The Story They Tell David Shire

Another week another podcast this week we are talking all thing Survivor and Big Brother in terms of storytelling and antics behind the scence why both shows have left a big impact on me

Let's go exploring as we talk about weddings, Marvel Movies, and Good Anime on this weeks episode of The Story They Tell

Hello on this week's podcast we will be talking about all things anime. Also talking about a concussion I go on a fourth of July weekend and discuss One Piece.

In this episode, we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of telling a story episodically vs telling a story all in one go.

Key Points of Harry Potter and Percy JacksonWhy did Harry Potter become huge while Percy Jackson's cult following
What was lost in translation in adaptation to both?

Which story elements work in both and which work in only one.

Massive spoilers ahead for both series but looking forward to the Podcast.

Rebranding of the podcast spent all day yesterday changing all socials and RSS feeds has been quite the process.

Listening back to what I have been talking about and realized I just love storytelling so I wanted this to be more about storytelling in all forms.

Books, video games, and movies

Since I have been making fun of these characters on my Instagram @the_story_they_tell I figure what better episode to kick off the series than Harry Potter Vs Percy Jackson.

Bias I love Percy Jackson more than Harry Potter. Percy Jackson and The Sea of Monsters is what really got me into reading and while I have read all the HP books I will say
Harry as a protagonist really never spoke to me as a character.

Percy very much so is a character who is in over his head and knows it and uses humor to cope with being in a world that is out to literally kill him and that always spoke to me

Harry while also in over his head just felt blander and a character who you were supposed to insert yourself into.

I think both have validity as storytelling mechanics but I'm a protagonist guy if your pro is kinda lame it hinders the series.

But before we move on what is The Story They Tell.

The Story They Tell

Harry Potter is about a boy who discovers he has magical abilities and it tracks his time going to school and growing up with a prophecy.

Percy Jackson is about a boy who discovers he has magical powers and tracks his time growing up and going to a camp where he discovers he has magical abilities.

I would say structurally Percy Jackson on the service borrows quite a bit in structure to Harry Potter.

Even the first three books follow a structure that is similar where one adventure is with side character one and the other with side character two.

The big difference between the two worlds is danger levels.

Percy Jackson's world is constantly threatening PJ. Every book in PJ Has scenes where he is hanging out and having a good time when suddenly a monster.

HP world slowly builds to that being the case and the series ends and HP is mostly safe.

There is danger in Harry's world but it oddly feels mostly constrained to the School and more of an active choice for Harry.

Because of this, the reaction of the world is a lot different.

When Percy learns things he gets upset and snarky cause his world is not fair,

Harry for the most part figures things out with wonder and joy.

There are so many scenes where Harry is amazed at some magic thing where Percy would almost make fun of it or just be like neat.

Helps Harry a lot for younger readers because they are also amazed by things in the world. Sense of wonderment.

Another Key Way Both Are Different is their themes

Percy Jackson is basically about Parenthood and the dangers of neglecting your kids.

Harry Potter is about Love and its the ability to conquer evil.

See this in their villans

Let's look at Voldemort and why he is the pure evil Villain.

Half muggle half wizard and his mom made him by having her father drink a love potion even conceived not out of love

Ends up in an orphanage with a hatred of Muggles

Defeated by the love and...

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