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Things I would like to see fixed in PJO S2:

- More worldbuilding, but do it in a way that isn’t heavily reliant on dialogue. Show us more of the camp, maybe let us meet some of the other characters.

- More humor. PJO is supposed to be a fun adventure story where the dark and serious elements are balanced out by the humorous moments. S1 felt so somber and cynical, and I feel like that isn’t the right tone for Percy Jackson.

- More whimsy/campiness! Mr. Riordan, your books got really weird and silly sometimes! Let your show be weird and silly sometimes too! Not everything needs to be dark and gritty. It doesn’t have to be super childish, but there needs to be more magic and charm in this world.

- Let the trio be vulnerable to traps. Yes, I know it makes sense for them to know the myths or whatever, but if you want the monsters and traps to feel like they’re a serious threat, you can’t have them be this easy to explain and maneuver. Conceal them better; make them tougher to figure out. In addition, show off more of Percy’s street smarts. We love this character because of his ability to think fast and improvise a bad situation even if he doesn’t know all the details of the relevant myth. Emphasize that more; it’s not everyday that he needs to be a walking encyclopedia.

- Luke and Annabeth’s relationship needs more oomph. Their relationship felt kind of hollow in the first season, and y’all need to tighten that up in future seasons because their relationship is only going to get more integral to the plot. It’s okay if you want to leave out the crush, but man, you should have given them something.

- For a story that was inspired by a boy’s struggles w/ ADHD and dyslexia, the impact of these conditions felt kind of absent during the actual quest itself. I’m not saying that they need to go overboard with this or anything, but if you’re going to do neurodivergent representation, I feel like it should have a stronger presence during the actual quests, yes?

- The action scenes are kind of weak. Sea of Monsters has a lot of action going on, so y’all will have to really think out those action sequences so you can capture the excitement within them. I’ll be disappointed if the action in S2 feels as flat as it mostly felt this season.

- Annabeth is not a stoic character. She’s actually quite expressive; she’s just selective about what she discusses, and sometimes she chooses to convey emotion through action, behavior, or cryptic words instead of explicit words. But she was never stoic, so please allow her to actually show more of this emotion. It’s okay to let her be vulnerable; that’s what endears most people to this character in the first place, and that’s why that chair scene stuck with people. Therefore, this need to make her this mostly unshakeable girl boss should go away. The girl is a sentimental character; let that stay.

- Please fix the dialogue. Less exposition, more characterization.

yeah

percy: i wanna sleep for 40 hours

annabeth: you know that's called a coma, right?

percy:

percy: that sounds so refreshing, i could totally go for a light coma right now

FRRRR 😭 i forgot that she did think of it but then just went “oh he didn’t mean it” BUT THAT STILL COULD HAVE BEEN A TECHNICAL THING THAT SHE COULD HAVE BYPASSED. i think it was more so that she was hurt by his decision to exile her in the first place but still 😔

at the end of the wicked king, when cardan exiles jude, i always was and still am confused how jude couldn’t figure it out that she could have come back anytime she wanted. because she was queen of elfhame and part of the “crown” cardan says that she can be pardoned by. AND FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS LIVED HER LIFE SOLVING RIDDLES AND PUTTING TOGETHER PUZZLES OF THE PAST. SHE COULDNT REALIZE THAT SHE COULD HAVE PARDONED HERSELF??????

everyone talks about rick not giving the athena kids any cool powers but being smart but like. genuinely there r so many he could have done.

give me an athena child who can talk to snakes (a lesser known symbol of athena). an athena child who can fly (owl and connections to daedalus). an athena child who can just casually make shit appear from their minds. an athena child who can calm down tense situations and prevent conflict with a form of charmspeak (goddess of peace).

Someone has probably said this already, but the point of Percy not knowing anything about Greek mythology (at first in the books) was to protect himself because knowledge is power, power is scent that monsters can smell and names have even more power when said by powerful people

So tbh Sally reading Percy myths (in the show) is like a death sentence imo