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me writing the most angst fic ever at 3 am my morning:

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/58052608?view_full_work=true

CHP 5 is out! Can't believe the angst I make Percabeth go through AGAIN.

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Alright, I may get a lot of backlash for this opinion. For some reason some fans are unbelievably defensive of the TV show and Rick, to the point where they don't accept any critism but to be honest, everybody is entitled to their own opinion and I gotta say this and put this all out.

First of all, so that some people do not start assuming, I love the actors a lot. This is a disclaimer that this post has nothing to do with the actors. This has to do with the plot. If this is clear, I am going to continue.

Annabeth Chase is one of my favorite characters in the whole Percy Jackson Universe. Probably even my favorite one. She is written as a quite complex character, even more than Nico. You know what I liked about the character? Because she was never the stereotypical 'badass' 'rough' girl character. She had a personality. She had an unhealthy crush on Luke, she was incredibly stubborn, she was unnecessarily harsh to Percy at the beginning of first book just because he was the son of Poseidon, she was so intelligent but also quite impulsive, she was slightly selfish because she wanted Percy to be a Big Tree kid mostly for herself-so she would be able to go to her quest. I loved every single imperfection on her personality. Was she selfish? oh yes. Was she impulsive? Definetly. Was she unfair to percy? Yep. And I support her for all of that.

That's the thing. Annabeth is not perfect. She strives to be perfect and yes she is incredible but she is far from perfect. She makes a bunch of mistakes. Judges people unfairly. Does not mean this takes away from her character. That is the richness of her character. Annabeth's beauty was that she was a girl trying to be as perfect as possible to earn her mom's favour, blindly believing Luke can be changed at the beginning of TLT, causing her to be selfish sometimes. She behaved Rachel so unfairly, and pushed Percy away. I loved her making those mistakes because the story is Annabeth learnt to put her loved ones first before any achievement and understood what is the thing that matters most as well as understanding she does not want to strive for Athena's affection anymore, and acknowledging Luke's actions as they are through all these books. Percy changed her in a great way.

Why the Annabeth in the TV show does not carry any of this imperfections in her character that she had in the books?

Why is she acting like Post Mark of Athena Annabeth? You know what, she is not even acting like that. She is acting like a stereotypical badass character who always does everything right, is better than everyone and knows it, always shows they are 'badass' in every scene, looks down at people because everybody around her is dumb, and only she knows the best, even though she is just a kid like the others. She is dictating, very bored of Percy and Grover's 'idiotic actions', her only purpose on the show is to show 'look, she is better than them, she is perfect, she is badass, we want to show you she is the best in every scene!'. And I wish I was exaggerating.

I don't need every scene to deliberately tell me that Annabeth is badass. I know she is. I read her character with all the imperfections and I thought that only made her more badass. Because the show is forcing scenes to show she is badass. If they see need to do that, I don't even know what I can say because I never needed an extra help while reading the books to understand she is incredible.

Her crush on Luke is actually one of the things that defined her actions very deeply later on. It was used to create one of the main conflict arcs between her and Percy, because that crush was unorthodox. Was not okay. That helped the storyline and the characterization a lot. She never gave up on Luke to the point Percy got so mad about it they had gotten incredibly tense, until Silena's fate and that was an incredible realisation scene. It was a defining moment of Annabeth's arc.

If Annabeth fully gets convinced Luke is the bad guy without no return point and acts like it, how the hell are we going to set that Silena scene? This took out a very essential storyline in the PJO. All the books are built on Annabeth waiting to believe Luke is good even after he turns into Kronos, this fuels up a major part of the conflict in BOTL and beginning or TLO. Even the TTC, she gets manipulated to take the sky because she still cares for Luke and can't let him go. Because she still thinks he will turn good. How does Rick think they can rip this storyline completely and continue the show without any problem, because Annabeth's reaction to Luke's betrayal, her certainty because she is supposed to be 'perfect' on the show, she is supposed to be the smartest, of course she will understand Luke's true nature from day one! And she will accept it! Because she is a tough girl!

I hope you understand what kind of a stupid direction this has taken the show. The story between Luke-Annabeth-Percy lost its entire intrigue because of that set up. What's the point?

I am pretty sure when time comes they won't let Annabeth be jealous of Rachel. She will just like Rachel right on the spot and won't act jealous to her because show Annabeth is perfect, she is above acting irrational. She is above acting jealous.

Annabeth is one of my all time favourite characters because she was never perfect and that never took away from her character. It only made her character much more complex and it made Percy's love changing her for better much more beautiful.

I watch show Annabeth and I can't see any of that. Not in Rick's new books either. That is quite sad, because she lost her entire grey character and turned into a one dimensional character. Why would we love that if we are not 10 years old?

I think people see that and agree with that but are afraid to voice their opinions because you get a lot of backlash from everyone on pjo fandom nearly. But I still had to say it.

I don't know what your opinions are on this, but seeing one of my favorite characters turn into a boring, white -black character is quite sad in reality.

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why does rick riordan write percy differently in every book after pjo?

it is not even about the timelines. like, the way he wrote percy in son of neptune was I think a great characterization. he was amnesiac but he still carried a major undertone about how much he loved annabeth, and his normal characteristics like his loyalty, his experience in battle, his ability to make new friends, his natural leadership, him being a great war strategist even though he does not even remember how to make them, and his underlying anger and trauma from the Titan War. then this anger and characterization was not handled that well in mark of athena in my opinion and unfortunately percy's arc in that book was mostly used for that meaningless effort to create a rivaly between him and jason but it still was okay for most of the part. then in the house of hades, all that buildup has exploded, and wasn't that the perfect place for the character? he broke down finally, going as far as to bloodbend a goddess and liking it. his love for annabeth was the only thing that held him back, but it must have been very traumatising for him, not just the whole tartarus experience but that feeling of power, and liking the pain he caused on akhlys, that must have caused a big inside dilemma in percy. incredible place to put the character percy, after everything that has happened. that could have led to a great conclusion.

then the blood of olympus happened. and... well, where was percy's trauma? where was the result of percy going as far as to bloodbend to save annabeth and himself, and finding out the true limits of his power, which is so scary even someone like annabeth freaked out. someone who knows percy inside out, better than anyone does, that knows the way he breathes. she was scared of percy. and percy realised that. how is that of no consequence in blood of olympus? let alone, percy and annabeth does not even have povs. the only thing mentioned about this is annabeth talking to piper about what happened and piper's question about what would happen if percy decided to act scary. then... his nose bleeds, that wakes gaea, and that was something he technically knows he could control now, so he could have stopped his blood from dropping to the ground and waking gaea, but he did not because annabeth asked him not to. this could have caused a great arc showing percy's regret and dilemma about doing the right thing even if using that power is wrong and choosing to not do anything because he always puts annabeth first. but there was nothing because it took 2 minutes to defeat gaea after that. percy seems same, even less traumatised than he was at the end of titan war at the end of the blood of olympus.

i won't go into the trials of apollo much, because to be honest that was apollo's story and I found percy's small bits enough for that story. no need to build unnecessary characterization in that books for percy. but timeline wise , let's do demigods and magicians. he is back to being the scary, scowling, frightening and powerful demigod. and he knows he is powerful. his lines to carter, 'names have power, i can't tell you my name.' , 'not many people can fight me that well.' . I love the percy in that book. i think that is exactly where he should be at that point.

then the chalice of the gods happens.

percy in that book is nothing like in the demigods and magicians. and there is literally days between both books. he is back to thinking he is useless, and everything is like taken out of a time between the pjo books, like none of the hoo happened. same for the wrath of the triple goddess. where was percy's trauma of tartarus? of bloodbending? of all the other things that has happened? where was annabeth's trauma, as well but that's another long topic.

I just am starting to think rick resets the characterization of percy in the beginning of every book and likes to write what he wants at that moment. i really don't like him do this to percy out of all characters. and I wish he realised before he write the other books.

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I like TSATS really a lot (for most of the part) but the scene where Nico and Will are having a major argument and existential crisis over Nico killing Octavian and Will helping him. They are like 'I also regret killing him! You think I like murdering people' and 'You made me help you so I am also a murderer because of that!'.

Just imagine if Annabeth and Percy was in their place and if Percy killed Octavian like that and Annabeth helped. Their fight would be like over arguing who gets the most credit for killing LOL percabeth is the ultimate partners in crime everytime they commit a murder they do heads and tails to decide who gets to land the final blow

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I can't believe I am saying this,

But I hated Percabeth's way of being written in the WOTTG.

It felt like we were reading the newly met Percabeth at the Camp, even them had more interesting pull between them.

They did not feel like a couple. They did not even feel like best friends.

They felt like only friends.

A few kisses here and there did not even get me excited at all.

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I can't believe I am saying this,

But I hated Percabeth's way of being written in the WOTTG.

It felt like we were reading the newly met Percabeth at the Camp, even them had more interesting pull between them.

They did not feel like a couple. They did not even feel like best friends.

They felt like only friends.

A few kisses here and there did not even get me excited at all.

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The only person in the book true to their character is Connor Stoll. Which says a lot about the book.

-Percy is for some reason acting as he has not gone through any of the events he has went through from when he was 12.

-I don't even want to talk about how Annabeth was so disregarding of Percy's feelings constantly. Why the hell was she acting so school obsessed and self centered? I can't believe I am making these sentences because Annabeth used to think about Percy's wellbeing at her every word HOO to the point it was not that healthy?

-Grover's worry about Percabeth going to New Rome is so funny sorry he is a fucking satyr he does not even see Percy and Annabeth that much because he is always travelling. He has a better chance of seeing them on a more constant basis when they are on New Rome.

-Sally is so unbothered about Percy going to quests and witholding valuable information from him? She has ZERO concern about his safety.

-Hecate is supposed to be a terrfying, one of the most intiminating goddesses who has one of the most complex characters and apart from a stupid passage at the beginning she was a freaking Party girl.

-I still can't believe they did not try to call Nico when they knew they were in a ghost house. Like why the hell not give him a IRIS message to ask before handling the torch what they can do??

-There is no way in hell and Olympus that Mr D is opposed to throwing a Party in the Camp.

-I am actually so sad about Percy's behaviour in the book. It does not feel like I am reading Percy.

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You know what is annoying? I like Annabeth's character in the book and the last one to a certain degree. I like Grover's character in the book and the last one. I don't like Percy's character in neither of the books. And that is sad. Every time I feel like now we are focusing on his trauma from the last two wars which were back to back for him. He has walked through freaking Tartarus, for God's sake. There are like 19 different topics where he can have heavy trauma from which starts from seperation anxiety, worrying constantly about Annabeth, def sleeping issues, perfection striving, PTSD, so many things. And the way we get none like this is supposed to be the Percy in TLT, or SOM, because the character is not the one who lived through those 10 books. I don't understand why Rick is doing this. Just because Percy is supposed to be a funny, rich humor filled character does not mean he can discard all this trauma and character development at once.

How the hell he did not get any flashbacks when he controlled the potions from Tartarus when he controlled the poison? I swear, every scene that could have led to his traumas and his perception of that and his healing process and it did not.

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"I can't hurt her with my existence. She fucking builds things for Olympus's sake. I am the Lord of Destruction. I can't destroy her too. Not her." Percy said, his voice calm but in sorrow now, a tired honesty in it. Eros smiled.

"How do you know she does not need somethings inside her to be destroyed in order to be better?" He asked and Percy turned to look at him, green eyes still in agony.

"Destruction is not always evil. I thought you should know that by now." He said, while Percy took a deep, shaking breath.

You can't run away from love forever.

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AU where Percy is the youngest son of Kronos and Rhea, and lord of Storms, Destruction and Heroes who has a sworn oath to not get involved in mortals at all, until he meets Annabeth, the daughter of Athena whose everyone's memories of her are erased.

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Is there any Ranger's Apprentice fanfiction recommendation page? If not should I make one?

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Any news Dark!Percy fanfic suggestions? Have read most of the old, good ones. Bored of rereading them countless times.

Please suggest some new but good Dark!Percy fics. Can be where he is hypnotised. Can be where he genuinely went mad. Can be where Annabeth was taken.

Also can be a WIP at this point.

Come on shoot me

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Hot Percy Jackson Takes:

(Quite Hot Takes to be exact)

I don't care if his memories were wiped and replaced, Jason was an asshole to Reyna in Mark of Athena. I would hate the whole of mankind if I was in her place.

I don't think Annabeth was scared of Percy in Tartarus. She was scared for him, scared that he would lose himself. And I feel like this should have been clarified to Percy by her because he thought she was scared of him.

I think all of you are way too harsh on Percy's attitude towards Nico in the TLO and later. Why does everyone act like Nico is the only traumatised one out of the two? Percy does not have to be the perfect friend all the time, he needs that break.

I didn't like the way things concluded in the Sun and the Star. There was a build up about Will's darkness and we got only two sentences saying Will has a dark side too?? Where, may I ask?? Why don't you SHOW us the darkness in Will instead of saying 2 lines, cowards? They could have done an insane backstory on him, it is so annoying.

Poseidon can not be the half of the parent Hades is, sorry not sorry.

I don't see the appeal of Percy and Leo friendship. I don't also see Percy saying he failed Calypso because he didn't check on her in the fucking 2 days he was free after the war until Hera took him when he knows she cursed Annabeth. He could have said that if Calypso cursed him but not when she did to Annabeth.

I do think the show is quite misogynistic in some parts. And I hate people blindly defending the show. Poseidon is no better parent than Athena. I am tired of the show degrading a goddess, a mother on her relationship with her daughter then it was on the books and making Poseidon a far better father than the books?? Also why make Gabe better, like what the hell was the reason? Also why take Sally's defining moment of killing Gabe herself? None of this changes make sense to me.

Jason and Reyna could have been a great couple. Jason in result would have been much more of an interesting character if Rick decided to go through that route with Reyna. I love aroace Reyna but Rick fumbled Jason's character so bad he had to kill him to save Jason's arc. Why try to show constantly he is as strong as Percy? He is not Percy's level at all. Even Thalia is stronger than Jason. This was unnecessary to his character where it could have been much more intriguing.

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It is very impactful for Aziraphale that Crowley was a very high level archangel before and is about to be one of the main coming undone points for him and his core beliefs. But I don't really like the first revelation of Crowley being an archangel being between an exchange in Crowley and Aziraphale. I think it should be between an exchange with Crowley and Gabriel.

Gabriel knows who Crowley was. Whether he was an archangel, or a former supreme archangel, or even a seraphim angel, Gabriel knows Crowley's previous self very well. You can see the hints of the familiarity between the two all over. To be fair so does Beelzebub because it looks like Crowley and they were mates before. So does Shax and other archangels to be fair. So when Aziraphale, who is the main piece of supernatural that does not know who Crowley was so they tiptoed around the subject and the familiarity between them while Aziraphale was around, is away and Supreme Archangel statue, we are set to get scenes alone with Gabriel and Crowley, and other angels. And the reveal Crowley was an high level archangel to us watching should be, in my opinion on an exchange like that:

Gabriel and Crowley are discussing about the Second Coming threat as Crowley stayed in a situation where he had to collaborate with them.

He has a heated discussion with Gabriel about Heaven and stuff, and through the conversation we can see there are growing bigger undertones about Crowleys past, like Gabriel saying 'do you remember how Micheal used to be after the supreme position' , 'yeah lucifer loved hating on the humankind before they were created' , 'uriel was obsessed with the difference between good and evil.'.

We can tell what is going on at that scene but also watching to find out. And then Gabriel says something sarcastic like 'oh you know definitely know, Archangel...' and Crowley hisses at him in warning before he can say his former name. And then they continue but now with openly and directly indicating without any hiding or undertones who Crowley was.

Aziraphale finds out much later than this fact. This is more impactful.

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I like how you can genuinely tell how familiar all the archangels and Crowley are. Crowley is not talking to them or acting like they are unknown power figures that once were his bosses in any scene. But like he is speaking with familiars who he has so much of a past with and he knows inside out. Aziraphale regards them with a feeling of carefulness, he both regards them and their position respectfully and very tense, has to put on a different , careful face to them even in the second season as well. He has such kind of a forced respect for them that shows.

Crowley looking at Micheal and Uriel in the elevator to the earth and saying funny old world, while both of them looks at Crowley with really? expressions but not disregarding him or smiting him for daring to say things like that, not acting to him like he is a low class demon. Weirdly they regard him higher than they regard Muriel, a fellow angel no matter what. Sarequel does actually trust him and let him lead the situation himself.

And the way Crowley knows Gabriel inside out, how he would stand there looking at his angel statue, how he actually believes after talking to him alone that he is genuinely telling the truth about his memory because he knows him very well. The way he is testing him at that scene, his careful and calculated attitude to the other archangels while he is with Aziraphale turned into 'ok we are two of us in this room you don't have to keep up the pretense, I know you and you know me.' attitude.

It is weird how Aziraphale didnt catch up on that.

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so i know that we know for certain by this point that Crowley used to be a very high rank angel, an archangel or even the former supreme archangel, and i know it will have a big dramatic reveal in the show but wouldn't it be so funny if it got revealed just because Gabriel tries to makes a joke like 'we should start a former supreme archangel meeting club when Aziraphale naturally gets kicked out of the heaven' and Crowley just keeps on drinking his wine with no mimics in his face and Aziraphale is like 'um excuse me what the fuck'?!?!?!'

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Ok hear me out on this- the scene where the Doctor is reunited with Rose after she gets from the parallel world. The Doctor sees Rose after Donna hints at it and both he and Rose run towards each other and gets shot by the Dalek.

Now imagine that scene with Aziraphale and Crowley post season 2.

With Muriel in the place of Donna and Metatron in the place of the Dalek lol.