Okay live-blogging watching all of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Sea of Monsters, the new(ish) season!
I will likely collect my thoughts afterwards for a more thorough analysis but this will be fun!
Peep the setup!
(I did home make the blue boy tie pasta and the blue velvet cupcakes.)
YESSSSS OPENING ON GROVER PERFECT!!!
Itās giving H2O just add water vibes from their first night on the island.
Also not gonna show my face but I AM in my original home made Camp Half Blood shirt and necklace from before they even really sold merch so.
THE ANNABETTHHHH PHOTO RAAAAAAA
Yesssss develop Sally Jackson further and give her dreams, #1 fan.
Donāt like that Percy already knows Tyson is a cyclops. Takes away the impact of his character I feel.
No dodgeball scene? No stalker Annabeth? Hmmmmmmm.
But oh my god they captured the grey sisters PERFECTLY theyāre just the right amount of dirty and unhinged.
Iām here for the percbaeth agenda. Itās not overdone weāre just not in Percyās POV with the show so itāll be more obvious to us.
They way I shouted ā30,31,75,12ā with the grey sisters š¤£.
The cyclops tension immediately between Percabeth fiskgoeklglekfoemgkek.
Oh thereās the lastrigonyians (I canāt spell hush.)
RAHHHHH HER GIFTING HIM ENTRY TO SAVE PERCY (I canāt remember if this is book canon or not but I like it. I feel like in the books heās able to enter because the barrier is weak.)
I know they already confirmed this in season one but the VINDICATION I FEEL whenever they say Th-Alia instead of T-alia ahahahahahahah.
THE CASTING FOR TANTALUS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MOTE PERFECT HOLY FUCKING SHIIITTTTT (Dionysus x Tantalus š)
They didnāt develop Percyās frustration with Tyson enough. It feels to random in the show. But also ITS PAUL FROM THE HALF OF IT HOW PERFECT!!!!
Ngl I donāt like this weird percabeth argument.
Ugh didnāt realize how much I missed the Grover Percy friendship till this empathy link scene.
This is the odyssey adaptation I care about.
Chris/Clarisse this early š
Camp half blood having a rule book and not just a cheesy intro film feels odd.
Doesnāt Annabeth know the great prophecy at this point already? I donāt like their reasoning with this quest and with Chiron. I get that weāre creating percabeth tension but they donāt need that tension!
Her having to define boon, I love her so much.
The way their chariots and armor are probably more accurate than Nolanās odyssey š¤£.
Watching Annabeth solve problems in real time wow. Sheās so perfect as Annabeth.
Okay, the Percabeth fighting is getting on my nerves. Is Rick just trying to showcase Percyās fatal flaw harder or something? Why so early when the payoff of mentioning it in sea of monsters then watching it throughout the series is so good?
Did they let Lin write his own lines? š¤£. The harp joke was funny.
Also I love him as Hermes but they ruined that scene. Itās one of my favorite book scenes because Hermes says so much without saying hardly anything at all, and this felt too jokey.
Hm idk itās growing on me. Like they got the lines but the solemnity of the moment was lost still I think.
Annabeth didnāt like living in the real world because she was BORED?????? I mean. Iād accept this if it was a narrative on nuerodivergence but idk. Or is she still sorta lying at this point?
I wasnāt a fan of the chb rules but it does enhance tantalus character? But did his character NEED enhancement, who knows?
NO HIPPOCAMPI?????? NO RAINBOW?????
I do love what they did with Clarisseās ship.
And Tyson is doing a great job.
Hold on weāve changed annabethās invisbilty cap to a bracelet? We didnāt get Luke giving her her knife?
āHow do you know itās the right choice?ā
āHonestly, because itās yours.ā
RAHHHHHHHHHHHHH The ādonāt touch her.ā In Last Olympian is gonna go SO HARD!!!!
I thought we still got guinea pig Percy?
I donāt like that Annabeth didnāt tell him his fatal flaw. I also feel that this Percy is far more anxious than book Percy but it could be that weāre not in his POV so he comes across that way when you arenāt in his head?
The Id burn it all down line maybe is a bit too soon for percabeth even if itās just as friends.
GUNIEA PIG PERCY FUXK YEAH
I liked how they did the sirens but the book is still better in its handling of fatal flaws. Theyāre over explaining it to the audience.
Polyphemus island is very well done.
Not sure how I feel about the extra Luke involvement,
The Tyson timeline still feels rushed and not well thought out for some reason.
Also why is Luke involved on Polyphemus island?
The fuckass bracelet š
OH RAINBOOOOWWWWW
This Annabeth rescue mission is sorta ruining the impact of his Titans Curse angst?????
BLACKJACK AND MYTHOMAGIC MISSION???? Ahhhhh
SALLY JACKSON TO THE RESCUE!!!!! Iāll hate on other choices with this show, but the Sally portrayal and additions are FLAWLESS!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOO WHY ARE WE GETTING THE PROPHECY NOW????? IT RUINS THE BUILDUP??????? PART OF PERCYās FIGHT FOR OLYMPUS IS UNDERMINED BY THE FACT THST THEY WAITED SO LONG TO TELL HIM AJD ITS DELICIOUS! PUT IT BACKKKKKKKK














