#caring and protective percy

[howdyrat]

HP Percy's Song

I'm years late to the Harry Potter field, and I've been reading a lot of stories that feature Percy Weasley. His character is interesting and I think he deserves a little more recognition and credit. He tries to be a good brother to his siblings even though they prefer to not be around him. I have little knowledge over the whole stretch of hp.

Hey Brother by Avicii describes Percy's relationships with his family.

"There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do" Summarizes a piece of Percy that some people forget, and while he's not the best at showing his feelings, I think he'd be there for his brothers and sister when they need him.

[justaz]

merlin who uses his magic everyday in ways that he doesn’t realize isn’t normal. magic helping him see in the dark so he can find his way in the woods or dark rooms with no problem. connecting with the woods around him so he always knows where he is and whats in the general vicinity which allows him to sense bandits just before they attack. using magic to keep warm in the cold or to cool down in the heat. confident and willing to go toe to toe with anyone bc he knows that regardless of what they throw at him, he could always win bc he could just use magic.

then somehow someway (post magic reveal) a sorcerer takes away merlin’s magic. or well just locks it away ig. but anyways merlin doesn’t have this part of him anymore and is left feeling empty, exposed, and vulnerable. arthur, the knights, and merlin going on a quest for answers to their problem and a way to get merlins magic back. but. but. but merlin is all jumpy and he’s rambling more than ever and is often reaching out to grab onto someone (usually arthur) and everyone’s confused and then they get ambushed and merlin freezes in the middle of the path like a deer. he’s watching everything go down around him with wide eyes until he’s targeted and one of the knights have to rush in to save him. afterward merlin is constantly holding someone and his grip is rather tight. he keeps looking around, his eyes scanning the trees around them over and over. when they try and settle down for the night, merlin wont leave the camp without an escort or two and when they’re trying to go to sleep, merlin is flinching at every noise in the woods around them and ends up shuffling over toward the person closest to him and laying pressed up against them.

arthur opening his mouth to tease and call him a coward when the word registers in his mind and he realizes that that’s what he’s actually seeing, merlin scared and defenseless. he ofc doesn’t realize the true depth of it all, i mean he knows merlin is missing his magic but he doesn't know that magic has always been a part of merlin, it makes him him. he’s had magic since he was born, he’s never known life without it. as he is now, he feels bare and exposed and blind and deaf and terrified. the knights are his defense rn and for the past few years, merlins been their protector so its a complete reversal of everything he’s ever known. he’s scared. arthur bites his tongue and lets merlin hold onto his arm and snuggle up close at night for some form of comfort and security. he doesn’t tease or mock and responds to his ramblings of fear with a level of gentleness the knights weren’t aware he even possessed. merlin slowly relaxing as arthur subtly comforts him without addressing it

[dameronalone]

thinking about how percy jackson is seen as intimidating because of his godly powers from his father but the thing that makes him the most dangerous is his humanity from his mother

[snoelledarts]

I pray by the Grace of god that there’s somebody listening.

[froggie-at-home]

post-manhattan will would've hated silena so much. he'd definitely defend drew because he agrees with her. not everyone knows the truth about silena being a spy, so people think that will and drew are just bitching, when in reality drew was betrayed by her favorite older sister and will's siblings and friends were killed

[moodyseal]

Saw this post and was suddenly overcome by the urge to draw them <3 they make me so unbelievably sad

[the-moonprophet]

i love how Nico's initial reaction to learning about the gods is basically "yeah seems legit" and then proceeds to Not Give A Fuck and starts geeking out instead.

like oh, my dad is not dead after all and is a real-life olympian god? Cool!

a monster just got shot with arrows right in front of my eyes? That was awesome! Is he dead?

learning that a traumatic monster attack on my sister and i actually happened? I told you his horns were real!

a bunch of strangers are asking if i want to abandon everything to stay at some unheard-of camp in order to train to fight monsters? Sweet, let's go!

like everyone else was so tense because of the manticore and such, and Annabeth literally fell off a cliff, and then there was Nico in the corner like “COOL!!!!”

i strive to reach his level of Unbothered™

(no i’m not being dramatic these are quite literally exact quotes from the beginning of The Titan’s Curse i’m not even shitting you)

[happyk44]

percy needs to be haunted by bianca's ghost more

[starry-eyed-psychopomp]

I am officially starting the Annabeth Chase Protection Squad, because our beautiful baby girl deserves only love and affection and decent parents and maybe a kiss on the cheek from her crush instead of having him traumatically sacrifice himself for her. Our first order of business will be to bust down the door to Mount Olympus and KICK ATHENA’S DIVINE ASS

[artisticaperture]

shout out to this scene from the last Olympian that’s been kicking around my brain since 2013

image description under the cut

Start ID.

Image 1: a digital illustration of Percy Jackson holding Pandora’s jar. Inside the jar is the spirit of hope, emitting a glow onto Percy’s face. Percy is looking at the spirit and smiling tenderly. Percy has tan skin and black hair, with a grey streak. Standing protectively over Percy and the jar is Hestia, smiling down on them.

Image 2: A close up on Elpis, the Spirit of Hope, inside Pandora’s jar.

Image 3: A close up on Percy’s face.

Image 4: A close up on Hestia’s face.

Image 5: An excerpt from The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan. The last three lines are highlighted. The excerpt reads:

“I picked up Pandora's jar. The spirit of Hope fluttered inside, trying to warm the cold container.

"Hestia," I said, "I give this to you as an offering."

The goddess tilted her head. "I am the least of the gods. Why would you trust me with this?"

"You're the last Olympian," I said. "And the most important."

"And why is that, Percy Jackson?"

"Because Hope survives best at the hearth," I said. "Guard it for me, and I won't be tempted to give up again."

The goddess smiled. She took the jar in her hands and it began to glow. The hearth fire burned a little brighter.

"Well done, Percy Jackson," she said. "May the gods bless you.”

End ID.

[britney-rosberg06]

I’m sorry i’m SORRY Chris Rodriguez sat in the Hermes cabin unclaimed for YEARS. In Show canon his been there as long as Luke. In book canon its never mentioned but this kid, this same-age-as-Clarisse-is KID didn’t find out who his father was till AFTER he joined the Titan army, maybe even after he literally went insane trying to escape the Labyrinth and your gonna sit there and tell me the gods care about their kids??

[imagine-to-be-a-pike]

"the knights were more loyal to Merlin than to Arthur" "they would have left Arthur for Merlin" no. Shut up. Nobody loves you

[my-pjo-stuff]

Luke is one of those "protagonists with every right to turn villain" who ACTUALLY turned villain. No wish fulfillment bad guy, no "cool" aesthetic change, no "oh well they aren't really bad". Just straight up off-the-rail villainy. He's a kid who's been mistreated for all his life, who lost almost everything and everyone he ever cared about. A kid who broke under the pressure and snapped at everyone around him. Those who harmed him aswell as those who loved him. Luke's arc is ugly and broken and realistic. He's the protagonist who broke. The reason you hate him is simply because he didn't break in that cool wish-fulfillment power fantasy way you want your protagonists to break. But the fandom ain't ready to have that convo yet.

[feelingtheaster99]

That Percabeth hug in the trailer really watered my crops, I’ll tell ya

[raspberryzingaaa]

Thinking about Percy and Luke paralleling one another as boys who really love their moms. Both have been used as pawns by the gods but the key difference is that before anything, Luke grew up with a mom who had been driven mad, and the blame can very easily be placed on the gods for it.

Imagine if Sally had been irreparably damaged by something "godly". Percy wouldn't have even need Kronos, he would have taken Olympus down with his bare hands.

[localfraudster]

Dropping this idea here:

You know how alabaster convinced most his siblings to fight but they all died. Imagine if they died protecting him or purposely injuring him so he wouldn't have to fight whilst he was tried to protect them but he slightly hesitated so they ended up dying. Oh yeah imagine the rest of his siblings putting the blame on him. That would hurt.

Now he's alone fighting off Lamia for months on end and the first person he'd put his life on the line for died right after helping him because he hesitated. Imagine the denial that Claymore was stuck as a mistform. And imagine if his mistcard ended up being destroyed by some god or immortal being.

He's alone. Again.