la vieja chusma del fandom

Im so mad at the pjo for… existing tbh. The movies did not destroy the chances for a good faithful adaptation to be made one day, but the Disney show did. Disney had a good budget, great actors, and most importantly, an already established fanbase. A fanbase so loyal to Rick, that they refuse to admit that the show is JUST NOT GOOD. But again they are so loyal to it simply bc Rick’s association an approval is attached to it. I think the fandom would be more critical of it if Rick’s name was removed. And now even if another studio or company were to pick up the story, it would simply be dismissed by the fandom. Even if it was more loyal and true adaptation to the books. So tragic tbh.

rick riordan you became the thing you swore so much to destroy. why change some of these things in the show??? the thing im most angry about is that the changes are either purely nonsensical or just done poorly

theyve completely eliminated the books sense of urgency, like theres no stakes on anything. you can miss the deadline and everythings fixed with a little talk with zeus. you recognize medusa and crusty and the lotus hotel right out of the gate, and obviously the only conclusion is that kronos is behind everything even though hes supposed to be locked in the deepest part of tartarus and youre a 12yo who just got thrown into this life and is just learning that monsters are real. fights are over in 30 seconds and theres no injuries or consequences except for an off screen comment on how you lost your bag or maybe a new stain on your shirt. theyre 12 but also they know everything there is to know about the greek myths.

in the books they learn and realize things as they go! its the experiences that change percy and grover and annabeth and things are supposed to be HARD because theyre kids!!! and they were sent on a mission they shouldnt have been sent on, but they get through it with each other and with a sense of comedy because theyre fucking kids! yea theyre gonna almost die and then say hello to gladiola the pink poodle, and play hacky sack on the bus stop, and stuff themselves with cheeseburgers every chance they get bc kids arent supposed all knowing and mature all the time

you cant promise a faithful adaptation of a book and then change the basic things that made the book be loved in the first place

Readriordan is testing my patience today btw.

Oh you're having a hard time seeing adaptations of your work but you're fine with butchering your story for Disney money huh.

Oh you care/know what the fans of the book love huh. Are you gonna react to the fans of the book hating the hell out of your show. Huh? No? Oh I wonder why.

That annoys me so, so much about him. He’s all “no I don’t watch any adaptation” and then destroys his story and characters bc disney thinks they’re not pure enough to be watched by children?

Rick should choose a side: either he cares about accuracy in adaptations of his works, or he doesn’t give af and accepts everything as based-on but not exactly the same!

okay so i don't really want to keep saying "in the books they did xyz" but in the books, percy said hades is the first god he met that actually looked and acted like a god. and i mention this because the show's introduction of hades EERILY reminded me of how he was introduced in the godforsaken movie, with the palace itself looking scary and haunting, and a regular funney guy just appears onscreen and goes "hi. i'm hades :)" so i'm just thinking. for a show that the author claims is nothing like the movie, they sure are making a lot of the same mistakes.

luke making no mention of his failed quest or thalia during his little speech to percy is my villain origin story

i still can't believe the LA Times article/interview just. openly admits that the show intentionally, from the beginning, fully removed Gabe being abusive and overtly made him just a nosy loser. Percy's relationship with Gabe is so important to how he navigates the world and the themes of the series. Percy's first monster is in his own home. He uses wards against evil against his step-father and they work. He has overt PTSD that colors his interactions with Mr. D and is why he's so antagonistic towards him for like four books. It isn't until Percy is able to move past his trauma and how Mr. D reminds him of Gabe that he sees Mr. D for who he actually is and understand him and begin to empathize with him. Heck, even into HoO we see Percy having visceral reactions to implications of alcohol/drinking because of Gabe. Everything about Percy's home life colors him as a character. His trauma and PTSD informs his perspective and they explicitly removed his PTSD in the show.

They removed Percy's PTSD. They brush over his experiences as a neurodivergent/disabled kid after the first episode and turned Sally into an Autism Speaks mom. Why. On what planet was that a reasonable change to be made.

It is weird because as much as the show info dumps, it also fully expects you to have read the books if you want the full context for important details and character goals/motivations.

I know from the books that blue candy and blue food is one of Sally's wordless rebellions against Gabe, and that it was a representation of the special bond between her and Percy: them against the world. The show has blue candy but never indicates why it's significant. I guess if I were a show-only viewer I would assume its an inside joke?

I know from the books that Grover blames himself for Thalia's death and Sally's death. That he "failed" in bringing Percy to camp (since Percy saved him) and joining Percy's quest was his last chance to redeem/prove himself and only then if they succeeded would Grover get his searcher's license in order to begin his journey to find Pan. Meanwhile in the show, Grover voices that he doesn't have a searcher's license but he never indicates why he doesn't. Since he succeeded in bringing Percy to camp in show, you would assume that him receiving his license is no longer contingent on that and the show never really indicates otherwise. The show doesn't really touch on Grover's guilt over his perceived failures in-depth either. Then in the finale he has his license. I guess we assume its a reward?

Like. If I hadn't read the book, a lot of the meaning behind these details or how exactly we got from Point A to Point B are lost in translation when they shouldn't be.

i find it interesting how they never explicitly discussed annabeth’s regret…why make it such a high stakes scene in the previous episode if you’re not going to follow through with it?