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quill-is-brainstorming · 2 years ago

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Here are some completely random fun facts about Odysseus' family from various myths:

His grandfather, Autolycus (meaning "the wolf itself", pretty badass) , was a shape-shifting trickster, also known as "the king of all thiefs", with the ability to change the shape of random objects he stole and was also the direct son of Hermes (originally he was just some dude Hermes liked, post-Odyssey he was changed to be his son. I'd say both versions are equally accepted though the son thing wasn't there from the beginning).

Autolycus was also the sworn rival of King Sysyphus, who you might know as that one guy who escaped death and whose punishment for it was pushing a rock for eternity, or that very nice guy from Tartarus in Hades. Autolycus used to steal Sysyphus' cattle and when the latter finally managed to find tangible proof of his guilt he did the only sensible thing he could think of.

He fucked his daughter.

As one does.

As I'm saying this I really want you guys to imagine the Sysyphus from Hades doing all this. Because I find it fucking hilarious.

Also btw, said daughter is named Anticleia and in her youth she was apparantly a companion to Artemis. Absolutely pop off queen.

So Yada Yada time skip and Anticleia promptly moves on from Sysyphus to Laertes of Ithaca, they get married and soon after a baby boy is born. And by soon I mean, pretty soon after. Suspiciously soon after...I think you know where I'm going with this.

YEP, there are some myths where instead of being the son of Laertes, Odysseus is the son of Sysyphus, yet the absolute gigachad that is Laertes still raised the baby as his own.

Now, myths are everything but consistent, and much like Autolycus beings Hermes' son, this connection with Sysyphus was likely added post-Odyssey, meaning that even if this variation of the myth exists, Odysseus was still widely seen as Laertes' biological son and it's pretty safe to say that he's exactly that in both the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Why did I tell you all this then?

Because it's fanfiction material and I want people to use it.

Sooooo, the baby is born and it's time to give him a name, and the one to do just that is Autolycus, for whatever reason. I mean from what I've read Anticleia actually insisted he named him, so yeah, not super important but I still felt like it was worth mentioning.

So Autolycus cradles his new infant grandson, he looks him in his small baby eyes and says: "You know, I pissed off a fuck ton of people during my life, like really a lot of peeps, so I think I'm gonna name him Hateful."

You think I'm joking but this is kinda how it actually went.

The name Odysseus actually means "To Hate", and yeah, Autolycus specifically chooses it because he himself pissed off a lot of people.

And yeah, that's pretty much it really.

I mean I guess there's the fact that Odysseus got his famous leg scar while hunting with his grandpa, but that's stuff you can read directly on the Odyssey anyway. I just wanted to shine a light on the sheer badassery of this family.

So yeah.

Oh also there are certain myths that say that Homer was Telemachus' son through Nestor's youngest daughter and I think that's kinda neat honestly.

(The girl in question SHOULD be Polycaste, thought some people said it was a different daughter that was apparantly not among the original roster of Nestor's kids which probably means she was written in many years later. Telemachus' love life is actually a bit of a mess really, even putting whatever the hell the Telegony is aside, he's still got at least 3 other possible wives, them being Polycaste, Nausicaa and even Calypso. There is also this one line from the Odyssey where Polycaste bathes him and some people apparantly interpreted it as them banging and it's said she eventually gave birth to a boy named Perseptolis. But yeah, the boy's a womanizer.)

Aaaaand yeah, that's pretty much it.

So what did we learn today? Well, in Odysseus' family the badassery is hereditary it seems.

#odysseus #the odyssey #the iliad #greek mythology #myths and legends #autolycus #Sysyphus #Anticleia #laertes #telemachus #polycaste #homer #epic the musical #hades #I'm honestly putting Hades here only because of the Sysyphus bit

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jennifriend · 10 months ago

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Dear OFMD,

I wasn’t sure who to address this to, at first. There are so many options, so many people instrumental in the creation of this show that means so much to me and so many others. David Jenkins, Taika Waititi, Vico Ortiz, Alex Sherman, and the rest of the producers, directors, writers, cast and crew. I did try to list out everyone, but it took up the whole first page. My social media follows exploded when I began watching.

The thing is, I’ve never quite been comfortable in my skin. I knew something was off about my gender as early as 8, possibly earlier, but eight is when I remember actually thinking that I wasn’t a girl for the first time.

I wasn’t a boy, either, but it was the eighties, and I didn’t know the term non-binary, or that gender was as much a brain thing as a body thing. So I shoved it down, along with the thought that the kids at my school should hurry up and learn the lessons already so we could go onto the next thing and that I hated wearing dresses, except when I loved it.

And then, I just . . . didn’t think about gender for a long time. Not when trans people were the butt of all the jokes in the movies in the nineties, not when trans stories, real trans stories started getting told in the aughts.

Someone gave me the word agender, once, when I was curious and asked what might describe someone who felt neither man nor woman, and never had, and I went with that. I still go with that, or enby, whichever I’m comfortable with in the moment. I was forty. Thirty-two years of not even knowing I was looking for that word, and I was.

And then a year or so later, someone talked me into watching Our Flag Means Death.

I write. I’ve published. When you send a story out, you never know what other people are going to think of it, what symbolism they’re going to find, how they’re going to interpret this thing or that thing. So I don’t know if you realized when you finished filming the first season and sent it for edits, or finished the second season and watched us foam at the mouth for it, how the fans were going to react.

There are a lot more of us out in the world that don’t feel quite right in whatever gender box we’ve been put in than anyone realizes, I think. And I think a lot of us gender-weirdos are fans of this show.

It’s not just Stede, and his love for fine things. It’s Ed, with his hidden silk, and his softly admitting to “maybe” liking “a fine fabric.” It’s not just Jim being outed, and everyone going right back to normal after they figure out that that’s what Jim wants. It’s not even just Wee John’s wonderful performance as Calypso.

It’s also Wee John sitting down to sew and saying he used to sew dresses with his mom. It’s calling Izzy the ship’s “new unicorn” and it’s also Izzy wearing make up. It’s everyone wearing flowers.

It’s Spanish Jackie having nineteen husbands, and maybe some wives.

It’s a meme of any of the characters that’s just a screenshot and the word “gender” written across it.

It’s the concept of “assigned knives at birth”

And it’s the community that this show created to let us feel free to explore all of this. We can bounce ideas off of each other, we can explore new identities, and you - the cast, the crew, the writers of this show - you have given us a safe space to do so.

I’ve been on the outskirts of a lot of fan spaces. I’ve never wanted to step into them because at their core, they seemed so toxic and gatekept. I’ve never felt that from the fans here (we’re not perfect, and there are a lot of very angry arguments over things that I hope you never see).

So yeah, this is my love letter to Our Flag Means Death, the show that helped me figure out, at forty-three, that my gender is, well, me. And it doesn’t have to fit anyone else’s label.

Thank you for creating it.

Thank you for writing it.

Thank you for acting in it.

Jenn

#ofmd #save ofmd #renew as a crew #renew our flag means death #ofmd meta #genderenby #enby #agender #nonbinary #nonhuman

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ima-ghost-art · 8 months ago

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Having some ideas for a "10 years later" valzhang kid fic (featuring trans leo & other fun hcs)

Where a couple years after Leo and Calypso split (early 20s at this point) Athena goes and works with leo in his shop for a few months before giving him a daughter, because she believes that he is one of the smartest minds of his generation (I just KNOW Athena heard all of Leo's plans through out Hoo when he would talk to himself around the Athena Parthenos, and was impressed with his (honestly incredibly smart) strategy to succeed at doing 2 things no human nor god had ever done, then succeeded with both plans all while remaking a metal dragon all in secret, plus Annabeth loves her friend alot so that's a bonus)

(This will be long so more after the cut)

So now, at like 23, Leo is the father of a beautiful baby girl named Sophina Esperanza Piper Valdez, and he loves it, he really does! Although he was terrified to ever be a parent, and this certainly wasnt how he planned to ever have kids, he loves his daughter more than anything and is determined to not have her experience anything he had too, and because shes a greek demigod he knows she will taken care of by the camp.

PLUS the seven ADORE Sophina!!

Piper loves her god daughter, and she and leo love to tell her all about Jason knowing he would have loved her so much too! Although it's weird in the beginning, Annabeth really loves and cares for her little sister, but much prefers to be seen as her aunt, (percy is definitely the cool uncle and loves to babysit Sophina along with looking after his own kids)! Hazel couldnt have been more excited to have a neice, just like leo she cant help but see so much of sammy Sophina!

And Frank? He adores Sophina too, he loves seeing Leo excel at being a dad, and he finds it hilarious at how devious this little girl is, how the combo of incredible building/ strategic mind from her godly heritage plus that insane intelligents from her father alone made the now 3 year old an adorable MENACE!!

No normal kiddie pen could ever keep this child contained! And frank would know, he offered to babysit more often than not, whenever he wasnt doing his praetor duties, he was looking after Sophina. And when he wasnt doing that he was often having her and leo over for dinner or lunch.

So much had changed since they where 15/16, living on a flying boat trying to save the world, it had been an entire decade even. And sure they were only mid 20s but that's practically middle age with a demigods track record. Leo and Frank went from hating eachothers guts to having a weird bond, formed of complete and utter trust in the other, while never quite getting rid of their petty bickering, tho this time on far more friendlier jokeing terms, (loving bullying piper called it) plus it helped they admired eachother and their abilities greatly. And now as they were both freshly single, welp dam it sometimes feelings just sorta surprise ya!

Frank and Hazel split the year before Sophina was created, both realising they had different ideas for their futures, and in the aftermath they became even closer friends, so when Frank started realising just how long he had been harbouring feelings for leo, well Hazel was the first one to say she both knew it, and to become his ultimate wing woman.

Leo, who has been single since 19, and hasnt thought about dating again properly since after having his daughter, suddenly having years old feelings from the argo2 reserface after frank starts helping him out more with his little girl, feeling like a percy out of water when he thinks about wanting to get back into dating again, especially when dating involves one of his best friends...

Buttttttt :) when you have the favour of both the godess of love and the godess of marriage and family on your side (abit reluctantly on your end) things end up going great!! Everyone was surprised it hadnt happened sooner and well, it's been going smooth for the last few months at least! Plus Sophina absoulutly loves having Frank around more!!

That is until 6 months later, 3 months before Sophinas 4th birthday, Frank is called away for a quest with his legion, which isnt uncommon, but it's the first one since the two became official, so Leo wont lie if hes a little bit more stressed than usual.

It doesnt help no one has heard from Frank and his quest group in over a week... nor the fact not either of the camps or even the hunters could find them... and definitely no the fact that Leo's cycle is late and has been throwing up for the last few days...

So when Annabeth comes over to help with a project while Percy takes care of Sophina for the day, the first thing she does is tell him to take a pregnancy test or have them call Will, even tho Leo is adamant its probably just a stomach bug.

Of course, 3 positive tests, 2 breakdowns in the arms of Annie, Piper and Hazel, and 1 check up from Will, Leo discovers hes around 6 weeks pregnant and the other father could only be Frank and he is still MIA!!!

Not only that, but Leo, after the war, becoming a double amputee, still grieving Jason with so much regret, and a now no longer single father of an amazing little girl, he was now facing becomg a father AGAIN only this time hes going to actually carry his own child, unlike the first time. Leo was trans, he always knew that if he ever in the place to have a child, he would have to carry them, and at the time he mostly only dated women anyway! But when Athena came along and gave him Sophina, well that was the perfect out to all that. Until now...

Leo doesn't know what to do, he cant make any decisions about the baby without Frank, and by now it's going on 2 weeks without any word. Hazel has been staying with him and Sophina when she hasnt been out doing search missions with Arion, the two have been sharing the stress.

Its week 2 and a half, 4 weeks from when the original quest started, when the questing group finally returns, found by Rayna and Hazel, mostly badly injured and being carried by Frank who had transformed himself into (all be it a very hurt) Elphant.

According to what they said the group had somehow fallen into some of the uncollapsed tunnels of the labyrinth which messed with people being able to find them.

But that doesnt matter, Frank is back and Leo is a flood of emotions because he just spent the last 3 weeks worrying if the guy he was inlove with was dead or dying, and the last week and a half thinking he was going to be a single dad AGAIN

But Frank, big dumb lovable Frank, is here, hes alive, and as he returns from the elephant to normal with the kindest most apologetic smile as he walks over to Leo before being directed to the med tent. He holds Leo close as he says hes sorry for disappearing over and over again.

So of course Leo, in all his blazing adhd glory, not exactly chooses, more word vomits the thing that he had been desperate to tell Frank since he first found out.

So in sitcom style dramatics the moment frank hears the words "I'm pregnant" from Leo's mouth he immediately passes out.

Que some shenanigans, but it ends with Frank being so excited, he already loved Leo, (not that either had said it out loud yet), he would be thrilled to have Sophina as his step daughter, and to to be an actual dad himself, for them to have a child and give Sophina a little sibling?? For them to be a weird chaotic family (oh gods they're going to be a family, they're going to need to find a bigger place to live all together, would Leo even want to move to New Rome? Wait would Leo want to even move in with HIM?? Panic for another time)

It becomes a hectic next 9 months, the Valdez - Zhang family has a new family home at the edge of New Rome, Sophina has never been more excited finding out she was going to be a big sister (being told the week before her 4th bday) (she had a party thrown by the Athena & Haphaestus kids at CHB) and happily helps her dads prepare. The 7 are thrilled for the new addition to their found family (my hc this would be the 4th kid from the group)

And finally they eventually wecome Ellie Jace Valdez - Zhang, Greek/Roman legacy of Haphaestus, Mars & Poseidon, future fighter extraordinar who eventually inherits the Zhang shapshifting, also inherited her fathers firewood

#this got so away from me im sorry #i needed some plot for how Valzhang had there daughter + leo and athena child too #and it got so chaotic #if anyones confused btw they leo is 26 - 27 and frank was 27 by the end of this #also Sophina is just a mini leo vs Ellie who ends up 6f sweetheart with the determination to mock her older sisters hight 24/7 #i have so many ideas for this “10 yrs later au” this was just the part that was currently on my mind #i hope it even made a little sence #if anyone wants to hear or see more i do wanna make a couple comics for this au #valzhang #leo valdez #frank zhang #kid fic #future au #kids au #hoo #Ellie Jace Valdez- Zhang #Sophina Esperanza Piper Valdez #leo and frank love their daughters very much #they also end up adopting and fostering many of the young wayward demigods and legacy kids that need some parental figures #they become the family Leo and Frank didnt grow up with

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likeafairytale · 1 year ago

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"It really did make me think of your eyes. Even then. Maybe I took it for bad reasons, but you should still have it." - Aeron to Calypso about the diamond necklace

The mermaid was initially alone at the lake she loved so much. It was one of her only solace here, and even though she wasn't in the mood to swim –which was quite rare– she loved staying near the water and listening to the relaxing sound of the waterfall. Her tranquillity was disrupted by footsteps, and without even looking back she knew who it was, which made her sigh. Calypso said nothing, she didn't want to look at him, at first. Her relationship with Aeron wasn't as bad as it used to be, they were quite on good term, actually, but she knew his favorite game was to annoy her, and she thought this was what he came to do, and she didn't want to give him this satisfaction.

So the girl was quite surprised when she heard his words, and that piqued her curiosity. At first, she didn't understand, it's only when she looked back that she saw the necklace in his hands. She felt her heart dropping at the sight of the jewellery; she remembered it too well. A pretty necklace, really, with so many diamonds that it was actually shinning bright under the sun. That's probably what attracted Calypso to it in the first place, like a moth to a flame. That's also one of the reason she fell in love with him in the beginning; yes, the princess was used to have expensive stuff, she wasn't a stranger to gemstones, but it was the first time a boy offered her something. Usually it was her father, or other family members, but never a boy who showed interest in her.

That's probably why she was so easily fooled. Her stormy eyes still in the necklace, she looked at him and could see the smug smile on his face, and just that was enough to annoy her, because she was sure she was falling for a scheme, once again. Frowning, she looked at the waterfall while shrugging.

❛C'mon, little mermaid. I know you're lying.❜ He said with amusement.

❛I don't want it, thanks.❜

Calypso sighed and rolled her eyes. She did not know how he knew that, but he was right; she was lying. She found diamonds utterly pretty –which woman wouldn't?– but the origin of the necklace made it less appealing to her. She said nothing for a while, and tried her best to not look at him or the necklace, but she failed at some point, and a victorious smile appeared on his face.

❛See. You want it so bad. Or maybe it's me that you want? Unclear.❜ He joked, and she tried her best to not smile with amusement at his cockiness for, deep down, she thought it was a bit funny.

❛I'd like my bracelet better.❜

❛Nice try, Sunshine, but no.❜

❛Fine, give me that.❜

She whispered, stood up, and came closer. He seemed quite content with her decision, but he was about to change his mind. She took the necklace from him, before taking a rock nearby, and, without a warning, the mermaid smashed the necklace which surprise the fae. Calypso did that multiple times, until the necklace broke, and she was surprised how good it felt. Once done, she sighed with satisfaction, a smile on her face –now this was enough to make her day, this and Aeron's look on his face– before gathering all the diamonds that she gave to a startled Aeron.

❛Why the fuck did you do that?!❜

❛I don't want the necklace, not after it was used to manipulate me.❜ She started, and before he could argue, she added: ❛But I do like the diamonds. So if you really want me to have them, fine, but I want a new necklace with them.❜

This time, she was the one with the smug smile, and he didn't seem to appreciate it. How the tables have turned now. Calypso could tell he was upset, but somehow, she knew a part of him was still amused by that. Aeron said nothing more, and so did Calypso. He left while she get back to the contemplation of the waterfall. She wasn't sure if she was going to have a new necklace or not, but in any case, she was pleased she destroyed a perfectly fine necklace by pure pettiness, and for the rest of the day she'll have a smile on her face.

❛You're insane! I was being nice for once here!❜

❛No, you were being fake like always.❜

#calypso le fey #calypso x aeron #calron #writing prompt #calypso writing prompt #i don't know why it made me laugh #they always argue for no reason #cally is so petty and i love it lmao #they are funny okay #and i love them #i'll make it pretty later #in my mind he does do another necklace w/ the diamonds #a prettier one #maybe not right after #but at some point #icanbeyourgenie

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citrusreadstoa · 2 years ago

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Reading The Dark Prophecy: Chapter 3 (SPOILERS)

"Some old lady drops the mic / And kills everyone" That's a much larger mic than I expected. Or the people are a lot smaller. Maybe both.

"I volunteer for death!" Insert Katniss jokes. Apollo, I understand the situation was dire, but...

"What would you consider yourself, Calypso? A Titan? A demi-Titan?" Exactly what I've been wondering since she was introduced in The Battle of the Labyrinth. She exists in, like, a weird limbo zone (Hey, just like her island!). "Calypso cleared her throat with a noise that sounded suspiciously like idiot." So she considers herself an idiot? Got it.

"You're breaking my rhythm." Oh gods, is he singing this? "most worthless of teens!" Every time they repeat this, I am reminded that they're trying to make this somewhat musical and I just. I can't keep a straight face.

"making his way toward the bulldozer under the guise of an interpretive dance routine" I'd love to see this. I can guarantee you that what he's doing is so painfully obvious that the only reason he hasn't been called out yet is because the blemmyae don't want to accidentally insult his "dancing."

"Vary your adjectives" Cut her some slack, she's halfway into shock. She's doin' her best.

"stapled the bulldozer operator . . . right where his actual eyes would be." AAAAHHHHH my worst fear being realized! "Our friend is only giving you a dramatic interpretation of how we beat the Cyclopes." HAHAHAHA this poor little pathetic excuse--

"They're getting away!" "No, not at all! . . . You see, we traveled for many weeks like this..." I am fully laughing now. Also, many weeks? Half of it I chalk up to Apollo's exaggerated interpretation of events which he admittedly does all the time and not a single word out of his mouth when he's recalling a story can be trusted, and the other half I attribute to Festus being wonky. "Imagine you are Camp Half-Blood . . . and we are traveling away from you." HAHAHAHAHAAAA

"our getaway ride shuddered to a halt." Wow, I expected the bulldozer to last a lot longer. More than a page, at least. All that interpretive dance for nothing...

"The naming celebration is in three days" Is someone being born? Is a new building being opened? If it's a baby, I hope the baby doesn't end up dying or something. It's innocent in all this! "the main attractions in his slave procession!" Meg got demoted by a lot, huh?

"Suddenly an arrow" ARTEMIS. Don't even finish your sentence. It's Artemis. "A shrill whistle" NEVER MIND, IT'S HER HUNTERS. I don't need to read further. It's the Hunters. Every time a whistle sounds in these three series, I swear, it's the Hunters. Every time they describe the Hunters of Artemis entering a scene, it's gradual and dramatic with clue after clue in separate sentences or even paragraphs like, first it's an arrow. Then there's the whistle. And the wolves. And then some girl does a dramatic pose in an iconic parka like jumping down and landing in front of them or epically lowering a bow from on top of a tree far away. It's the moviest cinema thing ever.

"this woman was at least sixty years old" What??? I was so convinced. There wouldn't be any Hunters this old, right? I know they've made some exceptions for older teens, but this seems pushing it.

"sweeping red targeting lasers in every direction." Awfully modern technology for them.

"And that ghost you saw--that was Agamethus." Agamethus? I only know Brieanna. Is this some kind of underground resistance against the Triumvirate? Have we officially met the communists?

"the bomb-diggity." "Thank you.. I think." Hey! You never question when someone calls your crossbow trinkets the bomb-diggity! It's the highest of compliments.

"'If you knew Zoë, then you must be one of my sister's Hunters. But you can't be. You're...' I stopped myself before I could say old and dying." Good job, Apollo. OMG is this an ex-Hunter who broke her oath? Did she fall in love with someone and have to leave? If she is, it would explain the dramatic entrance. Holy geez, what if it was Apollo? 'Cause he keeps flirting with his sister's Hunters, it wouldn't be surprising if it worked at least once.

"Come, I'll take you to the Waystation." Holy guacamole, this is an underground resistance. It's all about the principle, baby!

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umbran6 · 2 years ago

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That is a very open question - but considering the context of my post, I will elaborate as to why Calypso is bad for Leo in a romantic relationship/context. I've written against the relationship before, but I didn't quite focus on the character mechanics.

One of the main things that I should address is that there is a very strong... dislike towards some of Leo's personality. Specifically his use of humor as a defense mechanism or to lighten the mood. As I've seen from reading the books that they were present is that she always reacted quite rudely or actively disliked him when he acted as such. And, let's admit it, its a defense mechanism but its also a vital part of Leo's character and how he is when looked at through an individual's perspective, a part of who he is. @thatonefandomjumper puts it best in his post, "The issue with Caleo," when he analyzes the fandom's different takes on Calypso's character, and how this is in comparison to the canon's view of the character. (Which I have linked here.):

"Canon Calypso seemed genuinely irritated every time Leo cracks a joke. It’s not a ‘she secretly likes it and is pretending she doesn’t because tsundere or whatever.’ She seems to just genuinely dislike them."

Furthermore, the relationship, in a way, has been defined by a 'you give, I take' mechanic. One of the most prominent ways that this can be seen is when Leo offered to get Calypso out of Ogygia in The House of Hades. Though Calypso protests that she can't get out, she's still the one that initiates the kiss before shoving him back into the raft they made. Let's not forget the fact that Calypso spent a good chunk of the chapters in HoH berating and insulting Leo. Like, holy mixed message Batman, do you want to be with this boy or not?

And Leo decides to rescue her... but he pulls off the most dangerous Thanatos Gambit in history - self-destructing to defeat Gaea, have Festus carry his dead body across Ogyigia's borders, and then resurrect himself with the Physician's Cure.

Calypso is the one that benefits the most out of all of this - she gets her freedom, is allowed to travel the world, and worst case scenario, she can just dump him when she moves on to the next boy. It's like that trade offer meme you see on TikTok:

I Receive: Your life, your badass metal dragon, the possible erasure of your soul if you fail. My freedom, being able to travel the world, all without having to lift a finger.

You Receive: The low chance of having me as your girlfriend.

Granted, Leo's the one putting himself on the line, but Calypso is the one that benefits out of this. And while some may be willing to give her the benefit of the doubt, let's not forget that this was the woman who was willing to keep Odysseus imprisoned on her island for nearly ten years on the off chance that he would dump his wife for her. I don't really think manipulating a boy into freeing her from her cage and then discarding him like a cheap candy bar wrapper would be out of the picture.

Happy valentine's day to all of my favorite fictional characters, but to you most of all, Leo Valdez. May you be free from Calypso and find a better person in your life.

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thetimetraveler24 · 3 years ago

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So recently I was watching a YouTube video on how badly the Peter Johnson movies messed up and the question of how the film makers expected to continue the series was posed. So I’m going to give you my admittedly crack predictions.

The Titan’s Curse

Emo Nico from the beginning.

Bianca would probably be in love with Percy and refuse to join the hunters.

She’d also survive the quest and then join the hunters at the end of the movie.

The writers would probably skim Nico’s wiki page and see that he’s gay.

We’d have the Cupid scene like six books too soon.

Or worse they’d make him straight and remember some girlfriend he had in the 1930s or something.

Percy would definitely fight Atlas instead of letting Artemis do it.

Luke would probably be a cyborg because Polyphemus definitely ate him when Luke got stuck in his cave at the end of the last movie.

Or in some bs move, Luke would be dead and Ethan Nakamura took over the army.

THE DAM JOKES WOULD NOT EXIST!

Nico’s the villain because as we all know, Hades is evil and so are his kids.

Thalia wouldn’t join the hunters.

She’d go off and join with Luke.

Zoe would be made out to be an asshole not a hurt victim that eventually connects with Percy in a meaningful way.

Or, you know, she’d try to kiss him because that’s what a really devote hunter like Zoe would do.

Also riptide wouldn’t be her’s.

The Battle of the Labyrinth

Nico would try to kill Percy.

Bianca just wouldn’t be in it at all.

Rachel would be a Rich Girl™️ that doesn’t give a crap about the planet.

She and Nico would probably kiss or something. Gross.

Calypso and Ogygia would be cut out.

Daedalus and Nico are secretly working together to take down Camp Half-Blood.

Pan would be cut out.

The Panic would be written in as a power all satyrs have.

No Juniper. We all know Grover’s too much of a womanizer to settle down like that.

No Clarisse and Chris arc. Which would be forgivable because you do have to cut some stuff but it adds to Clarisse’s character I think.

The Last Olympian

No Beckendorf. Percy would blow up the boat himself.

No visit to Poseidon. There’s literally no point since he tells Percy to ask Chiron to hear the prophecy and Percy already learned it in SoM.

Silena isn’t the spy. She was already revealed to be on Luke’s side in SoM.

It’s actually Annabeth because love triangles and Thalia is her BFF.

Ares cabin doesn’t back out of the fight because Percy and Clarisse have their dumb friendly banter and she agrees to fight with them.

Nico kidnaps Percy and shoved him into the Styx without getting Sallys blessing and it works?

Nico shows up to the battle at some point without his dad and offers Luke and Thalia his help. Only to turn around on them at the last minute but he literally summons a fricken legion of zombies that would be impossible for him to do without dying?

During big battle, Thalia removes Luke’s prosthetic arm and stabs him because she had a change of heart and/or was a double agent the whole time.

And everyone finds out Annabeth was a spy but it’s fine because she and Percy are dating now after zero romantic buildup.

Also Thalia joins the hunters because they need to squeeze that in for the spin off series Heroes of Olympus. Apparently that comes up a few times based on the wiki page the writers skimmed.

Apollo cabin isn’t there when Percy destroys the bridge.

(Michael’s death is going to be brought up in passing in The Lost Hero or Will Solace was just head counselor the whole time which totally makes sense because he’s like eleven or twelve when Lee dies)

Rachel would just… show up and suddenly be the Oracle now.

Percy’s wish from the gods would remain the same (except for Calypso since she was cut out) and just wouldn’t make sense because it’s not in line for the character they wrote him as in the movies.

No underwater kiss. It would be on Olympus and everyone (even Athena) would be clapping and cheering.

(Heroes of Olympus crack predictions to come)

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Sunday Six - 8/14/2022

Hey, y'all! Three sneak peeks this week. The one for Vegas is pretty short; it was hard to take longer pieces from part 3 without giving too much away. But, the chapter will be out within the next few days, so there is not much longer to wait.

I hope you enjoy these!

Grandparent’s Day- Tobias Carrick x F!MC (Part 4, T&C Baby & Wedding Stories)

“Hey babe, did you pack the crash cart for when we lay this all on your mom?”

“I’ve arranged for one to be at the house when we arrive,” he laughed. “In all seriousness, telling her, we’re engaged would send the woman into the stratosphere. But following up with, we’ve got a baby on the way,” his grin stretched from ear to ear as he rubbed his fiance’s belly. “She may not make it.”

“She’ll make it just fine. She’s waited all your life for this, and she’s not going to miss out now.”

“What about your parents? How do you think they’ll take it.”

“I think all the news at once may be overwhelming, but they’ll be thrilled.”

She noticed Tobias tense up, his hands clenched the steering wheel tighter.

“Tobias, what’s wrong?”

“Your father….he’s going to kill me, isn’t he.”

“Tobias,” she shoved his shoulder gently. “My dad is a little old-fashioned, and chances are he would have preferred for me to have been married, then had the baby announcement. But he’s not going to make an issue out of it. He really likes you.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes. Besides, we live together. It’s not like he doesn’t know we have sex.”

“Nah-ah. That’s where you're wrong. He knows we share a house. Until this point, there was zero actual proof that I had violated his daughter in any way. That all ends now. He’s going to know. Are you sure he won’t kill me?”

What Happened in Vegas – Part 3 – Ethan Ramsey x F!MC

“Ethan!” Casey shook him when he didn’t stir. “Ethan! You need to wake up. RIGHT NOW! Something terrible has happened!”

Ignoring her, he pulled a pillow over his head, muttering a string of unintelligible words as he did. Furious, Casey yanked the pillow away.

“I’m not joking! Get up!”

“Rookie, I’m seriously hung over. How terrible are we talking about? Because if it's less than a 9 on a scale of 1-10. I'm not getting up."

“Oh, really? Well, how is a 235 on a scale of 1-10? Would that get you out of bed? Because that's what we're dealing with. Now, you need to get up, NOW!"

Friends* Part 4 (Unnamed) – Tobias Carrick, F!MC

“Jesus!” Tobias jumped. “You have to stop starling me like that, Lahela! I’m not as young as I used to be.”

“That’s right,” Bryce laughed. “I forgot that I’ve been trolling geriatrics for friends now. So, listen, old man, you coming to game night on Saturday? I got a life-sized Jenga… it’s gonna be epic!”

“What could go wrong there? Count me in.”

“Good choice. You wouldn’t want to miss the injuries. Hey, why don’t you bring your ‘friend’ along.”

“My who?”

“You’re ‘friend,’ the one you told me about?”

“I don’t think it’s a good idea, man. That conversation I was going to have with her… it didn’t go so well.”

“Ah, shit. I’m sorry, T. Hey, I can invite Claudia for you if you need a rebound.”

“I don’t think that’s necessary.”

“OK, so then it’ll just be the usual gang. Oh, and Jake.”

“Jake?”

“Yeah. Casey’s Jake.”

“He’s… he’s Casey’s Jake now?”

“Well, it’s not like they’re official. But they’ve been on a few dates, and I told her to bring him along. He’s a really cool guy, and this will give you a chance to get to know him. I’m shocked you haven’t already. You typically vet all of Casey’s boyfriends.”

“Boyfriend?”

“Well, guys, she’s been on more than two dates with. They always required the Tobias stamp of approval. But Jake snuck right past you, didn’t he?”

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jamespotterthefirst · 3 years ago

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Queen Bree HC please for dad Ethan and literally everyone drooling for him. And of course, Lilac, too.

Anon, thank you so much for this! I hope I did okay!

First Grade Field Trip (Headcanons)

It's ridiculous how many PTA parents and teachers try to persuade him to chaperone the field trip to the kids' museum

The morning of, Lilac teases him and tells him it's because he's too good looking for his own good

Ethan has gotten better about teasing her back throughout the years so he pulls her to him from behind and kisses her neck. Then, he tells her, "I'd ask you to go instead but some of those parents are just as crazy about you."

Lilac rolls her eyes and teases, "So you're taking the bullet for me? What a gentleman."

But little Dolores, nicknamed Lolly, is at the table, eating the pancakes her mother made (because her father is good at a lot of things but NOT making pancakes.) She hears her father suggest that her mom go to the field trip instead

And no offense to her mom but she prefers it so much better when her dad goes

"You have to come with us, Dad!" she protests. "No one explains the science displays better than you."

Lilac feigns offense but she gets it. Ethan used to take her on museum dates all the time and whenever she wasn't trying to distract him with very passionate make-out sessions, she did find his insight interesting.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world," Ethan assures her, ruffling her hair slightly. "If I'm not there to explain the difference in Upper Jurassic rock formations, then who? Noah's dad?"

Father and daughter snort at that ridiculous notion.

They spend the next fifteen minutes fixing and packing their lunch (brie cheese, baguetta, crackers, prosciutto, cashews, cucumbers, grapes, dried apricots, and chocolate-covered cherries. Ethan calls it a charcuterie to-go. Lilac calls it grown-up Lunchables.)

While Lilac drops the twins off at day care and heads into work, Ethan, Jonah, and Dolores set off to school.

The effect is immediate when they arrive.

Ethan rarely drops the kids off but when he does, he attracts attention.

Jonah is used to it and only sighs

Dolores wonders why everyone looks at her Dad with such interest.

Ethan is lasered focused on dropping his son off at his classroom before he meets Lolly's class by the buses.

Jonah's teacher actually chokes on her coffee when she sees Ethan. She recovers hastily, though her face is bright red and she stumbles on her words.

Lolly's teacher is much older, and as such, much subtler. Though Ethan has caught her quietly assessing him with approval.

They board the bus and Ethan is way too tall for it. He would have preferred to drive to the museum but his daughter insisted they go on the bus. And who can say no to the face?

Lolly sits with her friend, Charlotte, and Ethan has to find a seat nearby.

Several of the single moms look up hopefully.

One even makes her kid find a different seat.

Ethan finds an empty row and much to his relief, another parent (Noah's dad) comes to his rescue by sitting next to him. It turns out the guy is actually pretty decent.

But Ethan's worries are far from over.

The single moms follow him like vultures, feigning interest as he explains the Muscular System in the rock climbing section.

“It was awful nice of you to help us chaperone,” one of them says when she manages to get his attention at lunch.

Ethan doesn't smile, merely nods once. “My wife was busy today, otherwise it would have been her.”

The woman bristles slightly at the mention of his wife. Which is ridiculous because the gossip among the parents is widespread. Everyone knows Lilac and Ethan are happily married.

“There's nothing that comes before my children. I have to ensure their safety during field trips.”

Ethan doesn't miss the implication.

“I understand,” he returns dryly. “But then again, you're not a world renowned doctor who has to meet a deadline for her upcoming book.”

“Yeah,” Dolores adds cheerfully from a seat nearby. “Mommy is famous!”

The PTA mom, whose name Ethan did not bother to catch, gives them a forced, almost pained smile before getting lost.

Despite the speed at which gossip travels, some of his admirers are not deterred by the less than pleasant encounter.

One of them catches Ethan by surprise when she compliments his hair.

Ethan doesn't breathe a sigh of relief until later that day, when they're finally back at home recounting their day to Lilac.

“Oh!” Dolores adds as the excited conversation draws to a lull. “Jenny's mom told Daddy she liked his hair.”

Lilac raises an eyebrow. “Did she now?”

Ethan blushes.

“Yeah! She said it like you say it sometimes.”

Seductively. But Lolly is too young to know that.

Lilac lifts her gaze to meet Ethan's.

“And what did Daddy say?”

“He said 'thank you!'” Lolly supplies.

Ethan opens his mouth to explain under Lilac's expectant gaze.

“I was... not expecting that. It caught me off guard.”

Lilac's eyebrows only climb higher up her forehead.

Later when Lolly goes off to play with her siblings, Lilac says, “Jenny's mom is desperate.”

“It was—”

“And a liar.”

“Pardon?”

“Your hair is ridiculous.”

Ethan blinks.

Then he smirks.

He can tell she's joking, but despite the jest, she is still a tiny bit jealous. With a laugh, he pulls her close, her back against his chest. “That’s not what you said last night.”

“I say a lot of things when my mind is elsewhere.”

“Namely on my mouth and what it had the pleasure of doing.”

She turns in his embrace, finally joining in his laughter.

He kisses her because she's crazy if she thinks there'd ever be anyone else

Notes: LMAO this might as well have been a fic. Oh well. I don’t know how to do HC and that this point I’m afraid to ask.

Thank you for reading if you made it this far!

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incorrect-riordanverse · 3 years ago

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PJO Characters/Moments as Bo Burnham Songs because I’m Hyperfixated and All of them are Simultaneously Stuck on Repeat in my Brain 😁👍

Problematic - i was going to say luke because he literally is problematic but now i want to say apollo because this song is literally his arc

From God’s Perspective - any god honestly and this ones pretty self explanatory

Left Brain, Right Brain - percabeth anthem <3

Bezos I & II - octavian but only because he gives me the vibes of that white boy in ur politics class who always plays ‘devil’s advocate’ and is a die hard right winged capitalist who romanticises elon musk

Shit - apollo when waking up in a garbage dump enslaved to a literal child

All Eyes on Me - im getting hazel vibes because she tried so hard to save her mum and the people close to her and she sacrificed so much for basically nothing until nico came for her so just imagine her in asphodel just sitting there all alone i can’t my heart hurts

Repeat Stuff - is this leo valdez trying to flirt and he wondered why he never had a gf

#deep - is this percy trying to write poems for annabeth how does he have a gf

Look Who’s Inside Again - annabeth sjsksldllf im sorry but she’s lost too much for this to not be her song :(

Straight White Male - jason but not because i think he’s a terrible person like the person in the song but because i find it funny that he’s like the straight white male of the series (i just realised that technically percy canonly is but the whole fandom collectively agreed he’s bipoc so moving on)

Comedy - on a serious note this is leo valdez without the white saviourism because this song is just his coping mechanism through humor explained

Sad - miss clarisse “my-empathy-is-bumming-me-out” la rue but instead of “hello jokes 😇” it’s “hello violence and internalised misogyny 😈”

Goodbye - nico because every time he tries to better himself someone he loves always has to die or he always has to suffer through something extremely traumatic that pushes him back to square one </3

How the World Works - it’s piper becoming slowly more and more woke as the series continued

Nerds - i’m sorry i can’t stop thinking of lester papadopolous im trying to be original and come up with a variety of characters i swear </3

Can’t Handle This - percy im so sorry but that poor boy got way more than he bargained for and he’s been through so much (like not to go on a rant but he literally says AT THE START OF THE FIRST BOOK that you shouldn’t wish to be a halfblood because it’s so hard) -> (also when bo’s taking about how he wishes he had a daughter percy def taking about his little sister *cries*) -> (also i want to talk more on it so if you see me post a whole analysis on how percy jackson relates to this song don’t be surprised)

White Woman’s Instagram - hey guys it’s calypso’s instagram akksldldlsl

art is dead - IF THIS SONG ISNT FOR RACHEL ELIZABETH DARE

Welcome to the Internet - any monster any time percy walks into their shop (fr i tried to think of the situation that matched this song the best but this boy walks into a monster shop SO MANY TIMES)

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zalrb · 3 years ago

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What’s your opinion on Elizabeth Swann? Personally I feel like her titles were completely undeserved. Her becoming captain was only because Sao Feng thought she was Calypso, & her becoming king was only because Jack voted for her. He could have voted for anyone. She’s been a captain for 5 minutes & now she’s the king, why would anyone listen to her? According to some lazy research done by yours truly, the third movie is only like 2 months after the second. When did she learn to fight?

OK! So. Elizabeth being named captain annoyed me because I didn’t like how it was done, specifically I thought it was super tacky that this white woman comes aboard and becomes captain basically because she’s a white woman he’s attracted to -- like when Barbossa tells Sao Feng that they have Calypso, Tia Dalma is right there but Sao Feng doesn’t even consider her a possibility because he’s not attracted to her. Added to that, when he does have Elizabeth in his quarters and she says she isn’t going to sleep with him he basically says that he’ll just rape her and he’s killed right before he’s about to attack her and gives her captaincy as, like, penance. So I always had a lot of issues around that in AWE.

But for the rest of it, I wasn’t really bothered by it, because really, what does it take to earn being Pirate King? Like is it matter of time? Because otherwise, Elizabeth has proven herself a pirate throughout the first two movies.

Firstly, Will taught Elizabeth how to fight, she tells Jack that in DMC, it’s just loaded in innuendo about penises

In COTBP, we see that Elizabeth is actually quite resourceful

Jack disappoints her and kind of gives up when they’re on the island

so she manipulates him into passing out drunk so she can take matters into her own hands

She’s quick on her feet when the pirates invade, ready to fight, and we see her strategize when she stabs Barbossa, the fact that neither of those things work actually isn’t her fault, the sword she tries to wield is decorative so it’s useless and Barbossa is undead.

She also knows the pirate code

She also knows the power of leverage

these are makings of a good pirate and then in DMC she’s not constrained by civility anymore, she’s becoming realized and builds upon what we’ve already seen in COTBP

it should also be noted that she stands up and faces danger when others run, which also starts in COTBP

she becomes fully realized when she strikes a balance between saving the crew and doing something selfish for her own interests by leaving Jack to the Kraken

which is why we get

and when we get to Shipwreck Cove and the Brethren Court in AWE it’s made clear that the pirates are a mess, they’re broke, they’re fighting, nothing gets done and that’s part of the joke since it sounds so esteemed and in reality, it’s just chaos

so her becoming king is like well ... yeah, particularly since she’s king for a very pirate reason which is that Jack agrees with her and so put his vote with her to get what he wants.

So I think it works personally, except the captain part, which just has me like, it could’ve been ANYTHING else.

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Things We Lost in the Fire, ch 32

aka Caleo uni au

Fic summary: Calypso starts studying at a new university, but to her annoyance her new flatmate is a loud mouthed mechanic who also likes to sneak his dog in whenever. But as she learns to know him better, she realizes they might have more in common than what she first thought. Eventually, even the darkest secrets come out…

Chapter summary: At Waystation (again) and a bit elsewhere too

A/N: We're (finally) getting closer to the end of the 'Waystation arc'. I don't think I have that much to say about this chapter, but I'd like to dedicate it to Cecid as a late birthday present, because she has really kicked my butt to continue this story!

Enjoy, and let me know what you think!! It's super important (<- Lizzie Bennet Diaries reference)

(Ps. Fellow Europeans, vote for Finland in ESC!!!)

Words: 2950

Genre: romance & hurt/comfort

Warnings: none

previous chapter / AO3

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The silence that fell into the room after Leo stormed out got more and more overwhelming until finally, Calypso couldn’t take it anymore. She could feel the two women and their daughter stare at her, but they were too astounded to say anything.

“I… I don’t understand what I did wrong,” Calypso mumbled eventually. “They were just matches. I didn’t mean that he should use them immediately; it was just my way of trying to tell him that I believe he can get over his fear one day.”

The women exchanged dark looks.

“Georgie, could you play with Festus outside for a moment? He looked like he needed to burn some energy,” Emmie suggested, wanting to get the girl out of the hearing distance.

“Ugh, fine,” Georgie pouted because she would have preferred admiring her gifts, but left anyway.

Once she was gone, Jo sighed. “About what just happened… you did nothing wrong, Calypso. It’s just…” She stopped to contemplate her next words. “Christmas is always a hard time for Leo. He tries his best to participate and make his jokes and all that, but his eyes betray him. He’s just… not there.”

“I want to understand…” Calypso stepped closer to Leo’s mothers. “Did something happen to him on some Christmas?”

“Yes, you could say that,” Emmie replied sadly. “Leo’s mother died on Christmas day several years ago.”

Calypso’s eyes widened as she understood what Emmie was trying to say.

“Oh gods… And she died in a fire, right? He did mention it once… No wonder he didn’t want to touch the matches, especially today.”

“Yes,” Emmie confirmed. “She did die in a fire. But there’s more to it. Leo probably wouldn’t want me to tell you this but in this situation it might be better that you know: he blames himself for the fire.”

“I probably shouldn’t ask, but… why?” Calypso asked, feeling more sickened every moment as she pictured a young boy mourning his mother and his home. “What happened?”

“We have only gotten some bits and pieces from here and there, but it seems the fire most likely started from some papers he had left near a fireplace. Accidentally, of course, but he doesn’t see it that way,” Jo sniffed. Suddenly Calypso realized that Leo’s pain must have hurt his family more than he probably even realized. They really cared about him a lot… She couldn’t help but feel just a tiny bit jealous because at least Leo had people supporting him. But she quickly pushed that unnecessary thought aside.

“That’s awful… I guess he’s afraid that he might accidentally make something like that happen again and that’s why he doesn’t want fire near him.” Calypso knew the fear of hurting someone she cared about and the guilt all too well. She would never forget the flashing lights and the loud crash that followed. Her nightmares made sure of that.

“Yes, it’s likely he feels that way. Since he moved here, he’s been seeing a therapist every once in a while but it’s clear he’s still a work in progress. He doesn’t talk about his mother a lot to us either. Just when we ask something general, and even then the answers are usually quite short.”

Bitterly, Calypso thought that was how she acted when someone brought up her family.

“I realize now that the matches were a big mistake,” she finally said. “I wish there was something I could do… I hate just watching helplessly when someone I… um...” She stopped mid sentence when she realized what she was about to reveal too much.

“Just be there for him,” Emmie suggested, luckily ignoring Calypso’s stuttering. “Despite everything, I think he’s still shown good progress the past few months. Sometimes time and patience and care can do amazing things.”

“Yeah. I think you are right there.” Calypso agreed. She herself had asked her friends, including Leo, to be patient with her as well. It was only fair she’d do the same with him.

“And Calypso?” Emmie eyed her worriedly. “Remember to take care of yourself as well.”

Calypso didn’t understand how the woman had seen through her that well. There was no way she could know what was going on in her mind because she hadn’t told even Leo everything. And Emmie and she had only known each other for a couple of days so far.

“I… sure. I will try my best!” she promised, instead of questioning Emmie’s comment.

“Good. I can’t say I know you all that well yet but know that people who are important to Leo are important to us.”

For a moment Calypso imagined what it would be like to have a mother like that. For some reason the thought made her emotional. “Thank you. You are so kind.”

“No, just doing what’s necessary. Now, I suggest you go and get dressed for the day and do what else you need to do; we might need some help with lunch soon. Besides, Georgie might need some supervision because she gets hyper when she eats too much chocolate. Funny how she and Leo are not biologically related but they still have a lot in common,” Emmie ended with a slightly amused remark.

Calypso did notice that she didn’t say anything about trying to find Leo, but she understood. He probably wanted to be on his own for a moment, and she’d respect that. Hopefully she’d get to talk to him eventually, but until then it was better to try to do something helpful rather than spend the whole day worrying. But even while she was doing her morning chores, she could still see Leo’s angry eyes when he saw her gift in her mind.

…

Leo didn’t know where he should go so he just followed his instinct. He didn’t want to hide inside; the pictures from his nightmare were still too fresh in his mind and he needed to be somewhere where he could breathe fresh air. As he was crossing the yard, Festus tried to follow him, and he wagged his tail cheerfully to make his favorite human happier, but this one time Leo didn’t want his company. He apologized to the dog and told him that he’d take him for a walk after getting his thoughts cleared.

He kept walking until finally, he reached a certain park where he and Jason used to jog often. Seeing a log bench on the side, he decided to sit down for a moment. Someone had made a campfire nearby earlier and Leo glared at the remaining ashes like they were the reason for all his troubles. He could feel the panic rise up his throat as he was reminded of the fire again, but he challenged himself to stay there for at least a moment. Finally, he sighed.

He knew he had totally overreacted to Calypso’s gift. Surely she had meant good but she didn’t know why fire and Christmas were not a good combination when it came to Leo. If he had just ignored the matches, nothing would have happened. Now he’d have to explain to her why he had freaked out like that and that wouldn’t be easy.

He wasn’t sure how long he had been staring into nothing when he suddenly felt a knock on his shoulder. Having not heard anyone arrive, he startled at the touch, but quickly recovered when he recognized the newcomer.

“Pipes! What brings you here?” he exclaimed, briefly noticing that her brown hair was now shorter than it had used to be and somehow her whole demeanor seemed a bit different. He attempted to put on a smile for her but he knew he was probably failing.

“Funny, I was gonna ask you the same question,” Piper noted, sitting down next to Leo. “I thought you would be at Waystation with your family. It’s Christmas day, after all.”

“Oh, yeah, I was there.” Piper raised her eyebrow so he quickly added: “You know me; this holiday and I don’t exactly walk hand in hand so I needed to get out for a moment.” Leo hoped that would be a sufficient explanation. She did know what had happened to his mother, even if not to the full extent.

“But Calypso was there with you. I thought that would cheer you up,” Piper pointed out.

“Funny you should say that,” Leo chuckled, although there was nothing amusing about the situation. “If you wanna know the truth, I’m kind of trying to escape from her right now.”

“You’re trying to escape…” Piper repeated with confusion. “Why? What happened? I thought things were going fine between you two. Especially after what happened after the party…”

“Not everything is how it looks to outsiders, Pipes,” Leo stopped her. “Things haven’t been amazing lately. I mean, in many ways. Yeah, I like her and somehow she also likes me, apparently. Yeah, I know, pretty unbelievable.”

Piper gave him her best ‘wow, you’re really breaking the news there, Leo’ look. He didn’t get disheartened, though, instead continuing: “But we have, um, decided that we shouldn’t get together for various reasons so we’ve been trying to find some kind of a golden mean where we can still continue being friends but it hasn’t been working out that well. One sec we are at each other's' throats for whatever stupid reason, and the next we’re acting all flirty and ignoring the rules we set. I was hoping that this Waystation visit would give us a chance to get to know each other better in an environment where we have others around us… And I think it was actually working for a while. I feel more comfortable there, and I think she was feeling more comfortable too… But today I went and messed things up again.”

“What did you do?” Piper sighed disapprovingly.

“I may or may not have gotten mad about her Christmas present,” Leo confessed finally, cringing because he realized how bad it sounded.

“Oh, Leo…” Piper shook her head. “Why would you get mad about something like that? You’re not usually someone who’d get mad that easily.”

“Yeah… I know I’m not, but… I had a pretty rough day to begin with. Not that that’s anything new to me, but…”

“But what?” Piper inquired.

“I saw a nightmare about my mom’s death right before I woke up. I was still kinda on the edge when we were opening the presents so when I saw the matches…”

“She gave you matches?” Piper tilted her head slightly as she was trying to figure out what Leo was saying.

“Yeah,” Leo shrugged. “To be clear, though, they were only a part of the present. She had made me a real nice tool belt, probably way better than any of those that they sell in some stores. The matches were in one of the pockets. And now I can see you’re gonna say: ‘well, maybe she just wanted you to try to get over your fear’, and maybe you’re right, but the timing…”

“You have not told her about the anniversary,” Piper concluded. “I’m sure you have figured out by now that you can’t blame her for something she didn’t know about. That’s not fair.”

“I know that!” Leo exclaimed. “I’m not really blaming her; I just overreacted! But how will I explain that to her? ‘Sorry I yelled at you; I just happened to burn my entire house 11 years ago today so I’m not exactly fond of fire right now?’”

“You know what I’m thinking?” Piper interrupted Leo’s unhealthy thought process. He didn’t answer. “I think you two have some serious communication issues. I know that Calypso isn’t good at opening about her past, and she has also admitted to me she has a tendency to push people back if she’s afraid they’re getting too close to her. But guess what, Leo? You’re the same. I’ve noticed that even though you’re kind of loud sometimes and you like to tell bad jokes…”

“Hey!” Leo protested.

“Shh, let me finish. My point is, you don’t often tell us what you’re really thinking. When you’re having one of your rougher periods, you withdraw into your workshop for days. All I’m trying to say here is that please talk to us. Specifically, talk to her. When she notices that you trust her enough to talk about something that personal, she might open up to you more as well. If she really likes you, she’ll understand.”

“Beauty Queen, I hate it when you see through me that well,” Leo muttered. “I dunno. I guess I’ll have to talk to her when I go back. If my moms don’t murder me first.”

“Nah. They wouldn’t. I mean, you may not get any presents next Christmas but that’s a small price to pay when you stormed out like that,” Piper teased him.

“You sure know how to make a man regret his bad deeds.” Leo rolled his eyes. “Anyway, we’ve established why I’m here right now but what about you? Shouldn’t you be with Jason or something?” Suddenly Piper didn’t seem as determined to scold Leo anymore.

“I… Jason and I are having a break.”

“A break? As in…?” Leo asked with confusion.

“As in a break,” Piper repeated more firmly. “What part of it you don’t understand? He and I are seeing if we are happier apart.”

Leo spent a moment taking the information in. “But I don’t get it. You guys have always been the most stable couple I’ve known. Why this kind of a decision all of a sudden?” He couldn’t say that he was entirely surprised by this piece of news after his talk with Jason before Christmas, but it still felt different to hear it from Piper. More final.

“I don’t think it’s all of a sudden. It’s been coming for a while now,” Piper confessed.

��Really? And you’re telling me only now?” Leo raised his eyebrow.

“It was something I needed to figure out on my own. Now, please don’t think I’ve just been playing with him, or something. I do love Jason. He’s my best friend. But… I’m starting to feel we’ve progressed too fast. That there’s a whole world out there for me to see that I missed because I was so busy getting together with Jason. I want to get to know who I am and where I really belong.”

“But… you have a house and everything together…” Leo said, suddenly feeling like a child whose parents were telling him they were breaking up, forgetting his own problems for a moment. “How are you gonna deal with that?”

“The plan is for now that we both keep living in our house until we make our final decision. I don’t want to go back to my dad and Jason would want to live with his dad even less. Of course it’s possible that we decide to continue our relationship, but if not, then we’re going to sell the house. But we are not rushing that. For now, we’re just trying to be friends, and not… exclusive.”

Leo was slightly relieved to hear that at least his best friends were still on speaking terms.

“Alright… if that’s what both of you want, then I’ll support it,” he said. “It’d suck to lose touch with either of you because of this.”

“Don’t worry,” Piper reassured him. “You won’t.” She ruffled his hair a little as if he was her little brother. “Everyone needs a Super-sized McShizzle in their lives, don’t they? It’d be pretty empty otherwise.”

Leo gave her a lopsided smile. “Glad you admitted that.”

“Anyway, enough about my boring relationship issues!” Piper decided to change the topic. “So, you told me Cal got you a tool belt and matches, but what did you give to her? It’s important, Leo.”

“You really think I’m gonna reveal it to you, Beauty Queen? I’m smarter than that,” Leo pointed out.

“I know what you did at our uni’s freshman party and I’m not afraid to tell it to Cal if I need to.” Piper winked at him in response.

Leo rolled his eyes. “Pshhh, that was freshman year. That excuses everything.”

“Alright, don’t tell me then.” Piper turned to leave.

“If you really must know,” Leo said before Piper got too far, “it was a jewelry box. With a bracelet in it. But it was not new so it wasn’t a big deal.”

“Not a big deal?” Piper asked with amusement. “You know things get serious when you give a girl a piece of jewelry.”

“Wait, what? For real?” Leo was shocked for a moment until he noticed Piper had a hard time not bursting into laughter. She was just messing with him. “OK, remind me to never tell you anything serious ever again.”

“You know you can’t resist my charm,” Piper chuckled. “Once you have forgotten what you just said, please tell me what really has happened at Waystation recently.”

Leo couldn’t help but shake his head at Piper’s enthusiasm but eventually started to tell her the whole story. He noticed that it helped him to forget about the negative thoughts for a moment so he didn’t really mind even though Piper had a tendency to be a bit pushy when it came to his feelings towards Calypso. And he assumed that Piper welcomed the distraction happily as well, because she must have felt conflicted about the whole Jason situation. When did things get so complicated, he wondered briefly before chuckling at his thoughts ironically. His life had never been simple. But even so, he would keep fighting. Because that’s what his mom would want, and that's what his family and friends would want.

#caleo #leo valdez #calypso #heroes of olympus #percy jackson and the olympians #trials of apollo #my fics #caleo uni au

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Solutions to Nico Di Angelo’s Rushed Relationship

Hiya there! So this topic has probably been beaten to a dead horse already, however unless its covered in fanfics, I don’t think anyone has presented alternate options. And to be honest, this is just my opinion as an adult queer woman whose not the target demographic. Plus the books are already published and there’s nothing anyone can do about it.

Let me disclaimer: Nico & Will are super cute and I’d rather have Nico eventually get a boyfriend, rather than his story just being queer bait. I also do actually like their bickering in HOO: Blood of Olympus. I also love that Will is a noncombat person and Nico is the badass fighter so they aren’t gay stereotypes. (Trust me. Nico isn’t a “gay emo stereotype”. If you really read- Nico’s actual role is to be a plot device acting as a diplomat & tour guide for the main characters, with some personality & backstory. How many times has Nico been the tour guide and/or deus ex machina?)

SPOILERS:

However: - It’s way too rushed- I don’t like Calypso/Leo either, but at least they spent 1-2weeks together in a semi-relaxed situation before chemistry settling in. Solangelo met mid-battle in 1-2 days, and all of their relationship building is offscreen. - Will’s kind of a dick- he invalidates Nico’s feelings repeatedly in their first meetings. - Nico has a shit ton of trauma and Will being a healer- on the one hand it can be “beautiful”, but also Nico should not be “healed” from his trauma by a relationship. And the doctor jokes? Funny in HOO: Blood of Olympus because they were still platonic at the time. Not so funny in TOA: The Hidden Oracle, cause doctor/patient dating? More on that.

BUT THIS EASILY COULD’VE BEEN DONE BETTER:

In an interview (or blog article?), Riordan said he didn’t plan on Nico being gay, but realized in his 2nd appearance (I’m guessing PJO: Battle of Labyrinth maybe?) that he probably has a crush on Percy. I think that is why in PJO: The Last Olympian, Will is introduced- so that Nico can eventually get a boyfriend. What could’ve been done better?

-Will and Nico had at least some interaction in PJO: The Last Olympian, preferably with something hinting that Will was at least interested in befriending Nico. -Or, if Riordan hadn’t figured out who Nico’s ultimate love interest would be yet, then have him positively interact with several other guys in the rest of PJO. That way there’s also proof to Will saying people are interested in befriending Nico. Throughout HOO, both camps continuously think Nico’s a “creepy loner”. -The time gap between HOO: Blood of Olympus and TOA: The Hidden Oracle should be longer/a year, so that we can believe Nico & Will had sufficient time to get together.

-Optional: Maybe some more Will appearances in HOO: The Lost Hero, preferably with more implied interest in Nico (after all, every single Annabeth scene in HOO: The Lost Hero included her angsting over Percy).

Some other random thoughts:

-I’m really bothered that Will and the Apollo cabin, all of whom are teenage campers, seem to be the *only* medics at Camp Halfblood. Sure they might have magic healing powers but they frickin’ deliver a baby, do (magical? or real?) surgeries, etc at 11-16~ years old!? I’m sorry, I *seriously* had to suspend my disbelief in that. There should be an actual adult medic/head medic/head nurse in the infirmary, so that the Apollo campers could... y’know *be* teenage campers. (And have someone train them! Whose training/teaching them?)

-Nico’s forced coming out scene with Cupid has been beaten to a dead horse by now too. But my two cents is that- as much as I dislike the scene, I think it’s kinda “necessary” because the way Nico is characterized in PJO, he will *never* come out on his own unless there was a significant enough negative event. I am ok with Nico coming out to Percy&Annabeth’s scene because *in* the Cupid scene, Nico says “I’m over Percy”- this was just “clearing the air”/closure. I also do wish that Annabeth had suspected Nico crushing on Percy instead of on her, because she’s supposed to be more perceptive than Percy, whose oblivious to crushes.

#pjo #hoo #toa #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #heroes of olympus #trials of apollo #nico di angelo #will solace #solangelo #personal #meta

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