Warning! This text accommodates spoilers for Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 2, episodes 1 and a couple of, and the unique Percy Jackson guide sequence.
Percy Jackson himself, Walker Scobell, has addressed the franchise’s largest romantic pairing, “Percabeth,” following the premiere of Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 2. Season 2’s first two episodes throw Percy, Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries), and Percy’s shocking new Cyclops brother, Tyson (Daniel Diemer), into one other harmful and unsanctioned quest as they attempt to save Camp Half-Blood’s protecting border and Percy’s finest buddy, Grover (Aryan Simhadri).
Issues aren’t really easy between Percy and Annabeth in season 2, nonetheless. They’ve each been hiding the tough components of their “civilian” lives from one another whereas separated in the course of the college 12 months, and Annabeth is pressured to betray Percy to maintain him protected. Nonetheless, the pair share some unbelievable character-building moments within the first two episodes, ones that can little question present loads of gasoline for the “Percabeth” ship.
Within the Percy Jackson novels, Percy and Annabeth’s romance is a sluggish burn, as their dynamic modifications throughout quite a few terrifying adventures collectively. The Disney+ present appears to be exploring their relationship on an analogous trajectory. Throughout an interview with TV Insider discussing the season 2 premiere, Scobell mentioned that the Percabeth timeline is “not even shut” to being realized but, particularly in the case of acknowledging their emotions.
Simhadri agreed. “Undoubtedly not for you [Percy],” he chimed in in the course of the interview, and Scobell reiterated, “Not for me.”
Supporting Scobell’s view of their characters’ relationship within the present thus far, Jeffries identified that the best way folks understand and work together with romantic storytelling has modified between the early 2000s and now. These variations would possibly affect how folks analyze the scenes between Percy and Annabeth in season 2, regardless that they’re meant to be seen as platonic, akin to when Annabeth vehemently denies that Percy is her boyfriend in episode 1.
“I imply, not saying it’s nothing, however it’s not a really large deal, if that is sensible. However people who find themselves watching it now and stuff, as a result of within the newer technology, any little factor, you can provide somebody a hug, and so they’re like, ‘Oh! I see, I see it!'” Jeffries mentioned.
The actress continued, “I really feel like undoubtedly folks these days are going to be like, ‘Oh my gosh, a lot Percabeth! I see it already!’ However I really feel like when you truly watched this again then, again in, I don’t know, 2009 or 2019, it wouldn’t be as large if that is sensible. So I really feel prefer it’s a sure and no relying on who you ask and what timeframe you’re asking it.”
Scobell concurred, likening Percy and Annabeth’s relationship in season 2 to Percy’s friendship with Grover. “Generally, when you actually have a look at it, it doesn’t truly lean into it that a lot. It’s attention-grabbing what folks think about to be a ‘Percabeth’ factor, you already know what I imply? The place, when you put Grover in there, it might work the identical manner.”
One of many causes Percy and Annabeth’s evolving relationship works so properly within the books is that it was constructed on a powerful basis of friendship, belief, and death-defying quests; it is simple to see why Scobell and Jeffries are so invested in that all-important platonic dynamic.
Within the books, Percabeth’s romantic potential would not really turn out to be clear till the third installment of Rick Riordan’s unique Percy Jackson sequence, The Titan’s Curse — and even then, it nonetheless takes some time for them to turn out to be an official couple (two extra books, in truth). Fortunately, Percy Jackson and the Olympians has already been renewed for season 3 on Disney+, so Percabeth’s canon standing is certain to alter sooner or later.
The primary two episodes of Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 2 can be found to look at now on Disney+. New episodes premiere weekly on Wednesdays.
- Launch Date
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December 19, 2023
- Community
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Disney+
- Showrunner
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Jonathan E. Steinberg, Dan Shotz
- Administrators
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James Bobin
- Writers
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Joe Tracz, Andrew Miller
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Walker Scobell
Percy Jackson
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Leah Sava Jeffries
Annabeth Chase