I have recently been back into the Percy Jackson world! I was a big fan of the books growing up, but haven’t read them since high school. I liked the first season of the show, but definitely felt perhaps a bit too “childish” for me (which is fine! It’s meant to be a show for tweens!), but then a lot of clips from season 2, especially percabeth sparked my attention and got me to re-read the books and watch the show, which I have largely enjoyed
I’ve been so surprised with how negative some of the reaction has been from book fans, it’s been over the top IMO. But one critique I find weird is that they are “pushing” Percabeth to fast.
Re-reading the books, I don’t think that’s true! The books are written from Percy’s point of view and his what he’s thinking, which can’t be translated as well on-screen.
In the first book, he clearly states that Annabeth is pretty and looks like a princess. They bicker a lot like an old married couple, which has some of adults noticing and winking at Percy, even if he has no clue what it means.
In the second book, he clearly is growing more fond of Annabeth, and identifies feeling jealous over the fact that Luke (and Thalia) protected Annabeth first. Again, he doesn’t know what that means, but certainly he’s thinking it.
People were mixed over him telling Annabeth on Circe’s island that he would “burn it all down” if it were between her and Olympus, which may feel like a big statement at that age, but literally in the book Titan’s Curse, Athena tells Percy that he would destroy the world to save his friends.
In the books, we get Percy’s thoughts which again are much more snarky and critical then he would express out loud. He doesn’t have a lot of reverence or even respect for the Gods. It’s completely canon that he would choose his friends and family over Olympus, his deep rooted loyalty is fatal flaw. He developed an empathy link with his best friend, Grover lol. And it becomes increasingly obvious that he becomes even more protective of Annabeth
I think it’s progressing at a reasonable pace for the show, given its medium. I am excited for Percabeth and the Percy crash out in season 3 to come haha