#He'd know how upset and devastated percy was and he's going to have to tell his immortal family but also yay?? But also aaaa wtf

[phoenixcatch7]

Oh yeah story idea: percy Jackson reaches his emotional/mental limits) (annabeth gets knocked down during a huge fight and nearly gets killed) and goes absolutely ape. We're talking hurricanes, earthquakes, a zillion exploding water sources, blood bending, poison bending, pounding rain, the works.

And it starts to kill him. Like eating too much ambrosia, his mortal body is burning up, too much power too quickly.

But through sheer force of will and the amount of divine energy he's putting out, he keeps clinging on as his body crumbles to ash, divine power building stronger and stronger and higher and higher.

And he accidentally brute forces his way into godhood.

And what would have been a true power reveal and two deaths, Percy being punished for his strength ala Frank, abruptly becomes a pseudo divine political drama, with percy at risk of any dozen horrific fates the frenzied council are slinging around (minus poseidon, who is also frenzied but unwilling to let his newly immortal son die) whilst dealing with all the ramifications of divinity and the new social strata of the immortal pantheon (and EVERYONE having opinions), all while trying to get back home.

But Annabeth survives because of it, so he can't really complain.

[anticomedygarden]

shake it out

Annabeth looks at her relationship with trust through the years, particularly with Percy and Luke. (or an excuse to freak out about the trailer through annabeth's trauma)

also on ao3

title and lyrics from Florence + the Machine's 'Shake it Out'

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Looking back, Annabeth can't believe how young she was. She was so young, not even five feet tall yet. Looking back, she can't believe anyone ever let them go on quests so young. More than anything, she can't believe they survived.

Regrets collect like old friends

Here to relive your darkest moments

She can't blame Chiron; he is as much a subject of the gods as she is. Honestly, she doesn't know what she would have done without his training and Camp. Probably died. There's not much else she could have done. Such is the way of the gods and their children.

I can see no way, I can see no way

And all of the ghouls come out to play

The younger campers treat them like gods, heroes to look up to. They all wanna be just like her and Percy. She doesn't have the heart to tell them the truth about her life, how much grief being a hero had brought her, or that she sometimes wishes Luke had won. 

And every demon wants his pound of flesh

But I like to keep some things to myself

She remembers hugging Percy after finding out Luke betrayed them. She had been devastated, then, almost too upset to berate herself for entrusting him with her heart. She should've known he would never stay; she should've known he would disappoint her, just like everyone else.

I like to keep my issues drawn

It's always darkest before the dawn

She thought he would always stay. He said he'd always stay.

And I've been a fool and I've been blind (I've been blind)

I can never leave the past behind

She thought he would always be there. He said he'd always be there. 

Because they were family.

I can see no way, I can see no way

I'm always dragging that horse around

She thought she'd never be able to trust anyone again, that no one could fix the walls everyone else helped build around her heart, thick and fortified with the hurt from so many people. She could still feel it like phantom pain, feel her hands clawing at their retreating backs, and then, eventually, feel the absence of their eyes as she walked away. 

They never cared. No one ever fucking cared. 

All of his questions, such a mournful sound

Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground

Then Percy came along. She tried to run away. 

It didn't work. 

'Cause I like to keep my issues drawn

But it's always darkest before the dawn

Percy, who started tearing bricks away with every day he stayed until there was a hole big enough for him to fit through. He didn't even know he was doing it. Maybe that made him even more endearing. 

Shake it out, shake it out

Shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa

Shake it out, shake it out

Shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa

And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back

So shake him off, oh whoa

And I am done with my graceless heart

So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart

So maybe she let him in. She did pride herself on her brain, and that was the smartest thing she ever did. Maybe that gave her the courage to let some others in, too.

And it's hard to dance with the devil on your back (shake him off)

And given half the chance would I take any of it back? (shake him off)

Her life was already so miserable. Why put herself through more shit on purpose if she had the chance to be happy? 

Maybe it was time to let go of the past and be happy. 

It's a fine romance, but it's left me so undone (shake him off)

It's always darkest before the dawn (shake him off) (Oh whoa, oh whoa)

Maybe her dad never loved her. Maybe Thalia still left, again. Maybe her mom treated her like a commodity, to be used and put away until she was needed again. But Percy stayed. And Luke tried, in the end.

Shake it out, shake it out

Shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa

Shake it out, shake it out

Shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa

And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back

So shake him off, oh whoa

And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't

So here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my road

So she could let Percy in. She can love him with all her heart because he loves her with all of his.

And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hope

It's a shot in the dark aimed right at my throat

She can trust him with her heart. How could she not, after all this time, after everything they’ve been through?

'Cause looking for heaven, found the devil in me (oh whoa)

Looking for heaven, for the devil in me (oh whoa)

Even if he hurts her (and she knows he never will), at least she'll have had him, and she'll have something to show for the worst years of her life. And, maybe, just maybe, she’ll have a few other people, too. 

But what the hell, I'm gonna let it happen to me, yeah

They are everything. They are 12 years old, fighting to live through their first quest. They are 13, saving Grover from unimaginable monsters and holding the world on their backs. They are blowing up mountains. They are traversing the Labyrinth. They are saving the world. They are going through hell. But they are surviving, together, and she wouldn't have it any other way.

Shake it out, shake it out

Shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa

Shake it out, shake it out

Shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa

And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back

So shake him off, oh whoa