Been hearing a lot about this series recently. In particular, comparing it to inferior world building. Guess I should check it out
this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2024
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I was obsessed when the books were coming out, I was still in elementary school at the time but I think it's probably in the "young adults" category with hunger games and the like. Haven't seen the show yet but have heard good things
Let me save you some time, don't watch the movies.
Oh, I forgot about those.
Yeah, don't watch the movies.
I watched them and base my entire perception of the series on them.
It isn't bad, just a bit less than rigorous in terms of mythological accuracy and internal consistency.
mythological accuracy and internal consistency
Blake: Gee Percy! It's one of the Gods!
Pervy: You're right, Blade! It's my father, Zoinks!
Zoos: Fuck you, Blam and Patrick!
I think the original commentor was saying that Percy Jackson was being used as an example of good world building and it has been used as a comparison to bad world building to show what you should be doing
oh.
Well, I guess opinions about the world building are varied, then lol. I would rank it over harry potter, but not high enough to call it good. I'd call it decent overall.
just a bit less than rigorous in terms of mythological accuracy and internal consistency.
That's a feature not a bug - the original greek myths were not exactly internally consistent either.
The fandom has revved back into gear because there's a new TV show currently being rereleased. That's likely why you've been hearing about it recently