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"and if you hate me then i am sorry my love's too much for you" "how am i supposed to get over you"

ahah well at least she gets to meet leo valdez at one point right :')

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Trick or treak postacio

yeah no. sorry BUT! I will give you a random snippet from something

this is from my small town affair valgrace au, chapter seven I think

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It was the day before spring break of 7th grade, and Leo was at his best friend (besides Piper, but she didn’t count, she was his sister now) Calypso’s house. Mario Kart songs played in the background as he went to get them both snacks.

“Leo, hurry up, I’m gonna start it if you don’t get back in five…”

Leo snorted. “You’re being silly.”

“Four…”

“Cal, it takes more than five seconds to get you your fix of fruit loops.”

“Three…”

“Cal!”

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The parallel between Josh and Sam in that final scene 😔

She’s being gnawed away by the guilt of what happened years ago. Josh was consumed by the guilt of what happened to his sisters.

Sam is struggling mentally, surrounded by pills and medication; a direct reflection of what Josh had to experience for most of his life.

Even in the police interview she dismisses her own feelings, feeling that she is undeserving of help. Josh mocked Sam for believing he was “crying out for help”. It’s ironic how she is mimicking his actions/mindset after trying so hard to understand him.

“He said I was the only one who understood him.”

“I thought we had a connection.”

She wasn’t lying when she said that 😭 Sam’s future resembles Josh’s past. If that’s not tragic then I don’t know what is

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"We didn't think we'd get you back."

There's no way she still holds a grudge against him. Heartbroken, maybe. But grudge? No way.

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cw for remaster spoilers here but i love the way sam’s new ending for the epilogue is obviously meant to parallel josh at his worst. showing that they are like two sides of the same coin, (also let me be a little bit giddy about the fact it’s only sam and josh specifically who have new endings - jossam you will always be the best characters) they are like ying and yang and clearly need one another to try and balance out, like scales, they rely on one another and seek comfort in each other. a connection. pieces of the puzzle that fit perfectly together. without the other they’re lost.

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Lit: You have friends and I envy that. Apollo: You’re welcome to share my friends. Lit: [looks at Leo and Calypso] Lit: I don’t want those.

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Literally every time I feel myself feeling sad about Calypso and feeling the inherent tragedy of everyone you love being destined to leave you and i start to relate I picture Leo coming to get her at the end of heroes of olympus and I'm cured. It's literally fine Leo goes and gets her shes fine everyone is ok. Things will be ok. I'd like to personally thank Rick Riordan for my peace of mind.

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i think leo,calypso,and lester was an insane trio that i wanna see more of.like the vibes were sooooo the kids who didnt find a group for the group project and had to work together yk

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any type of media: *hey wanna see a guy who uses humor to cope with his feelings and his uptight partner who pretends theyre annoyed at his jokes but is also secretely head over heels for him struggle through expressing their feelings toward each other for six seasons straight?*

me: *already crying* yeah

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he wants that cookie so effing bad

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One thing I have understood through life is that you learn a lot about yourself through relationships that you previously werent aware of and also failed relationships are a part of your life and totally okay if you have a couple of them in your past. Also you dont need to become the perfect version of yourself to fall in love with someone or allow yourself to be loved by someone. Its totally possible that the person isnt "the one" for you. But that doesnt mean you didnt love them or they didnt love you or your relationship didnt work out because you werent "healed"

I see a lot of people saying that rick shouldnt have given leo a girlfriend and he should have gotten over his trauma first or let him find friends and family first who love and accept him. But the thing is that childhood traumas arent that easy to heal from and sometimes people dont heal from them even after a lifetime. Your past sticks with you. Having past traumas is not the reason you should be stopping yourself from experiencing something really normal like feeling an attraction towards someone, having affection and care for them in your heart and wanting to be really really close to them or even sacrificing for them because love is sacrifice as a friend of mine likes to say.

I wonder why, we almost never hear this about percy, annabeth, magnus, sam, carter, zia, or any other character who seems to have perfect/healthy relationships in the books.

Did those characters not have trauma? Why does nobody ever say "annabeth should have moved on from luke first before kissing percy" when everyone knows she had feeling for him since ages? Thats something more normal to say in my opinion...

Healing from trauma is not easy and nobody should be forbidden from experiencing love just because they have some harmful coping mechanisms. You can heal while being in a relationship too. And if the relationship doesnt work out. Its totally okay too. Not every relationship is "the one" for you and not every relationship is meant to work out. But every relationship brings joy and a lot of love and new beautiful experiences in your life. And romantic relationships arent something you "need" to avoid. You dont need to experience love from friends and family first before getting into a romantic relationship with someone. You can allow you lover to be your first family or first friend too. And i am sure they will cherish it. Leo is a kid who fell in love with a person and he is not wrong for it. Calypso fell in love and carried hope in her heart all those years that burned the brightest because of leo. And Rick.. he has experienced life more than any of us. I dont think he was wrong to put those two together. It makes the books more realistic in my opinion.

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Here's my hot take for the day: Leo and Calypso are actually a good couple.

Caleo is the perfect example of a teenage couple. Neither one is a super effective communicator because they're both teenagers who have never been in a real relationship. Of course, it's messy, they don't know better. The other couples in the series are more loved, and they are more "perfect" since they never really fight and are just all-around great. But that's why they are more beloved by the fans.

While Caleo is not my favorite ship, I don't think they deserve the hate they get by any means.

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Dare I say Caleo

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Imagine a book titled Leo and Calypso's garage that's about Caleo going on a mission together, and we get to see the characters individually and as a couple

A book in which we can read Calypso's feelings from her pov. About what their life's like at Waystation, about the music camp that Calypso's in rn

Even more, at the end of the mission they go to chb and join Nico and Will!!! These characters being a team would be SO COOL

and the topic of the Caleo relationship is discussed. They talk with each other and decide that it is better to stay as bffs than a couple because they still have a lot to discover about themselves and their feelings

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(from @/annabatesmusic on tiktok)

this is so painfully and perfectly leo's pov of his relationship with calypso in here without you.. except better. she did better. and now i fear she is in my walls.