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• Note: Kristen’s audio is quiet for the first five minutes of the podcast, but it returns to normal after that. Sorry!
• If you’re worried about the Percy Jackson adaptation, this Wheel of Time article might make you feel better.
• Check out the Last Fallen Star liner notes.
• Kristen loves when authors write mini stories for beloved characters.
• Not sure whether to read or reread Magnus Chase or the Kane Chronicles? There’s a quiz for that.
• Karen is NOT a fan of math.
• But she is a fan of the video game Hades.

• Kristen explains what sort of shenanigans we’re gonna get up to today.
• Karen kicks us off by wondering what if…demigods weren’t claimed until they were 18?
• How would a darker tone to the story change the way Percy Jackson navigated his newfound abilities?
• Would Percy have a better childhood, or would it still have messed him up?
• Kristen wonders what if…Sally and Poseidon had a second child?
• There are two directions to go in here—one in which she had a second child with him a few years after Percy, and one in which she has a second child with him now.
• How would a full-blooded sibling change Percy’s life?
• How mad would Zeus and Hades be then?? Not even Gabe could protect them.
• What sort of relationship do we think they would’ve had?
• Karen asks what if…Thalia made it to Camp Half-Blood?
• This really could’ve changed everything.
• Would Luke have gone to the dark side?
• Would she have gotten along with Percy, or would they have been rivals?
• Kristen wonders what if…Luke was able to resists Kronos’ manipulations?
• Would Annabeth and Percy have ever gotten together if Luke was still in the picture?
• Gotta admit, though, Luke would’ve been great to have along on some quests.
• Who would’ve taken Luke’s place as Kronos’ lackey, and how would that have changed the ultimate outcome?
• We’ve got some BONUS scenarios, too.
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  @Colby_jack_ wonders what if…Bianca survived Titan’s Curse?
• Kristen also wonders what if…demigods could use technology. She just wants to know what movies they’re gonna watch.
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  @hiiwritefanfic wants to know what if Percy went over to the dark side.
• And @griffin_b1893 wants to know what if Kronos had gotten to Percy first?

• This week, we’re reading chapters 17 and 18 of The Lightning Thief!
• Okay, but where does the Lotus Hotel and Casino’s money come from??
• We get some answers to the questions about naiads we were talking about a couple episodes ago.
• What were Annabeth and Grover up to while Percy was underwater?
• Barbara Walters is so iconic.
• Percy is adjusting well, wouldn’t you say?
• All we’re saying is we’d love to have a sponsorship.
• We kind of freak out over a line in this chapter. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
• Charon can totally be bought and is definitely not a horse man.
• Karen is anti-New Jersey.
• We talk about how other religions exist in this universe.
• Cerberus is the best boy.
• We get DEEP.
• And then go off the rails, like always.