#apollo my beloved mutual apollo

[fuckwhoeverpickedallthefunnyurls]

Btw people I am in my Percy Jackson era again. Prepare to be flooded with text and images.

[wings-of-flying]

looking at you. I see you’re having fliporiana thoughts (<- is always having fliporiana thoughts at any given moment)

yes. i'm thinking about heathers au slimariana at the mo. well, it's a highschool au but has parts influenced by heathers. i don't remember if i've made a post about it actually. i should do that at some point

[xx-w0rlds-0k4y3st-f4g-xx]

10 for the question game?

What is a fact about you that nobody would believe?

honestly i have no idea. i do some weird shit so i feel like nothing i say would be all that out there.

uuuuh idk man i kinda have mild prophetic talent?

like a have a few reoccuring dreams that pretty much always show up before things happen and I get that gut feelings x10 (as in me looking noticibly off all day, feeling like I'm going to be sick, then the thing happens and the feeling instantly vanishes. the only time its been super noticible was this one time a kid tried jumping off one of the buildings at school, that was a fun day)

[regnumveritatis]

Films made to praise Perseleia/Arsinoe in the Athenide verse:

1) Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame part I

(Much thanks to the community for helping me get over my insecurity in posting this.)

Before I get into the Perpollo I'm also going to talk about the potential symbolism the Apollo kids here could have done for Hermes and Arsinoe since the Olympian brothers are known to be mutually in mourning.

1) Clopin as narrator

Much like the mythological Hermes, he serves as the precursor to our hero's journey. Hermes was the Greek god of language, rhetoric, and eloquence, and was also associated with literature. He was also the patron of orators, interpreters, and the study of texts, which is now known as hermeneutics.

So by placing him in an oral setting this role is honored over the messenger job which is more of a burden at this point. Clopin shows an aura similar to what we see in Epic Hermes: he's informing the audience of what they're about to see in a fun way, using the preferred medium of the time but is perfectly capable of becoming serious when required to. The fact he knows how the story starts can be both an allusion to his overseeing humanity as well as part of the fan theory that he's the romani father of Quasimodo which leads me to the other Arsinoe/Hermes points.

2) 'Justice' (coughs in Zeus who thankfully never saw this movie) shackling or killing what he finds a risk.

I find it very fitting to have Zeus be a parallel to Frollo due to his status as god of Justice in Olympus. One of his titles is 'Shield of The State' which is precisely what Frollo claims to be doing whilst eliminating the romani population of Paris. And Frollo's first appearance tramples over several of Hermes's domains: he thwarted the passengers' journey which Hermes oversees as patron of travelers, he nullifies the offer of safe passage which Hermes protects under his role of Soteria (doubly insulting since the ship they're on resembles Charon's in reference to Hermes as a psychopomp) and leaves no room for Hermes' legal patronage of diplomacy as we see his prisoners have no trial, only arrest and torture. This is in reference to how Zeus punishes the rebels after the net incident without allowing Themis, Hermes or other legal deities a say so he could dole out what he deemed an appropriate punishment. This version of Hermes (the father and husband) is shackled, never to be seen again just as the Hermes of old is but a memory after Zeus is done molding him to his requirements.

3) Mirror images of Loyalty and Sensibility

Quasimodo's unnamed mother bears a striking resemblance to Esmeralda. While the filmmakers most likely did this to show how both are of the same ethnic people, here it can also serve as a physical link to the twins. Of course the lady of the forgotten bears a face akin to her sister the caretaker of demigods. One should expect nothing else from the Athenide twins. The lady of family and reason shelters her newest charge (taken precisely because he was abandoned so she probably gave him a name like Doro so he'd feel loved) with the aid of her beloved but is 'justly' charged as a criminal for doing the duty that makes them more popular than Zeus. Unlike others, Arsinoe already knows nothing will sway the god king to show her charge compassion and she also knows Hermes will understand saving their mortal charge is a more immediate priority than freeing him so she simply runs to what should protect them. (By doing so the film thus lets Hermes know Apollo doesn't blame him for what happened to either of the twins since he too is their father's unlucky victim and there's nothing he could have done.) This leads to 'doom at the hands of whom should protect me' for Arsinoe as Zeus Horkios ("Zeus of pledges and promises") refuses to uphold the medieval version of xenia.

One can also note how the music in the chase scene is unapologetically said in latin, tongue of the cursed romans. The main verses literally translate to "Day of wrath. Day of mourning. See fulfilled the prophet's warning". This can allude to both the upcoming tragedy as well as Zeus' own fears potentially coming true since he consumed Metis, his own wife and grandmother of the Athenides due to a prophecy stating that if Metis bore a son it would grow to overthrow him. Most assume the prophecy thwarted due to Athena swearing maidenhood but the Athenides' romance with two of the most powerful Olympians could bring the fulfilment of this foretold coup d'etat if they bear a full blooded grandSON. So by Zeus' own logic, the Athenide's survival endangers his rule. And since common sense is more easily disposed of than loyalty, Hermes' bride will be *taken care of* first. With Arsinoe gone, reason will eventually fall under the clutch of fanaticism veiled as righteousness.

[littlesparklight]

These Trojan war characters have something in common:

Achilles, Patroklos, Agamemnon, Paris, Deiphobos, Sarpedon, Helenos, and Priam.

Sources which give them male lovers.

Achilles and Patroklos of course, though not in explicitly in the Iliad - later, however, they were certainly explicitly considered to be so. Achilles also was attracted to Troilos in some versions, accounted for in Lykophron's Alexandra (earlier texts fragmentary or lost), and references in surviving art (hares or cocks in conjunction with Achilles and Troilos). I'm not counting Troilos himself because he is always represented as rejecting Achilles, so whether he might otherwise have had mutual affection with a male lover, it's certainly not Achilles. (Tzetzes' commentary on Lykophron: "§ 307  "Alas, alas, I groan, alas, alas, I groan" and your fresh and well-nurtured age, my brother Troilus, "O cub" and most royal offspring, delightful entanglement of the brothers who, having wounded Achilles with the erotic arrow of your beauty, that is, having attracted him so as to fall in love with you, you not having fallen in love with him[...]") (I'll touch on Patroklos separate from Achilles below.)

Agamemnon; Argynnus! Either unrequited and thus (attempted) sexual assault, or apparently perfectly mutual, depending on our two sources. Probably a rather late addition, given our (surviving!) sources, but we can't know exactly, of course. Plutarch's Moralia:

And then in Athenaios' Deipnosophists:

Paris and Deiphobos will be accounted and counted for together, because they have the same love interest, whose name is Antheus (a son of Antenor). We only have it accounted for in Lycophron's Alexandra, and only for Paris, explicitly, there. Deiphobos is accounted for in Tzetzes' commentary:

Some form of the story would be Hellenistic, and probably earlier, but, again, of course we can't know.

Sarpedon "only" counts if we're going with Sarpedon as a long-lived son of Zeus and Europa, and not the Iliad's genealogy where he's the son of Zeus and Laodameia. Sarpedon's two potential male lovers ( it'd be either or of them, given how the story goes) are Atymnius or Miletos and would be part of the reason why he (and the boy) flees Crete and ends up in Lycia. Apollodoros' Bibliotheke: 3.1.2 "But when they were grown up, they quarrelled with each other; for they loved a boy called Miletus, son of Apollo by Aria, daughter of Cleochus. As the boy was more friendly to Sarpedon, Minos went to war and had the better of it, and the others fled." and, further in the same section, "But some say that they loved Atymnius, the son of Zeus and Cassiepea, and that it was about him that they quarrelled."

Helenos and Priam's come from the same (rather suspect; doesn't mean it can't be used, but we have no idea what might be genuine or not) source, Ptolemaeus Chennus/Hephaestion's New/Strange History, surviving only in Photius' summarizing Biblioteca.

This is where Helenos as Apollo's lover comes from! (And is, to my surprise, the only source for it.) And it's also where Priam is apparently beloved by Zeus (and is given the golden vine that otherwise is one of the potential gifts Zeus gave Ganymede's father).

"Priam was beloved by Zeus and received from him the golden vine plant of which he made a gift to Eurypyles, son of Telephos, as the price of his alliance." and "Helenus, son of Priam, was beloved of Apollo and received from him the silver bow with which he wounded Achilles in the hand."

This is also the source that accounts for Patroklos as the lover of Poseidon: "Homer calls Patroclus the first horseman because he learned from Poseidon, who loved him, the art of riding horses."

[ianismyepiclove]

They were kids when they fell in love.

Everyone thought Icarus felt first, but, no, it was Apollo.

Apollo is freedom, the bright light, the one who was enchanted by a boy captured in the labyrinth. When Icarus dreamed of escape, Apollo was hugging him: with a quiet melody among the walls, with his father’s promises to get out, and with the sun rising somewhere very high above his head.

With Apollo, Icarus learned how to fly —

And how to be afraid of losing him.

Cause when you're smitten by sunshine, you’ll always be chasing him, feeling everything for him, and you'll never be enough. What can the closed gates give to the open sky besides the feeling of being wanted, obsession, mutual jealousy and inaccessibility?

— I want to spend the rest of my life with you, — Icarus shouted at the clouds.

— l’ll always be only yours, — answered Apollo, kissing his wings.

The wax melted with the force of this love. An inexplicable heat and an uncontrollable hunger bound them together — too strong, too golden.

But someone had to let go first.

Even if Apollo's curls shone like stars, even if his eyes were the sky, the grass and the ocean all at once. Even if it turned out that Icarus never wants anything more than to be in Apollo’s arms forever, he couldn’t lock his beloved one in his own ribs.

A God forced to live a mortal life would no longer be a god.

So Icarus fell.

[m1ckeyb3rry]

mira halloooo :D waving and jumping up and down!!! im curious to know, which hsr characters would you assign your mooties? :O (pls don't feel pressured to answer okay! iluuuuu mwah mwah)

MAISIEEE HIHI omg i feel like i don’t even know who half of my mutuals are because i’ve never kept track of it and i have a very random and patternless vibe to my followbacks but there are definitely a Few that like. Stand Out as hsr characters to me that i shall certainly mention 🙂‍↕️

so like first off i would be so remiss if i did not say @ milksnake-tea and sunday like illu is THE sunday fan in my mind…i see him and i think of her type shit they are linked to me 👆🏻❕

similarly bitti @ rabbbitseason is theeeee blade lover of all time NO ONE IS DOING IT LIKE BITTI !! so definitely i associate those two as well

i don’t really have a reason for this but sora @ soratonin always comes to mind when i see gallagher as well LFJDJD like. yeah idk they just feel very congruent HAHAH

beloved choki @ chokifandom is an anaxa lover but she will always remind me of pela like vibes wise she is very much pela coded in my mind!! i think it’s the sweet and smart but slightly devious and silly combo that is the cause 🙂‍↕️

apollo idk which account to mention But i think yk them…also a certified anaxa lover but with a general aura of unseriousness and humor that is reminiscent of sushang to me especially the chicken ultimate LMAOAOA (apollo summoning the red cat pfp as their ult when)

maisie you remind me a lot of bronya!! very elegant and dignified but also not afraid to have fun and be silly…super sweet and generous/caring as well!!

cheshire @ yukinohiko reminds me of robin this is just a general vibes thing i can’t quite explain Why but like. they just do yk

then i have a few mutuals who i associate w their Guys from genshin impact (like awea/diluc and artemis/venti) which i have never played so it’s like everything ik about their Guy is through them if that makes sense HAHA

there’s definitely a lot more that i can think of but i am blanking atm HAHAH if i missed anyone feel free to comment and i will lyk what i think :3 hehe

[sunflowercider]

I got tagged in a chain by @teh-inggris, how nostalgic! (*´∀｀*) New post bc it was getting long!

10 Characters, 10 Fandoms, 10 Tags!

Kim Dokja (my beloved) [Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint]

Kim Suho/Lloyd Frontera (living in my head rent free as he deserves) [The Greatest Estate Developer]

Laios Touden [Dungeon Meshi]

Vash the Stampede [Trigun]

Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo (THEE boy) [Mob Psycho 100]

Apollo Justice [Ace Attorney]

Asagiri Gen [Dr. Stone]

Yor Forger [Spy x Family]

Hinata Shouyo [Haikyuu!!]

Maomao [The Apothecary Diaries]

How nice to think about some of my fav characters!! <3

Time to tag others! Lets see... so many mutual already got tagged!

@dooplissss @farlynthordens @daxarve @aiku @headphonemouse @deliriousbiznasties @getdownlau

[thecodeveronica]

my mutual, i ask with the utmost respect: why is spirit of justice ur fave????????????????

dw you're good! I totally get the divisive nature of SoJ and even my own sisters who also are fans of the series aren't really fond of Spirit of Justice haha

(and thank you for the ask btw!!!)

Spirit of Justice is a game that starts off kinda "okay" with the first case to me, but it really takes off in Magical Turnabout (which I love as a Trucy fan, and the culprit in this one is fantastic) and keeps up the pace to the end

I like 6-3 more than most people probably do because I think the mystery is good and the culprit's motive works for me (I see why the motive has a mixed opinion in the fanbase tho). also a lot of good Rayfa moments

then 6-4 hits and, yes, it is technically kinda filler, it's like... the best kind of filler with one of the series's best witnesses, the peak team-up of Athena and Simon, and a fun culprit! so I eat it up anyway

6-5 is ridiculously long but it is one of my favorite finale cases in the series because of how good some of the twists were. One in particular was the most legitimately "holy shit no way" twist moment for me out of all the games and I loved it. The Apollo-centric nature of the case also appeals to me a lot since he's my fave defense, and DHURKE!! Dhurke my beloved...

on that note, the secondary cast of SoJ is really great IMO! I love Rayfa, Dhurke, Datz, Ahlbi... all so memorable and fun

Most of the other games have at least one case that I consider kind of a drag (except I2, which is without sin), so SoJ not really having that issue also helps a lot

however, admittedly, I don't really like the DLC case but it's filler DLC so I just ignore it lol

I also appreciated how much better the character models looked this time around vs. DD, and the soundtrack is AMAZING

that said, once I'm sure that recency bias isn't in play, I think Investigations 2 will probably be my true favorite. It was nearly flawless IMO

[rosesradio]

may i ask why ppl hate caleo so much? I'm reading ToA rn so idk if it's based on stuff that happens there, but in HoO I didn't really catch anything that would make it this "don't touch with a ten foot pole" ship, yk?

/gen

Hi !! Thanks for sending this in. I feel like I and others have kinda gone through some things in the anti-caleo tag, but I'm gonna go through some of the reasons with as much textual evidence and objectivity as possible. (minus my inevitable unorganized rambles, they're contextually relevant, stop looking at me--)

That being said, this is completely a matter of opinion, as all shipping is. I don't mean to say that you are "allowed" to ship or that you're "stupid" for shipping xyz, I couldn't care less what you ship--let's all just be nice to each other.

That being said, let's start with the two most common reasons why most people dislike caleo:

1.) the age gap

2.) their "bickering to lovers" dynamic is not written well/they seem to dislike each other/etc

The easier one to start with would be the age gap. Now (warnings for rent-lowering gunshots around my blog), I meant what I said when I said I don't care about ships. Most of my beloved mutuals ship the nastiest shit imaginable, and I am very anti-censorship (but that's several other posts). I generally have preferences for healthy ships when it comes to a Fluffy Endgame (dark fics with toxic ships are different to me).

That being said, I don't typically enjoy ships with a large age gap, and most other people find them unappealing as well. I could be persuaded with some (nipollo and rachel/apollo, i'm looking at you), but caleo just kinda grosses me out in this regard, probably due to other aspects of their relationship.

(Some people say she's "mentally fifteen", but I don't really buy that--if she were like a faerie or something, maybe, but I see her more as Edward in Twilight--looks young but has wisdom beyond her years. There's no definitive answer on this so it's not something I would like to debate (none of this is lol) but I thought I would mention it anyways.)

Although your question is about ToA, I'm only going to cover HoH through the first ToA book, because I'm still reading through the ToA books (though I know the big spoilers). I know caleo takes on a bigger role in the second book so i might come back and do a part two to uh...complain about their dynamic more? lol

so, without further ado--

The House of Hades

So, this is the first impression we get of Calypso from Leo's perspective--the highlights to keep this from being 1 million years long (it still will be lol)--

"She looked maybe fifteen, about Leo's age, and, sure, she was pretty; but with that angry expression on herface she reminded Leo of every popular girl in every school he'd ever attended—the ones who made fun of him, gossiped a lot, thought they were so superior, and basically did everything they could tomake his life miserable.Leo disliked her instantly.

---

The girl clenched her fists. Leo was pretty sure she was going to march down the crater and punch him in the face.

---

"Show yourself!" the girl yelled at the sky, completely ignoring Leo. "It's not bad enough I am exiled? It's not bad enough you take away the few good heroes I'm allowed to meet? You think it's funny to send me this—this charbroiled runt of a boy to ruin my tranquility? This is NOT FUNNY! Take him back!""

--pg 213 of The House of Hades pdf.

Now, keeping in mind that I read this for the first time at 13 and he was my book boyfriend (Or Whatever), I was not a fan of this, but even now that I've grown out of that, this still rings unfavorable to me.

He compares her to his bullies, the ones who made fun of him and created insecurities within him. And, making no effort to clear her name from this association, what is one of the first things she does? Screams at the gods for sending someone so conventionally unattractive. One of Leo's biggest insecurities in the books is not being as conventionally attractive or built as the other guys in the seven. One of his other insecurities is not having a girlfriend when everyone else is coupled up. So the solution is not to have him learn self-love and/or the love of friends, but to instead give him a girlfriend--the build-up time of which is short and intense. Not only that, but his love interest insults one of his biggest insecurities.

We're off to a great start.

Of course, I can't really blame Calypso for being pissed about the wreckage and about being sent another hero instead of being freed from the island. I would be pretty pissed, too, but she still treats him pretty badly, seemingly because he's not the "right" hero.

(For this next bit I am going through their time together in House of Hades and just noting anything that rings as a red flag to me--which is not a stretch as it's pretty much every other line lol. The brackets [] add context for dialogue, the parentheses () is my commentary, though most of these speak for themselves imo)

""Oh-gee-gee-ah." The girl pronounced it slowly, as if Leo were five years old.

---

She looked like she was about to answer but stopped herself. "It doesn't matter. You'll be gone soon. You're obviously a mistake."

That was harsh, Leo thought.He'd spent enough time thinking he was a mistake—as a demigod, on this quest, in life in general. He didn't need a random crazy goddess reinforcing the idea

---

"What am I supposed to do, then? Sit in the sand dunes until I die?" [Leo asked]

"That would be fine...." The girl threw down her trowel and cursed at the sky. "Except I suppose he can't die here, can he? Zeus! This is not funny!"

---

She looked the same age as him, but he wondered how old she really was. (age gap thing, delicious!)

---

"Would you be sweet," [Calypso said], "if they laughed at you by sending another hero, but a hero who looked like—like you?"

---

"Three thousand." Leo's mouth felt tingly, like he'd just eaten Pop Rocks. "Uh, you look good for three thousand."

---

"And now...the worst insult of all. The gods mock me by sending you." [Calypso said]

Anger bubbled in Leo's stomach.Yeah, typical. If Jason were here, Calypso would fall all over him. She'd beg him to stay, but he'd be all noble about returning to his duties, and he'd leave Calypso brokenhearted. That magic raft would totally arrive for him. (heartbreaking to hear about leo's insecurities but also...he is so gay for jason jdskjfs--)

But Leo? He was the annoying guest she couldn't get rid of. She'd never fall for him, because she was totally out of his league.

---

Despite the gifts, Calypso obviously didn't want to see him. One time he poked his head inside the cave and she freaked out, yelling and throwing pots at his head. (how to treat an abuse survivor 101)

Yeah, she was definitely on Team Leo. (this honestly just reminds me of the Echo scene and, honestly, I'd ship him with Echo Big Time over calypso)

He ended up pitching a more permanent camp near the footpath, where the beach met the hills.That way he was close enough to pick up his meals, but Calypso didn't have to see him and go into a pot-throwing rage.

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"They are completely fireproof," Calypso promised. "They'll stay clean and expand to fit you,should you ever become less scrawny." (the prev part about her repairing the clothes was actually sweet in a platonic way...could have gone without the body-shaming !)

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Then he remembered that this annoying fifteen-year-old girl was actually the immortal daughter of a Titan."

--pages 214-227 of The House of Hades pdf

Now, at this point I'll say that their relationship actually becomes quite sweet once they get past the frankly horrible section of time where they want each other to die. They're both lonely, they come to some understanding...I suppose this is a matter of opinion, but the romance aspect does feel forced. Time is different in Ogygia so it's hard to say how long Leo was there, if I were to estimate I'd say 3 weeks, but given that it's like 19 pages (and the text is larger on the pdf copy lol), it does feel rushed. Man do I wish they went for the platonic angle, but Richard could never.

The Blood of Olympus

Everyone's favorite book! lmao.

Now that our lovebirds are in Lovebird Territory (i guess), the amount of toxicity dwindles, but let's bite:

"'Sit tight, Sunshine,' he told Calypso's picture. 'I'll get back to you, just like I promised.'

Leo could imagine her response: 'I am not waiting for you, Leo Valdez. I am not in love with you.And I certainly don't believe your foolish promises!' The thought made him smile. (I guess this is supposed to be sarcastic, but way to reintroduce the concept of her really not liking him?)"

--pg 64 of The Blood of Olympus pdf

So, most of this book has mentions of Calypso from Leo's pov, and I gotta say (forgetting entirely that this doc is supposed to at least try to be subjective)...they neutered my boy. I often don't reread past MoA because of the caleo content, though what glimpses I've seen shows that his pov has experienced a massive shift. I think having so little page time and such an intense relationship buildup causes some readers to dislike how fundamentally she alters Leo's pov.

Additionally, I've seen some posts about Leo's suicide ideation. That is not something I want to go in depth about on this post, but I did want to draw attention to this excerpt I caught:

"Now the Argo II was approaching the end of its voyage. Leo's whole life – his childhood with Tía Callida; his mother's death in that warehouse fire; his years as a foster kid; his months at Camp Half-Blood with Jason and Piper – all of it would culminate tomorrow morning in one final battle.

He opened the access panel. Festus's voice creaked over the intercom.

'Yeah, buddy,' Leo agreed. 'It's time.'

More creaking.

'I know,' Leo said. 'Together till the end?'

Festus squeaked affirmatively.

Leo checked the ancient bronze astrolabe, which was now fitted with the crystal from Ogygia. Leo could only hope it would work.

'I will get back to you, Calypso,' he muttered. 'I promised on the River Styx.'

He flipped a switch and brought the navigation device online. He set the timer for twenty-four hours.

Finally he opened the engine's ventilator line and pushed inside the vial of the physician's cure. It disappeared into the veins of the ship with a decisive thunk.

'Too late to turn back now,' Leo said.

He curled on the floor and closed his eyes, determined to enjoy the familiar hum of the engine for one last night."

--pg 224 of The Blood of Olympus pdf

I'm not going to draw any definitive conclusions on the subtext of this or his plan with the physician's cure, but I will say Leo definitely needs therapy and the support of his friends over his want of a girlfriend. (And I'd say this regardless of ships--even if it were my beloved valdangelo. If Leo's mental health isn't addressed, it just makes it seem like a lazy fix-all)

I'm not going to pretend to be the best writer or understand character arcs better than our good friend Richard, but I think one of the reasons why Leo's character arc failed in this final installment is that Leo got what he wanted instead of what he needed. The best character arcs will display what a character wants, but by the end of the journey, a character will realize what they really need.

For example, in Gravity Falls (great show btw), towards the end of the series, Mabel wants to stay in a magical bubble created as a trick by Bill Cipher so she can stay in Gravity Falls forever. In the end, however, she realizes that what she really needs is to go back home to California with her brother, where they can get through high school with the support of each other.

If Leo had undergone an arc in which he really wants a girlfriend, but later realizes he needs to love himself first, that would have been really great and nice for kids to see that they don't need a significant other to make them whole.

Additionally--surprisingly--there were no glaring red flags for the rest of this book. They have a general vibe of "she doesn't really like him and he's a silly little guy" that I feel like is just rick pulling a "can I copy your homework?" with percabeth but it came out Wrong, but that's a matter of opinion.

ToA: The Hidden Oracle

""Here you go." Leo handed her a glass of lemonade. His expression seemed darker and more anxious, as if...Ah, of course. Leo had rescued Calypso from her prison island. In doing so, Calypso had lost her powers. Leo felt responsible."

--pg 239 of The Hidden Oracle pdf

This seems like something they'd have to work through, which is possible, but also a very intense thing to put on a relationship between an already traumatized 16 year old (and his over 3000 year old girlfriend, etc.) I suppose if this was written through in a thoughtful way I'd understand, but it's kind of one of those things that makes me look at them and go...realistically, at best I see them lasting 6 months to a year.

(tbh a lot of the ships outside of percabeth don't seem to have that...well, percabeth longevity--i mean just look at how jiper broke up. not that Richard would break caleo up atp, of course...unless...)

Final Thoughts (unless I return after finishing ToA but no promises)

And so, we conclude. I think I learned some stuff by revisiting canon instead of just remaining amongst online fandom & my memory of canon. Honestly, I can see why people would like this ship--I still hate it the most out of any pjo ship, but I gotta admit it had its sweet moments. Just as I pointed out red flags and had opinions stated as subjective, other people could point out what they consider green flags and why they think the ship is great.

To conclude (my English teachers quaking in their boots rn), myself and other caleo haters dislike the ship due to the age difference, the rushed nature, and the enemies to lovers dynamic being written in a way that ultimately gives the energy that our love birds do not like each other. I hope this dive into the foundation of their relationship clarifies some of these things for you, and thanks for the ask!

[nikholascrow]

welcome to my page ☆ ———

About me ☆ ———

Hey there darlings <3 I’m Nikholas but most people call me Niko, you can also call me Nick or Neeks or give me a your own nickname if you want I love nicknames and my pronouns are he/him

things I like: seaslugs, flowers and plants, grandpa sweaters, tea, coffee, matcha, sea life, skating (mostly long boarding and figure skating), drawing, sewing, acting, writing, reading and annotating books, singing, organizing, baking (although I’m not super good at it) photography and cinematography, space, random deep conversations, nature

I tend to use a lot of <333 and petnames just naturally if that makes you uncomfortable please let me know, I wanna make sure all my mutuals and followers are comfortable around me

although I really love marauders and some parts of harry potter I do not in any way support jk rowling and I would like to avoid associating with anyone who does

I also tend to not use periods when I’m speaking because they feel very harsh to me and they make it difficult for me to get my tone across properly (this does not extend to my writing)

My Hogwarts house is Slytherin. my Pjo cabin is a ongoing debate but either Hades, Apollo or Dionysus. And my birthday is August 17th in case you were wondering :]

I love receiving asks and dms so feel free to send me some any time about anything <3

What to expect from this blog ☆ ———

I mostly post about marauders since that’s one of my main interests at the moment, but you may also expect: occasional fandom content from pjo (the books only unfortunately I can’t watch the show atm), harry potter, and very rarely starwars. my thoughts on the books I’m currently reading. random little snippets of my life and very occasional fanart for the earlier mentioned famdoms.

My linktree ☆ ———

if you wanna support me in other places consider checking out my linktree which can be found here I make mostly marauders content on my other platforms as well and if you’re ever wondering what I’m up to when I’m not on tumblr I probably have stories going on instagram my Ao3 is on my linktree as well

Fics written by me ☆ ———

Shower Thoughts (pre-rosekiller) - fluff, word count: 423

Out - Regulus’ pov - Word count: 167 Tw: past parental abuse

Out - Sirius’ pov - Word count: 165 Tw: past parental abuse

finally dead - suneeker - word count: 199

She loves me - Regulus - word count: 291 - Tw: child abuse, physical abuse

Destined - Word count: 211 - Evan and Regulus friendship angst

Alone - Word count: 53 - rosekiller christmas fluff

And they were roommates - ongoing - rosekiller

Christmas at the Potter’s - pre-rosekiller + bg sunseeker- word count: 673 - merry fucking christmas to everyone who celebrates and big hugs to everyone who’s holiday experience has sucked because of family

whisper - wolfstar + bg sunseeker - word count: 902 Tw: parental and physical abuse - hurt/comfort

Fic recs ☆ ———

(I’ll fill this in later)

My lovely mutuals ☆ ———

@thedvilsinthedetails @a-dork-yable @coffeedrunk @regulusmeanslittleking @good-oldfashioned-lover-girl @daydream-of-a-wallflower @lady-stardust-incarnate @cademygod @cazzythefrogking @my-beloved-fandoms

if you want to be added to or taken off this list please let me know, if you follow me and you wanna be mutuals shoot me an ask or a dm there’s quite a few of y’all now so I can’t always go through everyone and follow back people I’d love to be mutuals with <333

Final notes ☆ ———

Goodbye y’all, I hope you all have a wonderful day and remember to take care of yourselves I love y’all so much <333

[strix-x]

10 ppl I'd like to get to know better

Tagged by: @scamguy thank you!!

Last song: Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty Main Theme. From my Snake playlist.

Favorite color: light purple!

Last book: Currently reading Wind and Truth. Tearing up every other page. But I also have criticisms. I'm a little under halfway through, I haven't had much time to read it until now. But also it's literally gigantic so it's gonna take me a bit.

Last movie: White Christmas (1954) I watched it with my partner, who hadn't seen it, but I've seen it multiple times. A classic! If we aren't counting Christmas movies, I watched Venom: The Last Dance the other day and wow it was bad. Like I expected it to be bad but the script was just monumentally bad. Overall the movie was very mediocre, I wasn't satisfied with it as a Venom fan.

Last show: I'm counting it. I watched the Snow Tubing event for Jelle's Marble League this morning. As a Black Jacks and Momo fan, I am THRIVING. If we aren't counting marble sports, then Heartstopper season 3. It was a very good season! It hit me very hard for a lot of reasons.

Sweet/spicy/savory: sweet any day of the week. I can't handle spice very well, though I am improving, and savory is very hit or miss with me

Relationship status: a strange creature has been parasitically attached to me for a year and two months

Last thing I googled: a map of Wisconsin to demonstrate to my geographically illiterate mother that it does in fact border Lake Michigan

Current obsession(s): Metal Gear... I'm currently playing Metal Gear Solid 5 and loving it. I'm so bad at the games though like it's embarrassing. I'm also forever thinking about my beloved D&D character Eloren. Oh my beloved Eloren. I've also been thinking about swords a lot recently but given that is one of my special interests, nobody is surprised.

People to tag: Sorry I don't have many mutuals on here... defaulting to people i talk to on not here

@apollo-just-ice @starrichwhereas @ohwyrmm @clothes3 @nosferatu-man

[katt1281]

Tag nine (9) people you’d like to know better

Tagged by @actual-pasta-overlord

Last Song: You're Not Welcome - Naethan Apollo

Currently Watching: between shows, last watched Nimona

Current Reading: House of Leaves. and my own fanfics as i edit lol

Current Obsession: Disco Elysiummmm <3 also Deltarune !

Tagging: ok im not doing 9 lmao but theres a lotta cool people on here! @actual-pasta-overlord to start, ty for tagging me :D also @gothdianxia @mehrunnez @birdy-bird27 @nerdacious @thediscoelysiumlesbian @earlofbats @ all my other beloved mutuals/people i see frequently in my notes, ty for liking my silly stuff :]]

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uhmm asher he's so silly an I love talking to them :3

percy is so cool like kelp is definitely the cool mutual. love that for sea

nico !! rots so silly and also ghosts a fellow it/its user :3 I love xem

umm leo . gears neos are really cool :3 also flames name is really prettyyy and also they're really pretty so it matches

thalia :3 !! whoag he's like. really cool like honestly she's just awesome. so glad I became moots with spark :3

will is so silly i love him and their blog

piper !! I love doves pronouns like actually faer so cool for that. she's really fun to talk to too :3

octavian. octo's literally so cool for it's loser tboy swag like .trust

luke whoag he's so real for taking pjo chars names

jason literally deserves all the gender euphoria in the world chat give spark some euphoria mayhaps :3 they deserve it :3

astro !! moons so cool an this name of his suits them really well methinks :3

venus . planet names my beloved but also it my beloved yeahg she's super cool I love them an love talking to lun

mars :3 he's so silly i love it

apollo has that tboy swag though . an sols pjo autism is what draws all suns partners in trust /silly

icarus. this name of his is actually so cool chat like ?? they're so !!!!

umm caelus I wanna bring them to my silly date spots in my teapot :3 shes so cute I love him

helios whoag sol is so cool for taking like. three greek gods names I think? I'm not entirely sure but fndnsk yeah it's so cool for that

eros !! faer so cute an I love talking to it an xer literally so fun to talk to though I love talking to them and stalking his blog n shit

teal is so silly i love blue sm

corvus . crows literally so pretty :3 I love it an I hope this helps him

tyty mwah ily <3

[shadowlinktheshadow]

INTRO POST!!

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" welcome to the kitchen, it's burning cause we always cookin' 🔥🔥 "

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｡･:*˚:✧｡ this is but one of the legends of which the people speak.. ｡･:*˚:✧｡

hey! i'm @shadowlinktheshadow, but i'm known mostly by Vio in these parts!

➤ nicknames: Vio/Requiem/Apollo

➤ pronouns: he/they (he/they/ae/rain/it)

➤ trans, pan, grayace

➤ a minor

a list of relationships/close mutuals, here

my DNI list is here (please read this)

✧ interests

➤ the legend of zelda

➤ ranma 1/2

➤ pokemon

➤ dungeon meshi/delicious in dungeon

➤ sky:cotl

➤ splatoon

➤ pony town

➤ stardew valley

✧ my other socials

➤ artfight

➤ discord - shadowlinktheshadow#3226

➤ nintendo switch -

➤ archive of our own

➤ youtube

➤ pronouns page

➤ my carrd!

➤ pony town - @windsrequiem_

➤ scratch

✧ some of my tags

➤ #shadowed art - tags for drawings made by me

➤ #vio answers - tag when I answer an ask

➤ #vio is cooking🔥🔥 - rare writing tag

➤ #random - tag for a wide range of things; ideas, rambles, ect.

➤ #vio.. (vent) - extremely rare vent tag, will probably delete the post later

➤ #__ my beloved 💜 - tag for beloved mutuals (their name goes in the "__")

➤ #🌟gold star - tag for friends' really good art

➤ #endless chain au - tag for my zelda au, go check the blog out :D

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｡･:*˚:✧｡ more about my zelda au ｡･:*˚:✧｡

i have a zelda au (links meet au) with around 20 links, all jumbled together for some weird interactions, funny scenarios and the impending doom of fate and duty

if you're interesting come check it out, here! @endlesschain-au (comic has yet to be started though 7/27/2024)

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｡･:*˚:✧｡ zelda games completion percentage ｡･:*˚:✧｡

✧ finished

➤ the minish cap (emulated on a school computer)

➤ wind waker (wii u)

➤ spirit tracks (ds)

➤ breath of the wild (nintendo switch)

➤ tears of the kingdom (nintendo switch)

➤ hyrule warriors: definitive edition (nintendo switch)

✧ started (not finished)

➤ skyward sword (wii)

➤ four swords (nintendo switch online)

➤ ocarina of time (nintendo switch online)

➤ majoras mask (nintendo switch online)

➤ twilight princess (wii u)

➤ four swords adventures (emulated on my wii)

➤ a link to the past (nintendo switch online)

➤ link's awakening (gameboy color and nintendo switch)

➤ oracle of seasons (nintendo switch online)

➤ oracle of ages (nintendo switch online)

➤ the legend of zelda/zelda i (nintendo switch online)

➤ the adventure of link/zelda ii (nintendo switch online)

➤ hyrule warriors: age of calamity (nintendo switch)

➤ echoes of wisdom (nintendo switch)

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｡･:*˚:✧｡ top 10 favorite songs of mine (in no particular order) ｡･:*˚:✧｡

➤ What If Things Get Worse | Kayden MacKay

➤ Sleep Walking Orchestra | BUMP OF CHICKEN

➤ Ma Meilleure Ennemie (from Arcane) | Stromae, Pomme, Arcane

➤ コンビニ | ブリーフ&トランクス

➤ Party!! | Ryokuoushoku Shakai

➤ Skies Forever Blue | Toby Fox, Itoki Hana

➤ さよーならまたいつか！| Kenshi Yonezu

➤ 二十歳の恋 | Lamp

➤ St. Chroma | Tyler, the Creator

➤ Isle Unto Thyself | Miracle Musical

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[isa-ghost]

honestly I think you are so awesome and deserve all good things in life and I appreciate your role in the community sm, like I think I'd stick around even if you posted about things I know nothing about because just seeing you on the dash makes me go "omg its isa!" (even when its discourse lmao)

What The Fuck this is so sweet!! ;^; 💚💚

Worry not, I'm not leaving QSMP yet. Even if it hurts. If Phil's done, I'll likely migrate to Fit for it. Provided he streams when Phil doesn't. 😅

And I'll be damned if this stops me from completing AMFMN. Apollo has hinted during a brief reading with him that he'll kick my ass. We NEED more Phil centric fics, it's half the reason I said fuck it we ball and started AMFMN to begin with. That goblin of a deity is INVESTED in the story. I think I'd get sunburn for eternity if I left it incomplete.

And I have a perhaps therapeutic idea to write Phil coming home to the Hardcore World via Rose after departing with the kids. I think I'm gonna go for it, even if it hurts to write and I cry during doing so. :p

I'm not sure what'll become of that QSMP AU I was cooking on but I don't think I'll discontinue that before it even begins either. Additionally, I've played with the idea of just. Continuing some kind of AU storyline post-AMFMN. Like writing stuff (headcanons or short story(s)) after the events of the fic. We'll see.

I've been miserable at worst and palpably sad at best the last 2 days, and we'll see what happens during and after Phil's stream today, but.. at least for now at this good hour of 10am, I'm feeling,, better-ish. Cautiously optimistic. I don't want to leave (and I especially don't want to lose the amazing mutuals and friends I've made 😭). I'm not going anywhere.

But if you're curious, here's some other interests you'll see here besides QSMP:

I'm a Phil main first and foremost. Even if he's done on QSMP, I watch every minute of EVERY stream. Hardcore my fucking beloved. I won't hesitate to start cooking up more hardcore Phil headcanons or a fic or AU.

After Phil, I watch Sneeg second most. I also watch Hermits/Lifers & friends, Ranboo (yes hello I love Genloss), Tubbo & a bunch of others. Like I said, Death Family's end on QSMP isn't my end in QSMP, nor MCYT. :)

I barely post abt it anymore bc it's more bitter than sweet for me, but DSMP will always hold a place in my heart. I'm always down to talk about it if asked.

D&D/Critical Role/Candela Obscura (I've been dual-wielding hyperfixations on Phil & CR this whole time, you'd be getting Phil & CR primarily if I fell out of QSMP for some reason)

Related, I plan on getting into Dimension 20 sometime and I also want to watch LA/NY By Night. TTRPG enjoyers that follow me will be getting FED.

I FUCKING LOVE DRAWFEE!!!

Anime!! Bungo Stray Dogs, JJK, Soul Eater, Apothecary Diaries, Frieren, and a bunch of others are my faves/current faves :)

I'm actually primarily an OC and roleplay person, it's my biggest special interest and I've been doing it for 12+ years. It's why I love mcrp so much. I'd probably post this stuff on @isas-oc-asylum and then reblog here if anyone was interested, idk. But I have an entire original world + country full of lore and characters I could talk about for eternity

I FUCKING LOVE HORROR PODCASTS. Magnus Archives & Protocol, Welcome to Night Vale, Old Gods of Appalachia!!

Veteran followers of me know I was originally a Jacksepticeye & Markiplier ego theorist blog before 2020! I have so many AUs of them and I love them still even though new content with them is slow. (I like Sanders Sides a decent amount too!)

I love talking about witchcraft!! I'm always down to infodump, answer questions, or gush about my goofy ass deity circle!! <3

Controversial (/s) but I love the Hazbin & Helluva series. I also love other indie series like Murder Drones, TADC and Lackadaisy!

I'm also slowly watching The Dragon Prince with friends!!

I've reblogged stuff plenty of times but I fucking love The Owl House & Gravity Falls

When will Arcane return from the war,,,, 😔 (soon)

I won't hesitate to plunge into the Monster Prom series deeper. Milo Belladonna and Damien LaVey my lomls I will get monsterfuckery on main I s2g

Basically... I'm a fuckin charcuterie board of interests!! Realistically, I'll still mainly be Phil/Sneeg/CR. But I'm always down to be abnormal about all that 👆🏻 and more.

If any of that interests anyone reading this, feel free to stick around. Or keep beating me with QSMP & Phil stuff in my asks. I'll still always be down to write headcanons and talk about fic stuff. I love qPhil too much to shut up forever.

And if it doesn't? Congrats, I'm also a massive shitposter. I have like 3 different tags for it. Feast your eyes upon how funny I am. It's like the one thing I'm confident in about myself, I'm fucking hilarious.

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