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Okay I am seriously sorry for not writing a journal for nearly a year and not submitting anything for far too long.

Due to that this journal is ridiculously long and full of me ranting (with reasoning) on the Sea of Monsters movie.

Enjoy :D
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But continuing on there are several things that at this point, two days after the release of the movie Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters (movie) that must be stated or asked.

(Also the opinions expressed in this article are not meant to offend anyone. And if you were totally like "OMG this is the greatest movie ever and totally didn't make me have a fangirl(or guy) moment in which I felt that some giant superior being was giving me the finger" then you probably won't like my movie review and should just skip to be wishes/hopes/speculations for the upcoming House of Hades and beyond.)

Now to begin the long and not-so-difficult task of saying (possibly in question form) what I disliked about this film.

The first of the long list of criticisms definitely has to be "who wrote the script?" because as a starting point I believe that many of the lines were poorly written and a huge number of things were changed from the original book.

Here's a list of things the were obviously changed:

    1. Annabeth was a dumb blonde.

    2. The great prophecy was revealed. (three books early!!!)

    3. The great prophecy's wording/meaning was altered. 16 years is now somehow 20 and some stuff beyond that most obvious bit.

    4. Chris Rodriguez, Silena Beauregaurd, and Ethen Nakamura were all revealed to be traitors, several books early.

    5. There were no chariot races.

    6. No mythological birds attacked.

    7. Annabeth seemed way too attracted to Percy for book 2.

    8. Nothing with the Sirens whatsoever.

    9. Circe's island was completely messed up. (This current setup leads for Reyna's backstory to be completely destroyed).

    10. Tyson doesn't die and then come back.

    11. Annabeth doesn't die and come back.

    12. Kronos does not fully form (even for a moment) at any time in any of the five books. And after Kronos eating Luke how do they expect Luke to still be loyal to him?

    13. The whole "if you haven't had nectar, you haven't lived" bit.

    14. What happened to the laestrygonian giants and the dodgeball bit and Tyson not being from Percy's school and such.

    15. Two bulls not one.

    16. Isn't Chiron supposed to be suspencted of poisoning the tree and later take Percy and Annabeth back to Camp Half-Blood after some stuff with the Party Ponies?

    17. Grover wants to go on a quest for the golden fleece.

    18. No Percy the guinea pig. Why?

    19. No Hydra scene.

    20. Percy doesn't keep saying "I know this sounds crazy but...".

    21. Not a single person was wearing a Camp Half-Blood shirt.

    (I'm going to stop here because this list continue for a very long time)

Now I'm not blaming this all on the writers. This film was produced by Disney and therefore Disney and the director also deserve some of the credit for what happened to this movie.

My second point beyond all the script changes and things that were blatantly out there and such is the acting and the casting.

In my personal opinion only two characters were well acted. They were Luke (Jake Abel) and Mr. D (Stanley Tucci).

Everything else was either not great, below average, or utterly and totally horrible.

I'm also going to blame a bit more than just the actors for this one. The casting directors had so problems too. (Here's a list of people who I think were just plain the wrong people to cast, who could have even been helped by a better script). (I'm not going to give explanations for these because I think most, if not all are self explanatory.)

    1. Annabeth (Alexandria Deddario)

    2. Clarisse (Leven Rambin, aka Glimmer)

    (this is where I stop because these were just such bad picks.)

And of course I know that not all of this was the casting directors fault, the actual director and Disney probably had something to do with it as well.

Now I'm going to talk about what I DID like:

The CGI (special effects, computer generated images) were fantastic or at least above average.

(that's it)

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Alright-y then, on to what I hope for the Titan's Curse movie (to start) is:

    1. Good casting for Nico and such.

    2. A good script.

    3. And some Camp Half-Blood t-shirts for the love of the gods.

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Also seeing as the date in which this was written is officially one day after the two months to House of Hades mark, and everything before this has been lists and hopes and ranting here are my speculation's and such for House of Hades.

Speculations and Their Reasoning:

    1. Either Percy, Annabeth, or both will have a POV because if they didn't, how would we understand their experience in Tartarus that was promised to us when Rick ended MoA in a massive cliffhanger that left millions of fans wishing to show up at his door with a pitchfork and torch (or celestial bronze/celestial gold sharp weapon and flashlight if you're really getting into the spirit.)

    2. Nico's might get a POV. The reasoning for this is just that this book is entitled "the House of Hades" and he is, in fact the son of Hades and if you put two and two together the logic works.

    3. A possible cliffhanger at the end of this may be Gaea waking up or something of the like due to the fact that at least one more book beyond House of Hades has to be written to finish the sequence.

    4. Another possible POV could in fact be Reyna herself. In MoA the Romans were advancing to Camp Half-Blood with the intent of possibly destroying it. Also the reason why Reyna would have a POV and not Octavian would be that she connects far more to the seven and Octavian doesn't at all (unless you cling to some feeling like "maybe he's not as bad as he seems" or him maybe meeting Rachel and that turning into a slightly more popular ship)

    5. Another possible cliffhanger is something to do with the imminent battle of Greek demigods vs. Roman demigods at CHB. (Reasoning already explained in 4).

   (6. The gut feeling thing where you just have that feeling that somehow, some character you absolutely adore and think "no he couldn't kill them off" may get killed off. Reasoning: The Hunger Games: Finnick and Prim; Harry Potter: Fred Weasley, Sirius, Tonks, Lupin, etc.)

Wishes:

    1. Tratie (no more need be typed).

    2. More old characters returning.

    3. Something romanc-y for Dakota (that guy who's addicted to Kool-Aid).

    4. Something nice and happy for Nico.

    5. Leyna even though it's impossible to be written into this book because at this point they barely know each other.

    6. No cliffhanger!!!

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Well that's pretty much it.

I feel like updating my gallery a bit so if you have any suggestions for pencil sketches and such please comment.

Bye for now :D
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hey, it's been a while since I've updeted like... anything on my page so I have decided to journal *fancy hand flourish*

Far off in a magical land, also known as me and the area that surrounds me I was randomly searching on the web.

I had gone through my entire massive pile of mail from the people and groups I watch and was, to put it lightly, bored as heck. So I randomly looked through my list of favorites and for some reason decided to go looking at some of the Kane Chronicles related stuff and when I finished going through some of that, decided to see if I had missed anything Kane Chronicles related that might be in any way. So following my usual trail I went and looked at Rick the Troll's website. As usual there was nothing new, and if you check now in the Kane Chronicles section there's still nothing new. But hey,we all know the Rick doesn't update much so I just decided to do a random Google search on Amazon cause hey, if there's a knew book I gotta get it.

And of course as the title implies you can guess what I found, and then immediately ordered. The Kane Chronicles:The Red Pyramid:The Graphic Novel.

It has better pictures than the ones in the Lightning Thief Graphic Novel apparently it came out on the SAME DAY as the Mark of Athena.

Did anyone else know that this book existed before they read this?

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And on another note I have recently finished reading the books Entwined, Divergent, Insurgent, and Incarceron (about to read Sapphique) and I recommend them all.

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well Bye for Now (or toodle pip)

   annabethdp
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Yeah, I think the title of this journal entry gives an idea.

Last week after about 7 hours of reading I completed the Mark of Athena, and all I can say is

RICK HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

of all the cliffhangers he's forced upon us this one is by far the worst.

I mean okay yeah, he sent Percy over to the Roman camp and wiped his memory and then he cuts it before the Percabeth reunion that we had been waiting for for TWO WHOLE YEARS but now he has seriously crossed the line. I mean seriously crossed the line at least for the last two books we could get a general idea of what happens next but with this we are totally in the dark (partially literal due to the fact that Percy and Annabeth are in an endless dark pit of doom).

So really all that's left to do is wait, and wish, and hope that by some miracle the book will come out in six months instead of a year because there are no more Kane chronicles books.

But one good thing has come from this...


Percabeth shippers (myself included) have some serious material to work with and from that a wave of art of all kinds shall be created and light will shine on those who go lengths to find it.

Bye for now,
     annabethdp :D
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The much awaited upcoming book the Mark of Athena comes out on October second which is only 6 days from now. Woot, woot!!! :party:

And so the time has come for me to state my theories, wishes, and what I'm dreading but have this feeling in the pit of my stomach that it will happen.

What I know will happen (and must if Rick Riodan doesn't want to be swarmed by angry fans:

         Firstly, the Percabeth reunion. If this doesn't happen I will go rabid, I mean seriously, we've been waiting TWO YEARS for this moment and if we don't get it there will be an uprising, demigod style. We all wished for it in the Son of Neptune and could barely take it when Rick finished off the book with a cliffhanger just before the Argo II lands. I know he thinks people won't buy his books if they don't have something to wait for but that's completely wrong, an example being me reading the Kane Chronicles. I read and bought all three of those books just because since they were Rick Riordan books I knew there would be at least one really cool character (Felix), some really funny moments, and at least one reference to the Percy Jackson and Heroes of OLympus series.

         Second, the Argo II will set off and the 7 will begin their journey to Greece and Rome. If this doesn't happen then I don't know what will happen to the entire plotline.  They have to go Greece to stop the Giants from destroying the roots of the gods, they have to go to Rome to close the Doors of Death and save Nico, and they have to sail on the Argo II to get to all those places.

         The seven will be Percy, Annabeth, Jason, Piper, Leo, Hazel, and Frank. I know this because I read the Demigod Diaries.

         Annabeth will have to avenge something that will probably involve or lead to Arachne attacking her. I know this from the character countdown on the Heroes of Olympus website.

         Octavian will be really pissed. Do I have to explain this?

Things that were hinted and my assumptions to them.

         Jason and Percy don't get along that well. Two very powerful demigods one Greek one Roman, one a child of Poseidon on a child of Jupiter, one took the other's praetorship, one very humorous the other not so much. Does anyone else see this as a recipe for either best friends of mortal enemies draw together only by hate of Gaia?

         Some drama between the two ladies of Jason Grace, yeah I'm speaking of that whole Piper vs Reyna drama that seems to be very popular in fanfiction. Personally I think that Reyna will be really annoyed that Jason and Piper are dating, but will handle it at lease 50% professionaly, I can't say the same for the other 50%.

        Reyna may have a problem or two with Annabeth due to that whole Circe's Island thing but that I think she'll handle fully professionaly.

       Some drama will probably happen with the whole Sammy=Leo thing, some possible tension there.

Things I dread:

       I have this horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach about the decision that Annabeth will have to make. I have a feeling that it's something to do with Percy.

       I think that at least one person will die on this mission which I think is going to be sad but I'll be fine as long as Rick doesn't kill off Percy, Annabeth, or Leo. Kill any of the rest and I'll be fine but if he messes with the three people I just mentioned bad things will happen. The person who I think will most likely die is Frank with his whole fire of life thing. After him I think is Hazel to be reclaimed by the Underworld. And after that I think is Annabeth or Percy because of that whole each other or the world thing and Percy's fatal flaw.


Well, that's all I've got. If you have any assumptions on what will happen comment or send me a note.

I'll journal again right after I've finished reading and re-reading the Mark of Athena. I pre-ordered from amazon so it might get to me a couple days after October 2nd.

Bye for now,
   annabethdp:D
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Wow, it's been a while since I journaled!!! Well whatever, I'm journaling now!!! :D

So I got tagged by two people and here are my answers and whatever else goes along with that:



Rules:
1. You must post these rules.
2. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and create ten new questions for the people you tag to answer.
3. You have to choose 10 people to tag and post their icons on your journal.
4. Go to their pages and tell them you have tagged her/him.
5. No tag backs.
6. No crap in the tagging section about "you are tagged if you're reading this." You legitimately have to tag 10 people!
7. ALSO, 10 THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF.

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first I was tagged by :iconjulyb96: ...

so here's 10 things about me:

1) I read a lot
2) I zombies invade the world I'll try to become a zombie as soon as possible rather than to have to wait in ear and agony for a long time before I become overrun and then become a zombie
3) I like wearing togas
4) I recommend the Edge Chronicles to everyone
5) I like moving icons
6) I just got a new cable box that lets me record shows
7) I need a scanner
8) I think muffins are awesome
9) I love solving riddles
10) Chocolate is my kryptonite

and she asked by these questions:

1) What is your favorite past time?

reading

2) Do you like the Olympics?

yeah, but some of the sports I just don't get , like water polo (seriously, water polo? who made that an olympic sport) and biking, I mean I love biking and racing on bikes but in the olympics? but some of the other competitions like gymnastics are really cool to watch

3) What's your biggest fear?

spiders, they freak me out

4) Do you like thunderstorms?

yeah, I like sitting on my bed and watching thunderstorms go by, but it's annoying when you're trying to get some sleep and lighting keeps flashing

5) Favorite dessert?

don't have one

6) What's the color of your bedroom walls?

lavender

7) Do you keep your PJ's on when you know your not doing something that day?

yes, I love wearing my PJ's when I have nowhere to go

8) Do you get stressed out real easily?

there are certain tiny things that just annoy the heck out of me, but normally I'm a really calm person

9) Favorite TV show?

tie between house of anubis, level up, and gravity falls

10) What grade are you in/going into?

I'm not answering this question directly but I can say that it's probably not what you think

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and second I got tagged by :iconmaygirl727:

okay so I'm not going to do the ten things about me thing again

here are the questions the asked:

1. Are you a book nerd?

yeah, and I'm really unpopular (livin' the dream)

2. Have you ever heard of Megan and Liz? If yes, what's your favorite song by them?

I feel like I have heard of them but I'm not really sure who they are

3. Are you weird?

quite, but in a fun way

4. If I said "Hey, wanna go act like a bunch of idiots in public?" would you say "YOU BET I DO!"?

yes, because ding that sort of thing is what makes life worth living

5. "And everyday, when you're walking down the street, it's like every other day cause you're constantly walking down the street." What song is this from? Who sings it?

I have no idea what song that is but I like that message

6. Do you like music?

yeah, it makes me happy

7. Have you read the Percy Jackson series? How about the Hunger Games? What about the Harry Potter series? Kane Chronicles? Heroes of Olympus?

yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes (you just named all but two of the greatest series I have every read- they two you left out were The Edge Chronicles and the Artemis Fowl books)

8. Do you like me?

you're an awesome person

9. Would you jump off a cliff if your love left you like Bella?

no, because I'm not an idiot and I have strong emotional control

10. Someone just called you "fluffy". How do you respond?

I'd respond like they'd called me my really name

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And to the people who I tag these are my questions that I'm asking you:

1. What is your favorite nickname that anyone has ever given you?

2. Do you prefer drawing or writing (for you're artwork)

3. Do you prefer reading stories or looking at pictures

4. What (if any) musical instruments do you play (singing doesn't count)?

5. If a random person holding a knife in one their hands (you don't know this person) comes up to you and says "Can I have your autograph?", what would you do?

6. What is your favorite movie?

7. What do people in general think of you?

8. Do you like bagels? (if yes, what type is your favorite?)

9. Have you ever seen someone you thought was you but older (or younger)?

10. If you were a fictional character from anywhere (books/movies/TV/ect.) who would you be and where are they from?


I'm only going to tag 5 people because I'm in a rush:

1.:iconsilksinger73: ~SilkSinger73

2. :iconbobycruzazul: ~BobyCruzAzul

3. :icongracemasonartemis23: ~GraceMasonArtemis23

4. :iconrolleypolley: ~rolleypolley

5. :iconfanatic-about-it: ~Fanatic-About-It


You don't have to answer the questions if you don't want to.
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So once again I will conclude another journal.

   Bye for Now,
     annabethdp :D
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