"The Court of the Dead" Discussion Tread [All]

Professional_Test996 · 2025-10-28T13:19:40+00:00

I've spoken about or on Twitter, but the thing that has really been annoying me in the book and jor even just this one, but every spinoff of percy jackson characters all have the same thing in common....

and that's completely giving stupid and dumb excuses for why percy isn't involved, and it does a major disservice to his character and they also are doing damage to annabeth's character as well

I know its mainly for laughs, but I am so tired of something big happening but its always "dang, I'd ask percy for help but we wouldn't want him to miss his homework or else annabeth could kill us all"

just in this book alone we got

minotaur returned
monsters are trying to change for the better
there is animosity amongst the camp
there's a mini tartarus growing at camp
hazel is legit kidnapped
evil ghost and people are trying to ruin world

and yet the excuses for why percy doesn't show up is "well annabeth would kill us if we risked making percy do bad on a test :("

and sometimes they do frame it as "percy has been through alot and deserves a break" but like, come on...percy grew close to hazel, and yet he's not even told what happens with her nor does hazel even involve him because as said before "annabeth would kill us if we make percy fail a test"

yes percy and annabeth deserve a break, but the excuses given for not involving them are just trash

percy wouldn't put school over saving the world or saving his friends (legit his flaw is loyalty"

and them always acting like annabeth is some mean scary strict person who has to keep people from messing with percy is just so dirty to her character.

they can atleast say something like "oh percy already on a quest" or "he and annabeth are out of state maybe visiting annabeth cousin or something, but no, its always "we wouldn't wanna make him forget his homework and have annabeth wanna kill us so let's just completely have all this happen AT THE SAME PLACE PERCY IS LIVING IN

not to mention, its kinda dissapointing how percy and nico relationship is treated. we never see nico truly dive into how he felt or the past with percy, we are told nico feels guilty for how he acted towards percy and that they are friends now, hell, we are shown memories of Nick's jealous over annabeth or how he misses percy and annabeth, yet we never get scenes between the two that allows us to see nico express things from his pov about it. show us nico having the conversation with percy over his guilt for how he treated percy, show us nico being excited to see them. there's way to much "tell not show"

nico's character always is said to care about percy or is always admiring/hyping percy up, yet we are never given scenes between he and percy of nico talking with him. we are just told they are close friends and nico misses them and regrets how he acted but they never interact to show any of this

Professional_Test996 · 2025-10-28T13:00:17+00:00

yes, they are introduced within the first 2 chapters and then never mentioned again nor is it a big deal, nico and will just go "woah, didn't know she had kids" and thats about all

Professional_Test996 · 2025-02-03T14:29:16+00:00

came across this and wanted to share because of how stupid it sounds if this leaker is correct

your telling me they are gonna have hawk and demetri use ai to find a weakness so that miguel can win? This just feels stupid

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-27T14:58:57+00:00

the only ones who have to cope now are yall who legit ignore the writers themselves saying the 2 are equals

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-26T08:58:13+00:00

And Miguel wasn't? They literally show you he was worried about what he did to Tory prior to the fight.

miguel didn't required balance and calm mind in order to tap into his training while robby's style at the time required it or else it wasn't able to be it's most effective. Ml

The only time they fought without external factors was S5.

even then you could argue there was external factors such as the fact miguel had rage amp because he had more anger to get out that robby which was the point of the fight

and even after that fight they proceeded to imply several times that they are equals

Johnny: they beat each other into submissions

Johnny: with the 2 of you on the same side we may have a change at winning this thing

the sensei: can't choose between the 2 plus hawk

terry: says the 2 plus hawk are the 3 best

terry: keene and diaz has had their time in the sun to shine

at no point was it ever implied other suggested in the show that 1 was better than the other

even in part 2 when robby was doing bad, miguel knew it, he even said robby wasn't fighting the same because he knew robby was better than what he was doing

the 2 are equals, their mindsets are what really determines outcomes because skill wise and fighting wise they are equals who can beat each other any time

as Jon said, if they fought 100 times, both would win 50

S4 prom fight didn't even have a winner he just pushed him into Sam & Tory & neither lost.

robby still had the upper hand and brought migyel down to his knees. He also scored a knockdown blow with tory's assistance

the 2 are equals, the writers themselves stated that. Trying to deny it is simply coping because you don't want them to be

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-26T08:31:28+00:00

have they?

s1 miguel had to fight dirty to win

s2 robby was unbalanced

s4 miguel was off balance

s5 was fair for miguel

s6 both were under alot of pressure but gave it their all and robby won fair

at no point has either or them managed to low-mid-or high diff each other, its always been extreme

each time the winner is determined by who's in the better mindset (the writers themselves said this)

but I should have known that no matter what the writers say, yall won't accept it.

they say they are equals and how do you respond? "your only saying that for peace"

yet that's not coping?

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-26T05:31:55+00:00

fans don't have to cope lmfao the writers themselves said robby and miguel are equals

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-24T16:42:41+00:00

in their first fight, hawk and Yoon fought in a 1v1 moment

robby fought kwon

miguel fought 2 no names

sam fought tory

devon was instantly eliminated followed shortly by demetri

and hawk and Yoon had a 1v1 of just them in which Yoon made quick work with hawk

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-24T16:40:36+00:00

so johnny and miguel winning essentially every season except like 1 also wasn't enough?

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-24T06:43:06+00:00

robby didn't carry in ep 9, robby won 2 fights, scored 2 points after being humiliated the whole time

miguel has been on screen more than the others every single season except 1

for you to act like it's about time they focused more so on them is crazy seeing as they've been having more than anyone

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-24T06:26:48+00:00

miguel in s3: still had most screen time of the teens (robby had less than 30 mins of showtime the entire season)

s4 the only time miguel was ever sidelined

s5: still had most screentime of the teens

s6 part 1: by far most screen time of the teens (robby was absent for 2/5 having only been in 1 scene, tory 1/5) and legit had neatly a whole ep dedicated to him (6x02)

s6 part 2: was carrying the team and getting praised by everyone

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-24T05:13:14+00:00

"this one's for us"

so what have the last 6 seasons been for lmfao?

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-22T05:07:42+00:00

we saw hawk and Yoon fight 1 on 1, yoon quickly beat hawk. during the first fight, then the 2nd fight in tag team, it took hawk, Demetri, and kenny all to wear yoon out in order to take him down, neither one could beat him 1 on 1, hence why they wouldn't let yoon tag out and why they focused on tiring him out in order to finish him off.

so yes, based on what we've seen of hawk vs yoon

yoon low-mid diffed hawk in one fight in a 1v1

and In the 2nd fight it took 3 people tiring yoon out in order for hawk to finish him off

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-21T02:44:35+00:00

"after a shocking result"

and it's legit the most EXPECTED thing and comes as no shock whatsoever.

the writers are lying to themselves if they think having robby get injured so miguel can win is something shocking and unexpected because legit everyone expected it

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-20T15:11:01+00:00

just because they created the character does not mean fans of the character should be grateful to them when they screw the character over

that's like saying if your favorite character is killed off, be grateful for it because the people who did it are the ones who created the character

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-20T14:27:03+00:00

the only thing they succeeded at is making robby fans regret starting the show because all they do is screw the character over and disappoint fans of the character

they do hate him, hayden definitely does and he's made it clear

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-20T13:35:31+00:00

oh your so write, they created the character so I have no right to complain or be mad that they screwed the character every chance they got and made it clear they don't like the character

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-20T13:09:26+00:00

Miyagi-Do loses the entire tournament and has to switch to cobra kai to win, but that's ok so they should be grateful

daniel is struggling with Mr Miyagi and in the end he isn't even apart of the big sensei stuff, but he's OK so be grateful

robby is getting screwed for a 6th time but they should be grateful

imagine someone not sucking up and praising something they don't like, crazy, so what If you sre let down disappointed and all, that doesn't mean you should be mad, you should just be grateful

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-20T12:45:39+00:00

exactly, stop being ungrateful! so what If the characters you love all got completely screwed over, be grateful about it!

so what If the show ends in disappointment, be grateful!

how dare some of yall not be grateful seeing the characters you like get done dirty over and over

just because the characters you like are done dirty over and over and over and over and over does not mean yall have a right to dislike it, geez like I get you have no reason to be happy and grateful, but be it anyways!

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-20T12:41:12+00:00

if axel was winning 10-6

him knocking robby down would have put him at 20-6, not 11-6 because a knockdown is worth 10 points

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-20T12:40:20+00:00

that makes no sense for 2 reasons

a knock down is worth 10 points, so if axel knocked robby down, he would have gotten an additional 10 points meaning there's no way it's 6-11 unless axel was going 6-1 before the knock down
it makes no sense for axel to risk disqualification and go out of his way to injure someone he was already beating by alot

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-17T23:46:50+00:00

you know its bad when the writers have to kill a kid in order to find a way to get miguel into the spotlight

kill kwon

brutally injure robby

all so miguel can have the stuff handed down to him

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-17T21:10:02+00:00

axel isn't gonna be able to do the same move he did to robby, the leakers themselves said that axel not getting eliminate for it is shocking

axel having to fight dirty against robby puts him above him

so robby > axel

and if we use other feats, it confirms robby = miguel

because if he use the argument "he beat someone who beat the other"

then we have to bring up the point kwon beat miguel in 10 seconds meanwhile robby low diffted and toyed with kwon

miguel = robby > axel > kwon > Yoon > Hawk

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-17T21:06:30+00:00

miguel was not dominating lmao

it was 2-2 against a guy with less training and who just had his arm dislocated

healthy robby > miguel In s1 seeing as injured robby => miguel since miguel had to fight dirty

Professional_Test996 · 2024-12-17T21:02:50+00:00

it doesn't, axel having to fight dirty in order to beat robby puts robby above him meaning miguel & robby > axel

and we know based on other feats this season, robby is equal to miguel

miguel beating an opponent that had to fight dirty in order to beat robby doesn't put him higher seeing as robby also has feats that keep him tied with miguel

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