Unwise Girls

The Blood of Olympus, ch. 53 to 58 Prophecy has long foretold that when the Earth falls and fire explodes in the sky... basically nothing will change and all the teens will get to smooch? Man, those Fates sure don't write 'em like they used to. On this truly adequate ending of both The Blood of Olympus and the series as a whole, we discuss all the deferring to Trials of Apollo that Rick is doing,...

The Blood of Olympus, ch. 49 to 52 In the penultimate episode of our coverage of The Blood of Olympus, we find ourselves at odds once again. Passivity versus activity! Appeasement versus justice! Protecting the world against climate change versus... well, I guess climate change! This week, we talk about Zeus and Jason's relationship, Jacqueline's cry counter, post-battle friskiness, conflicts bein...

The Blood of Olympus, ch. 45 to 48 The Unwise Girls have finally reached Camp Half-Blood, only to find that it's surrounded by... fantasy racism? Well, that's not great, but with the power of one special boy with one specially completed character arc, we should be able to cut through to a peaceful conclusion! This week, we talk about Will Solace (who we've always known and didn't just get unlocked...

The Blood of Olympus, ch. 41 to 44! Now that Jacqueline's trapped in a dank, dark basement, she's had plenty of time to read the chapters and contend with one simple idea: it may just be the mold and the chill, but is The Blood of Olympus ... not so good? This week, we talk about the reduced impact of multiple title drops, Piper doing Solid Snake stuff, the glue that holds together Percy and Annab...

The Blood of Olympus, ch. 37 to 40! (cw for descriptions of animal injury and a brief mention of sexual assault) Wow, it's Unwise Girls, after all this time! Remember how we're really into Reyna as a character now? Well, that's still true, but you have to wonder just how much the book itself cares about devoting the time for her to have a character arc that can actually end satisfyingly. Besides t...

The Blood of Olympus, ch. 33 to 36! This week on Unwise Girls, we immediately solve the greatest mystery in the whole of Heroes of Olympus! Then we discuss sad twin islands, the duel between Leo and Jason about who gets to die tragically at the end, a welcome return to substantial inter-god power plays, rare sincerity, psychological statue torture, leech facts, Chiron's secret collection, and all...

The Blood of Olympus, ch. 27 to 32 This week on Unwise Girls, we talk about the different degrees of deadly, pontifex progression, a whole slew of death flags we might have forgotten about, a big title drop, the scariest boy you've ever seen, self-sabotage, the bad mental illnesses, a surprising connection between Frank and Reyna, the secret origins of Nico's crush, the world's easiest prophecy pr...

The Blood of Olympus, ch. 21 to 26 Hey hey hey, it's Unwise Girls proper once more! This week, we start off with some mic teasing before discussing Percy's chronic dislike of the Graces, myths that aren't true, what it means when gods are put in the same position as demigods, Hades bias, fedora giants, Riordan problematizing his previous characterization work, the ghosts of trauma's past, and matc...

It's showswap! Today on Unwise Girls, there are 75% less girls! Audrey and Riley a here from Riley Hopkins & Their Amazing Friends and Alone At The Table! They're talking about The Golden Compass, Chapter 12 specifically. But we do... spoil alot of stuff from the second book. `Thanks for supporting us at our charity streams at moonshotpods.com!` Message unwise girls and their amazing friends

The Blood of Olympus, ch. 15 to 20 Oops, we started the episode by talking about pictures of Rick Riordan for a while. Well, there's other podcasts out there I suppose! But if you wanna stick with this one, this week we discuss Nico the Rock, the Platonic gender binary, D-list all stars, the real reason Coach Hedge is like that, ocean-hopping, subversions of typical hero-villain dynamics around de...

The Blood of Olympus, ch. 9 to 14 This week on Unwise Girls, we talk about how often the gods are reduced to jokes instead of threats, favorite Doctors, the difference between how Percy and Leo use humor as a defense mechanism, realistic lingering feelings, Clarisse being the smartest one in the room, Octavian's surprise ally, jealousy and possessiveness, brochure business, constellation battles,...

The Blood of Olympus, ch. 5 to 8 Ough. This week on Unwise Girls, our brains are... a bit fuzzy, but we're still trying to keep the faith up. We discuss Reyna's first showing as a perspective character being pretty disappointing, a glimpse into the TV show's writer's room, the everlasting fawn racism, the biggest threat to Camp Jupiter yet, how the format chafes against introducing new main charac...

The Blood of Olympus, ch. 1 to 4 (sorry for microphone quality again folks. podcasting machine broke) Eh? I can't hear you, sonny, speak up! This week on Unwise Girls, we've finally advanced in age enough to talk about The Blood of Olympus, the final book in the Heroes of Olympus series. We discuss How I Met Your Mother, the looming threat of death, fucking beds, old man smell, fawnfights, a bunch...

The House of Hades, ch. 75 to 78 Through the darkness of the House of Hades and Tartarus far below we finally emerge, and we're faced with the light at the end of the tunnel! As we finally shut this book for good, we talk about the lack of resolution for Nico's story and his troubled relationship with Percy, friendship hyperfixation, gem railguns, Clytius serving a Worf role against the crew, trip...

The House of Hades, ch. 69 to 74 (cw: discussions of abuse, sexual assault and bestiality) It's a major week for Unwise Girls as Rick Riordan pays off not just character arcs that are years in the making, but setups for jokes you completely forgot about, too. We talk about gaining strength by embracing your own identity, kicking your dad's ass, the killing dying curse, big friendly giants, Annabet...

The House of Hades, ch. 63 to 68 This week on Unwise Girls, we talk about emotional edging, Tartarus (the guy), the return of just three rooms, Coach Hedge tearjerkers, Clarisse bonus lore, swinging around Europe, eternal damnation elevators, the similar family dynamics of the Titans and the Olympians, a new special perk that comes with being a patron, Jacqueline's pitch perfect Roy Mustang rap, F...

The House of Hades, ch. 57 to 62 Wow! Right as Rick Riordan releases the much-anticipated The Sun and the Star, the Unwise Girls finally arrive at the home stretch of House of Hades. This week, we talk about the Riordans' trip to Ireland, our stunningly accurate read on Jason, hypermythological king gods, a portrait of a lonely gay boy, curing doomerism by getting heterosexual married and having a...

The House of Hades, ch. 51 to 56 This week on Unwise Girls, we talk about Goofy Nyx, tourists, the river that makes you feel bad, Titan speedrun strats, when a mortal becomes a monster, the optimal Tartarus crew, an unstoppable tsundere meeting an immovable tsundere, the pairing off of the seven, chucking small objects at big problems, classic scumbag moves, a return to Leo world, and who we want...

The House of Hades, ch. 45 to 50 This week on Unwise Girls, we talk about darksided beans, the ones who walk away from Akhlys, ugly woman shields, why we're going to the Doors of Death again, putting the god in demigod, how Riordan's different series anthropomorphize deities differently, Leo's doohickey, Looney Tunes entrances, adding some dimensionality to Calypso, and maximizing women's sufferin...

The House of Hades, ch. 39 to 44 Zoo wee mama, I suppose it's time for us to talk about the House of Hades again, huh? Well, if you can believe it, it's just getting better! And of course, our brave hosts have come to these incredibly quality chapters with all of their wits about them an- oh, hold on, I'm getting a report that actually they were "eepy" and "a bit silly with it"...

The House of Hades, ch. 33 to 38 It's a monumental episode of Unwise Girls! This week, Rick Riordan becomes the world's greatest ally, we really investigate how Jason has grown and developed because of remaining a passive character, and we talk all about the return of Grover, Reyna's reticence to just fucking kill Octavian, the confusing value of the Athena Parthenos, the magic of adrenaline, the...

The House of Hades, ch. 27 to 32 It's a bit of a weird one this week on Unwise Girls! We talk about the sad passing of Lance Reddick, our plans for once we've finished all the books, stinky wiggly piggies, mixtures of old and old, the easiest way to defeat expert snipers, how Hazel's perspective on Jason intersects with Jason's self-image, shonen bullshit, how living through abuse connects to usag...

The House of Hades, ch. 21 to 26 This week on Unwise Girls, we spend a lot of time with our buddy Bob as the journey through Tartarus continues. We talk about the Dark Souls of the Riordanverse, big scary boys watching over your shoulder, Percy's (ambiguously) fucked up moment, skeletal toxoplasmosis, the spectre of Luke, writing habits, Warhammer demographics, huge turtles, stand and deliver-ing,...

The House of Hades, ch. 17 to 20 Who's that voice in the back of your mind... singing Confederate anthems? Yikes! This week on Unwise Girls, we talk about the power of a good retcon, the complicated dynamics of bullying within friendships, sleeping like a dog, the worst things to do in Venice, reaching dad acknowledgement through violence, the horror of irrevocable changes to your body, and whethe...

The House of Hades, ch. 13 to 16 What the hell? It's a new Unwise Girls! This week we talk about developing a brand new concept for a Greek mythology-themed video game, the increasing necessity of reading the supplementary material, icky membranes, Percy taking a radical anti-torture stance, the yuri of Tartarus, Rick Riordan's upcoming WhatPumpkin collaboration, good ol' brawls, a grand resurrect...