#percabeth reincarnation au

[percabethsong]

Ok, I wanted to talk about Annabeth being the reincarnation of Odysseus.

First of all, yes, Annabeth and not Percy. Here's why: they have the same fatal flaw (hubris), fight in similar ways (relying heavily in words and tricks), as well as this comparison being made in the Sea of Monsters itself several times, in which Annabeth (Odysseus) calls herself Nobody (again) to the Cyclops, is the one that wanted to tied herself to listen to the sirens (I know that part was changed in Epic, but let's pretend not for the sake of the intention of the comparison in the book), etcetera. In addition, I know Percy going insane when someone hurts Annabeth is something the whole fandom agrees, which is something he and Odysseus share, but let's be honest, Annabeth does not play about him neither. I would say she went even more nuts about him missing in HOO than he did when she went missing in Titan Curse. Percy could also totally be Penelope, considering their loyalty.

That being said, what I wanted to focus on this post is Athena, and how she made the same mistake again with another version of her protégée, this time her daughter. If we consider that the events of Epic are what happened in PJO, not only Athena (or Minerva, so close enough) abandoned Odysseus again in The Mark of Athena, but she said to Annabeth that she wished Odysseus was there because he would understand the map (that's a line about that in the book). She compared Annabeth to Odysseus, not realising they are the same soul.

Also, if the events of Epic happened in PJO, then it means Athena gave up of creating a world where people held each other with a little more empathy, like she said she wished to do in "I can't help but wonder". She had probably tried for a few centuries, became kinder. I even think that might be why she started to have demigods children: to a child of Athena to be born she needs a real connection with a mortal, which she didn't allow herself before Odysseus. However, with the pass of time (my personal belief is that the Romans treatment towards her would be a main factor in that), she went back to be colder. She has a ruthless father who didn't support her mission to be kinder and told her to be away from her kids, as well as humans who didn't pay her the same respect as they used to.

Then it came Annabeth, this child, her child, who is her favourite, and part of that it's because she reminds her of her favourite champion, her first friend, even if she doesn't acknowledge that. Unaware to her, they are the same person, and this time she's his mother. This version of Odysseus looks up to her so much because her mortal family couldn't understand her and she still carries the admiration Odysseus felt towards her, but without any of the bad memories.

And yet.

Yet Athena breaks her (his) trust again. Yet Athena disapproves Percy (Penelope), who in any life, Odysseus (Annabeth) would do anything for. More than that, Athena is one of the main reasons that Annabeth took so long to accept Percy as the love of her life.

So Annabeth (Odysseus) resents her again, and when Athena realises who her daughter is (because I am sure she would eventually) it's already too late. She made the same mistake, and she can hear a voice in her head calling her "Selfish and prideful and vain", but this time, this voice sounds like Annabeth's.

[literallyjustforlurking]

Fight Little Wolf (Wolves)

The idea is that Jason is Telemachus reincarnated. This would make the beef between Percy and Jason on the Argo hilarious because it's like Jason's version of a teenage rebellion but also Jupiter having to deal Poseidon claiming Jason as his grandson. Because obviously any version of Poseidon's son is his son even if it's before his son exsisted. (He still refuses to acknowledge Odysseus as his son-in-law)

Athena is cooing over having her nephew/little brother back. Hermes and Poseidon are arguing over whose grandson Jason is.

Jason does not want to be anybody's grandson. Jason gets no say in this.

The best part though is when Annabeth and Jason are stuck in CHB for months while Percy is in his coma. Jason/Telemachus finally understands how his dad felt the entire time he was away from them. Annabeth/Odysseus doesn't understand why they can't just have their family together for one day, please.

Percy keeps hearing about this Jason dude at CJ and something about him makes a shiver runs up Percy's spine. Percy (incorrectly) identifies this as hatred. It is infact Penelope just being really upset that people keep forcing responabilites upon her son.

Because of this Percy is kinda hostile towards Jason when they first meet. Jason (who is excited to see his mother, the woman who raised him, who protected him from the suitors and who he protected in turn, the only solid presence in the first twenty years of his life) totalty doesn't break down crying when Percy gives him a slightly unimpressed look when they first get to New Rome, Why Would You Say That?

Neptune is really confused on when he got a grandson but is also will to fight Mercury over grandparental rites just for the lols.

Athena is planning on duking it out with Hera for mentorship rites.

I also have the feeling Hera really likes Penelope, who in Hera's opinion is the perfect mortal wife, so she is willing to co-parent Jason with her and just cut Zeus out of the equation entirely. Hera is not willing to share with Athena.

Odysseus!Annabeth is not willing to share with Hera who not only kidnapped Percy but also used magic to force Jason to be with Piper cheat on Reyna. This all reminds Odysseus!Annabeth way to much of Circe and Calypso and, just like everything else in her and Percy's lives, is giving the poor girl war flashbacks.

(I don't know whether or not Reyna and Jason were actually dating before Jason was taken but I think it would be funnier if they weren't and Odysseus!Annabeth is just desperatly projecting while Jason is despertly projecting becasue I just got you back please don't piss off another major olympian we're demigods I won't survive the ten years it takes for you to get back home)

Did this entire idea come from a post I saw that called Jason Lupa's little wolf? Yes, your point?

[newlyfoundwren]

More food for the Percy and Annabeth are Penelope and Odysseus reincarnated au/theory:

Annabeth is an architect. Odysseus built the palace around the olive tree/marriage bed

[wrensflight]

Percabeth Reincarnation AU

UHH,

500 more words of a different take on the percabeth reincarnation au by @literallyjustforlurking

This is still in progress, but I wanted to share here before It ended up another short fic and while it was still a drabble!

Hades knew when souls should enter his realm, at least, the important souls. He was waiting for a set, they should be here any day now. Together, never separated since the 20 year journey the husband had made.  

They never arrived. 

His brothers were never going to let him live this down. 

When Sally Jackson fell in lust with the sea god, she didn’t really consider how the sins of the father would pass onto her son. Percy was such a sweet boy, but Sally was warned to try and keep her son from learning too much about the gods too young. Scared it would draw in monsters she trued to foster other interests in her son, anything but the Greek deities. She often offered soft spoken prayers to her former lover and his wife, aware that someday Percy may have to take refuge under the surface of the water and not wanting to cause strife in her former lover’s home.  She often felt an amused chuckle when she offered prayers to the queen of Atlantis, but short of getting to be there and talk with her, some blue candy would have to make do. 

So when little 5 year old Percy came home from school clutching a picture book copy of the Odyssey Sally’s heart almost stopped. 

“Hunny, what’s that?” She asked her son as he held the book close to his chest at bed time the same night it came home. 

“It’s the story of the man from the dreams mama”. Came her son’s reply

“What dreams hunny?” 

“The island ones! He has to leave home for a big fight and it takes him a really really long time to return!” 

Sally tried to keep her voice calm and a small smile on her face as she talked to her son. “Percy, hunny, are these dreams scary?”

“Not really mama,” He said as he opened the book and started to stare at the pictures. 

The odyssey became his favorite bed time story, Sally hoped the depiction of his father wouldn’t hurt their son as he got older. She also hoped he’d grow out of this phase soon, but the longer Percy’s fascination with the odyssey stayed the more relaxed Sally grew about her son learning about the greek pantheon.  By the time he was swept away in it all he no longer talked about the island dreams, realizing they were something special.  Sally did however add Athena to her small prayer list, If Percy had a connection to Odysseus, He had a connection to the goddess of wisdom. 

Percy always dreamed of a ship sailing away from an island, a loom in a lonely bedroom, and the feeling of sadness and longing. As a little kid he didn’t know what it meant, but as he grew he knew it was special and secret. His mom knew only what he told before he learned to keep his mouth shut.  Percy knew though, that his dreams would lead him somewhere amazing.  The issue? He only knew longing, be it for the water or for something else. 

Annabeth Chase never fit anywhere until she made it to camp, but even camp felt wrong. She was missing something, someone. It was more than just her mother’s approval. She knew she was built… wrong almost. She would look in a mirror and sometimes swear she saw a different person liking back, someone tired, someone who was searching. 

Neither of them noticed the first summer, but Percy and Annabeth both felt better, more settled, after Percy came to camp. 

[exactwriter6016]

Ok guys, so I agree that Annabeth would make a great Odysseus and Percy a great Penelope, their fatal flaws and actions line up so well. But the fates like screwing people over and making things incredibly uncomfortable, and that is why they would make Odysseus the son of his enemy who murdered his friends and Penelope the daughter of her husbands patron. This isn’t based on personality, but how much the fates like screwing with them.

Feel free to add more scenarios in the notes! I love hearing them, also leave comments about what you think about my idea! 😊

Imagine Percy having a panic attack on Calypso’s island and he has no idea why.

Imagine Annabeth trying to kill Calypso immediately when Leo rescues her from the island, cursing about a “husband stealing bitch.”

Imagine the internal war Posiden is having over his favorite son being his least favorite mortal.

Imagine Annabeth winning the weaving contest with Arachne because of the weaving she did as Penelope.

Imagine Percy singing to Annabeth that he is not the man she fell in love with after Ahklys incident and how he has done awful things and Annabeth singing how she will always love him.

Imagine Annabeth having a panic attack being so close to the suitors in BOO, and as soon as Percy hears who she is going undercover amongst he rushes to her using the waves to go faster than he ever has before. Annabeth is curled up into a corner behind a pavilion, her eyes glazed over, rocking muttering, “They are going to kill me son.” While Jason, who doesn’t know about the reincarnation yet, thinks she is just having a dream.

Imagine Posiden’s face when they are fighting the anti-Posiden giant and the giant is begging for mercy and Percy without realizing it says, “Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves” and killing him.

I also think that the way they should remember being Odysseus and Penelope is in Tartarus with Ahklys’s death mist putting them on the brink of death, and when they see each other like that something snaps and they remember their past lives. Also that way Annabeth would be a lot more chill with Percy killing Ahklys because she had already seen her husband’s feral side when he killed the suitors, she would still be apprehensive, but not terrified of him, and if Annabeth said a single word to try to get Percy to stop he would stop immediately. (Also this isn’t to say Annabeth was wrong about being kinda scared of Percy’s poison bending in canon, but I always loved the idea of her being a bit more on board with it.)

In conclusion, I believe Percy is Odysseus and Annabeth is Penelope only because the fates like messing with them, (I also love the other way around, but I feel like I needed to vent my Odysseus!Percy and Penelope!Annabeth heart a little bit) Anyway thanks for coming to my TedTalk!

[exactwriter6016]

Imagine Odysseus!Percy and Penelope!Annabeth where Percy is being told about the gods and goddesses and the characteristics their kids have, and so Percy goes up to Annabeth and says, “Hi I’m Percy Jackson, they told me that your name is Annabeth Chase.” And Annabeth says, “Yeah I’m Annabeth Chase, daughter of -“ and Percy stops her cause he wants to guess and says, “Daughter of Aphrodite right.” And Annabeth gets kinda mad that he thought she was one of those airheads, and she asks Percy why he thought that, and he says, “They told me that children of Aphrodite are unbelievably beautiful, and you are obviously the most beautiful girl in the camp.” He says it with such sincerity and without a touch of animosity or sarcasm, and Annabeth is stunned and blushing like a mad woman, while Percy’s mind catches up to his mouth and he turns bright red. Annabeth has no idea how to respond, so she just mutters “You talk in your sleep” and runs off, and Percy can’t believe he just said that and Annabeth’s crippling self doubt, a result of her dad’s terrible parenting, is momentarily lessened, because this cute boy who just defeated the minotaur thought she was so beautiful, and years later when they get their Odysseus and Penelope memories back, Annabeth is laughing so hard that he managed to make her fall for him the same way twice without him even realizing it.

Very silly thing but I have this Epic stupid hc where when Ody went to Sparta as a suitor (mostly just to watch the chaos) the only thing he knew about Helen was that she was the most beutifull mortal woman in the whole world.

So when they enter and see the whole Spartian Royal Family waiting he sees Penelope and thinks she has to be Helen as she is clearly the prestiest. At this point he still isn't in love. But he is pretty sure she is Helen.

So they keep finding each other and talking and Ody is soon pretty in love and talking all about how he knew Helen was gorgeus but not that she was funny and smart and the guys are like "wow he is already talking to Helen" because the king still didn't made proper introducions so Helen is only talking to the guys she really likes.

Then the official introduction between the suitors and Helen happens and Odyseus fully thinks it's some sort of test and is like "this is not Helen, that's Helen" *points to Penelope who is just there to cheer for her cousin and is pretending to not be disapointed the guy she was talking for weeks was here for Helen* and everyone else is like "what" and Helen is "no that's my cousin Penelope" and Odysseus just blurts out "but they said to look for the most beutifull woman around" Penelope blushes hard. And that's how Odysseus absolutely fails in conquering the heart of Helen of Sparta (and everyone is pretty okay with it).

[anotheroceanid]

God, now that I think about it, wasn't Annabeth Percy's first kiss? And isn't she her reincarnated daughter in the Athenide au? This is actually so funny, like, let's go full ancient greeks here baby, and firmly pretend that never happened

Well, I usually keep percabeth 100% platonic in my fics, but if it happened that would be so awkward for them omg

[hauntedwizardtree]

Looking for a good title for my Percy Jackson is Odysseus Reincarnated (with Daemons) fanfic (Might Recycle one of these for my Penelody!Percabeth AU)

[clare-with-no-i]

20 q's for fic writers

thank you sooo so much for tagging me @kay-elle-cee I unfortunately could not approach this in a completely earnest fashion due to who I am as a person, so everyone please take this slightly ersatz set of answers with all of the love I intend…which is a lot I swear…

AO3 Username: clarewithnoi (pronounced 'clare with no eye')

1. How many works do you have on A03? lol I keep orphaning stories when they annoy me but for now 37 (I think?)

2. What’s your total Ao3 word count? 403,419…what is this word city

3. What fandoms do you write for? Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, others which I have not published lol

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

not the statistics page!!!!!!! john mulaney voice that's the thing I'm sensitive about!!!!!!

one long day (all my love will make you shake) at 1,151 WOW my god I did not realize it had surpassed 1k!!! did I know that? holy shit!

I will carry you, always at 873 ok this is also shocking but I do know that my they-lived AUs tend to be more popular and they're older so they've had time to accumulate hits

foreigner's god at 701 still can't believe this <3

theogony at 682 (!!)

growing pains at 675 another they-lived AU! I really carved out a niche early on

5. Do you respond to comments? don't look at me…I always want to…I swear I just get overwhelmed…put the gun down please…

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? uhhhh jesus idk, probably the derelict art of letting go? I don't write a lot of angst but I guess that one is on the sadder side

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? foreigner's god! or I will carry you always! in one of them I contend with reincarnation and shared grief and second chances at life. in the other one they hook up in the DADA classroom. so it's a toss-up

8. Do you get hate on fics? not really, and given the number of public fights I've had on this account you'd think that people would take their dislike of me to ao3 more often, but everyone's been remarkably charitable in that regard. thanks guys <3

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? only if I can exorcise personal trauma through it. or if it's 2020 and I'm dissociating in my studio apartment.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written? no and no one say theogony or I'm turning this bus around

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? yessiree and it was not pleasant!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? yes! a few! the ones with my permission were lovely. the ones without my permission not as much.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? naur…

14. What’s your all time favorite ship? it's like a three-way tie between jily, percabeth, and zelink tbh! but I've mainly read jily fic in the past few years I think. but this answer can change dependent on me developing a new hyperfixation lmao

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? the last time I answered this question I did it as a joke and then I wrote theogony about it so I'm going to choose peace and just plead the fifth here lest I commit to another wip that'll take three years

16. What are your writing strengths? I do a lot of (an excess of) research, I'm good at description, I am funny when I want to be, I've had some really good prose moments if I do say so myself (I do)

17. What are your writing weaknesses? I am structurally a very weak writer, I can't be succinct, I don't have a great literature background so I never really know what I'm in conversation with and have limited points of reference for writing, I am very bad at writing characters who are subtle about their emotions/romantic feelings, I submit to time pressure and rush myself, the list goes on

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? I've always wanted to write a fic in Spanish omgggg

19. First fandom you wrote for? either Zelink or Percabeth when I was like 12 lol.

20. Favourite fic you’ve written? theogony!

tagging @thequibblah yes I know you've been tagged already. cope <3 and @mipwrites go get 'em champ

[exactwriter6016]

But like imagine this as Percy and Annabeth after Tartarus, oh my god! Also nahteas holy crap you are so talented!

[sakyira]

reincarnation au but instead of Luke it's alabaster after dying and he's reincarnated as percabeths son

(Percy is wondering why his son hates him, while Nico is laughing in the background)

[readsalot1]

Hypothetically, if I were to write a Star Wars EU/PJO crossover fic, would anyone read it? I need motivation! I have lots of ideas but chapter 1 is the hard part, and I haven't managed to get my hands on any Fate of the Jedi books, so I need someone to help me kill off Tahiri in a heroic way (I was planning on when she and Boba are fighting Abeloth, but I have zero context, and a much better understanding of her early characterization than when she's older and kinda darkside). Please comment/offer advice.

The plot bit is going to be a reincarnation AU where Anahiri becomes Percabeth. I thought of it when discussing PJO with friends and remembering how someone tagged Anahiri fanart as Percabeth. Like PJO second chance at life as a reward for a horrible SW one and for helping banish Abeloth?

I want to make sure it's not too niche before really committing.

[literallyjustforlurking]

Handmaidens (To a goddess, to a queen)

When P!Percy shows up on Circe's island O!Annabeth is the one who is on edge, they've been here before. For some reason O!Annabeth recognizes the girl who leads her away to change, she can't tell from where but somehow, this person is familiar.

Circe guides Percy over to the mirror, Percy sees into the past, dressed as an Itican queen, Percy sees into the present a boy dressed like a confident warrior.

As they escape Circe's island, P!Percy makes eye contact with two people, calling out for them is Penelope's instincts, curtsying back is their's. Her handmaidens have returned.

I think it would be really cool to have Reyna and Hylla being some of Penelope's former handmaidens, espically because they also served as Circe's handmaidens while on the island. Originally I was going to going to make Reyna one of Penelope's sisters but I wanted to include Hylla in this and it felt weird if Jason would make out with his aunt (this is also why I'm not going with the obvious idea of Piper being Helen, I don't personally ship Jiper but it still felt weird.)

Or maybe Hylla was one of Penelopes handmaidens and Reyna was her younger sister who grew up Telemachus.

Also it would really complicate P!Percy's relationship with the Romans and the Amazons, considering she used to be the queen of their preator and queen, (respectively).

This might even be their first realization that there are other people out there who were reincarnated and that itself could cause drama.

I still think even with this they would most likely be seperated due to the fates trying to keep the Romans and the Greeks seperate until time is right.

Also it would make Jason and Reyna's relatoinship at CJ much more complicated because (I think) Reyna becomes preator before Jason does so she outranks the person whose mother she once served.

I don't know I just want Penelope!Percy and Circe to sit down and have tea, I feel like after having to put of with all Odysseus's nonsense they deserve it. + in Epic Circe wasn't a bad, bad guy so it could work....

This and all other Percabthe Reincarnation Au content I post is co-brainstorm with @wrensflight

[literallyjustforlurking]

I don't really have much to add to this personally ( @lilislegacy hit So Many good points) but I do agree! I got some hate DMs when me and @wrensflight were working on the Percabeth!Epic reincarnation AU because people thought that comparing Annabeth to Odyessues was distresectpful and dumb because Annabeth was abusive towards Percy and Odysseus would never treat Percy as bad as Annabeth treats Percy.

It was anon so I can't really do anything besides ignore it but honestly I just want to tell people a) let people ship whatever they ship, you can dislike it and you can make posts about why you dislike the ship but leave other users out of it! And Anon hate is never okay! We all know this by now!

And b) these are fictional characters. Calm down. "Omg people these days need to learn media literacy because Percabeth is a toxic relationship and you should not be writing fic glorifying it." Okay, there are tons of fictional relationships that are far more toxic and far more loved! You have no right to tell me what I can and cannot write!

I ship Percabeth becuase I love them! But I've read, and loved, fanfics and headcannons that either included anti-percabeth/anti-annabeth content or even were about anti-percabeth/anti-annabeth content! Just because I disagree doesn't mean that I dislike it!

Like I agree with OP some of things in Percabeth (The judo flip and the gut punch) aren't healthy in real life but these are FICTIONAL Non human characters and I'm writing headcanons about an fanfiction AU!

Sorry this was a bit of a rant but it just kinda hurt my feelings lol

https://www.tumblr.com/fate-of-the-envious/748795886289780736/concerning-snippets-from-pjo-chalice-of-the-gods?source=share

So, I'm neutral on Percabeth, but this post kind of has a point.

Do you have any counter arguments for these points? I want to keep an open mind and you seem like you'd have some good arguments.

Anon, thank you for the ask. I typically don’t respond to requests that want me to talk about someone else’s post, but I have some serious points to make here and I mean business. I am not trying to start anything or call OP out; I am just stating my own personal interpretation of this scene, along with other quotes that I will inform you all of, and the possible issues brought up. Nobody go attack OP. They have a right to believe what they believe and to post what they want.

For those who don’t click the link (though I think you should), the original poster is discussing the scene in Chalice of the Gods where Annabeth pushes Percy off the cliff into the water. The post basically says that Annabeth endangered him by not telling him what was going to happen, pushed him into dirty, unsafe water, and is responsible for him getting harmed and bloodied up. Then they say that this is proof that Percabeth is an unhealthy relationship.

So, I have two major thoughts on this post, and one major problem with it.

My first thought: I think it goes back to the same thing that the judo flip does. Was it the best way to do things? No. But was she abusing him? No.

I feel like people keep trying to act as if Percy and Annabeth are regular human beings. They are not. Can we as a fandom PLEASE stop acting like they have similar experiences, expectations, and physical limitations as regular people? As if they don't almost die on a consistent basis? As if danger isn't part of their everyday life?

The words “push him off a cliff” are alarming to us because we imagine a giant mountainside and immediate death. But that was far from the case here. She pushed him off a little hillside ledge into some water. Could a regular human get hurt from that? Sure. But again: they are NOT human. They are half-god. They are hybrids—humanoids, even. They don't get hurt or feel pain like we do. How many freaking times have they been slammed into concrete walls by giants? Pounced on by huge mythical creatures? Slashed, stabbed, and wounded by vicious monsters? Stuff that would immediately kill any one of us? A LOT. And each time, they are fine.

He is not going to get hurt like we would, and since she's the same way, she knows that.

My second thought, which I cannot stress enough:

She pushed him... into WATER. You know, his godly element—the thing that, when he's in it, puts him at his most powerful state; the same thing that heals any injuries he has; the thing over which he has total control and in which he spends most of his time.

By pushing him into the water, Annabeth put him in the safest possible scenario. Are people not reading the scene? The only way Percy was going to complete the quest (and it had to be him who did it) AND beat the river god was by being in the water. It gives him control over the situation.

Now for my major problem: The original post gives false information and takes everything out of context.

If you actually read the book, you’ll see that Annabeth KNEW he would be able to breathe because the water was not dirty where she pushed him in. In fact, right before he goes in, Percy states that the water below was “clear as glass, free of snakes, and just begging to be canonballed into” (pg. 126). Need I say more? (Don’t worry, I’m about to.)

THEN he says, “On the downside, it was ringed by sheer cliffs, with no obvious way down unless I wanted to ride the rapids downriver through Serpent Town.” So he knew he needed to jump in because that was the safest way for him to get there.

THEN Annabeth suggests, “You could jump in with the staff,” and Percy quite literally says, “Sure,” so now Annabeth knows he’s willing to jump down into it. But then Percy follows with, “The problem is climbing back up.”

However, Annabeth, ever so prepared, pulls out a rope. So Percy does have a safe way back up. She’s got him.

Then Percy remembers the river god and suggests that they take some time and make a plan, but then, from afar, they hear Grover start playing music, which means the deadly snakes were now all after Grover. Percy then goes, “The clock has started. Grover is in trouble.” And Annabeth says, “Times up.” That’s when she pushes him over.

He was going to jump in no matter what. That WAS planned. They discussed it. They were going to discuss a plan for what would happen if the river god showed up, but since their best friend was now in danger and both of their priorities were to protect him, they did not have time to make a plan. So Annabeth put the plan in action KNOWING that he would be okay in the water.

The only reason he got hurt—AFTER he landed safely and completely unharmed in the water—was because the river god attacked him, which was going to happen regardless when he tried to mess with the river. And then guess what happens IMMEDIATELY after the river god hurts him? The water—that Annabeth pushed him into, mind you—HEALED him. Just like it always has. Just like Annabeth knew it would if something were to happen.

The original post did not give half the information. It made it seem like Percy had no idea what was going to happen and that they hadn’t discussed it at all. The original post tells everyone that the water was filthy and that Annabeth didn’t know if he could breathe in it. The original post tells everyone that Percy was harmed BECAUSE of the jump. The original post tells everyone that it’s Annabeth’s fault that the river god harmed Percy—none of which are the case at all. The post is just a bunch of false statements couple with out-of-context texts designed to manipulate people into feeling like they have to hate Annabeth Chase. It’s fine to not like Percabeth, but this post manipulates both the book and the viewers. Now, it’s fine to post opinions, but THIS aspect is not okay.

Now, could Annabeth have said, “Hurry! Jump!!”? Yes, she could have. That would have been the more gentle thing to do. But this was clearly a moment where a girlfriend thought it would be funny to push her boyfriend into some water—that he was about to dive into—instead of him jumping. No one here has ever pushed someone into a pool or off a diving board? Huh? I think it shows that their relationship is safe and comfortable enough that they can do things like that without it being a big deal. I feel like in most demigod relationships, this would not be seen as an issue. The only reason it seems to be on a larger scale here is because it's from a significant height, which again I'll remind you: doesn't get hurt easily + gets healed and powered by water = no injury happening. Annabeth also knew that Percy was comfortable jumping down into the water. It seems like a harmless situation to me. She made the decision knowing full well that he would be okay and safe because the water protects him. And all the negative and scary things that happened afterward were because the river god didn't want Percy to mess with the river. But Percy needed to mess with the river. Annabeth pushing him in did not cause that conflict.

Also, people are giving Percy no credit??? Why are we acting like he’s a weak little baby? This is Perseus Jackson, two-time Hero of Olympus, son of the brutal sea god. This guy is tough as nails, and Annabeth knows that and has full confidence in his abilities. People get mad when she is all soft and gentle with him because she’s “babying him,” but then when she treats him like an equal, capable demigod, they get mad because “she’s abusing him.” After she pushes him, Percy literally says that by doing it, Annabeth had “full confidence in [his] abilities” (pg. 128). She trusted that he could handle it because they are demigods and they HAVE to be able to handle things like this. She has seen him go through far, far worse than landing in some clean water and facing a minor god. She believes in him.

And isn't it somewhere around this time that Percy teaches Magnus, Annabeth's cousin, how to survive spontaneous deep plunges into icy cold water? Percy is such an expert on this that he teaches her cousin how to do it. Additionally, Percy and Annabeth quite literally fell into Tartarus—a slightly further drop than this—together, and survived because at the last minute they hit water, which protected Percy. And physically, he was fine then too. Plunging into water from heights is not a new experience for this dude. In fact, he's on the diving team at school—a little different, since that's coordinated, but still—the guy is very used to hitting water from heights. It's quite literally a daily thing for him. The only thing that shocked him here was the temperature of the water. And, mind you, this man has been to the bottom of the ocean. He recovered very quickly. Do people really think Annabeth pushed him in without the complete and utter certainty that he would be completely fine? I cannot stress how casual this is for him.

I would also like to add that Percy was in no way actually upset at her. A tad annoyed? Maybe, if you want to stretch things even more. But then, like, 2 seconds later after the river events, he's saying how cute she is, saying he loves her, kissing her, and they are laughing together. He is fine. They are fine. And if the roles were reversed and Annabeth was a daughter of the sea god and Percy affectionately pushed her off a ledge into some water, it still wouldn't be concerning.

I really do appreciate people like OP here wanting to call out harmful relationships in fiction, and I am never afraid to criticize Rick Riordan. I myself have said that I don't like how Annabeth acted in Wrath of the Triple Goddess (though I hold that against Rick, not Annabeth, since Rick openly admits he's writing them differently now to mirror the TV show versions). But Percy and Annabeth have consistently demonstrated themselves as mature, responsible, and kind human beings who love and support each other and make each other feel very safe and valued. Everyone is welcome to have their opinions and post whatever, but I really do think we should channel these types of discussions towards far more deserving issues, especially those that actually have factual reasoning behind them rather than false claims.

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Over and Over Again

Percabeth Reincarnation AU! rewrite of The Lightning Thief. But like detail light.

I didn't want to rewrite the entire book but I did want to touch on some of what I think would be diffrent This is still in progress, but I wanted to share!

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Over and Over Again

Percy P. Jackson and Annabeth Chase meet as Percy is passing out after fighting The Minotaur.  She says something about him being the one and he’s out like a light. Percy laughs when he is set up in the Hermes cabin. He knew a son of Hermes once upon a time, In a different life. 

When he watched Annabeth chase twirl her hair around her fingers as she thought Percy thought of someone he had been dreaming of since he was little.  At this point in his life Percy had come to terms with that fact that he was waiting, again, for a man. 

He didn’t really care this time though, he was 12, and girls and kissing were still icky. Much to the amusement of an inner voice of his mind.  Yes Annabeth was pretty but, and this was a sticking point for Percy, He didn’t know if Odysseus were here.

Annabeth was also pushy, it was her way or no way it felt like. When she left Percy in the woods during capture the flag and abandoned him. He tried to pass the time by being super cool and normal, so he danced, it wasn’t something silly though, he wanted to floss thought it’d be fun. But instead he started the dance some ladies who had studied on Skyross once taught Penelope. 

Then the bullies came for him. He managed to survive not only them, but the hell hound ambush before Annabeth bullied him into the water and he was claimed. When he was the trident above his head he knew he could never tell anyone whose memories he held. What would the sea god do to him? If he knew anything from living with Smelly Gabe it’s that upset men hurt those around them. 

Percy was hesitant to step into the cabin of the sea god but found it far more peaceful than how he often considered the ocean to be. 

What Percy hadn’t really taken notice of until he was finally blissfully alone and safe by himself was that the chat in his chest was duller. Ever since the memories started Percy had felt a pulling. It got worse when he was around 7.  He never really understood it and his mom would brush his hair aside and tell him it was his heart reaching out for his other half.  That many, many, many years ago Humans were combined. One perfect being split into two. Both halves forced to wonder around looking for their other half. His ache, that was his heart reaching out for its other half. 

That first night in his cabin Percy dreamt of a man sailing away from him in a cliff. He was so unsure of himself as he clutched a baby in his arms and cried as he watched a fleet of ships sail away. 

Percy watched everyone after coming to camp. He saw a lot. He saw the anger in Clarisse, how tired Chiron was, and how unsure of himself Grover was. But the person who drew his eyes the most? Annabeth Chase. He saw her at the archery range one day. Not necessarily odd, what was however was the bow she was using, it was a palintonos bow. Just like the one Odysseus had. Just like the one Penelope tricked the suitors with.  Annabeth bit her lip and she flexed and let an arrow fly. It hit its target. 

Percy watched her even closer after that. 

When they left on their quest at some point Annabeth spoke on how their parents hated each other and Percy just nodded. He was aware of some of the tension between Athena and Poseidon. Hell, he was in a strange way related to part of the problem.  Knowing that Ithaca’s royal family had some ties to Athena even if as a spartan princess Penelope had prayed to Ares (Which would later make Percy shutter a bit). 

Annabeth seemed really against calling on the gods for help, almost as much as Percy was until they made it to the St. Louis arch. By the time they felt with Ares (Definite not praying to that olympian for a while) and got on the truck taking them to Vegas Percy was pretty sure Annabeth was hiding something. Percy was pretty sure it was something similar to his issue. A past life maybe, but one of the opposite sex, how could he tell? Annabeth was subtle about her gender dysphoria but Percy had been experiencing it his entire (Current) life. 

At one point Annabeth had called themself their mother’s son. They also only wore men’s shoes, which wasn’t too weird, but even of the women’s was more comfortable, Annabeth went for the mens, the most utilitarian in style.  While they were shoved in the back with the animals and grover was trying to sleep Percy looked up at the other pre-teen. 

“I never asked, do you prefer She/Her? Or they/ them, maybe a he/they situation?”

Annabeth looked up at him confused, “What?” 

“Well,” Percy rubbed his head on the back of his neck,” You just… seam uncomfortable with like,” He waved his hand now he could feel his face flush, “Like, Femininity? Not you have to be trans or even like non-binary I just know that when I was figuring myself out I had my mom use She and They pronouns for me a lot and It helped. And If I can do that for you…” She stopped and Annabeth laughed. It was deep, and Percy thought it was beautiful.

“I… right now He/Him would be fantastic,” Annabeth said as she rubbed her temples before sliding her hand down her face and as she looked up she asked Percy, “What about you?” 

“I’m fine she He or she. I’ve come to accept a lot more of myself this past year.”  He waited a beat and when Annabeth only hummed in response he asked the other boy. “Do you have a name you want me to use?” 

That’s when Annabeth started crying, “No, I. I can’t.” Percy scooted closer to the crying boy. 

“It’s okay, sometimes what’s in our hearts aren’t to share.” Percy said softly. “I… I’m scared too.” 

Grover woke up then, Percy could tell he was being quiet to give them the space they needed.  Then with a small voice grover asked, “Do you us to use your other name P?” Grover had found out pretty quickly into their year at Yancy that Percy was Gender fluid and honestly didn’t think too much of it. There were stranger things in their world. 

“Nah, I’m good right now G-Man”. Percy said as he eyed Annabeth. 

“Can I.” Annabeth started, “Ask what the name you use is?”

“Penelope,” Percy said. 

They stoped shortly after, freed the animals and left the truck behind.

When they made it to the Lotus Hotel Annabeth took one look at it and then grabbed the hands of his companions and dragged them away, “We are not going in there,”.

“What why?” Grover asked.

“In the Odyssey,” Annabeth started, and tried not to smear the word, ”If you eat a lotus flower you loose yourself, If you sleep on a lotus bed you sleep for 100 years, Lotus eaters are deceitful pitiful creatures and we will not be going in there.” 

“Uh… okay.” Grover Stammered out.

They stopped at a much rougher looking hotel but they woke up the next morning with the sun and started on their journey, never knowing that under different circumstances they’d have lost so much of their precious time. 

Percy gets the pearls in Santa Monica and they continue on looking for the underworld. They run into a monster trying to sell them beds, But Annabeth managed to talk to the guy about a bed made out of a tree. And how if the wood of living it could grow with the person. The monster stopped to consider this and that’s when Percy dispatched him. “Carved out of an olive tree.” Percy said softly under his breath. Annabeth turned to him eyes wide. 

“What did you say?”

“Uh… nothing, it’s nothing important.” 

They finally bribed their way to the underworld, made friends with Cerberus, almost got sucked into the pit, and got an Audience with Hades. He didn’t have the bolt, He was also missing his helm.  But more than that. When they first walked up to the lord of the dead he looked at the three of them confused, 

“What are you doing here again,” he said with an annoyed voice,

“Again sir?” Percy asked confused. 

“I let you both go from this place why have you returned. Seeking another Prophet Odysseus?” 

Percy turned to look at his companions. “Odysseus.” He said with shock. 

Annabeth Walked around Percy and before the Hades said, “We came for the master bolt and for Sally Jackson”. Then he took in a deep breath, “I’m not here to seek anything or anyone else.” 

“Odysseus…” Percy said again reaching out a hand. 

“Well I have not the bolt and I will not return Sally Jackson until My helm is returned to be Odysseus of Ithaca. Now get out of my sight”. And he waved a hand and the three kids vanished.

Grover looked at Annabeth and Percy who were staring at each other in disbelief. “Guys what was he talking about?” And then he turned a rumbling of a motor cycle, “GUYS” 

Then they became  too busy fighting a literal god to talk more. 

Annabeth chase, Odysseus of Ithaca, was freaking out. She was a 12 year old CHILD, but she was also more than that. She was staring in Horror at Penelope, at Percy, fight Ares the literal GOD of WAR, That she knew her wife once prayed to. They hadn’t been able to speak but Annabeth knew the coincidence of her name and knowing about the tree and just accepting the lotus eaters. Odysseus was staring at one of the two entities on this entire planet he would do anything for. If Penelope were here, was Telemachus, a small part go his brain whispered, Is your crew, is the crew you abandoned and betrayed here. 

They didn’t get to talk about it on the way back to New York, Percy looked sick in the sky and then shushed Annabeth when she tried to ask when they got off the plane at the airport. 

“We’ll talk soon, I have to go return something. Wait for me?”

“Forever,” Odysseus said softly as he watched Penelope walk away from him and Grover. 

“Hey grover,”

“Yeah Annabeth?”

“Let’s go back to She/Her for now.”

“R…right.” Came the Saytr’s response

Odysseus wouldn’t be able to talk to Penelope about what was going on yet. But they came to an agreement through quirked eyebrows and gestures to not speak of it to anyone yet. 

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I have had this idea rattling around in my head about a Penelope!Percy fic where he goes into Tartarus alone and the death mist awakens Penelope’s memories, and he manages to capture some of the death mist in a jar or something, and when he gets back to the Argo II he gives it to Annabeth and tells her about the effects and says, “Only if you want to wise girl” and she without hesitation opens the jar and remembers her life as Odysseus and they have a swapped version of the song “Would you fall in love with me again” with Percy as Odysseus’s part telling her about what he did in tartarus. Oh my god I would love it,

Athena is in owl form watching stunned, Poseidon, watching from the waves, is torn between hating Annabeth/ Odysseus for this time being with his son, and letting the feud die, Aphrodite is kicking her feet on a cloud and giggling about true love.

Tell me what you think, I really love this idea!

Update: I made a series about this, go check it out!