Non-Book Reader Reacts *PERCY JACKSON* Ep 4 | Film Grad's First Time Watching

[@dncthoughts]

annabeth mirroring medusa's story last ep, how poseidon or his spawn made the action that offended her but chose to punish medusa/her daughter oooh she's never been for the girls

[@movienightwithjacqui]

😱 I hadn’t thought about that! Great catch, and thank you for pointing it out!

[@larissadantas7766]

Yeah😢

[@3rineee]

IKRR I WAS SO MADD

[@Seraph_Luvvz]

This just in; Athena is NOT for the girls

[@simonsonian8977]

“I wasn’t like you. I WAS you”

[@jorgecharris532]

I love how Rick fixed the mistakes he made in the books, he literally thought the river was closer to the arch so he had Percy jumping to the water and in reality there's no way he could have made that jump

[@oceankim8791]

Hey, he's a Demigod, having super jumping legs would be one of the less crazy powers they're shown to exhibit, plus superhuman strength's all par the course for them.

[@larissadantas7766]

Yes💙

[@adabadoskova2915]

well yeah, but still, it's pretty far and Percy is untrained 12 year old, plus from what I know, Poseidon dosen't really have that much to do anything with strengt, even tho you probably mean it like generally@@oceankim8791

[@darthekul1]

Thank u I thought it was just my own memory that's off , cause I had the same specific image in my head and didn't even think about it till percy was staring at the grass through the big hole , and then I felt silly lol

[@chaorikitki8334]

In my little kid mind I thought the arch was IN the water 😂

[@Huhu0137]

“So she’s gonna let you die?” Welcome to Greek mythology 101: EVERYONE SUCKS, AND GODS SUCK EVEN ✨MOOOOOORE✨

[@aceofspade2120]

That part lol. The gods have done far pettier things over less

[@meganmcdonald3333]

All the Gods and Goddesses of Olympus are major douchebags! MYTHOLOGY IS GREAT!😁✨

[@schwaben4120]

Cue the one time athena turned a girl into a spider because the tapestries she made were prettier than her own

[@TBoring]

Fun fact (Greek Mythology edition): strictly speaking Olympus is not heaven and the Underworld is not hell. The gods are the only ones who get to live on Mount Olympus, everyone else goes to the Underworld. The misconception that the Underworld is akin to Hell comes from Biblical Translations referring to Hell as “Hades.” The Underworld is actually divided into various sections, the main three sections are Tartarus (Hell), Elysium (Heaven), and the Asphodel Meadows (a slightly nicer Purgatory). Fun Character Fact: The reason Annabeth knows so much about the St. Louis Arch isn’t just because it’s her mother’s temple (which is a change from the books) it’s because Annabeth is an Architecture nerd. She loves architecture and wants to be an architect when she grows up (at least in the books but I don’t think they’ll change that).

[@meghnagoel6766]

The 'hell' section of the underworld is not Tartarus. It's actually the Fields of Punishments. This is where the evil human souls go. Tartarus is where monsters go to regenerate.

[@erorr.sanitynotavailable6937]

⁠​⁠@@meghnagoel6766 While you are right for the most part the last line is wrong. That’s just in Percy Jackson. In the actual mythology Tartarus is a being/place where the worst monsters are imprisoned. When Kronos was in control he put the Cyclopes and Hechatoncheris in there to be guarded by Kampe (This was referenced in one of the books actually). When Zeus took over he put the remains of Kronos and the other titians in there along with Kampe herself.

[@ryaneaston3487]

Also, Hades is actually a chill guy. He's not the chaotic evil devil stereotype assigned by primarily Christians (and Hollywood) He's more of a Neutral Good or a True Neutral. I think. It's complicated.

[@danielardan6008]

I've forgot that she liked architecture. Thank you for the reminder

[@danielardan6008]

​@@erorr.sanitynotavailable6937 yes in the fifth book I think. When they went into the Tartarus

[@phane00]

According to Uncle Rick, the Entrance to the Underworld is always found to the west, where the sun sets. Olympus is in the east, where the sun rises. In America, Olympus is in New York and the Entrance to the Underworld is in Los Angeles.

[@movienightwithjacqui]

Ah that makes sense! Thank you!

[@charlottemarks8881]

Not just according to Rick - that's common in many mythologies. When we die, we go west, where the sun sets.

[@ironboi7359]

@@movienightwithjacqui Also, notable distinction, Olympus is NOT heaven. Its where the gods chill. all the dead go to the underworld, which has different areas for the good, the eh, and the bad. Also, Rick Riordan is Texan! Though i think he lives in massachusetts now

[@Raine-97]

@@ironboi7359 exactly right! 💙

[@yonirais4699]

Echidna is knnwn in greek mythology as the mother of monsters. She is the wife of typhon, one of the greatest threats the olympian gods ever faced. Her children include some of the greatest monsters in greek mythology including cerberus (the three headed dog who guards the gates of hades), the hydra, the nemean lion (both killed by hercules), the sphinx and of course the chimera

[@BassaSelim]

And I think we can call Echidna Mother of Karens in this reaction universe. 😂 I don't think I read anything about Echidna when I read Greek mythology, so I remember her from Xena.

[@quinnr8215]

The voice in the river at the end wasn’t Athena. She was a naiad or a water spirit in the same way that the tree woman Grover talks to in an earlier episode is a dryad or a tree spirit. Poseidon is like a king of all bodies of water because all water eventually flows back to the sea so he sent one of the water spirits from his kingdom to send a message to Percy.

[@valathor95]

I wouldn’t have told her that. Let her figure things out herself.

[@quinnr8215]

That isn’t a book thing it’s a Greek mythology thing. She already said she doesn’t really have a understanding of Greek mythology so I am trying to help her fill in the blanks.

[@valathor95]

@@quinnr8215 I still wouldn’t have. Maybe next episode if she doesn’t figure that out, but not here.

[@maipe6917]

⁠@@valathor95It isn’t like it’s a spoiler. If you know Greek mythology it’s an easy guess, and even if you don’t the voice is actually cited as Nerid if you use close captions.

[@Jehphg]

A Nereid* ​which is pretty appropriatesince they are always depicted as benevolent towards humanity@@maipe6917

[@probablynoteliza]

the parraells between medusa last ep and annabeth this ep makes me cry. medusa "embarrassed" athena by getting with poseidon (unwillingly) AND THEN ANNABETH GOT PUNISHED FOR PERCY SENDING HER HEAD TO OLYPMUS. both poseidon and percy gor across un blamed.

[@heyitsmira17]

At the end of the day Medusa was lowkey right and Annabeth paid for her pride as a child of Athena

[@imboringidkwhyimalive]

But Percy is the one who feels guilt while Poseidon is just...there

[@joshh.9139]

Part of this episode was filmed at my uni! Was fun seeing the sets and catching glimpses of the cast

[@movienightwithjacqui]

That’s so cool!

[@berengustav7714]

In the book there's no consequences for the impertinence. So this is a good change.

[@Michganfanatic]

Fun fact. When Rick wrote the book he thought the water ran under the arch. So they had to create it for him to be pulled into the water lol. Was wondering how this would be done.

[@Alexa_hope]

He’s technically the prince of the ocean so i think it is hard for the ocean to step back not to help him or anything. His dad is the king literally. The ocean has that amount of respect for him that if they could they would always protect and help him.

[@Gradestar10]

Among other kings

[@Alexa_hope]

@@Gradestar10 i mean the sea king.

[@Gradestar10]

@@Alexa_hope yeah, there are other sea-kings in th other mythologies of th riordanverse; aegir n ran of th norse pantheon n wadjer of egyptian mythology, n all other sea-gods frm all those other pantheons confirmed to exist in th world

[@ryanmadden7384]

I like the contrast of how last episode Medusa said that Athena cursed her because Medusa embarrassed her, and then in this episode Athena put her daughter in mortal danger because Annabeth embarrassed her. Nice two episode contrast to really drive the point home about Athena’s pride and lack of caring when it is wounded.

[@nicoleterego]

Somebody on twitter said that this first-half of the show is his hero origin story. And now that he knows he can breathe underwater and have started trusting his powers, he will be unstoppable from here on out.

[@frankito1122]

The NYC/LA is just mostly geographical. The show doesn't really explain it but the premise of the series is that the Olympian pantheon moved with the heart of Western Civilization (i.e. Greece to Rome to HRE to France to Britain to the US) and that prominent places tend to emulate the ancient places. So the entrance to Hades is at the westernmost regions relative to Olympus. The Empire State Building becomes Olympus presumably because NYC was the most culturally significant centre when the 'heart of the West' moved to the United States in the early 20th century.

[@sorchamiana]

This might not be relevant because I haven't read the books and don't know the motivation of the author (and as many people have pointed out, Olympus and Hades aren't synonymous with Heaven and Hell) but... I do find it interesting that New York has a place called "Hell's Kitchen" and Los Angeles is known as the "City of Angels", so I lowkey wonder if it could subconsciously be a flip of that? Because if it was like a Christian version of heaven and hell instead, it totally would have made sense to do it the other way, for those reasons 🤷

[@midoriya-shonen]

Two more fun facts for you! 1. You probably noticed how pale Percy's face was as the poison set in. His actor, Walker, said in an interview that the only thing the makeup team had to do to create that look was put some red around his eyes and leave the rest of his face untouched. The rest was up to lighting. He's THAT pale. 2. In the books, it's implied that the reason why LA has so many earthquakes is because the Underworld is just underneath the surface! So the earth shaking is because of the restless dead and their god! I love all the ways this story connects the ancient gods to the phenomena of the modern world. This won't be the last time we see something like this.

[@maciedixon3983]

The person in the water is a River spirit and a servant to Poseidon sending a message. She had Sally’s voice to calm him down

[@StormageddonTMS]

Water? Water. Water! Water water. OMG WATERRRRRR 18:20 That was so funny🤣 enjoying your reactions as always❤

[@MrGlenbw]

Grover: The mother of monsters. Jacqui: Who? Annabeth: Echidna. Jacqui: WHO? Me: Knuckles the Echidna. 🤣

[@erorr.sanitynotavailable6937]

Imagine if the real Greek myths just had Knuckles instead of Echidna lol.

[@noahmeyer9756]

Funny thing, that's pretty close to a diss Percy tosses out in the book. "For I am mother of monster, Echidna!" "What, like an anteater?" "Damn Australians."

[@thedoctordisco4110]

To be fair, Poseidon is mostly there for Percy (at least later in the books) and percy IS poseidon’s favourite child sooooooo

[@blairrose506]

@movienightwithjacqui if i remember correctly, the Nymph that is speaking to Percy is supposed to have Sally's voice, which is what calms percy in that moment. also the reason that she says that Poseidon has found it hard to stand back and not get involved is because it's very dangerous for the gods to even be around their kids. the only places that could really be safe for them to be around their kids are Olympus, and (depending on the parent) the underworld (even then, there's very few spots that would be safe there). that's why Camp Half-Blood exists: so that these demigods can have a footing in the mortal world while learning their abilities and to protect themselves

[@JamStan1978]

People are complaining that they keep leaving things out of the show from the books, the writing being bad, the acting being wooden, the cast not having chemistry, there being no stakes or sense of urgency, watered down from the book, not having suspense, too much talking, fights being way too short and bland, exposition dumping every episode, telling instead of showing and being underwhelmed etc and its really just hurt my mental health. I was enjoying it so much and these people have gotten into my head.

[@movienightwithjacqui]

I’m so sorry the negativity has gotten to you! I’ve just started hearing it myself, and for whatever my opinion is worth, I think most of the criticism is hogwash. I’m really enjoying this series, and while I can understand why some people might feel the need to nitpick…why? Why not just enjoy it? I am! And I hope you’re able to as well 😄

[@heyitsmira17]

If you care too much about the opinion of ppl online, you'll never enjoy anything. I've seen and joined discussions etc, but at the end of thw day when I sit and watch the episode, I have so much fun that none of that matters to me. There are so many great details that show how this series was made with care and love, and as a longtime fan of the books I feel very grateful and overjoyed. So my advice is for you to just turn off those voices and have fun. Enjoy it for what it is! You'll even find out that some of those takes are very ignorant or just not true at all (like the acting bit 💀 seriously the kids and also adults are eating up their roles here!)

[@JamStan1978]

i have OCD so its hard to just not care but thank you!! @@heyitsmira17

[@naturellebella]

Don’t read the comments, just enjoy the show based on what you think!

[@AishathFauzaaIbrahim]

The cast is amazing,but Leah steals the show as Annabeth!

[@pricemoore2022]

Awesome reaction of my favorite episode of Percy Jackson And The Olympians!!!!😊😊😊😊

[@movienightwithjacqui]

Thank you! I loved this episode too 😊

[@thatmfjiggaboo]

Fun fact Walker Scobell the actor for Percy said that when he was "sick" they just didn't put any make up on him to hide his complexion. He's just naturally that pale, they just put some red make up around his eyes. He said since he's so pale, the light also added on to it.

[@GreySeashell-j3m]

Lmao that was so funny

[@Professor_Brie]

I think that was actually a different scene, I think Rick said in a post on threads that he had makeup for this part and during filming people kept thinking he was actually sick and asking if he was okay

[@Ummmm.vlexiisss]

It’s his fatal flaw personal loyalty

[@midoriya-shonen]

Loving your reactions! You're so much fun! And here's some fun parallels between this episode and the last one! Athena's deliberate neglect of Annabeth in this episode closely mirror's her disgust in Medusa from last week. Just like she did to Medusa, Athena punished her faithful daughter for something the son of Poseidon did and disregarded her life in the process. It reinforces the warning Medusa gave them last week about the gods' fickle and vicious nature. But also disproves it, because unlike what Medusa assumed, Annabeth was willing to put her righteousness aside for the sake of the quest by staying behind to die. And Percy was willing to stand up for someone he cared about even when it meant facing deadly consequences. What's incredible is that all of this was constructed for the show. You already know about the changes to last week's episode, and in the books the Arch was just a tourist attraction that Annabeth wanted to see while they were on a layover. Echidna didn't attack until she was alone with Percy at the top (because the elevator was too small/full for Percy to go down with his friends). The way the books handled it was also great, but the way the show expands on the central themes and struggles on this story by creating more connections, parallels, and consequences is astounding. These showrunners must know the soul of the source material like the backs of their hands -- everyone, not just Rick and Becky (his wife). The amount of love, care, and understanding that went into fleshing out these characters and their motivations is so breathtaking and beautiful and I feel so, so lucky that this exists.

[@andrewolson4217]

seeing jason kelce pop up for the no stupid questions joke was such a shocking merge of worlds lmaoooo

[@AriFrozen]

I love your reactions, you have some insights that other reactors just don't have, excited to see the rest of the season ❤

[@movienightwithjacqui]

Thank you so much! 😄

[@cosmicriptid]

I love that she is messing with her dad's college ring while talking about him.

[@JacksWorldYT]

“Here comes the PTA” I’m DEAD 😭 🤣

[@CaptoftheHaggister]

I love your colorful "What in the ______"s

[@KingsBard]

I LOVE this episode, and it's totally not just because I grew up in St. Louis.

[@NyikoDoris]

Athena how are you gonna let Poseidon out parent you IN YOUR OWN HOUSE?!😭🤚🏾

[@Reidlos1773]

The Gods not being involved enough in their childrens' lives is a major theme across the entire Percy Jackson franchise, so I look forward to seeing how it plays out on screen!

[@Banzai_AWOS]

It's starting to occur to me that having the captions on is actually a really nice way to know what/who the heck is talking, I would recommend turning them on, the water thing was a Naiad, Naiads are Water Nymphs, also you can think of them as Water Dryads

[@heavenlybibliophile]

i’m loving the changes they’ve made from the books, it’s just improved the story in my opinion. i can’t wait to see your reaction to episode 5. it’s my favourite so far 🥹

[@idongesitusen5764]

Rick Riordan’s from San Antonio Texas. The Chimera in myth was killed by Bellerophon, rider of Pegasus.

[@adabadoskova2915]

omg the way I thought of New Heights too omg, the Kelce boys infiltrated my brain

[@movienightwithjacqui]

Haha glad I’m not the only one! That’s immediately where my mind went when Percy said “dumb question” 😂

[@adabadoskova2915]

@@movienightwithjacqui yaeh, since September "no dumb questions" are on my weekly schedule haha, especially the "football 101" no dumb question section was really needed, cause damn I was so lost when I was trying to keep up with the game XD and from the start I watched only for the Taylor bits and pieces, but with time I actually realized they're just super funny and watch the whole thing now

[@Sammy11611]

I had the same reaction to the cliffhanger! Cant wait to see you react to the rest of the series!!

[@PercyJacksonkid]

The girl in the water was a naiad, or an ocean spirit. She was sent by Poseidon to help percy. Hope this helped lol.

[@acdragonrider]

18:23:😅😅😅😅😅 You were just hilarious there. I started laughing uncontrollably too.

[@Julini89]

i have been looking forward to this episode to finally see Chimera. Next one is going to be a juicy one too :D I am a little sad we did not get to hear about Annabeths Carrier ambitions in this one.

[@paolaquinones809]

each episode is each chapter in the book

[@miaxiomara]

ive been waiting for this, love your reactions xx

[@movienightwithjacqui]

Thank you! 😄

[@kaylivelazquez7354]

We actually do know the reason! It's not very obvious in the show to someone who hasn't read the books, since it wasn't exactly voiced out loud, or directly at all. First, demigods are safest in the real world from monsters if they don't know they're demigods. Once they know, their scent becomes WAY stronger and "once they start coming, they never stop" (Grover, S1E1). That's why Chiron/Mr. Brunner and Grover tried to convince Percy too that there was never any teacher named Mrs. Dodds. Secondly, children of the Big Three are forbidden. Poseidon had to play is moves very carefully deciding when to claim Percy; because once he did, not only would bigger and badder monsters come after him (and do it with even greater motivation and personal malice), but so would the gods. Namely Zeus and Hades. Reasons they can't fly for transportation for example, like they mentioned on the bus. I'm loving your reactions!! Binging them right now to tide me over until tomorrow's new ep 😂 I'm glad I'm refreshing my memory as we go with the audiobook because you make great points that I'm only now remembering the book explains in further detail!

[@AnxietyRat]

I will mention since you did kind of hint jokingly in your commentary but ...Percy's mother does NOT know which God Percy's dad is. He never told her that he was Posiden. It's actually the case for the majority of the demigods within this world ...the god parent does not reveal exactly who they are which is why the claiming process in camp Half-Blood is a thing.... So yeah she just kind of vaguely knows that he's a Greek god but she doesn't know exactly which one he is... The show hasn't been clear about that but I'm almost positive that the book was very clear about it.

[@movienightwithjacqui]

Oooooooooooooooooooh 😅 yup, definitely didn’t know that 😂 thank you for clarifying! That explains a lot lol

[@onmidnightslikethis]

I thought Sally did know because Poseidon offered to take her to the ocean and build a palace for her but she refused? Although its been a while since i read the books so i might be remembering that wrong

[@lou-pf6sj]

I strongly believe that Sally knew that Percy's dad was Poseidon because *SPOILERS* She could see through the mist, so she must have known from the get-go. Plus, even if she couldn't, she met him at the beach, so she could've easily guessed which god he was

[@AnxietyRat]

@@lou-pf6sj yeah, I could be incorrect I've only read the first couple of books... but I swear in the first couple of books she never tells him who his father was doesn't even fucking hint at it....when she ABSOLUTELY could have if she knew. 🤷‍♀️ Regardless, I'm still right about why the claiming process happens. They USUALLY don't tell the human parent.

[@emilylewis5373]

This was false. Its never fully stated what Sally knows, but with context clues in the books she totally did know more than she let on. Some stuff hasn't been revealed yet, but as the show has said, big three children are forbidden (there is a reason why). So Sally wasn't going to be telling Grover and Chiron that information until Poseidon reveals it himself, to protect the fact that Percy is a child of the big three. As percy's monologue stated at the beginning of the first episode, the more the demigod children know, the stronger their smell becomes and the more monsters they attract. Which is why Sally was giving him the whole demigod speech the night before taking him to camp. Now Sally is a bit more unusual in the fact she knew the truth about Poseidon. Not all God's reveal themselves. Athena does, but she is a virgin goddess, so having a baby the normal way isn't happening and so giving a strange man his baby without making a baby would be a bit odd. @@movienightwithjacqui

[@larissadantas7766]

Love the episode💙

[@msnogueres]

amazing reaction and analysis as usual,as a non-book reader im also in the same boat as you and im loving it! anyways,did you watch hunger games: ballad of songbirds and snakes? if not i think you should i adore your channel ❤🤗🤗

[@MarineBogologist]

the LA and NYC location dig is pretty funny (as a SoCal resident myself) but technically in myth there is no "heaven" (or biblical hell for that matter) for ancient greeks the way you're thinking it! everyone goes to the underworld indiscriminately (depending on which era of the underworld myth you're referencing, later on they started to believe there was judgement between good and evil persons and then they were split up) and only gods and some demigods live on Olympus. so technically Rick indirectly or directly impliying that the seat of the pretentious, selfish power of the gods is up in new york while the place everyone generally goes in the after life is in LA is so funny to me personally, especially since most people conflate most afterlives with the biblical one and see this as a dig at LA, assuming the underworld is like hell and Hades is like Satan and the olympians as heavenly figures when Zeus and his kin aren't exactly the best of people themselves and Hades is considered to be one of the nicer gods (in comparison)

[@komo4924]

This might be random but you remind me so much of Donna from suits 😊

[@tracesosebee5485]

So the idea of Olympus over the ESB and the entrance to the Underworld being in LA is that the gods actually move with the center of Western Culture. They started in Greece, then went to Rome, spent a while in Europe, and then moved to America. And Olympus and other places of power went with them (as well as the monsters and their demigod kids).

[@paolaquinones809]

I wish i could read the books for the first time again

[@typo1345]

well, the entrance to Hades is always in the far west, with Olympus being in the east. That's a major reason New York (the biggest city in the Eastern United States) is the entrance to Olympus, while Los Angeles (the biggest city in the western United States) is the entrance to the underworld edit: admittedly it is hilarious, as a Californian, that Los Angeles is the entrance since the city really is hell XD (sorry for any fellow Cali peeps in LA, but it's the truth)

[@evattfamily2031]

ITS EPISODE 8 NEXT

[@magicalex147]

Being honest, there is not a dam good reason for the gods being how they are just than the fact that they are narcissists.

[@heyitsmira17]

Trials of Apollo does a great job of showing that 😅

[@Personian]

Trials of Apollo really lets us see into the mind of an actual GOD, and this is so true lmao

[@urbex_coasters]

Just to clarify, Olympus=/=heaven, Hades=/=hell. Olympus is home of the gods, the underworld/Hades is the rhelm of the dead. If you insist on drawing Christian paralells, both "heaven" and "hell" (only using this termenology for simplicity) would be different feilds of the underworld. That would mean "heaven" is also in LA. Just thought I'd clarify that.

[@Personian]

If I remember correctly: Elysium - Pretty much the Christian heaven Asphodol (could've spelled wrong): Not heaven nor hell. For souls he did an equal amount of good and bad Fields of Punishment: Pretty much the Christian hell

[@urbex_coasters]

@@Personian The Christian paralells aren't really accurate. I was using them for simplicity sake in my comment (Olympus isn't in any way similar to Christian heaven of course being the biggest thing to discuss). Hades is much more "you do the crime, you do the time" than the straight up evil of "your finite crime will get you infinate torture" of the Christian god. I think a lot of people will be surprised to see that Hades isn't Satan when he shows up, while I haven't read the books I know enough about Riordan to know that he knows his stuff and for me as a Pagan (my Pagan journey ironically started when the leaders on a church mission trip to Nashville were for some reason brave enough to take us to the Parthenon replica, and I was fascinated by it as an architecture obscessed kid that loved my Puzz 3D models. I like having the Gateway Arch as a temple to Athena because the construction makes me believe it really is. I know Percey Jackson fans have thoughts on the Nashville Parthenon because of the movies being bad and changing the arch to the Parthenon but it's a real part of my Pagan development and thus holds a lot of spiritual weight for me, sorry) I'm loving the spiritual aspects of the show, and will likely get the audiobooks for my own quest to the west coast this spring that's in the name of teaching people about nature where I'll probably work in my religion some (I can tell they're good based on the show, even though I have heard a lot of people have said the show is better than the books they'll be good to have for the journey. Heck maybe it'll even inspire me to write a book myself. The Pagan traveling through LDS theocracy Utah will certainly make an interesting story).

[@kaylivelazquez7354]

Oh also- maybe there is some kind of hidden joke with Olympus being in NYC and the Underworld being in LA, but the canon reason is because the entrance to the Underworld is always in the west, so when the heart of their world shifted west, we have Olympus in the major east hub and the Underworld in the major west one. I do however like the joke idea because I'm from LA and just can't get myself to like NYC 😂 I LOVE what they have there like broadway, juilliard (my bff graduated from there), the met, etc; but it's so ard to breathe both physically and smell-wise 😂 public transportation is more abundant and established sure, but it's also always so crowded and muggy at any time of day that's not the lowest 💀 anyways lol

Enjoying these review videos! Thanks for making them :) (any chance you leave the hp references out of some of the videos though?)

[@acwolf92]

Have these episodes peaked your interest in reading The Lightning Thief?

[@emilymantini1200]

Rick is from Boston actually!

[@michaelnance6730]

He was born in San Antonio TX and he lives in Boston MA

[@ledzep570]

Can't wait for Nico

[@amicoolyet]

MORE give me MORE!!!! 😂😂

[@berengustav7714]

1:56:"No,devils don't come from below,no they come from the sky."

[@Ne0Nights]

Rick Riordan (actually pronounced like fireman) is a Texan

[@movienightwithjacqui]

😱 didn’t realize I was pronouncing it wrong lol thank you!

[@Professor_Brie]

Rick Riordan is actually a Texan, not a New Yorker. I’ve listened to a Percy Jackson podcast by an actual New Yorker and he’s pointed out multiple things in the books that make it clear Rick isn’t an actual New Yorker, like certain geographical mistakes

[@zoeevans543]

20:14 It's not Athena, but as a superfan who has read a bunch of fanfiction, I would be awesome if it was. POTHENA If you aren't aware that the the fanmade relationship between Poseidon and Athena

[@lcbonastre2418]

Lord Of The Ring Extended Edition Of The Two Tower Extended Edition

[@movienightwithjacqui]

Two Towers and Return of the King will definitely be coming down the line. They got pushed for a couple reasons, but will be posted in the next few months 👍🏻

[@queendsheena1]

I really like your reaction. You give 'white person who can survive a horror movie vibe,' and that's cool. Subscribed and will check out your other Percy show reactions.

[@cosmicriptid]

The person who played Echidna did an excellent job at being creepy.

[@iacomary]

Any of the top comments haven't mention it yet but i believe Rick Riordan is from Texas

[@הצופה-ג8ל]

In the water Percy sent his maid to protect Percy. And also in books and Greek mythology the gods intervene less so as not to create wars that will destroy the world

[@theofficialphoenixtv5765]

As a book reader i have to say it was really underwhelming for me ( idk about everyone else just speaking for me) considering it was supposed to be almost nighttime when they got to St Louis and also they were discussing Hades Helm in the basement of the Arch. I must say at this point in the series when i first watched it, I was enthralled because it was far more true to the book than the movies ( which i enjoyed...first before reading the books lol). Im gonna keep watching your reactions lol idk why i decided to say this now but you have impeccable ability to spot framework ( being a film student i know lol) and assess the situation in a very empathetic way. Very well done! anyway im on to your next reaction 👍

[@Travel__Spin]

“So she is going to let you die? That seams a bit extreme.” Yes lol welcome to the Greek Gods. They are not nice and do not care over all. They just want you to make them look good. If not…. 🤷‍♀️

[@Amirariaz]

ReAd ThE BoOks👹‼️

[@lornarooks5012]

I thought she was talking about those in the sea (gods, beings and creatures) opposed to the gods when she was talking about staying away being hard.

[@rileyreese4833]

Rick is from Texas lol

[@INFPennea9hufflepuffpjoforever]

I think Rick Riordan is from Texas

[@invinciblepikachu1727]

Disclaimer : Its not Athena

[@catdragon2584]

Can we get some appreciation for the actress playing Scary Karen? She plays it so well!!! Edit: I share your sentiments on how Greek Gods are parenting their children here. Moral of the story: never sleep with a Greek God.

[@johnoosthuizen4129]

A huge reason why the gods may not interfere and the big three may not have children listed is because of the wars they tend to start including both world wars and the trojan war. Well at least thats what the books say.

[@matte5705]

Important to know about Greek mythology - - hades ≠ hell, hades/the underworld contains both tartarus, birthplace of monsters where the worst are punished for eternity and elysium where heroes are rewarded (and the plains of asphodel for normies), Olympus is home of the gods but unless you are a god or ascend to godhood like herecles, it is not a place anyone goes in the afterlife, so it's more accurate than the say heaven and hell are in LA

[@matte5705]

The equation of hades (the place) with hell, and hades (the god) with Satan is a very post-christianity reworking of the mythology. Technically all of this also applies oddly enough to Hel (the goddess and the place) from Norse mythology as well, it may be the etymology of the term but wouldn't be conflated with the Christian idea of infernus until Christianity blended it in as it spread through germanic and anglo-saxon cultures

[@Ele_clipse]

The thing in the water isn't a god, I'll not spoil more to you

[@Fae-willdmont]

Fun fact: how pale Percy is when he is poisoned is actualy just the acter's skin tone

[@jennysutton7409]

This is nnot at all like the book I am not sure where they got anything that they did here but then again perhaps it was something the writer wanted to put in but couldn't who knows. any way this isn't at all how I thought the mother of monsters would look but it is interesting as well. Yes his father saved him from the fall. Any way falling from the arc make more sense then jumping from it really. It's been so long since I read the books so I could be wrong about that if so sorry. any way grate reaction.

[@JeanDupont26]

Ya The Gods are selfish they don't care about anything but their kingdom and being Praised Humans to them are pretty much nothing but sometimes they do care.

[@camortie]

If you think the entrance to the underworld is interesting, just wait till you learn about tge location of camp Jupiter if thus series makes it to the hero of Olympus books. Or even if they make it to season 3

[@sadie618]

Well I think she has to otherwise she'll get u know copyright strike may be

[@ldkinbote]

I'm pretty sure Rick's last name is pronounced (REAR-den) not (ree-OR-den). Ya know, Irish pronunciations compared to spelling can be...ridiculous. I mean, Siobhan? C'mon. 😉

[@cosmicriptid]

Her nails changed again.

[@prspider2003]

Stop pausing the audio for your reactions. It annoying. I like your videos.👍🏽

[@Kikakowia]

Try not to think of the gods like parents. They’re more like patrons. Fickle patrons.

[@damarcusgames]

It was a minor river godess athena and poseidon arent cool

[@TedIsBoredd]

You lowkey kinda look like percy's mom

[@upsidedownwithkris6754]

u are soo cute..

[@sarahnadeofpoetry]

The thing about Olympus being in New York City and Tartarus being in L.A. has more to do with the fact that NYC is the pinnacle of US culture, whilst L.A. is home to Hollywood, where everyone either is a paedophile or rubs shoulders with people who are paedophiles. Stuff like that kinda sorta makes it an ideal location for Hades' realm.

[@AZDfox]

Factually incorrect on so many levels. For one, Hades is one of the problematic gods in Greek mythology. Two, the reason the Underworld is in LA is because it's always in the West. Three, pedos exist everywhere, including NYC.

[@Alinah-uk1xb]

She keeps talking every 3-4 seconds and doesn’t even let us see the episode 😭😭😭😭😭

[@AZDfox]

Yes, because it's a reaction video. If you want to watch the episode, it's on D+

[@nicoleterego]

It's a reaction video. You're not supposed to watch the show here. 😅

[@magykfyre4114]

yeah because it's a reaction, just watch the show

[@Alinah-uk1xb]

@@magykfyre4114 I have but it’s actually so annoying the way she pauses the video to go “aww mmmhmm 😨😓”

[@AZDfox]

@@Alinah-uk1xb you have no legal obligation to watch her then

[@kay_offical13]

its kinda annoying when she talks in the middle

[@zazasonza]

It’s a commentary video. She’s supposed to talk about her opinions on what’s happening

[@andre1999o]

The thing about the god Pan is based on something that actually happened in real life (reportedly). According to the Greek historian Plutarch, during the reign of Tiberius Caesar, a sailor, upon reaching Palodes, proclaimed that "The great god Pan is dead." Rick Riordan, the author of the books, then decided to turn this into an environmental message. Because Pan was the god of Nature and the wild places, after he died these places became more vulnerable to deforestation.

[@fairycat23]

However, that person proclaiming "The great god Pan is dead" may have been a misunderstanding. The sailor may have overheard a group of people exclaiming, "Tammuz, the great god Pan is dead" and assumed they were informing a guy named Tammuz that Pan died. However, that sentence in Greek sounds very similar to "Tammuz the All-Great god is dead," referencing a different pantheon's own underworld-visiting myth.

[@Seraserastria]

I like the idea that Echidna thinks of demigods as monsters because, as in all the stories, they slay monsters. Like, that's their thing. Heroes like Hercules go out of their way to find and kill monsters simply because they're monstrous. So it makes sense that the mother of these monsters would hate demigods with a passion. And the added layer that she actually interacts with and teaches her children, unlike the gods, is interesting too. I mean, she's obviously not a good person, but millennia of seeing your children die to a specific group of people probably does something to a parent.

[@t-rexje9100]

The woman in the water is a nereid, a sea nymph who works in Poseidons palace. "It is so hard for us all to stand back" "us" refers to all creatures that work for Poseidon. The sea nymph has to voice of Percy's mom and in the book he actually mistakes the nereid for his mom. (him being confused about her supposed death and all)

[@EyeMCreative]

Pretty sure this is a minor spoiler dude, because she hasn't read the book so she will find out who that was next episode.. Just because she asks a question doesn't mean we should give her an answer if the episode itself doesn't give an answer yet because that's spoilers.

[@rainibao]

​@@EyeMCreativethe subtitles of this episode already state that she's a nereid, if that's the spoiler you're referring to