int3r3st1ng

[int3r3st1ng]

Percy’s school has a “drama” Instagram account dedicated about him

[int3r3st1ng]

Headcannon: Percy is immensely popular among nature spirits and "minor" gods

Oceanids & Nereids

It starts small.

The Nereids and Oceanids are naturally curious about him when they find out about his existence, that’s already canon:

She (a nereid) nodded. “It has been many years since a child of the Sea God has been born. We have watched you with great interest.”

Suddenly, I remembered faces in the waves of Montauk Beach when I was a little boy, reflections of smiling women. (The Lightning Thief, chapter 17)

Later, at the latest by the time Titan’s curse happens, nereids and oceanids see him save ocean creatures from fishing gear, or whales stranded on beaches, or him helping mermaids with hanging nails. (Titan’s curse, chapter 7)  We see him be considerate and respectful to nereids through his interaction in the fourth book at the ranch.

She looked like she was ready for a fight. Her fists were balled, but I thought I heard a little quaver in her voice. Suddenly, I realized that, despite her angry attitude, she was afraid of me. She probably thought I was going to fight her for control of the river , and she was worried, she would lose.

The thought made me sad. I felt like a bully, a son of Poseidon throwing his weight around.

I sat down on a tree stump. “Okay, you win.”

The naiad looked surprised. (The Battle of the Labyrinth, chapter 9)

It’s pretty good established in the books, that smaller gods and spirits don’t get treated with respect most of the time, especially not from heroes of old like Herakles and the Olympian gods. The reaction of the naiad adds to this sentiment, so we can pretty easily conclude that the way Percy treats them, is relatively rare.

In-between the books, Rick often sprinkles in some interactions between Percy and naiads, which further underlines their positive opinion of him:

I looked over the edge of the boat and found a couple of naiads staring at me. They looked like regular teenage girls, the kind you’d see in any mall, except for the fact that they were underwater.

Hey, I said. They made a bubbling sound that may have been giggling. I wasn’t sure. I had a hard time understanding naiads.

We’re heading upstream, I told them. Do you think you could-

Before I could even finish, the naiads each chose a canoe and began pushing us up the river. (Titan’s curse, Chapter 14)

Satyrs & Dryads:

The satyrs know that he, Clarisse, Annabeth, Tyson and Grover were the ones, who returned the golden fleece to camp half-blood and so, have stopped satyrs from getting killed by Polyphemus. During the battle of the labyrinth, Percy is the one who extinguished the fire and stopped the trees and dryads from getting burnt to death. Not to mention that he is best friends with the guy, who discovered Pan and has the title of Lord of the Wild.

“Minor” Gods:

The non-Olympian gods, like Hecate, Nemesis, Eros, Hebe and Morpheus were probably curious about him, even wary, but nothing more at first, until Percy managed to stop the civil war between Zeus and Poseidon at the age of twelve.  

We know that canonically, this already earned him the respect of many different beings:

As I walked back through the city of the gods, conversations stopped. The muses paused their concert. People, and satyrs and naiads all turned towards me, their faces filled with respect and gratitude, and as I passed, they knelt, as if I were some kind of hero.” (The Lightning Thief, chapter 21)

By the time the war with Kronos further escalates and they join his side, this obviously changes again. From this moment on, Percy is their enemy, and probably nothing more for most of them.

But then, they lose, and probably expect the worst of consequences.

Gods who have crossed Zeus have suffered severe punishments before. Prometheus was bound to a rock, with an eagle eating his liver every day because he stole fire from the gods, gifted it to humanity and tricked Zeus, the titans were banished to Tartarus after the Titanomachy. After some of the gods rebelled and tried to overthrow Zeus, Hera got hung in the sky with golden chains, where she cried out all night in pain, while Apollo and Poseidon were forced to work as labourers for King Laomedon of Troy.

They probably expected to get thrown into Tartarus with the rest of the Titans, get stripped of their immortality, or worse. Instead, however, their children finally receive cabins at camp half-blood and they themselves receive full amnesty.

All because Percy Jackson, this 16-year-old teenager, decides to change the entire thousand year old status quo on Olympus.  

He could have wished for anything after their victory over Kronos and the titan army. The choice was not between the oath he made the gods swear and him becoming a god. He could have wished to be left alone, or to never have to do a quest again, or live a happy, and peaceful life away from the pain and wars until the end of his days, or literally anything else, but he didn’t. He made the active choice to make Olympus fairer, and to create equality among the demigods, without even thinking about it for too long.

No one can convince me that this, and his already mentioned other actions, didn’t earn him the respect of huge parts of the mythological world.

Not even Rick himself (no matter how much he may try in his new books)

[int3r3st1ng]

Baron Arald basically went: Jenny you’re a cook, Alyss you’re a diplomat, George you’re a scribe, Horace you’re a knight and Will…you get a dad

[int3r3st1ng]

Looking back, Percy’s bet with Phineas in the Son of Neptune is one of the most metal things I’ve ever read. He looked Gaia in the eye and said “I’m valuable to you? Prove it.” He dared her to kill him as a power play and it fucking worked. Absolutely unhinged.

[int3r3st1ng]

This is why I'm single

[int3r3st1ng]

Will as a yard slave

[int3r3st1ng]

Interviewer: okay, one last question, Hinata. You've surely played with a lot of setters in your career. May we know who's your favorite?

Hinata: ...

Kageyama:

Kenma:

Atsumu:

Oikawa:

Hinata: I'M SORRY, I MUST GO, I PROMISED YACHI WE WOULD HAVE MET FOR LUNCH

Kenma: coward.

[int3r3st1ng]

REBLOG IF ITS OKAY TO TALK TO YOU.

Please.

[int3r3st1ng]

hello I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. The anonymity of tumblr means that I associate my idea/image of you with your icon and sometimes I look at people’s icons and I’m like ‘hmmm….what is that and why?’ 

so pls reblog this and comment in the tags the meaning behind your icon and why you chose it. this is a social experiment. do it for science pls.

[int3r3st1ng]

percy: hold on, i’m having one of those things - a headache with pictures

grover: huh?

annabeth: he’s having an idea

[int3r3st1ng]

Just an experiment. Reblog if you actually give a fuck about male victims of domestic violence and rape.

Of fucking course

What sick bastard doesn’t

[int3r3st1ng]

yes yes Will is very cute and very innocent and sweet and all but may I remind you that he's also essentially a trained killer?

I know his badassery in the department of 'he could crush you between his shoulder blades' has been discussed many times so today we're just gonna discuss his short fuse.

Will Treaty's got a temper. No joke, he does.

You hurt his loved ones? Yeah, he's gonna find you and murder you. You get on his nerves one too many times? He will threaten to put you in prison for the rest of your life just cuz he can.

Remember when he literally started dragging the snobby Makindaw secretary back toward the invaded castle to turn him over to the murderous Scotti? Yeah that was literally only because he was being annoyed and full of himself, and Will was already on the verge of a breakdown because the ✨love of his life✨ was locked in a tower, so an obnoxious secretary who thinks he's worth more than he is? Yeah, get out.

oh oh also remember in The Lost Stories? When he's interrogating the suspect for all those strange instances at Castle Redmont? And the suspect keeps lying and stuttering through his answers and Will literally slams his fists on the desk and yells at him to not waste his time? He was probably using this as an intimidation tactic to get the guy to fess up (it worked) but we all know Will was probably, rightfully, and legitimately pissed off. The man is BUSY, he ain't got time in his schedule for people to fuck around during an interrogation and make him go through more work than he has to.

Oh also remember when he gave a guy into slavery? .... yeahhhhh not much to say about that

Also remember when he was captured by Ruhl and Ruhl was all like "bro why you chasing me downnnn what did I dooo?" like an asshole, and Will just very evenly, very calmly and quietly says "You killed my wife"

he's not screaming at the guy, he's not cursing him out and feverishly trying to escape, he's CALM, and he asserts AUTHORITY because even in a situation where he is literally held captive he gives off the energy that he's in control. Even when we ALL know that he was dying inside and probably desperately wanting to murder Ruhl where he stood.

If y'all can remember any other instances, I'd be happy to be reminded of them, Will is awesome. that's it. that's the post.

[int3r3st1ng]

remember when percy used to just casually bribe people? and then target their insecurity to manipulate them to get what he wanted? because i do. every day.

[int3r3st1ng]

love when percy's suicidal and he gets upset that he can't drown. dude you have other options

[int3r3st1ng]

im so much more interested in a hoo that lets Percy keep the status and power he'd left off with in the Last Olympian and explores how he grapples with that instead of immediately forcing him back into the role of the underdog at the expanse of his prior development. Let the fact that he alone has the title the "Savior of Olympus" mean something. Let the fact that he is the sole survivor of the great prophecy mean something. Let the Curse of Achilles mean something. Let us see how it's a curse and how it could warp his sense of self. Let Percy be on a completely different playing field than the rest of the seven (or even the other children of the big three at this point) and show us how it alienates him.

[int3r3st1ng]

The Lightning Thief is so unhinged from the perspective of the gods  

The gods are already in a pretty dire situation even before finding out about Percy’s existence: Zeus and Poseidon are on the brink of a civil war, one of the most powerful weapons of the universe is missing, and no one has any idea what’s really going on.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, there is a new child of one of the big three

The first direct contact they have with Percy, the guy who could be the hero who either saves or dooms them, is him sending the decapitated head of Medusa to Olympus with a cart that says “With best wishes, Percy Jackson," and no added context whatsoever

The next thing they see, is him and Annabeth on a live stream on Hephaestus TV, where tehy escape from Hephaestus trap in the waterpark; video footage which ends with Percy turning around to stare directly into the camera, probably looking pissed as hell, and yelling:  “Show’s over! Thank you! Good night!”

He then manages to enter and escape from the underworld practically unharmed

Wins a one-on-one battle against Ares

Returns the lightning bolt and the helm of darkness on the day of the summer solstice, and stops the war

And then…. he just dips

Like, he leaves camp half-blood at the end of that summer, despite the fact that the last big three kid got herself killed trying to get there, and just disappears for a whole ass year to go to school

Like that’s what I call “leaving an impression." Honestly, the best introduction they could have ever gotten to Percy.

[int3r3st1ng]

you know what? enough with the "Percy is just another dude" trend. He does not look like another dude. Hazel, a powerful big three kid saw him once and thought he was a god.

Percy was offered immortality 3 times before his 18th birthday. The Olympians, who chronically cannot agree on anything unanimously decided to grate Percy godhood. not immortality. godhood. Poseidon, who has literally tens of thousands of children decided that Percy was his favorite. As soon as Percy discovered he was a demigod he started kicking godly ass and never stopped, even in fucking Tartarus.

I need people to start realizing this. immediately. enough with the "he's just a plain dude." no. No. NO. from the get go they see that Percy completely out of their league. camp jupitar saw this and promoted him to praetor in the space of a WEEK. they merely glimpsed the potential and they tried to hang on to him.

Percy's profs at NRU recognize his intelligence (4 languages under his belt before 18 without consistent learning disability accommodations), and offer him a specialized program and he becomes one of the youngest demigods/leggionnares to earn a masters/PhD. In a shockingly short amount of time. they test his IQ and he's a veritable genius.

He joins the basketball varsity team and redos all their strategy plays and his teammates realize that yeah. this is the guy that camp up with the strategy to take down typhon. this is the guy that led the defense against Kronos. they can believe it. after one rousing speech by Percy he has them all ready to fist fight Jupiter himself. they fucking smash every single other college team off the board; it's like nothing anyone's ever seen before. every single one of them get multiple professional offers to join national/international teams.

his classmates occasionally see him hanging around new rome with people they don't recognize. except praetor Reyna does and she fucking gasps and kneels and it turns out his friends he like to hang out with casually? fucking Olympian gods. Hermes. Mercury. Apollo(n). Poseidon. Neptune. Artemis. Diana. they visit on his schedule. they do shit for him. because he's the one that saved their asses. and they fucking know it.

just. enough with the "he's just a normal guy, Percy Jackson." no. No. NO. the man is single handedly responsible for the fact that Olympus still stands and western civilization still exists. He is light years out of everyone's leagues.

Respect Percy Jackson.