#dark!Percabeth

[shadows-flames-and-ink]

Before I start, I just want to say that I have nothing againts the PJO books. They've been my comfort series since I was 10 years old.

That being said, I've always had a deep interest in dark!Percy and dark!Percabeth. I can think of a few things in particular that could've gone down differently in awesome ways;

1. What if Percy found blood/poison control in the first series? We could've had him, not only invulnerable, but tearing monsters and titans apart from the inside out. Like, imagine if he was deuling Luke/Kronos, then he sees Annabeth get hurt, so he just reaches his hand out, and we read about watching pure fear enter his eyes, as ichor slowly drips from his weak spot, then after the "supernova" light stuff of the curse, his entire body falls apart. The Olympians find Kronos absolutely mutilated, and the prophesy becomes whether or not Percy will take his chance to burn Olympus himself and kill the gods, ending the abusive cycle without risking the people he cares about. Plus, then Annabeth would get to build her real dream city, without the guidelines of the obnoxious gods. You can't look me in the eye and tell me Annabeth, with all her hubris, wouldn't consider the chance of limitless possibiliteis with godly materials to be worth taking. She would totally be down for burning the gods with him.

2. What if Annabeth was taken to CJ instead of Percy? The entire fandom acknowledges Percy would go beyond dark if that happened, but immagine the specifics! Jason, Piper, and Leo arrive at camp, hearing legends of the Titanslayer, the boy who was once the kindest of them all. Clovis shows them memories of Percy being a big brother for the younger campers, being the best friend to everyone, adorably romantic and sweet with Annabeth... and then they meet him. Without Annabeth, his tie to the mortal world after the Achilles Curse, he feels nothing, numb to the world. He spends his days in the training arena, his nights hunting monsters in the woods. He can't be killed or fought, so what does that make him? They would call him a god, but even gods bleed. He hears about Jason, Piper, and Leo going on a quest and comes along without question or invitation, slaughtering everything between him and what he hopes is his reunion with the love of his life, including the giants, which brings me to...

3. What if Percy weaponized ichor? We know he can manipulate godly fluids, but what about really using it? He's fought countless gods and titans, so what if he kept some ichor, even just enough to make a knife. He can tear down giants by himself; a demigod using a god as a weapon works, we know because of when he bashed Terminus againts Polybotes face.

PLEASE comment or reblog your own ideas, I would love to see what everyone else thinks.

[lilislegacy]

frank: let me get this straight. thalia and jason’s domain is the sky, percy’s domain is water, and hazel and nico’s domain is basically the underground?

annabeth: yes

frank: but… can’t percy also create storms? that have clouds and lightning and thunder?

annabeth: yes

frank: and… and can’t percy also create earthquakes and make volcanoes erupt?

annabeth: yes

frank: so… in a way, doesn’t that mean everywhere is percy’s domain?

annabeth: yes.

annabeth: but don’t tell him. he hasn’t had that realization yet

[mydairpercabeth]

oh gods im not gonna survive the mutual pining era

[demigods-posts]

we stan power couples that go dark together. yes, i mean percabeth. yes, i mean percy and annabeth crying as they comfort each other through violent nightmares about terrors from the two wars they fought in and their treck through the deepest part of hell. yes, i mean percy and annabeth fighting with so much rage in their bones that they're both banned from playing capture the flag. yes, i mean percy and annabeth slowly but surely descending into madness with each funeral they attend. yes, i mean percy and annabeth having to sit through an intervention with their closests friends and family regarding their concern for their well being. yes, i mean percy and annabeth reaching the point of no return. i need it. i need it. i need it.

[eir-trixa]

Okay, this was probably already said before and I might be slow in this uptake but don't you think that Annabeth's fear of Percy controlling poison in HoH is less because she fears him using that against Akhlys or against her or anyone, but more on that she was getting flashbacks of Luke as Kronos and how the same kind of anger and unlimited power lead him to betray his family and leave her behind?

I think to see that same thing that happened to Luke happen to someone she loved as much as Percy was what triggered her. Cause she's already seen Percy harness so much power before, probably had the front seat to most of his feats. But seeing the same anger as Luke's - which Percy already admitted to having understood in MoA - and having been presented power great enough to allow him to get revenge was probably the combination that threw her off like... that's not Percy. If he continues to that same path she's gonna lose him, like she did her older brother.

[westanovencleaner]

"percy takes annabeth's last name—"

"annabeth takes percy's last name—"

"they combine last names—"

"they don't even get married because of hera—"

give me a crackfic where percy and annabeth kill zeus and hera and anyone who stands in their way just to get married, and, in killing zeus and hera, they become gods, eliminating the last name problem because they won't even HAVE last names as gods

[desikanya]

What if...

What if the fictional characters think about us too? What if they feel as excited as we are to meet them when we open their book to read? What if they feel empty when we close the book? What if we are their favorite reader? What if they loved us too but we are real for them? What if...

[hibiscusspunweb]

Percy Jackson headcanons Part 3

-Percy has a siren’s voice. When he sings or hums, the attention of anyone in the vicinity is drawn to him.

-Also, Percy is definitely a huge Queen fan

-Annabeth has a spray bottle of salt water 

-Jason  listens to classical music (he just looks like he would)

-Reyna is a fucking demon at pillow fights for some unexplained reason

-Thalia likes strawberry Mentos 

-Also has a dart board up with a picture of Luke in the center (she consistently hits her mark)

-Leo sleeps in a fetal position 

-Frank likes stormy weather and stratus clouds 

-Also a frequent user of “gee willickers” or “golly gee”

-Will is an avid Beatles listener 

-Austin always has cork grease in his pocket 

-His favorite fruit is the mango as well

-Leo listens to Tyler, the Creator

-Frank occasionally listens to Viking music  (no explanation why)

-Nico loves analog horror 

-Will watches it with him

-Piper HATES harpies after her several encounters with them

-The Poseidon cabin occasionally gets flooded (via Percy)

-The Athena cabin is either really neat and organized or cluttered with blueprints, armor, etc.

-The Demeter cabin figured out how to grow blue raspberries 

-They also grow all kinds of weird fruit 

-Leo makes fake accounts on dating apps for shits and giggles

-Percy once threw an apple at Annabeth and she caught it. 

-The Apollo cabin’s walls are plastered with musical posters 

-Will smells like cough syrup 

[amyhasbluescreen]

Artemis in TOA > TTC

Guess who didn't realise there was like 50 books before she started reading Percy Jackson, this girl. Anyway I'm on The sun and The stars and then I have the Kane chronicles and magnus chase then I'm free. (idk what ill do with myself)

[patheticbatman]

I haven't seen any posts about this yet but l've seen some fan art that makes me feel this needs to be said:

Don't forget Leah Sava Jeffries has darker skin when making Annabeth Chase fan art!

She is much closer to Lupita Nyong'o than Zoe Kravitz when it comes to shading, reflection, and complementary color usage :).

Lighting for dark skin is different on light skin. Light skin gets changed by lighting, and dark skin reflects the lighting. Below is a lovely shot of Nyong'o's character from Wakanda Forever in mourning. The filmmakers emphasize the umber qualities of her skin in contrast to the funereal white and (arguably harsh) light across her shoulder below.

Try to pick spots that aren't directly in or near the light, and try mixing 3 or more! You can put it into a color mixer online, or even color pick, lower the opacity, and lay the shades over each other until you find one that fits. And of course, the more 'realistic' you want to go with shading and lighting, the more shades you're going to want to be able to explore vivaciously :D.

Let's take a look at the same 3 beautiful actresses I mentioned at the beginning, with a bad color picked area and a better-ish color picked area. (Please keep in mind, these are not perfect comparisons, as I was not able to find pictures of all 3 actresses under the same kind of lighting.)

Kravitz's has a clear difference between the two, but they aren't too far apart, in comparison to Nyong’o’s and Jeffries’s. Note the dullness in the poorly picked shades as opposed to the better ones. Also keep in mind that while Kravitz has a rosy undertone (at least in that picture - it’s from The Batman, which has stylized coloring) Nyong’o has a slight cool undertone (I can’t pin down quite what, but the picture is definitely not stylized like Kravitz’s).

Jeffries runs more ochre or russet, but neither of those are pink. They are more red than terracotta or umber, but to call Jeffries’s face rosy would be wrong. Err more towards the golden when drawing her.

^^saved an image from a writing tutorial long ago, but can’t seem to find it. If someone recognizes it, I’ll link it. EDIT: it’s from this post. Thanks @autumnrowancollector ! <3

And also, the darker skin gets, the less likely warm undertones are going to appear. Don't be afraid to use blue or purple or even green on occasion!

Additionally, cool lighting on dark skin is always a win imo.

(I was going to use that picture of Jeffries as Annabeth by the lightning bolt, but then I realized the lighting on her face doesn’t quite match up with where it should hit from that angle, and I realized they kind of just turned everything bluer, so screenshot time!)

(Also if you want another really great live action example, check out anything Aldis Hodge is in, like Leverage and Black Adam)(and of course there’s Spiderverse <3 but I want to post pictures of Hodge)

Now, to here’s a list of more experienced people’s advice:

Black facial features & hair

Shading digitally for a (somewhat) monotone Black character

Stylistic choices and places to start looking for inspiration (besides a search engine).

Coloring Black people’s lips

A better coloration tutorial

Also a nice tutorial for Indigenous skin tones, just in case yall want to draw Piper or use this information for other dark skinned characters :).

EDIT: Some actresses who are closer in skintone to use for Annabeth, provided by the lovely @blackfemmecharacterdependency ! If you can’t find a reference for Jeffries in a specific lighting, maybe check out these ladies’ pictures! It’s a reblog, so scroll down.

TLDR: Don’t make Annabeth pink and pale, make her dark and golden.

[shadows-flames-and-ink]

A few weeks ago I made a post about dark!Percy/Percabeth, but I feel like I could expand on the topic. Particularly, how what they do would be any different from Luke.

While their goals are the same (dethrone/kill the gods), the way they would go about it is completely different:

Luke held a four year long war in his attempt. Dark!Percabeth would do it in a matter of days, if that, thinking and fighting together. They are stronger and smarter than he was, and they work together like a single person because they know each other so well

Luke manipulated and murdered children to get what he wanted, even putting the child soldiers on his side in situations that would almost certainly kill them. Percabeth go just the two of them. They're powerful enough to. Their friends and family mean everything to them, they would never put them in harm's way, so they kill the gods to keep them all safe from pointless quests and immortal grudges

Luke wanted to replace the abusive, negligent, repetitive cycle of the gods with the even worse rule of the Titans. Percabeth wouldn't replace the gods, they just want the safety and happiness that comes with them being gone.

Luke was standing among hundreds of innocent bodies and still thinking he was a hero. He was evil, death, and oppression. Dark!Percabeth is carving "AC <3 PJ" in the back of Zeus' skull, and hanging it above their mantle as they slow dance in the ruins of the system they destroyed. They are love, righteous fury, and freedom

[lilislegacy]

*percy controlling akhlys’ poison to use it against her and choking her on her own tears and saliva*

annabeth: never do it again. never do anything like it again. i’m begging you

many years later

*percy and annabeth’s teenage children being held at knifepoint by enemies, seconds away from being killed*

annabeth: percy, do it

[lesbiantrish]

percy: do you think im scary?

annabeth: scary? oh my god you’re divine

[mydairpercabeth]

One thing I’m really looking forward to seeing is how they convince Percy not to join Luke. Up until the end of episode 4, Percy doesn’t have any faith in his dad or the other gods. He resents them all for abandoning their kids and doesn’t like their excuses. He is disgusted by how Athena treats Annabeth. He detests the whole claiming system and that the gods can just choose to claim them if they feel like it. And he is also being actively targeted by Zeus. What will be the turning point for him to not join Luke?

[demigods-posts]

if stealth's rendition of 'riptide' is the anthem for percy's heroic journey throughout the first series. then i propose there be a female rendition of that version throughout the second series to represent annabeth continuing to tell percy's story when he isn't there to do it himself.

[mmavverickk]

been looking at a lot of betrayal fics recently and man a lot of people underestimate or just completely forget about Percy and Annabeth's five years of friendship before they started dating. and a lot of them completely underestimate Annabeth herself.

how many of them start with Annabeth suddenly deciding Percy isn't worth the trouble? like bitch please if she was going to do that she would have done it in book 1 when he decided fighting the god of war was a good idea.

how many of them have Annabeth as this emotionless puppet master building Percy up and using him for his fame? friend idk how to tell you this, but she spent five years certain he was going to die at 16. she would've chosen some other demigod to turn into a hero and she would have done it beautifully.

how many of them have Annabeth being controlled by some outside enemy forcing her to be horrible? as if she didn't break through Circe's charmspeak and resist her offer of immortality at 13 for Percy?

a realistic betrayal would be Annabeth holding an intervention because she thinks Percy's gone too far, and it driving a wedge between them. a realistic betrayal would be Percy accidentally hurting someone, and Annabeth telling Chiron despite a promise to keep it a secret. A realistic betrayal is Annabeth seeing how Percy's stopped taking care of himself, and telling someone to get him help he doesn't think he needs.

Annabeth would only ever betray Percy for his own wellbeing. gosh i need to write a fic about this.