The Liberty Annabeth Has Been Given To Be Deeply Unserious And True To Her Character In The New “pjo”

oh my fucking god she's my girlfriend don't touch him

I love my gc

An essential part of Percy and Annabeth's dynamic for me is that they need to be in cahoots

I need them to be scheming, plotting, bitching etc.

Pixar did not have to go as hard as they did with the Kronos Unveiled scene in The Incredibles (2004), yet they did anyway and gave us one of the best scenes in modern cinema. Literally cannot stop thinking about how good this scene is, from the animation to the build up to the soundtrack.

I don’t think I truly understood how dark this scene - and this film - was a child: Syndrome is systematically and strategically luring in superheroes and killing them off in order to test and improve his Omnidroid design… these people were not only supers but they also had family and loved ones too, just like Bob, and one day they would have just disappeared because chances are they weren’t telling people where they were going because it was "top secret" and against the law. They thought they were doing something good, like helping the people in the island, while also getting to relive their glory days, perhaps even paving the way for superheroes to make a proper comeback… only for Syndrome to kill them in cold blood.

Most of these people can actually be seen at Bob and Helen’s wedding in the beginning of the film - they weren’t just random supers, they were their friends, people they worked alongside and cared about. It’s even worse when you realise that Bob probably blames himself because, after all, Buddy/Syndrome was his biggest fan and he dismissed him by not letting him help.

The relief on Bob’s face when he realises Syndrome doesn’t know where Helen is - meaning he also doesn’t know where their children are because he didn’t realise they were married at this point - is so realistic and gut wrenching to see. The relief contrasting with the anguish of knowing how much danger they and their entire family could have been in the entire time without even knowing...it's so well-done, you can literally feel it.

It’s also worth noting that originally the next target wasn’t Mr Incredible but Frozone - that was who Mirage was trailing, hence why his location is “known”. Imagine if she/Syndrome hadn’t realised that Mr Incredible was with him and they’d lured Frozone in instead as planned; he would have gone to the island to fight the Omnidroid 8 in a volcano setting. We saw how being in the burning building dehydrated Frozone and made it impossible to use his ice powers - presumably it would have been the same in the middle of a lava filled volcano, and he’d have been slaughtered just like the other superheroes before him.

This scene shows an entire generation of superheroes - Bob, Helen and Lucius’ generation - wiped out all because Syndrome felt slighted by his hero as a child, because he internalised that slight and let it drive him to revenge. And, if we take into account the deleted alternate opening scene, it’s mentioned that superheroes "aren't supposed to breed” - meaning there’s a likelihood that Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack are among the very few supers of the next generation. I know that it's deleted and so not really canon, but it's definitely a concept to consider, I think.

Then there's the fact Syndrome named the project "Kronos" - Kronos was a God who overthrew his own father in order to take over his rule, and then he ate his own children to prevent them doing the same thing to him. It feels like it reflects Syndrome once looking up to Mr Incredible and even saying "I could be your ward!", meaning Mr Incredible adopting or fostering him - the project name is a metaphor for Syndrome destroying the Supers, especially Mr Incredible, who he viewed as a father figure. The Omnidroids he built killed two birds with one stone: not only was he able to acquire the data to upgrade the robot to its final design, but it also eliminated the real super heroes and so left him as the last remaining "superhero", even though his powers are man-made, not something he was born with.

Not only did he want to become the only remaining superhero by killing the real ones in revenge, he also planned to sell his inventions at some point so everyone can be super - because "when everyone is super, nobody is". It's like a final blow to the memory of the superheroes he had killed.

I've talked too much about this scene but God... I love it so much more as an adult because it's just so chilling to think about. I'm sure other people can put it much more articulately than I just tried to, but I just really wanted to appreciate this scene.

rule one: the doctor lies

I love Challengers

ayo edebiri and jeremy allen white for fx’s ‘the bear’

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Okay I had more percabeth song related thoughts

This time it's a whole song so bear w me

Not a lot just forever by Adrianne Leneker

Through your eyes I see

A smile you bring to me - his love of making her happy

To your joy, I tether - his positive personality rubbing off on her

Not a lot, just forever - her need for a relationship that lasts long, her something permanent

Intertwined, sewn together - held together by their bond

Like the rock bears the weather - going through all the things they went to and still remaining solid

Not a lot, just forever - her realization that she wants something permanent with him.

My dog barks wildly

To protect my infancy

From my ex-believer - her anger at Luke and her anger because of him

And I try to calm the wolf

To remind her I am both

Still she tears at my sweater - all the time she lashed out at Percy especially during BOTL without meaning to

Not a lot, just forever - her need for him to live

Intertwined, sewn together

As the wren sheds her feather - growing up together and seeing each other mature, and their relationship maturing with them

Not a lot, just forever - the confirmation that yes, he wants forever with her

And your dearest fantasy

Is to grow a baby in me - his dreams of their future, of new rome and all it brings

I could be a good mother

And I wanna be your wife - her longing for that future too, despite how much it scares her

So I hold you to my knife

And I steal your letter - her guard still being up a little bit, her hesitancy to fully let him in

Not a lot, just forever - them moving towards the future

Intertwine some together

As the rock bears the weather

Not a lot, just forever

So I bash around the house

And the poison stains my mouth - their time in tartarus making them damaged, the effects lingering

She comes, I let her

And we share a pair of dice - their fate being intertwined

And I roll them once or twice

Can't get much better

Not a lot, just forever

Intertwined, sewn together

As the rock bears the weather

Not a lot, just forever

Not a lot, just forever

Intertwined, sewn together

As the wren bares her feathers

Not a lot, just forever

on brothers

[ jewish literacy, rabbi joseph telushkin / the bear 2x06 + 2x10 / east of eden, john steinbeck / succession 3x09 / “brothers,” kevin atwater / the west wing 6x16 / prison break 5x04 / greywaren, maggie stiefvater / boy (2010) / “he ain’t heavy, he’s my brother,” the hollies ]