#STRAIGHT UP IN MY TOP 3 WITH PERCY AND ANNABETH

[jyminie]

Just finished the trials of Apollo and I NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT

These books were so different to me because they directly revolved around a topic Rick clearly wanted to touch - abuse. Specifically, familial abuse. Personally I think he’d done it gracefully in a way that really sinks in for me now, but I’m not a victim of abuse and don’t pretend to understand the subject.

Regardless, I think the way Rick wrote Apollo, Lester, was absolute perfection. There’s an art to writing a literal god in first person perspective, and have him be one of the most human characters in the entire franchise.

Lester STRUGGLES. And he’s not perfect at all, he doesn’t even begin to understand everything at the start - not the world, not consequences, not the stakes and not the people around him. But fuck he learns, he learns the hard way, the only way, by doing. And it’s not a linear journey either - between book 1 and his more or less lucid identity in book 5, he goes back and forth between learning, and relapsing to his old ways, and learning again, and trusting and understand and rising victorious in all the confusion. He doesn’t shy away from his emotions - he cries a lot, and gets frustrated, and laughs. He learns to feel for other people. But he also learns to heal himself. And he does it by helping others heal, too.

To me, this red thread tying the books together by a common serious subject, made the reading somehow more whole. I can’t explain it, but Apollo slowly verbalising (well, thinking), realising there are similarities between his relationship with Zeus to Meg’s relationship with Nero, was so satisfying. Although I feel like “satisfying” might be a bit of a harsh word. Mostly I felt proud of him. I /felt/ for him, so very much, for so long. He’s likeable because he’s so human, and that includes both his silly and tragic sides, because these coexist within all of us. And I think he as a character encompassed that beautifully.

Reading that last book, expecting a showdown of sorts between Apollo and his father, and receiving a short conversation, an understanding, instead, was amazing. Because that’s Rick’s way of showing us what’s important. No use trying to fix what we can’t, what isn’t our responsibility to fix, what makes us miserable. Humans have this natural ability to rise from their own disasters and forge out of them their own paths in life. And Apollo did just that. It took him time, but that’s how it goes for all of us. And instead of fighting Zeus, he chose happiness. He chose focusing on what’s important, his old hobbies, his friends.

In a way, I’m bittersweet- I wish he didn’t have to stay at Olympus. I wish he could spend as much time as he’d like on earth. But the thing is, a god is what he /is/. But now, he understands for the first time that he gets to pick what kind of god he should be.

And he chose the human kind.

[somewhereincairparavel]

What would the seven wear? - Fashion Style analysis ( HOO Girls Ver.)

as a kid I used to want to be a fashion designer so making this post healed my inner child <3 enjoy ~

HAZEL LEVESQUE - okay okay omgg this girl would have the best fashion sense out of all of them (imo) because she is influenced by SO many fashion aesthetics, like her style would be vintage and modern at the same time! I feel like she would love long flowy dresses because it was the most common clothing women would wear in the 40's, she would love floral patterns sm because they are so cheery and it lightens her mood, this would bring out her "adorable" style more. also. JACKETS. this girl is OBESSED with jackets and cardigans, particularly in the colors brown and black. Overall her style is a mix of cheery, cute but she has that pluto edge to her style aswell with the jackets.

PIPER MCLEAN- honestly as much as she would hate to admit it, i feel like Piper would LOVE pink, pale pink takes up the majority of her palette. Her style is very youthful and it's a mix of rebel indie kid and soft coquette core. LOVES LOVES LOVES denim shorts, they are like a must in her wardrobe. Also, She loves jewelry, whether it be tassel earrings, beady bracelets and necklaces, rings etc. like she defo cares more about accessorizing than the actual clothing. she wears baggy white shirts a lot for some reason, but it suits her so well. Crop tops are a must, specifically pink or purple ones with a cute image on it, remember she wore a hello kitty crop top? yeah like that. I feel like her style is the most fresh and childlike without it being over the top, it is so cute. i love her style sm.

ANNABETH CHASE- Annabeth's style is super elegant tbh, she LOVES wearing grey, orange and white imo, also, i feel like she LOVES light blue/dark blue jeans. Ofc Annabeth loves caps, its like super dear to her, she doesn't have a specific "style" she just loves changing it a lot. Annabeth LOVES long dresses especially if they are white/warm brown. Her style is just super chill and modern. Percy is down bad when she wears baggy shirts tho cuz she slays so hard in them Annabeth loves knitted lace jackets because it gives off very homely vibes. Overall her style is super authentic and fresh tbh.

REYNA AVILA RAMIREZ ARELLANO- i have a feeling that reyna would love dressing up. it brings her comfort, she was the hairdresser in circe's island after all, Reyna is just straight up royal core. she likes wearing corsets, and silk gowns, Her color palette is gold, black, white, violet, and dark maroon tbh. Reyna LOVES large gold earrings that just dangle y'know? it makes her feel and look regal. She also loves circlets that you wear on the head. uggh she has got that roman classiness y'know. Super fancy and enjoys wearing long robes and skirts, i love my fancy shmancy queen <3

[ellilyre]

Ive lose the ask asking for my transmasc!Leo headcanon TT but i have them written down so imma post em like that

Leo transmasc headcanon

(many things are based on my own experience. Especially the dysphoria related things (so when i talk about Leo not being a real boy it is what he thinks bc of dysphoria. It’s not true.))

(warning angst angst (but thats Leo so that was expected)

it was so obvious even when he was small. He always wanted to play with boys, wear boys clothes, ect… His mom was fine with it. She bought him boys toys and clothes and even sometimes called him hijo. She was a bit confused, but she knew it made her child happy and it's all that mattered. 

However, it didn’t go that well with his foster homes. However much he tried, they always stuck to his deadname and she/her. That was a big part of the reason he kept running away. 

There really is no story behind the name Leo. He picked that one bc it sounded cool. 

Once he got a good enough passing, he did everything he could so ppl will assume he’s cis.

Don’t ask me how he gots his hands on hrt. It’s a long and weird story.

The wilderness school was very strict about not mixing girls and boys in dorms. 

Piper was his roommate, that’s how they met. 

In their memories created by Hera, Jason has kinda always known he’s trans. So Leo never bothered to hide it from Jason (as he does with others).

But Jason doesn’t have much (any) education on transidentity… At first he assumed Leo was a cis guy, and then some things were a bit confusing (why was he in fem dorms ? Why does he wear a tank top under his shirt ? Did he just ask Piper for a tampon???) but he just kinda gave up on trying to understand, bc Leo is a nice guy anyways. And with time (and exterior knowledge on the matter) he started to put the pieces together and to understand that “ooh ok that makes sense". 

Otherwise. Leo has no desire to get out of his comfortable closet. 

He has such a fragile masculinity 

Sometimes he acts a little bit macho. He’s aware he’s acting like an asshole but he’s terrified of being perceived as feminine. 

Why does he try to flirt with every girl he sees ? Another attempt to pass better (and comfort himself in his fragile masculinity) by copying stereotypical boys' things.

He overbind so much, GODS. Man will wear his binder for 11h straight (while fighting and running around) and then have the audacity to complain that his body hurts.

Piper tries very hard to remind him to take proper breaks. 

Jason is the biggest gender envy ever. He is handsome, tall, muscular… Leo really loves him but he also is so jealous and envious. 

He is very envious of other boys in general. 

When Percy got woken up in the middle of the night and left his cabin shirtless. When Frank went to take a break in the men’s restroom…

Gods, he would do anything to just be a normal boy. To be like them. To have their bodies. To not have to destroy his body to look slightly more masculine. To not have this constant fear that they’re gonna find out. 

And to add to the reasons why he felt so much like the 7th wheel : Among the 7 there are 3 girls, 3 boys… And Leo. Forever inbetween. Not a girl, but not a boy like the others either. 

Fortunately, with time he learnt to accept himself better and to feel more comfortable with others. 

Piper helped him to go easier on himself. And he had an actual proper talk with Jason.

The first person he actually came out to was probably Annabeth, bc she’s cool and wise and nice. 

And then he saw it actually was ok. She didn’t treat him any differently, she didn’t tell anyone else. She was cool with it.

He then told Frank and Hazel, with Piper’s help (mostly to explain to Hazel all those new terms). And it also went very great ! He then also told Percy and Nico. 

He’s not entirely out, just to his closest friends and his siblings at camp. And it’s enough. 

He still overbinds, but he has ppl to (discreetly) remind him to take care of himself. He’s still very dysphoric but his loved ones know how to remind him that he is their brother, an amazing boy.

[foggieststars]

fic writer interview!!

tagged by @bright-and-burning & @fueledbyremembering tysm my beloveds <33

How many works do you have on AO3?

18 for f1... 3 on my other profile :0

What's your total AO3 word count?

183,098 and i'm really hoping to hit 200k by the end of the year.... i luv meaningless milestones... <3

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

let's be alone together

i'll always see great heights in you

what i go to school for

says he's gonna teach me just what fast is

hatred cradles you

let's be alone together got like absurdly well received and i am so grateful for it always but also. lowkey sad that i have probably already peaked in this fandom... also i had No idea hatred cradles you was so up there for my fics. wow...

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

yes!! i really really try to <3 if it's a shorter fic i tend to reply right away to comments but when it's a longer fic it may take me some time. i always want to reply to everybody though!

for some reason i'm really struggling to reply to comments on 'such murderous and vengeful desire' tho.. idk why i just got a lot of LOVELY long comments that really engaged with the fic and i always feel like my responses are so lame. but i'm really trying!! know that even if i don't reply right away i always see and appreciate everything <3

What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

hmmm probably such murderous and vengeful desire like. i dont think this version of lestappen would ever break up but they certainly are sacrificing health and happiness to be together... but could they even be happy with other people??? i think not

to ME this is still a happy ending. but i've been reliably informed it made several people cry so like. i think it fits the criteria

What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?

most of my fics have pretty happy endings... even if it's not straight up happy it's still like. a promising ending because i'm a hopeful bitch... but probably my landoscar orgasm denial series off to the races has the happiest ending because. those bitches just love each other and being fucking nasty with each other and there's literally not even a smidge of angst because they just literally are in love and happy .

Do you write crossovers?

nope!

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

when i was like 13 i had some dedicated haters on my harry potter fanfics </3 but not since those dark times lol

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

yeah i'm a fiend unfortunately... i don't really know how to categorise it tho sdlfkjsf... like i'm just big on smut. i guess ive written quite a lot of getting together smut... i'm also big on like. exploring embarrassment and shame and guilt during sex which i'm sure has little to do with my catholic upbringing

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not as far as i know!

Have you ever had a fic translated?

nope!

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

god yeah. when i was 13... we wrote a self-insert fic where we kidnapped and ransomed one direction and it was titled stockholm syndrome. released PRIOR TO the song. i should note .

What's your all-time favorite ship?

all time favourite ship is probably like. legitimately percy and annabeth from percy jackson lmfao... also shout out to drarry <3

but within f1 it's lestappen in particular (in case u couldnt tell) but really any charles ships recently . charlos in particular has been really moving me lately. basically anything that involves charles has me :)

What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

ugh. winner's room wip.... i seriously think about them all the time :( i just don't have like the mental space for it at present.... but i really really really want to try and get it done. because i think it would eat. and i'd also like to experiment with chaptered fics!

What are your writing strengths?

i think i'm good at characterisation? and i think in particular i have quite a tendency to turn everything into a character study but i think it works well. idk though i find it very hard to like. praise myself with any sort of critical eye because as soon as i post a fic i fully forget what i even wrote so. <3

What are your writing weaknesses?

i think i suffer from talks too fucking much disease. like i think some of my fics could really benefit from being shorter and snappier and i am just not good at that sort of writing but it's something i'm trying to improve on... like i think some of it is just my style being a bit long-winded but i think in general i could find shorter ways of describing things and stuff :)

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

not even once. i don't mind the occasional foreign language swear word or like phrase like il predestinato. but i think writing whole chunks in a foreign language is really ...... like. phew. like even if it's not terribly google translated i find it an inconvenience to go off and translate it myself...

What was the first fandom you wrote for?

it's probably a tie between harry potter and one direction - i remember stumbling onto both of their fanfic sites when i was around 11/12 but i genuinely don't remember which came first

What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to?

choscar is my number 1!! i have ideas though and i'm excited to crack on w some of them :)

What's your favorite fic you've written?

i think it's the world was built for two ... like i just thought it was so bad and i actually ended up being so proud of it with distance. i reread a little chunk of it recently and was like wrow... i wrote this! whcih is not an emotion i am accustomed to feeling i usually avoid rereading my own stuff because i just reread it with editor brain on and think how i couldve made things better. but actualy like. i love girl charles and her messy beautiful bpd princess life and i think i did her justice <3

tagging: @liamlawsonlesbian @lovelylotusf1 @maaxverstappen @ninetqs @gayferrari @bumblewyn @1425fivefive @piastriachios @breathofnyx because i am as always so out of the loop and have no idea who's already done this :***** <3

[slayonehundredninetytwo]

Perfect Date

The cutest most romantic date (in my opinion at least) is a picnic. The two demigod lovers Percy and Annabeth are both romantics, just like any other human. Normally, they don’t get to see each other in person aside from their summertime stays at camp half-blood. Of course, they facetime almost nightly, but it’s not the same. So when Annabeth finally came to visit, Percy wanted to do something special for Naturally he thought a picnic would be a cute idea. 

There is a park not far from Percy’s house they made plans to meet at. Percy went to the store and grabbed a pretty bouquet of flowers he knew she would like. Then he went to subway and ordered them both sandwiches with all their favorite toppings. 

Percy arrived at the park ten minutes before they planned to meet, so he could set up. He layed out a floral blanket in the grassy area just stray from the playground. He placed everything down in a calculated manner, creating a pinterest worthy image of a perfect picnic. He saw Annabeth riding his bike towards him, carefully pushing down the kick stand and hopping off.

“Why’d you ride my bike all the way here? I would have driven you if I knew my mom couldn’t drive you!” he said, worried he’d already ruined his perfect date.

“Relax, seaweed brain, your mom is actually the one who gave me permission to use your bike! I wanted to. It’s a beautiful day out.”

That’s his girl. She wants to see all the beautiful sights, even if it’s just a normal neighborhood and average weather. 

“Alrighty then. Have a seat m’lady!” He grinned cheerfully, handing her the flowers he’d picked for her.

“Oh Percy, these are so pretty! And they smell great. Thankyou!”

Perfect. Annabeth liked the flowers, and of course would like the sandwhich. This date is truly perfect.

For the next hour, the pair chowed down on their sandwiches, chatting and laughing and having so much fun.

When they were done with their lunch, they started to run out of things to say. 

“Let’s go play on the park!”

“That’s for little kids seaweed brain.”

“Who cares! Besides, no one else is here anyway.”

Annabeth couldn’t argue with that. First, Percy and Annabeth sat down beside each other, holding hands and swinging as they had seen all the cutest couples do before. They started to swing higher and higher, until finally Annabeth let go of his hand and both their swings went crazy in opposite directions, the two laughing and squealing along with it.

Soon enough, they dismounted their swings to explore the rest of the playground. There was this spinning equipment, almost shaped like a pogo stick, only if it had a circular base and rotated. 

“What’s this for?” Annabeth asked curiously.

Percy had grown up at this park, and of course knew that you sit or stand on the bottom and someone can spin you around and make you super dizzy.

“It’s fun! Sit on it, I’ll show you.”

Annabeth was excited, and of course sat as instructed.

“Criss cross apple sauce, and hug your arms around the middle part.” Annabeth of course complied.

“Okay… 3… 2…. 1!”

On one, he spun her around with all is might, making her scream in a good way, like when you ride a roller coaster.

When it stopped turning, Percy told her to try and walk in a straight line to a near by tree. Annabeth was so dizzy, it was a nearly impossible task.

“Woah.. My head is still spinning!! Your turn!” Annabeth said with a smirk.

Percy thought back to his childhood days when he rode this before. He’s always had a weak stomach, and he one got sick in front of his first real school friend ever. The kid was so grossed out never spoke to him again. Which is definitely an overreaction, but was still rough for young Percy.

“Oh I don’t know Annabeth..”

“Oh come on perce! You mean to tell me the son of Poseidon is afraid of a little kids playground?”

He wasn’t scared. He just didn’t want to be sick. But he couldn’t admit that to her. Surely his stomach has gotten stronger since that incident, right?…..right?

“Uh.. okay then, but don’t go too fast.”

“No promises.” Annabeth quipped. He loves her, but man, she can be fiesty sometimes.

He wrapped himself around the equipment, holding on as tightly as he can.”

“3…” He began counting down.

“ONE!!!!” Annabeth shouted over him, spinning him unexpectedly. She spun him so fast, he thought he would fly away. He screamed girlier than Annabeth did, who was now cackling at the sound of his screams. Once the spinning slowed, Percy evacuated the spinner.

“Okay Percy, you know the drill, walk in a straight line.”

He tried, he really tried, to get up and walk. But something pushed him into the wood chips flat on his bum. Annabeth laughed again, before realizing Percy wasn’t laughing. 

She looked at his solemn face, his skin starting to show a hint of green. Before she could ask, Percy said firmly.

“I’m gonna puke.”

Before tilting his head forward and puking into his lap. 

“Ohmygod Percy.”

Annabeth said. Not in a eewwww gross kind of way, more of a, omg-are-you-okay-that-surprised-me, kind of way.

His half digested subway sandwich was now all over his shirt and the wood chips beneath him. Annabeth rubbed his back, trying to offer some comfort for her boyfriend as a single tear rolled down his cheek. Her hand on his back could feel how he pitched forward with every gag and heave, becoming less powerful but still strong. 

It was over as fast as it started. 

“I’m sorry” Percy said quietly through shky breaths, “I ruined our perfect date.”

“It’s not your fault seaweed brain. I never should have pressured you to ride. I’m the one who should be sorry. And besides, it’s not ruined, I still had so much fun with you while it lasted.”

Percy wanted to kiss her so bad. “I want to kiss you so bad” he said “But my mouth is covered in vomit.”

“Yeah.. you can kiss me later, okay perce? Let’s go home.”

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I really like this one! I like writing for pjo because of the canon relationships making many opportunities to explore romantic fics!! requests open :)))

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I want a boyfriend so bad you don’t even know 😔😊

[death-himself]

just finished episode 3 here are my thoughts

also i wrote this first part at the end of my review, but I'm gonna move it here to the top because it got a bit long and I feel like it's more important to state than my review

overall, i feel like the issues i have with the show are more of a me issue. i feel like I (and a lot of us book fans honestly) were hyping up the show to be one-to-one with the book when it's been said by rick and a lot of people working on the show that it was more of a new rendition rather than an exact book-to-screen adaptation

i know that when i watched the first two episodes with my friends, they didn't see any of those issues because they hadn't read the books at all, or at least not in a long time

one example, the issue everyone has with gabe's characterization is one my friend didn't pick up on, she recognized from the start that gabe was abusive and said something like "I'm scared what he'll do to sally if she doesn't get that car back to him"

those of us who live and breathe the books recognize that he's "not as abusive" or that it's a different kind of abuse in the books, so the characterization threw us all off in a way that it didn't for people who haven't read the books

so going forward, i'm probably going to keep that more in mind with the series and reviewing it. i think from a plot standpoint, it still manages to stay true to the book in the ways that really matter, and even emphasizes a lot of the key themes of the book more clearly, while still being extremely different, and I honestly think that's pretty cool

with that being said, bullet point review under the cut (reminder I wrote this before writing the above section and don't plan on changing it)

to begin with, I'm gonna be honest, I feel like they're changing a lot more than I would prefer with the plot. I'm still enjoying the series a bunch, but the differences are very striking to me

now going in chronological order with the episode, percy's reaction to the oracle was pretty funny

the whole thing of gabe being the one to tell him the prophecy looked stupid, but I feel like there was no way to translate it from the book without it looking stupid. i feel like when he's told the prophecy in the book, the creepy description is what makes it feel serious and the weight of the prophecy makes you forget how it's being told, and I don't really think that translates very well to film

also in the book the words are very clearly not words that gabe would say, but I feel like the way the lines were delivered in the episode was a bit off, like it just sounded like gabe with nothing creepy about it

percy choosing annabeth instead of annabeth pretty much forcing herself into the quest is an interesting choice that I'm not sure if I like or hate yet

it feels like they're turning percy and annabeth more into enemies-to-lovers than it actually is in the books

I love grover so fuckin much, grover's never been one of my favorite characters, but disney series-wise, he's definitely my favorite so far

i don't know why, but the little pool in the center of the poseidon cabin is my favorite thing ever, it just feels right

percy and luke's talk in his cabin is just <3

also the way luke went "it's a gift...from my dad" i just felt the WEIGHT of that, everything that it meant

also looking back on that, i love how both annabeth's hat and luke's shoes show the different ways they react to a gift from their parents. the hat is annabeth's prized possession that she doesn't want to give up, while the first time we see luke's shoes he gives them away and clearly doesn't appreciate them as a gift

i loved it since we saw it in the trailer, but thalia's tree is so fuckin cool, i love that it straight up just looks like a person standing guard

also the way they're pronouncing thalia's name is giving me life, my brother made fun of me for pronouncing it that way as a kid and i started calling her talia but to know 10 year old me was RIGHT, incredible

grover's little song had me dying, and percy using that song later at aunty em's was hilarious

ANNABETH IN THE GAS STATION, she was so adorable, that scene owns my heart now. her just grabbing every flavor of that candy was so damn precious

I'm sad we didn't get to see the bus blown up, they could've made it such a funny scene. have the trio run to the woods like "wow I'm glad we got out of there alive" then they look over at the bus and it just explodes. that could've been peak comedy there

the whole talk between alecto and Annabeth was interesting, it does make sense for them to have some sort of history considering what happened with thalia, so i think that's a good change, makes things more interesting

the way they got to aunty em's kind of annoyed me, i feel like they could have easily shown a passage of time and had them get there in the same way as the books. idk, i really liked how they ended up there in the books because they were just hungry kids that wanted burgers

also alecto being there felt a bit weird to me

when i heard they were taking a more sympathetic approach to medusa, i honestly got really nervous for how that would turn out, but i think they handled it as well as they could have. i feel like they said it in a way where the story could have gone either way; one way where medusa was poseidon's girlfriend, and another way where she was tricked and raped by him

she also goes on to both call him a monster and say that they loved each other, so again, i feel like it could still go either way with those lines, though it probably leans more towards the girlfriend perspective (even though I'm pretty sure that's the less myth-accurate perspective, but when has pjo been myth-accurate)

the way they killed medusa TERRIFIED ME, like annabeth my girl, you realize how badly that could have turned out right, having an invisible medusa

also how did that help percy in the slightest, he was still attacking something he couldn't look at so...how did that help

I'm hoping alecto being petrified isn't permanent, hades had better bring her back, i liked alecto. also isn't she important to some part of the plot in a later book? she's the only fury i remember the name of so she has to be important right?

their argument in the basement was an interesting change, i feel like to me it kind of just felt like conflict for conflict's sake. i don't think they felt super in-character in that section. their friendship dynamic feels a bit off through most of this episode honestly, but i think their dynamic's gonna be perfect going forward now that they've gotten past that conflict

percy saying the "i am impertinent" line perfectly. that whole exchange felt like it was ripped right out of the book, i loved that

i know everyone's been shitting on lin manuel miranda being in the show, but i still love the man, and that end scene was incredible

him in the elevator was so funny, and you just know he loved percy shipping medusa's head to olympus, he thought that shit was hilarious

[alloutofgoddesses]

Percy Jackson TV thoughts -

Season 1, Episode 3

(I’m a book reader and I’m not holding back book spoilers)

The attic is show creaky

And apparently so is Percy

Walker is doing an incredible job portraying Percy’s “I hate everything” attitude

The craziest line reading it’s so stilted thank you Timm Sharp. Also condescending which is very Gabe

That’s awkward as hell why would you gather all the “good candidates”

BLACKJACK HIIIIIII BLACKJACK

Grover you’re killing me

That backpacks full of apples and tin cans you can’t fool me Underwood

Percy is SO FUNNY HELP

“Don’t mix ‘em up” Luke I know I can’t trust you stop being witty

THERE THEY ARE

Annabeth saying goodbye to Thalia… I’m losing it she’s just a BABY

I shouldn’t laugh but I think Thalia would so we’re good

Percy. She’s always in charge.

So no Seaweed Brain and Wisegirl? Rick when I find you

Percy you could’ve put them in your bag and left the box

The way Grover’s hair is styled to cover the horns more when they’re in the mortal world… hairdressers I love you

Can I have the full consensus song please I think it would actually be helpful

Also Grover being a 24 year old dealing with squabbling twelve year olds… Gods speed dude

Annabeth is so perfect. Like. She’s so annoying. It’s spot on. Annabeth is annoying in the books

SCREAM ALECTO!!! They hired the perfect actress for these lines

I get the plot reasons but if you had time to pick up anything WHY THE SHOES AND NOT THE BAG WITH MONEY IN IT PERCY

Please tell me they’re getting rid of the idea that demigods can’t use technology. I always thought it was dumb

Oh no Uncle Ferdinand…

Absolutely laying the tracks for Percy telling the gods to do better by their kids *chef’s kiss*

SO YOU FOLLOW IT? Grover you’re better than this

Hey. If the cyclops next season have those talons. I’m gonna be SO SCARED the whole time

MEEEDDDUUUUSSSSAAAAA!!!! I desperately want to cosplay this

I love the changes already

Percy… that beautiful fatal flaw

I mean yeah you’re mom is almost always right but still be on guard little man

Annabeth. I can’t wait for you to loosen up. She’s wound as right as a violin string.

*cheers from the crowd* I am fully on Medusa’s side btw. No matter what she was a victim of the god’s whims.

Annabeth my little baby you gotta think about multiple perspectives

The little milkshakes on the side. Does Medusa just wait for people to come along to feed or did she smell Percy from a couple miles away and really quickly whip stuff up

Thank god the box is being left behind

THE BASEMENT REALLY GUYS. There had to have been a back door

A MAIL CARRIER? What did a mail carrier do Medusa

I love that the snakes aren’t standing up like a lot of Medusa artworks portray… they’re noodles they wouldn’t be at attention all the time

Oh now THAT’S INSPIRED. Nkt as iconic as the reflective surface of an iPod though

Who’s gonna remind them there’s still one more. Also does this mean she’s a broken statue forever or since she’s a monster she’s reincarnating in Tartarus? I have so many questions

Oh Uncle Ferdinand. I’m glad Grover got to have an emotional moment that he wasn’t afforded in the book

Hell yeah good job Grover. Sometimes you Do have to be a little mean to get past some stuff.

Oh so we get the “I am impertinent” line verbatim but not SEAWEED BRAIN AND WISE GIRL

Percy I’m obsessed with you

Now who could this be

GAH LOOK AT HIM… he looks just a tad angry though lol

So does he have express straight to the throne room since he’s Hermes or did they change the placement of the elevator

AAAAAHHHHHH I need more immediately

Preview for next ep

Why are they splashing him

SHE’S ON THE BUS?!?!?!

Very excited for the arch… I’ve been there and I will be honest I only remember some of the museum stuff at the bottom and how claustrophobic the top is so I’m excited to hopefully jog my memory

[nikkeora]

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summary; the gods are real. like, the greek gods. and apparently, you're a demigod. were you skeptical? yes. no time to question much though.

pairing; no romantic ones (yet) // clarisse la rue, annabeth chase, luke castellan, travis and conner stoll (all platonic)

word count; 1.9k

warning(s); none

a/n; whoop, my first series! might add a romantic pairing later on, but i don't think it's going to be percy or jason or leo since you (the reader) are a couple years older than them, around the age of the stolls (who to my knowledge are 15 in the lightning thief.)

takes place 3 years before the percy jackson books, reader & travis & clarisse are 12, connor is 11, annabeth is 9, luke is 16.

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μηδέν. mother of mine

"So, he finally told you?"

You opened your eyes to an unfamiliar sight and an ache in your back. Where were you? And where had that voice come from?

"Hello?" You called. Propping yourself up on your hands, you could see that you had been laid across a set of marble stairs as if someone had tossed you there like a sack of potatoes.

Your vision was slightly blurred, like a white veil was over your eyes. There was a cool tingling feeling on your skin, like someone had rubbed alcohol on it.

Looking around, you realized you were at the entrance of something straight out of your history book — an ancient Greek temple. A massive one, at that. Four sets of towering columns were placed in neat lines along the edge of a marble platform, and on top of them lay an ornate marble ceiling. Fluffy gray moss grew along the bases of the columns, while lighter gray vines of ivy wrapped up around them.

Strangely enough, some parts of the temple were bleached so white to the point they glowed, and other parts were more of a light, slightly transparent gray, similar to smoke but much more solid-looking. The ceiling in particular was clear enough to see the night sky through it, which held more stars than you'd seen in your entire life.

Through the columns were plains of tall grass that were devoid of color. It rippled almost like water as if harsh winds were blowing through, but you couldn’t feel the slightest breeze. The rustling of the plains was muffled, too, like you’d placed pillows on your ears. Overall, the place felt like a whole other world.

"Where am I?" Your voice — muffled, you realized, just like the grass — wavered, the initial awe starting to subside and panic slowly seeping in. The logical explanation for this situation was that you were dreaming, but the soreness in your back and the cold marble under your palms felt too real for it all to be fake...

Had you been kidnapped?

"What do you want from me?"

The voice from earlier chuckled, sending a chill down your spine. It wasn't coming from any particular direction. If anything, it sounded like it was echoing from your own head.

"My child, it is not what I want from you as much as what you need from me." It said.

From behind some of the columns, you saw the first bits of color you'd encountered since you'd woken up at this place: blue lights, bright as the stars above, floating leisurely like big fireflies. Out of the corner of your eye, you saw a faint, golden light.

Suddenly, a dense mist flooded in from between the columns furthest from the entrance. From between the two middle columns emerged a wispy figure of a woman holding an old-fashioned reed torch in either hand, dressed in what you guessed were golden Greek robes.

Wait, no.. she came from between the columns furthest to the left. No, the right. Three smoky images of the same woman moved in unison toward the center of the temple.

To your surprise, you didn’t feel the need to run as she — they? — stepped closer. If anything, you felt drawn to her, like a chunk of metal to a magnet. You hastily stood up, feeling a little dizzy but otherwise fine.

The mist eventually subsided. Once the three wispy images were only a few feet away, they merged into a much more solid form, and your sight seemed to clear. You could make out her features.

Her skin was beautiful but deathly pale; the vibrant, turmeric-yellow robes with ornate golden designs that hung gracefully off her figure were the only thing that brought her some liveliness. Her blond hair was pulled back with a golden pin in a braided bun. Her face was like a Greek statue — pale, beautiful, and ageless — but her eyes were slightly unsettling. Squinting your eyes, you saw that they were a true inky black, irises and all. Not one bit of light reflected off of them.

You couldn’t quite pinpoint it, but the woman felt almost familiar...

"You're Hecate," you gasped, the realization hitting you like a truck. "The Greek goddess of magic."

"There’s one more title I hold, dear." Hecate smiled serenely, though it didn’t reach her eyes. "If you’d recall what your father told you..?"

Oh. The talk.

When your dad pulled you aside for a ‘talk’ around early evening, you’d expected him to bring up the birds and the bees. Instead, he had told you that the Greek gods were real and that you were the daughter of one of them — the goddess of magic herself. You’d been worried your dad had gone crazy, or if he was on something, or even drunk, but he looked so serious you had to promise not to tell anybody. You didn’t believe him, though.

"You can’t be my mother." You stood firm in your nonbelief. This had to be a dream, something your subconscious created because of the sheer nonsense you’d heard earlier that day. "You’re not even real. All of this is in my head. Besides, I already have a mom."

You immediately knew you’d said something you shouldn’t have.

The air grew colder as Hecate’s smile dropped the slightest bit, tilting now into more of a smirk. A green glow surrounded her as you began to feel lightheaded.

A searing pain exploded behind your eyes, and you fell to your knees, crouched over and gripping your head with both your hands. You tried to scream, only to discover that your voice had vanished. Memories you didn’t know you had started appearing one by one, and soon they were all whirling around in one big, jumbled, incoherent storm.

You could make out flashes of images — a pale woman in a dark coat watching as a young you played on the swing set with your two best friends… The same woman at the very back of the gymnasium at your elementary school graduation... And yet again the same woman handing your dad a little bundle of silk blankets, from which you could see the small fist of a baby sticking out to grab hold of anything it came across.

The pain stopped just as it had started, and you were left on the ground, cold and confused, with your eyes still tightly shut. You tried desperately to make something of all this new information, putting every memory into a neat little timeline just to make it all make sense. But the more you tried, the more you realized most of these memories weren’t new at all but rather variants of certain memories that you had never been able to recall in full detail.

"I can assure you that I’m quite real, my child." She said. You reluctantly looked up at her, shivering slightly from the cold. She’d come a lot closer in the last few moments. "The only reason you don’t have any recollection of me is because I swore upon the river Styx not to reveal myself or anything of my world to you before your father explained it all to you first."

She looked you over. "Although I can see that he clearly hasn’t done the explaining very well. As for your ‘mom’ — Delilah, was it? — I’m afraid she has no idea of anything, poor dear." She tsked, a bored look on her face.

"If I’m really your daughter, prove it." You spat, your throat hurting from trying to scream too much. Your head was still pounding. "Prove to me that this isn’t all some crazy dream. One of my nightmares."

"Nightmares?" Well, that certainly piqued her interest. "Tell me about these nightmares."

"I don’t know; they’re nightmares. Everyone has them." You were becoming irritated. Whether or not this was a dream or reality, one thing was for certain: you did not like the goddess of magic one bit. "Sometimes I’d have them a couple nights in a row, and they’d all connect, but they’re still just nightmares."

"Ah, but you see, a demigod’s dreams are quite special." Hecate said, smiling widely once again. "They often convey messages or show what may happen in the future. Tell me, have any of your nightmares come true?"

Your heart skipped a beat. You remembered one time you dreamt of your parents getting in a car crash. They were hit by a drunk driver on the way home from work only two days later. You’d stayed over at your best friends’ house for over a week so that their mom could take care of you when your parents were at the hospital.

"This isn’t giving me proof, mom." You said instead, not wanting to tell Hecate much about anything. You didn’t trust her, and giving her more information on you when she’d clearly been keeping well up to date on your life without your knowledge wasn’t beneficial for you. "Saying things isn’t going to make me believe. I need something solid, something real."

You took a deep breath as one of her eyebrows arched up. With her void-looking eyes, you couldn’t tell if she was amused or annoyed at what you had just said.

Then her smile grew wider.

"As I’ve said, child, you need something from me — or rather, some things would be more accurate, I suppose. Being a demigod comes with a few chinks and perks, and you’ll need my help to control and survive them."

"Wait, wait, wait. What the hell do you mean, ‘survive’? Am I in danger?"

"Why, of course." Hecate seemed almost gleeful at the mention of danger.

‘Some mother she is’, you thought.

"Danger comes naturally with being a child of the gods. There are monsters and gods looking for someone to smite, and don't forget the quests—"

Monsters? Quests? What kind of life had your dad brought you into?

"—which is why you’ll need me." She finished. There was a tinge of pale pink on her cheeks, as though the mere thought of tossing you in a pit with all sorts of nasty creatures was just too exciting. "As for the proof you requested... I’m afraid we have run out of time."

"Wait, what?" You were beginning to feel very stupid at this point. All you had were questions and a ‘mother’ who seemed uninterested in giving you any straight answers.

You looked at her expectantly, and she stared back at you. She seemed to freeze for a moment, then looked around the temple before settling her gaze on one particular spot on the left. Then she turned toward you again, the pink tint on her cheeks more evident than before.

"Check under your pillow once you wake up. Look after those brothers you’re so fond of; you’ll need them where you’re going." She rushed out, a green glow starting to surround her.

"Wait—"

"I’ll see you sometime soon, child." Hecate was now split into three images again, each one shoving something small, flat, and square into your hand. "Don’t disappoint me."

Hecate then disappeared. The temple began to crumble in her absence, with cracks appearing out of nowhere on the pristine marble. They wound up the columns and spread throughout the ceiling, creating shapes that resembled lightning.

Then everything came pouring down on you.

[cutesydemure22]

Percabeth AU

Outlawed

Chapter 3

Percy

I jogged away from the alley, my feet thumping on the sandy ground. My heart was beating fast, and not from running either. I found myself thinking about her gray eyes. Ugh, snap out of it. She’s just a girl, and a rude one at that. Instead of going straight back home, I walked around the alleys. I found myself avoiding places that I knew girls would be waiting for someone to pass by. I tried keeping myself focused on my feet, one in front of the other, again, again, but my mind always circled back to her. Annabeth. I wonder if she has a nickname. Anna? Or Beth? Nah, those don’t suit her. I wonder where she’s from. I finally gave up on getting her out of my head and walked home. 

“Mom! I’m home!” I yelled, searching the house for her. I found her after a moment, judging by the size of the house, in our tiny kitchen. She was making something that smelled spicy and savory. 

“Hey, honey,” she wiped the beads of sweat off her forehead, and I felt a pang in my chest when I saw how tired she looked. She smiled at me, then raised an eyebrow. 

“Why do you look like that?” she asked suspiciously

“Like what?” I asked, confused. Did she mean tired?

“You look dreamy.” she said, then gasped. “Is it a girl?” 

“What? No.” I was surprised. Mom usually never picked up when I had just kissed a girl. Except, I never really WANTED to kiss a girl before. My heart thumped as I internally asked myself a question: Do I want to now?

“Spill!” Mom cried. I rolled my eyes.

“MOM! I told you, I didn’t kiss anyone.”

“Then why do you look like that?” she pressed.

I sighed. She was relentless. “Okay, okay. I met this girl, some creep was following her, and I helped her.” 

She still looked suspicious. “How did you help her?”

“Um. I threw my hood over her hair and pinned her against a wall.” I said sheepishly.

“Percy!”

“Sorry, but what else could I do?” 

“You could have just told her to hide,” she pointed out.

I opened and closed my mouth a few times, lost for words. Mom shook her head and sighed.

“Well, you did what you did. Good night, honey.” She kissed my forehead and walked out. I sat on the floor for a few minutes, thinking about what she said. Was I just doing that because I wanted to be close to her? I didn't think much about it. Once I realized that I couldn't go back to sleep, I walked outside, grabbing a hoodie. I didn't pay attention to where I was going until I saw that I was at the alley where I left her. Annabeth. 

“What are you doing here?” I whirled around.

“Umm..” I trailed off. Annabeth was perched on a rooftop behind me, her feet dangling over the edge. She was wearing a tank top and shorts, and her hair was up in a ponytail. Against my will, I felt my cheeks heat up at the sight of her.

She sighed. “Look, um.. Percy, right? I don’t really care why you're here, but I need something to eat, so you know anywhere?” I felt a pang of pleasure when she said my name. 

“Uhh, sure.” I turned and walked out of the alley. I heard her jump down and follow. We were silent for a while, leaving me time to think, until her voice cut through my thoughts.

“Thank you, by the way.” she said, her cheeks turning pink. “For helping me.”

“It’s my pleasure. Who wouldn’t wanna help out such a pretty girl?” I flashed her one of my famous swoon-worthy grins.

She scoffed. “I’m a pretty girl? I bet you spend your spare time making out with hundreds of girls.”

I shrugged. “Yeah. But I’ve never really wanted to.”

She stopped and stared at me, her cheeks turning a darker shade of pink. “Are you saying you want to make out with me?” she asked.

I started coughing, loudly. Then I realized what I had just implied. “Oh.. um no!” I said hurriedly. “I mean, not that you're not pretty, you are pretty, very pretty actually, but I don’t necessarily want to…” I trailed off. I felt my cheeks burning. We stayed silent the rest of the way. I stopped suddenly in front of a deserted store. It was owned by my friend Grover, but he was probably gone now. I felt Annabeth bump into me at my sudden stop.

“Sorry,” I said, looking into her eyes. We both looked away quickly. 

“Um, so here it is. It’s usually unlocked so I’ll get some stuff for you.” I ran inside and grabbed bread, a few fruits and some cheese. I ran back out, quickly, and presented the goods to her.

Her eyes widened. “Wow, thank you!” 

I shrugged. “No problem.” I handed them to her. We walked back in silence as well. When we got to the alley, she stopped and smiled. 

“See you later, seaweed brain.” 

“Seaweed brain? Should I be offended?”

“You smell like the sea. And you need a nickname.”

“Alright then, wise girl.”

“That’s more of a compliment.”

“Why do you think I said it?” I turned and left her standing there, leaving her for the second time that day.

[raysletters]

2023 Character Wrapped

Rules: share your top 9 characters of 2023

tagged by the lovely @suseagull04 (like, so long ago, but i had forgotten to do it so here i am)

1. Alex Claremont-Díaz (RWRB)

i wish i could explain to you the deep connection i have to this fictional man. he is me and i am him. he probably has been my favorite character since i first found him on 2021 (which is the longest hyperfixation ive ever had, funnily enough) and has actually shaped me to be more confident in myself and all that mushy stuff, so yeah, im just missing a henry kinnie that wants to put up with this mess.

2. Percy Jackson (Riordanverse)

i binge read pjo and hoo these last months, and the way ive become attached to this kid is something else. i want to protect him from anything.

3. Nico di Angelo (Riordanverse)

like with percy, i became attached to him from the moment he showed up, and i would protect him with my life even from rick riordan. he cant do no wrong ever.

4. Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor (RWRB)

henry has specially gained a piece in my heart lately, but i have to be honest, when i first read about him, i thought nothing of him more than the perfect companion and love interest in alex's story. i have to say that getting a glance to his mind through both the bonus chapter and really fucking good fics gave me the insight i needed to comprehend him: his actions, his motivations, and everything in between that made him who he is and made me realize how many things we have in common and how many things i could learn from him, which is always a beautiful experience

5. June Claremont-Díaz (RWRB)

theres nothing i wouldnt do for her. even though i absolutely HATE how i wrote the fic that has june's pov, im still in the process of learning about her and comprehending her more. still, she reminds me so much of my own sister, even though i should kin her more than alex because of the whole sapphic latina journalist who loves her sibling very much, even when they annoy the shit out of you, but alas, im a younger sister and june has so much vibes of my own sister except with my tastes, so yeah, nothing i wouldnt do for her

6. Iris West-Allen (The Flash TV)

in case you didnt know this about me, i had a not-so-recent hyperfixation on the flash (and it can absolutely be seen in my sky high au), and she was half the reason of it. i wish i could put into words how much i fucking love her in every sense of the word. like, i'm in love with her but i also want her to be happy and protected at all costs and i would do anything for her to actually get those things. she can also step on me and i would thank her, but that is unrelated

7. Annabeth Chase (Riordanverse)

what you dont get is that for her i would become like a rabid feral gremlin or maybe that dog that takes a sword in its mouth and starts swinging carelessly. thats how ready i am to protect her from absolutely everything, even spiders, no matter how fucking scared i am of them

8. Imogen Heaney (Heartstopper TV)

yes, i am absolutely biased because the actress also has t1d and my hc is that now imogen also has t1d, but also because i, too, affirmed with my whole chest how i was an ally and totally straight and then slowly realized i was sapphic bc of one cute girl in my friend group that called me out on my bs 💀

9. Barry Allen (The Flash TV)

yes, we dont acknowledge that other version by that other actor. yes, he's last because i had a love-hate relationship with the way he was written. but season 8!barry became one of my favorite versions of him, and i absolutely thank grant (the actor) for the way he made me love the character once again

i missed so many characters that i love but just not like i love these ones. the only one who could easily take barry's place on the list would be nick nelson my absolute beloved, but since flash tv ended this year, it had me in my feelings and i couldn't not put him there, so yeah

DISCLAIMER: i am at the moment reading trials of apollo (im just like 1/4 of the first book) and if somebody spoils me anything i WILL become a rabid feral gremlin, this is your only warning, thank you very much.

anyway, you can consider this an open tag and do this and tag me in it bc i always love to read about yalls favorite stuff. still, no pressure, but im still tagging beautiful ppl so i can read about your favorite characters @anincompletelist @inexplicablymine @read-and-write- @sherryvalli @14carrotghoul @formorewishes

[rosesradio]

My Inbox Is Paused 💌

and whenever i say it’s closed i’m a liar, really

three important rules up top to note ‼️

1.) please specify the reader’s gender in x readers (if it’s not specified it’ll be gender neutral)

2.) please do not request a specific word count or range. i can’t promise how long or short a fic will be until it’s written.

3.) please do not request smut if you're under 18. i know i have no way of knowing, though if i suspect it, i will delete the prompt.

*This isn't so much a rule as it is an add-on. Inbox submissions are requests, and while i'm very likely to do them, i can also delete them for any reason. Please respect this.

ships & things:

my go-to smut dynamics

valdangelo

valgrace

jercy

jasico

percico

pipabeth

lukabeth (dark fics only please)

lukercy (dark fics encouraged but not required)

lukethan

most pjo characters (luke, percy, jason, leo, annabeth, piper, rachel, etc.) x reader

mcu!peter parker x reader

there are a few things i won’t write for a variety of reasons, though i won’t get into all the details on why for fear of over sharing.

What I Won’t Write 🚫

select kinks & fetishes (tickling, piss, vomit, etc.)

percabeth smut

rape (i will write dub-con)

solangelo and caleo

if you repeatedly pester me to write something i said no to, i will block you (yes, this has happened unfortunately).

Grey Space 🌫️

these are things i kind of avoid, though i may write with a prompt that sparks my interest:

straight smut in general

anything with frank (pjo)

if you have a prompt in mind or any questions, please feel free to send a message to my inbox !! 💌

[annapoofle]

I posted 9,628 times in 2022

That's 2,924 more posts than 2021!

257 posts created (3%)

9,371 posts reblogged (97%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 3,843 of my posts in 2022

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#laugh rule - 45 posts

#yes - 44 posts

#yup - 25 posts

#pjo - 25 posts

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#amazing - 23 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#mirabel is one of if not the best disney princess we've ever fucking had and she and her sisters are fucking superstar awesome sauce and i'

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

EVERYBODY SHUT THE FUCK UP ALEX CLAREMONT-DIAZ IS CANONICALLY A PJO FAN

Casey Mcquiston just got rid of EVERY harry potter reference in RWRB [which is like. Hell fucking yes to that] and they replaced "The Prisoner of Askaban" with "The Lightning Thief"!!!!!!!!!!

1,177 notes - Posted June 18, 2022

#4

If you're aspec then your professors are legally obligated to give you straight A's. It's the law

1,206 notes - Posted May 18, 2022

#3

Back on my shit again, crying over Encanto

So someone on tiktok pointed out that in each kid's gift ceremony photo, Abuela is standing next to them with both hands on the candle

EXCEPT one:

See the full post

1,283 notes - Posted January 10, 2022

#2

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1,508 notes - Posted April 23, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

We shouldn't have to make this point but I'm going to anyway: can we talk about how experienced Leah Sava Jeffries is for a second? Because claiming that she's a "diversity hire" is first of all inherently racist and second of all SO transparently preposterous because at twelve years old that girl has already been acting for seven years and just finished working on TWO high-profile movies.

Let me spell it out for you: The Percy Jackson Disney show is lucky to have her, NOT the other way around, and if you aren't over the moon about the fact that the challenging and complex role of Annabeth Chase is in the hands of such a capable young actress then you need to get the fuck out of this fandom because your racism is impossible to disguise at this point.

2,644 notes - Posted May 11, 2022

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[percabeth4life]

What do you think if the new Percy Annabeth and Grover book?

Was just gonna leave it at that but I DO wanna rant so like-

Okay first off Rick stated Percy was retired, *Percy* said he was retired. Percy refused to help kids in danger solely because of this whole being retired thing! And now! Now he's apparently doing quests! For letters of recommendation!!!????

No!? That's the biggest character assassination YET for Percy. He'll do quests for college but not to prevent MASS DEATH???

That's not him???

And then- and then the very plot being he's going on quests for letters- I can name five Gods that would give him a letter because they like him off the top of my head, and several more who would do it if it meant he'd be *gone*. There is NO REASON for him to have to go through quests for letters!

And on top of that- New Rome canonically barely??? Sees??? The Gods??? There is absolutely no way they'd require letters considering how big a deal even one God showing up is! Unless they count Nymphs and Dryad's for the letters??? Does NRU have 5 students? Did Gwyn get Charon, Mars, and Terminus to do her letters seeing how she went straight to college after "dying"???

It makes no sense! And if I didn't think NR bad enough from the child army bit, Im definitely judging now.

Then like- Percy said he was guaranteed a spot. What does guaranteed *mean* when apparently he's gotta do quests for letters. Plus, there's NO WAY that he wouldn't have bitched about this system to Apollo in TOA. Like after all his bitching about not helping Apollo and shit you just know he would've been like "well while u were asleep I did 3 insane quests for letters of recommendation so no I'm not doing another one I just got back".

Like i know Rick hadn't conceived this idea at that point but like- continuity Rick. At least pretend you care about it.

And on that note HE ADMITTED IT'S TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PUBLICITY.

This is LITERALLY a publicity stunt. He/his publishers want the money it'll get them, it's not out of love for the characters.

Basically: I hate it thanks

[shanastoryteller]

Happy birthday! I adore anything Percy Jackson 😍

a continuation of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Hermes’s cabin is overflowing and Percy is fourteen years old and exhausted and reckless. He’d been tagging along with Annabeth to show the new kid around, but this is too much. 

“This is stupid,” he says, looking at the eldest Hermes’s kid try to push sleeping bags nearly on top of one another to make room for one more. 

“Percy, be quiet,” Annabeth hisses, but he doesn’t listen. 

Instead he claps his hands and gets everyone’s attention. “Hey! Unclaimed kids. Come with me.” 

“You can’t just stick us all in Poseidon’s cabin,” one of them pipes up. “It’ll make him mad.” 

“Who said anything about putting you in my dad’s cabin?” he asks. “Stop asking questions and follow me, unless you want to spend another night on the floor.” 

They all trade curious glances, but everyone follows him, even the Hermes kids. Annabeth scoffs and crosses her arms, but doesn’t protest. They gather more curious glances and then more of a crowd, kids tossing down their swords and abandoning their translation work to join the crowd, knowing the beginning of something interesting when they see it. 

But he walks right past his own cabin and walks straight to the second largest cabin in the circle. 

“Percy!” Annabeth shouts, reaching forward to grab him. “You can’t, have you gone mad?” 

“Probably,” he answers absently, stopping in front of the cabin. 

The cabins in the camp are representations of the thrones on Olympus. It would be a very foolish thing to disrespect a cabin, since it’s disrespecting the god who it belongs to. 

“Hera,” he says, and everyone instantly quiets. “Hera of the Heights, of Argos, of the Mound. Hera the cow eyed, white armed goddess of marriage and of family.” 

Annabeth almost looks impressed underneath her fear. Thunder rumbles in the distance and the perfectly sunny day is suddenly overcast. 

It seems he has his mother’s attention. 

“You are the mother goddess, the goddess of family,” he says. “There are lost children here. They are without their mother, without their family, and far from home. Won’t you shelter them?” 

Nothing. 

He takes a deep breath and steps forward, ignoring how several campers lunge to stop him. 

He presses his hands against the front of the door. Several people gasp, but nothing happens to him, of course. This is his mother’s cabin. It won’t shock him or hurt him or reject him. But no one else knows that. 

Mother, he thinks. You can’t claim me. I understand that. But you can protect them.

There’s another, much louder crack of thunder. 

Then the door swings open as the sun peaks through the clouds. 

“Unclaimed,” Percy says as he gestures to the open door, hating the word but lacking another, “welcome to your new home. Cabin Two.” 

When Chiron hears what’s happened, he blinks several times and his face becomes unreadable. Percy tells himself it means nothing. He tells himself that it’s impossible for anyone to guess he’s Hera’s son from this, otherwise his mother wouldn’t have done it. 

When Mr. D hears about it, he chokes on his diet coke, and that’s pretty satisfying all on its own. 

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“We’re a well-oiled team of military-grade kindergarteners,” his best friend, and the only other human on the ship who would understand what kindergarten was, continued chastising him and his companions. “The level of education and training among the three of you eclipses that of the entire rest of the members of this operation,” Annabeth continued, pointing her finger individually at himself, his pilot Jason, and his Chief Science Officer Nico. “You know, I’m not that surprised with you, Percy, but you are our XO so you should really be more responsible,” he winced at that, still feeling a bit of imposter syndrome at being the Commander of the USS Olympus. “Jason, shouldn’t you be piloting a ship or something?” At that, he saluted her and did an about face before scampering off to get into more trouble. “And you, you’re definitely way too responsible to have gotten mixed up with this Seaweed Brain and Sparky, so what’s in this tomfoolery for you?”

Nico, the only Neptunian on the ship, shifted his large black wings self consciously under the scrutiny of their Chief of Operations. Percy, as the Commander of the vessel, felt obligated to protect his usually stoic and well-behaved… acquaintance? Di Angelo was reserved, almost standoffish, and resented anyone who tried to stick up for him for some reason, but that didn’t stop Percy’s stupid seaweed brain from doing so. Hence the acquaintance. Percy was 99% sure Di Angelo didn’t consider him a friend. But he was nice to Percy and a great officer, so Percy considered him his friend.

“It was my fault, Annie,” he used her childhood nickname carefully, not knowing whether it would soften her up or piss her off more. He was hoping for softening. “It was just another one of Jason and my dumb ideas that we thought we would need a scientist to help with, and we didn’t want to piss off Leo by involving him in it. You know how he is about his engineer and warp cores and whatnot,” Percy held his hands up placatingly. “Leave Di Angelo out of this, he has sciencey things to do, isn’t that right?” Percy side-eyed his companion who (not surprisingly) rolled his eyes.

“I try not to get involved with human pranks or even Jovian mischief, but Officer Grace and First Officer Jackson were about to be meddling with my linguistics team. It isn’t my duty to tell my superiors what to do, so I sought out the next best option, supervising and ensuring no lasting damage was done to the physical or emotional state of the linguistics team. Now,” Here Percy held in a smirk as Di Angelo shrugged. “If they caused interference with the machinery of the ship, that wouldn’t be my expertise, so I allowed it to happen and-” Percy held back a laugh as the other male started speaking even faster to get everything out as Annabeth turned redder and redder. “I’m very sorry about that, truly, but I had no control over the situation.”

“No control over the situation? You three broke our LIT machine and now we have to go back to Earth as soon as we pass close enough to fix it. Soon enough nobody on this ship will understand each other,” the woman across from them crossed her arms and Percy shrunk back a bit.

“I want to make a joke about a machine being called “LIT,” but I feel like it isn’t the right time,” he muttered. “I know the Linguistic Inhibition Technology is important, but most of us have a working understanding of at least one other language, so it shouldn’t be a huge issue, right?”

“You know it works by connecting to the implant technology in our brains, so as it shuts down one by one, members of this ship from spaces stations and planets far and wide will have no clue why they suddenly can’t understand their XO, or their Chief Officer, or their best friend. So you better explain this. And you have to tell them that we’re going straight back to Earth to fix it because no nearby planets have the same brain implant tech as us. Damn Terrans and their brand name technology copyrights,” Annabeth grumbled and finally turned around to walk off.

“Hey, you’re Terran, too!” Percy shouted after her, but she just flipped him the bird.

“She can do that?” Di Angelo asked, side-eyeing Percy.

“Yeah, she’s been my best friend since we were twelve. As long as she doesn’t undermine my authority in front of everyone else, I don’t really care. I’ve done way worse to her,” Percy laughed at the other man’s frown. “Nothing bad, just pranks and things of that sort. Maybe when we get back to Earth we can show you where we’re from. You never set foot off of the training grounds while you were in school.”

“I would… like that,” Di Angelo paused and gave Percy a soft smile.

“Great,” Percy patted the younger male on the shoulder and made his way to the Command Center.

Percy sat himself down in the rotating chair and pressed on the comms device.

“Gooooood evening crew of the USS Olympus, this is your Commanding Officer, Percy Jackson, speaking,” he smiled at the engineering crew that was scuttling by, only for one of them to pause and look at him like he was speaking a different language… Whoops.

“There was a malfunction with the Linguistic Inhibition Technology and we will be returning to Earth henceforth to repair it before the damage becomes problematic. You may experience glitches with your implant technology and may revert to only understanding your first language and those you have studied extensively. If somebody looks like they’re not understanding what I’m saying right now, please escort them to the linguistics team in Science Bay 3. Carry on. Jackson, out.” He clicked again and the mic turned off.

He sighed, this would be one of his bigger mistakes. They were supposed to be exploring, but they couldn’t do that if nobody could speak to one another. One trip home couldn’t hurt him, and he was sure Annabeth would be happy to see her father.

It wasn’t until later after the Chief Officer meeting when someone finally asked Percy about Earth. For many of the non-humans on the ship, Earth was a place to get education and training to go out in the star fleet, and they never set foot outside the campus grounds, just like Di Angelo. But people had stopped asking him questions because Earth was basically “Space Australia,” as Annabeth had explained to him. The adaptability of humans and their need to pack bond astounded many and horrified many others. So, he stopped talking about home.

It was a new member of their ship, Novax (a Vulcan who was a part of Leo’s engineering team), who asked him about it first.

“I hear Earth is 75% made of pure salt water, and is filled with animals of all kinds. Do you have a favorite water animal?” he asked Percy excitedly.

“Definitely dolphins, though they aren’t underwater creatures. Like humans they need oxygen to breathe, and come up for air very often. My favorite actual underwater species would have to be a hippocampus from Neptune. I’ve always wanted to go and see one, but my human anatomy prevents me from going on-planet,” Percy explained and sipped on his hot tea.

“There are a million creatures in the ocean and you pick one that doesn’t breathe underwater?” Clarisse grunted. His Chief Tactical Officer was a brutish Martian, but very specialized in weapons. “And your second favorite isn’t even Terran.”

“What else do you know about the ‘ocean’?” Novax breathed, leaning forward.

“Eh, not much,” Percy shrugged.

“I’m not sure I heard that correctly, maybe my LIT unit isn’t functioning well,” another member of engineering asked, Nyssa. “Your planet is 75% water and you don’t even know what is inside it?”

“I could tell you about the people who spend their life learning about what survives in the deep depths,” Percy looked up, knowing he had all of the non-Terrans hooked on every word. Even Di Angelo had paused in his note taking and was staring wide-eyed at Percy. “But I don’t know if you’d want to know.”

“No we do!” Nyssa exclaimed. “There are people who dedicate their lives to a place that’s literally not navigable by humans, the main inhabitants of the planet?”

“Well as you said, most of the planet is water. Which means that coastal communities are filled with fisherman, whalers, swimmers, and more. I could tell you about some of those. I could also tell you about the scientists that spend years of their lives building bots that can’t even come close to withstanding the pressure at the deepest depths without imploding, or I could tell you about those that do come close,” he shrugged.

“What happened to those?”

“The video feed cut out after only seeing multiple rows of sharp, jagged teeth,” Annabeth answered, her sharp grin frightening those who hadn’t noticed her. Some forgot that she was Terran, because she was also half Minervan.

“I could tell you about whales. Beautiful, they come in black and white or grey or blue. But they can be as big as almost 100 feet long. That’s as long as most pirate ships. And they could fit about 400 average sized humans in their mouths. You don’t want to cross one of them. And they only live on the surface. The things that live in the deep,” Percy shuddered for effect. There were no Neptunians on the ship, so there were no natural water dwellers there, so all of his rapt listeners were shocked by this information. “There’s the anglerfish. They light up the dark with an antenna on top of their heads, and the light lures in prey. But it’s so dim elsewhere that you don’t see their big sharp teeth until you’re right up against them,” he murmured. “Giant squids are almost as big as whales but not nearly as peaceful and beautiful. They have eight arms and two tentacles that could wrap around any boat and crush it.”

“Ten limbs?” Nyssa whispered, clearly disturbed.

“Plus, the Portuguese Man o’ War,” Percy shrugged nonchalantly. “Also known as the floating terror. It’s like a big blue jellyfish that sits innocently on top of the water with huge blue tentacles that sit just underneath with a sting strong enough to kill a full grown human.”

“Don’t worry,” Annabeth grinned that shark grin again. “Percy won’t tell you about the stories of the old days. He doesn’t want to scare you.”

“That was the not scary part?” Novax gulped.

“Anyway, I just got notified that we’ll be back on Earth in a few days, so brace yourselves,” and with that, she stood and left them all staring after her. When the door clicked shut, Percy had all eyes back on him. He shrugged.

“Don’t look at me. I wasn’t going to tell you about the kr- nevermind,” he stood. “Di Angelo, with me,” the younger officer stood, back to business and was at Percy’s side again in a moment. “Clear your schedule, you’re spending shore leave with me, pal.”

“Great,” came the deadpan reply.

“Don’t sound so somber,” Percy rolled his eyes. “I’m just going to show you the beach and maybe a good gay bar. You need to let off some steam my dude.”

The other male reddened.

“That is so… That is…” he huffed. “Highly inappropriate.” he glared down at the ground and Percy felt a little bad, maybe the guy wasn’t out? But it was clear he had a preference for males. Oh well, that foot was already in Percy’s mouth.

“Fine. But I will be attending and I am a great dancer so you’re missing out,” he winked at the flustered officer and made his way back to his cabin. It would be an interesting few days.

He made a plan with Annabeth. Day one before shore leave, Percy would spread a rumor to Novax about the kraken. Bigger than a giant squid and meaner. Known to crush entire pirate ships in the olden days.

Day two, Annabeth would mention sirens to Nyssa. Hideous creatures that could lure you in with their voices and lead you to believe you were bringing your ship in to everything you ever wanted, when in reality you would crash your ships and then drown.

Day three, Percy would tell Leo about the Megalodon. A definitely very real shark so big you couldn’t even imagine it. Percy shuddered at that one.

“But, there are some good things,” Percy was speaking to Nico Di Angelo from his Commander chair, in ear shot of some of the participants of the conversation a few nights prior. “Mermaids, the siren’s nicer cousin species. And the lost city of Atlantis. Known to be a great and bountiful city, lost to the sea and cursed by the gods to be stuck down there forever. Some believe it still exists, but it’s within the Bermuda Triangle.”

“What, pray tell, is the Bermuda Triangle,” Clarisse sighed.

“Hard to explain. Ships just… go in… and they never come out,” Annabeth shrugged. “Planes go down. Ships wreck. People who go in don’t come back out, so we don’t know if Atlantis is really there or not.”

“That’s… terrifying,” Novax whispered as he walked by.

Percy was sure he had created a healthy fear of Earth’s oceans in his crew. And he meant to, because while he loved the beach and swimming, he did want to make them shy away from the depths. They wouldn’t do well to explore it.

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Did he come home with a bloody nose?

The last thing Percy expected that night was Charlie to return home after a party with a bloody nose and bruised knuckles.

Percy had never expected himself to live past 18. Let alone get married and have 4 kids with the love of his life. Nothing could have prepared him for having a child for the first time. He had never expected how much a person could love. The moment Charlie and Zoe were born he was sure that his life would never be the same. And he was right, both his and Annabeth’s lives changed for the better. He also had the privilege to be at home with them for the first 3 years of their lives. There wasn’t anything more magical for him to watch his babies discover everything for the first time. Although parents aren’t supposed to have favourites, Percy had a soft spot for Charlie and Zoe (especially).

Annabeth was on a business trip for the weekend and Zoe, Lana, and Theo were sleeping over to other houses. That meant that Percy had the house for himself on Saturday night as Charlie had a party and wouldn’t return until it was at least 12 which was totally fine as he was the most responsible out of the siblings.

Percy felt sometimes that Charlie was putting too much pressure on himself so that he could be the best in something. Sure, that could also be a good thing as he was succeeding in all of his goals. In his Sophomore year, he managed to get on the Varsity Football Team and be in the top 3% of his class. Percy was sure that he got that quality from Annabeth. Well, he was sure that all of their children took all of their good qualities from Annabeth and not from him. But after that night he kind of changed his mind.

Let’s get this thing straight. Charlie was one of the last people who would get in a fight. It just wasn’t his kind of thing. He couldn’t understand why people would rather solve a fight with violence. His philosophy was either finish what you started or don’t start it at all. Well, that night at the party his philosophy went down the window and he got into the first and last fight of his life.

Charlie was good with people. He was never involved in any drama and if he didn’t get along with someone he wouldn’t do anything to provoke them. He found no point in screaming and shouting in the halls of the school. That was one of the many reasons people liked him.

The Quarterback of the football team was having a big party at his house and almost the entire school was invited. Charlie went with Colin and Nate as Zoe and Bianca had concert tickets for that night. Jake certainly knew how to throw a great party. Every time he was having an even better party. Charlie was minding his own business with some of his friends from the football team when he overheard Bianca’s ex-boyfriend trash-talking her. Then one thing lead to another, and he threw the first punch. And the second and the third. Tyler punched him in the eye, but he didn’t have any more strength, so Charlie decided to let him go as it was never his intention to punch the guy unconscious.

“I’m getting out of here,” Charlie said to Colin and Nate.

While they were making their way to the exit many people including Jake congratulated him. He couldn’t understand on what planet it made sense to congratulate a person who punched another guy. “I need a second.” Charlie sat on the side of the pavement.

“Where do you want us to take you?” Colin asked him as he handed him a cold water bottle to put on his eye so that it wouldn’t swell until they got home.

“Home. Only my dad is going to be there.” Charlie’s nose started bleeding badly.

“Are you sure you don’t want to go to my house and patch you up before you go back home?” Colin questioned him. “The bruises are a bit incriminating, and you might get in trouble.”

“So? I punched Tyler to the point his eye closed shut. That’s kind of a reason to get me in trouble. Just get me home.”

“Whatever you say.” With a little help from Colin and Nate, he managed to get up and walk.

“You did the right thing punching him. I don’t have the guts to do something like that.” Colin admitted. “I know that you’re against violence or whatever, but he deserved it.”

“I just wanted to punch him. I wanted to do it for a very long time, and it just happened.”

They got inside the house from the kitchen door. Charlie sat on a chair while Colin handed him some ice for his hand that started numbing.

“How and you’re home so-.” Percy started saying, but then he saw Charlie. “What happened?” He asked him.

“You guys can go. We’ll talk tomorrow.” He said to Colin and Nate who both left without thinking it twice. Then he turned to Percy. “I can explain everything. Can you help me make the bleeding stop?”

Percy brought the first aid kit. He gave Charlie a piece of Ambrosia and after his nose stopped bleeding, he gave him more ice. He flinched from the pain when Percy placed the ice pack on his hand “Can you tell me what happened now?”

“It’s nothing.” Charlie sighed.

“You aren’t the kind of kid to get in a fight over nothing. If you don’t want to tell me, it’s fine. But if you tell me I’ll be able to cover for you until the Ambrosia kicks in your system.” Percy reassured him. “I am not mad or anything. I was just wondering.”

Charlie looked at his dad. “There was this guy, that Bianca used to date. He said some awful things about her and-“ He paused. “I was mad. I was holding it back for weeks now. I know that getting in a fight is stupid and reckless, but I felt deep down that he deserved to get punched. No guy should mess with a girl like Bianca and get away with it.”

“I would have done the same. But please promise me that you won’t do something like this again.”

“Be sure about it. I know that it was a mistake I just felt the need to do it.” Charlie explained. “It must be on top of the stupid things that I’ve done. It will never happen again.”

“I’m sure. It just felt personal. I totally get it. You and Bianca are friends.” Percy isn’t stupid. He knew that Charlie liked Bianca, but he was oblivious about it like he was with Annabeth. He pretended not to notice that Charlie flustered a bit when he brought up Bianca. “Let’s just put it behind us and never talk about it again. How does that sound?” He proposed.

“Works for me.” Charlie had an appreciative look on his face. “Thanks for helping me and not making a big deal out of it.”

“Anytime.”

That night Percy found out that Charlie hadn’t gotten just Annabeth’s good qualities but also his extreme loyalty towards the people he loved.