#Percy’s is from the musical but whatever we all know the musical is canon

[decaffeinatedpartymuggoop]

Okay, we all know being a demigod is a shit position. Its scary and gets you killed in really nasty ways. But I feel like being a Big Three Kid has to be the shitiest position in all the shit positions.

Like, imagine being Thalia Grace. Your dad is king of the gods, lord of the skies. Led a war to get rid of a tyrant. And the only thing you get is his scorned wife AND brother, who both try to kill you (with one technically succeeding), a drunk of a mother, and brother who you thought was dead. Oh, wait, he’s not dead! No instead he was used as an offering to appease your dad’s wife and help fight in a war and prevent mass destruction.

Or maybe you can imagine being Percy. Son of the sea god, the stormbringer, the earthshaker. You get to live with a disgusting, abusive man for around 6 years. Who smells like literal shit. All because your scent as a demigod is too strong, BECAUSE of who your father is. You see things that you aren’t supposed to see and do things that people can’t do and go years thinking something is wrong with you. That your the problem. Then you get to the one place where you’re supposed to be save. But! Here is the kicker! You’re not! Your uncles hate you and you’ve been accused of stealing a symbol of power. A series of events that will kick off a war, and guess what. You’re a center point for it. Welcome to Camp Half-Blood.

Mhm, but then there’s Hazel. Daughter Pluto, god of the underworld and riches. But that doesn’t really change anything does it? She’s still living in 1930s America, in a red state. One where confederate flags still hang if you go deep enough into the city. She go to a school where the kids are supposed to be just like her! They still don’t like her tho. She’s got no idea who your father is, only that he left her with a parting gift. Only it’s not really a gift. Sure, she can pull rubies and diamonds from the earth, all worth millions. But anyone who’s ever gonna touch it will die. She lives with her mother, a woman gone so mad with greed it kills her. And Hazel, by the way. Laying dead Alaska, inhaling oil. But it doesn’t end there! She can’t have her mother suffering for eternity, can she? The answer is no. Hazel gets to spend the next 70 years in the Fields of Asphodel. It still doesn’t end! Because when she’s brought back to life, she gets to fight in a war against giants, her sad story seemingly never ending.

Nico’s a son of one of the Big Three, one of the most ancient and most powerful. But most people look at him as something bad, something not worth taking a second glance at. Something too look away from, mostly. He’s from the 30s, spent years in a magical time casino with only his sister at his side. She doesn’t stay for long though, she dies soon after they discover their heritage. And he doesn’t remember his mother much, a name without a face. A face without a name. He survived an attempted assassination at 2, though it wouldn’t be the only time his was life was threatened. He clings to his sister, even though she’s dead. He’s the son of the god of the underworld, is he not? There had to be a way, and there is. Only she won’t talk to him, she seems more concerned with communicating with the guy who got her killed instead. She chooses rebirth, and he decides to lay it to rest. She’s not coming back, and he has a war to fight in. (He gets stuck in a jar and forcibly outed a few years later, but that’s a lot to get into for now.)

Jason Grace is a pillar of New Rome, their golden boy, their American boy. He’s a son of Jupiter, a natural born leader. He’s been at camp for as long as he can remember, he wants to be praetor soon. He’s had a rocky start, but maybe he’ll be one of the lucky ones. Retire a veteran and live a long life with Reyna in New Rome. Only that never happened. He has no idea where he is, there’s a girl holding his hand, and she’s cute but it feels wrong. They get attacked and people come in and call him a Greek demigod, familiar, yes, but still wrong. It doesn’t feel right. It doesn’t put things into perspective the way it does for Piper and Leo. He’s goes to a quest to rescue Hera, the name sounds wrong. He nearly dies but at least he remembers who he is. He spends the next 6 months trying to get back home, even though he isn’t too sure on where or what home is. He gets there, eventually, but it doesn’t stop there. He’s dragged on quests and battles and fights in the war but at least he survives it, he’s still there. Apollo needs help, he and Piper give him aid. He gets dumped. He doesn’t get to he a veteran in New Rome. Not with Reyna, not with Piper, not with anybody. He doesn’t get kids or grandkids. No, he gets shot down, another demigod buried.

You could be any one of them, really. Pick your poison, but I guarantee you won’t like any of them. Spending years trying to find a place where you belong, where you feel safe. Only for it to never come.

Percy, who, if you really look at the books, isn’t really all that well liked until he’s at least 2 years into camp. Only to then be sidelined because the courages, brave, fearless daughter of Zeus is back from the dead. Nico, the son of one of the most feared and hated gods. Who has death written all over him, who excludes it so much animals can smell it and humans can sense it, who’s been ostracized and pushed off to the side since he was 10. Hazel, who was treated like disease as soon as she stepped foot on camp soil. Who’s gone her whole life looked as something that’s cursed, that will only bring misfortune, a bad omen.

Shit positions, all of them.

[neon-in-the-night-time]

we all know that canonically thalia grace likes green day... and it's basically fanon at this point (and has been for at least a decade) that nico is a fan of mcr... headcanon that all the big three kids are into alt/emo/pop punk music. percy's favorite band is fall out boy (i feel this to my core). hazel (once she gets used to 21st century technology) really likes paramore. if bianca hadn't died she wouldve been into it too

jason (doesn't know what a cd is) is the black sheep of the family and doesn't like any of them... the only music he listens to is like. whatever the fuck camp jupiter played and mario kart music

also hc that percy was the one who got nico a cd/cassette of an mcr album and that's why he's into it. and also that (going by tlt being in 2006 continuity) when thalia got un-treed percy (heard from annabeth that thalia liked green day when she was alive) tried to bond with her by getting her american idiot (which would have been released when she was a tree)

[aroaceleovaldez]

Hi, i was looking on multiple websites and i couldnt find any specific camp halfblood scedules for all the demigods, or at least none of them matched up to each other.

Do you have a version or even your own idea of how the days work? ( bcs ur ideas are usually pretty good lol)

Thanks!

My interpretation of it was always that each demigod has an individual schedule, probably tailored to their specific training needs and if they're a year-round camper or summer-only and whatever else may play into that. So each camper would get an individual schedule. I also generally presume that campers will generally have similar or the same schedules as their siblings within their cabin, like for example all the Apollo kids may go to archery together, all the Demeter kids may go to pegasus riding, etc etc.

Adding a read-more here cause this got very long - Beyond this point, here there be lists from canon of camp activities:

So we know some of the general activities available that they might participate in. Percy goes over a couple in Sea of Monsters:

And in PJO: The Ultimate Guide (ghostwritten by Mary-Jane Knight, fun fact!) we also get Percy's camp schedule over the course of a week (only weekdays - presumably campers get the weekends off). I can't get a scan of it currently, but his schedule includes (roughly verbatim) (it uses military time which i don't feel like translating right now cause I'm too dyslexic):

Breakfast and cabin inspection (Every morning 8-9)

Ancient Greek (Every morning 9-10:30)

Lunch prep (Monday), Store checks (Tuesday), Cleaning stables (Weds), Picking strawberries (Thurs), Polishing armor (Fri) (10:30-11)

Archery (Mon), Javelin throwing (Tues), Sword skills (Weds), Monster assault techniques (Thurs), Pegasus riding (Fri) (11-Noon)

Greek mythology (Every day 12-12:30)

Lunch (12:30-13:30)

Weapon-making (Mon), Ride the rapids (Tues), Tracking skills (Weds), Wrestling (Thurs), Volleyball (Fri) (13:30-15:30)

Letters home (Mon), Cabin clean-up (Tues), Laundry (Weds), Wood-chopping (Thurs), Firework-making (Fri) (15:30-17:00)

Free time (17:00-18:00)

Dinner (18:00-19:00)

Volleyball league (Mon), Unarmed combat (Tues), Archery knockout (Weds), Trials of strength (Thurs), Capture the flag (Friday) (19:00-21:00)

Campfire singalong (21:00-22:00)

There are notes as well that: Cabin inspections are carried out by senior camp counselors in rotation (which we've seen in the books), Ancient Greek and Greek Mythology are taught by Chiron and Annabeth, Sword-fighting is in the arena, Weapon-making is at the forge with the Hephaestus cabin, Archery is taught by Chiron (which again we know from the books - see the excerpt from SoM), Wrestling is with Clarisse, and Dog-handling (not featured above) is with Mrs. O'Leary.

Based on what we know from the books, it seems like the post-dinner activities are general for all campers and are slightly more opt-in. Maybe it's a matter of campers are encouraged to participate in at least one after-dinner activity a week, but if they don't wish to they can just spectate instead. I'm presuming the activities immediately before free time/dinner are also shared by all campers, probably in rotation though so that hopefully all of CHB isn't doing their laundry at once. I'm also going to presume that certain campers may do certain activities significantly more often than others, again based on their specific training needs - like, I imagine "ride the rapids" is probably usually a Percy-specific activity. Other campers may also participate in it, but Percy may have it on his schedule much more regularly.

And we know from other misc. books and Percy's progress report (also from the old Rick Riordan website) some other general camp activities include:

Music lessons (taught by Woodrow the satyr, at least as of TOA)

Chariot racing

Footraces (and one-legged races, in TOA)

Of course, as mentioned previously, rock-climbing (at the lava-wall)

Border patrol (again mentioned in the SoM screenshot - we know it somewhat fell out of practice after TLO due to the Golden Fleece strengthening Thalia's pine, which in turn strengthened the camp borders, and since there was no longer an active war it wasn't as needed, but presumably campers will still do it, or at least maybe Chiron will make the rounds.)

Washing dishes (in lava) (they get gloves, don't worry) (Usually carried out by the cleaning harpies, but may be assigned as punishment)

Gardening (presumably mostly in the strawberry fields)

Some campers are implied to have specific individual jobs, such as Will being camp medic and implied to be in charge of the infirmary. Also presumably someone is manning the camp store (I can't recall if it's canon or not that the Stolls are/were in charge of that but I just always say that they are cause it just feels right). And for awhile "generally taking care of Mrs. O'Leary" seemed to be a specific camp job that Beckendorf and Percy usually did.

According to Sea of Monsters and Sea of Monsters only, allegedly there are just. Normal horses in CHB. So taking care of them and also general riding lessons with them are presumably also in the schedule somewhere, unless that's a job for the nymphs and satyrs.

Alongside ancient Greek it's implied the campers are also potentially given Latin lessons. Presumably also taught by Chiron, given he was a Latin teacher.

It's also implied that CHB has some form of year-round schooling available for the year-round campers. So their usual camp activities may begin to lean heavily into more standard classes during camp's off-season.

And then there's this example schedule from the old Rick Riordan website:

Hope this helps!

[nighttimeebony]

My reactions, thoughts, and predictions that I had while reading Percy Jackson: The Titan's Curse. At least the ones I bothered to write down. Spoilers below the cut. Also, fair warning, this one is way longer than either of my previous reaction posts. I had a lot of thoughts.

EDIT: part 1, part 2, part 4, part 5

I feel I should mention that the Percy Jackson books have objectively the best chapter titles

The mental image of Sally driving Percy and his friends to get their ass beat like it's just an after-school sports club is hilarious to me

Ooh, Thalia has hypnosis wind

So Thalia didn't age while she was in that tree? Because I remember she was much older than Annabeth at the time of her death, but now she, Annabeth and Percy are all the same age. Huh. Okay then.

NICO DI ANGELO!!! I've heard about you! You're gay! And he has a sister! Oh I am delighted and ready to love them!

Thalia insulting Grover's music taste.

ANNABETH IS TALLER THAN PERCY

Aww, Nico defending his sister.

OH SHIT, IS THORN A MANTICORE??!???!!

"They're not dolls! They're figurines!" Sure, sweetie.

CALLED IT

Bianca is great.

Oh my God, Nico, you beautiful nerd! XD

HUNTING HORN?!!?!!! SILVERY ARROWS?!!?!??? IS IT ARTEMIS?!!!! PLEASE TELL ME ITS ARTEMIS!!!!!

HOLY FUCK, ARTEMIS'S HUNTERS!!!!!!!

Zoë Nightshade is easily the most badass name I've ever heard in my life.

ARTEMIS!!!!!!!

Please tell me Annabeth is okay. I will not be okay until I know that she is

Oh my God, Nico! XD Also, chill, Percy, he's just a baby.

"Besides, I hear they rebuilt the cabins you burned down." Excuse me, what?!

Percy, leave Bianca be! Besides, you don't even know her! She can be a badass warrior hunter lady if she wants. What even are your hang-ups about Artemis's hunters? They saved your life.

Oh, wait, that's right. Camp Half-Blood needs more people to keep it protected. That's right.

Good for you, Bianca, but I can't say that I would ever leave my little brother to become an immortal virgin. No offense to them, but girl, your brother needs you. You may have a new family, but you're all he's got.

Oh, I love Artemis calling Apollo her annoying brother. Do we get to see them interact? I pray that we do.

Grover simping for Artemis is so valid.

Thalia thinking Apollo’s hot is so valid.

Apollo being an obnoxious kind-of hippy going through an anime phase is the greatest idea anyone has ever had. He's so stupid, I love him.

Apollo's comment about pretty girls turning into plants reminded me of the myth about the time where one of his boyfriends turned into a flower after he died. Hyacinthus. Because we cannot forget that Apollo is canonically bisexual. If Rick Riordan doesn't (at some point) acknowledge how gay ancient Greek mythology is, I'm going to riot.

Dating must be really weird at Camp Half-Blood. And between demi-gods in general, right? Because, technically speaking, they're all kind of related to each other. I guess it just works differently since the gods aren't human, so there's not the same case to be made about genetics and the potential for incest. Or maybe that only applies to kids who have the same god parent. Like how Percy sees Tyson as his brother. I’m wondering if the kids from other cabins feel the same way. Like, do kids from different cabins consider themselves siblings? Does Annabeth see the other kids from Athena’s cabin as her siblings? What does the dating scene even look like at Camp Half-Blood? Is it considered scandalous to date other members of your own cabin? Or do some people think it’s taboo or whatever to date other demigods in general? I don’t need sleep, I need answers!

Ohhh. Okay. So apparently Thalia has aged while she was in the tree, just very slowly. So if Percy is 14 and Thalia can pass as an 8th grader like him, and she should be somewhere between 12 and 19, if I had to hazard a guess, I'd say she's about 15 or 16.

Oh, hey, I was right. Thanks, Apollo.

Aww, poor Thalia. Lol. I was the exact same way when I drove for the first time. Literally had a panic attack on the spot, and I wasn't even controlling the Earth's temperature.

Yay, Tyson! I was worried we wouldn’t see him again until, like, the last book or something.

Aww, it’s so sweet that Tyson wants to see Annabeth. And it’s adorable how cool he thinks she is.

Wow, Luke really is an unbelievable bastard. Annabeth is smart, she was smart to question him, but when the rocks started to fall, her instincts drove her to protect Luke, because even though he’s an unbelievable bastard, Annabeth still can’t help but harbor positive feelings for her. For the longest time, he was family to her and she loved him, so of course those feelings are still there, even if she knows it’s illogical.

Wait. Annabeth is holding up the ceiling of a cave, which Percy acknowledges that she shouldn’t be able to do. So… is the cave ceiling actually the sky? Like how, in Greek mythology, the sky is held up by the titan Atlas? In the mythology, Heracles trades places with Atlas holding up the sky while Atlas helps Heracles complete one of his twelve labors, and when Atlas is about to leave, Heracles tricks Atlas into taking back the sky before bolting. Like how Luke tricked Annabeth into holding up the cave ceiling before leaving her alone to hold it by herself.

Okay, Grover, chill out with the stalking, bud.

I guess Grover and Annabeth take turns getting damsel-ed. Last book was Grover’s turn and this book is Annabeth’s turn.

Don’t worry, Percy, I forgot about that scarf too.

Okay, not liking how the Hunters are portrayed. Because when Artemis says to give up love, she only means romantic love, which is clearly not the only kind of love. Greek mythology practically invented the concept of differentiating and identifying different kinds of love. The Hunters should know that, but the way they act towards the other campers is really… I dunno, gross? They act like their way of life is the only way that matters, which is super fucked up coming from the people that follow Artemis.

“I wondered if there was any way I’d looked that ridiculous when I’d first arrived.” Percy, that was literally only two years ago, get off your high fucking horse. XD

Thalia static-shocking people when she’s annoyed is golden and I love her.

Oh, fuck.

OH, FUCK!

Oh, we love the prophecies… Yayyyy.

Okay, guessing time. Artemis is chained to a rock, which immediately made me think of Prometheus, the titan that gifted fire to humanity and was punished by Zeus to be chained to a rock and have an eagle eat his liver every day for eternity. But then the Oracle mentioned that one must withstand “The Titan’s Curse,” which could be another reference to Prometheus, but I don’t think so. Because in the myth, Heracles killed the eagle and freed Prometheus from his punishment, so I’m pretty sure it’s not that, but you never know. Then I remembered Annabeth and my prediction that she’s currently holding up the sky like the titan Atlas, and the Oracle said that “one must withstand.” Admittedly, my knowledge of Atlas and his mythos is shaky at best, and I don't remember him ever having a "curse", but I guess holding up the entire sky is about as "cursed" as it's possible to be. And the Oracle saying that “one must withstand” makes me think that something happened to Atlas, so now someone needs to hold the sky in his place or else the sky will collapse to the earth and the world will end, or something like that. So that’s my prediction, that someone will need to hold up the sky in Atlas’s place for the rest of, well, forever. I don’t have a guess as to who it could be, though.

Also, someone is apparently going to die. And be killed by their god parent. Awesome… Super looking forward to that inevitable heartbreak… I hope it’s not either of the di Angelo kids, but they’re both new characters, and I know Nico becomes more important later (purely by accident and through pop culture osmosis), and since I had no idea that Biance even existed until I started reading this book, I am terrified that that means Bianca is going to die. I pray that I am wrong.

Wow, Thalia is petty and I’m kind of living for it.

I love that the Stoll brothers are basically Greek Fred and George Weasley.

Wow, Zoë’s kind of a bitch. She won’t travel with Percy because he’s a boy, and apparently Grover doesn’t count as a boy because he’s a satyr. Super fucked up.

You know, Artemis did have male Hunters. It didn’t happen often in the mythology, but there was a pretty famous male Hunter of Artemis named Hippolytus. The thing about Artemis’s Hunters isn’t that men weren’t allowed to be Hunters, it’s just that men typically didn’t choose to be Hunters, because one of the reasons why Artemis’s Hunters joined her in the first place is because Artemis protected the women in her care from the sexist constraints placed on them by Greek society at the time. The reason why men didn’t typically become Hunters is because they didn’t need the same kind of protection and escape from Greek society that women did. And Artemis didn’t hate men on principal, she hated the fact that men were the ones who used their positions of power to discriminate against and abuse the women in their society.

Aww. Grover’s such a sweetheart.

I love Sally.

Percy has so many damn Dreams™ and nightmares I have to wonder if this kid ever sleeps.

Apparently Percy knows the names of the pegasi, which is adorable to me. And this one is apparently Blackjack, which is a great name for a horse.

Aww, I want a baby serpent cow.

Aww, Nico. He's precious and I love him. Protect this child at all costs

Oh, I know about Ariadne. Theseus ditched her on an island after she helped him navigate the labyrinth and kill the minotaur. That's how she met Dionysus. I'm pretty sure they got married not too long after.

Aww, Dionysus and Ariadne are still married. That'd be kind of sweet if Dionysus wasn't such an asshole.

Yup, I know about Medea too.

Did they really just give Dionysus the Snape treatment? He hates all heroes on principle because one of them was cruel to his wife? He thinks he’s justified in harassing children because they’re training to be heroes, and he thinks that all heroes suck? Wow, dude. Get a life.

Oh, cool, Bianca’s forgetting things now. Nothing sketchy or sinister about that, I’m sure.

Is the General the titan Atlas? If my earlier theory was right, then he's gotta be.

Excuse me, teeth?! Plant them?!

Oh, wait! I think I know what that’s talking about. In Jason’s myth, he had to yoke a field with the teeth of (if memory serves) fire-breathing oxen. I don’t remember what planting the teeth did, but I’m guessing it wasn’t anything good.

HAH! Saber-toothed tiger kitties popped out

The General talks about mortals the same way I talk about fanfiction and anime

OH FUCK THE NEMEAN LION

“Sometimes mortals can be more horrible than monsters.” Truth.

Wait… what’s going on with Bianca? There’s something fucky going on with her memory.

“‘Bianca,’ Zoë said. ‘How long ago…’ Her voice faltered.” FOR FUCK’S SAKE, RICK!

Ain’t no way this friendly homeless guy isn’t some kind of hell monster.

Oh. I stand corrected. Not a hell monster. Probably a god. The gods love disguising themselves as old people to test mortals

The Mountain of Despair. Sounds fun. I wonder if this is the mountain Prometheus was chained to, since it’s powered by titan magic and all that.

Ladon… I know that name. I recognize that, but I can’t for the life of me remember his myth or anything about him.

*in reference to one of Percy's dreams* Oh, wait. Is this Jason and Medea?

Oh, nope. It was Zoë. I figured she had some kind of bad break with a boyfriend or something, but I dismissed it at first because I figured she was too young. But I guess if she was around during ancient Greek times, that sort of thing doesn’t matter.

Oh, hey! I once visited Cloudcroft, New Mexico! It was a nice little place.

“I was never very comfortable talking one-on-one with girls anyway…” Okay, Percy, you and I both know that is a lie. Annabeth is, like, your best friend.

"'Bianca,' I said. 'That hotel you stayed at. Was it possibly called the Lotus Hotel and Casino?'" Oh no.

Seventy years?!

Oh, fuck.

99% sure Aphrodite is the one in the car.

WAIT, HOLD UP! IF BIANCA AND NICO WERE BORN MORE THAN 70 YEARS AGO, THAT MEANS THEY WERE BORN BEFORE THE BIG 3'S OATH, RIGHT?! SO DOES THAT MEAN MY THEORY ABOUT HADES BEING THEIR GOD PARENT IS RIGHT?!?!??!! OHHHHHHH, SHIIIIIITTTTT

"When she smiled at me, just for a moment she looked a little like Annabeth." AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Aphrodite is the patron goddess of shippers.

What the hell, Aphrodite, chill, lady.

"You act like it was real." Percy, this is Greek mythology. Every single star/constellation was either a person or an animal before this whole mess.

"It... it was for Nico. It was the only statue he didn't have." OH MY GOD!! ToT

"If anything happens, give that to Nico. Tell him... tell him I'm sorry." WHY??!!?!?? LITERALLY DON'T!!!!!

"Here we were in the desert. And Bianca di Angelo was gone." WHAT THE FUCK?!!??!!! WHY DO YOU HATE ME!???!!??

No, but please tell me she's not dead. The prophecy just said "lost", not dead. And there's no body, so she could still be alive. Rick hasn't killed anybody yet, Bianca cannot be the first. I refuse.

The Hesperides! That's why Ladon sounded so familiar! He was the dragon!

"'But--' Gurgle, gurgle, the naiad spoke in my mind." RICK!!!!!! FINISH YOUR GODDAMN SCENES FOR ONCE!!!!! THIS IS THE KIND OF STRESS AND ANTICIPATION THAT MAKES PEOPLE LOSE HAIR!!!!

I like that Grover, Percy and Thalia actually listened to Annabeth ramble about her special interest enough that they can just recall random facts like that. It's an adorable little friendship detail, but also fucking sad. I miss Annabeth.

Hah. "Dam". Let these kids swear. They deserve it.

"'Nah,' I said. 'Not that high.'" Aww, Percy's a good friend.

Hah. Statue fucking.

Oh no! Is Bessie the monster! No! But she's so cute!

PLEASE DON'T KILL THE BABY COW SNAKE

"'This is Atlas's mountain,' Zoë said." LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOO

"'Yes,' Zoë said bleakly. 'Atlas is my father.'" THE GAME JUST FUCKING CHANGED

*after finishing chapter 18* ......... Fuck, man.

Wait, why isn't Hades a part of the Twelve Olympians? And why haven't we heard any mention of Demeter's demigod children? I can't remember the last time the Demeter Cabin was even mentioned, if it ever was.

Well, I guess Thalia joining the Hunters is a pretty roundabout way to have the prophecy be about Percy.

"But I will be watching, Percy Jackson. I do not approve of your friendship with my daughter." Well, then you're gonna hate what happens later.

Aww. Percy and Annabeth have matching battle scars. Sort of. Still sweet.

Oh, no, Nico.... Baby.....

"It was a statue of Hades, Lord of the Dead." OH FUCKING SHIT

"A son of Hades." OH FUCKING SHIT

HOLY SHIT, PAN HAS ENTERED THE CHAT

[absolutepokemontrash]

ayo!! congrats on 666 <33 I'm not sure if its much of a request but I love how you wrote the demon kids personalities! I was wondering what kids of personalities you would see the other brothers kids having? Hypothetically of course (unless 👀)

BRO- I’ve actually been thinking about this for a while! Fan kids are fun to think about, what can I say? Now, these kids aren’t canon to the Awfully Familiar series, the HOL is crowded enough as is… but I hope you enjoy anyways!

(I’m giving all the kids names just so no one gets confused with which kid is whose)

Levi’s Kid

Uh let’s use probability to figure out how rare children of our snek boy are. The Otaku left the house (unlikely), spoke to a human being (very unlikely), did the devil’s tango with them (impossible)

I’m kidding, but seriously what the fuck why did this human exchange student look so much like Levi? Was that a tail? Hehehe… what a weird practical joke…

(I’m calling this MC Percy. Three guesses as to why)

Okay, onto the kiddo’s personality. I’m picturing them being REALLY hyped and REALLY enthusiastic about their hobbies and isn’t afraid to yammer about them. They’re good at what they do and they’re damn proud of it! They turn their envy into *~inspiration~* and get better at the things they enjoy doing!

In all fairness to Levi, it’s a bit easier for his kid because Percy isn’t literally being eaten alive and consumed by this sin every waking moment of his life… perks of being half human! :D

Percy loves swimming, and the ocean, and fish, and they brought a shark back from the beach- wait hang on a second-

It’s not uncommon for Levi to be hardcore gaming while Percy swims around in the fish tank.

The pair of them have a very good relationship, Percy is kind of Levi’s hero with how eager they are to get better at the things they love doing and how they almost never self pity spiral. The one issue is… ugh… Percy is a 🤢…. Sorry. Percy’s a 🤢 🤢-

They’re A FUCKING NORMIE. THEY DON’T LIKE ANIME!

Other than that, the two get along swimmingly. (Ba dum tisssss)

Percy’s reaction to Levi’s cool military titles is basically “WOAH! YOU HAVE BOATS?! CAN I GO ON ONE?!” And Levi would be a monster to decline.

Percy wore a pirate hat despite Levi telling them numerous times that they were a part of the navy, they CATCH pirates. Which are apparently still a big problem in the Devildom…

Also, Percy and Lotan absolutely adore each other. It makes Levi very happy

Satan’s Kid

Satan’s a pretty charming guy, and it’s canon that he’s amazing at seductive speech craft so it’s no surprise that he was able to seduce a human.

You know what is a surprise? The fact that Satan, the smart one, didn’t think to use protection! Like- DUDE I EXPECTED BETTER FROM YOU.

Whatever, anyway, when this kid slammed onto the floor of the assembly hall no one had time to react when the kid suddenly grew horns… and fangs… and a tail… OH FUCK THE KID WAS GOING THROUGH THEIR FIRST TRANSFORMATION WHAT THE FUCK-

(For simplicity’s sake, I’m going to call this kid Lyssa, mainly because of the meaning of the name)

The first thing Lyssa did was launch themselves straight at the first person they saw, and I ask you to guess exactly who sits in the middle seat of the assembly hall. That’s right… Satan… yay…

This kid nearly clawed his face off in the span of two seconds and it took Lucifer and Beel working together to drag them off of him and then Asmo had to step in to use his powers to calm them down. Well. That was eventful.

So Lyssa has a volcanic temper and they’re honestly really bitter and upset at everything, which is something that’s supposed to come in adult life, not so early. So what’s up with this kid? Well, when you’re born with a burning rage deep inside you that can be set off at even the slightest inconvenience and because of that everyone around you immediately assumes you’re dangerous or crazy can really do some damage to a kid.

So who oh who is Lyssa going to blame for this…? Hmmm… who is responsible for the anger? *Side eyes Satan*

“Wow, this kid is blaming me for passing down my wrath even though I couldn’t control giving it to them and if I had the choice I would have made sure they wouldn’t have to live with it and they’re mad at me for subjecting them to existence itself… wow this feels so bad :( who would treat someone like this..?” “*Dad sigh*”

The two of them do eventually get along. It’s actually Satan who extends the olive branch and offers to help them control their anger. As the two spend time together, Lyssa’s intense hatred slowly subsides.

So… what’s Lyssa going to do now? They’ve spent so much of their life being defined by their anger… who the fuck are they????? U-uh… cats! Cats! Lyssa likes cats! Is liking cats a personality? No? Okay… um… Music! Music is relaxing! Lyssa likes music! Um… um… ooo- look at that! They like space! And stars!

You knew what they don’t like? School. Lyssa doesn’t like learning in a controlled environment where they’re being told what to learn. Leave them alone so they can go read about space.

Beelzebub’s kid(s)

*munch* *munch* *chew* *chomp* huh, *chomp* why does the takeout- I mean the human look so much like him…? They’re his kid..? *choke* *cough* *cough* …Huh. Want some chips?

Surprisingly chill first meeting. Well, Beel and the kid were chill, everyone else was freaking the fuck out.

I’m calling this kid Pepper. Why? Fucking guess.

Pepper themselves is just… chill. They’re sort of like a capybara, their vibes are just so immaculate that everyone wants to hang out around them.

Unlike Beel, Pepper’s penchant for food mainly comes from “food is good.” instead of “my body is literally eating itself alive every second of the day and I need to be eating something at almost all times in order to stave off a rampage.” Beel is very happy that his kid doesn’t have to live with food constantly on the brain.

All was well until three days into the exchange program when Pepper asked at the dinner table “so when are we bringing my twin down here?”

…twin genes man… twin genes…

Second kid, I’m calling them Cane. (CANE PEPPER, GET IT?! GET IT?!) this kid is less like a capybara and more like a honey badger. They don’t give a shit.

Here’s the thing though… they’re identical twins.

Cane is basically Beel but smaller. They follow Beel to the gym and usually get stopped at the door. “Kids aren’t allowed in the gym.” Ha, the rules don’t apply to Cane, they just cross their arms and raise their eyebrows and whoever is stopping them just steps aside. Don’t fuck with the honey badger kid.

Pepper and Cane are super close though, but don’t ask if they have a telepathic link or something, Cane will fuck you up and Pepper won’t be able to stop them. (I know a pair of identical twins, and the amount of times they’ve been asked if they can read each other’s minds is enough to make anyone homicidal)

Belphegor’s kid

*squints* how’d this happen..?

Whatever. When Belphie’s kid woke up on the floor of the assembly hall everyone took one look at this kid and collectively went “shitballs”

Belphie was in the attic and his kid was wandering around the house like they ran the place! What the fuuuuuuuuck was Lucifer supposed to do with this????

Anyway, meet Arien.

Arien, how does one describe this little hellspawn? Well, one would call them the brood of Lucifer or the spawn of Satan but that would be false because this manipulative evil devil-child that crawled straight out of a teacher’s nightmares is BELPHIE’S kid. And it fucking SHOWS.

This kid won the demon/human genetic lottery and they’re going to make it everyone’s problem. Basically, they’re sin is sloth, but unlike Belphie, Arien’s is more voluntary, if that makes sense. They sleep and slack off because they like not doing work, not because they’re always tired. They have this sort of lazy relaxed facade that vanishes the second it’s not needed, it’s honestly kind of terrifying.

They quickly learn that if they just pretend to be having troubles with being constantly tired, the rest of the house will go easy on them if they miss their chores and schoolwork.

Jeez Louise when this kid met Belphie…

They both just stared at each other for a solid five minutes before anyone said anything. Belphie somewhat nervously started up his “oh woe is me get me out of here :(“ charade, and the kid played along for a few weeks, until of course, they got suspicious.

You remember how Belphie guilt spiralled with L!MC? Yeah imagine that but 40 times worse, and he hadn’t even done anything yet.

But yeah, blah blah blah Arien breaks Belphie out, they don’t die, family’s back together, happily ever after. But not quite. Arien’s “oh no I’m sorry I’m sleepy…” charade was found out and boy howdy was everyone pissed.

Surprisingly, it was Belphie who gave Arien the wake up thwack, but Arien called Belphie out on his laziness so Belphie was forced to become a better example.

The way they fixed Ari’s behaviour? Extra chores, extra schoolwork, extra everything, and the boys did nothing to help. Basically, “this is how we felt! Deal with it!”

It worked… thankfully.

[stanning-reyna]

A tlt trio one-shot

Quick setup: Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are on the run from Kronos’ forces and have been arrested by police in Colorado for wrecking havoc on a grocery store (fighting off monsters of course)

“We’ll be contacting your guardians shortly,” the tall, lanky officer said.

Please, no. Percy’s hands tightened around the cushioned arm rest of the chair as he sat in the waiting room of the station. My mom can’t deal with me being in trouble with the police.

“This is horrible,” muttered Grover. You can say that again. The satyr began nibbling on a notepad nervously as his legs jittered up and down. To his left, Annabeth seemed to be in even worse shape.

All of the color had drained from her face and her fingers were wrapped tightly around the sides of her thighs. Her body was still, but the panic in her usually studious eyes showed that she felt anything but calm.

Annabeth didn’t get this freaked out often, which meant something very bad must be going on. Something that Percy wasn’t aware of. If it’s making you this worried, then maybe you should tell us. Just a thought.

“Grover,” Annabeth whispered urgently, as if she had heard Percy’s thoughts.

“What?” he replied. She just stared at him, as if waiting for it to click. Suddenly his eyes went wide.

“We need to get out of here, right now,” he whisper-shouted, the half chewed notepad falling to the floor as he leaned close to the other two. 

The officer looked up at them suspiciously from his desk. Percy gave him an innocent smile and he looked back down towards his paperwork.

“I saw an exit down the hall after the bathrooms. If we can get past this lady here, we have a shot,” Annabeth said, pointing her hand to a woman at their right. 

“Call me crazy, but I’m pretty sure evading law enforcement will just get us in even more trouble,” Percy argued. Normally he’d be all for breaking the rules, but his mom was already being called, and he didn’t need to put more stress on her by making the situation worse than it already was.

“Dude, we can’t stay here,” Grover said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Percy looked between the two of them, trying to find what he was missing, but they gave him no hints. Why won’t you guys just tell me what’s going on?

A phone rang from somewhere in the office. All their heads snapped towards the sound as it took their attention away from the conversation. That was likely one of their parents on the line. Please don’t let it be Mom.

The tall officer from before answered it. Percy couldn’t make out any words from across the room, but it was a short call anyway and soon the man was walking towards them.

“Your guardian is on his way. He said he’ll be here in less than 30 minutes,” he said to Annabeth.

How does Frederick plan on getting from the Bay Area to Colorado in half an hour?

Annabeth didn’t say anything to the officer in response, but her face went even paler than it had been before. It was almost as if she was scared of her dad showing up. As far as Percy knew, him and Annabeth’s relationship had been getting better in the past few years. He couldn’t think of any reason for her to be this freaked out.

When the officer walked away, Grover spoke up again. “I can cause a distraction while you two bolt.”

“You’re still on that?” Percy asked, the frustration clear in his voice. Until they told him whatever secret they were keeping, he wasn’t gonna go along with this plan. “Why don’t we just wait for Annabeth’s dad to show up and explain to him what happened? It’s better than being chased down by a police car.”

Annabeth was frozen again, but she managed to quietly say, “It’s not my dad they called.”

Percy didn’t get it. You do know what guardian means, right? He stared at her, waiting for her explanation.

Hesitantly, she went on. “A few years ago, before everything with Kronos started, I went to visit my dad and had him sign the paperwork to make Luke my legal guardian.”

Hold the phone. You did what?

“Luke had just turned 18 and was a legal adult. I knew I never wanted to live with my dad again. It made sense at the time.”

Percy sat there, his mouth hanging open in surprise. What do I say to something like that? Annabeth didn’t seem to care that he was processing this at the speed of a sloth. She just continued talking.

“So now you see why we have to leave. The officer called Luke, my legal guardian, and he’ll be here any minute with monsters to drag us back to Kronos. So Grover?”

“Hmm? Oh, yep,” the satyr said, pulling out his reed pipes from his pocket. “A distraction. You two get out of here, I’ll be right behind you.”

Annabeth grabbed Percy’s hand and pulled him up out of the chair. He found his wits and scurried towards the hallway as screeching music began to play behind him. The two demigods made it to the exit unnoticed and burst out the door into the warm June air.

“This complicates things, doesn’t it?” Percy said as they jogged through the parking lot. Annabeth didn’t respond. I’ll take that as a yes.

AN: I’ve had this idea for a long time and finally wrote it. I’m not sure how likely it is to happen in canon, but enjoy

[pussyd0n]

I was thinking about how beautiful CHB would be if the demigods were actually GOOD at whatever different gifts, they might inherit from their godly parents , and connect with other cabins based on the same traits, like:

Apollo is god of logic (yes he is ,look it up, himbo is just a facade), Athena is god of art and intellect , Hephaestus is god of craftsmanship . How good would it be if the demigods from these cabins , group up together and do whatever they're good at ? It'd be magical. The Athena , Hephaestus and Apollo cabin can be the big brain trio. Some of them are absolute nerds, brainiacs and child prodigies. No one's stopping them . And yes they're very good at making memes.

Apollo cabin along with Hecate cabin sometimes makes medicines and potions , using Demeter cabins condiments. Demeter cabin grows various medicinal plants and , the medic from Apollo cabin (because of course medicine isn't everyone's cup of tea) would make potions and ointments and stuff. As we know Meg can already summon karpoi which are very similar to Mandrakes , they've got excellent medicinal values. So ...

I feel like Athena cabin and Hephaestus cabin would be very much into art , and handcraft . Like some children of Athena are so good at making tapestries ? Athena and Hephaestus kids would all make excellent potters and sculptors. They can make excellent woodwork too. I feel like they'd be into painting and stuff too. Athena is goddess of art and warfare , so not necessarily arts of war right?

Athena , Hephaestus , Apollo and Hermes cabin are excellent computer hackers. Oh the Athena and Hephaestus cabin have made mobile phones that don't go haywire in presence of demigods. Apollo is god of logic and Hermes kids , as sneaky as they are , combined with Athena and Hephaestus cabins tech knowledge can crack absolutely any password.

The Hecate kids know to charm sing and they along with the Aphrodite cabin sing like Angels. I also have this headcanon that , normally Poseidon kids may or may not be able to sing , BUT , when they're near waterbodies , they become sirens. They sound beautiful. And Poseidon kids can charm sing near waterbodies (and no Percy isn't the only Poseidon kid , I have 1499 OCs and at least 5 of them are Poseidon kids).

Hecate kids are bribed by the Aphrodite kids to make love portions , and Demeter kids are bribed by the Hecate kids to provide them the necessary condiments.

If Aphrodite and Hecate kids are singers , Apollo kids are songwriters and instrumentalists. Their poetry is *chefs kiss* and anyone who listens to it is bound to cry for the next 5 minutes about how touching the poem was. Apollo kids can sing well too. They're some of the best singers too.

Some of The Zeus kids can talk to birds. No i do not take criticisms. That's it .

Just like children of underworld have power over underground riches , Poseidon kids have power over underwater riches. Pearl , Abalone ...you name it.

Poseidon kids can throw forks and it'll precisely hit it's target . Forks that look like trident.

Poseidon kids can create beautiful music with sea conch.

Ares kids and Athena kids generally don't get along, but if they do, that's it. That's the end for the enemies. Bonus: if roman children or descendants of Bellona join them.

Bonus: Cursed head canon

Dionysus cabin and Demeter cabin growing weeds and magic mushrooms and constantly experimenting by fermenting fruits to make the 'best drug' to ever exist to help depressed demigods get high on the days when it's necessary (# this is a joke , children DO NOT try this at home , as I said this is a very cursed hc)

[incorrectdmp]

DMP SEASON 4 EPISODE 9 OUT OF CONTEXT SPOILERS

okay so like. i’m GENUINELY sorry that i haven’t been updating this blog a lot outside of ooc spoilers. genuinely my sense of time rn is so messed up that i think i’m updating it semi-frequently then realize i only did one round of quotes before a new episode drops lol. didn’t even do anything for last episode my sense of time is just utterly fucked. so sorry hahaha i can’t promise i’ll try to remember things but. i still love this blog i’m just drifting outside of space and time atm

spoilers ahead as normal but honestly this episode was so chill and vibin you could PROBABLY read this update without watching and wouldn’t be majorly spoiled for much. ngl this is one of my fav ooc spoilers because not much super intense happened so i was able to capture most of the shenanigans through memes

-charlie, probably (made by pip for space game. Saved it in advance knowing it was spoilers for this episode lol)

I’m pretty sure tasting the colour pink is just peptol bismol

Charlie has reached a new low 2 episodes after the pizza image, somehow

“Despite all my rage i am still just a rat in a cage” -thorin

Alex’s nickname on the fanserver sure is real awkward now

Charlie is a weeb. next up, the sky is blue

I mean. If YOU gained god powers don’t tell me you WOULDN’T watch every anime in existence

The biggest tonal dissonance between the art and the music i’ve ever seen

-art by cam

Cant believe zephi is cg’s friend from work

NO TEARS. ONLY YOGA

My therapist: calm voice CG isn’t real he can’t hurt you. Calm voice CG:

Even the void is not immune to capitalism

COMPETITIVE YOGA

GAY PANIC TIME, THE FRIEND FROM WORK HAS ARRIVED

Vinny is phoenix wright 

Junior is denied playing with dogs by virtue of not being in the show. Shame.

Thorin being left alone with zephi, this could only end well. Just look how minerva ended up!

Vinny straight up admits he’s willing to kill a dog

“Ezra, yay or nay about val’s area” 

Miss Charlie steal yo girl

“I fucked your girl shitlips” -charlie, probably

Maybe ONE day the space jam scenario will see the light of day

Welcome to FUCK IT

The local mall cryptid returns at last

Two legends make a triumphant return: junior no last name and the gazebo

Junior nolastname can legally swear

Chuck. 

How dare you make me sad over one piece jokes

Just Starbucks

After months of CG and grace being the best goddamn dynamic in the show despite it being ENTIRELY noncanon they GET TO FUCKING INTERACT IN THE SHOW

Alex’s hyena laugh my beloved

Paul blart flesh mall

Do not investigate the meat

Yugo wasn’t dead, he was just put in gay baby jail for a nap

-cam

ALEX BE DROPPIN HOT BARS THO

Tommathan 

Hailey gets struck by the apollo ball

Yknow. A proposal. As a friend. She put a ring on it. As a friend. 

Tommy and angalena h*ld h*nds

Sometimes ur just so depressed you dont realize ur girlfriend proposed to you in a romantic way

Perhaps, just once, the girls will not be fighting

TACTICAL STEALTH EZRA

“It’s like i’m a WEBSERIES CHARACTER” -hailey looks directly at the camera

DAD TIME

Dads havin a good dad talk. I’m just vibin to this music

“The surrealism of it made me nearly scream”

Daily reminder that percy blackwood punched a kid at sunday school

Things gettin spicy in this mattress store ;)

Val averts thine eyes, at the disappointment of the fans

TOES TIME

Kingdom hearts called, it wants its belts back

Dmp would be instantly solved if junior hadnt been demoted to mall cryptid. Bitch been on screen for like 5 minutes and he’s goin full cinemasins on CG’s ass

Jesus canon to dmp

Junior decided to test god, he fucks around and finds out

CG throwing a temper tantrum and ripping apart his dolls like an angy 5 year old

(bitch), CG edition

THAT’S IT YOU’RE GOING TO SPENCERS

Eternal gazebo time

HOLY SHIT???? People go to malls to SHOP???

oh wow! [eldritch screeching] my favourite pokemon!!!

HAIR SWOOSH GANG

Oh noooooooo my two favs are talking whatever will i dooooooooooo

Yall are really just gonna shove doc’s corpse into a pretzel box huh

Charlie just progresses more and more into being comically small and sad

Rip the mall announcer, lost to the parking lot. We barely knew you

Charlie is a basic bitch, we been knew

Yeahhhh no cg sure as hell aint human. No human being would reasonably wear THAT

[couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name]

how would you do a percy jackson adaptaion?

okay, so I know this is a controversial opinion right off the bat: I really don’t think it should be an animated series.

A large part of the appeal of the series is that it’s a fantasy series set very very firmly in reality. Literally, apart from the camps, you could go to every location hit in the books. Riordan mentions specific streets, buildings and landmarks, and that was cool when I first read them. I remember being a kid and waiting for him to set a scene in a place near where I lived! I remember trips to New York and being able to envision an epic war happening in the streets. So I think any adaption needs to be live action just to keep that same feeling alive, while I’m not knocking on animation, I just feel like taking the story out of real life would make it loose a little of the charm. Like, the scene where Manhattan is completely frozen in time? It would be haunting to see that in real life, but I feel like it would be less impactful if it didn’t…you know…look real? The series should be done in a way that makes you truly feel like you could just turn a corner and walk straight into a snake woman going about her day. 

Now: another large part of the appeal of the series is how funny it is, but a lot of that…is Percy’s inner monologue. He doesn’t actually voice most of it, there was even a book where Annabeth described him as being quiet. So, I think the best way to work around this: make it Interview With A Demigod. 

Imagine it’s got an interview with a vampire-esque setup- and this even works because within the riordanverse, the books canonically exist because Percy sat down with a ‘camp scribe’ and had his quests recorded. So, like, this isn’t even entirely out of left field. But just imagine, a college-aged, maybe a little older Percy, I can see it so clearly in my head, he’s wearing a sweatshirt that at first glance looks like it says NYU but a trained eye will see it actually says NRU for a camp jupiter easter egg, he’s sitting in some dinky little diner (maybe it can even be a monster donut or something with a clever greek myth related name) with a guy who’s recording the conversation on some old-ass tape recorder that keeps acting up but they can’t record on a phone because of the whole technology thing. Every now and then it’ll cut back to them to get some great Percy thoughts out there. They open with older Percy saying the ‘look, I didn’t wanna be a halfblood’ and then explaining where he was when the whole mess started. Once he get’s to “was I a troubled kid?” the screen fades from older Percy to 12 year old Percy getting in a fight with Nancy and her gang, and the voice over says the ‘Yeah, you could say that’ part as we see him get threatened by the principal to behave on the field trip. Boom, we’ve got an opening. Lowkey….I’m seeing Jordan Fisher as older Percy, but I’m not 100% married to the idea. 

And before anyone tries to argue that showing an older Percy would spoil he’s not gonna die in last olympian- like, reading the books, we all knew he wasn’t going to die. It was a first person narrative and he was consistently speaking in past tense lmao like we Knew he was gonna make it. We still enjoyed the series. It won’t ruin anything.

I want part of the score of the adaptation to be instrumental versions of songs from the musical, I think that could be a sweet nod to that team. 

They really need to nail camp halfblood. I know that goes without saying, but in order to keep the pacing of the story decent we can’t spend as much time falling in love with it like we got to with the book. The book is like, 24 chapters and the quest starts at chapter 12- for a movie or tv show, that’s just gonna feel like it’s dragging. So, the insanity of the camp needs to smack you in the face right away, and then it needs to endear itself to the viewers quickly after that. Don’t try to ease the viewers (or Percy) into the mythology is real thing, rip it off like a bandaid. He’s on his way to meet Chiron and Mr. D for the first time and even if he’s not comprehending what he’s seeing, there’s nature spirits and harpies all around going about their day. Hestia waves at him and then disappears into the flames. Hecate kids can be seen casting a spell on the porch of the Hermes cabin. The Stolls are seen pranking some Aphrodite kids. He sees someone surely die on the climbing wall but then you hear a faint ‘I’m okay!’. The Apollo kids put a rhyming curse on another cabin. Pure chaos all before he gets the ‘so, gods are real’ speech. And then after that…show how warm Luke is to him at the cabin and at dinner. Show the kids all goofing off at the campfire and really make it clear that they’re children. Show the strawberry fields rolling in the wind and Percy sitting on the beach. The whole couple weeks where he’s searching for powers and learning greek and latin with Annabeth can be a montage. Make it clear how hurt and scared he is when he finds out he needs to leave.

It needs to really get you feeling how Percy’s feeling, every laugh, every tear, every moment of fear or confusion needs to shine clear through. Like…think of Spider-Man Homecoming, the Washington monument scene. All things considered, it’s not the most high-stakes scene we’ve ever seen in that franchise, and when it cuts to the kids in the elevator, they’re worried but not quite freaking out, but that scene feels very high stress to watch because the movie is good at getting the viewers to feel what Peter feels. A Percy Jackson adaptation needs a touch like that, because Percy’s a very emotional kid and that’s what a lot of the scenes hinge on.

Lowkey- I’d love it if the casts of both the previous movies and the musical had cameos or bit parts (the movie cast did Nothing Wrong, it was the rest of that team). It’d be hilarious to see, like, Jake Abel as the owner of the poodle, or Logan Lerman as Older Percy and the reporter’s waiter that keeps trying to get in on the conversation, or Brandon T. Jackson as a satyr who’s still stuck grooving out in the Lotus Hotel and Casino. Kristen Stokes as a nature spirit, Chris as one of the ghosts stuck in the waiting room of DOA Records, just like any of those casts having small parts would be fun and sweet. 

There should be a lot of easter eggs for the bigger riordanverse. Promotions in the background for the new Tristan McLean movie. Gabe’s got a true crime documentary about the missing Grace children playing during his poker game. Mr. D is reading a paper about Rachel Dare’s father’s newest project. At some point while they’re still in New York they pass the Kane family’s mansion or whatever it was called. Annabeth keeps a picture of little her and Magnus on her nightstand. The barest of hints about the Triumvirate. Seeing kids in camp jupiter gear in some background shots, just out of notice of our main characters but implying the camps are going through similar problems (BITCH….if we got a titan’s curse adaptation…and we had a shot of Thalia in the foreground….but in the background we saw a blond boy in purple with a golden sword….well I would simply loose my Goddamn mind).

And show us how easily the mist lets things blend in, too- like, everyone thinks ‘Monster Donuts’ is just a normal chain, it’s just on an average street block, but if Percy looks through the window he can see who’s behind the counter. Show someone swindling some guys in a park and you have to look twice to realize he’s a gegeines. Like…how people are still trying to find all the background ghosts in haunting of hill house. I would LOVE to see a bunch of background monsters and mythical beings just going about their day as much as the mortals are while the gang’s questing. 

The effects need to be fun. The whole story needs to be fun, but one weird thing about the past movies are that like…in their attempt to make it gritty, none of the fantastical things happening on screen actually felt that exciting. We need bright colors and interesting choices, consistently cool action shots, a liveliness that makes you feel like you’re in the center of the action. I have absolutely no doubt Disney easily has enough funds to pull off great effects.

The characters need to be….in character lmao. Annabeth needs to be cocky and bratty with the skill set to justify it. Percy needs to be a sweetheart who pretends to be hardened because that’s what people assume he’s like. Grover needs to have dry humor and a Too Old For This Shit attitude whenever percabeth start bickering. Luke needs to be nice and friendly but in a specific way that you can look back after the betrayal and see he was trying to groom everyone. Sally needs to be loving, protective and strong. Chiron needs to feel defeated and determined at the same time. Mr. D needs to….be Stanley Tucci lmao

Also, I’d love if the adaptation could expand more on things that got brushed along in the books- Percy and Beckendorf’s friendship, Silena and Clarisse’s dynamic, make Nico’s crush on Percy a little more obvious, give Rachel some more development. One thing that haunts me about the books is Sally never found out that Gabe hit Percy. Absolutely they don’t need to make the abuse explicit, but I also personally feel like a lot of Percy’s mindsets throughout the series are somewhat a result of Gabe, and I’d like if that got, you know, acknowledged. Maybe in the scene where he figures out Gabe abuses Sally he could say ‘does he hit you too?’ or something to that effect. They could also go more into detail about Annabeth’s family, give Zoe some more depth….like the possibilities I’m screaming.

Okay this is already long and I’m getting tired but I can so clearly see a great adaptation in my mind….Disney please come through….It’s what we deserve…. 

[theimperialnuisance]

GETTING TO KNOW THE MUN

NAME: I’m not usually one to give out my real name so Nico is fine :3

NICKNAME: Nico, Kuu, Tiny (some of my tall friends call me that XD)

FACECLAIM: That’s a thing? Do I need one….?

PRONOUNS: She/her or they/them

HEIGHT: 5 ft and a half (and yes, the half is important ;b)

BIRTHDAY: November 12th

AESTHETIC: Oversized sweaters/shirts, rainy days, cozy bookshops/cafes, orchestra music, and cat cuddles <3

LAST SONG YOU LISTENED TO: Kiss me by Sixpence none the richer

FAVOURITE MUSE(S) YOU’VE WRITTEN: oh gosh, I’ve got a few favorites from over the years of writing and roleplaying, the majority being not within the ffxiv universe and just throughout various rp threads and original stories but currently I’d have to say Kien and N’noah are my favorites. Both are my only ffxiv muses (for now) and I love them equally for different reasons! Noah is more of a comfort character for me and Kien is not a typical oc that I have so his personality and backstory gives me a good writing challenge and it’s fun to find lore on Meracydia and make my own hc’s too!

GETTING TO KNOW THE ACCOUNT:

WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO TAKE ON THIS MUSE: the fact that I could create my own character to go through the msq was inspiration enough honestly. I’ve always been someone who love creating characters for games or stories so when my friends roped me in to play ffxiv, Kien just sort of came to life as I began to mess around in the character creation! :3

It also helped that my friends had backstories for their ocs and it gave me the drive to weave my story into theirs so we could have our own canon story together while we went through the main story.  It’s been a lot of fun so far and I’ve met so many wonderful people with wonderful muses so I’m really grateful to my friends for introducing me to this game! <3 (ty always Blaise and Percy!)

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE ASPECTS OF YOUR CURRENT MUSE: Kien’s ability to observe and adapt—he spent his entire childhood dreaming about far away places so him getting to finally go out and travel the world is a dream come true and he really knows when to slow down and enjoy the moment. As someone who enjoys writing out details, his thought process is really wonderful. As for Noah, it’s her ability to cause trouble…sounds strange, I know, but also all the ways she just creates chaos is so much fun to write out.

WHAT’S YOUR BIGGEST INSPIRATION WHEN IT COMES TO WRITING: Music, for sure. I have a whole playlist of songs, most of them are movie/show and video game OSTs as vocal tracks can sometimes distract me unless the song lyrics have something to do with what I’m writing. I usually just listen to it on shuffle but sometimes I will search for certain songs to help get me in the right mindset for whatever I’m working on.

Bouncing off ideas and head canons with friends and mutuals also helps inspire me too! Though, sometimes if I don’t actively write down what was discussed (especially if it was all plotted out over voice chat or what not), I can sometimes forget the little details or I lose all inspiration to write once I do get a chance to and I have to start all over again…it can be a struggle ( ´∀｀)

I’ve recently found that screenshots can also help me, so I’ll sometimes go into the game and take the screenshots I need for what I want to write and go from there.

FAVOURITE TYPES OF THREADS: I honestly love a lot of different threads. I think my top favorite kind would be the ones where the character is put to the test and you can really dive deeply into who they are as a person. Kind of like “Here’s a situation, now it’s time to see if you’ll sink or swim” I really love character development and seeing what makes an oc tick so anything that can get that ball rolling is right up my ally. I also really enjoy fluff romance threads as I’m a bit of a hopeless romantic myself and I like slice of life every now and then so long as there’s a sort of magical/supernatural aspect to them.

Yay! I finally finished this! Life has been crazy busy for me so this has been in my drafts far too long. I was tagged by @sundered-souls and @bek-sc! I appreciate you both for the tags!

Tagging; @circusredmage @tokki-yue @omgpercabethsummers @sworn-unbeliever @decadentvelvet and anyone else who’d like to! But of course if you’re not comfortable filling this one out I completely understand <3

[thelivebookproject]

Talking Books With @auraseeingcoffeebean!

[What is this and how can I participate?]

First interview of 2021!!!!!!!! Wow.

Today we discuss the Percy Jackson film adaptations, fanfiction, and plot twists.

Important note: I haven’t changed or edited any of the answers. I’ve only formatted the book titles so they were clearer, but nothing else. Because I’m incapable of shutting up, my comments are between brackets and in italics, so you can distinguish them clearly.

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1. What is a film adaptation you hate of a book you like?

Ooo okay great question! Percy Jackson for sure lol. There were like a couple moments I liked in the movie. But I'd never rewatch it again...I would like to reread the books though sometime.

[The PJo film adapatations are... Something. To be honest, I read the whole Heroes of Olympus, then watched both PJo adaptations, and then read the PJo books, so not only I did it all backwards, I also didn’t think the films were that bad. They were quite entertaining. However, when I read the books I was like WHAT??? HOW DID THE FILMS MESS IT UP SO MUCH?? It blew my mind]

2. Last book that made you go YES (for any reason)?

I would have to say These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card. I devoured that book! I read it in 2 days lol and I just reread it but annotated it this time. I adore it so much. There are moments that hit me in the gut, or heart, or soul, or whatever haha. I loved the story and all the perspectives. There are many characters and they are all written so well its amazing! The ending was my favorite. From reading some reviews I have seen that people don't like the ending, it is one of my favorite parts! I could go on for a while lol 😂😂

3. Do you read with or without music?

It depends on what book...historical fiction no. But sci-fi or fantasy yes! I love to pair movie soundtracks to books. My favorite soundtrack to pair with books is Cloud Atlas 😄

4. Thoughts on fanfiction?

Hmm..conflicting I guess. I've only read a couple and it just wasn't my thing. But I don't judge if you enjoy writing it, awesome. If you love reading it, awesome. Just isn't something for me.

[Whereas I LOVE fanfiction. I don’t like how a plot went? Fanfiction. I ship two characters that weren’t a canon couple (or even if they were)? Fanfiction. I miss the world but don’t want to commit to a reread? Fanfiction. It’s the answer to all of my problems.]

5. Most surprising plot twist or ending?

Many come to mind haha. Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer, the ending was so...vague...yet detailed. I loved it! But also the ending to Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough...yo! That ending was a trip! Oh!‐ also the ending to 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle! I made my sister read it so that I could talk about the ending with her 😂

[I’ve only read Evelyn Hardcastle of these, but I agree that the ending was... Not what I was expecting. And I don’t mean this in a good way, haha. It left me a bit meh]

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Thank you, Emmarae! This was really nice.

Next interview: Saturday, 9th of January

[perseusjackson-jasongrace]

Day 7: “Is that vodka? At 7 in the morning?”

masterlist

Non-descript, non-canon compliant AU

This fought with me the entire time so im sorry if it seems a little all over the place 

Piper Mclean hated the club. It was loud and noisy and full of people who smelled like they bathed in tequila and coconut rum every evening. She didn’t understand why anyone enjoyed the dense atmosphere with music pulsing into the very fibres of your being and rattling your bones till they ached the next day. She much preferred close gatherings with a few friends, low music, and conversation that doesn’t involve screaming “YOU GOOD?” in someone’s ear every few minutes.

Despite all this, she found herself standing in the middle of Vibe with liquor and smoke clinging to her hair, trying very hard not to look like she was having the worst time of her life. It clearly isn’t working.

“Don’t look so glum Pipes! It’s not my fault you lost our bet.” Percy Jackson leans into her, a lopsided grin on his face.

“Oh I’m enjoying myself thoroughly,” She puts on a bright smile, fakeness leaking from between her teeth. “I hate you so much. You couldn’t have chosen any other consequence.”

“Sorry Pipes,” He looks too gleeful. She can’t wait to get him back. “It was either this or dive naked into the infected pond and Annabeth banned me from that because she didn’t have time to go to the hospital.”

Before she could even process the elements of that statement, the blonde mentioned saddles up to them, a pretty smile lighting up her face. “Hello girlfriend.” She kisses Piper’s cheek, leaning into her so their bodies pressed together.

“Hello traitor.” She grumbles, but wraps an arm around her waist.

“Traitor?” Annabeth frowns, confusion and distraction making the grey of her eyes look like rain clouds.

“Apparently you’re to blame for my being here instead of at the hospital being treated for pond infections.”

Her girlfriend pulls a face that is equal parts disgusted and adorable. Her nose scrunches up so the small smattering of freckles from various archaeological digs disappear entirely, and her eyebrows scrunch together so the crease in her forehead deepens. “I have a dig next week. I can’t afford to be watching you puke your guts out in a hospital.” And then she turns a sobering glare towards Percy, who is still standing there with an amused look on his face, “I’ll make you and her jump in that stupid pond. Then you can be bed-pals as you throw up into the same bucket.”

Piper and him let out a groan of disgust at the vivid image. She shoves her girlfriend's shoulder, scowling playfully. “Go spread your propaganda somewhere else! I want to wallow in peace.”

“Orrrrr,” A gleam enters those grey eyes and she knows instinctively that whatever would come next would be tomorrow’s regret. She is ready. “Or we can do shots until the liquor tastes like water?”

“Are you serious?” She is shocked at the suggestion. Annabeth has never really been a ‘let’s get wasted’ kind of person.

“Come on, don’t be a downer!” She waggles blonde eyebrows.

Percy chimes in with a splitting grin of his own, “First one to fall has to-”

“NO!” The blonde cuts in, “No more dares you two. I’m banning you for the rest of the month. We all need a little time to relax.”

They both give her indignant looks, “What? Who’s we?”

She glares at them, “The rest of us who have to look after you two whenever you decide to do something dumb that is going to get one or both of you inured.”

Their twin looks of dismay are almost comical and Annabeth’s lips twitch like she’s holding in a laugh. “Let’s do shots before you keel over and die.”

Piper doesn’t have time to protest before blonde curls are whipping past her vision and a hand is tugging hers towards the bar, which is crowded by people and makes her want to run in the opposite direction. But the warm hand in hers gives a squeeze as if her girlfriend had known what she was thinking, and suddenly everything doesn’t seem so overwhelming. They hit the wood of the counter with a thud and she knows she’ll have a bruise on her hip tomorrow, but Annabeth turns to her with a light like gilded rain and fine beauty and she knows she’d throw herself off a cliff to see that smile.

“What’s your poison?” Percy looks to them, mischief gleaming in his emerald eyes.

They share a look that crackles like midnight and trouble and turn to their friend. “Choose.” Piper winks.

His face lights up like fairy lights and he turns to the bartender, rattling off an order that is guaranteed to put them in the grave. Minutes later a line of shots, some of which she recognises and some completely foreign, is set up in front of them. Four different liquids swirl in the tiny glasses and she can smell the liquor like blood in a trainwreck.

“This is a terrible idea.” Her girlfriend grins.

“Yes.” She winces, “It is.”

“Well then,” Percy looks to them, already holding up the vodka, “Shall we?”

And so they do, and it is burning, and it is lightning, and it is gleaming, and it is fun. And when they’ve finished Annabeth orders more, and they go through those even faster than the first. The alcohol sweeps over them, like waves of gentle haze.

Piper smiles all lopsided as the neon colours blur together. The lights she hated so vehemently now bounce across her vision in a dance that she is all too happy to carry on. A warm hand slips into hers and then they are heading to the dance floor. Bodies writhe against each other to music that is so far away, sounds up in space.

They have more shots, dance even longer, everything is nothing but time and light and liquor and wonder. Annabeth pulls them together and she can feel every soft curve of her girlfriend, and every corded muscle alongside. Their lips meet in a chaste kiss and it makes them laugh for no reason. They try it again and it goes deeper, sweeter, more the taste of each other than the feel of lips. They are eternal.

When they go home, drunk, stumbling, laughing like they mean to remember every second, they are still in each other’s arms. They wave goodbye to Percy who is more sober than they could ever be, the little minx, and crash to the couch with no energy to spare. She finds the blonde’s mouth, presses feather kisses to the corners. Annabeth is already sleeping.

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Piper Mclean wakes up to the sun directly on her eyes, and a pounding like anvils behind her eyes. “What the fuck did we do last night?”

There is no reply which sets in a mild panic that forces her to open her eyes. They burn like she decided to stare straight into the sun and she sucks in a breath that rattles her brain.

“Annabeth.” Her voice is so croaky. 

“In the kitchen love.”

She groans as she pictures the walk through the apartment, which suddenly seems as large as the Grand Canyon.

“Are you alive?”

She takes stock of her body which feels like it’s been through a washing machine, “No.”

“You want my hangover cure?”

“Yes, get me out of pain!”

And then the blonde is walking into the room and offering her a mug of something she doesn’t bother to analyse before taking a large gulp. Big mistake.

She splutters as the contents hit her tongue, and scorch the back of her throat. “Is that….vodka?” She gasps, “At seven in the morning?”

Annabeth smirks, and it is rude how adorable she looks while she’s ruining people’s livers. “The best way to cure a hangover is to drink more.” And with that she shakes her own mug and downs the rest.

“I hate you.” Piper grumbles, “Get over here so i can hold you and sleep off the blacksmith in my head.”

“Want tablets?”

“Want death.” She squeezes her eyes, “But i guess that’ll do too.”

“Come on Miss dramatic,” Annabeth laughs, “Let’s get you to bed.” 

So Piper is lifted up bridal style by her girlfriend and gently tucked into bed. They sleep the rest of the day off and have deliciously greasy food for dinner. If nothing else, at least she is content. At least she is happy. At least she is home.

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[hamsterboos]

Playing Santa for the Olympians

🎄Day 7 of 12 Days of PJO Christmas🎄

Percy had enough.

After the last two years of the gods messing up his Christmas breaks, he was ready to mess with them right back.

The only issue, though, was the fact that he couldn’t just go up to the 600th floor of the Empire State Building without a specific invitation, despite being involved in two Great Prophecy and saving the world twice.

But of course, that is why he forgave his father for the last two Christmas ordeals under the deal that he would help him prank the gods.

PSA: These drabbles are canon-compliant till HoO and just acknowledge the existence of Estelle. Also technology use is a thing.

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Percy was sitting on the floor in his cabin, wrapping up presents with a sparkly decorative red and green wrapping paper when Annabeth came into the room. She walked in with a bright ‘hello’ before coming over to stand behind his back. 

“Hey,” he greeted, turning to look at her. It was the first time he’d seen her since breakfast because she’d been busy dealing with supervising the sparring ring, and he’d immediately holed up in his cabin to gather all the presents up and started wrapping them up properly the best he could. 

She looked down at him with a bright smile, and she leaned down to brush her lips against his. He pulled away from her first, sending her a grin in return, and he watched as her eyes moved around the room to take in the roll of wrapping paper and the boxes he was surrounded by. 

“Are you actually still wrapping presents?”

“Yeah, I am,” Percy confirmed, nodding. Annabeth moved to sit on his bed, crossing her legs underneath him. 

“Percy, I know I’ve said that you have a talent to piss off the gods, but this...this is insane,” Annabeth spoke up incredulously. Percy looked up at his girlfriend, and he simply grinned. She rolled her eyes, and he knew she was well aware that there was nothing she could do to talk him out of this.

After the last two years of the gods messing up his Christmas breaks, he was ready to mess with them right back.

The only issue, though, was the fact that he couldn’t just go up to the 600th floor of the Empire State Building without a specific invitation, despite being involved in two Great Prophecy and saving the world twice. 

But of course, that is why he forgave his father for the last two Christmas ordeals under the deal that he would help him prank the gods.

“That’s the plan, babe. Dad’s helping me anyways, so it’s all okay.”

Annabeth sighed. “My mom’s going to kill you.”

Percy scoffed as he wrapped up a Kidz Bop CD, the gift he got for Apollo. Honestly, he wasn’t entirely sure whether or not he’d actually, genuinely enjoy the CD.

“Oh please. I don’t have that big of a death wish. I may want to prank the gods for Christmas at their Winter Solstice meeting, but I don’t want your mother to brutally murder me. At least I know the others would hesitate before killing me long enough for me to convince them not to kill me.”

“So she’s the only one that didn’t get the prank present?”

“Yup,” he responded, holding up a small jewelry box that was next to his ankle. He rested his elbow on his knee and put his chin on his hand as he watched her open up the box. Percy had contemplated what to get his girlfriend’s mother for a really long time, but he remembered that she had liked the necklace that Annabeth had gotten for Christmas senior year of high school, so after a week of searching, he had found the perfect gift.

Once he watched Annabeth let out a soft gasp at the sight of the bracelet, he knew he made the right decision. He had bought a thin silver bracelet with a gold owl charm hanging right in the center of the bracelet. The charm looked a lot like the one on Annabeth’s necklace, and he was hoping that her mother would genuinely like it.

Of course there was a chance that the other gods would be supremely pissed off about the entire situation, but that was something to deal with later. 

“Percy,” she called out with a sly smile. 

“What?” he asked, furrowing his eyebrows. He did know she loved him, and he loved her as well, but there was something off with the way she was smiling at him and the way her eyes were shining mischievously. 

“Did you just match the bracelet with my necklace?”

Percy glanced down at his hands, suddenly feeling shy. “Maybe.”

“That’s so cute that you’re trying to impress my mother.”

“Well considering the fact that it’s been four years since we started dating, and she still hates me, I figured it was worth a try to bribe her into liking me.”

“Valiant effort, Perce.”

Percy huffed a laugh but turned back to wrapping the rest of the presents. He heard the bed sheets shuffle as Annabeth moved off the bed, and then she came to sit down next him, their knees brushing. She leaned into him a bit, and he welcomed the warmth she brought with her. He shifted slightly so she could easily lean on him but he could also easily continue wrapping the presents. She settled her chin on his shoulder, and they sat in silence as eventually she picked up one of the boxes and started wrapping it as well, helping him. Percy reined in a smile. He knew that despite her open judgement, she was excited to see the gods freak out at their presents. 

He knew he definitely was, but suddenly a thought came to mind.

“Hey Annabeth?”

“Hmm?”

“Do you think I should bring Nico and Jason with us just to make sure my dear uncles don’t murder me?”

“Probably.”

“Good talk.”

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An hour and half later, Percy had managed to wrangle Nico (who wouldn’t come without Will), Jason (who ended up dragging Piper), and Annabeth into coming up to Olympus with him. 

They were in the elevator — the normal elevator music having changed to Jingle Bell Rock —, each person holding a stack of boxes to give to the gods, and Percy couldn’t stop vibrating. He was excited, but there was also that slight tinge of worry he felt that he was going to be immediately struck on down the spot.

If anyone asked him, though, he would immediately deny the worry. 

He was the Savior of Olympus.

He was fine.

“So, what’s the plan?” Jason asked, looking at the stack of presents in his hand. He looked apprehensive, which was fair enough considering it was his and Piper’s first time going up to Olympus. Will hadn’t been up there either, but he didn’t seem all too worried. 

“We go up there and just say that we’re surprising them for Christmas, and then hand out the presents.”

“What happens then?” Piper asked. 

“We hope that Percy isn’t immediately murdered on the spot,” Nico responded dryly.

Percy groaned. “I’ll be fine.”

“Then why am I with you?” he asked, raising an eyebrow. 

He had a point there. 

“Because,” Percy responded, stretching out the word slightly, “I needed people to carry the presents up with me.”

Nico blinked at him a few times and sighed. “I can’t believe I liked you once upon a time.”

Annabeth snorted as Piper barked out a laugh. “I heard the story about Percy traveling with Rachel, you and Annabeth. All three of them liked him at the same time, and he was still so oblivious.”

Percy watched as Jason bit his lip in an effort to not laugh, but his shoulders were shaking, and Will simply grinned. 

“How did this turn on me?!” Percy whined, looking between his friends and girlfriend.

“It took me making the first move twice before he asked me out,” Annabeth spoke up, grinning as she bumped her shoulder with his. He swatted her away with his free hand.

“I was more occupied with trying to live past sixteen!”

“And here you are at twenty, still waiting for me to make the first move.”

Percy narrowed his eyes at her and started speaking without thinking, “You certainly didn’t make the first move when we—”

“Okay! We don’t need to hear about your sex life,” Jason groaned. Annabeth blushed, and Percy just laughed. Thankfully, they were almost to the 600th floor, which saved Percy from having to reply fully. 

The elevator doors opened with a ding, and they walked up to Mount Olympus and into the gathering room.

The 12 Olympians and Hades were sitting in their chairs in their ten-feet tall God form, discussing something that Percy wasn’t too inclined to pay attention to. Poseidon had turned  to look at him first, and his father sent him a wide smile, immediately standing up and cutting off whatever Hera was saying. 

“Percy!” his father greeted, walking towards him and changing into his smaller, more human form as he walked closer.

“Hey, dad,” he greeted. He heard the other gods stop talking, now paying attention to them.

“What are you doing here?” Poseidon asked, a wild glint in his eyes. Percy tried not to laugh at the overexaggerated acting.

“We brought Christmas gifts! We knew that everyone would be here for the meeting, so we decided to play Santa and surprise you guys.”

“Oh that’s wonderful!” Aphrodite exclaimed, also walking closer in her human form. Percy tried not to glance at her too much. With the few glances that he took, he realized that she looked like his girlfriend, and he wasn’t going to lie, it was kind of messing with his brain. He was aware, though, that she made her way over to Piper. 

The rest of the gods had slowly made their way over, and they all decided to try to move towards the center of the room. Percy was excited to let the gods open their presents, but he was also appreciating just how open the gods looked at their arrival. Apollo had wrapped Will up in a hug, and Zeus was awkwardly standing by Jason, both of them looking like they’d rather be anywhere else. Nico was talking to Hades, and he looked over at Annabeth smiling softly at her mother. 

“Is everything ready?” his father asked, bringing Percy’s attention back to the matter at hand. Percy grinned. 

“Yup.”

“Alright, then. Everyone, Percy says the presents are ready to be given out,” Poseidon announced. Percy shared a quick glance with Annabeth, and she shrugged as if to say this is it, good luck.

Percy, Jason, Nico, and Will first gave the presents to their respective fathers, and they all returned to their original spots to distribute the rest of the presents as Piper and Annabeth gave the gifts to their respective mothers. 

Within minutes, everyone had their presents, and at first, the gods looked at the Big Three, waiting for them to open them first. Percy bit his lip to prevent any preemptive laughter escaping him as they opened the presents. Poseidon had promised to be fine with whatever present he got as long as it wasn’t good to make sure he wouldn’t get caught as being in on the plan. 

Zeus opened his long, thin wrapped box first, and he paused as he pulled out an incandescent tube light with the words LIGHTNING ROD scribbled over it. 

His father opened his gift only for him to pull out a pack of Korean seaweed, and Hades just paused when he took out an anatomical skeleton with a pack of chocolate pomegranate seeds with a post-it note that read For Persephone. 

“What is the meaning of this, Jackson?” Zeus boomed, and Percy quickly glanced down, trying not to laugh. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw his friends also all shaking with the effort to stay quiet and for the first time he was glad that none of them had seen what he had bought because their reactions were absolutely hilarious. 

Noticing that those three gifts were clearly prank gifts, the other gods quickly opened theirs. Hera was given a Ken doll wearing a tux and a Barbie doll wearing a wedding dress, clearly for playing house. Ares was given a stick with a note that explained that it was a weapon, and Percy watched as he immediately just flung it across the room, the stick hitting a wall and falling to the ground. Hermes opened his to find a glitter explosion as he pulled out fake fairy wings with so much glitter that it was flying everywhere. He just grinned, though, laughing at the prank. He winked at Percy, clearly pleased by the idea and the execution. 

Aphrodite gasped in outrage when she opened hers to find a makeup palette for kids with the most boring colors that he could find while Hephaestus groaned in confusion when he opened his to find an Easy Bake Oven.

“Percy Jackson!” screamed out Dionysus as he pulled out a bottle of grape juice with the words WINE scribbled over the original label, and that must’ve been the only time in the last year that he had called Percy by his real name. 

Artemis snorted when she saw that she was holding a Rudolph plush with a small card that read “It’s nice that they made one of your deer hunters a plush,” and Apollo happily pulled out his Kidz Bop CD, rushing to find a speaker to play it with. Finally, Demeter groaned as she opened hers up to find a Costco size package of Wheat Thins. 

They all, except Hermes, Artemis, and Apollo, looked absolutely appalled at their gifts, and Percy had to admit that his father had gotten better at acting. Athena was the only one who hadn’t received her gift yet, and that was only because Percy didn’t want to make it such a big deal at the moment, and he was hoping that the goddess would see the present in his hands and would wait till later to ask about it. 

“Care to explain yourself, Jackson?” Hades hissed just as the Kidz Bop CD started playing a cover of Oops...I Did It Again. That was the breaking point for the demi-gods because Percy and his friends doubled over with laughter, even Nico. Percy couldn’t believe how perfect the prank ended up working, and he sincerely wished that he had a camera to record the entire thing.

“Man, everytime Annabeth said that Percy had a gift for ticking off the gods, I didn’t realize she meant that literally,” Piper gasped, leaning against Will. “Percy, I don’t need anything from you this Christmas. This was enough of a gift.”

“Gods, that was priceless,” Will responded. Percy looked up at the gods again, and most of them had realized that it was kind of funny because their lips were twitching. 

“How dare you,” Zeus complained, moving towards Percy (probably to strangle him), but Poseidon stepped forward.

“Brother, it’s Christmas. Let it go. Besides, your room could use some lighting.”

Zeus growled at Poseidon, but backed off regardless.

“There better not be a next time, Jackson,” Hades warned, and Percy saluted in response, his cheeks hurting from the laughter. The gods started breaking up, speaking to one another and his friends went to talk to them as well, taking the chance to reconnect with their parents. 

Percy and Annabeth made their way over to Athena in the meantime who had simply been standing off to the side, watching.

“I assume my present isn’t a prank?” she asked once they got closer.

“Uh, no,” Percy responded. “I didn’t think it was a good idea.”

“You were scared.” It wasn’t a question, and Percy didn’t feel like responding so he simply handed her the present with Annabeth quietly watching.

She took the present and opened it slowly. 

“It’s a bracelet matching the necklace you got my daughter,” she spoke, lifting it up slowly and looking at the necklace around Annabeth’s neck. “Thank you.”

“Not a problem, Athena.”

“You...are not as bad as I thought.”

Annabeth smiled at Percy, and he beamed, wrapping an arm around her waist.

“Thank you.”

Percy was surprised at how well everything had gone because usually, things didn’t go his way.

Until Apollo cried from across the room.

“How come she got a proper present?!”

“What?” Aphrodite cried.

“Percy!” Poseidon exclaimed. Percy winced; he hadn’t told his father about that part of his plan.

“Woops?”

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This is the last of the Christmas with the Gods plotline for the 12 days! I’ve really enjoyed writing these haha

Day 1 || Day 2 || Day 3 || Day 4 || Day 5 || Day 6

[callmefitz]

“Go Tonight” Two Princes AU

ok so I have angsty fic ideas and I’ll probably never develop this into anything, but here’s the jist. Its heavily inspired by the Go Tonight animatic taken from the musical The Mad Ones which you can find on Miranda Pla’s YouTube account. It’s really well done.

What if Rupert and Amir never fell in love, because Rupert had someone at home?

PSA I don’t ship whatever Percy Jr. X Rupert is, it’s just an interesting take on canon!!!

Percy is standing on the balcony in Rupert’s room, staring out at what used to be a horizon of forest. Now it’s all meadow.

The door behind him opens, and he can hear the buzz of guests downstairs. The visitation must still be going on. Percy left ages ago.

The door shuts; he’s not alone. Whoever joins him hesitates first a moment, letting the awkward scuffle of boots speak for them.

“What was he like?” Amir finally says, and Percy’s knuckles turn white against the railing

(He’s not mad at Amir. A part of him understands. It was either him or Rupert, and Percy doesn’t wish that level of survivor’s guilt on anyone. A selfish part of him wishes it was Rupert, however).

“He was...” and Percy, who earlier gave a long speech about his lifelong best friend, is speechless. As he looks back at the empty land ahead, a single memory replays over and over.

A starry night. Music in the background. It was a party for Rupert, to find him a bride or something equally dumb. But Rupert was nowhere to be found. Instead, he was dancing by himself, out in the courtyard that overlooked The Forest.

“Percy!” Rupert called out with laughter in his voice. His face was pink and his eyes had galaxies in them, “Percy, let’s run away.”

As the stiffness of the ball left his shoulders, Percy began to humour him, “Run away?”

Rupert nodded, “Forget my mother, forget a wife, let’s just leave,” he turned towards the forest, “Maybe together we could figure out what’s wrong with this land.”

He grows quiet. “Lavinia won’t listen to me about it. Something’s wrong and I can tell.”

The mirth leaves Percy; he’s serious. Still, he continued with the joyful tone, “When would we leave?”

“Tonight.”

“Tonight?”

“Percy, if we’re going to go we’ve got to go tonight,” Rupert’s goes quiet, “I have two horses outside and enough food to last us a while. We can make it out there; we can figure out what’s wrong and save our kingdom.”

Percy is suddenly hyper aware of the roar of the party behind them. Somewhere in there is his father. It’s Percy’s first night in security detail- if this goes well, he’ll be accepted into the castle’s royal guard program. If he fails, his career as a public servant is over.

“Rupert, you know I can’t.” (Every excuse is like a thousand knives he’s stabbing in Rupert’s back.)

“Percy, this is our last chance- my mother-“

“She’s only trying to do what’s best for you.” (Amir may have killed him but in this moment Percy laid the first blow).

“She wants me to do nothing! To stand by- I can’t, Percy. If we’re going to go, it’s tonight. We have to go tonight.”

(Why did I say no?)

In Rupert’s eyes, he sees a reflection of their lives. From reading together in the library, to sneaking away from Rupert’s piano lessons. Sword fighting with sticks in the courtyard and chasing each other down the halls. Laying on Rupert’s bed, close enough to kiss but too scared to close the space. Percy wants to tell Rupert what he sees, but he can’t. His father is inside, and this is his chance.

“Rupert, I can’t.”

“Yes you can!” Tears prick, distorting the scenes in the reflection of his eyes, “What are you afraid of?”

You, Percy wants to say, but he knows the real answer.

Rupert leaves that night, and he never returns.

He wonders about Rupert’s last moments, if whether or not he thought of Percy. Did he feel bitter scorn towards a coward? Or did he see what Percy saw that night and realized he loved him, loved him so much he was terrified?

Percy will never know.

“He was....” Percy begins again, but words fail. A reassuring hand is placed on his shoulder, a hand stained with blood.

Why should he care, though, when his heart is equally as bloody?

[fiadhulresims]

things i'd change for the first season of disney+ pjo

2 3 4 5

firstly, all these kids are dyslexic/adhd, so please show don't tell!! also disabilities are used as disguises a lot (chiron and grover) but never really incorporated into characters, and that's wrong imo. so, of course, introduce disabled campers/characters.

also, more characters of color. i personally don't mind changing any white/racially ambiguous character to black/asian/etc. even if they have "important" characteristics like percy's green eyes or annabeth's blond hair. i don't mind annabeth having black hair, for example, as long as her personality and arc don't suffer anything/change for the better. but, of course, leave canon characters of color as their original races.

that being said, i wouldn't just change races to whatever, i think you have to consider some aspects. for example, some people criticize movie grover for being the black friend who is only there to help the white protagonists.

(the way i see it, i would leave annabeth, rachel and luke as white kids. annabeth and rachel because i think the context of their white family matters. luke because otherwise you are going to have a man of color as the main human antagonist, specially if percy is white. and if luke is white, then i'd leave silena white too because i don't think the girl of color "betraying" everyone for a white guy suits well. etc etc. other than that everyone can be poc as far as i know.)

also why is every girl except clarisse described as slim? more body diversity!! for the boys too. every fat character (clarisse (maybe), dionysus, clovis, even frank) is described as unattrative! of course we live in a fatphobic society so you could say that's realistic i guess, but if drew is going to call clovis disgusting, at least have one character call her out!

imo, it's weird that percy displays a lot of water powers before his claiming and everyone (except annabeth and chiron) is still so clueless about his father. i think the musical's timeline of events is more coherent.

now, i might begin the show without percy's "look. i didn't want to be a half-blood", and have the audience learn about all that later.

percy can go to normal school instead of boarding school so we can see more gabe. and maybe show percy being kicked out of the other schools.

show silena pining on luke. at this point she would be 14/15 so just another reason to make luke younger!

also luke could be a bit younger, like 17, still sounding wise and cool to 12yo percy but closer to annabeth's age so her crush holds more.

magnus in annabeth's flashbacks

and show annabeth, luke and grover being friends! more!

i'd change the argument that sally was in an abusive relationship to protect percy because to me that implies other women in abusive relationships are just too dumb or weak to leave while sally was smart and brave enough to leave but stayed for percy. but the idea of smelly gabe turning away monsters is cool, it can stay.

also, annabeth's argument that people don't take her seriously because she is blond only works if everyone is white and even then it is silly. i know she's 12 so she can have silly ideas but i'd change that to her facing sexism and ableism.

also all athena kids are blond and have gray eyes? oh no! but i doubt they would bring that to the tv adaptation anyway

i have seen people criticize medusa's characterization as islamophobic. i don't remember much but this is not nice! there are many ways for her to cover herself/her head without raising suspicion from the characters.

show bianca and nico at the lotus hotel, of course.

please, cut the "demigods caused wwii" plot. it's insensitive imo. come up with another reason for the big three pact.

finally sixth grade percy winning against the god of war makes no sense. fix that but keep the bad guy/good guy/bad guy pipeline for ares.

[buoyantsaturn]

could this be love at first sight? (oh wait, I said that before) (1/1)

summary: Nico sighed, unable to believe what was actually about to come out of his mouth. “Will you come with me to a friend’s wedding?”

“Like...as your date?” 

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Seriously, what were the chances that all of Nico’s friends would get married in the same year? Even his own sister - his younger sister! - was getting married, and Nico wasn’t even dating anybody! How was he supposed to survive so many weddings on his own?

He wasn’t - he needed someone to suffer with him.

Nico called Will.

“What are you doing on February fourteenth?” Nico asked rather than saying hello.

“Um. I don’t know?” Will answered. “I guess that depends on if I’m dating somebody by then. Why?”

Nico sighed, unable to believe what was actually about to come out of his mouth. “Will you come with me to a friend’s wedding?”

“Like...as your date?” 

“My plus-one. Platonically. I just… Does your family ever pester you about being single?” Nico asked, leaning forward and pinching the bridge of his nose between his fingers. “My friends do that to me all the time, and at a wedding, it’s just gonna get worse, so… Please?”

There was a pause on the other end of the line, and Nico braced himself for a rejection. “Free food and an excuse to dress up? Sure.”

Nico breathed out a relieved breath. “Thanks, Will. I owe you one.”

“Just, uh, hang on--” he went quiet for a second, then continued with, “Keep March twenty-fifth open, okay? You can pay me back then.”

“Oh. Okay, sure.”

Nico wouldn’t admit to anyone the way his heart fluttered when he saw Will waiting for him outside the church that Percy and Annabeth were about to get married in. He’d never seen Will in a suit before, and the cool grey of the material complimented his tan skin and blue eyes perfectly. He smiled so brightly when he saw Nico approaching that Nico almost tripped over his own feet. 

“Hey there,” Will said, bringing a hand out from behind his back. He held out a white carnation and continued, “happy Valentine’s Day.”

“Oh.” Nico took the flower in a mixture of surprise and confusion. “That’s today, isn’t it? I completely forgot, I’m sorry. I hope you didn’t have plans with anybody else today.”

“And leave you without a date? Platonic date, I mean,” Will told him. He held out his arm to Nico. “I couldn’t think of a better way to spend the day as a single man. Ready to go in?”

Nico hooked his arm through Will’s, and allowed the other to lead him through the doors. As soon as they were inside, Nico saw the room filled with white carnations. He elbowed Will in the side. “You totally just stole this from the decorations, didn’t you?”

Will grinned. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Nico laughed and pulled Will into one of the pews.

They sat down and tried to get comfortable in the hard wooden seats, though after a few moments, the atmosphere around them suddenly became much more uncomfortable. Grover slid into the pew in front of them, kneeling on the bench and whistling as he looked between them. “Wow, Nico, when I heard you were bringing a date I didn’t believe it was true! And Will Solace no less!”

“We’re here as friends, Grover,” Will said calmly, though Nico huffed, crossing his arms and slouching.

“Don’t you have best man duties to tend to?”

Grover jumped up. “You’re right! Things should be starting any time now!” He shot them each a grin before he got up and left.  

Once he was out of earshot, Will leaned close to Nico and said, “Hey, remember how I told you to keep March twenty-fifth open? It’s for my friend’s wedding.”

Nico snorted. “We’re just going to pop back and forth between weddings this year, aren’t we? Because I have at least two more, if you’d like to join me.”

“I’ll probably get invited to another sometime soon, too, knowing my friends,” Will told him. He held out a hand. “Wedding buddies?”

Nico grinned. “Wedding buddies,” he repeated, and shook Will’s hand. 

“You know what might be fun? We should start keeping a tally of how many people assume we’re dating - and next month, I say we play into it.”

“What, like, pretend we’re dating?” 

“More like, we don’t try to convince people otherwise. I just want to see how many people come up to us and assume we’re dating just because we’re here keeping each other company. And maybe we have a little fun and let them believe what they want.”

Nico stared up at Will - with so little distance between them, he could count every freckle on Will’s face, could see every shift in the blue in his eyes - and he thought, yeah, I could date you. When he spoke, his voice came out just above a whisper: “Alright, deal.”

Before Will could say anything else, the music started, and Thalia and Grover - as maid of honor and best man - started down the aisle, followed by Annabeth Chase.

The reception lasted late into the night, and thanks to Will’s presence, Nico didn’t have to deal with any pestering about when he would get into a relationship. Unfortunately, he did have to endure plenty of teasing about Will, regardless of how many times he insisted that they were nothing more than friends. They were still followed by a chorus of wolf-whistles when the two finally left at the end of the night.

Will lived closer to the reception hall than Nico, and offered Nico a place to crash for the night considering how late it was. Before they had even made it into Will’s apartment, they were practically dead on their feet, and Will barely had a chance to offer Nico a t-shirt to sleep in before they were crashing in Will’s bed.

The next morning was probably the first time in a year that Will had slept in, though even after he woke up, Nico was still fast asleep beside him. He took the opportunity to observe the other - they’d been friends since college, and had crashed in each other’s dorms more than enough times for Will to have seen Nico asleep, but he didn’t think they’d ever shared a bed before. Did sleeping on the same floor count?

All Will wanted to do was pull Nico close and fall back asleep with that beautiful boy in his arms, but instead he rolled out of bed and left the room to avoid the temptation. It wasn’t long after that, though, that Nico was joining him in the kitchen - wearing just his boxers and one of Will’s t-shirts, looking like a dream come true with his hair sticking up every which way. 

Will poured a cup of coffee for Nico - with plenty of sugar, just how he liked it - without being asked, and Nico grunted in thanks. He stood against the counter and let the coffee fumes wake him for a few moments before he took his first sip.

Will smiled at him, and Nico just glared back.

“Good morning, sunshine,” Will said brightly.

“Shut up, Solace.”

That only made Will smile brighter. 

What were the chances that one of Will’s friends from high school was getting married just a month after Nico’s cousin’s wedding? And what were the chances of Will being asked to accompany the love of his life to said wedding, only to have him return the favor a month later? Will knew that Nico didn’t return his feelings, and he’d accepted that, but to have so many chances to spend time with Nico in such a romantic environment? He had to make the most of this. 

And if that meant pretending to date one of his best friends, that’s what he would do.

Almost immediately after Will and Nico stepped into the banquet hall that would host Travis Stoll and Katie Gardner’s wedding - entering arm and arm, just as they had at Jason and Piper’s ceremony - they were approached by Travis’s brother Connor, who congratulated Will on finally getting himself a boyfriend. Will could feel Nico tense as his side, but Will played it off cooly by replying, “Thanks, and you too! I bet Mitchell’s been going crazy over all the wedding stuff recently. I wouldn’t be surprised if he proposed to you right after the ceremony today.”

Connor got a look of panic in his eyes at Will’s words. “Oh, god, don’t say that too loud - he might hear you. I love him, but don’t give him any ideas so soon, you know? I mean, we haven’t even been together for a year! What about you two? When did you finally get together?”

Will glanced down at Nico with a hum, as Nico stared back up at him with wide eyes, probably thinking something along the lines of you had better not be expecting me to answer. “It’s hard to say, really,” Will said after a short pause. “We just sort of...stopped being friends all of a sudden and became something more.”

“It’s only been a few months,” Nico tacked on, “officially, at least.”

Connor frowned. “Didn’t the RSVPs get sent out, like, six months ago? Awfully presumptuous of you to check plus one without knowing you’d have someone to bring, Will.”

“What, you’ve never brought a friend to a wedding?”

They had many more similar conversations throughout the evening, and Nico was starting to get better at crafting lies that fit the canon of his and Will’s fake relationship. It was easy to do once he realized that Will would back up just about whatever he said, and the more he pulled from his own daydreams, the more believable the stories became.

He never once anticipated that he would have to dance with Will. Sit next to him, sure, and endure the feeling of Will’s breath on his neck every time Will leaned over to whisper something in his ear. Have dinner, and steal food off of each other’s plates like they’d been doing since college, that was a given. Stand pressed up against the most attractive man in the room while he held one of Nico’s hands and had his other hand at the small of Nico’s back while they swayed in time with the soft, slow music around them? Nico might have actually dropped dead had Will not been holding him up. He definitely wasn’t drunk enough for this. 

His head dropped against Will’s chest when he started feeling tired, but he didn’t want to let go of Will or the feeling of Will holding him so close. Eventually, though, Will whispered in his ear that they should head out soon, and pulled away - though not before Nico felt a suspicious brush of something like lips against his cheek as Will moved. 

Nico nearly fell asleep in the car on their way back to Will’s apartment, though as soon as they laid down in Will’s bed, he was completely wide awake once more. He hated that feeling, when he would almost fall asleep on the couch, but as soon as he stood up to head to bed, he felt like he’d just woken up from a good night’s rest. Will must not have had the same experience, however, because as soon as his head hit the pillow, he was out. Nico didn’t mind; it gave him plenty of opportunity to watch Will as he slept - not in a creepy way, but more like he was...in love with the way Will’s curls fell over his face while he slept, and how he murmured while he dreamt but never said any real words. 

That was probably the first time Nico fell in love with Will, back when they were in college. They’d both fallen asleep next to each other somewhere, and Nico had been woken up by the sound of a voice. When he opened his eyes, he couldn’t find anyone around him aside from Will, and almost fell back asleep before Will murmured again. Nico was fascinated. It was like Will held entire conversations in his dreams, but could never fully verbalize them while he slept, so Nico started trying to make up the story happening inside Will’s head based on the tiny shifts in Will’s expression. 

Nico smiled as he listened to Will’s nonsense mumbling, letting it lull him toward sleep. Will rolled onto his side after a moment, toward Nico, and draped an arm around Nico to pull him closer. Nico’s heart jumped at first, though he quickly relaxed into the hold - so similar to when they’d been dancing just a couple of hours beforehand. He tucked his head under Will’s chin and tried to make words out of Will’s muttering.

“I love you,” he thought he heard Will say, but that was probably just wishful thinking.

When Will woke up the next morning, his movement woke Nico as well. Nico glared up at him for disturbing his sleep, and Will smiled sheepishly with a whispered apology. He brushed his fingers through Nico’s hair until Nico’s eyes fell shut again, and Will silently left the room. 

After ten minutes or so of Nico waiting for sleep to overtake him once more, he gave up with a huff. He rolled out of bed and left the room, heading toward the living room where Will was sitting on the couch with a book in his hand. Nico approached him, grabbing a throw pillow off one end of the couch that he threw in Will’s lap before he dropped onto the couch. With his head on Will’s lap, his feet hung over the arm of the couch, yet he was perfectly comfortable, and his eyes slipped shut.

Will set a hand on Nico’s chest. “Couldn’t fall back asleep?”

Nico grunted in response. 

Will reached up and pulled the blanket off the back of the couch, draping it over Nico. He set his hand on Nico’s chest once more, dragging his knuckles up and down over Nico’s sternum until Nico drifted off to sleep. Will kept his hand on Nico’s chest, a comforting weight as Will’s attention returned to his book. 

When Nico woke up the second time, it stuck. As soon as he sat up, he reached for Will’s coffee that had been abandoned on the table in front of them, and grimaced at the taste.

“This is a disgrace to coffee,” Nico told him, his voice rough with sleep. 

“Good morning to you, too, sunshine,” Will shot back. “And it’s your fault I let that coffee go cold in the first place.”

Nico stood and took Will’s coffee cup with him as he left the room, then returned a few minutes later with a mug of his own, and Will’s now reheated drink. 

“Are you doing anything today?” Nico asked after a few sips of coffee, now sounding significantly more awake. 

Will shook his head. “I have the weekend off.”

Nico glanced at him out of the corner of his eye. “Video games?”

Will set his book aside in an instant. 

Nico spent another night in Will’s apartment, and had to wiggle out of Will’s hold on him in order to reach for his phone when it started to ring. Had it been anyone besides Jason, Nico would have ignored it and crawled back into the warmth of Will’s arms - he almost did anyway - but he answered the phone with a groaned out, “What?”

“Hey, I’ve been knocking on your door for ten minutes, would you let me in already?” Jason demanded. 

“No.”

Jason hesitated. “Why not?”

“Because I’m not there. Did you need something, or can I go back to sleep?”

“Where are you?”

“I spent the night at Will’s place.” At the sound of his name, Will stirred, and reached a hand out to grab onto Nico’s - Will’s - t-shirt.

“Who’s it?” he mumbled, fighting to open his eyes.

“It’s just Jason,” Nico answered, covering Will’s hand with his own. “Go back to sleep.”

Will hummed, and let himself relax once more. 

“Okay,” Jason said, drawing out the word. “I didn’t realize you two were so...close. Anyway, I guess I just needed to tell you that Piper and I decided on a venue in Paris to make it easier for her family to come. Make sure your passport is up to date - and Will’s, too, I guess, since you checked plus-one on your RSVP card.”

“‘Kay, is that all?”

“Uh, yeah. I guess so.”

“Cool. Bye.” Nico hung up and dropped his phone, then rolled over to Will and wormed his way back into his arms, pressing up against the warmth of the other’s body. 

“Okay?” Will asked, and for a second Nico couldn’t decide whether he was really asking or talking in his sleep again.

“Yeah. Wedding stuff,” Nico replied, and Will hummed once again. A few moments later, they were both asleep.

About an hour or so later when the two woke again, Will curled himself tighter around Nico. “What did Jason want?” 

“They picked a venue,” Nico answered, mumbling the words into Will’s collarbone. “In Paris. You have a passport, right?”

“Mhm. Might need to renew it, though. You taking me to Paris?”

“Depends.” Nico slipped a hand under Will’s shirt and pressed his cold fingers to Will’s skin. “Are you gonna make me some coffee?”

Will flinched, and ripped Nico’s hand away from him, pressing Nico’s hand to the mattress and leaning over him. “Don’t touch me with your icicle fingers!”

Nico grinned. “Quit being so warm and inviting to my icicles. Only you can melt my ice cold heart.”

Something changed about the look in Will’s eyes, and the joking expression seemed to wipe from his face. Then, he dropped his weight on top of Nico and pressed their lips together, just for a second, before he yanked himself away. He lifted himself up over Nico and stared down at him with those wide blue eyes. “Um. We need coffee.”

As Will practically ran out of the room, Nico remained where he was, relaxing back into the pillows behind him. His lips tingled from the feeling of Will’s against them, and he felt warmth spread through his body, to the tips of his fingers and down to his toes. By the time he pulled himself out of bed, his cheeks were aching from the force of his smile.

He went out to the kitchen where he found Will staring down the coffee pot, and stopped a few feet away with his arms crossed. Nico cleared his throat to get Will’s attention, and while Will turned to face him, he wouldn’t meet Nico’s eyes. 

“Nico, I--”

“Come over here so I can put you in a headlock.”

Will’s worry instantly flashed into confusion. Despite the anxious way he held his body, Will took a step closer. Nico met him halfway and wrapped an arm around the back of Will’s neck to pull him down to his level, and Will started to fight back until Nico brought them together for a kiss. 

Will’s hands found Nico’s waist to steady himself, and when they broke the kiss, Will was watching him with that same startled expression he’d had ever their first kiss. “You’re not… mad?”

“Of course not. I don’t think I’ve ever been happier.”

Being one of Jason’s best friends, Nico was enlisted to help with as much of the wedding setup as could be done before they got to Paris. He’d even been asked to get an earlier flight out with the wedding party to make sure everything was done and done right by the time guests started arriving. Unfortunately, Will had already requested his time off, and couldn’t leave early with Nico, but promised to make it up to him once he finally did arrive. 

Even worse than being in one of the most romantic cities in the world with his boyfriend was dealing with the teasing he had to endure from his so-called friends. Nico had decided to take an oblivious approach right away - he and Will weren’t the clingiest couple around their friends, and had never bothered to confirm their suspicions on the nature of their relationship - so anytime his romantic entanglement with Will was mentioned, Nico played dumb. They’d been friends since college, and acted just the same as they always had around each other. What was so weird about inviting his purely platonic friend to a wedding in Paris as his plus one?

Nico had paid for a limited amount of international minutes for emergencies, but also so that he could call Will before he went to bed each night they were apart. As he settled into bed that night, he called Will, who was just leaving the hospital he worked at. 

“Hey there, Darling,” Will answered, and Nico could hear the smile in his voice. They spent a few minutes updating each other on the days they’d had, and Will reminded Nico of what time he would be arriving in Paris the next day. “I also have an idea that you’re either going to love or absolutely hate.”

Nico snorted. “Well, when you say it like that, how could I say no?”

“Before I tell you what it is, I need to know whether you paid for international data.”

Nico frowned. “No, just minutes. Why?”

“And did you pay for wifi at the hotel?”

“No, but it’s free in the lobby, so I just go down there if I need to do anything important.”

“Great! I think we should go Facebook official.”

“We should...what?”

“You know, how people put their relationship status on Facebook?” Will explained. “I think we should do that, like, tonight, because then, for as long as we’re in Paris, we won’t have any way of seeing what anybody has to say about it. And we can just play things off like normal. Don’t you think it’d be hilarious if everybody we know here in the states knew about our relationship, but everyone that’s actually with us in Paris had no idea until they went back home?”

Nico smiled. “You do whatever you want, babe, but I don’t even have Facebook.”

“You don’t?” Will hummed. “Alright, that might not work as well as I thought, then. I’ll think of something else, trust me, it’ll be great.”

“Whatever you say.”

“You should get some sleep, sunshine. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

Nico smiled so wide that his cheeks started to hurt. “Yeah. I can’t wait.”

Nico ditched last minute setup early in order to meet Will at the airport, despite Jason’s complaints that Will could just get a cab there - and if they were truly just friends like Nico insisted they were, then Will should be fine on his own. Nico simply flipped him off and got in a cab. 

They dropped Will’s bag at the hotel before venturing out into the city, ignoring their responsibilities to the wedding setup. They only had a few days to spend abroad, and they were going to make the most of them. They visited the Louvre, and saw the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe, and Will insisted on taking a cheesy picture with Nico outside each of them. 

It was late by the time they finally returned to the hotel, and crossed paths with Piper in the lobby. She crossed her arms and glared when she saw them. “You skipped out on the rehearsal dinner.”

“We’re not in the wedding party,” Will pointed out with a confused pout.

Nico shrugged and told her, “Will wanted to see the Louvre.”

Piper looked between them. “Mhm, I’m sure that’s all you were doing.”

Nico frowned. “Okay, well, it’s late, so we’re gonna head to bed. You probably should too, since, you know...you’re getting married tomorrow?”

Piper poked him in the chest. “di Angelo, you are so lucky I’ve got so much to do.”

Nico rolled his eyes and grabbed Will’s sleeve. “C’mon Will.”

“Goodnight, Piper,” Will said as they passed. “See you tomorrow!”

They took the elevator up to the room they were sharing, and as soon as they were inside, Will flopped onto one of the beds. Nico frowned from his place on the other bed. “I hope you’re not planning on sleeping over there when there’s so much empty space over here with me.”

Will flapped a hand in the air above him. “But you’re so...far. And I’m so tired. You come to me.”

Nico stood up and leaned over Will. “Don’t make me use my icicle fingers on you again.”

Will propped himself up on his elbows. “There’s no way you’re still so cold in July.”

“If you get up now, you won’t find out.”

With a sigh, Will got to his feet, his movements slow until he wrapped his arms around Nico’s waist and tackled him into the bed behind him. 

“Hey!” Nico shouted, and wiggled his hands up until he could hold his fingers against Will’s neck. “You asked for it!”

Will pulled Nico’s hands away and pressed them to the mattress, and leaned down for a kiss.

As soon as Nico saw Will in his suit, he wanted to take him right back out of it, but Will insisted that they needed to leave, and forced Nico to get dressed as well. They were two of the first guests to arrive, which made it easy for Jason and Reyna to find them beforehand and stare down the arm that Will had around Nico’s waist. 

“Nico,” Jason said in his stern dad voice. “Do you have something you’d like to tell us?”

Nico raised an eyebrow at him. “Uh, no?”

“Leo told us that the two of you are together,” Reyna clarified. “Is this true?”

Will looked down to meet Nico’s eyes for a second, and they both started shaking their heads. “Nope, we’re just here as friends,” Will told them, though his arm stayed firmly planted around Nico’s waist. 

“Besides, did Leo even show you any proof?” Nico demanded. 

“No, but he mentioned something about a post on one of Will’s social media accounts,” Jason said.

“Well, I’d show you all of my accounts if I could,” Will told them, “but I didn’t pay for international data, so I left my phone in the hotel room, sorry.”

“Anyway, we’d better go get our seats before the place fills up,” Nico said, ignoring the mostly empty room around them. “See you guys in there.”

Inside the next room, there were a few more people milling about, and Nico spotted his sister already rising out of her seat. Hazel practically tackled Nico with the force of her hug, and the high-pitched squeal of her voice was sure to leave his ears ringing.

“I’m so happy for you two!” she announced, and backed away to smile at the two of them. “Why didn’t you tell me you two had gotten together?”

“Because we haven’t,” Nico told her.

“But Leo said--”

“Why did Leo of all people spring for international data?” Nico asked rhetorically, though he still looked up at Will for an answer.

“Couldn’t tell you, sunshine.”

“Sorry to disappoint you, Hazel,” Nico said.

“But you still came together, right?”

“Yeah,” Will answered, “I’m his plus one.”

Hazel frowned in confusion. “Um. Okay. You two should come sit we me and Frank so we can all catch up on...whatever the two of you have been up to.”

They followed Hazel back to her seat and claimed the two beside them for themselves as they greeted Frank. The four of them chatted for a while as they waited for the ceremony to begin, and soon enough the room was filled with people - Piper’s French relatives taking up most of one side, while Jason’s friends and family filled up the other. Music began to play, and Reyna and Leo, as best woman and man of honor respectively, started down the aisle, and the ceremony began. 

Nico spent most of the ceremony with his head on Will’s shoulder and one hand resting on Will’s thigh, while Will’s arm was stretched out behind him. He’d gotten a few confused looks that he noticed out of the corner of his eye during the ceremony, and many more after everything was all said and done. Still, Nico and Will played it off like it hadn’t happened, and went to the reception along with everybody else. 

Percy was the next one to point out their supposed relationship as he dropped into the seat across from them at dinner. “Dude,” he started, “are you two actually together? Like, for real? Because Grover mentioned something to me at my wedding about the two of you, but I didn’t believe it, and then Leo said--”

“Again with Leo spreading rumors,” Nico said, rolling his eyes. “Did he actually have any proof, or was he just talking?”

Percy’s head tilted. “Yeah, he showed me this picture from Will’s snapchat--”

Nico turned to Will with a frown. “What picture?”

Will’s eyes widened. “Um--”

“Hang on, I’ll go get him and he can show you himself,” Percy said, and just like that, he was gone.

Will stood as well, and held out a hand to Nico. “C’mon, let’s try to get lost on the dance floor and maybe he won’t bother us again.”

Normally, Nico hated dancing, especially when there were so many witnesses around, but the thought of Will holding him close as they swayed back and forth to the music was enough for Nico to take Will’s hand. He was pulled to his feet and taken across the room to the dance floor where Will weaved them between dancing couples until they were perfectly invisible among the rest of the crowd. 

That could only last so long, though, and soon enough they were found. Not by Leo or Percy, but by Piper. She grabbed onto the sleeve of Nico’s jacket and pulled him - and by extension, Will - back to the tables where they were instructed to sit as she stood over them with her arms crossed. Of course, Will sat in the nearest chair, and Nico let himself be pulled into Will’s lap. 

“Why is everybody at my wedding talking about your relationship?” Piper demanded. 

Nico and Will shared a look over Nico’s shoulder. Nico replied, “What relationship? Will and I are just friends.”

Piper looked them up and down - at Will’s chin resting on Nico’s shoulder, at his arm fastened securely around Nico’s waist to hold him on his lap - and glared. “You call this--” she waved a hand at them as if to specify everything about them, “--just friends?”

“Yep,” Nico answered cooly. 

Piper spotted someone behind them and called out, “Lacy! Viens ici.” She pointed at Nico and said, “Listen closely, because you’ll need to translate for him.”

“You speak French?” Will asked, his voice low in Nico’s ear. “That’s hot.”

Nico grinned and winked, then turned his attention back to Piper.

“Qui sont ils?” she asked, gesturing to Nico and Will, and Nico whispered to Will the translation: who are they?

Lacy looked at them and smiled brightly. “Ils s’appellent Will et Nico! Ils sont amoureux!”

Nico felt his cheeks heating up as he translated, “That’s Will and Nico, they’re...in love.”

Piper asked, “Comment le sais-tu?”

“Leo m’a dit.”

“Leo told her.”

“Leo just can’t keep his mouth shut, huh?” Will pressed a smile into the side of Nico’s neck and told him softly, “I do love you, though, you know.”

Nico covered Will’s hand on his stomach with one of his own. “Do you really?”

“Of course I do, sunshine, I’ve always--”

Just then, Percy and Leo ran up to them, and Percy shoved a phone in Nico’s face. “Look, Nico, here’s the proof!”

Nico took the phone and stared at the picture - it was a screenshot of a picture Will had posted to his snapchat story from the camera roll. Nico didn’t remember ever seeing the picture, but it was clearly him in it that Will was kissing on the cheek. The caption on the image said, “Can’t wait to reunite with my love in Paris,” with a small assortment of heart emojis scattered over the image.

Nico twisted in Will’s lap just enough that he could look him in the eye when he said, “I love you, too,” and pulled him in for a kiss. 

It didn’t last long, but during it he heard a few surprised exclamations, including a shout from Piper who said, “You’re not helping, Leo!” and a squeal from Lacy that sounded something like, “Trop mignon!” So cute! 

When they broke apart, Piper fixed them with another glare and said, “I think I’m going to have to ask you two to leave.”

Nico grinned and hopped off Will’s lap. “That’s fine, we were on our way out anyway.” He took Will’s hand and pulled him toward the nearest exit.

Percy whooped and called after them, “Welcome to the family, Will!”

Nico ordered a bottle of champagne to be sent up to their room, and by the time the bottle was half empty, Will and Nico were lying pressed together between the sheets, content and warm and a little bit buzzed. 

Will trailed a finger up and down Nico’s spine as Nico made himself comfortable with his head pillowed on Will’s chest. “Okay, so I’m a little bit tipsy,” Will started, his voice barely above a whisper, “but I’ve been thinking.”

Nico lifted his head, resting his chin on Will’s chest. “Hmm?”

“If I asked you to marry me right now, what would you say?” 

Nico’s heart stopped. He felt like something inside his chest was constricting, and like the walls were closing in around him. 

“I’m not going to,” Will said, just as calm as before, not betraying the pounding of his heart that Nico could clearly feel. “I’m just curious.”

Nico frowned and pinched Will’s side. “You gave me a heart attack! I thought you were, like, actually asking!”

“Well, I might, one of these days, and you’ll need to be prepared,” Will told him, offering Nico a soft smile to match his voice. “But I don’t want to ask unless I know you’re going to say yes. I mean, if we’re together for, like, five years and we’re not engaged yet? You can bet I’ll be dropping hints like crazy.”

Nico’s breath caught. “You’re...really serious about this, huh?”

Will trailed his fingers up to Nico’s hair, twisting gently in the strands. “Of course I am. I’d say yes if you proposed with a Ring Pop.” 

“Good to know that I won’t have to drop a thousand dollars on a ring, then,” Nico joked, but Will’s gaze just softened even more. 

“I love you so much, Nico.”

A month later, Will was a groomsman at his brother’s wedding, so while he and Nico were technically there together, they spent most of their time there apart. 

They finally came together for a dance after dinner, and Will started whispering in his ear, “What did you think of the cake?” or “I like the color scheme they chose, don’t you?”

Nico tried to keep up with everything Will was saying, while trying to keep Will’s talk of proposing out of his head.

“Yeah, the, um, they did a great job with the decorations,” Nico told him, and Will’s smile was the brightest thing in the room.

Since he’d officially become “part of the family,” as Percy had insisted, Will was invited to Frank’s bachelor party, though Nico wondered if that was just because they wanted someone responsible around when everybody started drinking. Will wasn’t much of a drinker to begin with, so Nico made the decision early in the night to go easy on the booze so that Will wasn’t left babysitting. 

Frank, not being one for partying, had requested a simple get-together with video games, junk food, and alcohol, though Percy and Leo seemed to have pre-gamed, and took the party one step closer to crazy. 

Nico was in the middle of absolutely destroying Frank in their third round of Smash when something hit him in the back of the head. He waited until the round was finished before he turned around and saw Percy and Leo digging through one of the candy bowls.

“Found one!” Leo exclaimed, and was immediately tackled to the ground by Percy. 

Nico scanned the room, but he didn’t see Will anywhere. He abandoned his controller and jumped to his feet, narrowly avoiding a collision with Jason who dove for Nico’s controller. Nico ran to pull Percy and Leo apart, and got in between them to rip the candy out of their hands before they hurt each other. 

“Neeks, give it back!” Leo shouted.

“That’s the last one!” Percy said. “Give it to me!”

Nico managed to get the candy away from both of them and got to his feet just in time to see Will walking back into the room.

“Will!” Nico called out, and tossed the plastic wrapping.

Will caught it in surprise, and his eyes widened as he slowly lifted his gaze to Nico.

Nico wanted to figure out what that look was for, but before he could start toward Will, Percy and Leo pulled him back to the ground. He could just barely see the TV around the limbs that were preventing him from moving away, and saw that Jason and Frank had just finished the round they were playing. Nico called out, “Frank! Help!”

“Percy, Leo, come grab controllers,” Frank said over his shoulder.

Amazingly enough, they listened.

Nico hurried off toward his boyfriend, about to ask what the surprised look was for when he glanced down at the plastic-wrapped candy Will was delicately cradling in his hands. When he caught the glint of that shiny green wrapper, he instantly knew what he’d done.

“Nico--” Will started, but Nico didn’t allow him to finish. He grabbed Will’s arm and dragged him to the nearest door, which just so happened to lead them outside. Being late October in the middle of the night, it was cold enough for them to see their breaths, though with the rate Nico’s heart was pumping adrenaline through his veins, he couldn’t feel the cold at all. 

Will kept his eyes glued to the Ring Pop in his hands. “Darling, I know you didn’t think of it like that--”

Nico snatched the candy away and tore open the wrapper. He took out the ring and dropped down to one knee, and realized when he held the ring up to Will that his hands had started to shake. “Will,” he started, and cleared his throat to keep his voice from cracking with nerves, “I love you. I know you know that, but… I don’t think I show it enough. I can’t promise you anything right this second, but… Will you marry me someday?”

Will looked like he’d just witnessed a plane crash - his eyes wide and mouth hanging open in shock - and Nico felt like his heart was going to pound out of his chest. He thought he might throw up or pass out or die on the spot, and then Will smiled. His entire face lit up, and Nico’s own cheeks ached just from looking at Will’s beaming smile. Will knelt down in front of him and pulled Nico into his arms, laughing softly into Nico’s ear as he said, “I love you so much, sunshine.”

Nico pushed himself back, his lips turned down and a furrow between his brows. “Are you...laughing at me? I just… I just put my whole heart on the line just now, and… I thought this was what you wanted!”

Will took Nico’s face in his hands and brought him in for a kiss - soft, short, and sweet. “Of course it is, darling, but I don’t want you to do anything you aren’t comfortable with. Are you sure this is what you want?”

Nico took Will’s left hand and slipped the Ring Pop onto his finger - it wouldn’t slide past the second knuckle. “I want you, Will. I’d do anything for you.”

“I’d do anything for you, too, which is why--” Will took off the ring, and pressed it into Nico’s hand, careful not to touch the candy jewel to Nico’s skin, “--I’ll let you off the hook. For now, at least.”

Nico seemed to deflate, finally feeling the chill of the air around him. “Okay. Okay, fine. But when I buy you a real ring, you’re not allowed to return it.”

Will kissed his forehead. “Deal.”

Hazel asked Nico to give a speech at the reception, and even with a microphone in his hand he spoke so quietly and mumbled his words together so much that he could hardly be heard. It sounded like he’d rather be getting his teeth pulled than give that speech in front of the crowd, and all he could do was speed through it to get it over with. 

As Will watched the love of his life suffering through his worst nightmare, Leo appeared at Will’s shoulder and groaned, “I can’t believe you’re dating him. It must be a fight just to get him to hold a conversation with you!”

Will laughed, and kept his eyes on Nico as he replied, “Are you kidding? It’s a fight to get him to shut up sometimes.”

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