#Poseidon would also find this funny

[1800-lemon-boy]

While I love the thought process of Percy’s distaste for ares and love for Annabeth were both too strong for Hera herself to remove from Percy’s mind-

You all are missing a much funnier alternative…

Hera was unable to wipe Annabeth from Percy’s brain ✔️

Hera was also unable to wipe the distaste towards ares as it was one of the first times he genuinely didn’t like the gods.

Hera finds it fucking hilarious that the literal god of war lost a fight to a literal 12 year old and wanted to remind ares that he could never live that down. ✔️

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[catofadifferentcolor]

Terrible Fic Idea #92: Percy/Apollo, but make it The Trojan War

Into every fandom, a time travel fic must fall - or in this case a second one, because I somehow got to thinking about the delightful PJO trope of Percy being thrown back in time to The Trojan War and realized that doing so misses out on a fantastic opportunity.

Or: What if post-TOA Percy Jackson and Apollo time travel to shortly before The Trojan War?

aka the Tried To Change The Ending fic

Just imagine it:

Everything follows canon through TOA, with one exception: rather than struggle to catch up in the mortal world following the Second Gigantomachy, Percy elects to stay at Camp Half-Blood. There he can homeschool at his own place with programs tailored towards ADHD children and still visit his family on the weekends - and not get into any more ridiculous situations in the mortal world when one of the gods kidnaps him or sends him on a quest to find their sneakers.

This, naturally, stresses his relationship with Annabeth - who, now that she's no longer living at camp full time, calls it the easy way out. But Percy is tired and struggling in mortal high school where everyone thinks he's a delinquent idiot when another option exists seems foolish. Percy and Annabeth break up and drift apart.

Enter Apollo, fresh from his latest stint as a mortal. He's trying to do his best by his children, which includes popping by camp as often as he can get away with - which in turn means spending a lot of time with Percy, who at this point is unofficially running CHB because it's not like Dionysus or even Chiron have done a brilliant job of it in recent times.

(First aid, strategy, and mythology classes are made mandatory. Percy personally ensures every demigod knows enough about self-defense to be able to survive long enough to run away or for help to arrive. Bullying is cracked down on so hard that it's this, not Percy's generally parental nature, that has people calling him Camp Mom.)

Percy and Apollo become friendly. Enough so that some of Apollo's kids assume they're dating and keeping it on the down-low so as not to draw Zeus' ire. Or Poseidon's. Or anyone else's. It's on one of their not-dates that they're yeeted into the past, without warning or explanation.

And so 19-year-old Percy Jackson and post-TOA Apollo find themselves in Ancient Greece c. 1220 BCE, roughly thirty-five years before the destruction of Troy.

The time travel is immediately obvious, as Apollo becomes the closest thing a god might experience to being high the moment they land in the past - being a powerful god in modern times is nothing like being a powerful god at the height of his power in ancient times. It's overwhelming (and somewhat alarming from Percy's POV, but kind of funny in retrospect.)

The specific date is harder to determine, but made clear when Hermes shows up and starts going on about you'll never believe what father's done now: he seduced the Spartan queen as a swan and she's laid an egg. Hera is furious - especially as they're saying the girl that hatched from it is the most beautiful in the world, even though she's only a few days old. It's nuts. By the way, where have you been? You missed the last two council meetings. Do you want Dad to punish you?

Apollo at this stage is very high. He's also been USTing over Percy for quite some time and is worried what the gods of this era might do to Percy without divine protection (smiting or seduction, it's all on the table). But mostly he's very high, and so to keep Percy close and safe he declares he's been off having the dirtiest of dirty weekends with his latest lover and that Hermes' presence is ruining the mood. So if he would kindly leave, please and thank you, he'd really rather get back to it without an audience.

This, naturally, is a surprise to Percy, but he rolls with it because 1) he doesn't have any better ideas on how to get rid of Ancient Greek Hermes so they can figure out what the hades is going on and 2) he's been USTing over Apollo ever since he recovered enough from Tartarus to start feeling attraction again.

Fueled by mutual UST, they put together a cover story that should hold the next time a god with too much prurient interest shows: Percy is now Prince Persē of Gadir - a Phoenician colony that will grow into the future Cadiz - well past the edge of the Greek world at this stage but not beyond belief for Poseidon to have visited, as it's obvious who his father is. They claim his mother is the King of Gadir's youngest sister and as such Persē had a royal upbringing, but was far enough down the line of succession that he was free to chose to sail east and explore his father's homeland. Apollo caught sight of him on his journey, one thing led to another, and here they are.

(Are there easier, more sensible cover stories? Possibly. But the UST refuses to let them consider any of them now that a fake relationship is on the table.)

Deciding what to do about The Trojan War is much harder. On the one hand, it's a lot of senseless death and destruction. On the other, without it we don't get The Iliad and The Odyssey - two of the most influential works of literature in western civilization - and Aeneas doesn't go off to Italy (leading to the founding of Rome, which would change the history of western civilization a lot). In the end, they decide to let the war happen but do their best to mitigate the worst parts of it.

And so Percy goes off and becomes a hero of Ancient Greece while pretending to be in a relationship with Apollo.

This stage of things is filed with angst from both parties, as both Percy and Apollo want a real relationship with each other but think they're abusing the other's trust by eagerly faking their relationship. There's a lot of PDA, a lot of feelings, and limited communication. It goes on for quite a while and would probably exasperate quite a few people if everyone in the know didn't think they were already in a relationship.

It's also filled with modern day Percy being confronted by realties of life in Ancient Greece. It's not just mortals knowing about - and interacting with - the gods: it's everything. It's food and clothes and language and culture and housing and travel. He can play a lot off it as being a traveler from the edge of the known world, but some of it has him asking Apollo if he's being rick rolled.

Apollo, meanwhile, is having troubles of his own. He is not the god he used to be and it's hard pretending otherwise. He tries to walk the line of doing enough to be believable and holding back enough not to despise himself, but it's a fine line, he fails often, and he spends a not insignificant amount of time worried he's backsliding.

And so it goes until 7-year-old Helen of Troy is kidnapped by Theseus to be his wife.

This, naturally, does not fly with Percy, who by this time has built up something of a reputation as a hero. He teams up with the Dioscuri to rescue Helen.

One would think this would earn him Zeus' favor. It doesn't. Instead, Zeus sends monsters to harry him for refusing to let Castor and Pollux take Helen's captors' loved ones captive and raze Aphidna for Theseus' crime. Percy manages to hold his own for quite a while but eventually, exhausted from the near-constant fighting, is gored and left for dead by the reformed Minotaur.

...and when Apollo arrives, frantic, to heal him, Percy ascends instead, becoming the greek version of Saint Sebastian - a minor god of heroes, strength in the face of adversity, and athleticism; sort of halfway between Hercules and Chiron.

Then and only then do Percy and Apollo finally get their act together, confessing to each other how much they care for the other and how much they don't want this to be fake any longer.

History proceeds apace - albeit with Persē being a second immortal trainer of heroes.

24 years after their arrival in the past, 16 years after Percy's ascension, The Trojan War begins. Despite their best efforts, there's only so much they can do - war is war and gods are gods. They are able to stop some of the worst excesses on both sides, but in the end Apollo still sends the plague that causes Agamemnon to take Briseis for his own, which caused Achilles' departure from the field, Patroclus' death, &c - not because Apollo was trying to maintain the timeline, but because in the instant he sent it he was angry and reverted to his old ways.

Troy falls...

...but when Zeus tries to use this as an excuse to ban gods from interacting with their demigod children, Apollo is able to say that's a bit extreme isn't it? with enough backing from the rest of the council that Zeus is forced to amend his ruling so that the gods are only allowed to freely visit their children on the "cross quarter days" that fall between each solstice and equinox (1 February, 1 May, 1 August, and 1 November).

This changes everything and nothing.

Time continues its inevitable march. Greece has its golden age before being conquered by Rome, which splits apart under its own weight and forms several smaller countries, which eventually spread their cultures around the world...

Apollo and Percy are there for it all. Persē is a minor figure in mythology, but never forgotten. He is ever-present in Apollo's temples - though the Church will later try to rewrite their myth so that they were merely sworn fighting partners, rather than lovers who eventually had a quite lovely wedding on Olympus (and then, at Poseidon's insistence, an even bigger ceremony on Atlantis). Percy takes over day-to-day operations of CHB from practically the moment the Trojan War ends.

...and so Persē is there the day Sally Jackson tries to get her son to camp, and is able to intervene when the Minotaur attacks on their border. He's able to meet her and her young son, Perseus ("Mom named me after you and the guy that killed Medusa since you're the only two heroes to have happy endings!"), and guide him through the trials that come with being a child of prophecy.

One day that Percy will hand Luke - who was never happy with the limited attention the gods were allowed to give their children - a cursed dagger so that Kronos can be defeated. That child will be offered godhood, turn it down, and go on to have a happy life with his eventual wife, Annabeth. He will never have his memories erased and be sent to Camp Jupiter. Gaia will not rise until long after that Percy's grandchildren are dead, and Zeus will not be quite so bullheaded when the proof of it is brought before him. That Second Gigantomachy is swift, well-coordinated, and fought without another Greek/Roman war brewing in the background.

And when they finally arrive at the day Apollo and Percy were originally sent back in time, Percy admits that while he is happy some version of him was better prepared for the war he was asked to fight in and allowed his peace afterward, he would change nothing about his own life, for it brought him to Apollo. The sunrise the next morning - on the first morning of the rest of their lives - is particularly spectacular.

Bonuses include:

Gaslighting Poseidon into believing that he's met Percy before the first time they're introduced. ("What do you mean you don't remember me, Father? You were present when I came of age! You gifted me this trident! Have I displeased you in some way?") It's an absolute masterclass that eventually manages to convince Poseidon that, yes, of course he knows Percy - and, maybe, he should check in on all his other demigod children to make sure he's not missed someone. (Two. He lost track of two of the others. Maybe he should be more careful about siring children in the future.) Apollo practically has to stuff his fist in his mouth to keep from laughing.

As much historical accuracy as can be crammed into the Percy trying to make sense of Ancient Greece chapters as possible. Think Of a Linear Circle - Part III by flamethrower levels of historical research. As much as can be shoehorned in without bogging down the plot.

Percy and Dionysus bonding over their mutual dislike of Theseus, though Percy generally gets along with his other half-siblings, especially the ones who come to camp young enough to keep from getting big heads over being the children of Poseidon.

Though Percy adores all the children in Cabin 7 (most of whom are born via blessing this time around), he and Apollo have at least one child of their own - maybe a demigod born before Percy's ascension to sell their fake relationship? Maybe a minor god who's later attributed a different parentage by mortals? Dealer's choice on details.

It never being made clear who, or what, or how, Percy and Apollo were sent into the past. All of Percy's oddities are attributed to him being foreign or formerly mortal, all of Apollo's to the fact that he's in love with someone who didn't die before their first anniversary, and no one ever guesses time travel is responsible for their eccentricities. Or that time travel was ever an option.

And that's all I have. As always, feel free to adopt, just link back if you ever decide to do anything with it.

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[anotheroceanid]

So in the fanfic/sandcastle i'm making, Perse offers to be a surrogate after the Coronis thing

I researched it and owls do not sense when people are pregnant... however, for the plot, how funny would it be for Perse to show up to Athena's like right after meeting with Apollo and Artemis, Asclepius with Perse and Athena's head turning 180 while all the owls in the place go "PREGNANT PREGNANT"

Athena: ...do you need to tell me something? Perse: I spent the afternoon with Apollo Athena, planing a murder: uh huh Perse: i was comforting him after Coronis cheated on him Athena, planing where to dump apollo's body: okay Perse: then artemis killed coronis but she hadn't given birth to the baby yet and Artemis wasn't going to carry the kid so i offered to be the surrogate because he's my friend :) Athena, crying with relief that Apollo didn't have sex with her daughter: OH THANK GOD YOURE STILL A VIRGIN

Alternatively: dolphins could theoretically sense a baby through echolocation so imagine Perse going back to Poseidon's and within two minutes of her being in the water, every creature that uses sonar is like "PERSE IS PREGNANT"

and Poseidon is like "the fuck you mean my daughter is pregnant? Athena and I agreed not to teach her about sex"

This is GOLD 🤣🤣🤣

The owls being spying on Perse but being very bad at it, so they just got the part she agrees to bear Apollo’s baby and they went running (with their damn long legs) to tell Athena.

Athena was then the first goddess to ever have a heart attack.

The dolphins make it even funnier, because they’re not only sea creatures but also sacred to Apollo, which means the dolphins could divide themselves in those who support Poseidon and those who don’t 🤣🤣🤣

Either way, my poor Athenide would find her parents ready to start a war (once they remember they can’t have low blood pressure)

(Off topic, but I’m so happy tumblr let me answer this 😭😭😭 for some reason this site is making my asks, specially the long ones, into collaborations WHICH DONT MAKE ANY SENSE, so I haven been able to answer properly ☠️)

[11queensupreme11]

I need to know how the yan daddies react to the names Percy chose for their kids, particularly the ones where she named them after characters/people 💀

LMAO OKAY

POSEIDON

axiandros: crashed the fuck out when it clicked in his head that she named THEIR FIRST BORN SON after the LOVE OF HER LIFE, WHO HE ABSOLUTELY HATES 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 the funny part is that it took him YEARS to finally realize it so it was much too late to demand a name change (he did try tho but lmao sucks to suck)

ariel: "you named... our SON... after a PRINCESS???????" the fact that she named him after a princess was bad enough, and now he's finding out that disney!ariel also ditched her family to become human and fall in love with one?????

cthulhu: cthulhu isn't THAT bad at least, it's the name of a fictional sea creature, his issue is that she named him after a fictional creature created by a HUMAN 💀

anaklusmos: her stupid sword? really? that annoying pesky thing that's CURSED that she refuses to get rid of????

pontoleon: (he's named after leonidas btw 💖) it's not just the fact that she named him after one of the stupid human einherjar, but it's also the fact that she LOOKED UP TO HIM 😂😂😂

eudorios: not even that mad tbh, dory (the fish) is an idiot so it lowkey fits with his dumbass son 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

HADES

damasios: poor man's in total disbelief that she named their son after DAMASEN 💀💀💀 the giant WHO ATE GODS 💀💀💀💀💀 literally, he went to WAR with the giants, is she trying to give him flashbacks or something?????? 😭

perimelia: "why would you name our poor daughter after some cartoon platypus 😭"

sebastian: a singing crab...... he's not even surprised at this point. at least it's better than being named after an enemy of the gods 💀

theromedes (meaning: "the wise beast-warrior"): like brother like brother, it also takes him too long to finally realize why she picked that particular name and meaning for their son. poor guy nearly loses it and begs and begs for percy to reconsider, but it's already too late

nemokles: "glory of... no one?" "no, no, glory of NEMO 😃" "yes, which translates to 'no one', my dear 🙃" mildly impressed that she managed to come up with that, but is silently grieving that percy essentially just named their kid a loser 💀

CÚ CHULAINN

saorlaith (meaning: "noble wisdom"): HE LOSES IT THE MOST OUT OF THE YANS BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS SHE NAMED AFTER ANTHONIUS, BUT SHE HAS HIS FEATURES (just with paler skin), AND IS A GODDESS OF WISDOM! CÚ CHULAINN'S CHASING PERCY THROUGHOUT THE PALACE WHILE SHE CACKLES 😂😂😂😂😂😂

ponyo: "YOU NAMED OUR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER AFTER SOME IDIOT WHO DITCHES HER FAMILY FOR A HUMAN BOYYYYYY?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!" (someone get this man some calming tea 💀)

ANUBIS

ra-el: he threw the biggest fit ever when he finds out percy wanted to name their first born son after his shitty great great grandpa 😭 ra was smug as shit too. this is one of the rare occasions where anubis tells percy "no" but he caved in eventually 💖

merliah: he's fine with this! 😂 it's a pretty name, and the character doesn't do anything too crazy

LOKI (this poor man LMAO)

grover: percy's so funny for this cuz loki always goes on about how HE'S percy's best friend when it's actually grover, a "lowly" satyr 😂😂😂😂😂

hugvarr (meaning: "guardian of wisdom"): unlike poseidon and hades, he actually realized right away what she was trying to do with this name and REFUSED to let their son be named after "that filth". sucks for him cuz none of the midwives cared about his opinion, nor did odin LMAO

garmundr: straight up deadpans, ".... a pet snail. seriously" 💀

baldurvæn: lets out the most unholiest screech ever. doesn't know what's worse, percy naming one kid after the love of her life, or naming another kid after the first love of his life who he stupidly murdered which then led to the deaths of his 2 sons 💀💀 she really knows how to hurt him 😂

APOLLO

salione: he's fine with this!

psammaraia (aka "sandy"): a... squirrel living under the sea???? how creative dear...!!!! (he's in pain now)

euphronia (meaning: "joyful wisdom"): when he found out, he cried so much that he caused a huge flood on delos 😭 is percy punishing him??? is this karma for killing his past lovers???? DOES SHE HATE HIM??? WHY IS SHE DOING THIS TO HIM?????

iapetides: OH NOW HE'S 100000% CERTAIN THAT PERCY'S TRYING TO MAKE HIM SUFFER 😂😂😂😂 iapetus??? IAPETUS????????? ONE OF THE TITANS WHO SIDED WITH KRONOS?????????????????? AND WHY IS HIS NICKNAME "BOBBY" THAT MAKES NO SENSE 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

BEELZEBUB

luke: what the fuck do you mean his batshit insane wife decided to name their first born son after the man who essentially ruined her life, gave her trauma, got her sucked into a war, tried to indoctrinate her against the gods, AND TRIED TO KILL HER MULTIPLE TIMES?????? "babe 🥺 it's complicated 🥺🥺🥺" "HE TRIED TO KILL YOU?!?!?!?!?!?!?!"

vorvexion (meaning: "the one who devours wisdom"): like loki, he figures it out very quickly and decides to 😏punish😏 percy for her insolence

ursula: she couldn't have given him an actual masculine name? 💀

[meteor752]

can we have more details about hermes x Odysseus? Please ~

More than happy to dearie

(Also you didn’t need to send the ask twice lol)

Since Ody is technically Hermes great grandson (*cough cough*), he’s known about his general existence long before he met him on Aeaea. He didn’t care that much about him tho, cause like if he gave a shit about every mortal offspring he had then he literally wouldn’t have time for anything else.

Still, hearing that Athena herself had taken an interest in one of his? Fascinating to be sure. Not enough to start giving a shit, but still, fascinating

And then, Poseidon. Hermes was of course the first to hear the news that Poseidon had attacked and killed over five hundred Greeks over one slight, and you know he spread that gossip to the rest of Olympus like fucking wildfire. But still, that makes two gods (one of which a member of the big three) that has taken an interest in some way in Odysseus. So it might be time to investigate

Hermes finds him and the remainder of his crew having washed up on Aeaea, which tickles him a bit. One of Athena’s “warriors”, seeking refuge on Circe’s island? Interesting choice indeed.

But Hermes takes his time to indulge in one of his favourite pastimes, spying on people. And sure, Odysseus does his fare share of moping there on the beach, but to the messenger gods surprise, despite all of the man’s losses, he takes action almost immediately, ordering some other guy to go scout out the island. And even though Hermes loves watching Circe trick and hex people, he doesn’t leave to go check that out. He stays, watching the mortal go about.

Hermes also takes the time to truly take notice how handsome the man is. He has a slightly short stature and lean build, just like any descendant of his, but he seems to have not let that stop him as he moves about with confident elegance. His hair is much darker than Hermes own, and despite being ruffled and damp from the sea water, the messenger god can see that it’s well cared for. Most of all, he takes notice of the mortals eyes, a deep rich brown, and despite the weariness and paranoia to be found in them, he still sees a small twinkle in them, a light that has not yet been snuffed out by his uncle.

Hermes could have watched the man for hours if he so desired, and so was a little pissed off when the other man from before came running and interrupted them.

But it was through that that Hermes got a chance to see another of Odysseus strengths, his way with words. Despite the frankly idiotic decision to land on Aeaea, the messenger god could clearly see his sister in the way he spoke. He was even more intrigued by the things he was saying, showing loyalty and honour, despite having a chance to escape the situation. Hermes himself never cared much about loyalty, but the fact that the mortal is willing to risk his own life and safety for his crew? He can’t help but be impressed

Until he realises that yeah his new favourite mortal is most definitely going to fucking die if he doesn’t do anything, so, he gets involved.

And if he’s a bit extra giddy when Odysseus says his name, if he flirts a little more than he usually does, if he holds him extra close when they dance, well that’s only for him to know.

Hermes keeps spying on Ody even after Circe, even going so far as to follow him to the underworld. Usually when mortals have extreme breakdowns and cursing the gods out, Hermes finds it kinda funny. It’s a good show. But, when his mortal does it (Because that’s what he is. He’s not Athenas, or Poseidons, he’s his. It was Hermes who saved him from Circe, it’s Hermes who’s keeping an eye on him, hell he would never have been born if it wasn’t for Hermes), it’s way less fun, and just upsetting.

Hermes keeps keeping watch as his mortal keeps getting worse. The sirens, Scylla, his mortals crew turning on him, Hermes witnesses it all. As much as he’d like to assist in some way, he was already in trouble with Zeus for his intervention on Aeaea, and that had been a pretty minor thing all things considered. Despite everything that occurs, he still sees that same twinkle remain in his eyes, that same light that Hermes treasures so.

Still, it was hard to not get absolutely pissed when that other man stabbed his mortal.

When Zeus got involved with his mortal and struck down his crew, Hermes lost sight of him. The messenger god spent seven years scouring the ocean for any trace of the king, but to no avail.

When he’d searched every single corner of the earth, Hermes through in the towel and finally did what he really didn’t want to do.

He asked his sister for help.

Despite how much it upset him, Athena had actually formed a divine bond with Odysseus, which made her capable of tracking him.

And find him she did. On Calypso’s island.

Fuck.

Luckily, Athena wanted him freed too, so Hermes didn’t have to grovel to Zeus himself. He would have done so if needed, but having Athena do ir for him was easier on his pride.

And he was more than happy that that was the case, as Athena got a lightning bolt to the face, and Hermes got the job of retrieving his mortal.

He’s never been as excited as he was, travelling to Ogygia, past the veil keeping the island hidden from the outside world. And, maybe he’s a little gloaty when he tells Calypso to release his mortal, but it’s difficult not to be. The goddess has spent seven years thinking that Odysseus belongs to her. Laughable, truly.

Hermes has spent years thinking about his mortal, missing his elegant stride, his beautiful hair, his lopsided cocky smile, his eyes. Yet, when he first get a look of him again after so many years, building his sad little raft, it’s nothing less than painful.

Because he’s wrong. The paranoia has settled in, making him jumpy and uncertain, and while his time on Ogygia had made him altogether more healthy, it was in a way that just didn’t fit. He looked almost uncomfortable in his own skin as he moved. And worst of all, his eye twinkle had all but vanished.

But all of his upsetting feelings vanished the second his mortal laid eyes on him, and his smile shone brighter than Apollo himself.

Hermes stayed by his side as long as he could warning him both about the dangers ahead, but also drinking in every moment his mortals attention was on him.

But even still, he eventually had to depart. He knew his uncle was waiting for a final chance to finish his mortal off. If Apollo was to be believed, Odysseus would survive the encounter, somehow, but that didn’t stop the rising anxiety Hermes felt as he said farewell to his mortal, taking his leave with a soft kiss.

~~~

I have many thoughts on Hermes, my favourite Greek god (Not my favourite overall god tho, Idun my beloved <3). Mans is most def extremely Not Normal about poor Ody, who did not ask for all this attention from the gods.

I do also imagine most gods to be extremely possessive, and do not like sharing, so Hermes isn’t too fond of the fact that like five other gods are vying for Odysseus attention.

He remains silly tho, stalker tendencies and all

[xjulixred45x]

Hiii xx do you think you could do ror hades and ror poseidon you don't have to do both xx with reader who's like mabel from gravity falls but there her uncle the scenario can be whatever you like I don't mind xx

Alright! If i understand correctly You want a platonic Reader so where it goes.

Platonic Hades/ Poseidón with Mabel! Reader

Okay, more than a request, I'm going to answer this with a rant (as compensation, sorry).

This gives me a lot of vibes from Hebe!, the Greek goddess of youth, which fits Mabel's super cheerful and lively personality like a glove. Besides, being the daughter of Zeus and Hera, it makes sense.

I can tell you that Hebe! Reader would be the most spoiled and protected child in all of Valhalla, not only by her parents, but also by her uncles. It's so rare to have something genuinely pure and innocent in this particular family; they want to protect that innocence.

That means they end up being more overprotective of the girl than they should be. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if Poseidon/Hades mentioned the idea of ​​Hebe! Reader becoming a virginal goddess like Hestia, simply because it's safer that way than ending up in an unhappy marriage (like her parents', cough cough). It also wouldn't be surprising if people tend to avoid Hebe! Reader. Reader, by the way, I mean, her father is the GOD OF THE UNIVERSE, her uncles? The god of the seas and the underworld respectively, her brother the god of war, and the list goes on. Hebe! Reader is naively unaware that her family is pushing away any potential suitor or lover interested in her hand.

Poseidon is someone stoic, we all know that, Hebe! Reader knows that, so she does everything possible to get at least one expression out of him, JUST ONE! Whether it's making a fool of herself, showing him funny or weird things, throwing herself at him, cuddling him, etc. Anyone would say Poseidon is upset or doesn't love her, but anyone who knows him knows that if it were anyone else, he'd be dead in her place. He allows this kind of thing for Reader because he doesn't like seeing her sad. Is it annoying? Yes, but it's more annoying to see her sobbing.

It may seem hypocritical, but Poseidon indulges Reader's childish attitude, precisely because of his philosophy. After all, Reader is the goddess of youth. Doesn't it make sense that she acts anything but childish and youthful? It's part of her role, so Poseidon actually sees his niece in a rather positive light (that, and he'll never admit that her cheerful and vibrant attitude gives a fresher air to the whole of Olympus).

Hades definitely finds Reader's attitude hilarious and charming, partly reminiscent of Zeus when he was young (of course, not as rude and much more adorable). Although that doesn't mean he isn't concerned about his niece's naiveté. He is quite considerate of the people around her, especially men who try to get too close for his liking.

Everyone knows that if you want to be alone with Reader, you have to go through Hades first. Even the reader prefers it this way rather than them meeting her father, mostly because, well, Zeus is Zeus. But Hades actually listens, gives genuine advice, lets her stay in Heilheim if she argues with her parents, takes her side, goes with her when she gets in trouble, etc. He's practically a second dad.

That said, no matter how much he loves his niece, Hades will never let her win at a board game. Sorry, he doesn't make the rules. Well, he does, but it's too fun to watch him get frustrated trying to make a move without realizing he's losing. He's still a guy, after all, a guy who loves to annoy his nephews from time to time.

Regardless of everything, these two will always be willing to stick their necks in the fire for the reader, some more openly than others. But the intention? Always there.

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(ESPAÑOL)

Okey, mas que una peticion, te voy a responder esto con una rant (como una compensasion, lo siento)

¡esto me da muchas vibras de Hebe! la diosa de la juventud griega, lo cual va como anillo al dedo para la personalidad super alegre y vivaz de Mabel. aparte, siendo hija de Zeus y Hera, tiene sentido.

te puedo decir que Hebe! lectora seria la niña mas consentida y protegida de todo el Valhala, no solo por sus padres, sino tambien por sus tios. es tan raro tener algo genuinamente puro e inocente en esta familia en particular, quieren proteger esa inocencia.

eso significa que terminan sobreprotegiendo a la niña mas de la cuenta, diablos, no me sorprenderia si Poseidon/Hades mencionan la idea de que Hebe! lectora se vuelva una diosa virginal como Hestia, simplemente porque es mas seguro de esa forma a que termine en un matrimonio infeliz (como el de sus padres cofcof). tampoco seria sorpresa si la gente tiende a evitar a Hebe! lectora a proposito, digo, su padre es el DIOS DEL UNIVERSO, sus tios? el dios de los mares y el inframundo respectivamente, su hermano el dios de la guerra y la lista sigue. Hebe! lectora es ingenuamente ingorante de que su familia esta alejando a todo posible pretendiente o amante interesado en su mano.

Poseidon es alguien estoico, todos sabemos eso, Hebe! lectora sabe eso, por lo que hace todo lo posible para aunque sea sacarle una expresion, SOLO UNA! ya sea haciendo el ridiculo, mostrandole cosas divertidas o raras, tirandosele encima, dandole mimos, etc. cualquiera diria que Poseidon esta molesto o que no la quiere, pero cualquiera que lo conozca sabe que si fuera cualquier otro, estaria muerto en su lugar. El le permite este tipo de cosas a lectora porque no le gusta verla triste ¿es molesto? si, pero es mas molesto verla sollozando.

puede parecer hipocrita, pero Poseidon indulge la actitud infantil de lectora, justamente por su filosofia. despues de todo, lectora es la diosa de la juventud ¿no tiene sentido que ella actua sino de forma infantil y juvenil? es parte de su funcion, por lo que Poseidon en realidad ve a su sobrina bajo una luz bastante positiva (eso, y nunca reconocera que su actitud alegre y vibrante da un aire mas fresco a todo el olimpo).

Hades definitivamente encuentra la actitud de lectora hilarante y encantadora, en parte recordando a Zeus cuando era joven (claro, sin ser tan rudo y mucho mas adorable) aunque eso no significa que no le preocupe la ingenuidad de su sobrina, es bastante atento con la gente a su alrededor, ESPECIALMENTE los hombres que intentan acercarse demaciado para su gusto.

todo el mundo lo sabe, si quieres estar a solas con lectora, tienes que pasar por Hades primero. incluso lectora prefiere que sea asi en vez de que conozcan a su padre, mas que nada porque, bueno, Zeus es Zeus. pero Hades en realidad escucha, da consejos genuinos, le deja quedarse en Heilhaim si se pelea con sus padres, toma su lado, va con ella cuando se mete en problemas, etc. es practicamente un segundo papa.

eso si, no importa cuanto ame a su sobrina, Hades nunca la dejara ganar en un juego de mesa, lo siento, el no hace las reglas, o bueno si, pero es demaciado divertido ver como se frustra tratando de hacer un movimiento sin darse cuenta de que esta perdiendo. sigue siendo un tio despues de todo, un tio que le encanta molestar a sus sobrinos de vez en cuando.

indifenrentemente de todo, estos dos siempre estaran dispuestos a meter las manos al fuego por lectora, unos mas abiertamente que otros ¿pero la intencion? siempre ahi

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[deathmetalunicorn1]

Madeline Hatter in Record of Ragnarok

-First things first, you and Jack have the best tea parties in Valhalla! He knows the best blends and treats to pair with them, and you provide the venue, despite him finding it very odd at first, but growing to enjoy it overtime.

-You were so unique, so different, and so odd, but many loved that about you, as they found that to be charming- you were like a breath of fresh air, so unlike anyone they ever had the pleasure of meeting.

-There were many who were thrown off by your personality and the way you spoke, speaking in riddles or saying things that made little to no sense, to popping out of random places, pulling things from your hat or purse that shouldn’t have been able to fit in there, to laughing wildly and running off like you had a secret.

-You never let anyone get you down, when those not used to you would call you mad and say hurtful things about being ‘normal’, you would just smile and pour them a cup a tea, “Why would a butterfly change itself when it’s been a butterfly it’s whole life?”

-When someone went to refute this, saying all butterflies start out as caterpillars, you looked at them like they were the weird ones before you pulled out a butterfly from your bag, one that looks like two pieces of buttered toast, flapping around like a normal butterfly.

-They couldn’t explain the odd creature, just staring, unable to comprehend before you cackled madly and backflipped over the balcony railing, landing completely unharmed, despite being in heels, and running off.

-There were many, gods and humans, that you have befriended, who grew used to you and your odd quirks over time and were quite protective of you.

-Brunnhilde and all the Valkyrie sisters adored you, as that’s how you met most of the other gods and humans- they find you so fun and unique, but also incredibly wise, despite you showing it in a different way compared to most.

-Jack introduced you to Hercules and while he was a bit put off by your odd mannerisms, he grew to understand why Jack enjoyed your company and grew to like you as well- finding you funny.

-Thor and Lu Bu were a pair of oddballs who liked you, but they knew you were stronger than you looked, mainly because of the ways you defied the laws of physics, but to you, you weren’t doing anything odd, it’s how things were done in Wonderland.

-They enjoyed having tea with you, sitting on their stools as they floated around, hanging them upside down but still able to drink their tea without any issues while listening to you ramble. You were their relief from training and fighting, but it was a good place to relax.

-Nikola was one who instantly liked you, as he saw the brilliance of your mind in the odd way you spoke in riddles, knowing that you were incredibly intelligent, and he always respected you fiercely and defended you whenever anyone would try to insult you.

-There were many others who enjoyed you, one way or another, but there was one that many thought would hate you, thinking that he would find you annoying and would threaten you.

-To be fair, Poseidon did at first, chastising you for being irritating after you popped out of a hole in the wall, greeting him warmly and pulling your hat off, revealing a teapot and you asked if he wanted a cup.

-He grew to like you over time, and despite never saying it, everyone knew it, because he would always let you in to have tea with him and would let you chat his ear off as he read quietly. He found it difficult to read without you around, you were kind of like white noise to him.

-He did respect you and if anyone threatened you around him, he wouldn’t hesitate to have his trident at the ready, pointing it at the throats who dared to speak so rudely to you, forcing them to apologize, but you would always laugh, saying he was funny.

-You were truly an oddball in Valhalla, but they couldn’t imagine the world without you. It would be too quiet without you.

[ofswordsandpens]

I've enjoyed episode 3 the most so far, but I think the show is still struggling to find a good balance between taking itself seriously and the absurdist humor that RR writes with. My main takeaways:

The Fight Scenes (or Lack Thereof?)

It seems very peculiar to me that the show is just speed running through its battle scenes. Again, it feels very much like the product of Disney trying to sanitize anything that's too extreme?

The trio fleeing from the kindly ones in the book ended with Percy taking control of the bus and then crashing it. It explodes. They lose all of their stuff (money, food). In the show, they simply bail out the back window. No true panic. No tension. Just, okay :) we're leaving now :)

The Medusa Scene. I'll speak more to this later, but in terms of the fight we get to see... well we get to see nothing. Apparently this fight required us to view it through the lens of the invisibility cap (ie. not at all),

I understand this show is intended for a younger audience, but the books are as well. Even the movies, which are pg, came up with better ways to show things without necessarily showing things. As a result, it feels like anything that might induce the slightest bit of tension or fear are sanded down and its honestly doing such a disservice to the books and the audience.

Medusa

I actually really liked this portrayal of Medusa. The 1950s housewife vibe landed well for me. And I loved the actress's voice -- very soft and soothing but always sounding as if she were just about to cry.

Also, I really liked her dialogue. Her digs at Athena and Poseidon were perfectly tragic.

That being said, I really prefer the trio's arrival to the emporium in the book. In the books, they've been wandering the woods and are lost and exhausted and hungry because of the battle/bus crash where they've lost all of their stuff. It almost feels like the emporium popping up "out of nowhere" was more of it finding them.

Meanwhile in the show, Grover finds it through scent on a satyr path and they immediately know its Medusa, which imo takes out so much of the fun of it all??? In the books, they dont know. Grover's just like, freaking the ever living fuck out, and clearly Percy and Annabeth have let him take sole custody of the shared brain cell, cause they're more concerned about getting some food than anything else

Just... RIP dumbass shenanigans

And honestly, I'm not really sure what necessitated the change here in the show (of them not being tricked). It would have been one thing if they were going to change Medusa entirely to not wanting to harm them at all, but imo, I think its arguable/evident that show Medusa was looking for an excuse to petrify Annabeth and Grover (at minimum) regardless of anything.

Honestly, I would have had the show loosely play it out as: book arrival (they dont know its Medusa), keep the dumbass energy and banter, the trio figures out it Medusa while they're eating, Medusa is the more sympathetic version we see in the show, regardless it still ends with the battle.

Also, I do mourn the book battle. The panic and absurdity is just handled better imo. Annabeth shoving them off the bench, Grover flopping all over the place with the shoes but actively getting a good few hits in, Percy having to use to the reflection to behead her... the #TeamWork was emphasized a little more there to me.

Characterization

I think the show is absolutely nailing certain parts of the characters.

They've gotten Percy's anger and his derision towards the gods down. But, I think they're actually underscoring some of his, idk, sincerity? His kindness? It was the line "she met a pinecone's fate" that just rang off to me. While undoubtedly funny, it's just such a stark difference from his reaction to Thalia's story in the books, where he was unsettled by her fate and felt a sincere sympathy for her. The line in the show I assume is meant to criticize the gods, but still, it feels like it comes at the expense of the sensitivity that he has.

They've gotten Annabeth's bluntness, intelligence, pride, and superiority down cold. No question about it. But I feel like they just need to let her be more of a 12yo kid?

Like. In canon she and Percy banter and argue over the silliest of things. She plays hacky sack with Grover and Percy. She blushes and hyperventilates when Luke interacts with her. Episode 3 is like the first time we've gotten to see her do something remotely childish (buying all that candy) and I'm just dying for more of that!! She's not the "mom" of the group and she has her canon dumbass moments. I'm hoping more of this is captured moving forward. They've gotten a good start on the banter, but let Annabeth be more silly! Cause she is!

(Absolutely none of my personal qualms about the characterization are Walker or Leah's fault. They've done amazing. It's the writing/directing I'm side-eyeing).

OH! And I'm sorry but Percy being like "Annabeth we're going to bury medusa with your hat on" would have never ever flown with Annabeth. In no world.

But Grover eating them up at the end? Iconic. Good for him.

[eintausendschoen]

what’s your opinion on Leucothea?

First of all: 💙💜💙 That's such a lovely question, thank you so much, because... *sigh* I am missing Leucothea in EPIC so badly (of course I understand the need to cut corners to keep the narrative concise)!

Mainly because her part in in the Odyssey keeping Odysseus safe from Poseidon's wrath was always a bit funny for me. Just Poseidon's reaction to seeing Odysseus abandoning his ruined raft dressed in Leucothea's veil! He goes shaking his head at it like 'ah whatevs, you'll face enough pain anyway, why bother' and just goes back to his own business... 😂 ... bit anticlimactic. (I strongly imagine WolfyTheWitch's Poseidon with that xD)

But! Leucothea!

She's supposed to be protector of mariners after all, but from what I remember her backstories/myths sum up to "no good deed goes unpunished", I'll try to put them below, but I'm not an expert.

So - you asked, and I did a gigaton of research into the sea goddesses :)) but it's all myth and hard to pic out facts for a non-historian like me with limited sources, so here's the bits that stuck. Which is still a lot. Sorry, textwall incoming. 🙏🙇‍♀️🙏

I just love how myth and lore transforms with the cultures they belong to and I live and breathe for tidbids from the bronze and iron age! Here you go:

As Ino, she'd be fostermother to Dionysos punished by Hera via proxy (driving her husband mad) for helping the child, and casting herself and her son into the sea as last resort. Both were made deities of the sea, protecting the sailors (her) and harbors (her son, mainly Corinth as far as I could discern, worshipped as Palaemon).

I also remember a temple where Poseidon was worshipped alongside Leucothea and Palaemon, which is quite and interesting parallel to the phoenician trias of gods (father, mother, son) that you could know from a wide range of biblical texts maybe as Baal/Astarte/their offspring. (And that part is tremendously interesting because Astarte transformed into the greek godesses Aphrodite and Artemis, as well as the egyptian Isis, and was a goddess of sexuality, fertility, war and the hunt, protector of mariners again and associated with horse and chariot). These cults died with the Bronze Age collapse, or were overtaken and transformed by other religions.

But back to backstories: As Halia, she'd be Poseidon's wife, and again the punishment by madness theme strikes here: her relatives are driven mad by an Olympian (this time Aphrodite) and lost.

Her name meaning 'saltwater'. And that I find really interesting because, with Poseidon being a storm god, is a big parallel back to the myths of Tiamat (saltwater ocean in which the land was born) and Abzu (cosmic sea of sweet water - the sky ocean aka the god of storms and rains and atmosphere) from ancient Babylon, who created the whole of land and sky in their union.

Tiamat (as wild, untamed nature) was later fought by Marduk, a male god and cultural hero, representing the triumph of human culture over primal chaos, but also patriarchal society over matriarchally led tribal society.

In my fic I tried to incorporate Leucothea Halia's aspects into Amphitrite, her being an ancient saltwater goddess, a 'white goddess' in appearance with lots of silver and reflective scales and eyes, association with white birds and bright sunlight.

And lastly, because I loved the question so much: What's your ideas about her? :) Would love to hear 💙✨🙏

[devils-little-sistaaa]

Something I think about often is Nico and Percy (and sometimes Annabeth and Thalia when they have time) staying at camp halfblood into their adult years to help Chiron look after and train all the new big three kids because there’s going to be so many of them too much for Chiron to handle he hasn’t had this many demigods in nearly 100 years that man needs help with those children.

I can totally see Percy and Nico (and Thalia when she visits) teaching them how to use their powers and weapon training. I just can’t see Nico and Percy working in mortal jobs it just don’t make sense to me. They will always be dedicating their lives to looking after other demigods especially younger generations. Grover does a lot of scouting for big three kids too he finds most of them and brings them to camp and sometimes teaches them wilderness training classes

(I’m not that big of a fan of Solangelo or Will but those of you that are : I find it fitting that Will being the best medic and only one with healing powers they’ve had in centuries would stick around to run the infirmary too and Solangelo could happen. I’m imagining a very slow burn where they kinda hate each other when they’re teenagers/young adults and have serious beef but well into their middle ages they each have a lot of personal development and slowly grow to not hate each other as much and eventually get together. Very slow burn rivals to lovers)

Maybe even Percy and Nico adopting or fostering or mentoring big three kids that have either unstable or dead mortal parents or get attacked by monsters too often with nowhere else to go and maybe don’t entirely fit in at camp like Nico used to. Those are the kids they keep an extra eye on.

I think Nico also does a bit of traveling too when things are quiet at camp. (Both before and after he gets with Will). He’s like the best most reliable communication between the Greek and Roman camps as well as the Magicians and the Underworld (he’s besties with Anubis and then by extension Walt and Sadie and Carter) (maybe Nico and Carter were together at some point before Will? When they were younger? Nico being Carters bi awakening? Yes. Love this idea.) (maybe he even sees a few people around Camp Jupiter and New Rome too) (at a different time than Carter and Will obvi he’s not a cheater). The underworld will always be a home to Nico and he stays well in contact with his father and other cthonic deities and family.

Percabeth stay together forever. Annabeth does her architect thing working for both camps and Olympus and maybe even the magicians too. She stays in contact with Magnus too but Odin has all of his architecture covered. She’s a second in communications next to Nico. Her biggest project and accomplishment is New Athens. An entire city built just for Greek adult demigods nestled in the foothills next to camp halfblood. Her and Percy and Nico and Will along with a bunch of their friends live out their retirement there in peace.

Percy and Nico become close friends over the years of working together and mentoring a lot of the same demigods. (I think Percicobeth is a possibility that could happen at some point as well) Percy is content with his life going between his home at camp and traveling with Annabeth and Nico and visiting Sally and Paul and who knew Paul turns out to be Poseidon in disguise and Estelle is a demigod. That was a little crazy for him to process at first but he eventually finds it funny and is at peace with it.

They all have their happy endings. They all have careers fitting for them. They all live full and rich lives. They all live happily ever after. Why does that lamp over there look so weird. *starts balling because I know this will never be reality*

[corvisclouds]

EPIC: The Musical but there's Nothing Supernatural about it Part 1

This has been sitting in my drafts for weeks now, so I finally decided to just post it.

Basically, I was thinking about what EPIC's Odyssey (with a little bit of Homer's Odyssey mixed in) would look like if there was absolutely nothing Supernatural happening and decided to make a funny little plot outline out of it

TW: Minor talk of Drugs, Alcohol and Death

Troy Saga:

The Horse and the Infant: The Trojan war is a normal war between humans with no divine intervention. On the day of the final Battle, a thunder storm is brewing in the distance. When Odysseus climbs the palace, a lightning strike creates a shadow that scares Odysseus. After getting over his shock, he moves deeper into the palace, having heard rumors that Hector's son is supposed to be there. When he opens the door to the room, another lightning strike lights up the crib for a brief moment, which Odysseus takes as a sign from Zeus. He tries to argue, but the totally ordinary thunder storm merely continues to flash it's occasional lightning.

Just A Man/Full Speed Ahead: Nothing changes here

Open Arms: Like in Homer's Odyssey, the Lotus Eaters are men in this version. They're also completely drunk the entire time, as the 'Lotus Fruits' are alcoholic, because they've been on the trees for too long.

Warrior of the Mind: Polites stares confused as Odysseus seems to... argue with an owl? The owl is literally just sleeping in a tree and Odysseus is holding a totally one-sided conversation with it. Did he accidentally take a bite of the fruits while Polites wasn't looking?

Cyclops Saga:

Polyphemus: The cave they find is inhabited by the cannibalistic shepherd Polyphemus, an abnormally tall, muscular man, who lost an eye in a fight with a brown bear. He debated letting Odysseus and his men leave, as they gave him an abundance of wine, but then Odysseus just has to make that joke about his missing eye.

Survive: They fight Polyphemus, until he brings out a Shepherd's Stick (a very skinny club lol) and smashes Polites over the head with it, breaking his skull and killing him. Odysseus is frozen in shock and more of his men get beaten to death with the Shepherd Staff. That is when the excessive amount of alcohol inside the wine finally becomes too much for Polyphemus and he collapses into a drunken slumber.

Remember Them: Odysseus snaps out of his shock and orders his men to sharpen the staff into a spear. This leads to a group of grown men sitting around the blood soaked stick and trying to sharpen it with their giant swords, before stabbing out Polyphemus' remaining eye. They steal the sheep but when they leave the cave, Odysseus spots the owl in a nearby tree. Still fighting with himself between killing the 'Cyclops' and honouring Polites' view on life by choosing mercy, Odysseus impulsively shouts out his name for everyone to hear.

My Goodbye: The owl is back. And of course, Odysseus picks another fight with it. And now that owl is attacking him because he disturbed its nap earlier.

Ocean Saga:

Storm/Luck Runs Out: The storm they get into is completely ordinary. They spot the 'Island in the sky' through thick fog, not noticing the cliff that is connected to it just a bit farther behind.

Keep Your Friends Close: Instead of meeting the Wind God, Odysseus finds an abandoned camp on top of the overhang. He looks around for a bit, coming across a closed but full bag of something, just as the storm begins to lessen. Thinking that him picking up that bag is what made the storm vanish, he takes it back to his ship, telling his men not to open the bag under any circumstances. They end up opening the bag anyway, just as a second storm happens to be brewing above them.

Ruthlessness: They encounter a storm/typhoon that is even worse than the first one, but there's still nothing supernatural to it. Odysseus thinks it's a punishment from Poseidon anyway, remembering that Poseidon is said to have fathered Cyclopses and thinking back to the one-eyed Shepherd. He tries to apologize to the ocean, but it does nothing. Somehow, his ship makes it through, but all the other ships from his fleet are lost in the storm.

Circe Saga:

Puppeteer: They make land on a nearby island to replenish their energy and repair the damage to their ship. While the men are not turned into pigs (Eurylochus was exaggerating a lot), they are indeed drugged by Circe, the leader of the group of women inhabiting this island, who farm pigs as their main source of food.

Wouldn't You Like: The only male that regurarly visits the island without being drugged (not that he doesn't get himself high anyway) is Hermes, a normal human traveler, not a god. He just happens to be around while Odysseus and his remaining men get to the island, and since he loves to mess with people, he gives Odysseus drugs of his own (which he called 'Holy Moly'), claiming that they will help him 'defeat' Circe.

Done For: Circe is wondering who that high man is that just came into her palace, blabbering about her turning his men into pigs. She tries to throw him out of her palace at first, but even drugged out of his mind, Odysseus is still too strong and smart.

There Are Other Ways: They somehow end up in a compromising position. But then Odysseus starts randomly blabbering about his wife.

Underworld Saga:

The Underworld: Still high from the drugs Hermes gave him, Odysseus leads his ship into an ocean cave. Inside, the effects of the drugs slowly start to lessen, giving Odysseus hallucinations of his dead crew blamig him for what happened to them.

No Longer You: Tiresias is a cave-dwelling hermit, who doesn't appreciate his home being invaded by a bunch of high soldiers. In order to get them to leave as quickly as possible, he pretends to be a prophet, listening to what Odysseus wants and then giving him a bullshit prophecy to get him out of his cave.

Monster: Odysseus crashes from his high trip.

[pinay12204]

I was reading abt the Book Of Heroes from PJO and the book , as we know , is being narrated by Percy so its kinda funny how when it came to the part of Atlanta , Psyche , and Perseus' love lives he is just basically projecting his healthy loving relationship with his girlfriend into these three stories

Case 1: Perseus , his literal namesake and one of the few heroes to have a happy ending and a happy marriage with his wife who he had tons of kids with , being tongue tied when meeting Andromeda and knowing it was true love whe she hugs him can be attributed to how many time Annabeth hugs him and him being tongue tied when Annabeth is around during their early years and quite possibly hoping the he would get this kind of happy ending with Annabeth once everything is at peace or less troubling in their lives.

Case 2: Psyche , that one line about Eros and Psyche thinking that they don't want their lover to see them in a dirty and messy state despite them both thinking that the other looks great despite the mess. NEED I SAY MORE? Percy even said that He had experienced the same situation with Annabeth, finding her cute even with a rats nest hair. (Also about how despite being in pain they both still love and care for each other)

Case 3: Atalanta- an amazing blonde, fierce, and strong princess and a prince who is LITERALLY a grandson of POSEIDON with DARK hair and GREEN eyes who immediately fell in love with the Atalanta finding her amazing as she killed her suitors and was insanely strong and wanting to be with her despite all those challenges. Percy a son of poseidon who has dark hair and green eye falling in love with Annabeth who is insanely strong and amazing and wanting to marry and grow old with her despite all the challenges. NEED I SAY MORE?

I know some maybe a bit of a stretch but all I can see is Percy giggling and kicking his feet while writing these three heroes love stories while thinking about Annabeth

(Also they have a monthly Argo II reunion party that he stated in the book and now that Jason is gone I bet their next reunion party is going to be a funeral)

[11queensupreme11]

I have funny scenarios

Imagine Percy children having a babysitter like when Percy leaving for like vacation and the yanderes are too busy oh boy the por babysitter

And also salut to Proteus for staying sane for this long by take caring all posy children PERIOD ✨😤

here's a list of babysitters of who percy and the yans would trust to watch over their babies while they're gone doing whatever 🥺

anuby's list:

ra. percy insisted on this and anubis threw a whole tantrum before she soothed him with kisses 😅

isis. anubis' pick. she's his mom (well stepmom really) and he loves her and trusts her to take care of their kids! plus, she's always been his go-to when it came to kebi too!

sécy's list:

lugh and that's it 💀 cú chulainn finds his dad cringy and obnoxious but he's literally the only one he trusts because of how many fucking enemies he's made 😭 he makes an extra demand for his dad to make sure his daughters stay INSIDE the palace and to keep watch over them 24/7 💀💀💀💀

posy's list:

proteus 💀 just him. not even his MOM is number 1 lmaooooo

rhea! this is percy's choice for obvious reasons. poseidon didn't want this because he's 99.99% sure his mom won't give them back 😭

adamas. also percy's choice. poseidon vehemently refuses, but percy INSISTED because uncle adamas is the best 😤

hestia. also percy's choice! poseidon was actually okay with this

poki's list:

thor! percy had to make him PROMISE not to fight her kids though just cuz he wanted to test out their strength. they're her babies! they've never even held a weapon!

odin! only below thor cuz he has his duties and isn't always available.

hel! loki's daughter and percy's stepdaughter. hel is very responsible unlike her father (lmao) so ofc both loki and percy trusts her!

beelcy's list:

so uh..... beel's friends are all dead LMAO 💀 so he literally just entrusts his flies to watch over them. they're his slaves after all, so he knows they'll get the job done and inform him INSTANTLY should something happen. plus, he can see through their eyes so that's a huge plus

percades' list:

rhea ofc! hades 10000% trusts his mother to be an excellent babysitter, she's the titaness of motherhood after all!

hestia! another good and gentle soul that both percy and hades trust

adamas! again, both hades and percy agree to him as well so this was an easy pick

cerberus 😂 more of a last resort tbh since he can't really.... speak.... but he's a good boy!

perpollo's list:

artemis!!!!! that's his big sister and she's a protector of childen too!

leto! ofc apollo would trust his mom 🥺

heracles!!!!!! he's the kids' favorite uncle tbh lol

ares! he may be the god of war, but he IS a decent dude lmao. definitely enjoys having the perpollo kids around

aaaand here's percy's own list, it consists of gods AND humans lmao:

adam

adamas

prometheus

mnemosyne

brunhilde

rhea

hestia

tesla

jack

proteus (only for posy kids tho)

heracles

shiva

buddha

sun wukong

ra

NO:

zeus

zeus

zeus

qin shi huang

and zeus

[meteor752]

Some silly Odyhermes ideas:

While I see Ody as bottom with Zeus or Poseidon, I think he'd definitely be a switch with Hermes 👀

Odysseus doesn't know that Hermes is his great grandfather, Hermes thinks that Ody actually knows, so he doesn't say anything. Ody realizes the truth only when Hermes tells him a funny story about Autolycus, his demigod, shapeshifting son, and Ody is like "what? that was my grandfather??". Hermes is just confused for a minute.

Hermes is really possessive, despite his silly guy persona. His blood (ichor?) boils when Calypso throws herself at Ody. He gets angry seeing the rivarly between Poseidon and Odysseus, whether it's shippy or not. And he gets annoyed, when Ody talks about Penelope, or spends time with her. He tries to somewhat tolerate her, but he does poor job at it.

Ody doesn't believe in Hermes' story, about baby Hermes making a lyre out of a turtle, and killing the immortal cattle of Apollo. That is, until Hermes "jokingly" wants to show Ody how he did it. He drops it seeing Ody getting flashbacks about Eury killing the cattle. He may be a little shit, but he still cares for Ody, and doesn't want to see him distressed 🥺

Ody usually can't see Hermes' eyes (typical hc in this fandom lol). When he does, it's either when Hermes gets really serious about some topic, or when Hermes is acting like a silly guy in love, making him lose his helmet, when his guard is down. Ody thinks his (probably inhuman) eyes are pretty, but he won't say that.

Hermes, despite everything, is a really sweet boyfriend. Whenever Ody tells Athena about Hermes, she gets snnoyed. Hermes would talk about how cute and smart Ody is, when he's with Hades or Persephone, doing his job.

I thinks that's all of these? I just really like this rarepair 👉👈

How did I become the person people come to for Odyhermes things. Like I don’t mind but like still huh

(Also, I wanna make it clear that while I do love Odyhermes, I love it in like a slightly unhealthy context, with a clear power imbalance and a very obsessive Hermes. That shit’s my jam people)

I once saw someone say that Hermes has the vibe of either a mean dom or a bratty sub, and like I couldn’t agree more, and I say both. He’d probably enjoy it a lot when Ody takes control (even tho he’s being a menace about it), but he also likes putting his mortal in his place

Poor Ody would probably have a bit of a crisis and possibly be a bit weirded out over the fact that Hermes is related to him, and like poor silly guy just has no idea why because his family is basically just incest, he has no idea that it’s seen as bad for mortals. (Ody has even more of a crisis when he realises he’s fucking related to both the Cyclops and Poseidon)

Dude I liiiiiiiive for possessive Hermes (case that wasn’t clear lol). Especially him being extremely jealous at basically every god who interacts with his mortal. He’s more fine with it when it’s other mortals, since he sees the majority of them as “lesser”, but Penelope does get on his nerves occasionally.

Hermes does not understand the concept of PTSD, or why sometimes when he does certain things or mention certain people his mortal gets all distressed and upset, but he does try and correct himself when he can. Maybe he should ask Dionysus about that

I imagine the first time Ody saw Hermes eyes it was by like, complete accident, like they were both a lil drunk and Hermes accidentally knocked into a low hanging branch of a tree, and his lil helmet just flew off, and the messenger god was to busy giggling to even notice. Despite their haunting emptiness (I have always headcanoned Hermes eyes to be just the sclera, which is why he tends to hide them, he thinks they look boring), Ody finds them strangely beautiful. So if Hermes allows his helmet to come off a little more often when with his mortal, or if he “accidentally” forgets to put it on sometimes, well neither of them comment on it.

Oh Hermes will just never shut up about Odysseus. The messenger god is a gossip and a chatter box, so he usually fills the silence in some way, no matter who he’s with, though it’s usually discussions about the happenings on mount Olympus. The moment he met Ody tho, he was all that mattered to him. When he wasn’t watching his mortal, he was chattering about him to anyone who would listen, which is for the most part not a lot of people, as one can only stand Hermes for so long. But even his usual conversation partners, Apollo, Hestia, Thanatos, Iris, Dionysus, grew kinda tired of hearing about this one mortal and his escapades. Wing boy don’t care tho, he will hover after his targets, chittering away, until they either attack him or try to rip their own ears off. That won’t stop him though.

Odyhermes shippers, feel very free to rant to me about the ship. This is a safe space and I love having you here, even tho I’m confused. We’re scarce but we’re strong!

[aliciavance4228]

Every Awful Thing Minos Has Done

Y'all know why you're here, there's no need for any introduction.

The White Bull

Let's start this list with the zoophilic myth, and begin our journey with the mistake that, although mild compared to other wrongdoings commited by this man, clearly had interesting consequences. Minos refused to sacrifice the bull Poseidon sent to him. Poseidon did not find it funny. Therefore he punished him by making his wife lust for the beast he was never able to be in the bed.

Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 8 - 11 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "Minos aspired to the throne [of Krete (Crete)], but was rebuffed. He claimed, however, that he had received the sovereignty from the gods, and to prove it he said that whatever he prayed for would come about. So while sacrificing to Poseidon, he prayed for a bull to appear from the depths of the sea, and promised to sacrifice it upon its appearance. And Poseidon did send up to him a splendid bull. Thus Minos received the rule, but he sent the bull to his herds and sacrificed another... Poseidon was angry that the bull was not sacrificed, and turned it wild. He also devised that Pasiphae should develop a lust for it."

Ganymede

Poor minor Ganymede cannot be happy for five minutes. In this obscure, less known myth, he was kidnapped and raped by Minos. It is also speculated in Plato's Laws that cretans invented the myth of Ganymede being carried away by Zeus in order to justify Pederasty. Like father, like son.

Athenaeus, Deipnosophists:

"And many men used to be as fond of having boys as their favourites as women for their mistresses. And this was a frequent fashion in many very well regulated cities of Greece. Accordingly, the Cretans, as I have said before, and the Chalcidians in Euboea, were very much addicted to the custom of having boy-favourites. Therefore Echemenes, in his history of Crete, says that it was not Zeus who carried off Ganymedes, but Minos. But the before-mentioned Chalcidians say that Ganymedes was carried off from them by Zeus; and they show the spot, which they call Harpagium; and it is a place which produces extraordinary myrtles. And Minos abandoned his enmity to the Athenians, although it had originated in consequence of the death of his son, out of his love for Theseus; and he gave his daughter Phaedra to Theseus for his wife, as Zenis (or Zeneus) of Chios, tells us in his History of his Native Land."

Asterion

If the previous part is already disturbing you then let's delve deeper into this figure's heinous acts, and talk about the abusive relationships he had with his step-son, whom he didn't even bother to call by his own name and referred to as the "Bull of Minos" instead. While the Minotaur was admittedly one of the most famous monsters from Greek Mythology, one aspect I've seen being brought not so often into discussion is the way he was mistreated by Minos to the point of being isolated by humanity by getting imprisoned into the Labyrinth made by Daedalus, and how he's very likely a product of bestiality above it all. As the old saying goes: "Violence begets violence."

Apollodorus, Library:

"And she gave birth to Asterius, who was called the Minotaur. He had the face of a bull, but the rest of him was human; and Minos, in compliance with certain oracles, shut him up and guarded him in the Labyrinth. Now the Labyrinth which Daedalus constructed was a chamber "that with its tangled windings perplexed the outward way." The story of the Minotaur, and Androgeus, and Phaedra, and Ariadne, I will tell hereafter in my account of Theseus."

The Annual Sacrifices

Additionally, Minos not only that threw Asterion into a cage labyrinth, but also ordered that every year fourteen innocent people must be sacrificed annually to him. Everything stopped once Theseus offered himself as volunteer and eventually managed to kill the Minotaur.

Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 213 : "The god [i.e. the oracle of Delphoi (Delphi)] told them [the Athenians] to give Minos [king of Krete (Crete)] whatever retribution he should chose... He ordered them to send seven young men and seven girls, unarmed, to be served as food to the Minotauros (Minotaur). The Minotauros was kept in a labyrinth, from which there was no escape after one entered, for it closed off its imperceivable exit with convoluted flexions. It had been constructed by Daidalos (Daedalus)."

This custom was also linked in the death of Minos' son, Androgenus, who was killed by Athenians. Consequently, Minos came up with this decision as a form of "making peace" with Athens.

Daedalus and Icarus

Depending on the version, either Minos threw Daedalus and his son into the Labyrinth after Theseus' victory and then followed him once they flew away (quite literally), or Daedalus found out earlier that Minos intented to punish him for helping Pasiphae mate with the bull and left Crete.

Apollodorus, Library (epitome):

"On being apprized of the flight of Theseus and his company, Minos shut up the guilty Daedalus in the Labyrinth, along with his son Icarus, who had been borne to Daedalus by Naucrate, a female slave of Minos. But Daedalus constructed wings for himself and his son, and enjoined his son, when he took to flight, neither to fly high, lest the glue should melt in the sun and the wings should drop off, nor to fly near the sea, lest the pinions should be detached by the damp."

Diodorus Siculus, 1-7:

"But Daedalus, they say, on learning that Minos had made threats against him because he had fashioned the cow, became fearful of the anger of the king and departed from Crete, Pasiphae helping him and providing a vessel for his escape. 6 With him fled also his son Icarus and they put in at a certain island which lay in the open sea. But when Icarus was disembarking onto the island in a reckless manner, he fell into the sea and perished, and in memory of him the sea was named the Icarian and the island was called Icaria. Daedalus, however, sailing away from this island, landed in Sicily near the territory over which Cocalus reigned as king, who courteously received Daedalus and because of his genius and his renown made him his close friend. 7 But certain writers of myths have the following account: Daedalus remained a while longer in Crete, being kept hidden by Pasiphae, and king Minos, desiring to wreak vengeance upon him and yet being unable to find him, caused all the boats which were on the island to be searched and announced that he would give a great sum of money to the man who should discover Daedalus. 8 Thereupon Daedalus, despairing of making his escape by any boat, fashioned with amazing ingenuity wings which were cleverly designed and marvellously fitted together with wax; and fastening these on his son's body and his own he spread them out for flight, to the astonishment of all, and made his escape over the open sea which lies near the island of Crete. 9 As for Icarus, because of the ignorance of youth he made his flight too far aloft and fell into the sea when the wax which held the wings together was melted by the sun, whereas Daedalus, by flying close to the sea and repeatedly wetting the wings, made his way in safety, marvellous to relate, to Sicily. Now as for these matters, even though the myth is a tale of marvel, we none the less have thought it best not to leave it unmentioned."

Furthermore, in Memorabilia of Socrates Daedalus isn't considered the king's former friend. Instead, it is stated that Minos enslaved him once he arrived in Crete because of his brilliant mind:

Xenephon, Memorabilia of Socrates:

But wisdom now, Socrates, — that at any rate is indisputably a good thing; for what is there that a wise man would not do better than a fool?" "Indeed! have you not heard how Daedalus was seized by Minos because of his wisdom, and was forced to be his slave, and was robbed of his country and his liberty, and essaying to escape with his son, lost the boy and could not save himself, but was carried off to the barbarians and again lived as a slave there?" "That is the story, of course." "And have you not heard the story of Palamedes? Surely, for all the poets sing of him, how that he was envied for his wisdom and done to death by Odysseus." "Another well-known tale!" "And how many others, do you suppose, have been kidnapped on account of their wisdom, and haled off to the great King's court, and live in slavery there?"

Dictynna

Diodorus' account mentions Minos' attempt to rape the cretan goddess Dictynna.

Diodorus Siculus, 1-7:

"Britomartis, who is also called Dictynna, the myths relate, was born at Caeno in Crete of Zeus and Carme, the daughter of Eubulus who was the son of Demeter; she invented the nets (dictya) which are used in hunting, whence she has been called Dictynna, and she passed her time in the company of Artemis, this being the reason why some men think Dictynna and Artemis are one and the same goddess; and the Cretans have instituted sacrifices and built temples in honour of this goddess. 4 But those men who tell the tale that she has been named Dictynna because she fled into some fishermen's nets when she was pursued by Minos, who would have ravished her, have missed the truth; for it is not a probable story that the goddess should ever have got into so helpless a state that she would have required the aid that men can give, being as she is the daughter of the greatest one of the gods, nor is it right to ascribe such an impious deed to Minos, who tradition unanimously declares avowed just principles and strove to attain a manner of life which was approved by men."

Scylla

One myth version involving Scylla has her falling in love with Minos and helping him become the master of Megara, only for him to betray and drown her.

Apollodorus, Library:

"But not long afterwards, being master of the sea, he attacked Athens with a fleet and captured Megara, then ruled by king Nisus, son of Pandion, and he slew Megareus, son of Hippomenes, who had come from Onchestus to the help of Nisus. Now Nisus perished through his daughter's treachery. For he had a purple hair on the middle of his head, and an oracle ran that when it was pulled out he should die; and his daughter Scylla fell in love with Minos and pulled out the hair. But when Minos had made himself master of Megara, he tied the damsel by the feet to the stern of the ship and drowned her."

Procris

Apollodorus and Antonius' accounts give us a different characterization of the Athenian princess Procris, at least compared to her earlier myths.

According to Apollodorus, Procris was discovered in bed with Pteleon by her husband, so she fled to Minos. Unfortunately, Minos was lusting over this girl. Even more unfortunate, due to reasons this guy refused to mention Pasiphae cursed Minos to, uhm... ejaculate scorpions? Which therefore ment that every woman he was sleeping with eventually died. Yaaay.... Anyway, Procris had no choice but to sleep with Minos, but before that she managed to cure his genital sickness with a circean herb. She had to leave Crete though due to his wife's jealousy.

"Chthonia was married to Butes, Creusa to Xuthus, and Procris to Cephalus, son of Deion. Bribed by a golden crown, Procris admitted Pteleon to her bed, and being detected by Cephalus she fled to Minos. But he fell in love with her and tried to seduce her. Now if any woman had intercourse with Minos, it was impossible for her to escape with life; for because Minos cohabited with many women, Pasiphae bewitched him, and whenever he took another woman to his bed, he discharged wild beasts at her joints, and so the women perished. But Minos had a swift dog and a dart that flew straight; and in return for these gifts Procris shared his bed, having first given him the Circaean root to drink that he might not harm her. But afterwards, fearing the wife of Minos, she came to Athens and being reconciled to Cephalus she went forth with him to the chase; for she was fond of hunting. As she was in pursuit of game in the thicket, Cephalus, not knowing she was there, threw a dart, hit and killed Procris, and, being tried in the Areopagus, was condemned to perpetual banishment."

Antonius, one the other hand, writes that Minos and Pasiphae were an infertile couple due to Minos' venomous equipment, and that the only woman who didn't die from having sex with him was his wife since she was a daughter of Helios. Procris helped them though to be able to reproduce themselves by -Oh, man...- inserting the bladder of a goat into a woman so that Minos would ejaculate the animals into that woman first before having intercourse with his wife. At this point I'm genuinely wondering wheter Antonius forgot that Pasiphae was technically able to cure Minos with her powers, or if Pasiphae was actually this type of freak... *side eyeing that bull*

"Cephalus, son of Deion, married at Thoricus in Attica Procris, daughter of Erechtheus. Cephalus was a handsome and brave youth and the goddess of Dawn fell in love with him because of his beauty. She kidnapped him, keeping him at home as a lover. And then Cephalus put Procris to a test to see if she was inclined to remain faithful to him. He pretended that he was going out hunting and sent in to Procris one of his servants who was not known to her, with a great deal of gold. He was instructed to say that a foreign gentleman had fallen in love with her and offered her this gold if she would have intercourse with him. At first Procris refused the gold but when the man sent double the quantity, she agreed and accepted the proposition. When Cephalus saw her approaching the house in order to lie with the foreigner, he brought out a flaming torch and discovered her. In her shame Procris forsook Cephalus and went off as a fugitive to Minos the king of Crete. She found on arrival that he was afflicted by childlessness and promised a cure, showing him how to beget children. Now Minos would ejaculate snakes, scorpions and millipedes, killing the women with whom he had intercourse. But his wife Pasiphae, daughter of the Sun, was immortal. Procris accordingly devised the following to make Minos fertile. She inserted the bladder of a goat into a woman and Minos first emitted the snakes into the bladder; then he went over to Pasiphae and entered her. And when children were born to them, Minos gave Procris his spear and his dog."

Plutarch's Account

Plutarch portrays Minos in a significantly more negative light in Life of Theseus:

"Not long afterwards there came from Crete for the third time the collectors of the tribute. Now as to this tribute, most writers agree that because Androgeos was thought to have been treacherously killed within the confines of Attica, not only did Minos harass the inhabitants of that country greatly in war, but Heaven also laid it waste, for barrenness and pestilence smote it sorely, and its rivers dried up; also that when their god assured them in his commands that if they appeased Minos and became reconciled to him, the wrath of Heaven would abate and there would be an end of their miseries, they sent heralds and made their supplication and entered into an agreement to send him every nine years a tribute of seven youths and as many maidens."

[...]

"Philochorus, however, says that the Cretans do not admit this, but declare that the Labyrinth was a dungeon, with no other inconvenience than that its prisoners could not escape; and that Minos instituted funeral games in honour of Androgeos, and as prizes for the victors, gave these Athenian youth, who were in the meantime imprisoned in the Labyrinth; and that the victor in the first games was the man who had the greatest power at that time under Minos, and was his general, Taurus by name, who was not reasonable and gentle in his disposition, but treated the Athenian youth with arrogance and cruelty."

[...]

"And Aristotle himself also, in his "Constitution of Bottiaea," clearly does not think that these youths were put to death by Minos, but that they spent the rest of their lives as slaves in Crete. And they say that the Cretans once, in fulfilment of an ancient vow, sent an offering of their first-born to Delphi, and that some descendants of those Athenians were among the victims, and went forth with them; and that when they were unable to support themselves there, they first crossed over into Italy and dwelt in that country round about Iapygia, and from there journeyed again into Thrace and were called Bottiaeans; and that this was the reason why the maidens of Bottiaea, in performing a certain sacrifice, sing as an accompaniment: "To Athens let us go!" And verily it seems to be a grievous thing for a man to be at enmity with a city which has a language and a literature."

[...]

"For Minos was always abused and reviled in the Attic theatres, and it did not avail him either that Hesiod called him "most royal," or that Homer styled him "a confidant of Zeus," but the tragic poets prevailed, and from platform and stage showered obloquy down upon him, as a man of cruelty and violence. And yet they say that Minos was a king and lawgiver, and that Rhadamanthus was a judge under him, and a guardian of the principles of justice defined by him."

[...]

"And Demon says also that Taurus, the general of Minos, was killed in a naval battle in the harbour as Theseus was sailing out. But as Philochorus tells the story, Minos was holding the funeral games, and Taurus was expected to conquer all his competitors in them, as he had done before, and was grudged his success. For his disposition made his power hateful, and he was accused of too great intimacy with Pasiphae. Therefore when Theseus asked the privilege of entering the lists, it was granted him by Minos."

[dark-elf-writes]

Omg, demigod Wangxian in the PJO verse w/ reincarnation thrown in is absolutely perfect

The Jiang siblings are definitely demigods of the Greek variety. Perhaps children of Demeter to really contrast Wuxian

(Jin Zixuan is also definitely a child of Aphrodite too me thinks)

ALSO WUXIAN ABD NICO BEING SOBLINGS. IM CRYING. GOVE THOSE TWO BLOOD FAMILY. AND THEN ADD HAZEL TO THE MIX????? I love them your honor

It would be very funny if Wei Wuxian (and understandable tbh considering he would be a Big Three kid living with two other demigod children like a monster buffet) was at camp before Percy but wasn’t claimed until after.

(Hades knows how hard life was for his children in particular and as much as he tried not to put another child of his into this situation.. Wei Changze and Cangse Sanren were a whirlwind that he couldn’t help but allow himself to be pulled into. It aches not to claim his sunshine bright son, aches to see that piece of them wait day after day for a sign, but he knows his brothers. And while Poseidon might not act against Wei Ying directly Zeus would have no such qualms after Thalia… or before Thalia of Nico and Bianca were any indication.)

But the thing is everyone knows.

Wei Wuxian is talking to ghosts. He’s accidentally raising animal skeletons when he’s scared. He has split the ground open arguing with Jiang Cheng more than once. He is very vocal about how unfair he thinks it is that all the gods don’t have cabins particularly considering Hera who will never have a demigod child does. He seems to fully disappear into shadows whenever someone isn’t looking closely enough at him.

There is not a single person at Camp Halfblood that doesn’t know who Wei Wuxian’s dad is.. other than perhaps Wei Wuxian himself.

But the idea of the chaos that Wei Wuxian getting claimed literally the second the trident over Percy’s head fades is so fucking funny I can’t stop laughing.

(They get sent on the quest together because there’s no one Hades trusts more to find his helm than his own son… which has the added consequence of his own son sassing him to his face in his own home.)

The Jiangs being children of Demeter is so funny too becuase that sets up the most fucked up family drama of all time on multiple fronts. Demeter will never let this go. Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian having issues serves as a mirror thousands of years in the making. Yanli is the only one to break the cycle and she will drag her brothers after her kicking and screaming if she has to.

(Zixuan is absolutely a child of Aphrodite and is also there before Guangyao and its T E N S E. Like the “dads affair child #27473727” isn’t enough but also having he same mom? They are more closely related than most people at camp halfblood and are walking on eggshells around each other constantly.)

WEI WUXIAN WOULD BE SUCH A GOOD BIG-LITTLE BROTHER TO NICO AND BIANCA OKAY

Their dynamic would be so messed up based Ont he whole “one was born like 70 years later but is still older” thing but god would Wei Wuxian try his hardest.

(It’s not enough, he’s forced to realize when Bianca comes to camp already sworn to another goddess and Nico looks so adrift after having the only constant in his life abandon him at the first possible chance. Wei Wuxian tries to be there but he can’t get close to Bianca with the other hunters around and there’s no place for him and Nico even if their dad were to claim his little-big brother which after seeing Wuxian still shoved into Hermes cabin and looked at like he’s the devil incarnate by half the camp years after being claimed he won’t. He can’t offer the full stability that Nico needs and Nico himself doesn’t want to let anyone else close enough to hurt him understandably so. And by the time Wei Wuxian is finally making progress Percy comes back with a figurine and shadows in his eyes and Bianca is gone gone gone and Nico runs faster than even Wei Wuxian can find him and everything so wrong.

He wonders why this hopeless feeling of grief and failure feels so familiar.)