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⌈ Secret Post #5563 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Late venting

[(Anonymous)]

Part1 : "There's no excuse to still read Harry Potter when you have Discworld and Earthsea!" For the love of god stop saying this. I'd love to find a good, author-who-isn't-a-shitbag alternative to HP, but I hate Terry Pratchett's style of humor and the first two Earthsea books bored me to tears.

Part 2: I liked the Percy Jackson books until a friend passive-aggressively guilted me out of it. "It's okay if you like them, they're just not for me because I've studied enough ~real~ Greek mythology, so I know the books are lazy derivative interpretations of the myths. Like, can we get an Aphrodite who isn't an Alpha Bitch, please?" PJO Aphrodite is not even an Alpha Bitch. Some of her kids are, and they get called out for it by another one of her kids for using their mom's reputation as an excuse to say being that way is in their nature. This is canon. Friend still somehow got to me and I can't enjoy the books anymore.

Re: Late venting

[(Anonymous)]

For Part 1: I understand this. I’ve never read the books, but I’ve seen all the movies and still enjoy them. I hate JKR, and will never pay a cent to support any of her new endeavors. But am I really hurting anyone by watching movies I already bought before JKR went Mask Off? I don’t think so. Same with you continuing to read books you already own. And if you don’t like any of the series people consider better alternatives to HP, then that’s completely valid, and you shouldn’t have to make yourself read something you don’t like. I personally love Terry Pratchett and The Earthsea Cycle, but they’re not for everyone. And that’s okay.

And for Part 2: I’m sorry your friend ruined the Percy Jackson books for you with her obnoxious passive-aggressive attitude! I honestly really don’t like purists like this. I love mythology, and Greek mythology was my gateway into that passion. But that doesn’t mean every work that uses mythological figures and stories are automatically lazy and derivative just because they’re not 100% true to myth. Especially a book series for young adults that’s definitely not going to have the gods be true to myth in some ways, especially all the rapey ways. PJO is a great book series that’s absolutely not lazy and derivative! It’s fun, has great characters, and uses Greek myth in creative ways. Some works can be slightly annoying to people familiar to myths if they get the stories and characters completely wrong. But I really only get that annoyance if the work was already bad, honestly. I’m pretty lax about things not being completely faithful if they still use the myths in interesting ways, and are enjoyable.

Re: Late venting

[(Anonymous)]

Oh please keep reading Rick Riordan if his writing does it for you. I discovered PJO as a full-on adult and when I recommend the books to kids, I tell them first and foremost that I really enjoy them myself. There are so many interpretations of Greek mythology ranging from very serious to very silly.

Re: Late venting

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah like... not even the ancient Greeks agreed on everything.