idek how to explain it right now but there's something going on with how xuanji's born yesterday but sifeng's never treated her like she's stupid or naive or childish and he respects how kind and righteous and loyal and powerful she is, but because he never told her he's a demon now it's looking like he took advantage of her born yesterday-ness in the worst way, way worse than how everyone treats her like a child who can't be trusted to make decisions for herself i HATE THIS!!!!!
Hello everyone, I just finished Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
(Yes, including the Christmas movie.)
My expectations were moderate. I love musicals so I decided to give it a try.
And I would just like to say, some of y’all are SLEEPING on this show.
The cast is fabulous. I was unsure of Jane Levy as Zoey at first, but she really grew on me. Alex Newell is a STAR as Mo. SKYLAR ASTIN IS IN THIS SHOW. LAUREN GRAHAM FROM GILMORE GIRLS IS IN THIS SHOW AND SHE PLAYS ZOEY’S BOSS. BERNADETTE PETERS IS IN THIS SHOW.
But it’s not just the well known actors and actresses that make an impact here. John Clarence Stewart as Simon made a particularly strong impression on me, as did the actors and actresses playing Leif, Tobin, Zoey’s brother, and his wife, Emily.
Side note: the mom from Elf also plays the mom in this show!!! And she’s great, just like everyone else!
This show deals with a lot of heavy topics in a way that, surprisingly, doesn’t feel overly preachy or too unrealistic. One of the standout episodes to me was an episode in season 2 that deals with systemic racism, and the ways that racism can be subtle and unintentional as often as it is blatant. Once again, John Clarence Stewart kicked ASS in this episode particularly, as well as Alex Newell as Mo.
The show is funny in a very sweet, cheesy way. The whole thing is very cheesy, while also dealing with difficult topics so well. It is such a comfort show, if you need something to watch that will make you cry but also uplift you, watch it.
For a musical show, something should be obvious: you need people who can sing. There’s a lot of talent here, with Skylar Astin and Alex Newell rounding out a cast of people with wonderful voices. However, even the people who don’t have great voices are not out of place, as the show is supposed to be about everyday normal people singing their inner thoughts.
There is one thing that this show does right above all else, and that is dealing with grief. The main storyline is about Zoey and her family dealing with the loss of her father as he slips away from progressive supranuclear palsy. This show legitimately made me cry. It deals with grief in such a raw and real way. I cannot imagine what it would be like to watch someone become a shell of their former self, knowing there’s nothing you can do. It is devastating and definitely the strongest part of the show.
Overall, if you need something new to watch, binge Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, and make sure to watch the Christmas movie on the Roku Channel to wrap things up. The show seems mediocre on the outside, but give it a chance; it is well written, with great musical numbers and a clever concept that isn’t afraid to dig into themes of grief, love, and discrimination.
Update: just found out that the actress playing Zoey’s mom is married to TED DANSON, and that Alice Lee, the actress who plays Emily, was HEATHER DUKE in Heathers on Broadway!?!?
I was kinda pissed when I was rereading the books and read the funeral shroud scene. Percy risked his life and the Ares cabin made him a joke of a shroud. I didn't think his reaction was realistic, not in the slightest, so I've adjusted it.
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We were the first heroes to return alive to Half-Blood Hill since Luke, so of course everybody treated us as if we’d won some reality-TV contest. According to camp tradition, we wore laurel wreaths to a big feast prepared in our honor, then led a procession down to the bonfire, where we got to burn the burial shrouds our cabins had made for us in our absence…
Or well, the shrouds Annabeth’s cabin made for her and… what was made for me…
Annabeth’s was beautiful, you could see the love and care they put into it. It was made of the finest grey silk, owls embroidered in intricate patterns that almost seemed to shape a city.
Mine… mine was made by the Ares cabin, they were the only cabin willing to make it.
My stomach twisted looking at it even as I plastered a smile on my face.
It’s obvious no one really cared if I lived or died, my shroud alone shows how little anyone cared about me at this camp.
My shroud was made out of an old yellowing bedsheet, the border painted with red smiley faces with X’ed-out eyes. In the center was the word LOSER painted really big.
We burned it, and I pretended I wasn’t affected by it, but it really did hurt.
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The days that followed were so weird. Everyone was being so nice to me, they all wanted to be friends.
But they left me alone before? Actively refused to be around me? But now that I’m some hero they want to spend time with me?
I avoided them.
I scheduled my activities to avoid the other cabins, except the Athena cabin (because Annabeth is there).
It was so weird, how much everyone tried to spend time with me. Before the quest they avoided me at all costs.
I talked with Grover still of course, my one real friend (I’m friends with Annabeth but she doesn’t understand why I’m avoiding everyone, Grover at least seems to understand, or at least not talk about it).
He joined me for activities and stuff, at least until the Fourth of July, when he left for his quest to find Pan.
Then I was alone.
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My dreams were filled with the pit, whispers from the ancient, evil voice down there (Kronos).
He pointed out how I was treated, tossed aside, taken back when I was suddenly useful.
I have to say, he’s not good at manipulation, but he’s not even trying really. He’s just… honest.
Nothing that he says is wrong.
The Gods don’t care about me (Didn’t Zeus send monster after me when I was on this quest for him? Didn’t he send that lightning bolt down at the beginning? Doesn’t Mr. D show no care for us? Doesn’t he get our names wrong constantly? Didn’t Hades threaten my mother and me? Didn’t he promise us eternal torment for something I didn’t do?).
The campers don’t care about me (Didn’t they toss me aside the moment my parent was revealed? Maybe they were scared, but none of them stood by me. Only Grover would talk to me still. Didn’t they avoid me? Change activity times to stay away? Refuse to work with me? Wasn’t I abandoned?).
Why do I stay here? Because it’s safe? Is it really?
Kronos whispered in my ear, and this time I didn’t send him away.
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The end of camp was coming, they’d sent us forms to fill out to decide what we’d do (and if you don’t then you get eaten, the care is underwhelming).
I kept my head down and kept working (the only one that I still spent time with really was Luke, he’s the only one who didn’t leave me before the quest, the only one to support me besides Grover).
I don’t know what I’m going to do, but I’m not staying at camp.
I trained and trained, I need to survive out there (because I don’t know if I’ll come back to camp, not now not ever).
Luke taught me more tricks, I beat him some spars now, he told me stories, talked about his quest and what he thought (he didn’t like the Gods, I’d gained an understanding of him at this point, he is very against the Gods).
I trained and trained and pretended everything was okay (the other campers had stopped trying to get close to me, I heard them whisper about me being stuck up, about me thinking I’m too good for them. I didn’t know how to say that it was them that left me first).
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I laid in bed and listened to Kronos’ whispers, I listened and closed my eyes.
choose
What do I choose?
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Annabeth was getting frustrated with me, I know she was, but I can’t help my feelings.
I know why they avoided me, logically I do.
I can’t help but feel that they only care for me so long as I do what they think is good.
I don’t want to live my life for them.
I won’t live my life for them.
I turned back to Luke.
I started to avoid Annabeth too.
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I thought of Zeus’ comments when I gave him his stolen Bolt.
I thought of how everyone was so worried about me existing.
I thought of how Kronos would mention a prophecy when no other would (he whispers a lot in my dreams, and a lot of it is so true it hurts).
I thought of how alone I was.
I thought of my choice.
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Luke asked to do once last hunt through the woods before camp ended, he offered me a smile and held his mortal-killer monster-killer sword.
We went into the woods and killed nothing.
I had my backpack because I had already packed.
We sat and drank some coke.
He asked me to choose.
He asked me to leave.
He held out his hand.
I thought of my choice, of the Gods, of the campers.
i know there is a lack of wlw content in general in the world (unfortunately) but lately i have seen like 83647229 bl shows from thailand but not even one gl show..........even the ones i have watched don’t have a gl couple EVEN AS A SIDE COUPLE.....what even
Harry's body language towards lizzo during their performance was that of a friend who was enjoying time with a friend (he was flirting but it wasn't sexual), meanwhile lizzo is giving some very sexual statements about him. I don't know how Harry feels about those though. Do you think that's a part of the strategy as well? Because if it's not then those statements are low-key disturbing. I know the way Harry is promoted, thirst and romanticizing him is very common but it's still weird.
Oh for fucks sake. Women’s desire is legitimate. Women expressing sexual desire is not disturbing or weird. Women’s desire doesn’t need to be reciprocated to be valid.
Why anyone comes to me when they are upset that a woman has expressed desire for Harry I don’t know.
i don’t know who the fuck needs to hear this but gamestop (and its canadian child company EB games) isn’t essential retail and it is cruel and unethical that they are forcing their employees to work during this and defending it as such. get your fucking games digitally and don’t support companies that put their workers at risk like this.
