#festus hoo

[scrrunchi]

My oil painting of Festus and Leo that I've never posted because I thought I wanted to keep working on it (Leo's FACE??) but I probably won't.... it looks finished enough :,)

[milomilesmib]

LEOOOOOOOO

HAPPY NEW YEAR !! Have a lot of fun in 2024 !!

[skogensro]

i'm rereading mark of athena right now and i'm only about halfway through but man leo has so many good scenes <3

(i swear i will draw other characters soon lol)

[valzhanginator]

leo when he saw frank turn into a dragon: "i'm gonna sue for child support"

[lokiwiiiiiii]

still fighting with art block but Leo illustration 👍 (and mini festus)

[blueparsley444]

leo with festus doodle </3

he’s so beautiful in my mind thank you rick for the fantastic books

[zacrisart]

Leo and Festus in Bunker 9

[poppitron360]

HOLYSHITTT THE MOST AWESOMEST HEADCANNON JUST POPPED INTO MY HEAD JUST NOW

Ok so I’m reading HoH rn, and we’ve yet to explain the whole “Festus is alive” thing, and I have a feeling it might not be explained, but I have an explanation for it and oh myy gods-

BECKENDORF.

In tlh, they explain how Beckendorf was the only one who could control Festus, right? And how the dragon went haywire after he died?

Well WHAT IF Beckendorf in Elysium tried for Rebirth and was REBORN INTO FESTUS???!?!?! Like when Piper woke him up and stuff, she called on his soul and his soul BECAME FESTUS. Or maybe before that- idk what the deal is with exactly when Festus became conscious. MAYBE AFTER HE SAW PERCY FALL INTO TARTARUS FOR ANNABETH AND REMEMBERED HIS OWN SACRIFICE AND WANTED TO BE A HERO AGAIN??? MAYBE HE SEES LEO, HIS LIL’ BRO, BEING BADASS AND AWESOME AND HE’S LIKE “I WANNA HELP THAT KID”??? OR MAYBE HE WAS REBORN WAY BEFORE THAT DURING TLH????

Anyway, idc what explanation they give, Festus is the reborn soul of Beckendorf and you can’t convince me otherwise.

Also, sorry for all caps I’m exited shut up

[m-for-now]

Headcanon that Leo has the song "Honey, i'm good" in his distraction working playlist and whenever it comes on, he refers to Festus as the "somebody at home" when that line comes on and him and Festus just have a nice little time enjoying a silly little song

[incorrect-riordanverse]

Hazel: Leo are you okay?

Leo: I’m having one of those headaches with pictures

Frank: Oh my gods he’s having an idea

[wanderingmind867]

Do we ever learn who made Bunker 9? When Festus was created? How and why the bunker was created? I haven't read the Heroes of Olympus books in a good many years, but I don't remember if we ever learned why Bunker 9 was made. And if we still don't know why it was made… perhaps a short story about that is in order? Because I have questions, and I'd kill to read a short story about the birth of Festus. Especially if it's bookended with him and leo being best friends in modern times.

Plus, someone in Bunker 9 sketched out a design for the Argo II and wrote under it "Prophecy? Unclear. Flight?". There's a story there, and I want to know what it is! Was a 19th century hephaestus kid an oracle? Can someone kindly tell the dead person who drew that sketch that they ended up being very helpful in the long run? So many minor things that could be fleshed out into little short stories.

[ottpopfic]

So Wolf Speak is described as a mostly nonverbal body language forward way of talking. So you know who could learn this, Festus. Like my baby boy even has a tail, he could be totally fluent. Leo gains the the power of speaking Machine through his godly gifts, Festus learning Wolf would mean he could talk to everyone not just Leo

Just Jason teaching his step son what is basically his first language, getting to bond with the dragon over it. Featus, who is made of metal and possibly immortal, still getting to talk to people after The Seven+ are gone.

Festus getting to tell stories

[megamindsupremacy]

Behold: my friend group's collaborative and extremely thought-out official Riordanverse character ranking chart. This took over an hour of heated discussion and arguments to work out. The discourse over whether Jack counted as an animal companion or not. Me shouting down the entire room until they let me put Bianca in the Great Tier. The debate over whether we should separate cute and hot into different tiers. The impassioned argument that Khufu counted as a goat and should be in the GOAT tier. The google-images fanart for some of the characters without official art. This thing has it all.

[puzzled-pegasus]

Headcanon that the best sleep Leo can get is laying draped over Festus's back (sometimes even in his mouth) because he has none of the stress of interacting with a person and all of the warmth of cuddling a dragon that mimicks the feeling of touching a warm blooded organic creature

[leo-valdez-is-my-bae]

Friendly reminder that Leo was set on fire and given knives and shit from Tía (Hera) when he was a baby. Then his mom died and he blamed himself for it. His aunt Rosa turned the whole family against him and calling him diablo (the devil). He was put into a foster care system and had an abusive foster mom, Teresa. He jumped from foster home to foster home and always ran away. He once hid under the Houston Bridge for at least a month and in The Lost Hero Leo mentions spending time in the sewers. He learned the hard was that if you're funny, you don't get bullied so that's how he learned to survive. The he went to the Wilderness Camp where he met Piper and Jason and ended up third wheeling them the whole time and feeling left out. Then he got devoted to a seventh wheel to all of his friends and built an entire ship and did so much for them because he felt like if he didn't do that, they wouldn't want him around anymore. Plus he lost his best friend (Festus) and it was his fault. You may now keep scrolling.

[your-stranger-halfblood-things]

Rick Riordan forgot to add this in HOO, but when Leo built the Argo 2, he definitely made it have an arcade and bowling ally