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“The Chosen One” aspect is really interesting in the pjo series. 

Like we all know that Percy’s going to be the one of the prophecy, there’s absolutely no doubt about it. Already ignoring the fact that he’s the narrator, there are literally huge cosmic, higher power signs pointing to Percy throughout the series, enforcing the idea that Percy is the hero of the great prophecy and his role to either save or destroy the world was predetermined years before he was even born.

But in the Titan’s Curse, two extremely interesting things occur: First, three other children of the Big Three become involved into the storyline. And as they are all under sixteen, that definitely throws the off the certainty of Percy being the hero of the Prophecy. Second, and more importantly, after Bianca’s death and Thalia’s newly immortal state, Percy makes the decision to be the hero of the prophecy. Percy chooses to be the Chosen One.

That in itself creates such an interesting and conflicting concept: Percy is obviously the One of the prophecy, but his decision implies that he had a choice in the matter. Perhaps, if he had never come to that resolution, that is one of the many ways he would have razed Olympus. 

Or maybe, in order to be the chosen one, you have to choose yourself. It’s interesting to think what would have happened if Thalia never accepted immortality or if Bianca hadn’t died.

Also, I’m not sure how much this has been discussed but that is such a defining characteristic of Percy. (Whether or not the decision changed the outcome) Percy chose to be the hero of the prophecy. He deliberately accepted that as his role. And he did it all to spare someone else’s pain - so Nico di Angelo would not have to suffer more than he already did. 

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[at the eye doctors]

Jason: E, H, 4, M, potato shape, coffee mug shape, smudge, smudge, middle finger, smudge, and the rest are all smudges.

Piper: Oh my gods, you drove us here!

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The Backstreet Boys performing I Want It That Way together from each of their homes is exactly what I needed today.

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Friendly reminder that -

Percy’s neutral expression is a natural brooding look that he gets from Poseidon

That when he does smile it’s crooked and makes him look like a trouble maker

When he talks it’s usually very sarcastic and/or impertinent 

His inner monologue is actually very negative and while we, as the readers, take it as a joke he’s usually pretty pessimistic for a good portion of the time

That when he’s fighting his expression is fierce and is hard to tell whether he is the good guy or not

That Leo Valdez equated Percy’s angry expression to the feeling he gets when Jason is about to shoot lightning. Let me repeat - just the look on Percy’s face when he’s angry was considered on par to Jason controlling flipping lightning

That he’s very very vindictive and loyal only to those he considers his friends and once you lose his trust it is nearly impossible to earn back 

That while he had the curse of achilles, he laughed crazily while he was single handedly destroying hordes of monsters

He made an entire volcano erupt, awakened a giant, and almost wiped out the northwest of the united states

He tortured a godess just so she would feel his misery

That he’s actually very manipulative and it made Annabeth step back for a moment and reevaluate her perception of him

That while his dark side came to it’s peak in house of hades and wasn’t mentioned in blood of olympus, there was no confirmation that it suddenly and completely disappeared after they left Tartarus.

Has been the child of the prophecy twice.

He manipulated Bob to kill his own brother by simply convincing him that they were friends and that is what friends did for each other

He was physically abused by his step father

That with absolutely no training at all he killed the minotaur with it’s own horn at the mere age of twelve

He wins a good majority of his fights by simply outsmarting his opponent 

He has scared not only Annabeth but his friends and peers on more than one occasion with his attitude and powers

That he’s considered extremely powerful for a demigod and for a child of the big three and makes the gods slightly nervous

That when he’s upset his powers act to mimic his emotions without him even trying

Has been offered immortality

That he is actually really sorta intimidating without trying 

That we need to stop reducing Percy’s character to a happy-go-lucky comic relief goofball that doesn’t know his left foot from right because he is so much more than that

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percy, rollerblading into his therapist’s office with sunglasses and a piña colada: maurice, you’re not gonna fucking believe this

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“A nice ass won’t get you through your whole life. When you turn 30 you better have a personality!” Annabeth to Percy at some point 

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i am the most obnoxious person i know

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Percy every time he runs into Luke

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I feel like pretty much all the demigods would have butts because sword fights, spear throws, lava walls are all pretty involved. The only two I don’t think would are Hazel and Octavian. Hazel bc she’s been in the underworld for like 80 yrs. there’s no gym there. Octavian bc he’s a little shit and he’s got an attitude of someone with no padding anywhere. Just an angry, jangly marionette.

there is so much to unpack here

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not to be dramatic but the super trouper lights are gonna find me shining like the sun smiling having fun feeling like a number one and tonight the super trouper beams are gonna blind me but i won’t feel blue like i always do cause somewhere in the crowd there’s you

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I feel like the problem ppl have when constructing redemption arcs is people make 'the character realizes what they've done is wrong' the end step instead of like...one of the earliest ones. a satisfying redemption arc doesn't resolve when the character first feels sorry, it resolves when a character has really journeyed towards atonement and made enough change in themselves to achieve some kind of symbolic victory over who they used to be

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I don’t care what other people say, you shouldn’t be expected to know what you want in life in your 20’s! After spending your entire life with a schedule that’s been made for you (school, extra curricular activities, family commitments etc.), your 20’s is your first real experience of independence. Naturally you are still going to be learning the ropes, trying to balance your own responsibilities with work and with free time for yourself. It’s gonna be hard and it’s gonna be a challenge because it’s new? Take this time for yourself to find out what YOU want to make of your life. There’s no rush, there’s no time limit and there’s no point scoring system to who has the best life. In this new found freedom, just take this opportunity to be YOU and discover yourself.

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the “the the monster”

One of the best writing tips I’d ever gotten was from my seventh grade history teacher–that of which he called the ‘the the monster’

the best way to explain it is that you should never start two sentences with the same word. this might seem like a simple idea/very mundane–pretty much something everyone would know. However, you can find yourself doing this a lot more often than you think. 

for example writing this:

The soft, warm blanket lay atop her and keeping her warm as she slept. The boy had been waiting for her to wake up for awhile, constantly checking her. 

is a lot chopper than writing this:

The soft, warm blanket lay atop her, keeping her warm as she slept. Across the room, the boy sat and anxiously waited for her to wake.

personally, I like to give a two sentence space between using the same word to start. Doing this makes the writing seem less repetitive & overall can make you think of creative ways to get certain points across. I find if the sentences sound too similar it will bore the reader fairly quickly, leaving them to skim over what could be important information. Similarly, using the same word twice in one sentence has similar effects. That shows lack of ‘creativity’ so to say. 

overall, try to vary your writing! it might be tough sometimes but you got this!

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favorite characters (7 / ?) ➝ percy jackson

“They’re not going to like that,” Grover warned. “They’ll think you’re impertinent.”

“I am impertinent,” I said.

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at this point idgaf about the actual pjo books i’m just hanging with my heavily romanticized versions of the plot and characters