remembering why i stopped writing two years ago as i read through unsolicited criticism in my inbox about headlocks ending.

i'm just being overly sensitive but like idk. it's crazy to be like 'you kinda dropped the ball' on this thing i wrote for fun and then put out into the world because i wanted other people to enjoy it.

why is percy all knowing??? he just knows who crusty is?? that is so unrealistic and different from his book counterpart.

1. percy knows basic greek myths along with a few obvious monsters. he’s constantly asking who different monsters are and is confused most of the time - this is a big part of the books because he actually learns things normally wherein the show he just knows shit for no good reason (it also makes it super boring to watch bc if it’s not exciting to percy, it’s not exciting to the audience).

2. it’s pretty important for his development as a character and the story that he’s an idiot

and how tf did he just know it was kronos all along??? that is such a strange conclusion to come to given that there was NO EVIDENCE AND ITS THE MOST RANDOM THING EVER (show wise)

i hate how they all just know everything and the traps aren’t really traps. you can’t have a good story without good conflict, and you can’t have good conflict if your characters are geniuses who know every myth ever and every weakness of every monster.

if they were to cut anything from the book, it should’ve been crusty’s waterbeds. idk why they had that in there if percy was just going to explain who he was and that’s really about it. the underworld isn’t even connected to the store in the book?????

they make dumb plot changes that don’t need to be made; ex. four pearls and percy finding the bolt in his bag before hades

poseidon is british for some reason (idk that just makes no sense)

one gripe i’ve had from this show from the beginning is how there’s so much telling and very little showing. we spend so much time talking about things that either aren’t relevant or are unnecessary. this really gets me bc everything else that actually is important is rushed because of it. the storytelling in the show is just overall terrible compared to the book. every good writing element was snatched away for the show. the info dumping is actually crippling (speaking of crippling, why tf is hephaestus not crippled and ugly? that contradicts the myth itself????).

i read these books when i was ten, and they were very special to me. as a book reader, i see a ton of flaws in the show. as a writer, i see a ton of flaws in the show. i really can’t imagine how non-book readers enjoy this show because i don’t think it would make sense to them, and because of all the other reasons about poor storytelling and whatnot.

anyway i’m mad about these things and the little things as well because we were promised a book accurate show, and this is just not it.

me convincing rick to let me rewrite the entire thing:

soul holding