#perseus post

[photosyn]

Local autistic nerd gets chance to ramble about special interest. Little brother is not amused. More at 7.

[demigods-posts]

i lowkey forget that percy's full name is perseus. and like. that name goes so hard. because it just sounds like this mf could kick your ass. like imagine you're a junior in high school and your teacher introduces a new student by the name of 'perseus jackson'. and before you even raise your head to look at the guy. you just know this mf could clock you.

[dasloddl]

I think now would be a great time for that

[boygirlctommy]

nobody's coming to save you, andromeda

[yeonslayjun]

Annabeth: Now does anybody have a plan?

Percy: *raises hand*

Annabeth: That doesn't include sacrificing yourself?

Percy: *lowers hand*

[helpallthenamesaretaken]

i love how different percabeth is from different male lead narrated american middle school romances from the romantic point of view. usually, the male lead has a crush on the cold and kind of mean female protagonist cause she's pretty and not like the other girls.....she's pretty and not like the other girls....thats it oops. but annabeth and percy. annabeth fell first. even though she's cold and sassy too, she believed in percy. she saw the good in him and loved him for it. then percy fell. he didnt have to worry about whether annabeth would like a loser like him. yeah, he doubted why annabeth liked him once in a while, but it was a never a question of 'does she?' its healthy. and thats what makes rick riordan one of the best middle school authors ever thank you bye

[sforzesco]

something. about. the horror of being sent on an impossible (death) quest and obligations and hospitality politics. the trauma of not having a home, and then the trauma of being in a house that becomes actively hostile to you, one that would swallow you whole and spit out your bones if you step out of line. all of this is conditional, your existence continues to be something men want gone.

it's about going back as far as I can with the perseus narrative because there's always a version of a myth that exists behind the one that survives. the missing pieces are clearly defined, but the oldest recorded version of it isn't there! and there's probably something older before that!! but it's doomed to forever be an unfilled space, clearly defined by an outline of something that was there and continues to be there in it's absence.

and love. it's also about love. even when you had nothing, you had love.

on the opposite side of the spectrum, this is Not About Ovid Or Roman-Renaissance Reception, Depictions And Discourses On The Perseus Narrative.

edit: to add to the above, while it's not about Ovid, because I'm specifically trying to peel things back to the oldest version of this story, Ovid is fine. alterations on the Perseus myth that give more attention Medusa predate Ovid by several centuries. this comic is also not about those, either! there are many versions of this story from the ancient world. there is not one singular True or Better version, they're all saying something.

Perseus, Daniel Ogden

Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation, edited & translated by Stephen M Trzaskoma, R. Scott Smith, Stephen Brunet

[rui-drawsbox]

ruri,,, but in keyframes by @blank-house (again) ((help im obsessed this is not a joke))

[boopeey]

I drew Percy with his hair down months ago and forgot to post it here 😭

[lowerpercent]

.........................yeah. yknow, nya

[photosyn]

When bro sends you tiktoks you've already seen so you just don't respond to that video

[photosyn]

Insert hugging emoji

guys please the Yusuke and Akira to my Ryuji. The Mitsuri and Muichiro to my Tanjiro. The Percy and Annabeth to my Grover.. Please.pleaem guys. please ahemem. GUYS PLEASE AHEEM. AHEEM. SOBSOB. SOB. AHEEM.AHEEEEEM.SNIFFLES.

[lhavibid]

decided to make one for Watsuki too with extra info and art that arent worth posting on their own. i also finally figure out what clothes they wear cuz that took so many tries.

[marxchxoxo]

March Ψ 17, French, Percy Jackson, Marvel rivals, CL16, LH44, Cabin 3, blue, Monegasque, Alexandra Saint mleux

request • open masterlist DNI

[wrong-thyme]

since Feminist Greek Myth Retellings are becoming their own subgenre, why not make a bingo card?

next time you see the #145882th medusa retelling, check out how many squares you can get from just the blurb 🤪

~free to use~

[doverstar]

the amount of affection you get for percy jackson, the character, from reading those books (no matter how long ago it was), is insane. if riordan did nothing else right, he made percy so real, wrote him so well, that readers feel like they know him and they read it for percy. we watch the show and we love walker easier because we loved percy. it lasts. that's good characterization.