things that distinguish us from one another are often our marks of individual greatness. You should never judge someone by how well they fit your preconceived notions. That neurodivergent kid who has failed out of six schools, for instance, may well be the son of Poseidon. Anyone can be a hero.

If you don’t get that, if you’re still upset about the casting of this marvelous trio, then it doesn’t matter how many times you have read the books. You didn’t learn anything from them.

Watch the show or don’t. That’s your call. But this will be an adaptation that I am proud of, and which fully honors the spirit of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, taking the bedtime story I told my son twenty years ago to make him feel better about being neurodivergent, and improving on it so that kids all over the world can continue to see themselves as heroes at Camp Half-Blood.”

(x)

Sometimes you feel like editing percabeth 2.0