#pjo deacon

[ottpopfic]

Living in what is basically a train yard has its perks. Like yes even with magical sound dampening you do get woken up to loud horns or cargo crates rattling the building, but the ups outweigh the downs

Like The Spot, a little hangout on top of the switching yard roof that Stan and Deacon made in their early teens. Georgina is the longest-running kid the Moms have had, but Stan and Deacon are the second, joining the Way Station at eleven and thirteen. They are not demigods, closer to witches than anything. They come from some line mixed or another, legacy blood so convoluted and blended with people with the sight and nature spirits that they are in their own category on their own.

But they can still do magic, big magic too if they have the time and supplies. Stan is especially good at manipulating the mist, so The Spot is completely hidden for mortal view as long as you stay inside of the duck tape lines carefully laid out on top of the tin

It's a good hang The Spot; a collection of coolers, outdoor rugs, beach and lawn chairs around an above ground fire pit that's warded to all shit. It's far enough away from the Way Station proper that it feels like a separate place where the building can't tattle, but close enough for a hasty retreat if something happens.

The place was a lifesaver as a kid, sometimes shitty teens just need space to be anxed and throw gravel at the passing trains and scream or whatever. Now that they are all of age even by mortal standards The Spot has become more of a party hang

They are all some state of intoxicated tonight, mead and pot from the roof garden being passed around, just the guys for once. And it's nice as always to let loose without the moms, even if the two of them can more than hold their own in a party, there just are some states of being that you don't need your matriarchs to see you in, or your sisters

It's just shooting the shit and being irresponsible twenty-somethings, bitching about work and how they would take over the world. Leo thinks it's about as close they can get to being regular people, just hanging out in what is essentially the backyard with guys you have known way too long. Minus the giant metal dragon curled around his lawn chair like an oversized dog and the fact that the fire is purple

[briefgardenerwonderland]

If I had a Nickel for every pan/gay emo boy to fall in love with a gay/bi sunshine boy I'd have two Nickels weird it happend twice right

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

Hey I just wanted to ask you, what do you think of the fact that in ToA the fact that Apollo bullied Harpocrates was basically made up and has no basis in myths? I'm kinda conflicted, because I can get behind holding the deities accountable for the stuff they have done, but that one think was made up.

Hellooo <3

I have seen this as a common complaint about ToA. And yes, I see the view - it has no basis in the actual myths, and therefore shouldn't reflect on what actual mythological Apollo has done.

Buckle up. I've got some thoughts to share here.

There are a couple things to consider here:

The Camp Half-Blood Chronicles are not meant to be 100% accurate to the myths. Nor did Rick really intend to do so when he first created the series - after all, PJO started out as Haley's new bedtime story, and to give him a character he could relate to. That was the main goal of Rick's.

Does Rick do his best to stay true to the myths? I do think so. Sure, he trips up at times (details of the myths [ie, Midas was not the judge of the Apollo V Pan contest], characterizations of the gods [ie, Aphrodite & Ares), ect.) but all in all he does do his best to give us a well-rounded story that has Greek Mythology as its influence.

Because also remember - PJO started out as a story about the demigods, not the gods. If the gods had originally been Rick's focus instead, I think we would have a bit of a different tale.

So a bit of creative liberty can be taken here, especially since Rick basically decided 'all myths are true!' with his Kane Chronicles and Magnus Chase books - it makes sense, from a storytelling perspective, that (ToA) Apollo would have crossed paths with Harpocrates at some point.

With all honesty, the CHB Chronicles shouldn't even be taken as fact about the myths - about the gods. Because no mythological series is ever 100% accurate, and to assume they are is disrespectful to the culture these myths come from.

And continuing with the storytelling perspective...honestly I think it was a pretty interesting choice on Rick's end. It's not myth-accurate, but I think it does add more to the story Rick is telling us.

He's not using these gods to make them look bad, after all. He's using them to tell a story. To give us a message.

And ToA's mainly centers around abuse.

Zeus isn't an abuser in mythology, but Rick made him one in his books to show us how abuse works. How it can be difficult to accept that you have been abused.

How hard it can be to acknowledge the fact that you have caused pain yourself.

Because while it seems like Harpocrates would cause Apollo's whole character to take a bit of a dive (after all, nobody likes a bully, right? Who would!), I...disagree.

I think Harpocrates deepens Apollo's character.

Stick with me.

I have been bullied in school. Fourth grade and seventh grade in particular were Dreadful for me and in seventh grade I would come home in tears about 95% of the time. I would even skip track practice because I was so emotionally unbalanced from the day I just couldn't take another minute.

There was something that my parents, grandparents, the parish deacon, ect all told me. There is probably a reason why bullies picked on me;

They were jealous.

There was something wrong with them; or, connecting to this point;

They were hurting.

They were hurting.

Anybody else's brains go "Bingo!"?

Because think about it. By the time Harpocrates comes around, Apollo's already spent a lot of time under Zeus's thumb - under his abuse.

And personally, I don't think Zeus likes the other pantheons. And I bet he really doesn't like it when pantheons...mix.

Which is something Harpocrates is. A mix between his original Egyptian self, and what Ptolemy made him to be.

So imagine this: You are Apollo. You have been dealing with your father's abuse for centuries. You are hurting - physically, emotionally, and mentally. You come across this god who's a mix between Egypt and Greece. He is the opposite of you - silence where you are sound.

Wouldn't he be the perfect target to lash out at, without repercussions? After all...I doubt Zeus would care if Apollo was kicking around a mixed deity. Perhaps...he would even encourage it...

But I hear you - "But Apollo barely remembers Harpocrates!" And yes, he does barely remember him and it takes him a bit to acknowledge the fact that he did bully him.

So here's the kicker; I think Apollo lashed out at Harpocrates only a few times. He tried to transfer the pain he felt onto another, on the hope it would make him feel better.

But it didn't. Nothing made him feel better about himself.

And what's something we know about Apollo?

It's how much guilt he keeps bottled up. And I bet that after a few times, Apollo just...stopped going after Harpocrates. I think Apollo started feeling guilty about it, but quickly stamped it down and tried to forget about such feelings by forgetting about Harpocrates.

What you don't know can't hurt you, after all, right?

[elvishdemigod]

So if I were to make art of PJO/HoO/ToA characters dressed as Fallout companions-

Piper would of course be dressed as Piper

Leo would be dressed as Deacon Come on, guy who won't elaborate much on his past, hides himself behind humor, can be a trickster, and believes in robot sentience? As I think I keep saying, Leo would 100% be a RR agent.

Nico would either be dressed as Sole or Nick Because he is also someone who woke up in a different time after a World War

Jason would be dressed as Danse Almost all his life was spent on being a soldier, until something happened to make him outcasted in the blink of an eye. And he realized he's connected to the people his original group was against.

Hard to choose if Hazel or Will would dress as Curie. Will for obvious reasons, he's the doctor. But Hazel because on top of being considered the cinnamon roll character, they're also both pretty badass fighters.

Dunno about other characters and companions though. But hey! kind of a good idea!

[deacxnt]

Deacon // A P O L L O  [tá de maquiagem sim]

Scott // Z E U S [sim, ele tá com o pegasus do lado]

Benji // N I C O DI A N G E L O [porque sim gente, eu amo PJO desculpa]

Alex // N E M E S I S

[ozzenstach]

10 Fandoms,10 Characters

rules: list ten of your favorite characters in ten different fandoms and then tag people

Tagged by @joz-stankovich :)

1. Harry Potter - Draco Malfoy 

2. Lord of the Rings -  Azog the Defiler

3. Blizzard Entertainment - Sylvanas Windrunner

4. Star Wars - Darth Tenebrous

5. PJO/HoO - Leo Valdez

6. Elder Scrolls - Sheogorath Daedric Prince of Madness

7. Gravity Falls - Bill Cipher

8. Dream Daddy - Robert Small

9. Mass Effect - Urdnot Wrex (sorry Grunt but Wrex was the original Krogan bro)

10. Fallout - Deacon 

I shall taag @madicaw and @goro-is-no-naoto

[lunaloveboook]

10 Favorite Characters

RULES : Tell me your favorite characters from 10 fictional works (Shows, Movies, Novels, Ect.) & tag 10 people whoever you want 

@bookcub tagged me, thank you so much!!

Picking only 10 will be terrible

1. The Doctor, all of them (Doctor Who)

2. Clara Oswald (Doctor Who)

3. Bill Potts (Doctor Who)

4. Annabeth Chase (PJO)

5. Eleven (Stranger Things)

6. Alicia Risingham (The Black Arrow)

7. Deacon Emrys (Albion)

8. Alex Woods (Alex Woods vs. The Univerrse)

9. Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

10. Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter) lol

Bonus: Donna Noble (Doctor Who), Marco Cinquedraghi (Albion), Helena Gomez (Albion), Hook (OUAT), Ginny Weasley (Harry Potter), Harry Potter (Harry Potter) lolol, Fred Weasley (Harry Potter), George Weasley (Harry Potter), Asami (Legend of Korra), Jinora (Legend of Korra), Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender), Lance Chevalier Du Lac (Albion), Sansa Stark (Asoiaf), Arya Stark (Asoiaf), Margaery Tyrell (Asoiaf), ... 

[ottpopfic]

My Stan and Deacon headcannon is that they are actually not demigods but decedents of sorcerers or witches, meaning they have magic but not from a godly parent.

Deacon in particular is very skilled at manipulating the mist

[ottpopfic]

More sibling Calypso and Jason

They both have wind powers. And I know Cals magic is described as ‘air servants’ but I feel like it would be similar enough for her to be able to train with Jason. They are literally the only ‘good guys’ with wind powers, it would be so cool to see them work together

[ottpopfic]

God you know Jo and Emmi have their hands full with these kids

As of where I am in TOA they have

Leo 15/16

Calypso who’s like 16/17

Georgie who’s 8/9

Lit who’s 17/18

Stan (who I’ve pictured) 17

Deacon (who I’ve pictured) 18/19

Festus the fucking dragon

That is so many teenagers and just this one full on baby child, it’s mayhem they all have swords and magic and flying griffins