#hoh girls

[ofswordsandpens]

actually I also wanna talk about the part where Percy convinces Bob to kill Hyperion because even though Percy never says anything outright sinister, the way he handles the entire situation with such cool ease, playing on Bob’s emotions... its so insane???

Because Annabeth’s reaction to the three of them encountering Hyperion reforming is: “oh this is bad we need to get out of here” She knows if Bob remembers himself, that it's not going to play out well for Percy and her. She also thinks about how they're being pursued and don't have a lot of time. Her solution to the problem, seemingly, is to leave.

But Percy's solution is to work the situation to his advantage. He re-affirms Bob's loyalty to him:

Percy then re-establishes Bob's moral code: "Some monsters are good. Some are bad. This Titan is bad. He tried to kill me and a lot of people. He's not good like you are."

And it ends with Percy leaving the choice of whatever to do with Hyperion to Bob but of course, is it really what Bob chose to do? Bob decides to kill Hyperion. It's not what he may have done, if Percy hadn't intervened. But it's exactly what Percy was oh-so-sweetly leading Bob to do.

And listen, I'm not claiming that it was exactly morally bankrupt of Percy to take advantage of a once-evil titan who could get him and his girlfriend through hell in one piece. Percy, Annabeth, they manipulate monsters and enemies all the time. Annabeth ended the previous book with manipulating Arachne into weaving her own web. So it's not exactly like she's against using manipulative tactics, in theory.

But Bob, at this point, is not just some monster. He is so painfully sincere in his belief in Percy and their friendship, so yes, it does feel a bit sinister whenever Percy uses Bob... and he really uses Bob.

And I think what makes the scene so unsettling, it isn't just that Percy manipulated Bob, its how well Percy manipulated him. He manipulates Bob so well that Percy doesn't even have to kill Hyperion... because Bob does it for him. He manipulates Bob so well, that Annabeth couldn't tell if Percy was purposefully trying to manipulate the situation. (Newsflash, he most definitely was). Like holy shit.

[houseofheroesau]

Time being oblivious gives me life 😂

[aroaceleovaldez]

i still think a lot about how technically, it's implied Anubis and Walt started dating each other before they asked out Sadie, and if Sadie had said she wasn't interested they would have gone "Entirely fair have a nice day" and proceed to just go continue to date each other.

Cause like, that was the entire thing. They decided that themselves. That things would work best if they were together (as in both physically sharing a body and also relationship-wise). The "asking Sadie about it" part was secondary. If she had said no, they would have stayed together, because among other things Walt would kind of die if they didn't. Walt and Anubis are technically the first gay couple in the Riordanverse. AND they're in a polyamorous relationship with Sadie. Why does no one talk about them ever.

[mintcakeart]

came across this pic on pinterest and absolutely couldn’t resist Steddie-ifying it. Plus some punk Steve, as a treat.

[ryukolighter]

Cute drawing of my giiirrrllss, I WISHHH we could have more of them just visiting stuff and being friends without worrying about saving the worlllddd

[bayetea]

just all of this from moa regarding frank/hazel/leo. the most uncomfortable romantic tension ever because nobody understands it and nobody involved wants it to be there

especially "Hazel's eyes glittered like gold. 'Gold is easy,' she said. It didn't seem that way to Leo--not when he looked at her." like we can interpret this in a few ways. what an interesting thing to think about a girl you just met

and the whole "if this is a private special thing that she's only done with her boyfriend then I either really don't want to try it or I really really do want to try it" like STOP cut the cameras

[bigbrotherismyreligion]

Quinn is gonna look back on his time on bb and be like damn I really fucked up my entire game for a girl playing me huh

[paras-atashnak]

how it feels knowing i’ve been right about not only leah’s absolute dumpster fire dog shit of an hoh but her just being a below average big brother player in general

[bklynmusicnerd]

Switching the target to Leah is such a bad move for Makensy because there's no way she convinces anyone that was a move she made for her game as opposed to doing Chelsie's bidding.

It also endangers her going into the double because she loses Leah as a potential target/shield to distract everyone else from targeting her comp beast self.

And I'm not even sure it's a great move to do Leah before Angela for Chelsie because I think Angela, as a result of her perpetual paranoia, is the more aware of the two when it comes to the power dynamics. She currently seems to see Chelsie's game a lot more clearly than Leah does.

[skyhawkstragedy]

[whoblewboobear]

Mhm mhm this is the start of T’Kor’s winning streak straight to the final 🥵💖

[fizzytoo]

[artemx746]

Calypso was great in BotL but as soon as Rick decided she should be with Leo she got so much worse

[versacethotty]

l*ke incident aside… why is this season kind of eating rn?

[kylejsugarman]

"i bet the next girl of the year is going to be gay or trans!!" american girl doll hasn't even made a girl of the year who wears Glasses.

[pronetowandersblog]

Hoh Rainforest - Hall of Moss. 🌲