#nico di angelo yay

[pinkcheessee]

nico school doodle this time 💀💀

[sodamnbored]

Nico: *grunting unhappily*

Jason: What’s up bud?

Nico, sighing, rubbing his chest absently: I’m having feelings again. Like some kind of fourteen year old kid or something.

Nico: I mean, you remember feelings, right?

Jason, mildly concerned: Yeah…I have feelings every single day of my life.

[sleeping-at-sea]

It's almost like 3am

Why is it oddly therapeutic to be reading bakudeku fics and listen to my Nico di Angelo playlist

[happyk44]

Nico likes being covered but Jason's the kind of person who throws off all the blankets even when it's freezing so the solution when cuddling is to wrap Nico up in a soft blanket cocoon and then Jason lays on top of him. Nico gets to experience being crushed like he's being buried alive and Jason still gets his vibes of absolutely nothing is touching me but the sweet sweet air and maybe my boxers

[hyperfixation-fix]

Aight so.

Just reblogged a post that mentioned Nico canonically having depression (totally agree), but I wanted to talk about my other headcanons around Nico's mental health AND MORE IMPORTANTLY his recovery journey.

(AN IMPORTANT NOTE: I'm very wary of talking about headcanons involving mental illness, bc it can easily cross the line into romanticising mental illness. I grew up in that kind of online space, and it's toxic af and makes recovery almost impossible. So I want to emphasise, especially for younger fans who read this - Nico gets better, canonically and in my headcanons. So did I. So will you. It takes work, and often it's not a painless or pretty process, but it's so much better than letting yourself rot away in the dark. Romanticise being well, being happy, and getting better.)

In my head, Nico is autistic. But I think he's been so traumatised and so dissociated for so long that he doesn't even really realise how much things affect him, how much easier things could be if he gave himself permission to be the way he is.

FOR EXAMPLE. I think he is specifically very sensory-sensitive, but he's so disconnected from his body and brain that he doesn't really realise it. He just always feels Bad™️ and has never been safe enough to figure out why. So then, once he gets comfortable at CHB and really starts to finally feel safe and present, he starts to slowly untangle things bit by bit. Will is a big part of this - he's very intuitive and notices stress queues in Nico before Nico even realises he's stressed.

It starts off with Will noticing Nico avoiding crowds, which isn't necessarily weird for a kid who spent the last several years with ghosts, but then he realises it's not actually the people that bother him. It's the noise. Like, Nico avoids the Apollo Cabin as much as possible, even when it's completely empty except for Will, bc it's constantly got music playing a little too loud. Nico doesn't even really know why he doesn't like it and doesn't really bother thinking much about it, but Will is like "huh that's interesting". And, as he gets closer with Nico, that pattern becomes more and more apparent - in noisy places, Nico becomes tense and guarded, but in quiet places he's more relaxed. Then Will notices Nico's sensitivity to textures. Some clothes are consistently "grumpy Nico clothes" and some are "happy Nico clothes".

Will decides to run little experiments, making subtle changes around Nico and taking note of Nico's reaction. For example, suggesting Nico change clothes before a date because "I like the black jeans better" ie "the black jeans are a softer denim and stiff denim makes you grumpy". Or swapping out Nico's sheets bc "whoops my bad, I was practicing wound cleaning and spilled supplies all over them! But don't worry, I've replaced them with a new set so it's all good," ie "your sheets were cheapass 100% cotton and rough af and that's why you haven't had a good night's sleep like, ever, so here's a high-quality satin (or whatever, idk fabrics) set that probably won't bother you as much." And lo and behold, Nico sleeps like a baby every night after that. Or orchestrating a whole plan to get Nico into the Apollo Cabin when it's quiet (music gets turned low, siblings are threatened with weeks of dish duty if they don't keep it down), and seeing if he's less on edge. AND HE IS.

And eventually Nico picks up on Will's increasingly elaborate accommodation experiments (Will is simply having way too much fun at this point - he feels super sneaky, finds it hilarious that Nico still isn't noticing, and also just loves seeing Nico less stressed out) and is like "Solace I know you're up to something, out with it or else." And at that point Will is like "ok bet" and pulls out a fucking spreadsheet (Annabeth taught him how to use excel (yeh I know demigods don't vibe with tech but this is my headcannon so deal with it) with great joy and little-to-no interest in why he actually wanted to learn) with a bunch of Nico's triggers and sensitivities and the success rates of different accommodations. Nico is like "I'm actually going to kill you, you've been fucking with my brain for months????" but is barely containing how curious he is and how sweet he actually finds it that Will has thought so much about how to make Nico happy. But Will knows, especially when Nico, even while grumbling, takes the spreadsheet with him.

The next day Will presents Nico with a present he was saving for the final big-reveal: some loop earplugs or something similar. Discrete and practical 😌 Will just leaves them next to Nico's bed with a cute lil sticky note that says "Before you orchestrate my untimely demise as promised, give these a go. Consider it the last request of a dead man walking ;) love you Neeks x".

And that's that. The earplugs make a massive difference, much to Nico's surprise and Will's smug satisfaction, and from then on Nico starts to reconnect with himself and gets better and better at recognising things that make him more comfortable, and using them. Will considers his experiment over (a resounding success, of course), but is unwaveringly supportive and helpful as Nico figures stuff out.

Lol that became very long sorry, but it made me happy to write it out hehehe

[thewrongwarrior]

Give me things to draw and I will draw them 🙏(pjo/hoo related stuff lol)

[yonemurishiroku]

Never over that idea about Nico and Apollo’s shared custody which is a child of Plague.

[leo-dragontamer]

[algumaideia]

Chapter summary: Interesting how things work, right?

[pinkcheessee]

son of hades

[sodamnbored]

Nico, entering the room: Do you have a minute?

Jason, sitting up and putting aside what he was doing: Sixty of them an hour, and all of them for you.

[nerd-at-sea5]

ok i was trying to refrain from posting abt tsats until i’d finished it but.

EVERYONE IS QUEER AND I LOVE IT

[awful-amateur]

Part one of my new Solangelo Headcanon! (Also on my Pinterest, which is SorryIShipSolangelo- have a good day!)

[allthefunnystuffistaken]

THE SUN AND THAT STAR IS OUT TODAY BUT I CANT READ IT UNTIL IT COMES IN THE MAIL SO NOW IM SAD. BUT STILL THE SUN AND THE STARRRRRRR

[thebhorror]

Summary: Nico has finally come to terms with the fact that he and Will have to go to Tartarus.

He must now come to terms with the fact that he will also probably die there.

chapter three: picking at bones, at what’s left of your misery

        Nico gets advice from a god and comes to a terrible conclusion.