#HoO Piper

[dorcasmckinnonn]

so you're telling me that jason grace was so adorably stupid and brave enough to jump off the grand canyon for a girl he didn't even know, without knowing he could fly, and y'all still hate on him bc percy's better????

[newlyfoundwren]

Something I don’t think is talked about enough when it comes to Percy Jackson is that the female characters are allowed to be pretty.

The most obvious example of this is Piper because of her character arc of going from her literally crying her eyes out to try and make herself look ugly when she gets claimed to fully embracing and reclaiming femininity and using her charmspeak like it’s her sharpest dagger is top tier writing and nuance from a middle aged man.

But I think an example that isn’t talked about enough is Annabeth. Annabeth, written by anyone else would fall into the trope of “stoic female badass that is hyper logical and doesn’t do makeup and emotions and needs a man to make her soft.” But in Percy Jackson, Annabeth is allowed to wear jewelry, (the owl earrings in titans curse and the coral necklace she got from Percy).

But also the way Percy describes her. Yeah she’s hot when she’s covered in monster dust about to slit someone’s throat but just the way he describes her naturally, not in danger, not super dressed up, but when he sees her again in the last Olympian.

“My heart did a little relay race in my chest when I saw her.” (Page 46)

Or just a few pages later when they were doing cabin inspections.

“I found myself staring at her”… “I mean, sure , she’d always been cute but now she was starting to be seriously beautiful.” (Page 70)

It’s little things like this that just elevate the writing from an action-adventure/fantasy book about going on quests and fighting the gods to a true masterpiece.

TLDR: the books are great because women get to be realistic and not caricatures

[sketchtheinfinity]

happy piper day !!!

[st4rb04rd]

percy and piper definitely surf together and they have competitions on who can do it the best but percy just manipulates the water so it looks like he's better and piper is forever bitter about it

[cam-stopped-eating-candles]

Piper McLean #1 girl kisser

[ramblingsfromthytruly]

no #1 piper mclean defender here going on a rant !!!

sooo jumping right into it :) her being all "i'm not a stereotypical feminine girl" kinda makes sense considering she's native american and ppl constantly sexualise girls of their culture. also the only female role models she would have had growing up would be women in the film industry and they aren't exactly NOT sexualised by public eyes. her first hand experiences with femininity have always been associated with inferiority and shallowness and surface level beauty.

also even if rick didn't intend for her to be queer from the start, she was VERY comphet lesbian coded. the way she always thought about jason was very reminiscent of when i was young and trying to convince myself i had a crush on this guy. also jason & piper's memories together were literally FAKED by hera. ppl talk about that when expressing admiration for jason but conveniently forget about it when it comes to piper like really?? and did i forget the daddy issues me & piper both share????

that girl had SEVERE insecurities about being incompetent (again, complicated relationship with femininity.. also among the 7) despite probably being the one who's single-handedly saved them from troubles the most number of times out of all the 7.

[rayssion]

32. The lost trio:

Rushed, fireworks background is not mine, only got it from Pinterest.

[holly-natnicole]

I bet Frank, Piper, Annabeth, and Leo enjoy playing videogames that range from fighting to exploration to building stuff.

[4ce-of-2pades]

[westywallowing]

girls trip!!! (without the boys) ((or a run in with Aphrodite))

[dorcasmckinnonn]

piper hates horses because the only thing she can ever imagine when a horse gets near her is caligula and incitatus looming over jason's dead body.

[thewhispersofthewaves]

Would you do a board for Piper McLean

《...being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible, it just means you’re brave to stand up and do what’s needed...》

[ace-of-garlic-breads]

lost trio matching halloween costumes ..

lost trio roller/ice skating (one of them is very bad at it. your choice)

lost trio spa day/sleep over !!!

lost trio BEACH day .

lost trio GROUP THERAPY SESSION (joke)

I couldn't think of any Trio Halloween costumes that aren't siblings or yk them. but I did the rest :>

I thought Jason would be the one who's bad at the skating and Piper is Really good. (Leo is pretty good, but is also being used as a balance by his Bf)

I thought Leo and Piper would Gossip and do eachothers nails while Jason is there (he also gets his nails done tho.) (also Leo helps Jason and Piper with hair trimming.) they're also like. blasting Taylor Swift

for the Beach one I added Shel (Piper's Gf) cause I thought it would be cute if it was like a double date situation, (shut up ik Jason's dead let me be happy OK?!)

they all take turns sharing their Trauma and it's Leo's turn. Mr D couldn't care less.

[hore4women]

Pipabeth HC bc no one is asking for it and I am for the people and by the people so I will be doing a public service, you’re welcome.

Piper definitely is the big spoon, especially whenever Annabeth has nightmares about Tartarus, but they also flip-flop.

Percy, Jason, Nico, and Leo all had a bet on which girl would end up making a move first, turns out THEY were the ones who had to help both of them to make a move.

Annabeth “Shut up” x Piper “Why don’t you make me?” Type of energy.

Piper is WHIPPED like Annabeth could say ANYTHING and this girl would do anything she says.

Piper is a beach girl while Annabeth is more of a mountains and city girl.

Piper was nervous meeting Fredrick for the first time, and considering Annabeth’s history with him, she wasn’t sure how it would go. (He awkwardly said something about Piper’s height, apologized and then offered to show Piper his World War 2 collection)

Annabeth was even more of a nervous wreck meeting Tristan for the first time, especially since how much he and Piper’s relationship started to improve for the better.

Ends up becoming good friends with Tristan and Tristan shows Annabeth baby pictures of Piper, much to Piper’s dismay.

Annabeth loves to fidget with Piper’s hair, absentmindedly or for stimming purposes and Piper loves it.

Annabeth is a Clairo diehard and Piper is 100% a MUNA fan.

Piper takes Annabeth to LA Pride a couple of times while visiting.

They also make an annual Pride celebration at Camp, they also got Nico and Will to organize it as well.

When Annabeth realized she had feelings for Piper, the poor girl was a flustered MESS around Piper or whenever Piper came into her line of vision.

Annabeth realized her feelings for PIper after remembering the Temple of Fear situation they were both in, she didn't get ANY sleep the entire night because the poor girl was overanalyzing the SHIT out of every touch, word, and gaze they had shared.

Normally, Annabeth is witty and knows what to say at any given time with anyone. But when she realized how attracted she was to Piper, the girl became a bumbling mess.

Piper was also a big gay disaster, she was able to hide it a bit better (only enough that Annabeth couldn’t tell, but everyone else knew about her feelings)

Piper once ran face-first into a tree when Annabeth came up from the lake after swimming once, she didn’t hear Percy’s warning in time.

The Aphrodite cabin and Athena cabin, at some point in time when it got ALL over the camp, tried to scheme a plan to get these two idiots to confess.

Lacy and Mitchell teased the SHIT out of Piper when they figured out Piper was into Annabeth.

Percy and Jason were also insufferable as well to Annabeth, purposely leaving her alone with Piper, “conveniently” having only one seat open which was next to Piper at the campfire.

At some point, Leo, Jason, Nico, and Percy shoved/“accidentally” locked the two girls into a closet at the big house.

Let's say the two were in there longer than the boys planned.

Annabeth loves to talk about birds and plants if she's not talking about architecture.

Piper loves to infodump about the stars and planets surrounding the solar system, she also talks a lot about her heritage and all of the stories that her Grandpa Tom used to tell her, it's one of Annabeth's favorite things to listen to whenever Piper misses her dad or her grandpa.

Piper is 100% into cheesy romcoms, Annabeth is also into them but very secretively and Piper drags her into her cabin alone to watch them.

Sometimes, Piper and Annabeth will sneak out of their cabins at night to go stargazing.

Annabeth is the one to say "I love you" first to Piper.

Piper and Annabeth swap sweatshirts and return them once either of their perfumes wears off.

Whenever Annabeth gets jealous, she makes it quite obvious, scowling, subtly rolling her eyes, yawning, and glaring at the girl who is flirting with Piper. It usually ends with Annabeth dragging Piper off to the nearest closet depending on the situation and tension.

Whenever Piper gets jealous, she gets more protective and wraps her arm around Annabeth's waist, or subtly reaches out for her hand to hold.

Piper is more careful with her charmspeak around Annabeth because of how potent it can be for someone, especially if they're in love and or extremely attracted to the person with the ability.

She's said some things like; go jump off the dock, as a joke without realizing she used her charmspeak and Annabeth nearly jumped off the dock before Percy and Piper stopped her. It was winter when she did that.

Piper has a four-pack and Annabeth literally cannot take her eyes off of Piper's mid-drift whenever she wipes off sweat with her t-shirt.

Piper gets all flustered whenever she sees Annabeth beat up people during her hand-to-hand combat classes, and she had to step out early because she judo flipped the shit out of Jason and she thought she was literally going to die.

During the Fourth of July fireworks, Piper found a good spot with enough privacy that none of her nosy half-siblings could spy on her and Annabeth admiring the fireworks (and each other)

Annabeth has warm hands and Piper has cold hands.

Piper loves pastels while Annabeth likes neutral colors.

Annabeth has stolen like 12 of Piper's hoodies and refused to give them back, not like Piper is complaining.

Annabeth adores fall and winter, while Piper is more of a spring and summer girl.

Piper has a massive sweet tooth but specifically, she has a taste for sour candy.

Annabeth also has a sweet tooth, but she likes salty things like chocolate-covered pretzels and sea salt caramel.

Annabeth sends Piper cute couple date ideas from TikTok.

Piper just sends Annabeth a whole bunch of stupid memes, plus recipes to try out.

Annabeth cannot cook to save the LIFE of her, like both the Apollo and Demeter cabins have banned her from trying to help out in the kitchen.

Piper is pretty skilled when it comes to throwing down in the kitchen, and Annabeth likes to come up behind her and wrap her arms around Piper's waist and watch her.

Annabeth makes a MEAN Spotify playlist, especially since she's had to rebuild Olympus for the Gods after the first Titan war, she's gotten especially good with making a playlist to lock in and work.

They both have made playlists for each other, and they swap playlists whenever they are together or when they're apart.

Whenever they miss each other, Piper has Annabeth's New York City sweatshirt and wears it to sleep.

Annabeth has a necklace Piper had given her and one of Piper's hoodies that she sleeps in.

Whenever either of them are on quests, they carry pictures of each other.

Piper got the shovel talk from both Percy and the entire Athena cabin (it wasn't too threatening), but it was still a talk.

The same goes for Annabeth, Jason, Leo, and the entire Aphrodite cabin.

For their first date, Jason and Leo were kindly asked (forced into) the Aphrodite cabin to emotionally support Piper, who was picking out an outfit.

Percy and Grover were in the Athena cabin, also emotionally supporting Annabeth, who was also picking out an outfit.

They went to a secret swimming hole at a more secluded part of the camp, had a picnic, stargazed, swam, and kissed.

Percy, Jason, and Leo were spying on them at some point and Piper caught them, so they beat them all up when they were heading to the spot.

[cam-stopped-eating-candles]

She’s trying

[sillystar7]

i don't really get why people suddenly hc piper as a lesbian when she and jason broke up. i mean i kinda get it, but what about... aromantic piper...?? hm??