@renwrites13: nothing against the song of achilles and epic the musical!! i love both of those!! but pls read other myths too!! pls focus on the women in myth as we do on men!! #classics #greekretelling #epicthemusical #pjo #songofachilles
Hear me out 🥲😅 I genuinely think some of the issues with people come from the way we talk and think about fanfiction today. Its shamed and put down as if every story isnt a mashup of the stories that have come before. Fanfiction is not only a pillar of the fandom community, but its also how many authors learn,parctice, and develope their style and skills. Books that were once fanfiction get looked down upon. As if changing characters, settings, decisions, and other small things isnt what makes each story have its own value. If we recognized the value of stories derived from other stories (like realistically all stories are) then maybe people could better comprehend that Epic Odysseus and mythic Odysseus are very different characters. Because so many characters are just classic heroes with a few changes. I hope I'm making sense 😅😅
2026-03-25 06:38:24
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✪ ⚓︎ pearce ⚓︎ ✪ :
Ok I think that’s my bad I forgot rick says anything in his starting note but if you do still wanna read it everything else is safe except the Leo Valdez one. But if you wanna be able to read the whole thing completely safe you can read it after the son of Neptune
2026-03-25 00:41:46
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allison :
i feel like percy being missing is introduced in like the first few chapters of the lost hero so not that big of a deal
2026-03-25 01:04:54
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livlafluv07 :
When in doubt read in the publication order
2026-03-25 18:46:34
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OSGowen :
I definitely need to read more classics and retellings bc tbh I don’t know much more than what’s described in the Riordan books, which definitely tiptoes around the issues you brought up here. And I totally agree with the Star Wars analogy though. Ahsoka is my favorite character, and even tho she’s a fan favorite, too many ppl seem to write her off as just Anakin’s apprentice, when she’s literally the main character in Clone Wars which the fandom supposedly loves, but then tends to only praise the Anakin focused episodes.
2026-03-25 02:15:02
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Ryan_3288 :
I have a feeling you will probs like heroes of Olympus slightly more than Percy Jackson bc of various characters and perspectives that will hit close to home with this video
2026-03-25 01:22:12
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NatalieJeneCreates :
Agreed! Justice for the women!
2026-03-25 02:47:47
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Alex🦋📚 :
The Odysseus in epic is not the same Odysseus in the original myth
2026-03-25 01:04:42
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Abel :
Not my full government name 😭😭🤣🤣🤣 hahahaha all is forgiven !! 🔥💯
2026-03-25 05:20:52
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NatalieJeneCreates :
The silence of the girls/the women of Troy/the voyage home… Incredible books! Elektra, A Thousand Ships… I could go on
2026-03-25 02:52:23
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CinmnApple :
The focus on women/goddesses is largely what got me into Wonder Woman and even then there’s plenty of comic runs that are still too male centered (ex. Changing her origin from being made from clay by hippolyta to being a daughter of Zeus)
2026-03-25 12:07:03
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🐝 :
I'm so BEYOND sat for your video essay on how man centered the greek dudes are. Like I need to see more stuff about the women in Mythology because I know there are some baddies!!
2026-03-25 06:21:55
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