I’ve seen a lot of people say that The Percy Jackson fandom is all just a bunch of adults and let me just tell you. I can PROMISE you. That there are a bunch of 9-12 year olds currently OBSESSED with Percy Jackson. And I spend my entire day with a bunch of 9-12 year olds as an educator. Believe me— They are OBSESSED with Percy Jackson and I mean it. They ask me every single day for a PJO tv series update. We get into Percy Jackson conversations all the time.
But here’s the thing, like we all started out, most of them are not allowed to have social media yet so you don’t see a lot of them on places like tumblr and Twitter but I can promise you there is already an ENTIRE Generation of young little Demigods in this fandom.
They were ecstatic when I told them today that they had finally cast Percy Jackson and since they don’t have social media and don’t know who Walker Scobell is they asked me if I thought he’d be a good Percy.
I promised them that they wouldn’t be disappointed.
Trust me this fandom has a whole wave of Demigods that are too young to meet y’all yet. But they are there.
— an OG adult fan who had to wait for the books to come out who spends her days with the younger generation of demigods
Feel free to join in with our read along of The Lightning Thief - here’s all the info
I have to say, I love the aesthetic of Iris messages
I cannot believe Ares rides a motorbike with flames painted on the side lmao how 00s can you get?
“The seat was leather- but leather that looked like… well, Caucasian human skin” I’M SORRY WHAT????
ARES IS RIDING A MOTORBIKE WITH FLAMES ON THE SIDE AND A SEAT MADE OUT OF HUMAN SKIN WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK WHY WOULD YOU INCLUDE THAT DETAIL AND JUST BRUSH OVER IT LIKE IT’S NOT ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING
Look, again idk how I feel about this representation of Ares
I mean he was never my fave Greek god BUT this interpretation of him does feel a lil one dimensional
However I guess it’s not super far off the Greek interpretation of Ares. I mean apart from in Sparta, Athena was always more popular since she embodied the strategic aspects of war whereas Ares was mostly just about destruction
Actually what I think is super interesting is that Ares doesn’t really show up much in Greek myth, but he’s SUPER important in roman mythology
Do you think the importance of the gods would have changed for the modern world? I wonder who would be important now the gods are based in America?
Probably just Zeus becoming even more powerful tbh. From the youngest sibling to the King of the Gods, that’s the American dream right? Oh and I bet Nike’s had a bit of a comeback. Americans love to win
And because I’m a nerd who thinks this is super interesting: I reckon when the gods were chilling out in the UK Poseidon would have been super popular, and also probably Athena (not in modern day UK unfortunately but I reckon the Victorians would have loved her)
This feels like when you’re playing a video game and really just want to fast forward this point in the narrative- ‘Look Ares, we really do not have time for this side quest please fuck off’
“Maybe you’ll only fight when there’s a river to dive into, so your daddy can protect you” dude what are you talking about? You are literally sending him on a mission to a waterpark. This does not prove your point at all
Hahaha I love that they’re all fully decked out in Waterland merch! How long do they keep these clothes for? (praying it’s the rest of the book)
Annabeth getting embarrassed about going on the tunnel of love is exactly how I’d have acted at 12 haha
Ummmm Percy just wondered why Ares and Aphrodite would choose to meet up here and then noticed all the mirrors excUSE ME THIS IS A BOOK FOR KIDS
Feel free to join in with our read along of The Lightning Thief - here’s all the info
Never before have I see the word “flaaa-booom!” used in a book
‘Hello? Hollywood? Yes hi I would like to request a crossover of Percy Jackson and Aquamarine (2006)? Thank you’
Okay in my head I’m picturing this floating mermaid woman as looking exactly like that chick from Fantasia 2000
Do you know who I mean? This girl:
Do you think kids still watch Fantasia? Gotta be honest I was never really cultured enough to Get It but this girl has always been a vibe (along with the fairies in the sugar plum fairy sequence)
Hmm interesting, Percy has been warned “do not trust the gifts”. I’ll be honest here the plural is throwing me and I’m back to not entirely remembering the plot of this book oops
“I came ashore next to a floating McDonald’s” I’m sorry what?
Are we talking about a floating McDonald’s wrapper? Or just like a McDonald’s that’s floating in the Mississippi like some fancy pants restaurant?
Is that a thing that McDonald’s do? What is going on here?
Oh wait, that’s it? Lmao that was a very short chapter
New post because we got the WHOLE LOT of the first round of stretch goals unlocked!!
The whole Underworld set:
The whole Titans of Tartarus set:
AS WELL AS the 3 new pins to the Cursed Mortals set:
Right now the Kickstarter is $47 shy of 13K and we’ve made a promise that at 15k we will unlock a set of Tiny Monsters to match folks’ sets of Tiny Heroes (9 1-1.25 inch hard enamel pins). I don’t have these to show yet because I’m still working on the dang set BUT I did promise that I would reveal 4 of them when we hit 13k~
FOLKS WE DID IT!!! WE UNLOCKED THE LAST OFFICIAL “SET”
Any funds raised beyond this point will go towards reprinting Olympians (maybe adding 1-2 more pins to the KS at higher goals) and re-rpinting TheMaM: Greek Mythology and more Myth retold stories!!!
We still have 5 days to raise as many funds as possible to help us out! I’ll even start looking into reviving this blog from the ashes honestly, I am constantly baffled by the support of everyone here, thank you all so so very much for everything you’ve all done <3
ONLY 30 HOURS LEFT FOLKS!!!
We’ve unlocked ALL the stretch goals for new pins!!! The only goal we have left is for the re-print of The Olympians!!! We could use all the sharing around we can get to make this happen!!!
