#and oh my fucking god when he shouted down zeus. ladies and gentlethems i was NOT prepared

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"i'm done running from monsters" and he's talking about THE KING OF GODS the monster in question is ZEUS!!!!! not a creature not a minion of the underworld not even an agent of evil this time the monster is the gods. because when percy says "monsters" he means "bullies" and because gods and monsters alike have tried to kill percy and his friends on this quest to save the very gods forsaking them and when it comes down to it the only difference between gods and monsters sometimes is branding. but percy is immune to their propaganda. percy is small and he is scary and god damn it he is tired of being squished. to him, standing up to echidna at the top of the arch is exactly the same as facing zeus on mount olympus. here is an incomprehensibly powerful being who hates you for no reason and would kill you without hesitation. and here is a demigod who is not afraid to look you in the eyes and say "fucking try it"