The Endless History of The Percy Jackson Series

[@ccannon1]

I remember I picked up book 1 to read on my flight back to college in 2007. I’ve read this entire series, Kane chronicles, magnus chase, heroes of Olympus and the Apollo’s series. The original 5 are still my favorite

[@ccannon1]

Oh, also I’ve read all those side books too

[@exitsexamined]

How do you compare Kane and Magnus to the original Percy Jackson? Do you think they are similar quality or better?

[@ccannon1]

@@exitsexamined I liked both series, but I think I liked Kane chronicles a little bit better though. Both are good though. He kinda of set it up like there was going to be a crossover event but I haven’t seen anything about that specifically. Edit: I meant a main story that’s a crossover with all 3 series, not a mini crossover book.

[@max_kirchi_fca]

I read Percy Jackson for the first time in 2010. 14 years later, I'm studying history, about to become an author myself and my love for mythology continues to grow. The books have influenced me in so many ways and decisions in my life that I can't even imagine where I would be at in my life if I hadn't read those pages back then. Cool Video, keep up the awesome work.

[@exitsexamined]

Thanks so much! Really appreciate it especially coming from someone who's been such a big fan for a long time (can tell by your profile picture haha)

[@galejo92]

This series is so close to my heart, I remember reading them back when I was in elementary school. I full on cried when i watched episode 1 of the D+ series just because of how close it followed the book. On the topic of fan art, is important to note that the person who currently draws the official art for the Percy Jackson website started as a fan artist, she was known as Viria and her drawings became so iconic that Rick himself requested her to become the creator of the current image of PJ. Is as you said, the fans really make this series what it is

[@exitsexamined]

That's a great point about Viria, and I should have actually mentioned that, thank you for commenting on that, she's seriously talented! and glad you enjoyed the D+ series, it will be interesting to see how it shapes up in the future!

[@galejo92]

Love your stuff, you convinced me to pick up a series of unfortunate events. Keep doing what you’re doing!

[@JuniperYoder]

I pretty recently discovered Percy Jackson. And I'm absolutely obsessed with it. One of the best pieces of literature, I believe that has ever been written

[@parkermaisterra8532]

When I got into the Percy Jackson universe, it was kind of the perfect coincidence. I not only was in the sixth grade so was learning about ancient civilization but was also starting to become obsessed with reading. So when I get introduced to multiple series covering the mythologies of these cultures in modern times I was hooked

[@exitsexamined]

I bet a ton of people out there were the same way! Do you mean you read the Rick Riordian presents? How are they? I'd be super curious!

[@crystalpeaches7825]

i started reading percy jackson when i was around the same age as percy in the lightning thief and then i went to university and always waited outside the bookstore to get the latest book first thing in the morning. i'm working now and i've got every single book related to percy jackson from the main books to all the side books and even bought the singer of apollo on kindle because i just want to read every single thing related to percy lol i'm a working adult now and still, whenever a new percy jackson book comes out you bet i'm buying it

[@SiriusGalilei]

Here’s a suggestion for a series you could cover for a future video. Back in the 90’s there was a cartoon show on Disney cartoons that was unlike most programming at the time, the series known as Gargoyles, created by Greg Weismann. It was unlike most other shows because it touched on sensitive issues like gun violence and racism, and featured antagonists who were especially nuanced and complex, one of them even inspiring a new kind of antagonist trope called the Xanatos Gambit. It also pulled on mythologies from around the world and featured a number of characters inspired by Shakespearean plays, most particularly Macbeth and Othello. It went on for three seasons from 1994-1997, until it was cancelled and even had comics that continued on from the ending of season 2, which was considered the canonical ending because season 3 became more of a typical Disney cartoon representative of the time, with only the first couple episodes of season 3 matching what the comics continued in the storyline. It in fact has gotten revived as a comic due to the show being uploaded to Disney Plus, and a number of fans I hear are hoping for a revival of the show, since Weismann mentioned storylines he never got to do in the show but hoped to develop. I know you mainly focus on book series, but this might be a series worth exploring.

[@jakeheye4931]

I second this!

[@exitsexamined]

Hey thanks so much for the suggestion, actually you aren't the first person to talk about this, so I think I probably will definitely cover it at some point. I do usually shy away from TV shows but it might be good to try something new and I've been dying to research more history of Disney because it seems like there were a ton of crazy ups and downs there. It seems like you have a good amount of knowledge on it and I usually try to fact check my scripts with people who are super knowledgeable with the source material, would you be open if we talked a bit more about it on discord or something?

[@SiriusGalilei]

@@exitsexamined sure, feel free to ask me any questions you have about it, what discord server do you use?

[@hannahmetzger4880]

​@exitsexamined As another TV series I would personally recommend, Guillermo del Toro's _Trollhunters:Tales of Arcadia._ Along with the two sequel series, _3Below:Tales of Arcadia_ and _Wizards:Tales of Arcadia._ :3. They're great, _and REALLY, REALLY, REALLY UNDERRATED,_ shows on Netflix. :3. Trollhunters is especially good!! :3.

[@SiriusGalilei]

@@hannahmetzger4880 I liked Trollhunters and the other Arcadian series, but I did not appreciate the way it ended in the final movie. The series I thought had it its ups and downs, but mostly good points overall, but the ending they chose really irritated me. If there’s one plot device I usually do not care for, it’s either the Death has no consequence device or the one Arcadia uses, the Reset Button. To me it’s a cop out that the writer uses to let the hero have his cake and eat it too. It nullifies any growth made by the characters, and makes any death or sacrifices pointless. I know for a show like TrollHunter it has multiple writers, so it’s probably not one person’s particular fault, but it’s an ending I feel makes the show leave a sour taste in my mouth, because in real life there are no do overs. I know it’s a fictional story featuring magic and aliens, but to me using something like that just so the characters can have a happy ending is just lazy to me. I prefer if a reset button is used in a way that makes it not such a good idea, like the Vat of Acid episode in Rick and Morty.

[@spntageous5249]

The Lighting Thief is now studied in school in 5th grade in my country

[@exitsexamined]

Seriously? That's so interesting! Which country?

[@safruddinaly5822]

I think you're one of few people's in KZbin explaining what is percy jackson not in way explaining the book but what is this series and it's good way to introduce this series to new readers

[@exitsexamined]

Hey thanks so much! Yeah I try to look as series as a whole on this channel, I think sometimes if you just look at one book in a series you might miss out on context!

[@safruddinaly5822]

​@@exitsexaminedhope you keep making one like this and eventually also reaching making video on the saga in the book series and maybe TV show really curious how is your take on the TV show, stay healthy and stay safe

[@zayroseau3832]

i read the first book in like 3rd grade and was obsessed with it after. the series is what pushed me to want to become a writer and stay loving reading. i read the original and every single spinoff. and i used to think ppl exaggerated when they said X changed my life, but PJO literally did

[@katiaplantscientist]

Always wondered what all the fuss was about with this series. I was just a bit too mature for this fandom when the books first dropped but a lot of my younger friends were obsessed with these books so naturally I was curious to learn what made them a success. Very informative and entertaining video, please keep up the great work Otto! If you're looking for another fandom to explore, why not delve into Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom novel series? Since you obviously love book series with mind blowing world building you'd probably enjoy researching this classic series from the 1910's to 1920's and examining its impact on subsequent sci fi and fantasy, especially the Isekai genre.

[@exitsexamined]

Hey thank you so much for the kind words! I'm glad it made sense to someone who wasn't super familiar with the series, it can always be daunting to try to break down decade old franchises in digestible chunks haha. The Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom honestly sounds right up my alley and like really cool world-building! I added it to my list, did you read all of it? Do you think it was a solid series overall? Looks like a decent amount of books!

[@katiaplantscientist]

@@exitsexamined Hi Otto, I am currently working my way through the Barsoom series. I am reading the Chessmen of Mars right now and other fans tell me the quality is pretty consistent among the books, but I suggest chatting with other fans to see what they think. If you'd like to learn about this fandom I have people you could interview and online resources you could check out.

[@katiaplantscientist]

@@exitsexamined Also, I'm an aspiring author myself and listening to your documentaries helps me understand more about the business side of writing books as well as why or why not certain series became popular and stayed popular. It's very inspiring!

[@josephivenegas]

I'll be honest, hearing about the new Chalice of the Gods book reminded me of The Fowl Twins trilogy - which started publishing just before Disney's Artemis Fowl movie was meant to release. I can't fault an author for timing the release of their sequel series with that of a million-dollar adaptation, and it's not even that odd that it happened twice (that I am aware)!

[@exitsexamined]

That's an interesting connection, I guess the timing of both of those did match up with new movies / shows, does put a bit of cynical spin on it now that you mention it haha. People did tend to like the twins trilogy although it was much different from the mainline AF so I guess as long as some fans are happy?

[@MatthewDias25]

I've read pretty much every book in this universe. Just a couple of the short stories and companion novels I need to get too. I love everything about it.

[@freddiewashington4751]

Percy Jackson was the first "real" book series I ever read, prior to this I had only read stuff like Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Captain Underpants. I'll never forget about the gang trying to eat some "Dam" cheeseburgers. To 3rd Grade me that was one of the funniest jokes ever and it's still hilarious to this day. I never actually got around to reading House of Hades and Blood of Olympus because I moved on to reading other things, but this video has convinced me to go back and finish the job. While I'm at it I think I'll go and check out what's new with Warriors as well (I can't bury myself 40+ books deep in a series and not reach the endpoint, lol). On a side note, I understand why many hate the movies, but I enjoy them quite a bit and personally believe that the first movie is better than the first season of the Disney+ series. I'm optimistic that the Disney+ series will improve over time (and actually cover all 5 books).

[@exitsexamined]

I actually totally agree that the first movie wasn't like awful or anything, and some parts did feel better than the show at least for me. What made you like the movie more? And fingers crossed the show will only get better! I think the dam burger has got to be everyone's favorite joke haha such a good one especially as a kid

[@SirPhillip_10]

Thank you for mentioning the Lego, I have really grown into them again as an adult now and had no idea this was being considered, going to go support it now and hope it happens!

[@darkesttimeline7026]

How do you only have 14k subs? Youre content is awesome. I watched your ASOUE vids and now this. Keep up the awesome work you’ve got another sub

[@exitsexamined]

Hey that's really kind of you to say! It's so cool to find other people out there into ASOUE and PJ. As far as # of subs if you go on to newtubers reddit you'll see thousands of thousands of channels with great niche content with less than 100 subs, I guess we're just thankful when people give us a chance!

[@muppetsretrofan8873]

I'm glad the Disney series was better than the movies. It seems that Disney is starting to do better with adaptions. I do hope that when they do give the Prydain chronicles another try that they keep it animated and keep the designs from the original Black Cauldron movie, while adding the nuance and depth of the books, but I really hope that Eilonwy can have more to do AND keep her magic whilst still remaining with Taran. The ending of The High King really upset me, not only did it feel like a more cynical version of the Lord Of The Rings chronicles ending [and yet Eragon gets bashed on for being similar to other books? Pretty unfair IMO], but it felt very unfair to Eilonwy as a character. Not to mention Taran hardly even knows what being a king is like, so how would he be able to rule all of Prydain? I love The Chronicles Of Prydain and The Black Cauldron [1985] but I do have my issues with both that I hope a series would be able to fix. And TBH, I'm getting sick of all fantasy adaptions being live-action as live-action feels boring and not quite fit for the fantasy genre while animation, being flexible, can easily fit fantasy or any other genre.

[@exitsexamined]

One day I actually hope to do a full on deep dive of Disney history, doing Prydain, PJ, and Artemis series really made me curious about them because they seemed to have a gigantic number of ups and downs throughout their history. In the past they were able to rebound strong so hopefully they will do the same in the future because they do hold the rights to SO many series which are great

[@WilloftheLore]

@@exitsexaminedAs in Artemis Fowl Artemis?

[@Primetime-te7jx]

I loved the book series. Watching my 9 year old twins fall in love with the tv show made me love it.

[@chrisdiokno5600]

While it's had its ups and downs, Percy Jackson was one of the first urban fantasies I read growing up, and it got me more into mythology than I already was

[@3rror_yt]

literally just found your channel from a subreddit and I love it, awesome video!

[@exitsexamined]

Hey thank you so much for the kind words, glad you like the channel and video! Was it the Percy Jackson reddit??

[@3rror_yt]

@@exitsexamined artemis fowl actually, I just wanted to watch another one of your videos so I ended up commenting it here

[@Nostalgiaminer]

Bro I just stumbled on these starting with the Warrior Cats vid. Awesome work. Fun to listen to, you've done your research, and give cool windows into rabbit holes some can't go down. You've earned my sub.

[@exitsexamined]

Hey thanks so much for the kind words! Yeah some of these series go deep and you gotta do the research! Glad you like em and appreciate the sub!

[@greekspartan6662]

I love this channel you make amazing content can’t wait til you hit 100k bro 💪🏻

[@exitsexamined]

Thanks so much for the kind words!

[@hannahmetzger4880]

I never really got into the Percy Jackson series. I don't know why, I just never did as a kid. :P. Which is _really_ wierd when you think about it, because I _love_ Greek and Roman mythology and world history. But now that I'm older, I have the entirety of the Percy Jackson series in my belated 2023 Christmas List of books I wanna get and read, so...Hopefully, I'll be able to read these books sometime. :3.

[@exitsexamined]

If you do let me know what you think! I'd be interested to know a perspective of someone who loves mythology / a first time reader / older than the target demographic!

[@hannahmetzger4880]

@@exitsexamined Will do!! ☺️. By the way, have you ever heard of the Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons fandom? :3.

[@yane2478]

You’ve never heard of a ship 😧 your lucky tbh people get serious about wanting fictional characters together 😅

[@exitsexamined]

This series opened my eyes forcefully and not always consensually to shipping

[@brantjustilian3791]

I ended up reading a Rick Riordan present novel. It was the first book of the seventh wonders series, called colossus rise. A weird book that I weirdly got from Mississippi.

[@exitsexamined]

Oh so it was pretty good? How did it hold up to the mainline series? Was it like similar themes / aesthetic if that makes sense? I might pick up a few myself

[@brantjustilian3791]

@@exitsexamined well just replace the summer camp with a hospital facility on an island and replace ADHD with a mysterious disease.

[@KingOfMilfgaard]

13:01 "OTP mpreg - Jercy" Dios mio but yeah shipping wars are the quickest way to realize how psychotic some fans are, regardless of the fandom. Some people treat it like its real life and its creepy

[@Jasmin-rb2ob]

Chalice of the Gods, The Wrath of the Triple Goddess, and one that is not out yet, all take place after HOO but before TOA, before I started the series I was so confused about the order and started reading COTG after TLO and got so confused about spoilers until I realized I missed about 5 books worth of context 😂

[@exitsexamined]

haha wow how was reading the series out of order? Did it all still make sense? I guess you kept reading so you still enjoyed it haha

[@Jasmin-rb2ob]

@@exitsexaminedI stopped reading as soon as Percy started talking about his fall with Annabeth 👀 and that’s when I knew I had missed multiple books so I came back later after reading the HOO series, I even googled the book order beforehand but the fact that COTG is called “Percy Jackson and the Olympians 6” is what confused me as as a fist time reader

[@bbkeons]

Hi, one idea for series to cover are the Charlie Bone books. Loved them as a kid, and I think Amazon announced it was going to make a movie on the series last year, so would be amazing to revisit

[@exitsexamined]

Hey thanks so much! I'll 100% check it out and it's been added to the list! How would you say it compares to Percy Jackson is it similar or totally its own thing?

[@Labyrinth_1881]

I would also recommend reading the sixth book in Percy Jackson And The Olympians (Chalice Of The Gods) AFTER reading Heroes Of Olympus because Chalice Of The Gods takes place after all of HoO. I found everything in chronological order cause I'm reading everything. Here's how it goes. (And yes, It's everything.) PJO= Percy Jackson And The Olympians HoO= Heroes Of Olympus ToA= Trails Of Apollo The Demigod Diaries: Diary of Luke Castellan The Lightning Thief (PJO 1) The Sea of Monsters (PJO 2) The Titan's Curse (PJO 3) The Demigod Files: Percy Jackson and the Stolen Chariot (Roughly. This one's hard to pinpoint) The Battle of the Labyrinth (PJO 4) The Demigod Files: Percy Jackson and the Sword of Hades The Demigod Files: Percy Jackson and the Bronze Dragon The Last Olympian (PJO 5) Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo The Demigod Diaries: The Staff of Hermes Percy Jackson's Greek Gods The Lost Hero (HoO 1) The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles 1) The Demigod Diaries: Leo Valdez and the Quest for Buford The Demigod Diaries: Son of Magic The Throne of Fire (Kane Chronicles 2) The Son of Neptune (HoO 2) The Mark of Athena (HoO 3) The House of Hades (HoO 4) The Blood of Olympus (HoO 5) The Serpent's Shadow (Kane Chronicles 3) Demigods & Magicians: The Son of Sobek Demigods & Magicians: The Staff of Serapis Demigods & Magicians: The Crown of Ptolemy The Chalice of the Gods (PJO 6) Wrath of the Triple Goddess (PJO 7) [releasing Sep 24, 2024] Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes The Sword of Summer (Magus Chase 1)/The Hidden Oracle (ToA 1) (these happen around the same time) Camp Half-Blood Confidential Brooklyn House Magician's Manual Camp Jupiter Classified: A Probatio's Journal Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds The Dark Prophecy (ToA 2)/The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase 2) The Burning Maze (ToA 3) The Tyrant's Tomb (ToA 4) The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase 3)/The Tower of Nero (ToA 5) The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure 9 from the Nine Worlds Un Natale Mezzosangue I wasn't lying when I said everything.

[@exitsexamined]

Wow thank you so much for the in depth comment, I wish I had talked to you before I made the view, I usually fact check these with people who know about the series!

[@weilandjones592]

Hey where can I read the newest one in the time line

[@Labyrinth_1881]

@@weilandjones592 Un Natale Mezzosangue is a short story written by Rick that takes place during the Covid pandemic (not a joke). I'm pretty sure you can find and read it for free online

[@witchplease9695]

Would love to see a “Whatever Happened to Goosebumps?” for October/Halloween. Children’s horror lit is very underrated and that series was hugely popular when I was a kid in the early 2000s.

[@exitsexamined]

Hey I used to read Goosebumps as well! I will 100% cover it on the channel I'm just not sure when, Halloween would be a fun idea though!

[@mathieuleader8601]

mythology is a gift that keeps on giving.

[@exitsexamined]

Honestly that's so true. Do you know any other series that draw from it?

[@jaydinotjd]

I have a fondness for Riordan’s work since I was in second? Maybe third grade? My teacher used to read it to us and I was one of the kids that would buy the book and follow along with the reading. This series gave me a great fondness for mythology. My favorite series though is Magnus Chase. I think Rick’s work has been important at least to me as someone who slowly realized “oh shit I’m queer” it was a comfort to see pieces of myself in this series I grew up with. I appreciate that Riordan tries to have representation in his books it might not be perfect but from what I remember it never was antagonistic towards racialized groups. Just reading about that representation has been very important to me. Also the shipping is kinda wild. It is funny because they all seem to have fairly clear endgame pairings with the only relationship I think that may have fallen apart happening way later in the series I think it was revealed in the Trials of Apollo. That shit is insane I can’t believe this happened to them this is so sad. On the other hand I love queer couples that are literally just dark and light personalities. I haven’t actually read Rick’s books in a while nor have I touched the presents series but I’m glad that there’s more mythology being explored in different cultures. I think I remember hearing about an Asian nonbinary character and I’ve been sorta jazzed about that. I also just don’t have the uh attention span for reading anymore. I mean at least just pure words like listening to a nine hour video essay on some game I’ve never played? That’s doable but sitting down and reading a book seems like I’d die and I think that’s purely because I’m not in like a classroom setting. Tragically I have fallen into the “it’s because of that damn phone” crowd. It’s been weird. I also realize I have adhd but tbh it probably leans more into add which yeah makes sense with the amount of spacing out I used to do in classes. I don’t think I really put Riordan on a pedestal I just appreciate the stuff he’s written and is trying to support and I have also been like “thank god the rep isn’t as weird as Rowling.” I’m grateful for not having to going through the godawful experience of realizing the work that I’ve been reading was made by someone who’d hate me and my friends and also probably be slightly racist towards me.

[@Pedroz0r]

Still love this series

[@Mariamox]

It's a great series

[@shirleytheawesome]

jeez man did you have these videos just on the backlog ready to go or do you just not have time to breathe gosh

[@exitsexamined]

It's pretty simple I just simultaneously blast every single YA series ever made on multiple speakers in my place throughout the day while writing three scripts at once - the trick is to never set foot outside

[@shirleytheawesome]

@@exitsexamined yea that'd do it

[@Cjchicken02]

I am extremely hopeful for the show. The first season had some issues, but was still enjoyable. If the crew working on it can get some more support, and take some criticism, the next few seasons should be amazing. I just hope that my optimism doesnt make it even more terrible if it turns out to get worse lol

[@rohanmulgaokar5682]

You forgot the interactive book The Demigods of Olympus: An Interactive Adventure , which is a book version of the interactive app that sadly no longer exists

[@exitsexamined]

Thank you! No wonder I missed it haha

[@alanrubio8435]

I didn’t grew up reading the percy jackson series. I was about 13 when the first movie came and although I liked it back then and wanted the series to continue, I never touched the books until 2020. And even though I was in my mid 20’s I feel in love with the series. Not just because I am a greek mythology fanboy but because the story is serious when it needs to be, but it’s also funny and heartwarming when it needs to. As a guy that grew up with the HP movies I remember people calling PJ a rip off when the first movie came out. I was one of those people at some point but now I feel something different. PJ does have some similarities with HP but it’s not the same at all. While HP tries to be as family friendly as it can, even at its darkest, PJ is very pg even at its second instalment. HP as a character is someone that has that same traditional hero rule of not killing people and is even a major thing when he uses an unforgivable curse because he wants revenge after someone he loves gets killed. PJ has more liberty in that matter. My guy has a kc in the thousands. The first book even ends up with pj’s mom using Medusa’s head to kill his abusive husband turning him into stone and then sells him off as a piece of art and I think that’s beautiful. Like, HP would make a whole argument about how killing someone’s bad and must be given a second chance or be thrown into azkaban, but the PJ series is like ynw let’s just kill this mf. And it’s not just that the PJ series is more violent. It’s that it’s more fun because it punishes bad people in more enjoyable ways than HP. Also Percys’s sassy attitude is more enjoyable than the ever suffering Harry. Percy is thrown into so much shit as Harry if not even more because the thousands of years his divine family’s been around and he just doesn’t give af about the gods. HP had a whole trial at its fifrh instalment because he broke a rule in his universe, and then you have Percy breaking all the rules kn in his world, defying every god the is and even telling the ruler of the world, the most powerful being in existence in his universe that he fucked up by being a shitty father and a shitty king. And he GETS AWAY WITH IT because the gods can’t refute him! His pure existence is to demonstrate how the gods are awful and shitty and they can’t do anything about it because they need him to do their chores. Also it’s come to my attention that many HP fans have come to the PJ fandom searching for a safe place. RR is more willing to accept that when he retcons something is because he made a mistake or has forgotten about something in the lore of the series, while JKR lies, always claiming her retcons were not retcons but what she always intended but never expanded on. Also RR is more welcoming to new comers and to minorities. He started the PJ series with the intention of giving kids with dyslexia and adhd characters that we can relate to and from then he’s been very vocal about including other vulnerable groups into his fiction, like gay kids, neurodivergent kids, trans kids, native american kids and so on. He’s not always been good at that but at least he tries. Not to mention that when he wants to expand on his universe he just writes a new short story or an autoconclusive novel o a whole spinoff series because he’s planed it. And not because he feels like he can present a first draft script to turn it into a theatrical play, or a five movie franchise that he pretends was planned from beginning to end but is rather obvious to everyone that he’s just making stuff up as he goes because he wanted more money. Jkr meanwhile wrote a HP fanfic about Harrys’s kid and Draco’s kid that were best friends and ended up messing up the timeline because they wanted to save cedric digory, even though doing such things contradicts like a thousand things in their universe. Or that other time wrote a script for a rather wholesome movie about a natural investigator but decided she wanted him to be involved in a whole ass world magical war and made a bunch of stuff up because she didn’t have a story to begin with and just used some characters that she had and forced them into a story that didn’t fit them. Not like JKR that made dumbledore gay because it’d make her more money when she needed it and whose brain is now infested with mold and has decided that her life mission is to target trans people as criminal perverts and trans kids as victims of brain washing that are being targeted by people who want to eradicate homosexuality by pushing chemical castration into them (this is truly what she believes). Not to mention that she’s a holocaust denier when she’s confronted with EVIDENCE that her arguments against the trans community were also used by literal na*is during ww2. Some criticism I’ve seen of jkr recently is that that there’s a higher rate of regret for getting hp tattoos because of her decisions with the franchise and her bigotry than there is regret for transitioning and I think it’s poetic and very telling, but also very sad and discouraging for lgbt+ kids that grew up with her stories, that had hp as a safe place that they could use to escape their everyday lives and problems but now they’re being targeted by the same author that gave them that safe space… it makes me sad how things turned out in the HP fanbase because jkr decided to use her platform to talk against people who admire her for her work, who felt welcomed and safe because of her stories and now she’s destroyed all that for them just because she claims to be advocating for women’s rights, while also trying to force a cis woman to publish a dna test to prove that she’s “truly” a woman. I started this comment on how I felt about how much I enjoy the PJO series for what it is and now I’m just sad because of some english lady that lives in a moldy castle.

[@JuniperYoder]

Holy s*** that's a lot of writing for a comment.

[@jenniferdaniels701]

I don't remember Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo, but that could be just me. And the big one, Magnus Chase is Annabeth Chase's cousin. She's in those books more than Percy.

[@exitsexamined]

Oh cool! Did you enjoy the Magnus Chase books more or about the same as the mainline Percy Jackson series?

[@jenniferdaniels701]

@@exitsexamined As much. And all of Annabeth's appearances were more like a scene at the beginning or end, and Percy has just one scene, if I remember right.

[@adamlastnamenjoku]

Do anyone else remember the vampire Assistant books?

[@exitsexamined]

A few people mentioned that! How does it compare to Percy Jackson? I might cover it sometime!

[@adamlastnamenjoku]

@exitsexamined it been years since I read it. I remember liking the books but not liking the movie. Honestly, percy Jackson is better than it but the books are enjoyable. The ending, however, I'm still on the fence about the ending

[@woozbee]

Enjoyed the throwback but not the unnecessary use of AI pictures

[@TheNaicher]

Gonna need a Rangers Apprentice video mate ❤

[@exitsexamined]

Hey sounds cool! How would you say it compares to Percy Jackson? Is it a similar type of vibe? I added it to the list though!

[@TheNaicher]

@@exitsexamined it’s kinda like uhhh 🤔 I dunno honestly. But they were fun YA novels. I loved reading YA as a kid so I’ve got other recommendations too

[@inkbrides]

the aru shah series is pretty amazing

[@Eniggma39]

Long story short: Percy is HIM.

[@EthanKironus8067]

Kazuki Takahashi walked so Rick Riordan could run. P.S. Is it just me or has PJO never actually dealt with Atlantis? I cannot for the life of me remember Atlantis ever being a significant subject in PJO.

[@iamawesome4026]

I have the main 5 books. I don’t know if I wanna get the heroes of Olympus though I might get the magnus chase books thanks to the god of war games.

[@exitsexamined]

Heros of Olympus is in my opinion the best of the series, but people have positive things to say about magnus chase too, although it is a bit shorter!

[@ectoBiologist21]

Is it Eragon or Aragorn vs Jamie? Who am I kidding Jamie gets mogged hard either way.

[@exitsexamined]

Oh my god! No that's 100% an error on my part, I guess I still had Eragon on my mind from my last video haha

[@spntageous5249]

i immediatelly googled "Eragon vs Jaime Lannister" to see what have i missed...

[@brushketo]

Think the Author almost came to my Elementary years ago yet the memory does feel fuzzy given I was a fetus back in 2011 or the Mid 2000s

[@lucagianchino6404]

Percy Jackson is funny series after all, I should read again best to remember it;) Many books and mythology,;) I hoper the best seaason for the series will be better;) Ps: I Don’t Have many hope for the Eragon Series but, I suppose, we shall see about it;)

[@exitsexamined]

I just did a deep dive into the Eragon one, it seems at least this time the author will be seriously involved with it which gives me some hope!

[@ElizabethNightingale]

There’s a camp half blood in Texas!!!

[@exitsexamined]

Is there really haha I thought I had gone to the depths of research when I found one in Jersey, do you have the link to it? Would love to check it out haha

[@MatthewDias25]

Don't forget about Annabeth and Magnus being first cousins

[@exitsexamined]

I just wasn't really sure where to fit that into my script since it was more focused on a birds eye overview now really the characters haha - always something more to cover!

[@daphne8406]

I really looooved the first 10 books (gods/heroes of olympus) but I never quite enjoyed the trials of Apollo and the Cain chronicles 🤔 Gods of Asgard were fun too. I stear clear from any book adaptations 😑 I always find them disappointing. Especially when they change the character or looks from an important character completely 😑 (*cough* Annabeth in the TV series looks nothing like the book character *cough*)

[@exitsexamined]

Interesting to hear trials of apollo and Cain weren't as good! Yeahhhh to be honest the movies / shows were not from me personally so I hear you. After doing this channel I go back and forth on if adaptions are ever a good idea in the first place because they are so difficult to get right. But then when they do get them right it's kind of beautiful because it just adds another huge audience / fans to source material like in LOTR, Dune, and even Fallout

[@eternalsummer8409]

The best ship in the Percy Jackson series is the Argo 2

[@exitsexamined]

I wish I could go back in time and put an image of the Argo 2 in the video when I was defining ship in this, sigh

[@PolishBigfootCircle11]

I grew up Christian, and am currently pursuing pastoral ministry. I grew up reading this series and loved it. It definitely has stuff I disagree with, mainly, the LGBT undertones in some of the later stories, and some subtle jabs at Christian theology. Other than that though, it is wildly entertaining!

[@exitsexamined]

That's interesting to hear that perspective, did you know other christian friends that read it? Just wondering if they thought the same way, I can definitely see how the subtle jabs would be a bit jarring but it's great you could look past it! I guess it's not like the golden compass series or anything haha

[@PolishBigfootCircle11]

@exitsexamined my sister, who is also Christian, and still goes to church, and regularly serves (so you know she's a real one), also grew up with the series and loved it. I have pastor friends who have read Harry Potter as well. On some level, it's just fiction. You literally don't have to take it seriously. I love the creativity, the characters, the expansive universe. It's just cool. Not every series has to be the Chronicles of Narnia or Lord of the Rings for it to be good.

[@PickIeJuice]

@@exitsexaminedI’m Christian and the original series is one of my favorite series’ of all time, the story telling and character development is genuinely amazing, I definitely liked PJ and Olympians a lot more than Magnus chase though,

[@vortigan9068]

Apollo series fell off

[@exitsexamined]

Did it really? How so? Do you think it was the worst of the mainline?

[@vortigan9068]

@exitsexamined the pacing was soo much slower and I think Meg was the weakest side character in the series. I didn't have much investment even tho I was excited to see Nero as a villian.

[@Chareddragon]

I didn’t like the Norse series

[@exitsexamined]

Ah why not?

[@maxrush-hl8ib]

Harry Potter is still way better and not even close

[@exitsexamined]

Gauntlet thrown

[@TheLandBeyond_Productions]

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