Percy Jackson & the Olympians
This clause contains discussion of domestic abuse .
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Summary
Percy Jackson & the Olympiansproves itself afaithful adaptation of Rick Riordan ’s booksin its first two episode , butone premiere variety finally make the seed cloth ’s most problematic storyline after 18 years . In oecumenical , Percy Jackson ’s first two installment play out as they should . They open with Percy experiencing bizarre affair at his average boarding school day , then reveal that such thing happen because he ’s a demigod : the Word of a Grecian graven image and a human . From there , he ’s whisked off to Camp Half - rake , where he ’s later claimed by Poseidon .
Given all the action unfolding throughoutPercy Jackson’sfirst two episode , TV audience only get a glance of Percy ’s home life after he ’s expel from school . What is show up of Percy ’s living situation paints his female parent in a positive visible light . The show improves upon Sally Jackson ’s picture , andit also makes another character somewhat better than his record counterpart . In doing so , it make thePercy Jacksonbooks ' most worrying storyline .
The Percy Jackson and the Olympians television adaptation is coming to Disney+ . To make for the show , here ’s how to read the books in order .
The Percy Jackson Show Tones Down Gabe’s Toxic Behavior
One of the mostproblematic storylines in thePercy Jacksonbooksrevolves around Percy ’s mother and her boyfriend , Gabe Ugliano . In the reference material , Gabe is enclose as a deadbeat who lives with Sally and Percy . However , his on - page deportment is borderline abusive , and Percy realizes at one point that Sally is afraid of him — and that he ’s in all likelihood physically abused his female parent before . This is never explored with enough depth , and the later Revelation of Saint John the Divine that Sally remain with Gabe to protect Percy place an uncomfortable twist on her " forfeiture , " almost portraying it as respectable .
While there ’s nothing wrong with explore the very veridical topic of domesticated abuse , thePercy Jacksonbooks simply do n’t treat this subplot with the weight it requires . The books color over Sally and Gabe ’s human relationship for the most part , making their dynamic an uncomfortable and distressful contingent . Fortunately , thePercy JacksonTV show does a better job with this element of the books , altering the dynamic between Sally and Gabe for the proficient .
Percy Jackson’s Book Change Fixes Its Most Problematic Storyline
Although Gabe is still portrayed as a freeloader and a jerk in Disney’sPercy Jacksonshow , he ’s not nigh as defective as his book of account opposite number . Rather than making Gabe genuinely scary or outright abusive , the show prefer to portray him as an unlikeable , obnoxious , and lazy character . None of these are admirable quality , but he seems like more of an botheration to Sally and Percy than a legitimate concern . Sally does n’t require Gabe ’s permission before make decisions , and she ’s unforced to yell back at him , suggesting she is n’t scared of him . Percy also does n’t have the unexplored revelations about his mother ’s and Gabe ’s relationship that he has in the books .
Given thatPercy Jacksonlikely would n’t have time to elaborate on Percy ’s home life , it ’s for the just that the Disney+ show changes this element of the source cloth . accept it stays this way beyond the premiere , Percy Jackson & the Olympiansdoesn’t need to care about give an abuse storyline the amount of clock time and depth it doubtlessly demand . And by get Sally and Gabe ’s relationship still unhealthful , it can keep her reasons for staying with him , earn sense of Percy ’s survival of the fittest in the year before Camp Half - Blood .
Percy Jackson & the Olympiansstreams on Disney+ .
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