#antipjoshow

[mildtakestohidefrommymoots]

Just rewatched the Hephaestus scene in the series bc I wanted to be as accurate as possible when arguing w someone LMAO and omg I’m highkey lowkey annoyed all over again. What do you mean Annabeth looked Hephaestus in the eye and told him that Zeus and Athena and the other gods are all about glory and power and completely denounces that while placing Percy on a higher pedestal for not being like them??? Annabeth Chase who was raised in the godly world and was taught to fear the gods and respect them out of said fear because of stories like Arachne where it didn’t matter whether she truly was the better weaver or not, she proclaimed she was better than the gods - better than Athena - and she was to be punished. Where she says in moa that every Athena kid learns quickly that mother is always right and you never question or doubt her. Where she is consistently reprimanding Percy for disrespecting the gods and acting out because that goes against everything she’s been taught and everything she knows. Why Is She Telling Hephaestus That Her Mother Is Wrong. Why Is She Implying That Percy Is Better Than The Gods. Athena Literally Punishes Her Episodes Earlier For Percy’s Impertinence. WHY IS SHE SAYING THAT.

[azerinbouee]

We can finally speak this out loud. Percy Jackson show was not bad because of the casting, it was bad because the script and characterization were very badly handled and misogynist.

The main woman character of the books is stripped of all her interesting character traits and personality, her imperfections and flaws and turned into a one dimensional character where she is completely written off as 'see, here is a powerful girl character!!'. I sometimes forget that a man is writing this show and his maximum thought capacity while writing a powerful female character is to turn her full, emotionless and 'perfect'.

Annabeth was powerful because of her imperfections. She was flawed, she was ambitious , quite impulsive and she usually got ruled by her emotions, she had a child side inside her. She didn't know everything, she made mistakes. This did not take from her character, it added to it. It made her strong. A perfect character is not powerful or girlbosss, she is just flattened and a robot. Her character was destroyed by the script.

Turning Gabe into a a lot less abusive, more likeable and sympathetic version in the show does not only completely crush the full impact of Percy's backstory, it also takes away from Sally's character completely. But they decided to show Athena a much worse parent than she was in the books? Book Athena would never let Annabeth die because she disappointed her. Poseidon however was the best dad ever! While book Poseidon even though he loved Percy, even though he was better than most of the Olympians as a parent, he was a still shit father. He was NOT a good father.

This is very misogynist to me but you are not ready to have this conversation because you refuse to see any real criticism for the show.