percy jackson is better than harry potter & here's why 

Acie Jay c. do you mind if i pin this comment? you just confirmed everything i love about rick riordan’s books!!!

@@AshleeTayla13 Wow, that's awesoome! Of course!

His books just hit me in a completely different way that Harry Potter never could, especially as an lgbt person of color it’s just so different in the best way

Apologies in advance. I can tell this’ll be a long reply. I love how, as you said, each character has a little bit of representation. Percy is sarcastic and quick witted, because he spent so many years stuck with Smelly Gabe, learning to make quick comebacks in order to get through to him/ to make himself heard. Annabeth is really intelligent and wise beyond her years, after escaping a life where her brothers took priority and her spider-filled nightmares were swept under the rug. Coupled with that, she has dyslexia, showing how no one is without flaws and how that is okay and normal. Reyna’s father saw horrors that scarred him, twisting his perceptions of reality that blinded him from seeing the damage he unknowingly inflicted on his daughters. People are not blank canvases. They have conflicting motivations. Rick knows that and makes each character better because of that. He doesn’t see a character and make jarring assertions without integrating that into their personality. He actively asks ‘How would this affect the character’s interactions, or present itself as an inhibitor to how they express themselves?’ Side note. It’s been mentioned in a couple of his books at this point, my favourite example being in The Serpent’s Shadow, standing at the edge of the Sea of Chaos being held in check by the sliver of Order in the Obelisk Of Ma’at, where Carter muses about where he stands in the world. I’m paraphrasing here, but his line about how he doesn’t know how the world started, by the Big Bang, Egypt rising out of the Nile or the world being created in 6 days (with one day of rest) but that the Obelisk Of Ma’at and the Sea Of Chaos had to be some sort of embodiment of the divine matter of the universe, existing as something that Carter could perceive with his mortal senses. An even greater part of this part of his books is in the interactions of Magnus, Sam and Alex. Magnus sees the existence of a multitude of gods to be an affirmation in his belief of atheism. Sam perceives them as beings that are different aspects of Allah. I can’t quite remember the quote, but it is something to that effect. Even Apollo questions how he came to be the Sun God after Helios faded. I know this paragraph is getting rather long, but how interesting is the idea that gods are tied to human beliefs, with the splintered Greek/Roman personalities that could literally incapacitate the gods. Even the fact that gods and monsters could fade as old legends die out. Not sure where to go from here, but I do thank you for your video and for articulating what makes the Riordan-Verse so much better than Harry Potter on the subject of representation. I’m getting dangerously close to knocking Harry Potter, which also holds a special place in my heart, safe from all of the authorial retcons that Rowling can dish out, so I’ll leave you with a small addition to a podcast listening list. Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. Each week a chapter is read and discussed through a particular theme, to see how it changes the meaning. Authorial intent is mentioned a lot and even has a dedicated episode, but there is a great deal of detail that the show goes to, often exploring plot holes or character flaws/motivations, to see how inconsistencies can actually enhance narrative tension and character conflict. Each episode ends with a blessing for a character in the chapter, as a way of affirming their struggles, before extending the message to people in the audience who are going through similar things. Would recommend this listening. That’s all from me. If you made it this far, you get to be angry at the absence of blue foods from the emoji keyboard, alongside me! 🥣

@@johngreen8344 i read all of your comment. You should hear radio camp half-blood it's a good podcast (sorry for my English)

Rick still has many mythologically inaccurate moments throughout

Zim Z, yep but I think it was to fit the story

Like its hilarious how people think he does this to be political correct... its litterly in the mythology

i like to think that apollo isn’t bi, he has his own sexuality in which he can be attracted to anything that moves and he will fuck anything that moves

@@anarchy6304 so normal for Greek god: if it moves we fuck it

I didnt know ADHD existed until i read percy jackson

What I'm saying, they talked disabilities and neglectful, abusive parents. He focused on how kids felt about that, that's way more important than what color you're skin is.

@@SaturdayParker I don't get the whole skin color representation thing. It doesn't matter to me, when it bothers me is when it feels like it's shoved into my face. Like half of them are gay and only 10% of the characters are white. That's not a representation of the real demographic of America and western Europe

@@hydreigon2709 no one cares since ive never seen a tanned annabeth only white. Also I've seen reyna like 489303353728282920 different races. If they actually care abt the races y change them so often and hazel gets lighter everytime i see her.

I mean we all know that J.K. rowling is a disrespectful and discriminating person😂😅

Is he? He's pretty popular around here

I wouldn't say underrated people try to like constantly stigmatize him as that "guy who writes books for kids" and make his art invalid that way and sure he isn't as famous as like J.K. Rowling but I feel like there are millions of people who were inspired by him

@@BeingtheBard Huh? Who tf berates people for writing kids books? Is this real life?

@@BeingtheBard that's kind of ironic becuase harry potter is classified as kids books, too. and while Harry Potter deals with ONE major world issue, war, percy jackson deals with everything, including multiple wars, and dealing with grief, and all that.

Don’t we all

U right

Yeah, Percy is WAAAAY better!!!!!!

I feel like Harry Potter is overrated

people have different opinions guys i like both of them

True but everyone is allowed to express their opinion too. It’s fine that you like them equally and it’s fine that we alike Percy Jackson more

Ely The Wolf omg wait pointing out that the harry potter movies are better than the percy jackson movies is a very valid point that i should’ve talked abt skdjfhd the percy jackson books are better in my opinion but... the movies do NOT compare to the harry potter movies lmao

So true! I think books explain more than the movies.

XXXtra Slytherin yeah but the hp books are better than pj books

@@AshleeTayla13 the Percy Jackson movies are probably some of the worst book adaptations! Glad i checked the books out!

BOOKS OVERRULE MOVIES EVERYTIME!

If that ain't mood

Big mood

Honestly, when I say “Percy Jackson”, I kind of mean the entire Riordanverse

No problem! Magnus Chase is also part of Percy Jackson's stories!

H me too! Heehee

this... this is valid

@@AshleeTayla13 Yeah

@Se Google Nutzer Peter Johnson and the sparky stick

Peter Johnson and the ocean of beasts

Peter Johnson and scary mountain

i agree!!!

69th like had to do it

I agree, that was actually my favorite part. Other than the characters, but that was thanks to the POV.

It also allows us to see Percy sassing on max level through other people's eyes

Same I don't want to be stuck on Percy

Penelope Loves Books omg i’m so glad you know the lightning thief musical!!! none of my bookish friends know it exist either, and when i tell them about it they tend to be too scared to listen to it because they’re so traumatised from the movies sjdhdhd

Netflix and Disney are remaking the movies of percy jackson it's official spread the word

I love the musical lol it was great I saw it once

Omg I just saw it recently and it’s so amazing!

@@anigoel6189 it's still not official but Rick is still trying (and it's not Netflix it's Disney because Disney owns the rights to pjo)

Percy is more sassy and Harry is more savage.

Sabria M yea i agree i loved it when harry roasted people and percy sassed people

Well slap me side ways on Tuesday with a blue hair brush

He sounds like an old man pretending to be a teenager

@@miqnyuiguess yeah lol

Logan Benda omg... i never even thought of this?? she’s also on an old deathly hallows cover (it may have just been an australian edition but i Think it was the cover for europe too) and she was white. there’s nothing wrong with casting a woman of colour in a role that was originally white obviously, i’m very much in support of that, but jk rowling saying she always envisioned hermione that way is just not true

JK Rowling didn't chose the covers, you know

Susanna as far as i know, covers need author approval though before theyre finalised!! :)

@@AshleeTayla13 But I think she hadn't really thought about Hermione's skin color when the books were published She must have thought "the covers are really beautiful" (because it is) Well I think

Susanna realistically, i think she pictured hermione as a white person. i don’t think her race was ever important to jk, but ya know, she was a white person in the 90s and her brain probably white washed the world she created a little. which is legitimately fine if she admitted to that, but her saying that she always pictured hermione as a woc feels like a lie to pander to the modern audience and that makes me sad :( i just wish she was kinda like “hey i pictured this character as white but it’s not important at all, so i don’t mind if this is retconned in the future and we make the story more diverse” i guess :(

Meg Conquest yeah people always forget sadie

@@randomfandomposter3616 A moment of silence for white-passing mixed ppl

Meg Conquest there really need to be more mixed characters 🥺

@A Sith Apprentice lol As a half-taiwanese gal, I feel your pain

@@phoebejones3814 Indeed and those mixed characters need to stop being ONLY black and white. i would like to see some half-asian folks pls

It literally makes so much sense

" No I'm a Leo, you're a Percy." Leo said to Percy.

Okay, will anyone explain to me why Ron's brother died and came and then made his own book series?

@@sanjoykumardas4018 Fred Weasley died. I don't think Percy Weasley died. Also, this is Percy Jackson.

Hello Pancakes i think all of went through that phase fhfjsjsj

@@mji8431 The reverse happened to me. I found the books first, then just weeks after reading the Lightning Thief, I found a "Coming Soon" poster for the first film on a theater. Got hella excited! Then, I eventually saw the film and was like "dafuq did I just watch?!" LMAO

same

Glad I'm not the only one

My older rother once told me, "Stop watching the movies. After reading the books you'll hate the movies." And yeah, that was true

also I find the characters more likeable

i wholeheartedly agree with every single thing u just said

christopher pearce oh shit thanK you

@@AshleeTayla13 We STAN Rick Riordan . Period

We also STAN this channel

Helena Bekele THIS!!! THIS!!! THIS!!! THIS!!!

i am so glad that sadie’s character entered your life this is EXACTLY why i think the riordanverse is superior

same with me!! Only I related a lot with Carter esp with what Rick wrote briefly about people's views on black people and POC Kane chronicles was so underrated god

@@bookishbea3461 Outside the main series and Heroes, The Kane Chronicles is amazing.

But you still end up enjoying it. Even more than before

You gotta appreciate the little details

Facts were Harry Potter was the book we’re I always end up looking at dumbledore and wonder if he was evil and why Harry didn’t just get out of dodge Percy can’t monster’s literally are always hunting him and his kind Harry can be free

Eva Spindler for real 😂

Rick Riordan can't write teenagers at all

@@jfudge7219 actually, I politely disagree. The characters in pjo are very relatable and realistic for me. But it's ok if you don't think so.

Ani Goel Agreed (btw Leo’s mom died when he was eight ❤️)

Don’t forget Hazel died and then came back to life

SPOILERS FOR THE BURNING MAZE and then comes trials of apollo when jason dies, that hurt much more for me than say siruis black or dumbledor. the way rick writes his characters and there backstory makes me more attached to them then how jk does it

I AGREEEEEEE. But can someone remind me when did Percy told beckendorf about his crush?

Sofia Correia last book i think

bruh kronos a good antagonist 💀 stop, voldemort> easily

@@lucass8317 Luke. Magic meant Luke. There aren't many antagonists, but they are good, even if some are stereotypical. It's the intimidation that makes them terrifying. The fact that Kronos is manipulating so much in the background and the sheer magnitude of his power, even without consuming all of Luke's soul. The Giants requiring a god and a mortal or demigod to defeat them. Even the literal earth was against the Percy crew. And don't get me started on Tartarus. That's death around every corner instead of every other corner except on Tuesdays.

also Voldemort just felt boring idk. Luke actually had a good reason and it felt more like Voldemort just woke up and decided "life sucks. Im gonna make everyone else's life suck as well!"

Umbridge, Harry's family

The dark humor when Sally used Medusa's head to turn Gabe into stone and sell it afterwards.

@@lycadeneveh3466 ues

Rick Riordan doesn't know anything about hell, it was so lame

@@jfudge7219 no one really knows about hell :)

@@winter-chan2092 Then how was it impressive when it was the same as any old adventure?

deria aired UR GODDAMN RIGHT AND YOU SHOULD SAY IT

ash is trash so you say Percy Jackson is superior because JK Rowling is being problematic on Twitter. Got it.

Max Caulfield pretty much yeah. both series are very good but rick including actual positive representation vs jk rowling being a bad person Does make me think rick’s books are a better choice for children.

ash is trash also don’t tell me you’re a Harry Potter fan and say she didn’t had Dumbledore being gay in mind when there’s literally a footage of her saying Dumbledore is gay way back when she was WRITING DEATHLY HALLOWS. Just read Percy Jackson and shut your pathetic mouth lmao.

Max Caulfield buddy... this is supposed to be a fun, lighthearted discussion between fans of both series. if ur not willing to be respectful about others opinions or critique either bodies of work (both are flawed) this probably isn’t the space for you :-) have a nice day/night though!!!

Like, I don’t even cry over deaths that often, but Bianca scenes seriously fucked me up

@@wooyeah1738 don't make me cry again

Bro when PAN left i was BAWLING like Grovers whole life was just devoted to Pan and as soon as he meets Pan.Pan just leaves.Bro i was crying

I cried over Phoebe, but I didn’t over Bianca cause when I reread, after forgetting everything but general details, and forgot her character. When I read her deaths I’m like “I know she dies but like maybe she comes back in HOO cause this is way to vague, she coulda jumped out. It does say lost, not dies” but no she dies.

I cried over Luke and technically he's a villan for most of the series and yet I still love him because Rick Riordan gave him so much depth

Hi i'm your satyr

@@yourmama1307 nice to meet you!

oh brother. You mean you realized it was cool to identify as lgbt. So you were a typical teenage girl who was impressed with Nico because he's a "dark" male character and has an emo vibe. facepalm, facepalm, facepalm

My fav is Harry And I liked him more than Percy

@@jfudge7219 No, it's because Nico finally admitted what he was denying, came to terms with himself, and went throw a growth period. If you think this commenter liked Nico bc he was LGBTQIA+ and dark, you're probably the one who does so.

@@pineapplecat7908 Yup, because saying you're gay really qualifies as the "bravest thing" the characters had ever seen. Not propaganda from a condescending school teacher at all. So moving. So deep.

@@jfudge7219 ? The Cupid scene was emotional because it showed Nico admitting things he had been hiding from himself and accepting himself, and not all of that is being gay. It was a pretty big plot point that made a lot of other things make sense, and it shows Nico's character growth as he starts to grow out of his crush on Percy and understand that some things are better thought in the mind than felt through the heart, and in that way it's like traditional romances (where, by the way, the same thing happens with only the character and personality change but same concept). It may not seem brave but it's braver than what most people do in their entire lives.

Nanette Fresher omg thank you so much i tried really hard Not to be biased skdhdhd

Wait, who’s trans? I know Alex is genderfluid, I love my fellow fluid, but I don’t recall trans characters.

pandemonium present Alex when she/he/they explained it to Magnus she/he/they said she/he/they were transgender and gender fluid

Lazarcorn I don’t believe Alex ever said they were trans. That would also be incorrect, because genderfluid people’s gender always change, and trans people always stay the gender they transitioned to, unless they detransition. I’m genderfluid myself, and whereas genderfluid is nb, which is technically trans, I’d never for the love of the gods call myself trans.

pandemonium present no I remember she/he/they said and I quote “I’m transgender and gender fluid” I was confused with my basic understanding of gender to so ya

Lazarcorn Okay, That does make sense.

- Sea - THIS. this is exactly the point i was trying to get across. i’m a huge fan of both series, and obviously books are subjective so what people prefer is down to personal preference, but the representation in rick’s books MATTER. nico coming out as gay in house of hades made me feel so much better about LGBT+, and ill never forget how seen i felt by having a character like me in books i loved so much. that’s why representation matters, and GOOD representation matters (unlike what jk tries to claim)

pandemonium present ha you caught me

ash is trash I personally think your video is EXACTLY what the fandom needs

@@wooyeah1738 You mean you realized it was "cool" and edgy to identify as lgbt. That's actually terrible. I can just read this and tell you were a typical teenage girl who was impressed with Nico because he's a "dark" male character and has an emo vibe.

​@@jfudge7219 lmao i didnt start identifying lgbt a long while after reading pjo, pjo just normalized it for me which paved the path to my identity discovery. please keep ur clowning to urself sir, i'm pretty sure i'm lgbt. what privilege do you think you have to tell me i'm not? you read a single months old comment on a youtube video that possibly suggests i'm not?

Dillon James Locke would love to see this too!! i personally think adaptation is the best way to go, but as long as they stayed faithful adaptations i’d obviously be happy with live action too.

Maybe you know this by now, but Disney+ (involving Rick Riordan) will make a live action series of Percy Jackson and we'll get what you want! (One season one book ^-^)

@@axonfox Yeah I did hear about it. But after what happened with Star Wars I don't trust Disney anymore.

Don’t forget Magnus Chase!

@@phoenixfire1074 I haven't read them yet. I'm sure they're great. But i'm reserving judgment for when I do read them.

Telma Granger i COMPLETELY completely agree

Exactly.

ok honestly, that would be awesome

I neeed this

I think it would be awesome if this reboot were an animated series (for teens and adults). It' s cheaper and possibly way more accurate!

@@somethingunusual8456 Yes!

Uncle rick wants it to happen it just depends on Disney

misfits omg thank you for coming at this from such an intelligent standpoint!!! this was so interesting to read and all your points are so true. it took me AGES to finish reading deathly hallows because of the pacing, but i see a lot of fans who say that’s their favourite book so i thought perhaps i was in the minority of people who felt it wasn’t a great final novel, i’m really happy to hear that you have the same opinion. i wish you all the luck getting your book published!!! i’d love to read it when that happens

​@@AshleeTayla13 *senpai noticed me h a l p* AAA ty for taking the time to reply! I have no idea when it's gonna get published, but I am slowly but surely finishing up a more polished draft. Ty so much for showing interest in my long-winded comment, and my book asdfghjk

misfits let me know when it Does get published n i’ll hype the heck out it i promise :’)

misfits honestly I get your point a very specific plot hole that a lot of people notice is the mauraders map because if the twins could see everything in hogwarts then why didn’t they do anything about it. The map is a cool concept but it created a plot hole thorughout the entire books

Well said

Don’t worry your English is fine

Same here, the first movie notified me of the book's existence.

Yep me too. And everytime someone said that there are PJO movies, I would be like from, "What? No there isn't a movie. Pfft" to "LET'S PRETEND THOSE MOVIES *NEVER* EXISTED, *OK* ?!"

Eva Spindler I was totally the same a few years back... I saw the 1st movie and like its so cool then i found out there were books because I've read comments saying the movie was awful and I wanna know why so I checked the books... and I was like no shit, the comments was right the movie was way too different and the books was everything... Now whenever I come across the movies, all I feel is disappointment of how it turned out cause the books was so much more...

omg i feel the exact same and i’m also a hufflepuff and apollo kid 🥺🥺

@Princess Cove @ash is trash yessss us apollo kids and hufflepuffs are where it's at :)))

@@rosiereadsalot8939 We all shall unite!

I'm a slytherin and Hunter of Artemis. Also started with PJ and have yet to read the HP series because of personal issues with JK Rowling. Maybe some day.

I used to think Rowling was the best author ever then I read pjo and Although I am still a Ravenclaw I am also a child of Athena

i honestly agree wholeheartedly. you just described almost Exactly how i feel abo it both series, wow.

That's exactly how I felt for both but the thing about Percy Jackson though that I find very captivating is the way it was written, it was so immersing than HP for me... I love Harry Potter because of the sense of another world in which magic existed, the idea is so cool but I guess as a child even before knowing the PJ books (which I learned in high school) I've always been fascinated about Greek myth, Roman even Egyptian and Norse despite the fact those aren't exactly taught in our school...

I honestly got bored of Harry Potter and didn't make it past the 5th book. Meanwhile, I have reread the Percy Jackson books like, 4 times.

I agree wholeheartedly. I read Harry Potter first, yet here I am, dressing up like Nico for his birthday, making references to Percy Jackson 24/7. I will, no joke, read the ENTIRE Titan’s Curse JUST for the dam snack bar.

@@fizzles4393 I got so bored during the beginning of the fourth book. I didn’t pick it up for a year and a half. The only reason why I continued Is because my older brother finished the series, and I couldn’t let him be better than me at something 😂

Puggy Paul I read the series like twice a year and every time I do I cry with mixed emotions, I analyze it, and there is always something I missed. The characters are also relatable. And the biggest thing that the Percy Jackson books do right is representation of mentally disabled kids and teens. I have adhd and some learning disabilities so it was really easy for me to get invested and care about what happens to him. I didn’t feel that with Harry Potter until the third book. Overall, Percy Jackson is one of those series that I can read over and over again and never get tired

@@danewood1115 each time I read the series, I become more emotional knowing what will happen to the characters and how their stories will end compared to where they are at the point of the book I'm rereading

Liz Smith omg no i love harry!! he’s actually one of my favourite characters ever because he is so flawed and he has realistic struggles with the amount of weight on his shoulders as a teen. he Does sometimes make me want to throw my book across a room though (order of the phoenix harry i am looking at YOU.) but you’re right about the twilight thing omg. i also absolutely had NO clue about that instance with the sixth film, respect to her for always having that character trait sorted but she definitely should’ve publicised it more (or at least play into it more now with the fantastic beasts franchise where it matters, rather than just on twitter.)

ash is trash The whole “don’t hate harry” part was mostly for a few of the comments I saw so I’m sorry if I seemed like I was accusing you of something! And YES! She really should’ve driven the whole thing about dumbledores sexuality home with the fantastic beasts series but nooo it had to be subtle and tasteful like I’m sorry we all know dumbledore shamefully thirsted after the toxic grindlewald, get outta here JK!

ash is trash And I agree; if Harry suddenly popped out of the book I would’ve given him a good talking to for some the shit he pulled

Honestly, Percy is too perfect.

@@user-jx4jk3cg6j well twilight had a lot of potential, but the delivery wasn’t smooth and they wasted a lot of its potential and that’s mostly why I make fun of it a lot. Also it’s opinion based; in my mind Harry Potter and Percy Jackson are better than twilight and it’s okay if not everyone agrees

I would’ve left the room in that situation. What a hellish punishment

Im sorry for u

I would have started crying right there

I would have just scrolled through my phone in boredom. The movies are a mess

Our teacher made us do that too. It was 1 hour of torture.

Rick actually knows how to weave his stories into our history and how all the mythological aspects affect our world

I'm a bookworm deal with it yeah and ngl Ik there supposed to be kids and stuff but why the hell was Harry like so dumb and an asshole to everyone for most of the books

@@QuigleTheGnome I think it's unfair to say that Harry was an asshole to everyone and was stupid. Maybe he seems dumb because he isn't booksmart like Hermione or have an intimate knowledge of the wizarding world like Ron. I would say he was the opposite he was the 'nice' guy. It's only in order of the Phoenix I believe when he shouts at Hermione that we see him being angsty. I think this is justifiable however as he saw Cedric Diggory die in front of his eyes, is ignored the whole summer and all the other traumatic experiences hes faced. Harry is extremely brave, loyal, honourable and kind. There are so many examples in the books of these traits. He literally walked into the forbidden forest knowing that he had to die to save everyone.

Pjo has pretty shallow characters imo.

@@salomekekelia1508 you mean he makes pop culture references? WOW

this!!!!!! THIS is why rick’s books are so important!!!!!

@@AshleeTayla13 exactly! good representation is amazing and his books really are important

i agree with EVERYTHING you just said. while i don’t think it’s crucial for novels to educate us, it is definitely a bonus that we should acknowledge!!! and i am always much more excited to revisit riordan’s worlds than rowling’s honestly.

it was reading the percy jackson books in 5th grade that got me into my mythology phase-in prepschool

I guess Percy Jackson did steal Lightning. The interest in Mr Lightning Bolt. Get it? Lightning thief? Lightning Scar? Im a weird human

!!!! YOURE RIGHT AND YOU SHOULD SAY IT

@@AshleeTayla13 I came all the way from Israel to see the musical!!!! (11 hours of flight i think)

@@the0black0bullet RESPECT

@@the0black0bullet I fucking respect you. If I could, I'd do it too, but I'm fucking poor :"D

@@the0black0bullet RESPECT

Oh God the last line made me laugh and cry at the same time

The background characters of Percy Jackson were not described but they had also died . Hp is more realistic than Percy Jackson.

in Harry Potter most of the characters deaths are pointless especialy in the final book.

they are corny though

yeah. i mean, i read h.p first, too. i was reading but at some point during the fifth book, i just kinda got bored, it was getting too bulky for me to easily read, so i wanted something simpler. i came across pjo and was in love, there wasnt just a backstory chapter, just percy being real with us. i also found some comfort cause of annabeth, who i can relate to, i suppose. i wanted to run away, which was exactly what she did. i found her inspiring and amazing, besides, the books were definitely easier to read because theyre less bulky and just light-hearted while still maintaining a nice layer of trauma and stuff.

Katerena Jackson dude saMEeeeeee!! mine take up a shelf and a half cause i have multiple copies of some of them whoops

Mine barely fit if Rick Riordan writes any more they wont

Katerena Jackson omg if rick writes another series skdhd man our bookshelves won’t survive

Right but id totally be ok with that

ash is trash they will not, but we all know we’d still get them :)

same here! i, of course, read percy jackson books too during my childhood (when i was around 11 y/o) and tbh, harry potter series will be always my comfort book series despite written by most problematic writer :')

i actually 100% agree

that's how I can relate to Percy

Oh I relate to that so much with my dad coming in and out of my life all the time. So much that I jokingly said that he has to be a Greek God to explain why he isn't in my life so much.

That sounds like a very nice dream. Here’s to wishing you with dreams as good as that one!

HARRY POTTER IS AMAZING

Ana Coronel i totally get this! now that i’m older the sizes of the harry potter books don’t bother me but as a kid (and like, both of these series are technically children’s fantasy series so children’s opinions of them matter) i stoped reading harry potter after prisoner of azkaban because i found the size of the last four books intimidating as hEll and didn’t revisit them till i was 13 lol

Michael Griswold I'm a person who watched the movies before I've read the books... my reasons mainly is that I've always loved mythology and the movies have great animation and edits but honestly when I read the books after seeing the movies... my head can't stop comparing and complaining with the movies like "damn why is this not in the movie?" or "that was suppose to be percy vs clarisse!" or "the hell, they were supposed to be younger like 12!" or "Alexandra Daddario its not your fault, I know you're gorgeous but Annabeth's hair was blonde." or "It was supposed to be Tyson giving Percy his retractable shield!" or "why aren't they wearing those signature orange t-shirts?!" also "That ain't Grover at all, he doesn't even act like that." Yeah I have these major issues going on in my head the moment I've read the books, my mind started comparing the movies to the books and at that moment I understood why the movies where hated... I remember how I laughed when they decided to change Annabeth's hair to blonde in the 2nd movie and I was like "Dude too late, the damage was done..."

Gotta agree

I do like the movies I guess? because I was attached to them for years, it got me into the universe and because of that they are sort of special to me in a weird way

Well I watched the movies first then read the books but I don't hate movies, well not all. I like the 1st one while acknowledging the books were way better.

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Y O but i’m more of a demigod 🥰💅

Zak Sharaz i mentioned magnus chase having a muslim character!!!! it’s literally one of my favourite pieces of representation from his novels. and oh gosh i need to reread heroes of olympus because i can’t even remember much about nico and reyna’s dynamic oh no :((

@@AshleeTayla13 don't worry about it most of they're relationship was built in book 5 while they were shadow traveling across the world if that helps

I'm from Israel and the fact that in trials of apollo 4 they have a Jewish character made me so happy and i told all of my friends about it because this fings matter.

ash is trash Not to mention Alex Fierro, who is to this day one of my favorite demigods. They’re sassy, cheeky, and Genderfluid, like me!

I gotta agree too, it would be nice to see on how Nico and Will became an actual couple like I want to see how their relationship grow slowly even though I'm one hell of Solangelo shipper I still want to see what Will felt for Nico when he first saw and heard about him like of course he would know that there would be a new camper when Nico and Bianca first arrive and also during the battle of Manhattan until Blood of Olympus since in ToA it's official.

i do too!!

just go with harry potter and you will be happy. dont make it so dumbledore, fred, hedwig, and SO SO SO many others died just so percry jackson would be better. #HARRY POTTER

movie grover just... isn’t grover. in any way.

JusANerdyGamer Lol movie grover reminds me of leo in a way. his whole humorous attitude, him being a ladies man and such. the movies are so off the plot, and the only reason i watched them was to point out what they fucked up, lol.

You was at the club. Bottoms up when I first met ya,

that lotus casino scene is pretty good tho imo

The 14 Year Old Traveller YO IM AN ANNABETH COSPLAYER SO THIS IS SO COOL TO HEAR

@@AshleeTayla13 I just watched some of your videos where your hair is blonde. Gotta say, Alexandra Daddario (from the movies) doesn't stand a chance Although the movies are trash anyway😄

Candy and animals .G harry only ever uses expelliarmous so yeah probably percy lmao

if harry will say avada kedavra.it will be all over for percy jackson

Nah, Harry would just say avada kedavra and that bitch dead lol

Of course, Harry is very flawed and Percy is too perfect

@@janhabibarat7271 Truer.

Harry potter is much better written though

@@ilqar887 I personally disagree, but your opinion is still valid

@@ariaphoenix2760 also complexity ,mystery ,detective elements ..

@@ilqar887 Yeah, but shouldn't the adults have been solving the mysteries, not these 3 children? In Percy Jackson, there was a reason for these kids to be in these dangerous situations and reasons as to who they could and couldn't ask for help. But in Harry Potter, it seemed like most of the adults were fine with these 13-year-olds fighting giant spiders or breaking the law to sneak into their rival's dorms. I get that Harry was "the chosen one", but he was only chosen to defeat Voldemort, the adults should have been preparing him for that, and Ron and Hermione didn't have to be dragged into these dangerous situations either. The adults ignoring the threat half the time just took the complexity out of it for me, fewer people would have died if the adults were intelligent.

the taste that u have !!!

greta jane ayeeee great minds

Maria Genaro i agree!! i mean, i think that harry felt as if he was protecting his friends by doing that and i understand, but it makes me frustrated sometimes whoops

I mean, there is a reason that they call Rick a troll.

@@fizzles4393 True

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS

pandemonium present i personally hc magnus as pan but only because of how his feelings for alex developed!! i dunno, it reminded me a lot of what one of my best friends who’s pan described falling for her gf was like and hence my headcanon was born!! but as a bi girl i would LOVE for him to be bi too, bi rep is important to my soullllll. but also just YES YES YES TO THIS ENTIRE THING YES EVERY HEADCANON EVERY PART OF THIS JUST THE CONCEPT OF THEM GOING TO PRIDE TOGETHER YES YES YES YES YES

ash is trash I’m probably going to draw this out as some point. If I do I’ll upload a speed paint, but it’s likely I’ll do it in June, ‘cause y’know, June. If I do post it, I can tell you.

pandemonium present omg yes if you do please tell me!!! i would love love love love to see it!!!

reese TJIS IS ME. harry potter was such a HUGE part of my childhood and is so special to me because it introduced me to one of my favourite fictional worlds, and ultimately is what made me a reader too. but jk rowling annoys me to no enddddd

Gen Rose ahhh thank you for noticing it all!!!