Please PJO TV series, give Annabeth golden strands in her hair after using the fleece.
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.
I will say the one thing that annoyed me about this episode is them never mentioning that Tyson, Percy and Polyphemus are all sons of Poseidon. I thought they’d do something interesting with that, like Polyphemus recognising Percy’s smell as a brother or him telling Tyson that’s they’re brothers (by blood, not just because they’re both Cyclopes) and Tyson saying that Percy isn’t just his brother by blood but by choice. Or Polyphemus trying to get Poseidon to curse/hurt Percy and Tyson and Percy going haha nice try loser we’re the favourite children here.
Percy’s happy little face when he spots Grover. The massive hugs he gives Tyson and Grover. Sacrificing the quest for his crush. Truly his fatal flaw is just loving his friends. I also love seeing all these really healthy and loving male friendships on screen. Like yes, Grover is Percy’s best friend and he cares for her like he cares for Annabeth - with absolute devotion.
The Percabeth development we’re getting this series is so good, especially last episode and this episode. Obviously Percy’s ‘don’t touch her’ moment which felt very much like the injury in Book 5 (iykyk) but also the way Annabeth bonds Percy and Luke together. Percy begging Luke, who he hates so badly, to help Annabeth because Percy loves more than he hates. Percy loves Annabeth and he trusts Luke to care for her too, that’s why he hands Luke the fleece. Percy’s loyalty to his friends but particularly to Annabeth, will always override everything else. We also get a nice contrast between him and Clarisse, whose loyalty is to her collective (camp, the Ares cabin) before specific people. I watch this show with my mum and she found Percy super annoying these past few episodes because she thinks he’s a bit dumb and always causing problems (a little true) but I think this show does a good job of demonstrating that the framework of success on a quest is very different for Percy than most of the other characters. For heroes like Clarisse, the goal is the completion of the quest/finding what they came for. For Percy, the goal is protecting his people. Any other aspect of the quest is pretty secondary. The show really effectively sets up how easy it would be for Percy to be evil.
Grover trying to reason with Clarisse while Percy just grabs the fleece from her is so in character it’s insane.
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The AUDACITY to use heroes by David Bowie after cruel and explicit queerbait and ignoring the only other queer ship completely for half the episode.
Say queer people cant expect to be loved back
the AUDACITY to use David Bowie, a longstanding symbol of queer joy, after gross queer erasure is honestly disrespectful.
Love what the show is doing with Grover. He is a representation of hope and the importance of friendship, both in his speech to Clarisse and the way Annabeth sees him as a mediator in her siren hallucination. He marks safety as a saytr, finding places that are okay to rest and doing all he can to protect Clarisse to the extent he forgets to don his veil again in time for Polyphemus’ return. He knows his friends are alive because he cares for them so much he feels their presence. Grover cares for all the creatures around him and right now he is very afraid.
Also a protector of people’s nature as well as the natural order. He gives Percy a place for his loyalty and matches it, puts the fight back in Clarisse. He gives the runaways a place to rest, a chance to go somewhere they don’t need to hide or run from.
Love what the show is doing with Grover. He is a representation of hope and the importance of friendship, both in his speech to Clarisse and the way Annabeth sees him as a mediator in her siren hallucination. He marks safety as a saytr, finding places that are okay to rest and doing all he can to protect Clarisse to the extent he forgets to don his veil again in time for Polyphemus’ return. He knows his friends are alive because he cares for them so much he feels their presence. Grover cares for all the creatures around him and right now he is very afraid.