Reading Percy Jackson for the FIRST time (not what I expected!)
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- Time to go to Camp Half Blood for the first time! 🔱🏕️📚 I had absolutely no idea what this book was going to be like before reading and it was NOT at all what I thought it would be (in the best way!) I'm dying to hear all your reactions, thoughts, and favorite characters, so drop your comments below, so I can officially feel like I’m part of the fandom! And let me know if you want to see more vlogs of reactions to the next books!
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Sally Jackson is one of uncle Rick's worst victims. Almost every book Percy just dissapears for weeks, ocasionally becomming a wanted criminal usualy without her hearing anything. And she knows about half of everything in existence is trying to kill him.
Paul: does he usually do this.
Sally: It’s a bad habit.
@@gandalfthewhite.5245 *meanwhile Percy just destroyed his 20th National monument trying to stop some eldritch horror*
@@phoebusapollo8365 that’s a pretty generous number 😂
@@gandalfthewhite.5245 yeah he was fiddling with revolutionary war canons as a kid and managed to blowtorch the arch halfway through his first quest.
I’m surprised he hasn’t been mentioned destroying more
@@phoebusapollo8365 I’m surprised he hasn’t been arrested yet 😂
Mikaila: "Rick... Can I call him Rick? Mr Riordan?"
The whole fandom calling him Uncle Rick: 👀
FR
I always called him Rick, I'm not in the fandom, rick is just easier :)
frrrrr
I call him Rick Riordan
Idk what I call him it depends on the mood. Most of the time though I call him Mr Riordan because I can be formal that way though…
'Luke seems like a nice dude'
Famous last words 💀
That was my favorite lol giiiiiirl just wait 😂
Frrr
Thats what i though as soon as i heard that💀💀
actually he was nice but he was lured by Kronos which made him like that. Even Percy was sad at Luke's death and he made a promise with him that nothing like this happens again.
Noo fax 😭
Some of my favourite things you said
“I want to see Percy destroy more people with his sass!” We all do.
“Luke seems like a nice dude.” heh..about that..
“POSEIDON! You are the father!” I CANT-
“Beat his @ss percy.” YES! BEAT ARES’S @SS!
“I love Sally Jackson.” WE STAN SALLY!
“It’s like hanging up a phone call, how do you do it without being awkward?” Relatable.
That's one of my favorite things about Luke though is up until he's literally possessed by the Titan of Time he's still a nice dude
AND
(as a straight male) in fact gives hot energy
Mikaila reading the book for the first time: Luke seems like a nice dude that's giving hot energy.
Mikaila after reading the book: .... welp...... still hot energy
I was so disappointed with myself for falling for the hot energy and not seeing the evil coming 😭😂
@@magicbymikailai read the books for the first time a few months ago and honestly girl, SAME
@@magicbymikailaGIRL SAME- TBH UNCLE RICK KNEW WE’D FALL FOR HIM. LITERALLY SO MANY VILLAINS ARE SO HOT LIKE YOUNG SNOW (Hunger Games)
@@magicbymikaila he had a scar!
How could you not see it coming!
Yeah, he is just cool, even if he were evil, just the reveal in the end was badass in my opinion.
No big fight, no real menace behind it, just the barest forshadowing by saying _my sword can kill Mortals too_ and his betrayal being revealed with a simple _that monster can and probably will kill you, bye_ I love it so much!
@@jackwriter1908hey Jason also has a scar from a very intense childhood battle and he isn't evil
1. As someone with ADHD I dont know how Uncle Rick’s son managed to fall asleep with all these exciting stories
2. I love how Mikaila fell for all the plot twists just like all of us
3. Percy Jackson is definitely the Gen Z to Harry Potters millennial
4. The most notable difference between the two series is that HP immerses you in a magical world that takes place around ours while Percy Hackson immerses you in a magical world intertwined with ours
5. Welcome to the fandom!
I would agree with all points esxcept n.3 -- Percy Jackson came out for millenial kids! But I do agree it vibes more with Gen-Z-ers than HP does. I loved both growing up though LOL
@@koalaeucalyptus I think they just meant that Percy Jackson took Harry Potter's place as THE coming of age fantasy book series for Gen Z. Like, I'm on the older side of Gen Z, and that's definitely my experience. My older brothers were fully in the Harry Potter world, getting the books and watching the movies as they were coming out, but for Gen Z the books and even to a large extent the movies were already fully out by the time we got to them. I still loved Harry Potter, and it was a part of my childhood, but it felt more like this done thing that everyone had already read or seen. But for me and my younger brother, the Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus books kind of took the role that the Harry Potter books held for my older brothers, and it seemed this way for other people my age and younger as well. Though much less so towards the end, since I was in High School as Heroes of Olympus wrapped up, and most others my age had moved past it (though I hadn't).
I can change this comment by 0.1K I feel strong
“Percy just magically threw someone in the fountain”
“Good for him”😂
and she just brushed past it not realizing he was a son of poseidon-
I don’t think Mikaila realizes what she’s getting roped Into. I have been part of the fandom for so long and still haven’t finished reading the follow up series.😭
Same. I still have to finish up Magnus Chase and Trials of Apollo. Also that one short book that ties Kane Chronicles in to the wider shared setting.
IKRRR i finished the PJO series like a couple months ago then i was like okay i know theres 30 more books but how do i read them so i foun some guides, i read HoO and finished it like last week, then I was like okay time for Trials of Apollo.
But then i checked the order of publication and apparently The Kane Chronicles released before ToA so im starting that now, then I'll do Magnus Chase, then ToA, then the side/short stories and THEN I'll come to Chalice of the Gods because i want to feel a little like those older reader that had to wait like ten years to get another Percy POV.
Soooo, yeah. It's been a doozy.
Did I have too much free time or what I have finished reading everything. Magnus chase Kane percy heroes of Olympus the crossovers the trials of Apollo i have read all of them
@@wizbolt4929 SAME im just waiting to get my hands on chalice of the gods now
@@tpwkthetommoway looks like u will be having a fun time
For future purposes because I just started the video the fandomom calls him uncle Rick
UNCLE RICK!!! I love that so much and will 100% be calling him that from now on 😭🥹
@@magicbymikailado not let this distract you from the fact that by the Family Tree, Percy is Annabeth's Mother's Cousin
@@omega-xk4gjbut God's don't have dna so it's only weird to date someone from their own cabin because their siblings-
Also Percy's related to the Golden Fleece
@omega-xk4gj oh please! That isn't even the weirdest match when it comes to Greek Mythology.
Welcome to the fandom Mikaila, you are officially a demigod now.
We need to find out her godly parent
Man I thought Percy Jackson was serious ad mature book and well I started reading and I LOVE ❤️ IT
P.S Percy is my favourite character
@@UrMentalHealth yes!!!
Trust she gives me piper's vibes lmfao
@@grawp_coder1737 now that you've said it I think yeah she does
it is honestly rare to find a series where the main character is the fan favourite! percy was definitely my favourite for most of my childhood but nico really stole my heart a few years ago and never let me go so ive gotta say he is my favourite for sure! idk if you’ve read the second series yet but he shines in it & the series after and i adore him (and he is deeply relatable for reasons i will not spoil!!)
The new book with Solace is so good. Reading Nico's perspective is so fun
sameee, Nico came and took my heart, he is so precious! he is my fav for sure, but i also love Jason and his friendship with Nico!
Getting to know Percy and then seeing him get more powerful as the stories go on was such a power fantasy.
“Luke seems like a good guy”
**cackles**
Oh you sweet summer child
I so want her to watch the movie in a livestream! 😂
@@jackwriter1908 no, she as a new fan must not know
@@jackwriter1908 Those -things- must stay in the grave where they belong
@@Mythmasyer4728 she has to, in order to go into the Percy Jackson Disney Series 😂
Imagine it being the other way around _Oh there was this awesome series, not perfect but a great adaptation... wait there are movies as well? Why did no-one tell me?_
We need to prepare her, before the disappointed grows too big...
@@IzumiMidoryia_YeuriAizawa_MHA they will always exist, don't close your eyes from the truth, accept them, let your emotions flow, use that anger to gain power, use that power to gain strength, use that strength to gain the ability to accept _Avatar: The Last Airbender... Eragon... Artemis Fowl..._ and all the others.
Only then, when completing that challenge you will have completed your training and become the *Angry Nerd* and gaining the Title _Horrified Fan..._
Just avoid the films at all costs, the second one was literally my first heartbreak 😂😂😂
I was raging when I saw what they did to Tyson
@@PhoenixGeneralHe goes through so much during Sea of Monsters, just for being who and what he is... and yet the movie adaptation was the greatest disrespect to him. 100% agree.
Didario saved the first one for me, she was too hot for my braindead mind...
@@JacobButter omg yes!
There was no movie just like there is no war in Ba Sing Se
Right when she said this, I knew she wasn’t gonna be ready for Luke’s betrayal. 😅 2:59
i started pjo a year ago. i'm 21 now.
i'm not a big fan of 1st pov. however, pjo convinced me otherwise. it actually feels as if i'm seeing, hearing and feeling everything percy experienced. i like the narration being an extension of his thought processes, and actually feeling his humility. the fact you can tell he's humble while being the strongest demigod to exist, the fact you can actually FEEL it through how he speaks and thinks, i think that's very difficult to convey and rick riordan did an excellent job in communicating the expression.
i'm currently reading heroes of olympus. it's taking a while, being a uni student surviving adulthood and assignments. but the stories are just as fantastic and i can't wait to see where this series will take me.
and i don't have a favourite character. a lot of them are great. i love them all
What i personally love about the Series is that "Uncle" Rick never strays from the first person POV. We learn all the things at the same time Percy does, so they sometimes come as quite a shocker.
As an Creative Writing/Journalism Major in College, it can be VERY hard to maintain a First Person Perspective writing style as, since your writing the story you know what's going to happen(for like...90% of it at least) and it can be super hard to maintain it through a Book the size of PJO(not to mention an Entire series if books). So Bravo to Rick for it ....
The sad thing is for Heroes of Olympus he ditched the style. Granted, it might have been a bit confusing since each chapter switched perspectives. Still, it would have been fun. At least he does it in all his other books!
@@SuiteDevil7 True. I'm of the mind that he decided to try changing it in Olympus due to either Reader/Publisher Feedback(more Publisher I think) OR he got tired if it and wanted to try something new, knowing that he'd still sell Enough Books to continue the Series... I'm thinking more it's the latter than the First one, but ....
I prefer the third person
@@Hungarycloud outta curiosity, why do you perfer it?
@@OrpheusSpyros5 it feels like a more mature and refined style, which is probably why he used it for HoO where the characters are a bit older. I don't really like it when the book directly addresses the reader. I think it worked for Percy Jackson, but I would still have preferred third person
Her confusion with the pronunciation of the word 'satyr' was honestly too relatable lol. I started reading these books when I was 11, for the longest time I thought Chiron was pronounced as 'Chai-ron'- I was so dumbfounded when I discovered the 'h' was silent 🤣
I always thought of it as "cheer-on"
Sameee
Wait WHAT
Poy se don
To the people who say it cheer on : Ed cheer on
As someone who is now 20 who only got officially diagnosed with dyslexia, adhd and autism a month ago, these books back when I was a kid were an absolute godsend. I felt insanely seen despite not knowing I shared similar diagnosis to the characters. Having dyslexia it also took me far longer to read the books than other kids, so I was engrossed in the Percy Jackson world for about 2-3 years since that was how much time it took me to read the books through the Percy Jackson and hero’s of Olympus series. This world was exactly what I needed as a kid and I know so many others felt the same
My sister once told me that the Percy Jackson books weren't just about kids with ADHD, but were written for kids with ADHD, which explains how both me and sister were always able to read them so easily as kids
ps. love the video, and you should totally keep reading the books!
I don’t know how he did it, but it’s true. My ability to read has been _ruined_ for years, but Percy Jackson books? I can pop like skittles ^_^
I swear, they are the only books I can consistently read and not get distracted in two seconds
Honestly that does make a lot of sense now. For other books I liked they were harder to read since I’d get so distracted but with Percy Jackson I rarely get distracted.
I got diagnosed with ADHD at 20 but read PJO as they were coming out and this made me feel seen!
“Luke seems like a really nice guy ☺️”
Your username is cool. Just imagine the chocolate chip ones. Haha.
lol!!😂
Foreshadow
Hi, seeing you discover this series has been one of my favourite passtimes
This series was one of my favourites as a child, and I still adore it to this day. Percy is one of the most likeable main characters I’ve seen, and it’s genuinely refreshing he’s sassy and snarky and, despite his own impression of himself (which we often adopt because we’re In His Head), actually pretty damn smart. Sally is also one of those truly incredible characters that I genuinely appreciate. It’s so nice to see a protagonist for this genre with a loving supportive parent who is 1) there, 2) cares for them, and 3) is aware of what is going on. A lot of times it’s easier to either remove the parents from the picture, make them bad people, or simply make them too incompetent to notice/magically blinded to the peril their children are going through. Sally is none of the above. And the way the Gabe situation was handled was serious and frankly gratifying (I don’t remember if they ended up fully explaining what happened to Gabe in the first book, but I’m happy it wasn’t a “woman has to martyr herself in abusive relationship forever” situation, and Sally managed to Get Out)
"Rick... can I call him Rick? Mr Riordan?"
The fandom: **collectively agreeing to call him uncle rick**
Btw if you want more Persassy you should read Heroes of Olympus. The Lost Hero doesn't have Percy but The Son of Neptune has Persassy jackson and 90% of the book is just "lets just assume everybody here wants to kill me" energy
Good summary 😂
YAS YASS SOMEONE READING PERCY JACKSON RECENTLY. I JUST FINISHED IT A MONTH AGO AND I LOVED IT SO MUCH AND I LOVE HOW YOU READ IT AND LIKED IT
I did a completly reread before I read the last Apollo and it was super awesome and interesting to read from an adult perspective. Specially the message with god Pan hited me harder the second time. Not only because I'm older but the message behind it getting more important than ever before
Oh yeah Pan’s last words are some heavy hitters
@@claire4jj468 thats what im doing right now, its really cool to experience the joy of it again
I just finished the series a couple days ago and OMG!! It’s such a great series some of my friends really like it too.
I also get stressed out by books with incompetent or evil characters. I used to love Roald Dahl books, for instance, but have trouble reading them since I became an adult. But I don’t get stressed from Voldemort evil . . . more like Umbridge evil. Antagonists that are realistic and even relatable are the ones that really freak me out.
For Voldemort, he always appeared to be somewhat cool for me. I don’t know, the way he strings his words the way he’s written, it’s almost like you can read his thoughts. Umbridge just makes everybody want to beat the crap out of her.
The casual cruelty, negligence, and abuse present in all the Roald Dahl books make them harder to read as an adult, at least for me. As a kid you take those things for granted, they are part of the scary world you are growing up in, and abusive adults make interesting bad guys in a kids book. As an adult though...I spent less time wrapped up in the magic of James in the Giant peach and more time wondering why the hell no one had called child services. Still loved them as a kid and would give them to my kids if I had any.
“Luke seems like a nice dude” got my crying laughing 😂
Mikaila giving a TED talk about incompetent adults while casually opening a gum packet is soo wholesome... she's an icon✨
1:10 As a PJ Fandom Veteran I'd like to inform you that the Fandom calls him "Uncle Rick".
P.S: Some of us also tend to add a "p" somewhere around there whenever he kills of a character, which is like practically every other book
Thanks for that comment, I had the exact thought at that moment XD
Oh yeah and you know he's proud of that silent p
@@louise102nd Oh he 100% is
Exactly of what I was gonna say. Uncle Rick is one of the rare authors to deserve a familial title
Why did I think “Puncle Rick” at first lol
If you're looking for more Percy Jackson content outside of the books, I strongly recommend the musical! It's an absolute blast and is a pretty fantastic adaptation of the first book.
Also, favorite character is Nico di Angelo and my godly parent is Apollo!
I second this recommendation
The Musical is goated
@@fizzyizzypop1300link, now.
is there a legal DVD of the musical for sale?
@@sea-envy3137 Not that I know of, unfortunately
I loved these books so much as a kid, I went into them already obsessed with Greek mythology and I own and have read all of the first and second series of books. I remember my favorite character being Leo, and my favorite book was either The Titans Curse or The Lost Hero
“Luke seamed like a nice guy”Mikalla said calmly
As a PJO enjoyer and only having found it after I received my "adult card", I too was wondering if the vibes were too young for me as well. 5 books, a spin off series, and another spin off series later and I can wholeheartedly say "nah, good books that resonate with you, will resonate with you regardless of age." I look forward to your journey through the series and I hope you will enjoy the "Heroes of Olympus" series as much as I did!
Yeah, I picked it up at 31 and while there are definitely elements that are for the younger audience, I still enjoyed them quite a bit
Just in case you don't know, in the fandom we call Percy Persassy 😂Can't wait to see the reactions to the rest of the books when you upload them! I grew up on both Harry Potter and Percy Jackson, and now as an adult I like Percy even more, that's my favourite series of all time. Visiting the Parthenon wearing Camp Half Blood shirt was the best holidays ever 😆 I hope you read Percy Jackson's Greek Gods and Greek Heroes too, all the important myths are there, still narrated by Percy ✨️And you must do some quizzes on who is your godly parent!
And Peter Johnson
And Perry Johanson too@@ur_leastfave_brunette
@@ur_leastfave_brunettewhos Peter Johnson? Don’t tell me you’ve been watching those “movies”.
@@puppies3330 Peter Johnson is the name Dionysus insists on calling Percy, from book one. If I recall correctly, he only uses Percy's actual name once, during book 3.
And in the end, it was no longer Sally who was petrified of gabe.
Love how theres no reprocutions on this
Sally uhh the weird smelly dudes wife is back oh shes alive now and hmm the smelly dude is suddenly gone
Like i know the mist but sally still commided a murder somebodys gunna be looking for gabe someday mabye his mom or cousins like i know it isnt the point and gabes an asshole but like nobody even brought the fact sally killed a man and nobody even had suspicion why she suddenly sold a sculture that looks like her husband whos suddenly missing
@@Jrsonicyt-is-weird how exactly would the police file that? Woman petrified her abusive now ex-husband with medusa's severed head that her son received back from Olympus because he was annoyed with the Greek gods. Most people would not equate a sculpture sold to a museum that is completely stone with a former living person.
@@Jrsonicyt-is-weird I always figured she could say he modeled for her before he tragically disappeared. The way he treated everyone around him (his mom included, I'm sure), I never thought anyone would come looking for him lol
@@Allmightyimortal I mean the mist could just screw up the vision and say sally pour some cement onto him selling him as a statue or something like that
@@emilylongo4137 ya but like
Idk man they never said crap about it in the books that chiron changed a bit so sally commiting homicide on a guy so people will definitely be suspicious that she somehow got rid of Gabe without any papers and the fact that he's missing
Mikaila: "Luke seems like a nice dude."
Me: "Just wait until the end. . ."
My favorite character was always Annabeth. I loved that she was smart but also had dyslexia... I read this as a kid and I have dyslexia. I read this series and felt that I could be a main character.
Same!
anyway if in Harry Potter series we usually choose our dorm/house like Gryffindor or Ravenclaw, in Percy Jackson I see people usually choose their Godly parent! as for me my favorite is actually Artemis but she's like, swore not to have kid, so I decided Apollo haha I love him
Artemis "adopts" kids in the Huntresses, it's not like it's completely impossible to be her affiliate like Hera or Hestia. But I don't know anyone who would want to be the daughter of Queen Bitch or Mrs Invisible XD
Don't make fun of Hestia. She is a good goddess, and she has done so much good for gods, demigods, and even humans!
You could be a hunter of Artemis. You’d have to give up dating tho.
@@stardust1815 ofc sometimes i think about being artemis' hunter! but somehow i feels like i'm getting more like apollo kids now that i've claimed myself as one 😂 it slowly become my personality
Lol with how lazy i am im probably a Hypnos kid tbh
As a former teacher, I definitely agree that kids need stories where adults don't help them and unfortunately are out to get them. Not all adults care and others may be out to get you and may never understand why, but we sometimes have to save ourselves. That being said, while I loved a Series of Unfortunate Events growing up, I can't read them now. Percy Jackson and all of his adventures I continue to read over and over. I also recommend getting the actual storybooks with the pictures. They're gorgeous and a comforting way to read the books!
Originally he created Percy Jackson as a bedtime story for his son, then he thought to make it a book! During this time he was also a teacher, I believe he taught history to middle schoolers. And his class would help him with ideas and editing.
I always re-read this series. BTW once you r done there r many other books such as the sequal series "Heroes of Olympus" which is written in multiple POV's (but my favourite is still Percy, although Leo is a close second). There is also a Norse themed spinoff featuring Annabeth's cousin, magnus, and an Egyption series aswell.
And also one from the point of view of the god Apollo.
@@CaptainvonDore Sadly stopped reading it due to going to Uni, ill try catch up during christmas tho
There's also the two new books
@@Cherribean44 yes.
YESS I CANT BELIEVE SHE WAS DOING PJO SKITS WITHOUT READING IT? I’m so happy she read it !!
nvm found out this was just uploaded late silly me 😋
No she read it. This uploaded late.
She read it before skits
From the little disclaimer at the end I'd guess she already read the relevant books when she made the skits and only now got around to cutting the entire reaction footage down to a digestible video
haha yes the replies are right I already read the books when I did the skits, I’m just very very slow at editing my full length videos 😆
@@magicbymikaila Doesn't surprise me tbh, that's gotta be an insane amount of raw footage
1:31 That’s why we call him Persassy
Now she needs to watch the musical (she definitely gives off theater kid energy lol)
This is my favourite series of all time and im so glad you covered it. Its so amazing to say that my favourite character (after all these years that i love the books and after so many characters were introduced) is percy himself. Some might think that its cliché or smt but i find it awesome, cause that just shows how good the book is, when you love the main character the most. Also i wanna mention *spoiler alert* how good the evolution of the percabeth relationship is and that it has a big and steong influence on me even when iam an adult
Good point! There are so many books where the Main character is either too bland or relatively interesting but some side character absolutely steals the show. It’s a common “fun” fact in the HP fandom that nobody’s favourite character is Harry (poor boy). In comparison, I enjoy Percy as a character and as protagonist - someone with complexity and lightheartedness despite his hardships and I never get tired of his storytelling style.
Additionally, I absolutely adore the Percy-Sally dynamic and Percabeth 😊
My favorite is Piper (Heroes of Olympus) (user name implies that), but I like her and Annabeth because I relate to them. I don’t have the best relationship with my parents, so it was nice to be able to see my self in characters like them.
Hi piper!
@@fizzyizzypop1300 Hi
Im sorry but i don't like piper because even though its said that all of Aphrodite children goes through this but she broke you know whos heart and she practically pursued him
I just really like the way everything gets represented in this, you can really feel the passion for the story and characters.
I just can't wait for you to completely sink in the Riordan's world and meet Leo, Piper, Magnus, Alex and the rest of their stories... I also read this series for the first time as an adult and it reminded me of this childlike happiness when all you want to do is read a book and go into that fantasy world
Just got to the end of the video, and I'm glad you're getting into PJO! Personally I can't wait until you get to the Heroes of Olympus series because Leo is my absolute favorite character, he's always the funny jokester comic relief, but Uncle Rick gave him such an emotional story, it's soooooooo good!
Also I hope you check out the rest of the Riordan-verse like the Chronicles of Kane and Magnus Chase series, they tackle the Egyptian and Norse Pantheon respectively and are both great in their own rights!
THIS! This right here, all of this!
I also loved his new universe based on Twenty Leagues Under Sea (cnan"t remember the title especially as I read it in french XD), I've found it refreshing, and also finally a girl as the main (solo) character XD
@@krankarvolund7771 Daughter of the Deep
I think
@@wolfishpotato6978yeah it is daughter of the deep and it’s such a fun read
You singlehandedly brought me back headfirst into this fandom when you made that short about how unhinged our Persassy boy is. So, I would like to say welcome. You should read Heroes of Olympus too because I know you will LOVE Leo (and most everything else). My favorite part about that series though is Percy just still being an unhinged dork and everybody else's reaction to that. He still thinks he's a confused but snarky loser who's just making everything up as he goes, Annabeth still thinks he's her lovable idiot, and literally everyone else thinks that he is FREAKING TERRIFYING and always about 30 seconds away from mouthing off the wrong God and either murdering them or getting himself murdered trying. Everybody is of course, objectively correct.
100% agree 😂 I recently started the audio books to HoO (can’t believe I waited this long!) and I finally understand everybody’s obsession with Leo.
And yes, I love that Percy is constantly bickering with any god he comes across and doesn’t give a shit how that might have consequences. He’s definitely got a leader personality that others feel drawn to and yet he behaves like the adorkable neighbourhood boy that might help you with your homework.
Yasss. ALL DA LADIES LUV LEO
6:47 it would surprise the amount of times Percy fought someone that is supposed to be 100x more powerful than him but Percy still manages to beat them
Welcome to the fandom! I may be one of the few who enjoys the Trials of Apollo series most out of any of the Greek myth series/books (for the found family and possibly the best character development of any main character that I’ve read) but the original five and absolutely incredible.
I can’t wait to see your reactions to the rest of the books!
Several things here.
1. I grew up reading harry potter too. That didn't stop me from reading this series as well as hunger games and the twilight books too. Twilight will always be at the bottom.
2. If you want an accurate depiction of a satyr. Look at Danny devito as Phil in Hercules. The only accurate thing in the disney movie lol
3. You do need to read some Greek plays and poems. It helps bring things into perspective. And you'll learn what a freak zues is and he needs to be locked up 😳
4. Percy should be happy that he faced Ares and not Kratos lol
I haven't read twilight but I've read the others
Yeah, I have read like the first two books of this series, then went on a huge greek mythology binge reading and then came back. having an understanding of what creatures are out there is super interesting for this series in particular, bc one can start guessing what kind of monster they are gonna meet. It also helps understand motivations a bit better behind the actions of gods. It made the books "interactive" in a sense that I could not only enjoy the story, but also stop before the reveal and guess myself a bit. I havent really managed to get any creatures right yet bc there are just too many, but I hope I get points for trying.
@@canislupus5227 yeah they meet so many different monsters in each book but there is a lot of books 22 I think
Fr only thing the movie did right
I tried the first lotr book when I was teenager. I gave up when Frodo and Sam left the shire,I remember some female character kept following and Gandalf tried to get them to loose her. I did not even read the man the legend the sex icon Tom Bombadil.
Percy Jackson is just one of those series’s that I always come back to. Years and years from now, I think I will still come back to read Percy Jackson every once in a while.
2:21 “can we just take a second to talk about Sally Jackson”
10 seconds later 😧
I really hope you go on to read the other books in this series. I absolutely love every entry. Especially the Kane Chronicles set, and the Roman Greek set is insane, all of them are tied together too which is like a Multiverse of gods in book form
Like in "God of War" ?
I started reading Percy Jackson about 2 months ago and I loved it! I'm reading "The blood of olympus" and i'm enjoying this book series, too; I really recommend it. My favourite characters are Annabeth, Nico di Angelo and Thalia.
6:11 I watched the Netflix series of Unfortunate Events when I was 11/12 and I think I started losing hair, I was DISTRESSED
Same, and I started to get some white hair…
I'd love to see your reactions to the rest of this series! 🙏🏻 I've never read the books when I was younger, but I've been thinking about reading them to my son, who is neuro-spicy, like myself. I absolutely LOVE that this originated from a father wanting to show his son love and show that he's not alone in his struggles, as well as his talents and things that make him unique in a beautiful way.
2:15 Spolier alert: Rick basically swapped satyrs and fauns
I spent years boycoting Percy Jackson because i watched the movies first i spent years amd finaly gave in earlier this year and i just finished every book my rick riordan all 5 series
You poor thing having to watch the Peter Johnson movie first
So glad you were able to get over your boycott and join the fandom lol
Me too I love the books and I found out that I wouldn't be a demigod i would be a hunter of Artemis
It's always a joy to have a new member of the fandom, so welcome to the family!!!! This whole video was so funny! I can't even explain how happy this video made me feel and I need MORE. Please PLEASE do this for the other books too, if you can. You put a hilarious perspective on things, and it's so much fun to compare my own thoughts to yours. And since you asked, my favourite characters in the Percy Jackson series are Percy, Annabeth, and Nico, and in the whole franchise, those three plus Reyna, Magnus, Alex, the Kane siblings, and Lester. At the end of reading the series you should do a summary video where you talk about your favourite characters, ships, scenes, and overall thoughts on the series! :)
Percy Jackson is what got me into reading, I have dyslexia (and ADHD yay 😂) and my sister (who’s the same) started reading it to me when I was 13 and I loved it so much.
That’s when I started reading, (when my sister was in France for a week I binged the Entire HP series which was my first time ever reading that much).
That’s why what you said at 4:45 really resonated with me, it is the perfect bedtime story.
I think i definitely infused my personality with all of the cool girls in literature I read growing up, e.g. Alanna of treebond, Ginny and DEFINITELY Annabeth lol, also we call the author uncle rick lol
I think I infused mine mostly with villains and antagonists. Dumbledore may be one of the few good guys I tried to infuse my personality with. I wanted to be as smart and wise as he was.
Mine was Hermione and then Annabeth
I love the PJO books, and I was a PJO kid, not a Harry Potter kid, but I read Harry Potter during Covid lockdowns in high school. I love both universes and I'm a huge fan. I'm a daughter of Athena and a Ravenclaw, and my favourite characters are Leo from the PJO universe and Hermione from HP. The HOO is even more intense and amazing imo, and Leo is the best character and his story...AHHH🥰🤩
this was super fun to watch XD it's been a while since i've seen someone else's infectious excitement for percy jackson!
also thanks for posting your skits on youtube shorts, they're super entertaining
I absolutely love all of your reactions and whole energy while reading the book. I also never read Percy Jackson as a child but I also never read Harry Potter until way later. I read the first book of PJO after watching the first movie. After hearing the news about the series coming to Disney+, I read the entire series and became a huge fan. I would love to see a video of you taking the quiz of who’s your godly parent.
I actually also read Percy Jackson as adult. I was a Harry Potter kid as well! and yes omg Percy Jackson series is really easy to read. very nice and fun.
my favorite character is Will Solace!! please I already eye-ing him since his debut on Chapter 12 of The last Olympian (actually all of Apollo kids bcs I liked Apollo since the third book hahaha)
Head cannon about will he was the new Apollo camp who drove the chariot in book 2
This also lines up pretty clean with his timeline
I also just got into the story recently (I'm over 20), ironically by reading the newest book first (I couldn't walk past the ✨✨gay ✨✨and not read it.) and I loved it! I'm currently at "The mark of Athena). I read the first five books in under five days after finishing "The Sun and The Star"
So glad you read these! They are one of my biggest inspirations for being a writer and made my childhood! Would look forward to seeing you read the rest of them as I say they only get better. Heroes of Olympus is also great too, in my opinion being ricks magnum opus.
This is such a fantastic video! I love your content.
I had the first book read to me in the 4th grade, and absolutely fell in love with the story.
The year prior I had become a huge fan of Greek Myths, so when I read Percy Jackson it was refreshing to have a light-heartened and modern adaptation of the mythology.
(Sadly, I only ever read the second book on my own, after that.)
Now, with the show being released, I’ve been re-reading the Lightning Thief (so I can finally read the later books).
This video was a lot of fun to watch while I’ve been reading it myself! It was nice to watch a first time reader of the PJ series.
3:40 was ready for the audible sponsor but was pleasantly surprised
OMG! Finally! Mika joins us long sufferrings..........
Citing the deep magic, I see.
You have no idea how much joy this brought me today! We are so happy you have joined the fandom! Please read the other books, and the spin-offs, too. I think one (of the many) amazing things about the PJO books is that when you read them as a kid, they are these all-consuming stories that are captivating and something you desperately wish to be a part of. And reading them when you are no longer a small child, you still have all these same feelings, as well as a greater appreciation for the stories themselves and their impacts. I have been brought to tears by Uncle Rick's books just thinking about the fact that a particular section or line is in a kids' book and will be read and absorbed by children. I hope you love the rest of them!
Also, shameless plug, if any PJO fan has gotten this far and is at all interested in podcasts, you should listen to Seaweed Brain. It's a percy jackson/Riordan-verse read-along podcast that I find amazing and wonderful.
You’re actually still going to be able to follow the series as it comes out, if you’re interested in that! A sixth PJO book just came out in Sep this year, and we’ll be getting 2 more. The sixth book is definitely a lot lighter plot-wise but it still has the same energy and the nostalgia hits hard
I just started reading Percy Jackson about 2 months ago and I am already up to Trials of Apollo. I love the series and am SO happy to finally see it on this channel!!!! Your amazing Mikaila (Also could we get the scene where they meet the poodle in book 1?)
A couple of months ago I had a few hours to kill, went to the library and decided to start reading maybe the first chapter of Percy Jackson out of pure curiosity. Before I knew it I ended up on page 130 or so and I still don't know how that happened. This series has since become on of my all-time favourites.
I love seeing people's reactions to reading the books for the first time - it brings me back ;_; I've read these so many times in the past 12 years so I forget what it's like not to know the twists. I hope you continue to make these videos!!
Patiently waiting for you to make it to the sequel series. While it has its flaws two of my favorite characters, Frank and Leo, debut there and seeing multiple protagonists teaming up felt very Avengers-esque and was such a hype inducing experience. Also Nico rocks. Also also The Last Olympian is fantastic.
Omg those two were my favorite too! Along with Hazel!
Hopefully this becomes a series! That's like at least a dozen more videos
Lol try 32 if she decides to do all the main series and side books
I'm an adult who read the series as a kid, I am currently rereading them 😅 absolutely love the series and all of uncle Rick's works
5:16
IKR THIS ALWAYS BUGS ME!
You’d think they’d stop trusting so easily??
the way you described the writing style was beautifully said!! i started reading percy jackson at around 14 years old and i loved it so much (still do), it’s very special to me, i’m glad you enjoyed it
We've done it guys, we've made her a pjo fan.
So I saw the movies and thought they were alright and then discovered they were books, it wasn’t until I was listening to someone read the beginning of the first one that I was like omg! I would have loved this series as a kid. I then discovered I would have been an older teen when these came out originally and am so sad that I missed out reading it when I was younger but I legit never heard of them until like the movies. So you have inspired me to also read them as an adult, although it will have to wait a bit cause I have a ridiculous list of books to get through as yes you never have time as an adult 😢
love these books! cant wait for you to read (and post) more!!
Omg I loved this so much!! XD It really did feel like reading along with you, and loved all the tangent thoughts the read prompted!! I never got to these books as a kid either, but I've been meaning to read them sometime soon, too!! I studied the differences between and general transition from orality to literacy in college (part of the English degree component that was way more interesting than I thought!!) and it was fascinating to consider differences and similarities between how we tell, process, and preserve oral storytelling vs. written storytelling. Thought the note on the potential value of reading books like this as an adult was a good point too. And "Poseidon, YOU are the father!" ahahaha XD (Also, not book related, loved the glitter lamp XD)
Make sure you read the heroes of Olympus series, I liked it even better, it has some recurring characters and some fantastic new ones.(Leo is my favorite)
RE: 6:56 As a fan of Greek myth, I feel I should tell you, starting a fight with the good of War? Not such a big deal. Pretty much every other god and a lot of major demi-gods kicked his butt. Trying not to insult him too much, but Ares was the god of war, not the god of fighting. Though Riordan does toughen him up a bit compared to the original myths.
Ahhh loving this! Can’t wait to see more reactions
Welcome to the fandom! I always love hearing others people enjoy uncle ricks books.
Her face at 2:30 2:45
And this at 2:59 only Percy Jackson fans know the betrayal that happens at the end
Try reading the books percy Jackson's greek heroes and gods, it's basically percy narrating classical greek myths. It really feels like the character is telling those stories.
It is kind of crazy (and cool) to see some of the reactions people have reading these books for the first time. Because PJO and Series of Unfortunate Events where my childhood
Read these as a kid and as an adult recently to prime me for the show. ( I kept all the books all these years lol.) And I have to agree with you, them being kids stressed me out alot more this time around. But I still loved the humor and the characters just like I had when I was 12 myself and reading them for the first time. I will always appreciate people coming into the fandom. It keeps the hype alive. So, welcome to Camp Half Blood! We are glad to have you!
WELCOME TO THE PJO UNIVERSE/FANDOM MIKAYLA!!!❤❤❤
Some Plain facts for PJO series (in my opinion):
1. Series of unfortunate events was just painful to read. If I wanted Dystopian stories, I would read books about war or reality. PJO was breath of fresh air honestly.
2. Persassy will always be the favourite for me just because of his sassiness and plain nerve to fight/argue with gods, make them realize their mistakes and not die.
3.Sally Jackson is the best mom. (You cannot change my mind.)
4. Annabeth is one of the biggest reasons why Percy has not been killed in most books.
5. Seaweed brain is literally one of their ship names, (Seaweed =Sea=Poseidon=Percy) (Brain=Athena=Annabeth)
You can call him uncle Rick that’s when you know you’re apart of the fandom❤ 1:15
My best friend has been asking me to read the series for years and I just started 2 weeks ago! It’s sooo good and it gets so much better from here! You will have to look up some more mythology stuff, keep your phone at hand. I’ll on the third book and I’m excited to hear what you say about the second! Good luck! It’s an emotional rollercoaster !
I started Percy Jackson in August and I enjoyed it so much. I discovered Percy through the movies, that everyone hates, but when I finally mamy years later go to the library again. I decide to pick up the books and I loved every second!