Krishna: Just Be Casual. Try Some Light Flirting.

Krishna: just be casual. Try some light flirting.

Abhimanyu: I can do that

[Later]

Uttara: nice work! High five!

Abhimanyu: [intertwines their fingers]

Uttara: wh-

Abhimanyu: I am in love with you

I adore how much we think we'll get hoo adaptation even though Walker and Leah would be at the very least 30 by then :D

imagine the beginning of season three (ttc) when annabeth falls off the cliff with the manticore. and percy blames himself for not reaching her in time. and then that scene mirroring the end of season four of hoo (moa) when annabeth is being dragged toward the pit. because damn it if she falls, i'm going with her this time.

WAKE UP PEOPLE WE GOT THE FIRST OFFICIAL LOOK OF PIPRAVI

Watching the documentary, it's so much clearer why it was so important to Rick that the main cast be diverse. I think too many of us were caught up with the fact that the books we loved as kids were getting a faithful adaptation that we forgot that this is a kid's show. So many children are going to grow up with this show. This will be for them what Harry Potter was for us. Even though I loved the Harry Potter movies and wouldn't change anything about them, I'd be lying if I said that as a person of colour I didn't feel a little excluded. I remember being so excited when the goblet of fire came out and introduced us to characters like Padma and Parvati Patil. For the first time ever I felt like someone of my ethnicity could also belong at Hogwarts. I know that Disney's attempt at race swapping in the name of representation definitely has its issues but in this particular case I genuinely think that having a diverse cast was incredibly important and in touch with Rick's initial intentions behind writing the books. Representation in Children's media, especially in a show such as PJO is incredibly important. I know it's different from the books but imagine in this day and age watching a show about a camp where everyone is white. Even if it's not intentional, it's exclusionary. And besides, the actors are all incredibly talented and capture the essence of their characters so well. Isn't that what really matters anyway? So if there's anyone still complaining that the show isn't faithful to the books, I would urge you to dig a bit deeper. Cause even though the show may look different from how you imagined, its heart and essence is the same as the books.

saw a screenshot on twitter and couldn't resist speed drawing through it

I wonder what kind of fucked up mindset does one need to justify what happened to her was okay, because nobody with even a shred of morality would say that. This Sigma trend is one of the stupidest thing to happen to this generation.

So it is a trend in shows to show how Draupadi rejects Karna, saying she won't marry the son of a suta, how she calls Duryodhan "andhe ka putra andha" and laughs at him. Every show does it.

BRC did it. SP MB did it. RK did it. SPK did it. Heck, even that weird ass animation that came out in 2013 showed this as well.

Funnily, this event has 0 mentions in texts.

Karna FAILS in the event. Draupadi does not reject him. You see, Canon Draupadi is a sweet and generous lady. She is not a jealous or egoistic or short-tempered individual, tbh.

Also, check out the ACK Mahabharata. All the characters look immensely pretty in it, plus it is very close to the BORI version of MB so it can be seen as a decent source.

Now, back to the topic.

So technically I was swiping through Insta, and I saw this reel, where they showed Draupadi laughing on Duryodhana,(they used clips from SPK), and the reel showed "Wake up to reality" and then proceeded to show Draupadi being disrobed.

God, I hate the new sigma/alpha trend. Is it really cool to be sexist these days???

Let's just keep aside every perspective of Draupadi's character aside. Whether you like her or not, it does not matter.

She is an INNOCENT woman. She has come in Hastinapur as a GUEST. She did nothing wrong. And even if she had rejected Karna or insulted Duryodhan, it does not give them the right to disrobe her in return.

I feel showrunners try to inculcate the incident of Draupadi insulting these two to justify their hatred towards her?

TBH She did nothing to warrant such atrocious behavior towards her. Now, some ppl also like to blame the Pandavas for this, and honestly I do agree. These five men, who are great warriors, cannot look past their stupid sense of morality to help their own wife. How will they help other women when they cannot stand up for their own wife?

BUT.

BUT.

It is crucial to know that even if the Pandavas did not do anything at the moment, they, and several others like Bhishma, Vidur and Drona, had the decency to acknowledge their wrongs. The Pandavas tried to make amends, and they did. The war may not have been to avenge Draupadi's insult entirely, but it was still a very big factor in the war.

The Kauravas never even acknowledged that their actions were wrong. They dragged a woman to court, a woman who was their sister-in-law, and was in her periods. (Fuck, that must have hurt as hell.)

This woman, she is brought into the hall, and then Dushasan drags her around, as she begs for help. She is called a harlot, for marrying 5 men, when she is not the first woman to do so. Plus everyone knows that it was bound to happen, because of the boon of her previous birth. Draupadi would have had 5 husbands, or none at all.

Now, Karna orders her to be disrobed, Duryodhan passes lewd comments on her, and Dushasan...well, let's not mention him.

As a female, I feel horrible for Draupadi. The amount of physical and mental pain this woman went through because of this incident is incomparable. She would have been stripped naked and potentially gang-raped if it had not been for Krishna #onemorereasontoloveKrishna

And people have the gall to say it is her fault and she got what she deserved. The fucking audacity.