wanderlust.

cause of death: broken neck

the writing this season is just chef’s kiss. the way they are highlighting percy’s fatal flaw in everything he does or say, and even introducing annabeth’s fatal flaw in her wanting to think six steps ahead, to outrun even fate itself. the way they are developing a character like clarisse who never had much space in the books, and all the changes to the story that makes so much sense here because the whole discourse about human choices is actually the core of this story, how a small choice can derail the whole quest or save it, and how the sum of all those small choices will eventually decide the fate of the world. because this is a story about humanity, in a world dominated by gods. writers i am kissing you on the forehead right now.

As much as I make fun of Percy for being down bad from day one what I really love is that he truly thinks this is regular friend behaviour. He’s unleashing his inner wattpad mafia boss for Annabeth, has her picture on his mirror, promises he’d burn down Olympus for her, seems offended there’s ‘another’ boyfriend and thinks it is purely platonic. And the best part is Percy is such a loverboy in all meanings of the world that that genuinely is understandable because he is simultaneously going to the sea of monsters for Grover, having Grover’s picture on his mirror, telling Grover he looks beautiful in a wedding dress, embracing Grover like the husband he presumed missing at sea and being so soulmated to his best friend that they dream together.

Something about using Mariah Carey’s vocals to get rid of those birds is so PJO book coded. It was absolutely perfect