PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (2023)

PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS (2023)

Ep. 1 I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher Ep. 2 I Become Supreme Lord of the Bathroom

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It's astounding to me how obvious the human necessity for religion and ceremony is.

I was just forced to sit through a class on stress management and the two primary (and supposedly scientifically backed up) suggestions of the session felt so ironic coming from the presenter. They were: meditation (which involves focusing on the repetition of a word or phrase), and mindfulness (which means to focus on taking in the world around you.)

That meditation thing? Gee, it's almost like we're supposed to try and pray without ceasing. That mindfulness thing? Gee, it's almost like we're supposed to appreciate all the small, mundane things of beauty God loves to stuff into our everyday lives.

In other words, these "techniques for stress management" are really just putting religious practices back into people's lives, simply repackaged with a secular sticker stamped on top.

I don't know. It's just fascinating to me.

Cinderella is so much stronger than modern girl characters.

Seriously guys. Please tell me: what's harder to do? Give up your rights, your home, and your privileges without ever stooping to the level of your petty abusers? Staying kind and true to what you know is right?

Or popping off a mouthy one-liner that you've just been dying to use to put the haters in their place? Using your fighting superpowers to take what you want?

Which one is harder? Which one is braver? Which one takes more patience, steadfast character, and, to put it plainly, faith?

It's not hard to take out your anger on small-souled, loveless, hollow people who don't know how to be anything other than cruel. It's easy. It's on the tip of our tongue as soon as we're insulted or hurt or our rights are infringed upon.

It's also not hard to slip into yourself and hide from the world, think only about how you've been wronged and how to preserve yourself. Forget about anyone or anything else besides making it through the next day. It's not fun, but it's easy, especially when she's suffering.

It's also not hard to become hard, bitter. Take little bits and pieces of revenge--maybe she can't stand up to her enemies, maybe her situation is too dangerous to fight back, but she could be angry. She could get hard and calloused, hate them with every look, and find opportunities to keep them from having what they want.

What's so much harder is to take the situation and rise above it. Not to let the circumstances control your life, but also your response. To choose to be kind and pity your enemies, wish they could reform, serve them, even love and forgive them. And while you're doing that, you're taking every opportunity to be kind and find ways to serve others. Instead of saying, "I've got enough to deal with," saying, "oh, let me help even the smallest of creatures, even if it's just with something small, even if I'm buried under my own mountain of abuse and businesses." It's way harder.

That's why she's stronger than Raya, and Mei, and any of the Live Action remakes of anyone but Cinderella.

JOHN MULANEY: “BABY J” (2023)

i think my fav grover moment so far is him saying "also i'm 24" in the middle of a VERY drastic situation where he is trying to prep percy for what he is about to face. yes grover, the most important thing right now is explaining the satyr aging system. i can't wait for percy to bring it up like 5 episodes later when they're on better terms like "what the fuck did you mean when you said you were 24"