#post connabeth

[bookishjules]

The Shape of the Tide

* A Percabeth AU *

Chapter 1: The Cold Front

It wasn’t even like she thought of Percy that much these days. Between the inn, her (admittedly slow-going) studies, her friends, and Connor . . . she had a lot of things to fill her time, her mind, and her heart. But it was still somehow never enough for the dreams to stop. It was like her brain needed her to know just how much of a mistake she’d made all those years ago, leaving her first love, claiming to return.

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[screenshotsonpinterest]

Thinking about connabeth and how, canonically, it's Connor who calls for Percy and Annabeth to get thrown into the lake. that he more then likely helped plan the little interruption. that he had to have let her go before that night. did she go with the relief of being surviving the war? what does conner think happened in the throne room? would he have turned to annabeth before turning down godhood? does he know what he would have done? does he think about it? do you think they talked earlier that day? they must have. her arm still green from defending a boy who wasn't him and her eyes still wet because of his brother. the way that he knew he was her second choice but he wouldn't just be another loved one that left her. and they hurt each other but its okay because they're alive. idk you know what I mean anyway Im fine how are you

[nerdylizj]

on a fall evening in 2020.... lizzie @andygarfy had a keyboard and a joke.... and now here we are

Ok so, what do you think about the connabeth ship? Like why i don't get why are people shipping them?

I don’t know why people started shipping them either, but it’s mostly in the times post botl and pre tlo, and a lot of times it’s used to amp up the percabeth angst. I don’t mind connabeth and I think sometimes it can be written very good(one sided, first crush, things like that). I don’t ship it but I don’t dislike it enough for it to be a dealbreaker in a fic.

[amesliu]

So now that SP&BH is complete, what’s your view of the status of the dubiously/potentially canon stuff? I don’t think any of those contradict anything?

A lot of the dubiously canon stuff does sort of contradict canon

e.g. the timeline of cj's connabeth fic places both annabeth pitching the demo of f&a the album and the release of the album between the 6 month period between lukabeth's first break up and the start of SOHAE which is impossible

or the mini comic for end up here doesn't contradict anything timeline wise but imo does slightly contradict the private but not secret dynamic of their relationship post spbh in that while they did do a met gala hard launch, when it comes to each of their own *work* (which includes performances) they don't really bring each other up explicitly unless it's for something really big (e.g. getting engaged.... hint hint wink wink about content?)

and they'll remain dubiously canon partly for that reason

but the MAIN REASON they won't be officially canonized is because of my philosophy around understanding and analyzing SOHAE and SPBH. To me they are a singular text and I don't think the canon *should* include meta text or content made outside of that body of work. This is part of why I don't post side content to the SOHAE blog for the most part. if I suddenly dub it canon it becomes part of the text. anytime i do make side content that i consider canon it is very very carefully considered (e.g. sohae.5). additionally, side content being non-canon gives me a lot of freedom to explore the concepts and characters without it impacting the main work.

do i think people are going around hyperanalyzing the lore of sohae to piece together a day by day timeline of the events? no. but i do still treat it as that because i want to make the strongest work possible and it helps me think very deeply about sohae as a universe (i guess, is how i would word it?)

sorry that's very long im just super passionate about this kind of topic LOOL

[poisonpercy]

What are your favorite tropes or themes you like seeing in PJO fic? Do you have any recs for them?

I’m gonna preface my response by saying I haven’t really read any PJO fanfics that I wasn’t already subscribed to in at least a year.

With that out of the way, I don’t really have any favorite tropes or themes I like in PJO fics, as what I like is more broad. However, I do tend to favor hurt/comfort and angst in general across all fandoms I’m in. I also like fics that take place during canon to expand on topics that can’t really be brought to much depth in the actual books due to them being aimed at kids. Canon-divergent fics are also fun. So are fics that explore Percy’s potential relationships with his immortal family (not the Olympians but the underwater family). Also fics that focus on chb campers being friends are really good. Crack fics are also something I like to indulge in. That being said, here’s some recs:

(note: I looked through some of my 643 pages of ao3 history for this, and don’t remember most of these fics. But I remember liking them…I think. The vibes from the summary and tags seem good at the very least)

Here’s a previous post I made that had fic recs

the anatomy of a hurricane by barbarianprincess

On Heists and Home Economics by chelletheriter

Like a New Yorker by notalotgoingonatthisinstant

Out of Mind, Out of Control by allieae

Venom by maverickk

For Zoe Nightshade by thewinginthenight

across the river by r1ptides

Fighting Blind by Multifandom_damnation

Familiar Faces by annabetn

Our Bonds Bend, Not Break by forestfairy72

asymptote by eternalmagic

Grover’s Worries by Nikki_RavenScar

I gave up looking after this point lmao. Anyways here’s just a few fics that I’ve read and liked in one way or another.

There was a really good Percy & Triton sibling relationship fic that I would love to recommend (Fishing in Alaska you will always be famous to me) but the author has deleted their online presence including the fic. I did see that someone was reposting it on ao3 but that’s technically stolen work which I don’t condone and wrong without direct permission from the original creator (I wonder if it got taken down or not)

A lot of my mutuals are very talented writers so I would recommend checking them out. Here’s their tumblrs and ao3

seasunwrites | @chironshorseass

connabeth | @connabeth

posallys | @posallys

barbarianprincess | @barbarianprncess

percyj | @annabethy

[causereyna-artie]

Free Palestine!

I am aware that I don't have a huge following base, but I do want to go this out there.

I was speaking to my niece, and the topic of war came up. I asked if she knew about the Palestine war going on right now, and I'm proud to say she gave me a 10-page essay on why. But when I asked her about what she was doing about it, she came up short. She said as a minor with no money, there was nothing she could do. I realised that a lot of minors might think that. Soo, here's a list of things that people who think their hands are tied regarding Palestine can do:

1. Raising Awareness

It's not overused---it's a classic. There manifold ways to spread awareness, but you have to make sure you have the right idea on what this about it; reading articles, newspapers, listening to podcasts and speeches on it. I'm not a big newspaper reader, but lately whenever I'm free, I take a stack of any newspapers from 2023-2024 and cut out the articles that look like this:

An article in the paper by Save The Children UK (I apologise for the poor quality of the image)

or anything related to Palestine (brownie points for links/sites/codes that you can donate through) should work and stick it into any notebook, either that I'm done with or not going to use or that I'm currently using. Sometimes I print out articles from the internet, but there sure as fuck are enough things about the war in the newspapers to give you a whole book. Once you've filled up the book, place it anywhere people will come across. My favourites are public libraries, DLR (the subway/tube), parks, in stands at markets (ex: I place a bunch of them around the whole, say, Greenwich market), but literally anywhere people cross everyday works. Then I make more and more, and place them everywhere. Like I've put this in people's mailbox. Anywhere where people can see what a dire situation this is.

If you have any means of social media, use it. Post about the latest things in Palestine, even if its anything as small as a story. Every little thing counts.

SPEAK ABOUT IT. BRING IT INTO YOUR DAILY CONVERSATION. FOR PEOPLE EFFECTED BY THE WAR, IT IS A DAILY SITUATION.

EVERYTHING COUNTS. STICK FREE PALESTINE STICKERS ON BUSES, READ POSTS ON PALESTINE, TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

2. Websites

Websites supporting Palestine, and ones that don't (boycott these):

Arab: For Palestine, for refugees. Take not that the sites provides support to multiple other things, like children and poverty.

Disney Plus: IT SUPPORTS ISNOTREAL'S WAR CRIMES AND GENOICIDE. I give full credit for this to @connabeth, who's post led me to know about this. If you own a subscription or are considering getting one, PLEASE CANCEL IT. As a huge PJO fan, I am begging you not to watch the show on there. Cinema can be pirated, and lives can be saved.

Wix.com: It is an Israeli site, and there should be nothing more said about it. @captdedeyes post (thank you to the creator for reaching out to me personally and giving me the link!) covers replacements to try instead of Wix.

Deviant Art: Linking back to Wix, it is the owner of site.

Know it disgusts me the amount of websites to boycott compared to the ones supporting Palestine. For more check out BDS.

3. Supporting

Support Palestinian artists, over here. EVERYTHING MATTERS.

This truly is an important cause, so I'll be updating this whenever I think of things that minors (or anyone) can do regarding the war.

PLEASE SHARE THESE WITH PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE AND REBLOG/ADD YOUR OWN WAYS OF DOING SOMETHING FOR THE WAR CURRENTLY GOING ON.

[berylgrace]

hey!! i love your writing so much!!

rec five of your own fics ! <3

you're so sweet!! a lot of these are probably gonna be more recent ones as i really feel like i've continued to improve so i like my newer ones better. but that said i'm proud of everything i've posted tbh!!

(in no order):

Take It Easy - Connor-centric, angsty connabeth fic set pre BOTL, in which Annabeth is dealing with the weight of the world, and someone on the outside has to be there to help her

Fall From Grace - my Beryl Grace life story, from birth in 1959 to her death in 2005, and all of the fame, misfortune and gods in between. This was a labour of LOVE

Here I Go Again! - the percabeth Mamma Mia AU that gives all the summer vibes you could ever need. If you like this one, keep your eyes peeled :)

Between - Pre TLO percabeth fic set around Sally and Paul's wedding, in the height of the teenage tension. This one is older but I think it holds up!

See next post after this one!

[vadergf]

no bc the Asian/ black pjo tumblr discourse was so fucking insane. I literally just joined pjo tumblr at that point and got absorbed into black pjo tumblr and the neverending callout posts and block lists that filled me dash 😭 i was in it for less than a month before I blocked everyone and moved to atla

but the republican annabeth hc and the whole connabeth thing was so fucking funny bc its like... be real y'all like this is what you're fr getting mad at 😂

Oh god I was mutuals with members of both sides in the situation and it was HORRID the things people got mad for like Touch Some Grass please for the love of god

And the connabeth thing was Hilarious it was like a perfect revenge thing for the perachel shippers who got harassed

[greekgrad07]

i blame @deepestempathllamalawyer and @zitzboy for this but this post got me thinking about malconnor and now i can’t stop i’m sorry

malconnor headcanons

they had always been friendly with each other bc of connor and annabeth but nothing worth calling an actual friendship

they never really talked unless annabeth was around until one day after the battle of manhattan

so connor had a bunch of summer assignments he has put off for the last minute bc a.) there was a fucking war going on and b.) procrastination is a curse

he went to the athena cabin hoping to find annabeth for some help but when he got there the only athena kid in sight was malcolm (annabeth was out with her new boyfriend percy alhdkjdk)

so it would be awkward at first but basically it would go something like this

“hey, annabeth isn’t here.” “oh sorry, i was just gonna ask her about some homework, i’ll come back later i guess haha.” and like right as he turns around connor hears malcolm say, “i mean, i could help you, if you want. annabeth isn’t the only smart kid in this cabin, you know?”

and connor is FLUSTERED bc 1.) him and malcolm have barely said three words to each other alone before and now he’s offering to spend gods know how long trying to explain algebra to him, 2.) he’s pretty sure he’s just offended him and if there is one thing connor knows, it’s that you should never, ever, make a child of athena think you doubt their intelligence, and 3.) well, actually, he ain’t sure what else is making him nervous

so after that it gets to the point where connor starts to seek malcolm out for help on all of his assignments, and once they are done with that, connor starts to look for new ways to spend time with him

this boy has no idea how to make friends without pranking them but for some reason connor can’t talk himself into doing anything that may embarrass or hurt malcolm (he tells himself that it’s probably bc he feels indebted to him but...)

not to mention the last child of athena he became friends with was basically desperate for attention at the time, it was easier back then. but malcolm is new territory, and just like annabeth, most of her siblings are intimidating.

obviously he knows that malcolm is willing to help him so connor decides that the best way to insinuate friendship is by making a mountain out of anthill problems just to ask for the son of athena’s help

and this works. malcolm was willing to help connor with almost all of his minor inconveniences.

one time, connor “dropped” his lucky ring during a volleyball match. thankfully, malcolm just so happened to be there

“mal! hey sorry, but my ring fell off during the tournament. i think it’s in the sand somewhere, do you care to help me find it before your cabin starts the next game?”

it was a while before malcolm found the ring. the ring that just appeared out of nowhere at his feet after about thirty minutes of searching, cracking jokes, and avoiding the gaze of the demeter cabin glaring at the two boys to hurry up.

(needless to say, the ring was in connors pocket the whole time)

another time was when connor snuck out of camp with travis to go to the 7/11 down the street and couldn’t decide which snacks to get for the bonfire that night

this resulted in the first of many iris messages to malcolm

“flaming hot cheetos or takis?” “why not both?” “you’re after my own heart, pace.”

connor did not see the other boy blushing at his words (and he did not spend the rest of the night overthinking about that sentence thank you very much)

travis did end up teasing his little brother about it though

“what’s with you and children of athena?” “dude what are you talking about?”

but the best incident was when one of connors problems involved annabeth- or rather, finding annabeth. and he didn’t even have to make that one up

he and annabeth were supposed to train that day, but she was late. normally he would be worried, but a part of him was glad that he had an excuse to go talk to malcolm.

turns out, he didn’t have to.

right as he walked up to the cabin, the boy in question opened the door.

the two bumped into each other and connor wasn’t sure why his face started heating up or why malcolm was looking anywhere but his face.

the blonde boy stuttered out how he was just on his way to the arena to meet him.

“wait what? i just came here to ask you about annabeth.” malcolm’s cheeks turn a light shade of pink and connor doesn’t know why he finds that so endearing, “percy planned a surprise picnic for the two of them, so i offered to spar with you in her place so she wouldn’t feel bad.”

when i say this boy was blushing-

so they spar together and then decide, hey why not hang out for the rest of the day?

and oh boy when the day came that malcolm started coming to connor for help

let’s just say that he was beaming

not to mention it was something that connor was more than happy to help with

apparently some kids of hephaestus were being dicks to one of the younger athena kids and malcolm was pissed, so he asked connor for some pranking tips

they ended up sneaking into the cabin, sabotaging the campers newest projects, and covering all of their tools with honey and feathers

after spending all night hearing malcolm’s laugh and seeing his pale blonde hair in the moonlight as he dropped him off at the athena cabin, connor was sure that friendship wasn’t all he wanted with the boy now

one day, while connor was trying to think of a new excuse to talk to malcolm, the boy walked up to him and asked if he wanted to pick strawberries with him

“yes! i mean- yeah, yeah sound fun”

the two spent the day at the strawberry field picking -eating- strawberries while they talked and laughed with each other

at some point during the evening, connor started retelling a story about him and annabeth from their youth at camp. it involved a prank against clarrise and some glue, and it had both boys cackling by the end of it

then malcolm said “i’m sorry that you got stuck with a walmart annabeth that day, but i’m kind of glad that my sister wasn’t in the cabin when you were looking for help with your school work. i’m not great with getting to know people but i liked how easy it was with you.”

connor would have taken the compliment in stride if it weren’t for malcolms first comment “what do you mean walmart annabeth?”

the boys stopped and looked back at connor “just that, i know you and annabeth are really close, and she’s been busy recently. i understand that you would want to hangout with someone who reminds you of her. i’m okay with it, really. i like spending time with you.”

connor felt his heart simultaneously swell and break at the same time. not once had connor thought of malcolm as an annabeth replacement, nor would he ever. the two children of athena were similar yes, but a lot of siblings are, it doesn’t mean they are the same, and connor definitely never associated them as being such. so he told him that

“i like spending time with you, too. you as in malcolm pace, not an annabeth replacement. i’ve never seen you like that and i never would. plus, you’re not walmart anything, you’re full channel baby. children of hermes only steal the best of the best.”

“what exactly would you be stealing?”

connor just smiled and grabbed the boys hand.

that night, connor stoll made a list including all the things he liked about malcolm pace. he made sure to add the things he liked that he knew differentiated the boy from annabeth as well

some things on the list include how his hair was a more pale blonde compared to his other siblings. connor liked how it certain lights it looked white.

the fact that he was the same height as connor, which made it easier to look him in the eyes

his eyes which were a dark grey and could be considered scary if it weren’t for the gleam they always wore

the way that he always blushed when romantics were involved, no matter how innocent

or how loud he laughed at a joke that he found funny, despite how he tried to muffle it into the collar of his shirt

connor likes how willing malcolm is to help people and how brilliant he is

he likes that malcolm tries to follow the rules but still knows how to have fun and let loose

connor stoll likes malcolm pace

but it’s even better when annabeth finds out

“you and my brother?!”

“you liked luke for who knows how long, i don’t wanna hear it chase!”

[poemistic]

fanon percy is literally just conner stoll 

[connabeth]

omg bringing back the connabeth url !!

we love to see it 😍

some of my mutuals don’t 😍

[bookishjules]

The Shape of the Tide - Masterpost

Rating: Explicit

Length: ??

Summary: In the five years since Annabeth Chase left her kingdom and the love of her life, she has done her best to move on. She's found a new home at an inn, a new family to be a part of, and maybe even a new person to love; and for the most part, she can ignore any residual pangs of guilt and regret. But when a certain prince arrives unexpectedly at the inn, the shaky foundations she's built this new life on begin to crumble. Annabeth is faced with questions she doesn't want the answers to, and answers she never asked for, but the threads of her past go deeper than she realizes, and soon finding closure is the least of her worries.

chapter by chapter * start from beginning * playlist * vibes

[posallys]

Why are you and your mutual s the funnies (and kindest) assholes I’ve ever seen exist? How’d that happen?

idk man we're just like that

[greekgrad12]

there’s no time to unpack all of that

remember now i said i wanted to write my hc

lol guess what i did?

********

"So, Annabeth, are there any cute boys at your school in San Francisco?"

Percy was choking on his drink before Annabeth even had the chance to consider his mother's question. He felt the hand of Sally Jackson patting him on the back as he practically coughed up a lung. The only sound louder than himself would be the obnoxious laughter of Grover from right beside him. Percy managed a glare at his best friend, but he didn’t dare look towards Annabeth.

Annabeth finished school a week before Percy, so she was able to come to New York and spend some extra time with him before camp started. She had arrived that morning and spent the whole day with Sally while Percy was in class. He would have assumed that all the girl talk would be over by now. He would be wrong.

“Percy! Sweetie, are you okay?”

What’s more embarrassing? Surviving hundreds of monsters only to let a sip of Coke choke you to death, or having your mom call you sweetie in front of her boyfriend and your two best friends?

With one final clearing of his throat, Percy was able to answer, “Yeah, I’m fine. I uh, think it just went down the wrong pipe s’all.”

Much to his annoyance, Grover was still laughing, “Bhahaha! Sure, buddy. Can you imagine? The son of the sea- ow!”

Percy kicked his friend’s shin -do satyrs even technically have shin’s?- to shut him up. Grover looked back at him with soft bewildered eyes that could make even the cutest of puppies pity him. Still, Percy stared back with a hard look and subtly moved his gaze in the direction of Paul who was sitting on the other side of his mom. Grover seemed to understand where he’d messed up when he noticed everyone but the man in question staring back at him with nervous anticipation. Paul himself just looked confused, obviously waiting for Grover to elaborate on his last comment.

The relationship between Paul and Sally was still a new one, but from the very beginning, the mother-son duo thought it would be best to keep everything demigod related on the down-low. Percy was hesitant to invite the man over for dinner tonight, not because he didn’t like Paul, or that he was scared the truth would come out -although, that was definitely a rational fear now. No, Percy was just nervous about introducing Paul to his friends. Somehow that made things seem more real. Percy didn’t know if he was ready for real yet. He didn’t know if he could trust real with his mom yet.

Percy wasn't even sure whose idea it was. He remembers a vague conversation between himself and his mother. Sally had been planning for Annabeth to arrive for weeks. Some things in the woman's schedule had to be tweaked a bit, including her date night with Paul. Date night was usually on Thursdays, but the two teenagers had made plans to spend that Monday together after Percy was let out of school. Grover had even agreed to take the night off from his search for Pan to get dinner with them. Percy remembers suggesting they change their date to Monday this week so that Sally wouldn’t be stuck home alone all afternoon. However, it seemed that his words gave the woman a different idea. Maybe if he hadn't mentioned that they would all be together, then her eyes wouldn't have perked up, and the thought to have them all over for dinner wouldn't have occurred to her. Then maybe they wouldn’t be in this mess.

“I mean, the uh-” The satyr stammered out, “Y-you know, I meant s-son of the sea as in… as in like uh, figuratively! Cause, he swims- on the uh, swim team, that is! Of course, I mean where else would he-?”

“Grover, honey,” Sally came to the rescue, pitcher of water in hand, “Would you like some more water?”

“Yes, please,” The boy practically begged as he held out his cup.

“You didn’t tell me you were on the swim team, Percy,” Paul spoke up after Grover regained his composure.

“That’s because I’m not,” He muttered sharply, all the bitterness aimed towards the goat sitting beside him who was currently wearing a sheepish look.

“He isn’t, but it’s all he’s been talking about over the summer,” Annabeth’s voice broke him out of his bitter state. Had it not been for the pink shade on the blonde girl’s cheeks, Percy would have forgotten all about his mother’s previous comment. It was obvious that she was just as flustered by the question as he was. And yet, here she is now, acting as calmly as ever, getting the two boys out of their -Grover’s- mess. Although, that was nothing new for the trio, “I think he wants to join the swim team at… what’s it called again? Goode High School?”

Paul nodded at Annabeth, as both an answer and encouragement to go on, “You should really talk to whoever the swim coach is at the school, Mr. Blofis. Percy is a talented swimmer, I’m sure they’d be lucky to have him.”

“Oh, Annabeth, that’s a wonderful idea!” Sally gushed over the girl, causing her blush to return.

“Well, I’d love to introduce you to the coach at orientation,” Paul offered, eyes bright as he talked about the school. It was obvious the man was passionate about his job. That was something Percy liked about the man. He didn’t spend his life laying around and complaining about the world around him. Paul actually had a life, a career, hobbies- things that he was excited to share with Percy, and anyone willing to listen, really, “Goode has an incredible athletic program, I know you’ll enjoy it.”

And maybe Percy would enjoy it, but he was barely listening as his mom’s boyfriend went on about the school. His sea-green eyes were too busy staring at Annabeth, who was now wearing a soft smile as she listened attentively to the man. Like most days, Percy dreaded being at school, but that morning he was even more anxious to get out of class. Right when he got home, the boy was greeted with blue cookies and a pair of sparkling gray eyes looking back at him. At the time, Percy wasn’t sure which of the two he was more excited to see. Looking back now, he realized that the hug Annabeth gave him made Percy feel warmer than any plate of fresh cookies ever could.

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[poisonpercy]

Connabeth but instead they fake date to see who Percy gets more jealous of

[greekcomedy]

connabeth resurgence. dash unusable