Pessimism, the key to not being disappointed.
It has come to my attention that everyone is really REALLY excited for the Son of Neptune. Now, bạn guys must be thinking that this is a good thing. Well, it's not. Let me explain bởi telling bạn a story:
One day, a little boy was walking down the đường phố, street when he saw an ice cream truck coming towards him. Excited, he runs toward it, screaming for it to stop for him. However, he slips and falls, so the driver never saw him and he gets run over bởi the truck and dies. The end.
A symbol of pessimism.
Yes, it was a very short and depressing story, but I'm here to tell bạn that life works the same way. See, if the boy had just stayed where he was (after all, the ice cream truck was coming towards him) and waited for it to get there, then he wouldn't have died. Now, replace the little boy with us fans, the truck with the release ngày for SoN, the ice cream with SoN, and death with disappointment.
So, pretty much, what I'm trying to say is that if bạn get too excited for the Son of Neptune, then you'll be disappointed with what bạn get. Now, maybe some of bạn are exceptions and that won't happen to some of you, but I can guarantee that some of bạn won't be happy with it and we'll start seeing some posts about how some of bạn didn't like it too much hoặc that it wasn't as good as the Mất tích Hero.
Pessimism is the new optimism.
See, it's a subconscious thing. If bạn get your mind to think that something is amazing, then your mind well be wired to think that until proved wrong. Unfortunately, this leads to over optimism that, in reality, leads to bạn not getting everything that bạn want. bạn start imagining things, and then expecting things, and then suddenly, when the book comes out, bạn realize the harsh reality that bạn are not Rick Riordan and not everything bạn want to happen in the Son of Neptune will happen, making bạn disappointed.
So, to fix this, I created a danh sách of painfully pessimistic things to think about for the Son of Neptune so that your mind is under excited. This way, when bạn read the book, you'll be very satisfied with it. Note that this danh sách is just for the sake of being pessimistic and not meant to believe.
So, the list:
1. The Son of Neptune will suck.
2. bạn will not get SoN until well after the book comes out.
3. The book goes into too much detail over useless things and bạn will get the urge to stop reading.
4. The book is really short and bạn will finish it before bạn know it.
5. bạn won't get the urge to read it again because it was just so boring.
6. Percy will like someone else.
7. Percy and Annabeth will not reunite.
8. Percy will dump Annabeth and will live happily with someone else, maybe Drew.
9. They will all lose the war against the Giants.
10. Percy and Annabeth, along with all the other main characters in this story will die.
And that's the list. Just repeat this in your head whenever bạn get excited.
Pessimism is the way to go.
And before any of bạn comment, I'd like to say that I don't want to hear this:
"Yeah, but that won't happen to me. I won't let myself be disappointed. I've been đọc this series for a while and RR never disappoints."
To answer this comment, I'd like to say that this is correct, that RR never does disappoint, but your mind does, whether bạn like it hoặc not. It doesn't matter if bạn believe that bạn won't be even a little disappointed hoặc not because believe it hoặc not, your mind doesn't work that way. It does whatever it wants, even if bạn believe bạn have control over it. That's the point of calling it subliminal. It's not meant for you, it's meant for your head. And yes, there is a difference. So please, no 'that won't happen to me's in the comments.
Well, that's it. Here's some pie for those who feel really depressed right now. =D
Pie is good.
I know what your thinking, WTH this is crap. but i try. I'm rubbish, four people have read these and i will never have a chance. So im nghề viết văn this for my satisfaction, but if your still here, i guess bạn want this :
Percy POV
Percy was surprised at Annabeth's reaction.
" Fine,we should tell Chiron, and start training the others."
" Percy," He turned, and Olympia stood behind him. He blurted " bạn look like Katniss Everdeen!" She frowned, then shrugged. "Listen, if im basically a goddess, i should be a good trainer hoặc fighter. So... when do we begin.?" She grinned, and punched his arm. "C'mon Seaweed Brain, theres a [iworld[/i] to be saved"
Chiron
He was barely surprised to see three, hot sticky campers. But it was their news that shook him " A war? bởi Tartarus? Surely your joking"
Annabeth smiled. " I dont joke when im probably gonna die."
He sighed. " bạn win. Call a meeting, this needs discussion"
Percy POV
Percy was surprised at Annabeth's reaction.
" Fine,we should tell Chiron, and start training the others."
" Percy," He turned, and Olympia stood behind him. He blurted " bạn look like Katniss Everdeen!" She frowned, then shrugged. "Listen, if im basically a goddess, i should be a good trainer hoặc fighter. So... when do we begin.?" She grinned, and punched his arm. "C'mon Seaweed Brain, theres a [iworld[/i] to be saved"
Chiron
He was barely surprised to see three, hot sticky campers. But it was their news that shook him " A war? bởi Tartarus? Surely your joking"
Annabeth smiled. " I dont joke when im probably gonna die."
He sighed. " bạn win. Call a meeting, this needs discussion"
You look like Katniss Everdeen
xin chào guys haven't written a bài viết in months so gotta get the creative juices flowing.
And what if Hera had a child,she always gets mad at Zues but what if like a dude like so handsome she fell off her wagon and he hoặc she was like one of the 7.
And Artemis swore an oath to maidency what if she had a child and it was a BOY. And then like this is the 7.
Jason = Leader
Piper = stratigist
Leo = commander of ngọn lửa, chữa cháy (flame on)
Hera child
minor god child
Artemis child a boy
and a son of neptune/greek ?
And i have this thought that Rick likes put twistes on sách so what if he made percy and 2 romies go to camp(roman) and like he acts as son of neptune (hence the title)then and then like after the quest like Rick đã đưa ý kiến the các câu trả lời of the 2nd prophecy may lie at another camp so wat if dude comes and hes a son of poseidon and shows up when percy remembers stuff.
And what if Hera had a child,she always gets mad at Zues but what if like a dude like so handsome she fell off her wagon and he hoặc she was like one of the 7.
And Artemis swore an oath to maidency what if she had a child and it was a BOY. And then like this is the 7.
Jason = Leader
Piper = stratigist
Leo = commander of ngọn lửa, chữa cháy (flame on)
Hera child
minor god child
Artemis child a boy
and a son of neptune/greek ?
And i have this thought that Rick likes put twistes on sách so what if he made percy and 2 romies go to camp(roman) and like he acts as son of neptune (hence the title)then and then like after the quest like Rick đã đưa ý kiến the các câu trả lời of the 2nd prophecy may lie at another camp so wat if dude comes and hes a son of poseidon and shows up when percy remembers stuff.
King Clovis
Heeeyyy!!! Okay so we all no Percy's Pegasus, Blackjack, right? And I'm guessing everyone that's đọc this thinks that Blackjack is a boy, right? Well, when I was rereading the PJO series I came across something interesting.
So when Percy found Blackjack "he" was being kept on Luke's ship. Well what I noticed was that at first, Percy kept referring to Blackjack as a she and her...
Weird, huh? 'cause in all the sách after that, Percy refers to Blackjack as a he. So, now, I'm kinda confused to what gender Blackjack is....
Hope yah liked it:)
So when Percy found Blackjack "he" was being kept on Luke's ship. Well what I noticed was that at first, Percy kept referring to Blackjack as a she and her...
Weird, huh? 'cause in all the sách after that, Percy refers to Blackjack as a he. So, now, I'm kinda confused to what gender Blackjack is....
Hope yah liked it:)
