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It’s a pretty common way to depict her nowadays.

I did hear Medusa's story was created in Roman Era, mainly to make Athena look bitchier, since Rome was heavy on Mars religion. Since greeks had favoritism going on the protector of cities, and her counterpart, conquering god of war used to be less popular.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Agreed. This Medusa was a lot more nuanced than the movie version

I was so nervous that they weren't going to. Very glad they did!

Same! It’s one of my favorite Percy scenes 😂

And they added Hermes delivering the head to Olympus ha

I'm also glad they kept him saying "I am impertinent"

@@digifreak90 frrr

That is so smart I never thought of that

yeah cheers for pointing that out, I was wondering why he said this

That would be crazy if we see them in the background

Have they all ready cast them?

@@user-fr8nw7hi3r nah I doubt it, but I mean there could be a girl in the background with a floppy green hat on talking to a guy who looks like the back of nico or something

​@@user-fr8nw7hi3reven if, it would most likely need to be different actors because they'd be grown up af by the time we get season 3 lol

​@@user-fr8nw7hi3rreally all they need is to get two dark haired kids and just film their backs. Make the girl taller then boy to show she's older. Boom! You've got a Bianca and Nico easter egg

i like how your profile pic matches the sentence vibe

Exactly, only thing missing is that the pact is because of WWII but thats okay

​@sihtam-nd1fs it was revealed at the 5th book(cause I finished reading it the first time) about they made the pact because of WWII so I think its alright for now that they didn't include it in the current episodess that are out.

@@Cas_21if my ears didnt betray me i just heard someone explaining it in The Lightning Thief audiobook, I might have to go back and check

@@JamesNewham let me know because I haven't listened to the audio books

In a potential Heroes of Olympus sequel series her son and two sisters would be explored a bit.

​​@@Makaneek5060 But they won't be in this series tho

@@masonambrose1093 That's ok this series will have some imo more complex characters on the way, but at least the whole family tree is open to be explored.

I also noticed she kinda wears the outfit used by Lady Dimitrescu. You know without the claws

Jessica definitely killed the role

Agreed. Having so much focus on Sally being important to Percy was absolutely amazing. And focusing on the fact that "monsters" often enough were just humans that ended up getting punished by God's bc they're petty like that. I mean look at Arachne. I also like Annabeth and Percy genuinely fighting, just like Grover lashing out. Feels totally in place and connects you to the characters if you haven't read the books

@@ot7biasedmashupsI like that they’re showing that these are just kids, and percy and annabeth are basically strangers, so there is going to be discourse inside of the group. I thought that was a good way to add conflict to the episode while also characterizing the kids

I thought it was great too! Thinking back on the book, the chapter with medusa was probably one of the less exciting ones and I don't think it would translate well to screen. However, I thought the interaction with Alecto with Annabeth was SUPER weird. She's talking like she knows her really well and calls her one of the most formidable demigods, even though she has never gone on a quest? What? Other than that, it was great.

​​@@grants5383well it was kinda explained in the same episode. Alecto was attacking Thalia, Luke, Annabeth and Grover when they fleed to Camp Half Blood. Annabeth survived that confrontation. Who knows how many heroes faced Alecto. But I guess not many survived, so Alecto gave her some kind of praise because she survived her attack. Of course you would believe/say someone must be special if he beats you, rather than say that you are bad and everyone could do it.

On that note, the monster cat-and-mouse game in S3 E01 is sure to turn out interesting...

fair. I was annoyed about that at first but I do get the time constraints and stuff now

i honestly didn't like that, sure maybe they could've been aware but it would've been a better reveal if they hadn't figured it out so quickly...i just feel like they're rushing through so many vital plot points that build the characters and establish their bond

@@mr.cloudbound in my opinion, I think it was a good move on their part because in the book I always wondered why they just went into some house because of the smell of food. Annabeth is so smart no way she wouldn’t have noticed!

@@theowlgang3390 yeah i think it does take away a bit of tension

true, i dont mean they do it like the book lol. i think like the movie they could've built up the tension and suspense a whole lot better but thats just me @@imgonnaputsomedirtinureyedabs

I really hope they get to why Grover wants to be a searcher, so they can bring Pan into it.

​@@MrSaints74I think they may talk abt it on the trip to Vegas

@@MrSaints74 Yeah I hope they will now they have relieved the trio tension and might open up more. Pan is a four book arc tho, so they might be ignoring or barely touching on it now, and will instead draw it in when it fits better to the main plots of s2 and s3 (fingers crossed)

That was a nice add.

This show is making the furies seem like total non threats lmao

@@Luke101 To be fair they died a lot in the books, too.

Yes but they still posed a serious threat and were just written in a more terrifying way. Alecto waiting outside of Medusa's lair was so goofy@@marijavicic3010

@@Luke101 Yeah that is what bothered me the most in this episode, I don't remember them dying a lot in the books I just remember dods doing it and it was because of the surprise of percy having a weapon, now annabeth just kills one of them without any trouble?

The forbidden child has already been explained in the series.

@@koshnaranek4442 But not in full detail.

They actually did the explanation last episode, Luke told Percy about it

Yeah there’re other reasons the big three were forbidden to have children

I'm pretty sure it isn't that hard considering there were hints around like all the statues and a sketchy hidden house in the middle of the woods

i think if they hadn’t figured it out immediately they would have looked stupid- literally everyone knows about medusa, and percy specifically knew her story inside and out, he’s named after perseus after all

Them figuring it out immediately makes more sense in tv form, It would of made them look stupid

@@seguaye exactly. It never made sense to me that Annabeth didn't figure it out immediately just because she smelled some food. Like EVERYBODY knows about Medusa and especially she should figure it out immediately. Not to mention there's probably no viewers that hadn't figured it out so it would have been useless misdirection

I didn't like it either! People saying Annabeth is so smart she should've known... Yes and no. Let's remember she is 12 years old and even though sure, she is smart, that is why there are 5 books in the first series. Character development. Also, they were all hungry and had fought some monsters so it was actually logical for them not to recognize or think about the place being a threat (yet I'm pretty sure Percy says it's probably a trap, but again, tell me you haven't been the quickest to react when hungry lol) Besides, not knowing what monster they were facing along the way and having to guess was so much better. It is even more logical than them knowing it's Medusa and STILL going inside. Now, THAT is something Annabeth would disapprove of. I reeeaaally hate how everything is thrown down the viewers' throats like it's nothing. Also, the Fury waiting outside and Medusa being killed so easy was so stupid and infuriating.

I really like it too, shows how Poseidon and Athena’s rivalry affects their kids

Yes they did it differently in the book, but I really do like how they did it in the show.

I respectfully, but strongly disagree with you. The show is decent but has so far failed to capture the spirit of the books. The best and most loyal Percy Jackson content we have ever gotten was this Percy Jackson trailer by this youtuber named Beshoy. His tralier was absolute perfection and it blows both the movies and this tv show out of the water. I have several issues with this show. First of all, the pacing is horrible, the episodes are very rushed which forces important details to be either crammed in or cut out altogether, for example, the Ms.Dodds fight (the fight that is described in the books) and the Hellhound after Percy is claimed were absent. The editing at times is very choppy, and the cut to black scenes during intense moments kill any suspension. The tone of this series also fails to capture the spirit of the books, the books felt more mature than this. Everything is toned down to make it "Disney approved." Is this tv show a better adaptation that the Percy Jackson movie? Yes, but this tv show has also made me appreciate the movie more, especially when it comes to cgi and and fight scenes. I do however agree with you on Adam Copeland as Ares, he is a fantastic choice! Regardless dude, all the best, and happy new year! Beshoy Percy Jackson Tralier Link- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rNZ3hL2U0qnWqI0.html

Yea I always kinda thought of Percy being like spider man when it comes to his witty banter

@@lazybread6920I was thinking slightly more deadpool, but mainly Spider-Man, as he has the mouth of a sailor.

Agreed on almost everything you said. The fact that the episodes aren't 1 hour long is really noticeable in all of the fights except capture the flag. However, thankfully it doesn't impact how enjoyable the show is. However, I do like that they immediately noticed it being Medusa. There's no way Annabeth wouldn't immediately realize it. However I was scared they wouldn't fight at all and I LOVE that it happened in the basement because in the books they're there at night and the basement is exactly how I imagined it.

yeah same, I felt that the action scenes were too rushed or downgraded. I could have sworn the bus fight scene had an explosion but maybe I was wrong

I mean, I love the build up in the book, with Grover hearing the hissing of the snakes and all that. But I really like how it was done in the show as well.

​@@theowlgang3390yeah the Bus completly exploded, but as He said that was probably due tu budget cuts but also because it's probably a litte out of place for Zeus to smite the bus out of nowhere and then never try to attack the Trio again so i think it does make sense that they changed it

@@mariannehorn1375 fair

Alecto*

I disagree, this means we’re never seeing Alecto again because I’m quite sure seeing the head means you’re permanently there

I must say though, the Medusa scene in the film was actually pretty good, probably the best part of the film for me.

That thing hb 'not all monsters are monsters' could also have been a reference to grover n chiron, who are also monsters being a satyr n a centaur but they are good monsters who help percy

@@upgoop1021 Also true but I didn't think about that, I thought just how they portrayed Medusa in the Episode it made it like she was a Victim of bullying.

According to which historian? They disagree a lot.

@@henryward5457according to Ovid’s myth, which is the version the book and show uses. Yes I understand that it was a made up story to demoralize the Greeks and the original Greek myth had her born as a gorgon, but to that I say aren’t all myths made up stories? The PJO universe has shown multiple times that if there is a confliction between myths, the more popular myth is the one manifested, since all the gods and monsters are just manifestations of human will. This is explored and explained heavily in ToA, and since Ovid’s myth is wayy more popular than the original that’s the one that manifests

I have the exact shoe pair (except it has no wings) and yes, it’s really hard to remove Converse shoes 😅

Oh like in the movie

Not in the books

It was really glossed over though. Especially because Luke’s line delivery had been bland af

@@Luke101 nah Luke comes across calm and kind but you can tell something up with him. I think he delivers em perfectly for the character

That not what happened . This particular story about Athena was written by a Roman poet and in his version Medusa was a priestess of Athena who was r*ped by Poseidon and then Athena found out and turned Medusa to what she is today because Medusa defiled her temple

According to the Riordan Wiki, her sisters helped her gain entry to the temple :)@@lazybread6920

Yep. And also there's another reason but this one is the biggest reason of all.

Yes but that is not mentioned in the first book, it's in the second book while Percy and Annabeth are in the sea of monsters that she tells him there is a prophecy about a child of the big 3 and it isn't until the 5th book that we (and Percy) hear it for the first time, in the first book the only explanation they give is the too powerful and caused WWII one, so this is pretty accurate.

I thought we get the apollo series, even getting the heroes of Olympians seems unlickely to be filmed sadly. I just hope they do all the five books to be honest

I think for heroes of Olympus, they should go either for a film route for each book or animation, bc it takes place in much less time so Walker would be 25 playing a 17 year old 😂

Actually, th version of th story that she was raped by poseidon n turned into a monster by athena was first written by th roman poet ovid in his 'metamorphoses'. Soo.. technically it's more roman mythology than greek. Throughout all greek mythological history before ovid, medusa has alw been a monster since birth frm phorcos n cetus, 2 primordial sea-gods

agreed. in the book he physically assaults sally but in the show he's just kind of a loser

I'm actually wondering if they'll even have the scene lol

As some people in tumblr point out, and I wholly agree with them, is that abuse isn’t always in your face. It could be subtle. In this case Sally is the only one that works in that household. Gabe is probably using her money and he has the living room how he wants it. Book Percy just thought that Gabe was just an asshole. But almost near the end it dawned on him that Gabe physically abused his mom. It’s what inspired him to give Medusa’s head to her. He wanted to give her that power. I imagine tv series wise we the audience discover how truly abuse Gabe is along with him. Plus that abusive people can come across as “likable.”

​​@@moondivine2288 your right, we didn't know fully until coming down the end where Sally flinched when Gabe raised his hand at her and Percy then realizes Gabes been hitting his mom but only when Percy isn't around, that's what made him mention Medusa head and also made him remind his mom what Poseidon said, "A queen among women" - which in turn made Sally remember her own worth. So maybe we might get that part, I hope we do.

I definitely understand your point; it’ll be interesting to see what Rick does with the character as the season progresses but I think his primary reason for toning Gabe down is that this show is primarily supposed to be for children so he wants to be mindful of what they are seeing on screen and what the underage actors are doing on set. I also believe this is why he turned Medusa invisible for cutting off her head.

I think in the musical Grover sees his uncle, then Medusa makes a lot of comments about Annabeth’s eyes and she figures it out… so it was previously toyed with

Percy send Medusa's head to olympus to get the attention of a certain "god" which is his father😂

My thoughts exactly

I think it's a typo lmao

Exactly what I was thinking. The heartbreak is gonna hurt huge big time😢

It's easier to do CGI in the dark since there are lesser light sources. In brightness you have light from the sun, the lightbulbs, the reflection of the light off of glass, marble floor, cement walls, paint etc

@@dramaticreaper smart

The budget goes to the CGI, we all know that. How many more monsters are we going to meet in the upcoming episodes that will require money for CGI. What we can hope for is for this to be successful so that we get a 2nd season with a bigger budget for better CGI.

Ares and Athena are both war gods. Ares is more the god of bloody violent war, while Athena is more the goddess of strategic planned out war.

She’s the god of both war and wisdom. Her name in Greek mythology is literally “Athena the god of war”

@@MovieFlameI see…

@@JediBlueDog If you wanna win a battle. pray to Ares, if you wanna win a war, pray to Athena.

You might want to put spoilers around this comment somewhere. I assume there’s people here who know nothing of Percy Jackson