Rick Riordan posting this before the episode (and even going as far as posting the screenshot on his IG just to later delete the post)

Is truly giving this:

Something something about Riordan’s ego being massive something something karma something something

okay last one for the night but. honestly i really hate how the franchise has been using loyalty to Rick as a shield for so long. If Rick was involved in a project or not doesn't matter, especially not anymore.

ReadRiordan and the publishing for the franchise has been using this tactic for ages - they obscure if any writing related to the series wasn't written by Rick unless it's special circumstances. It's near impossible to find out who the ghostwriters are (Stephanie True Peters and Mary-Jane Knight). TSATS was promoted as the first time we got a non-Riordan (Rick or Haley) author working on one of the companion novels despite having seven already existing ghostwritten books in the series. The only reason Mark Oshiro was emphasized so heavily for TSATS was because they also work as a sensitivity reader for topics such as queer identity, and Rick had received backlash in the past for being a Straight Cis Old White Guy repeatedly falling into bad habits (that he hasn't broken out of) with certain characterizations that he kept doubling-down on or retconning into oblivion. The show emphasizes that Rick was involved, but the LA Times article brings into question exactly how much he was involved, and it doesn't even really matter either way. The ReadRiordan site actively avoids putting any writing credits on their articles (or art credits...) or anywhere on their site.

Practically the entire fandom unanimously agrees the musical - which had zero involvement from Rick - is the best adaptation of the series so far, including the TV show. Some of the best writing to come out of the series recently was the stuff ghostwritten by Stephanie True Peters (Camp Half-Blood Confidential, Camp Jupiter Classified, Nine from the Nine Worlds, etc). And yet when promotional stuff is posted about CHB:C, there's clearly coded language used to hide the fact that Rick himself didn't write it. Yes, that's how ghostwriters work, but at this point we should really stop pretending "Rick Riordan" isn't just a pen name for a group of authors like "Erin Hunter" and that Rick is actually writing everything in the series. I can easily look up and see which Animorphs books were ghostwritten, and who those authors were. I can find every "Erin Hunter" easily listed on official sites. And yet most people don't even know the Riordanverse franchise has ghostwriters at all.

And the franchise is still trying to use the "Tio/Uncle Rick" stuff. Author loyalty and marketing parasocial relationships isn't going to save the franchise when the author himself can't hold up his own original themes or even keep basic series bible details straight, and especially not if the editors are barely if at all doing their job. And please at least get a goddamn series bible by this point.

For those curious about the ghostwriter stuff-

Mary-Jane Knight ghostwrote PJO Ultimate Guide and Kane Chronicles Survival Guide. Stephanie True Peters ghostwrote Camp Half-Blood Confidential, Camp Jupiter Classified, Nine From The Nine Worlds, Guide To Hotel Valhalla, and Magician's Manual.

Their credits can be found in the books themselves, either in the dedications or in the publishing and copyright information page. You can also find evidence of their credits when researching their names. Here's Amazon listing Mary-Jane Knight as the author of The Ultimate Guide:

She's also credited as the author on GoodReads. And Stephanie True Peters acknowledges her credits as a ghostwriter for Riordan and Disney Hyperion on her linkedin:

I feel like it's also important to note: These are the only ghostwriters i've been able to confirm in the series (not including Haley Riordan's short story, Mark Oshiro's co-authoring of TSATS, or the writers for the graphic novel adaptations, since those are all different from ghostwriters). I did check Heroes of Olympus because I know it's a common conspiracy theory that HoO was ghostwritten and no, I could not find evidence of ghostwriters there. They legally would have to put it somewhere, preferably in the book itself with the publishing and copyright info or acknowledgements.

House of Hades // The Chalice of the Gods.

Rick Riordan Im begging you, at least do a quick search in the ebooks of your books before writing. Turns out Percy and Annabeth had already met Geras in Tartarus, literally like two months before the events of Chalice of the Gods. And not only that, they tricked him and Nyx, you would assume the god would remember that.

i said this in tags but im gonna make it it's own post.

pj/otv was not marketed as a kids show. it was marketed as a book accurate adaptation of the series. the people who care about that are largely teens to adults. most people who were around for the original series, fandom, and movie release who would want that the most are fans are well into their 20s at this point. rick knows this thats why he joked about it.

we've seen how kids media is marketed especially by disney and it's not as "accurate adaptations for long time fans" and certainly not as the gritty fantasy epic that the show and the trailers were attempting. it's as fun fantasy adventures with funny one liners and goofy characters in a grand adventure.

"it's a kids show" is a wildly disingenuous attempt to dodge criticism and media analysis when 1. childrens media is not exempt from analysis and 2. it's marketing (both official promo material and metatext from rick) was clearly not advertising just 'a childrens show'

Rick Riordan constantly trashing the movies for not sticking to his books then releasing a show in which he rewrites everything and loses the spirit of the books entirely

The Percy Jackson show feels like trust falling into Rick riordan but if he doesn’t catch you you fall off a cliff and he’s dropped people before

Why are we acting like Rick’s writing hasn’t been criticized for so long before? Like. BOO was considered a war crime or st and I’m quite sure the inconsistence is chronic at this point. TSATS isn’t special.

Rick Riordan: Percy is forever 17!!! He hasn’t even started college yet!

LoveRead Riordan: no 💙 boy is in college already

look at this basic ass bitch 

nice to meet you Paul Blofis, please get the fuck away from Sally 

At this point a question arises to me:

If Percy is inspired by his son Sally is inspired by his wife Paul is inspired by him ….. Who is Poseidon??????

basically me when I try to pursue anything, ever

Mi piace questa vetrina.

canon Percy description from ToA

(source)

It appears we have an Italian cover for Magnus Chase. Title has been changed to The Sword of the Warrior. What do you guys think?

RecentlyHeard.com is also hosting the first five chapters of The Sword of Summer, the first book in Rick Riordan’s new Norse mythology series, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. If you couldn’t or didn’t read them at Hypable, this is a good alternative.

What’s even more important in this news, however, is that Recently Heard has also released a series of five character cards that give us a nice glimpse into the main characters of the book, what they look like, and on which side they’re on– including our hero, Magnus himself.

You can take a look at the character cards above, but once more, A WARNING: BEWARE SPOILERS. If you don’t want to know anything about the characters until you read the book, you better not look at these too closely!

What do you think of these? Which character are you most curious about? Tell us in a comment!