#chasing last summer

[ikemenomegas]

During your courtship, Jiaoqiu makes you get snakes for his pharmacy. It's quite common for couples that include at least one Foxian to hunt together so he doesn't leave you to do it alone. But this is less for the sake of tradition and more for the sake of his amusement as you jump around in long grass, holding a viper behind its head and forcefully keeping it from biting your face or arm or leg and any other body part. You really sound a bit pitiful as you yelp, nearly stepping on another one before pouncing, shouting so loud there can't possibly be anything in the way of game left within a half-li radius, and stuffing it into the special basket he prepared for you. You don't complain even once, though you sniffle when you hand him the basket, so he doesn't tease you that much.

[demigods-posts]

imagine percy and annabeth's last couple of days at camp half-blood. imagine on the second to last day, they spend the entire time helping each other clean out their bunks and pack their belongings in their suitcases while the other campers go about their day. imagine the couple eating dinner with the campers and then heading to bed at bedtime only to sneak off to the lake later that night and cuddle in an underwater bubble for a while. imagine them sharing a kiss and a quiet 'i love you' as they sneak back into their respective cabins (all of the big three kids sleep in percy's cabin that night, so they definitely tease percy, and athena cabin definitely teases annabeth). imagine the following morning when the couple wakes up and joins the camp for breakfast, they sit at their respective tables (all of big three kids sit at a table together so percy doesn't sit alone like he did when he first joined). imagine the couple going about their day: percy teaching the younger campers the sword-fighting moves that saved his life; annabeth teaching the younger campers that they always have a family at camp. imagine chiron looking upon the two as his best soldiers and trying very hard not to break down at the thought of them leaving. imagine the couple joining the bonfire for a little while before grabbing their suitcases out of cabins 3&6 and crossing the border as camp half-blood wishes them luck out in the real world. imagine it all being extremely bittersweet, but they all know the couple will be back next summer.

[valewritessss]

“Annabeth had so much internalized misogyny for hating Rachel”

This is one of those times you keep that mouth shut

[aurora-boreas-borealis]

Chase Randall ballpoint pen studies

[lastsummericons]

IKWYDLS CAST (2024)

[inmyheaddd]

“Don’t you ever feel like, what if the world really is messed up? What if we could do it all over again from scratch? No more war. Nobody homeless. No more summer reading homework.”

⤷ Annabeth Chase, The Sea Of Monsters

[trans-yllz]

also I've been trying to catch a snake all Fucking summer and today literally As I Was Leaving I finally got one

[demigods-posts]

Reasons why The Last Day of Summer from The Lightning Thief musical is an amazing song:

1.) “What do you do when it’s up to you to choose: has something ended or begun?”  It’s the end of the book, the musical, but Percy has to decide if this is the end of his story. This line does an amazing job at explaining Percy’s dilemma.

2.) “Do I stay because it’s safer? Back to the home I left behind. I could stay and train for a peace of the action, but what about peace of mind?” In Good Kid, Percy complains that no has ever asked him if he’d like to come around and stay, but in The Last Day of Summer, the camp directors are asking him exactly that - and he doesn’t have answer. Being a year-round camper allows Percy to strengthen his skillset as a demigod so he can better prepare for a world of monsters, but it requires him to sacrifice the chance to lead a somewhat normal life. I find it admirable that even though he has begun to embrace his godly side, he still has a grasp on his humanity.��

3.) “Perry Johannsson, this means you.” I love this gag that Mr. D deliberately choose to say Percy’s name wrong the entire musical, and also the entire five book series. 

4.) “Sometimes, family is worth the trouble. Believe me.” “I guess we both have a choice to make, Seaweed Brain.” I love the contrast between that moment in Killer Quest when Annabeth calls Percy Seaweed Brain in an attempt to insult him versus in The Last Day of Summer when it becomes almost a mockery of their initial rivalry. Here, Annabeth acknowledges their rocky start, but chooses to not let it define the future of their friendship, and I love that for them. Additionally, Annabeth lets her guard down and briefly confides in Percy, which goes to show that she has begun to trust him and, more so, heed his advice. Their friendship is portrayed so beautifully. 

5.) “Tough last day?” I’m really enjoy all of these callbacks we are getting in this song. When Luke ask Percy ‘Tough first day?’ in Their Sign, Luke has yet to decide if Percy will be a threat to his plan to overthrow the gods. Here, Luke knows Percy is a threat and intends on eliminating him.

6.) “You’re the lightning thief.” “The oracle warned you. ‘Betrayed by a friend.’” Percy saying the title of the show, and Luke quoting the line referring to his betrayal >>>>

7.) “I’ll do anything. I don’t care if I hurt anyone. It doesn’t pay to be a good kid, a good kid, a good son.” This line right here forces the listener to empathize with Luke. While we may not agree with the decision he makes, we understand why he makes them: because he was once was where Percy is. 

8.) “Soon, you’ll see what I did.” Throughout the PJO series, we see Percy have resentment toward Luke for good reasons, but when Percy denies the gods offer in 'The Last Olympian', he, in a round-about way, defends Luke. Even as Percy grows older, he understands Luke’s stance toward the gods and the shitty system they created of sending their kids off to do their bidding. Luke was right. In time, Percy would soon see what he did and why he did it.

The Last Day of Summer is such a beautiful song. The callback to previous songs in the musical, Annabeth and Percy becoming good friends, Luke’s reprise of Good Kid, the foreshadowing that Percy will grow up to understand why Luke is doing what he’s doing. Just, everything about it is so amazing!

[tana-draws]

Buffy Ships I Like But They Get More and More Strange (once again please no spoilers past 6x10)

note that this includes canon pairings and also characters that I think would be cute together but were never together, I’ve only gotten to episode ten of season six so any future ships will be ignored, and ships I like now I may start to dislike or like less due to future events, I have not seen ATS so no ships from that, and it’s by comparative rarity, not by how much I like them. If they were ranked by favoritism, Jenny and Giles would be first <3

Willow and Tara (like it less after Willow manipulated Tara and just became a general megalomaniac, but I liked it in seasons four and five and can appreciate that it was one of the first long term lesbian relationships on TV.)

Xander and Anya (I am worried please just talk to each other about your issues and fears of getting married. You had an entire duet about it. You know from that that you both love eachother but are afraid. Just talk please. Why can no one in this show fucking communicate.)

Jenny and Giles (</3)

Spike and Drusilla (Honestly don’t know whether it’s more or less well liked of a pairing that Jenny and Giles so I just put them after them. Dealers choice or something.)

Buffy and Cordelia (were never actually together and both presumably straight but I think the idea is cute <3)

Spike and Joyce (Spyce? Not major into this I just had the idea a couple days ago and was like “lol that would be cute.” Joyce and Spike’s interactions in Lover’s Walk were cute and Joyce should get to have a relationship with someone who isn’t a murderous robot.)

[hermemescabin]

Did Percy see Annabeth on her 16th birthday I NEED TO KNOW

[tarantula-wizard]

im so happy the bugs are coming back

[lastsummericons]

[showbizndentertainment]

Madelyn Cline and Chase Sui Wonders on the set of I Know What You Did Last Summer in Sydney, Australia.

[all-pacas]

so in epic fail the patient informs us foreman has only 3 facebook friends

one is probably 13 (until she dumps and unfriends him at the end of the episode). who are the other two. probably cameron? definitely not chase

[burningcomputerpersona]

Theres a bird inside your ribcage..... I keep trying to forget...

WELL I DREW A LINE IIIINNN THE SAAANND

WITH THESE WORTHLESS FUCKING HAAAANNDS

I DREW A LINE IIINNNN THE SAAANND

YOU WASHED IT AWAY AGAAAIIIIIINNNNNN