#but baby annabeth would still be flabbergasted and i love that

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one of my fav things is the way percy’s influence slowly changes annabeth

ik this is smth talked abt a lot but to me it’s so perfectly shown UGHHH i love it i’m sorry

like throughout the first series (specifically the first book) annabeth is shown to be very respectful of the gods and their choices yes she’s very curious but she never questions them or disagrees with them in a way that could cause disruption

ie asking percy if he’s the one in the prophecy yet consistently being very careful abt interacting with anything to do with said prophecy (not telling percy abt it being cautious abt fighting aries or sending medusas head to olympus)

and ofc percy is the dead opposite

however by the end of the series percy is bending at the knee to do exactly what the prophecy could be saying (he takes the prophecy and accepts that he could die he takes the prophecy ASSUMING he’s dead there’s no question no fight just like how annabeth was unquestioning percy suddenly is too)

and suddenly annabeth just can’t stand it she’s watching this happen and she’s putting up a fight for him and to me the biggest sign of this was not only the fight she has with him post finding out abt the prophecy (+ him taking it) but when she takes a dagger for him

he could’ve died from that dagger that could’ve been it

“ hero’s soul a (cursed) blade shall reap

a single choice shall end his days”

obv we know what the prophecy was talking abt based off the final results but i always read into it too much and thought abt the choice annabeth made to sacrifice herself in that moment saving percy’s life

if she hadn’t stepped in, possibly changing the course of the prophecy or what the “gods plans” were he would’ve died just like so many people thought he might

she also just literally interrupts the gods plans of having percy in olympus just by being herself and being someone percy loves

going from someone seemingly putting up a fight when percy tries to stand up against the gods to being someone who won’t back down fighting her own mother when she has to (even when it hurts)

idk i just love her character development