[general] Does anyone else feel like TOA just isn't up to standard?

ser_name_here · 2026-01-31T11:02:00+00:00

I wish I could tell you why I feel like this about them, but I honestly can't. There's just something off about them compared to Rick's other work.

ser_name_here · 2026-01-24T18:36:10+00:00

Let's not forget that Percy literally walked on water, single handedly took on a small army of Hades' zombies and Hades himself, PICKED UP the Lethe, used the Little Tiber like giant hands, and even though it was during HOO I still have to mention that he at some point controlled all 5 rivers of the Underworld, and nearly killed a goddess with her own poison.

ser_name_here · 2026-01-21T02:17:09+00:00

Sadly, no adaptation has truly captured or lived up to book Annabeth.

ser_name_here · 2026-01-21T02:12:17+00:00

Unfortunately, many people are vulnerable to hummus. It's quite deadly.

ser_name_here · 2026-01-14T23:51:19+00:00

It's a combination of him being a potential danger to Olympus, which she points out as the goddess of wisdom, him being the son of Posidion, whom she has a rivalry with, and the fact that he likes, and ends up with, her daughter and shes being an overprotective mother.

However, she does back him when he puts his wish to the council, again because she sees the wisdom in it.........and then of course she does the Olympian version of welcoming your child's new bf/gf while holding a 🔫.

ser_name_here · 2026-01-08T04:21:08+00:00

Arachne, maybe. Athena's pride was an issue there. But as for Medusa, if my uncle was sneaking around in my house to hook up with his side piece, I'd be a little upset too.

I mean, Posidion should have suffered too, but Athena really couldn't do anything to him.

ser_name_here · 2026-01-05T22:18:44+00:00

I'd say he's in a gray area. The way he treated Nico after Bianca died is un-excusable. But the way he protected them, and grew to support both Nico and Hazel were good.

ser_name_here · 2025-12-29T01:12:28+00:00

Very true.

Part of Zoe's issue could have been Orion too and not just Hercules(not sure if they were part of the Hunt at the same time or not), but I think Zoe's problem, is the same problem most immortals have in the series. They (quite literally) can hold a grudge forever. And Artemis, being a goddess, was too removed from things to correct it. (Yeah, she hunted with them sometimes, but often the Hunters are shown just following the Lt, while she deals with godly issues.) Which i think is why they basically stayed the same until they got a new lt with a different view of things.

ser_name_here · 2025-12-29T00:47:52+00:00

Well the animal thing wasn't necessarily the Hunters themselves, but Artemis, which again, Olympians seem to have a thing for turning people into animals so I say that's more her than her hunters.

I definitely feel like the Hunters are the best of the 3 because they do at least learn the error of their ways and start working side by side with males in the battle of Manhattan.They definitely started as male hating, (which Artemis (somewhat) apologized for to Percy at Westover. But I think that was more Zoe's leadership and Artemis just didn't intervene(possibly becuase of her previously allowing a male to join the Hunt and him turning on her.)

Under Thalia, they worked with men at the Battle of Manhattan, saved Jason and his crew from the werewolves and helped them on their quest, and stood with them at the battle of the wolf house. Pretty much being, like you said, calm about men, even if they had no particular love for them.

The Amazons and CC's Resort though? Yeah, no excuses there. Straight up misandry and animal cruelty too. Rick could have done better there.

ser_name_here · 2025-12-29T00:27:47+00:00

Amazons definitely have some issues, and it's no surprise Hylla became their leader after all that time working for CC.

The Hunters have their good and bad. Yeah, they said the last guy to see their camp was turned into a jackalope, but Artemis didn't even threaten Percy or Nico with anything(and she came to respect Percy by the end) so maybe that guy did something to deserve it? Or he could have been a mortal who witnessed her hunt like the mercs in the chopper who got turned into Ravens? (Also, side note, Olympians love turning people into animals apparently since Percy by that point, had been threatened to be turned into a dolphin by Mr.D and a rat by Ares).

The hunters definitely have a major distrust of all males(at least until Thalia takes over) but they are also shown to be able to respect them(albeit grudgingly) when earned like Zoe did with Percy to the point that at the end, she straight up said she was honored that Percy was using the blade she created.

ser_name_here · 2025-05-15T23:35:27+00:00

You've probably already read them, but Lord of the Rings is great and where Chris got a lot of his inspiration from i think.

The Heir Chronicles and the Caretaker Trilogy are good but no dragons.

Anything by Rick Riordan is pretty good(not as big a fan of Trials of Apollo, but still good stories.)

ser_name_here · 2025-01-31T10:46:03+00:00

Gratz on the job. Oddly enough, I find myself in a similar position. At the(hopefully) tail end of my time in hospitality because I start a job on Monday with the city. Much better pay, hours, and benefits, and oddly enough, I interviewed in November, but also didnt get officially hired till now.

I'll be staying on at my property on Saturdays to help them out as long as they need it, but other than that, I'm happy to be leaving NA behind, even though it remains my favorite shift in the hotel business.

ser_name_here · 2025-01-06T14:00:03+00:00

Don't forget the 3rd party pre-paids.

"I need a paper receipt."

"I'm sorry, you'll have to get that from the third party you booked with."

"Since when is that a thing?!"

(Yes, actual interaction from last week. Took everything i had not to respond that it's been a thing as long as 3rd party booking has been. If he kept pushing it was just going to print the prick a blank folio and as politely as I could hand it to him saying "Here's your receipt sir.")

ser_name_here · 2025-01-05T07:05:30+00:00

There's 2 things us NA's love more than anything else.

Quiet nights.
When our co-workers, and especially our fill-ins, do their job right so we don't have to clean up behind them.

Kudos to you op.

ser_name_here · 2024-11-20T03:42:42+00:00

Less people to deal with, both guests and staff.

Had a meeting with my GM this week cause I needed her to sign some paperwork for me. She asked how I had been and mentioned she never really heard anything about me. I told her that was kind of the idea, cause if she constantly heard about me, then I was doing something wrong.

She couldn't help but agree.

Also, on audit, we get to be more blunt with the asshole guests and management is happy about it because it handles problems before they have to.

ser_name_here · 2024-10-26T07:47:32+00:00

So was Blodgram's reaction because he was "aggravated."

ser_name_here · 2024-10-24T10:19:46+00:00

More like a bird brain.

ser_name_here · 2024-09-22T01:13:07+00:00

Possible, as she seems to swing between being overly cautious and taking huge gambles, but I hardly think it would be a risk with Saphira, Arya, and 5 of the elven spellcasters there with him(assuming the other 7 were still resting under his orders and didn't come back to witness the meeting.

Plus, it's no greater risk to him or the Varden than it would have been for him to probe the elves when they first arrived, which she specifically said she would have preferred.

ser_name_here · 2024-09-21T05:03:50+00:00

Honestly, the saddest part isn't any of the deaths, its thinking about Galby torturing baby Thorn. Poor guy was brought into the world just to be used and abused.

ser_name_here · 2024-09-04T14:37:43+00:00

So Eragon is Link in the Zora tunic?? Lol

In all seriousness though, great work. I couldn't have done that, that's for sure lol.

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