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Their criticism of Annabeth was actually her fatal flaw, which will be a great part/concept in this show. Nice pick on that.

Janci is all of us book readers being hype at all the little details

16:56 Clarisse also works extra hard to get noticed by Ares. Ares RARELY shows attention to his daughters, more so focusing on his sons so she was really proud to have been noticed and given a gift so when a kid whos never fought before and JUST came to camp broke it, that was kind of, in a way, telling Ares that "hey, you made a mistake giving this to her, she's not as great as you think"

Janci, I'm enjoying having you here with the reaction

I’m really enjoying how excited Janci obviously is for this show

something to point out: There are 12 cabins in the camp, but five are empty. Those of the three brothers: Hades, Zeus and Poseidon. And the other two are just symbolic: Hera, wife of Zeus and goddess of marriage (which means, no illegitimate children) and the other is Artemis, sister of Apollo and goddess of hunting, she is the virgin goddess. (no children either).

Jason as Mr D is one of the best castings. I never thought they would be able to top Stanley Tucci but here we are.

Nanci’s ability to keep a straight face should be rewarded 😂

Also regarding the pact to no longer have children between Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, the Blind Wave crew (probably Eric the most) might be interested to know it began after WW2 as the children of those three were heavily involved and helped drive humanity closer to potential doom. I don't think it's necessary to include in the show, but it's an interesting point that is in the book.

Something about the unclaimed kids which the books eventually got into and the show might as well is that some of them are the children of minor gods who don’t have cabins and as a result will be unclaimed forever

Argus was originally scripted to appear in Episode 2, but per Riordan's news page, he was cut due to budget reasons (namely the cost of the CGI needed to depict the hundreds of eyes all over his body) and because the episode was "already so crowded with so many characters and scenes that we decided having Argus there also would be too much".

21:58 Actually, Annabeth's fatal flaw is hubris so it's actually true to her character. She really does come off as annoying in the earlier parts of the book. Also, Grover snitching on Percy is just the same as gaslighting him for almost one semester (in the books) so for me it's an okay change.

I'm so happy that Janci's part of the reactions. She represents all of us fans lol

They mentioned that Annabeth is head of the Athena Cabin, so Athena is her mum !! Luke also mentioned that Zeus broke the pact (classic), resulting in Thalia. So she’s Zeus’ kid !!

They did mention that Annabeth is head of the Athena cabin.

The online discourse over Annabeth being played by Leah Jeffries is ridiculous. Personally, I think The author made a great decision casting her. Not only does she play the role perfectly, but it still does kind of play into breaking stereotypes about intelligence, and I'm glad for the African American kids who watch this and have a chance to see themselves in this smart, highly skilled, daughter of the goddess of wisdom.

Just a reminder Janci, even though Grover didn't tell on Percy (probably at Chiron's orders), he and Chiron did effectively gaslight Percy for several weeks or months, trying to make him think he was crazy. So neither were really good options haha

I love that Janci is so excited about the show! I do wish she could let some details pop up naturally before saying them though

About Grover snitching on Percy in the show to protect him, remember that Percy also feel betrayed by Grover in the book, the plot just different. Remember how Percy found out that Grover talk about him with Chiron (Mr Brunner) in the Yancy academy about the lightning and percy being accused as a thief and all. Percy feel bettayed bcs "wtf is Grover talking about me behind my back? Wth is this silluet of horse creature? Wtf is happening? I thought Grover will be on my side but why is he hiding something from me?" This led to Percy left Grover were Grover supposed to company percy going home together from Yancy. They change the plot so his arrival to the camp alot faster but also still stick to the book how Percy feel betrayed by his only friend. It was spot on, in my opinion.

12:57 Capture the what, Eric? lmao

Did not expect more Percy Jackson today but this is great.

13:30 wel, they tried Apollo with the bow and arrow (Apollo's children are naturally good with the bow) and Ephaestus with the forge. Therefore, I imagine that they probably only considered the male gods.

not only did he create horses but pegasus is actually one of poseidon's children!! in mythology when perseus decapitated medusa, two children fell out-- pegasus and the giant chrysaor. poseidon is their father as well. i haven't read past book one so i'm not sure if the series ever acknowledges that lmao probably not but yeah just a fun greek mythology fact!

12:58 capture the WHAT???! 😭🤣

Thanks for the upload! Also Luke mentioned that Annabeth is the head of the Athena cabin. So yeah see ya tomorrow for the next one.

I knew I loved Janci for a reason. Percy Jackson was my entire childhood and seeing her geek out about this really makes my heart happy

You can't assume who the god parent is based on the human partner due to the fact that not all of the gods have sex with mortals to reproduce. For example, in mythology, Athena has a child that she creates from a thought in her mind and then gifts that child to a man she admired.

Been seeing a lot of people seem to misinterpret Grover in episode 1 so hopefully this clarifies everything. 1) Grover doesn't snitch on Percy. You guys kinda nailed this one but if you go back and rewatch the fountain scene you can make out the fountain tendrils grab Nancy before pulling her in. The choice to hide the effect seems to have confused people that Percy did in some ways push her in but he didn't and Grover knows this. So later when Percy gets expelled, Grover isn't snitching he full on lying to the school in order to get Percy discreetly away to his mom whom Grover and Chiron have already called and filled in and who was supposed to explain everything to Percy before Grover arrived early. A lot of book readers are getting confused to bc the book Percy takes out Ms. Dodds and then the school year continues with only Percy seeming to remember she existed. They go for weeks finishing out the year with Grover nervously hovering around Percy 24/7 to keep an eye out for any more monsters. Percy getting kicked out of school was actually a change made for the show in order to condense the chronology of the events. But Grover never snitched on Percy. He lied to keep him safe and then defied a God to his face to help Percy.

It's so good having Janci here for the reactions, her energy and love for the show is awesome.

can't wait until tomorrow to see if Eric and Aaron recognize medusa's actress!

they did say who’s Annabeth’s mom is 😂

i love when janci is on the channel

The way I see that moment of Annabeth going 'you still haven't figured this out yet?' is that she was genuinely surprised that Percy hadn't figured out this really obvious thing (and got cut off from explaining by the horn). It's just that what seems obvious to Annabeth and what's _actually_ obvious for most people... are often two very different things. Like they said. She's always 6 steps ahead.

I'm so here for daily Percy Jackson reactions!

So happy you’re reacting to this! Janci, watching you is hilarious! I feel like you’re me trying to show Percy Jackson to my non-book fans friends lol

Janci is awesome 💕 I love this show!

just want to do some clarifications: •They said Annabeth is Athena’s daughter in this episode when Luke was talking to Percy. •There is no claiming scene or bathroom scene in the movie. Chiron just tells Percy that Poseidon is his father right after he wakes up, which I personally hate. you’ll see how much the movie messed up as the show goes on. •Clarisse wasn’t in the first movie so they kind of mashed up her and Annabeth into one character for the movie.

I don't know if they'll mention it in the show (maybe in the later seasons) but despite the fact that a lot of demigods are basically cousins, there's a lot of dating going on at camp. They explain it away with "The gods don't have DNA so it's ok." and the only hard and fast dating rule is demigods don't date someone of the same godly parent.

I love this episode! And seeing Eric being so invested in the show makes me so happy. I wanna go to the camp too! Before CTF Luke says "Annebeth is the head counselor of the Athena cabin". In the book, Zeus made Mr D camp director for 100 years. It's probably been a couple decades by now. Speaking of the book, I like the changes they made. The one detail that bothers me is that a lot of the campers seem to have 5 beads/pearls on their necklace. The editing is fine but I would have preferred less cuts. There is a video of Rick Riordan breaking down the capture the flag scene and Walker (Percy) and his stunt double had to fall down that hill 10 times. And Walker was actually afraid of Dior (Clarisse) when she came up to him. He thought that she was going to hurt him for real.

In ep 1 at the fountain, if you look close, streams of water yank Nancy backward as Percy gets near.

Jason Mantzoukas is a brilliant comedy mind. If you have never heard him on the How Did this Get Made podcast. I’d highly recommend it. He was on a late night show recently promoting PJ and he said the best notes he got on his character came from his friend’s kids who love the books. Also he is of Greek heritage so there’s that.

The three on one beach fight scene in this episode was better than what most big budget movies do. And the spear was broken because it was bent and not because Percy cut it with a sword.

I dunno if anyone has said it yet (there's a lot of comments so I didn't read them all) but there's a huge difference between a Summer Camp and a Campground. Campground type camping can be anything from tents and hammocks to trailers and RVs. Summer camps usually have cabins or bunkhouses. Campground style camping, usually you go with your loved ones, camping as a family, with friends, or some people go by themselves to commune with nature, etc. Summer camp, you usually go to with a bunch of your peers and most of the time, a lot of the kids start off as strangers and make friends over the course of their time at camp. The camp in this show is that of the summer camp style of camping, so no tents. Not sure if it was the same in the books or movies because the TV show is the only Percy Jackson thing I've experienced so far 😊

MINOR BOOK SPOILER/CHANGE - - - - Book!Grover said he (himself) pushed Nancy to prevent Ms.Dodds from isolating Percy. He was trying to keep Percy from being alone with a monster; that was his way of protecting him. In the show, Grover tells on Percy to keep monsters from finding them easier since a monster had found and was willing to attack in a crowd regardless of the mist (as well as moving the show to camp faster), so I don't really mind the change. Also this not mecomplaingin about your opinions! hope you continue to enjoy!

calvin was right!! lol love janci being there. love these reactions!!

“I had become one with the plumbing” 😂 I wish they included this line from the book lol

Don't put no brakes on Janci. Have fun and tell us ALL

It's pronounced like RYE-ordan, you can hear it in the interviews when he introduces himself like the one at D23 I think :)

actually in the mythos Ares is a really good father -idk about the PJO books, but he was known to be a good father-and really good to his wife Aphrodite and all his kids.

12:58 I caught that Eric!😂

no bc as a kid i loved those books so much bc it made me feel better about my adhd and dyslexia. I always wanted to be an athena kid bc back than I centered a lot of my self worth around being the smart kid but my dad was the absent parent lol

I’ve been watching, and rewatching Blind Wave for a number of months lol. I was looking for something else today when this came up and I screamed because I was like yes!!!!!! They are reacting to a show I’m watching that just came out. But it’s so hard for me not to comment all the spoilers and little details I know from reading and rereading all the books. I know from experience you guys don’t like spoilers. But I’m excited to watch this with you guys!!!

Someone might have already brought this up, but ADHD and dyslexia being a natural part of the demigods life is because of Rick Riordans (the author) son. He also struggled with the same things, so Rick wrote this story for his son to make him feel not so bad about it. (feel free to fact check me, that's just what I've read)

Janci’s energy is the best, the biggest smile on her face through the whole episode lol

I already watched the episode, but I love watching with this crew. This is going to be fun.😊

They said earlier that Annabeth is the head of the Athena cabin, therefore she is a daughter of Athena. Luke said that when he was explaining capture the flag.

I‘m so glad that Janci is here to provide context or little nuggets from the books that the show may not have gone to details with, it's so cool to see her get excited like the rest of us book fans!

Eric wants to go to the camp and play capture the WHAT!?!?!? Lol

Regaring Grover throwing Percy under the bus at Yancy: In the book, neither Grover nor Percy were thrown out of school. Instead they finished out the year, but Percy wasnt' going to be allowed back for the next year. In the show, they have Percy leaving Yancy immediately, so something needed to provoke his expulsion. If Percy hadn't been expelled, monsters would have attacked him at school leading to more trouble, and possibly his death. So they had Grover speak out to 'protect'.

Yall sre quick with these reactions and I'm here for it!!

So hyped for this!

I love this show and I was really hoping I would like these reactions...

god damn i love that we're finally getting a good adaptation of these books

They did say that Annabeths mom was Athena

Fun facts: in Trials of Apollo, Apollo had kids with a man, so yeah, the Gods can have kids with anyone

17:02 Yes they did. Luke specifically says that Annabeth is the head counsellor of the Athena cabin.

love these reactions. Q.Q i need a second season asap!~

My brother made an excellent point that Luke was the true hero in the Percy Jackson series.

Different coloured shirts for the 12 different houses. That way if they sold those shirts kids could pick the colour for the house they want to wear.

Annabeth tells Percy that he still doesn't realize his purpose, she is talking about Percy not realizing that he is being used as a distraction for Clarissa and the Ares kids.

Yesssssss more Percy Jackson reaction! I love you were able to see it was poseidon with all the water imagery

i love how at the toilet scene you can see the trident outline around him after the debris.

For Annabeth though, as far as I know, her blonde Caucasian look meant a lot to people who were blondes because they found her a subversion of the “dumb blonde”

Percy’s role in all of this was to be bait which he could have guessed because he knows Clarisse is after him and he’s not good for much else at that point. Annabeth leads him where she wants him - and Clarisse - to be and disappear because she knows Clarisse will not attack if shes there. That’s what she said she needed him for after all: winning capture the flag. And that’s how he perfectly fits in.

I think Eric would really enjoy reading the books and Aaron has kids right so maybe it would be a hit if he introduced it to them

honestly.. i cant wait to see your reaction to the movies after this series XD Gunna be fun

For Eric’s complaint about the ignorance thing, I want him to know that thats actually following the book pretty closely cause it happens a lot and Percy gets veryy frustrated😂😂 Also Calvin unintentionally used Mr.D’s nickname for Annabeth completely genuinely and I love that

17:35 the irony of this knowing how brutal of a parent Athena is

I'm sure already Janci did this when she was reading the books but what Cabin would you guys end up in. Pretty sure every Percy Jackson fan did quizzes to figure out who their godly parent is. Mine is Athena.

I think the change with Grover snitching is to shorten the time it takes for Percy to be expelled. Cause in the book he wasn't expelled, just gaslit by Grover and Mr Brunner for months before the Minotaur scene. In the books (and general Greek myth) it's common for the gods to have kids with whatever gender human they taken a liking to. Apollo and Hermes are known to sire many children with both men and women. :D new viewer here and enjoying the takes so far!!!

Rick Riordan (the author) actually confirmed the reason behind Annabeth's casting. When the books came out, there was the trope of the "dumb blonde girl", and he was trying to subvert that trope by making her really smart. Now, the US has moved beyond that stereotype, but unfortunately, black people are looked down upon with a similar bias. So he made the really smart girl black to subvert that stereotype. Rick's intentions haven't changed. The US has.

"The horn of Gondor" got me cause Calvin sounds just like Legolas in that moment. 😂😭

Agree with Eric 100% The cuting in fight scenes are horror to watch

Grover is the GOAT. I backflipped back and forth a couple of times as well 😂

I'm soooo excited to see yall's reaction to next episode. It's one of my favorites! Also, Rick said somewhere years ago that you pronounce the first part of his surname like "fire." So rye-or-dan.

Janci is such a mood i couldn’t stop bouncing and grinning and giggling over this show either 😂❤

Rick used to tell his son the Greek myths as bedtime stories, but when he ran out of stories, he made up a character with adhd and dyslexia who had a Greek god as a father. He then told the story to his class and they told him to get it published

“PETER JOHNSON IS HERE!!”

I kinda wanted to see more of Mr.D being unhinged but we got plenty of time.

13:09 Well there is actually a characters in the later books, i don't think she is ever mentioned in the first series. she is the daughter of apollo, who is a male god but she also has a mortal father.

Hey, loved the reaction! I noticed you made some comments on the editing and as a film editor / filmmaker myself I thought I'd offer some potential insight as to why the fight scenes may have been edited that way. I think that the most likely reason (from a technical standpoint) is that the editor cut between multiple different takes. When editing a scene we'll often use multiple different takes to find the best sections from each (which has the best/worst performance, which has the best cinematography/if there are shots that are out of focus or things in frame that we don't want to see, which takes have the best audio/ unwanted noise in the background) and stitch them together in a way that manipulates the sense of pacing compared to how the original scene was filmed, taking reactions or shots that were never intended to be used in a particular place and repurposing them to fit the scene (an example I love the most of this is the scene from Star Wars A New Hope - during the attack on the Death Star we see a shot of General Tarkin looking concerned - this was a shot from before they called action where the actor was preparing himself for the scene and they never intended on using it, with the footage being repurposed later and added in to create additional tension - for anyone else interested in editing I'd recommend watching Star Wars was made in the edit). Single long takes look good (or scenes where there are few cuts in general), but they take a long time to film and reset and if there are errors midway through (actors flub a line, there's unexpected noise in the background, or something in the background of the shot that they don't want) then a lot of the time the editors end up taking sections from multiple takes and reusing them anyway - much to their director's pain. This edit goes the complete opposite direction and makes loads of cuts, which is argubably a stylistic choice to show how chaotic and overwhelming the fight is, however in my experience some of the best editing is the subtle kind you don't even notice and too many cuts can result in the audience being taken out of the moment (as we see in the fight). To me at least, the quick cuts make it harder to notice mistakes that were made during the filming because the consistent action and the abrupt cuts make it harder to focus on the background details. Little things like continuity errors, placement of hands on weapons, placement of characters in the wider space - we see a few people change position in the frame between cuts but they get away with it because the focus changes and the actions of other characters mask it. I think Rick Riordan mentioned in an interview that for the fight scenes they used a mix of the actors and their stunt doubles so I feel that some of the quicker cuts where you can't see their faces are probably paced/cut in that way to avoid showing off that they're a stunt double. Its strange because I feel that the editing on the whole is pretty decent but there are a few moments here and there (this fight scene being one of them) where it feels a bit jarring. That being said, its clear that there were a lot of moving parts in this edit and the editor did a pretty decent job of managing the continuity of the scene.

17:03 They did technically say Annabeth's god parent because Luke said she was head of Athena cabin. She had to be claimed by Athena to be in that cabin, right?~

Yay! 🤘

Grover’s the goat

In the movie there was no claiming, only the fight by a stream and Percy figured out himself who's the father when Chiron brought him to the cabin. Also there was no bathroom fight because there was no Clarisse in the first movie lmao.

To answer Janci's question. I always said Riordan kinda like 'Rear-den.' But I'm english so I'm coming at it from a different angle anyway. I swear not fully being confident on how to say his name is something that unites book readers XD

So, according to Rick himself, his family has always pronounced it "RYE-ORE-DIN, sort of rhyming with firemen"

This is really a proper YA adaptation, and I feel like we haven't gotten one of these in a while. You know how long I waited for Artemis Fowl to have a live action adaptation and that just wasted away with some rubbish lol.

"yeah those kids died, maybe its not a good system" ... bursting out laughing 3:20