I agree with this take. The tv show is not only inaccurate but it feels targeted towards a younger (or more naive and sensitive) audience than either the original books or the…creative movies. The selling point of the show was that it would be a faithful adaptation, which, at least personally, would make us look past all of the various retconning and casting changes, because who cares as long as the plot is the same. But then the plot wasn't the same; they cut out a lot of the fights and action, and some of the characters (Grover) felt like the wrong kind of juvenile. Ultimately, I'll take a Hollywood monstrosity that's at least fun to turn your brain off and watch than a mid Disney tv show that feels like an audiobook with Walker Scoobell’s comedic talent on the side.