#nero pjo

[mothmanavenue]

//The Dark Prophecy, The Trials of Apollo

Parallel loves

[wu-does-art]

[the-goddess-of-gays]

this sounds like a line from a solangelo crackfic but it's a canonical interaction from tower of nero and it's the best thing ever

(or, reason #4395 why I adore will solace)

[moodyseal]

"What happened between book 4 and 5?" lots of shenanigans that's what ‼️

[lavenderfairiez]

I just finished ToA last night and here are some things I don't see nearly enough people talking about, specifically about the end of ToA so if you haven't read it this is your spoiler warning!!!

• Apollo not feeling right in his godly form and uncomfortable around the other olympians (not including Artemis)

• LEO CALLING JO "MOM" 🥺 (and Emmie and Jo in general) BUT HE HAS TWO MOMS NOW I LITERALLY STARTED CRYING ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT

• Apollo visiting Percy and Annabeth in New Rome!!!

• AND they talk about Jason!!!!!! Annabeth cried herself to sleep

• honestly Apollo's whole battle with Python that shit was so cool

• obligatory fuck Calypso

• REYNA CALLING LEO "HERMANO" 🥹

• Meg standing up to Nero in his throne room!!! I LOVE HER SO MUCH

• Rick's infallible ability to put EVERY. SINGLE. FUCKING. CHARACTER. in a relationship 💀 PEACHES HAS A LOVE INTEREST NOW???????? LET CHARACTERS BE SINGLEEEEE

• HAZEL'S CURSE IS GONE AND SHE CAN JUST LIKE USE HER JEWELS NOW!!! and Frank wants an engraved diamond necklace that says "H+F Forever" I love him so much...

• while we're on the topic of Frank!! WHY DOES NO ONE EVER TALK ABOUT HIS SACRIFICE AT THE END OF THE TYRANTS TOMB??? Like I knew that he would be fine but I still started like tearing up

• THE ARROW OF DODONA!!!

• how completely unaffected Zeus is by Jason's death??? Fuck you Zeus.

• Apollo's new kids at camp!!!

[mooni]

in canon, apollo invented the honey, he gay meme. not only is this one of the most meta things across the entire franchise, the way he phrases it makes it sound like in the pjo verse, the meme actually went viral. apollo is canonically a fucking memelord and i could not be happier

[arihuntress]

Would there be a Trials of Apollo animated series. I think this would be the poster for anouncing the "COMING SOON" of Tower of Nero.

Fake News: Tower of Nero!

Coming soon into theatre….

[the-eclipse-is-in-me]

Apollo being REAL

Apollo is forever the REALEST of these lines

[overheard-at-camp-half-blood]

I never noticed this on the back of Tower of Nero. I always thought they were just reviews

[siingomuse]

some of the book names in pjo/hoo/toa are actually FIRE mate like. "the lightning thief" that's actually so fire???? "the titans curse"??? that's so epic bro like. that's so cool "the battle of the labyrinth"?? that would be the COOLEST band name mate "mark of athena" like. greek mythology song named that WHEN?? and ALL of the book names in Trials of Apollo? FIRE "the hidden oracle" thats so awesome like WHAT??? "the dark prophecy" fire song name "the burning maze" aidoneus song drop named that when?? "the tyrant's tomb" call your band that drop the songs and I would be your NUMBER 1 listener like thats so cool "tower of nero" fire shit mate rick you were COOKING with these names

[tsartistry]

rachel just wants to sleep you guys

[guardianspirits13]

This is what happened, right?

[the-goddess-of-gays]

canon rick calling nero a bastard in one of the trials of apollo haiku will never not be funny to me

[tristybear]

"I muttered a curse that would not have been appropriate for the ears of a youngster like Meg, except that Meg had taught me this particular curse."

I can not get over how much I love Meg's character.

[kermitthesog]

the fact that when Apollo turns back into a god, he feels more comfortable in his Lester form than his “perfect, muscular” Apollo form. Each person he visits, he visits as Lester. Because it makes him feel comfortable. Compact. Safe. And even he says that a life watching Meg grow up beside him wouldn’t be so bad. He’s genuinely sad.

I’d like to think that he stays in Lester form when doing small, stupid, godly things. To remind him of his six months of pain, suffering, friendship, grief, love, and more pain. To remind himself what it’s like to be human. I’d like to think he visits his old friends a lot, smiling over them as they go along their journey.

what I don’t like to think about, is his life after all of his friends have passed. He spent so much time bonding with his children, Meg, and so much more, and yet I always think about the fact that he will have to see them go. Imagine living for that long after everyone you know and love has gone. Imagine him watching Meg in her last days. Rooting for her. Imagine the grief he goes through when they’re all finally gone. The other gods laugh at him, call him weak. But those six months taught him how to be the best god ever. And that’s why, after TOA, I truly believe he will go through with his promise to Jason, and be more human. Be sensitive. Be caring. Be less arrogant. He knew that when he came back to Olympus, he was different. But he knew that it was in a good way. Part of him was sad to not be Lester anymore.

the character development for Apollo is out of this world. It is phenomenal. I love him so much. He’s my favorite god. He’s human.

[lady-menrva]

Honestly, I've liked Lester from the get go. It was so refreshing to see a character who actually had a layered personality, and was so much more than self-insertion or self-projection, a real breath of fresh air. People keep saying his arrogance made him unlikeable; as a person maybe, but I liked how towards the end of The Hidden Oracle he atleast tries to see that the world doesn't revolve around him. Also he was an extremely important, celebrated, and revered god in the Greek pantheon, so it does make sense for him to have such an over inflated sense of self.