#Luke and Thalia

[the-goddess-of-gays]

unfriendly reminder that when Thalia first met Jason in TLH, she probably did a double take because this scarred-up white boy looked a hell of a lot like a slightly younger Luke...

[daisychains111]

Thalia and Luke in Titans Curse is one of the saddest things to ever happen in the entire Percy Jackson universe.

Luke's plan had been to resurrect Thalia because he believed wholeheartedly that she would side with him and when she didn't he was so scared because he never watched to become Kronos.

Thalia wakes up to her best friend and the love of her life being evil. He poisoned her, tried to kill Annabeth, and betrayed everything that they had together. To make it worse, he practically did it in her name

Throughout the book, she says over and over that Luke NEVER let her down. After everything he did, she still loved him so much and always had the slightest amount of hope that he would come back to her.

And the saddest part is that bc Thalia isn't in BOTL and she didn't make it to the throne room in TLO the last time THEY EVER TRULY SEE EACH OTHER they're trying to kill each other. She pushes him off a cliff, hoping that he'll die, yes because of everything he did but also because if he's dead he can't hurt her anymore.

And then she joins the hunters, yes to avoid turning 16 but also because how could she ever love anyone else as much as she loved him, swearing off men was a no brainer bc the only man she ever loved and trusted let her down in a way that he promised he never would.

This isn't canon, but when you think about it, everything that happened to Luke could've been avoided if Thalia had lived, but instead, he lost her and then spent the next 7 years justifying what he did by saying she would agree. And Thalia only had moments to understand how someone she thought she knew so well would do such things, but also she knows him so she isn't surprised just hurt and praying that maybe it was a misunderstanding.

Anyway... they literally haunt my nightmares bc they had so much potential, they were just doomed by the narrative.

[lxvesick-stars]

something I tend to forget a lot when reading PJO/HoO is that quests are not destined to succeed. After seeing Percy and his friends succeed quest after quest I kind of forget sometimes that failure is a possibility in Fate's eyes. These are the most powerful demigods of the century, of course they are going to succeed. But Luke failed his quest, Clarisse came 🤏 this close to failing her quest and succeeded because of Percy and his friends' help. Michael Varus failed, though it wasn't HIS quest and that had a lot to do with it. We saw with Luke and Michael Varus what happens when a demigod fails a quest, it's tragic, it hits the camps hard. I almost want to see more of that yk?

[kumquatqueenb]

PJO spoilers if you haven’t read the books.

Hey guys, so we know that Luke didn’t literally cut a slice through the protective veil in the books. It makes me wonder if maybe that’s going to have something to do with how the veil and Thalia’s tree are hurt in the show’s version of Sea of Monsters. If so, I feel like Luke specifically using backbiter as a way to cut through the veil and arguably Thalia at the same time that Annabeth catches him in the betrayal is just so much more devastating than the way it’s done in the books. Like, he really betrayed them both in one single act. With a sword named Backbiter.

[hayacinthandlilies]

I wonder if part of the reason why Thalia was so ready to kill Luke was to put him out of misery and preserve a bit of the boy she once knew.

[moa-broke-me]

This is good but have you considered the 'found family' to 'tried to kill you' pipeline?

the 'tried to kill you' to found family pipeline tho

[ruegarding]

that scene in tlo where thalia tells percy he can't start feeling sorry for luke bc luke made his choices. and thalia reveals that the reason they couldn't make it to camp in time for all of them to make it to camp was bc luke kept picking fights. and annabeth never saw this as wrong bc luke was her hero. so thalia had to pick up the pieces. and percy thinking both that luke was put in a cruel position and that luke was putting others in a cruel position. and percy is the only character who understood both sides of luke bc annabeth sees only the best of him and thalia sees only the worst. and that's why percy is the prophecy kid and the one who gives luke the knife. bc annabeth had spent the entire series essentially giving luke the knife when he didn't deserve it. and thalia was never going to give luke the knife. but percy is the only one who can see exactly when luke deserves the knife.

[ofswordsandpens]

Thalia's point of view must be so surreal because imagine the horror, the tragedy, and the cruelty, of dying... but then not. but you're not alive either. At least, not in the way you used to be. You're more or less caught, trapped, in this liminal state of being. You're still growing... but when you wake up you're not the age you should be. And suddenly, the little seven year old girl you helped protect and cared for and treated as your little sister is practically your age now. And your best friend, a boy that was a mere two years older than you is now a grown man, hardened and distorted by the very hate you saw the beginnings of. that you commiserated with.

[percabethownsmybutt]

annabeth: why are you following me?

percy: because we’re dating now

annabeth: okay… what about grover?

percy: we’re a package deal

grover: buy one idiot, get one free

[spookedbees]

thalia casting announcement means i have an excuse to redesign her!!!

[logolepsy-babble]

[Image: “i just realized that annabeth was probably trying to get to her aunt when she ran away. luke was from connecticut, right? which is a a couple hours south of boston. so when he and thalia found her she was probably trying to get north to find her aunt and cousin. she was looking for magnus.”]

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[daisychains111]

it's 230 am but I literally can't stop thinking about thalia and luke

specifically how it must have felt for thalia to wake up after SIX YEARS of being a tree. like she was 12 when she "died," annabeth was 7, luke was 13, and the 3 of them were a family. they had spent months together and there isn't a doubt in my mind that thalia didn't consider luke her best friend. she sacrificed herself for that boy, her best friend and for baby annabeth

I cant imagine what it felt like, to wake up, learn how much time had passed, see that this little 7 year old is older than you were when you saw her last, and to learn that the person you considered your best friend in the whole world, poisoned you, is evil and has sided with an evil titan.

then actually talking to him and walking away from him bc even though he was so sure she'd side with him, she doesn't. having to walk away bc the boy she loved (platonic or not platonic whatever you think...personally i think they had a thing), the boy she sacrificed herself for isn't the same even though for her, time didn't really pass at all.

and on top of that. having to look at a now 14-year-old annabeth in the face and have to listen to her explain everything she missed. it's terrible

I think about luke and thalia bc even though Luke did a lot of messed up stuff, the worst thing he ever did was what he did to thalia

[lxvesick-stars]

made this after I saw this photo

[bogbutteronmycroissant]

The edits will be WILD

[peecyjacksoo]

Knowing that Annabeth canonically had a crush on Percy since she was twelve was insane to me at first, but now, seeing the show, she probably loved him almost immediately. This dorky kid that chose her for a quest just because he knew she wanted to go.

[mydairpercabeth]

Annabeth was this little when she ran away from home wait 🥺