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I can't really draw background

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Nico di Angelo with the biggest doe eyes. Big, wide, adoring brown eyes. People can't help but fall in love when they see those eyes.

Will Solace with the most feline eyes. Pretty, upturned, cynically curious, blue eyes. People can't help but be uncomfortable when they see those eyes.

Nico di Angelo who had been stereotyped as unsettling and strange (he can be BUT) he has been looking out for and helping people nearly all his life.

Will Solace who has been stereotyped as unthinkingly optimistic and trusting (he can be BUT) he is curious, chooses his battles, and helps people through tough love and unconventional guidence.

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If Will and Nico weren't so traumatized actually. The introvert and extrovert thing would be switched.

Nico? You have SEEN that boy in TTC he genuinely would be one of those extroverts. That can't stop talking.

Will on the other hand you can tell he's more anxious, and more how do I say this.. More.. Quiet, more closed-in. Won't tell their feelings as much — as is described to be a lanky cat.

If they weren't so traumatized we would actually get the extroverted version of Nico. The "I don't actually care what comes out of my mouth, I just run it." Version of him. And the "I have no idea what people think of me whenever I say something so I just keep shut." Version of Will.

Their dynamics would be switched. Nico would be so genuinely annoying towards Will. But Will has learned how to tolerate him through his relationship with him.

At some point their confession would be like:

Nico: "Hey, I like you. You're pretty cool. Wanna go on a date with me?"

Will: "What."

Nico: "I asked if you wanna go on a date with me?"

Will: "I'm.." *Mumbles.*

Nico: "Is.. That a yes?"

Will: *Nods while extremely red.*

Nico: "Perfect! I'll pick you up at seven?"

Will: *thumbs up awkwardly.*

It would actually be interesting to see what their dynamic COULD HAVE BEEN if they weren't so fucking traumatized, RICK.

Ugh the socially awkward Will Solace and awkwardly social Nico Di Angelo. They would have been the end of me.

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I see a lot of posts about how Percy isn't the point of the story in pjo and the story is about the Thalia-Luke-Annabeth narrative and I do agree to a great extent but I do also think it needs to be said the reason why percy is the narrator and not one of them is because he is the cycle-breaker - without him it would have stayed a tragedy but because of him it changed. This is most obvious in how he rejects immortality and instead demands greater support for half-bloods, obviously, but also he trusted annabeth enough to give Luke the knife! he disliked the gods enough to understand Luke even if he didn't agree with his methods and I think that empathy is so so crucial actually! The T-L-A story is built like a mythological tragedy, Percy exists to break the cycle of the story, he's the hero that ends happily.

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Everybody got a crush on Percy at some point but he's with Annabeth, so no one can be mad

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Stop getting mad at me I raise undead when im in distress

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'percy relies on annabeth for plans'

'annabeth relies on percy's plans'

actually they build off of each other like they're in an improv skit

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when i first read the books as a kid, i interpreted “fails to save what matters most in the end” as a reference to percy’s failure at saving sally the first time around but with the changed betrayal scene in the show and percy mentioning this line along with his appeal to luke (“this is not you, this is kronos”), it makes me think that maybe that line refers to luke. maybe luke is the one percy fails to save in the end and obv, that responsibility doesn’t lie with percy but this prophecy is tailor-made for his perspective and i don’t doubt that the percy we see having that conversation with luke wouldn’t have felt regret over failing to persuade luke to not turn his back on them. which is just...so painful to think about.

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Watching the Percy Jackson series has made me empathize with Aphrodite more than I ever thought possible.

Cuz these kids are TWELVE and are out here just trying to SURVIVE, but every time Percy and Annabeth interact I’m giggling and kicking my feet like “Hehehe you don’t know it yet, but that is the love of your life. Yes, yes, there’s a big scary monster but what about the slow-burn romance?”

And I always found it so annoying in the books when Aphrodite would show up and only be interested in the romantic dynamics between the characters and otherwise be kinda useless. But now??? I’m totally on the same page with her. Cuz I know they’re going to fight a million monsters and win, and at the end of the day one fight looks just like the next. But they only fall in love ONCE and it’s AMAZING.

Like damn. Apologies the goddess Aphrodite. I suddenly get it.

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It's for two reasons the way I see it!!

1. It makes Grover look suspicious like he's going to be the friend who betrays Percy. They're making him a bit more secretive and crafty.

2. It showcases his emotional intelligence and intuition, and his bravery in facing the gods themselves head-on. Also, it reminds us that he's older than Annabeth and Percy and knows some shit, able to list off niche war facts like it's nothing, like he had learned it in preparation to manipulate Ares.

Also, I highly doubt that Grover has figured out the betrayer is Luke. I think he's going to guess it's Clarisse since he (rightfully) suspects Ares is somehow behind the stolen bolt.

The deeper we get into the series, the more it strays from the book. It makes sense to change the story a bit to match a different form of storytelling. Also, new jokes and new scenarios keep old audiences curious and guessing what will happen next. And more importantly, a lot of effort has been made to center Percy less, highlight the traits and importance of the side characters. I think Rick doesn't want them to feel like accessories to the main, white character and he definitely doesn't want them to feel like stereotypes. (And it would be all too easy to portray Grover and Annabeth as stereotypes since in the first book they only could have so much character development, their characters were far more flat in the first book than by the last book)

i just don’t understand the reason for making grover stay back w ares other than the sole purpose of giving percabeth more tv time. i’m fairly sure he was at the park w them. and i get that in the show he was trying to get info out of ares but in the book eventually they figured out ares stole it without having grover stay back. maybe discovering it at this point in the plot has its purpose but i’m really nervous because i personally feel like it takes away from the shock factor 😭

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They should've knelt, they should've knelt man. It's such an important moment in the books, it shows how different the Big Three kids are from the rest, shows that they are not only to be respected, but feared. It shows that they are dangerous.

But even more than that, all around me, campers started kneeling, even the Ares cabin, though they didn't look happy about it (tlt, p. 126) it shows that Percy is and continues to be other, even in a place where he should fit in.

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RICK JUST ANNOUNCED A NEW PERCY JACKSON BOOK

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RICK JUST ANNOUNCED A NEW PERCY JACKSON BOOK

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some assorted will solace moments that are now canon

scared of birds

fell down the stairs and passed out right after being told to watch his step

sang a little song so pretty it made flowers grow

said persephone was the most beautiful person he'd ever seen while his boyfriend was standing right next to him

saw real human feces on the nyc subway

bisexual....that's Literally his boyfriend

built a little shelter and left a kitkat for nico and then fucked off to go for a stroll in tartarus alone

laughed so hard at being called a care bear he broke down in hysterical crying

has a battery powered sun globe bc he gets depressed when the sun is weak

almost certainly had a crush on nico before blood of olympus

cargo shorts defender

inferiority complex

plague powers so strong he inflicted hay fever on a primordial goddess that doesnt even have a respiratory system and should be immune to all illness

best friend is his mom

TALL

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“Percy hadn’t considered that—duh—people in Italy spoke Italian, while he did not.”

“Next discovery: The Italians used euros, and Percy didn’t have any.”

Percy, my favorite dumbass. 🥰

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some pjo girls