#reyna rambles

[the-grove]

As much as I love Legend of Korra, I understand a lot of the criticisms and I am going to levy one of my own. The one that felt closest to my heart. And it is sometimes subtle but also blatant disregard they have for characters that come from diverse backgrounds. In that it largely goes ignored. Mixed people in the story always dress in their culture that they seem to have the most innate characteristics of. This is primarily done via if you ha e inherited bending powers are not. Bolin always wears earth nation green and make wears fire nation red. Despite they both grew up in a Republic city, a mixing pot of cultures and they themselves are mixed. Aangs kids all dress according to which side of the family they got powers from. And even bumi wears neutral colors untill he gets air bending powers. This could almost be commentary on how mixed people sometimes feel like they have to pick a side they "really are" something I've felt... something I've had enforced on me by others who told me I couldnt actually be latine. Except these kind of commentaries are rarely brought up especially when compared to how consistent this trope seems to be in the show. There is some attempt in season 2 but that seems to be more about there character assassination of Aang as a bad father then any more systematic or cultural aspect to this phenomenom, especially since.... the kids themselves never challenge those notions themselves. Like Kya is a free loving type, I think her more than anyone would be willing to challenge these notions... and yet she too is pretty much always in water nation blues.

And I feel like people eill say something but character design or color theory, the colors help express who they are. But that's only true if you limit these characters to their bending. This isnt a video game where you need clear colors or shilloutes so players can distinguish between characters. This is a show where character action and personality should inform design and vice versa.

[yonemurishiroku]

Headcanon Nico has a mole under his eye but nobody knows bc people usually don't like looking into the eyes of a child of Hades. It also doesn't help that Nico's overgrown hair makes that harder.

Reyna, surprisingly, is one of the few who knows ab it, as she has watched Nico in his sleep.

[squiggle3worm]

A problem I have with Rick is that a lot of the time when he writes an lgbtq+ character, he writes them for a specific purpose like putting Reyna, the only aroace character, in the hunters of Artemis or that Alex Fierro, the only trans character, is a child of Loki.

Rick kinda brought up this problem in his good reads q&a section:

“… Are you going to add another trans character besides Alex?

Alex for instance just made sense as a child of Loki. So, basically I don’t know. I’m hoping to write about Irish mythology (if I ever get enough time with the other projects going on!) and gender fluidity is most definitely a concept that appears in the Irish myths, so that is a possible logical place where a trans character might appear”

I agree with him that making Alex a trans character makes sense but my problem is that trans characters can exist outside of having a gender fluid godly parent. People are gender fluid without having to be shape shifters and people are aroace without having to commit to celibacy or swear off dating.

I guess all I’m trying to say is that Rick shouldn’t limit himself to have a specific reasoning or trope that always have trans characters be children of gender fluid gods or aroace characters always joining the Hunt. He shouldn’t limit a character’s queer identity to their parents or anything.

[purple-racoon-80]

okay but imagine the demigods getting matching t-shirts with their most traumatic experiences dumbed down on them because joking about your trauma is the solution to everything.

for instance,

Nico's would simply have the text "where's my sister?" written on it.

Reyna's would have "*throws chair*"

Leo's is a picture of a garage burning and "*explodes*" written underneath the picture

Jason's has the text "My mum sold me to wolves instead of One Direction"

so on and so forth, you get the idea.

[skullsandcorals]

Very Late Halloween Post 🎃🖤🕸️ I hope y'all had a good Halloween 🥰🖤

The Queen 👑 & The (Ghost) King 👻

The Lost Prince 💜 & The Thief 💚

doomed yaoi 🍌🐟

[demigod-shenanigans]

Also it has been the world’s longest day, I’m exhausted, if anyone could spare wholesome silly headcanons (primarily valgrace/pipeyna and/or any platonic combination of these four characters but also just pjo in general) I would be incredibly grateful

[aroaceleovaldez]

Something something Jason feeling like he doesn't quite fit as "Greek" or "Roman" as a metaphor for bisexuality, particularly the semi-canonical bi-coding in his half of experiences during the Cupid scene and how Favonius and Cupid speak to him in parallel to the scenes confirming Nico is gay.

Something something the camps as metaphors for traditionally acceptable forms of relationships and Nico living as a rogue outside of them, rejecting expectation (ergo in himself representing a metaphor of queer identity and living outside of boxes and defined/usually hetero-allonormative/binary ideas of what love/relationships should look like) versus Jason struggling with the expectation to conform to a label and even discussing with Nico both of them remaining at CHB together.

Something something the inverse of Jason shifting away from the camps after he breaks up with Piper, feeling lost and unable to find a place between the camps as he begins to explore his queer identity properly for the first time versus Nico only remaining at CHB because he has entered a relationship. In this essay I will-

[kingoftheu]

I am the world's last Jeyna shipper. I am one of those soldiers who never heard WWII was over and was hiding in the jungle. I understand that canon has moved on but I refuse to surrender. I don't even need the ship itself to be canon, could be totally platonic I don't care but as a matter of principle it has to be maintained.

Jason just flat out ditching Romans never sat right with me. All those backstory hints in TLH ignored. His history comepletely irrelevant. Not once do we see him interact with any old friends who are not otherwise involved. Oh I'm sorry he had never really felt at home at Camp Jupiter than why was he part of the swap. Ooh la la Pontifex Maximus I don't care he should have been the Roman's Roman. They got left with Frank and Hazel who will be great don't get me wrong but they aren't very expirienced as the quest starts. Jason is the only Old Hand who could have countered Percebeth on the Argo 2.

Look as I said above I don't actually need Reyna to wind up with Jason. But...like...something on their backstory. I mean they toppled the Throne of Saturn. Why was she of all people raised alongside him after they were victorious? But nope Romans get screwed over. I also don't like her joining the Hunt. I just don't like the implications of a woman who doesn't want to get involved with romance having to withdraw from the world entirely. Why can't she just be praetor and not have romance.

In conclusion I am the world's last Jason x Reyna shipper who also doesn't actually ship them in particular.

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

I while ago I was thinking about Reyna and her relationship with allonormativity, and these were the thoughts I dropped into the Discord server to explain my thoughts on it so far;

Because yeah - Rick has stated he thinks Reyna is alloace, and I can why people would think that, but Reyna just reads as arospec to me instead of acespec. But the thing is, Reyna's whole deal was centered around her relationship with romance - and asexuality doesn't cover that. Aromanticism does.

I'm spitballing here but like. Let there be girls who join the Hunt but aren't necessarily opposed to romance. Reyna has never once stated she isn't interested in a relationship, but that at this point in her life, it's not on her agenda. Figuring herself out is top priority, and I love that for her <3

so yeah. Demiromantic Reyna is my heart.

[pain-is-too-tired]

Happy Ace Day to our ace queen Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano and our ace eldrich entity Jonathan 'Jarchivist' Sims.

[cruxcapn]

KAY/O overhearing Raze say her "Killjoy, you and me until the end" voiceline and he immediately recalls the Raze from his previous timeline saying the exact same thing as she succumbs to her injuries in battle, using the last of her strength to crawl across the battlefield towards an unmoving Killjoy, a weak and bloodied hand reaching towards one that had gotten so still and cold.

A shattered pair of glasses and a cap smeared in paint and blood amongst the rubble.

Both unfortunate casualties from the Radiant War, bright and brilliant minds snuffed too soon.

And it's bittersweet, how similar the Raze and Killjoy are in this timeline from his own.

He only hopes they have a better ending this time around.

[uncleskyrule]

Time: Hey, what do you call it when you run into issues while trying to carve a tiny piece of wood? Sky: ?? I don't call it anything?? I've only ever carved bigg— Time: A whittle problem

[yonemurishiroku]

Insane how Jason discovered Nico’s secret in a place where he and Reyna once dreamt of coming and became friends with him for that whereas Nico and Reyna later went on a world saving quest and became adopted sister/brother.

And people say this trio has no potential. Fuck off.

[huntingrays]

i got a few likes when i said i want to talk about my pjo idol so i have returned to share my notes on it since i finished writing them out

will i ever write this? probably but idk when

basic info before diving in: pjo idol au, will be a more ‘slice of life’ au if i ever do write with drama random thrown in whenever i feel like it, two of the characters are ‘hybrids’ (humans with animal features and sometimes mannerisms). why? wanted an excuse to give leo pretty wings. this is an au so some charas are different from canon (hybrids, gave nico glasses, etc) so excuse any randomness thrown in lol. the two different planets aren’t rlly all that important tbh

ok time to share the notes!

PJO Idol AU Info:

- Percy Jackson 🐬/🦈 - Leader, main rapper, oldest. Oldest member and has been a trainee under their company for the longest. He was recruited when he was only twelve years old. He picked out all the members of the group himself. He and his members have gone through a lot so he feels very protective of them. He’s often referred to as the dad of the group. He’s also very loyal, loving, sassy, and funny. He’s the member most likely to stop a fan’s delusions with his sass. He’s one of the two hybrids in group. He’s a sea creature hybrid. His parents are from the planet Tartarus but he was born in and grew up on the planet Olympus. His representative emoji/animal is a dolphin, but he keeps asking for it to be a shark since dolphins are assholes.

- Leo Valdez 🐦‍🔥 - Main dancer, face of the group. Unlike Percy, he was born and raised on the planet Tartarus. He only moved to Olympus when he caught the attention of a recruiter. His mom wanted him to have a good future, so she sent him off when he was only fifteen. Despite being trainee and idol for several years and being fluent in the language, he likes to pull the foreigner card during games. Due to his flirty nature, natural humor, and bright plumage, he quickly became the most popular member and face of the group. He’s often invited on variety shows. Despite his popularity, he’s struggled for years with insecurity and is very open about it with the fans. In general, he’s very open with fans. He used to act in the past but stopped after becoming a trainee. Recently, he got back into acting. He’s the second hybrid in the group. He’s a bird hybrid but prefers being called an avian. His representative emoji/animal is a phoenix due to his bright red feathers and firey personality.

- Will Solace ☀️/🕊️ - Main vocal, producer, visual. Nearly all of Cabin 4’s songs are written and produced by Will. He’s not only an incredible vocalist but amazing producer. His members often praise him for his talents. He’s the visual of the group and is often referred to as the sun by his fans. His members picked up on it and often call him ‘sunshine’ as a nickname. Will is a very caring member and takes the health of his members very seriously. However, he often neglects his own health. Back when they first debuted, Will knew how risky their concept of a hybrid and human group was. So, he worked tirelessly on their songs so they would be perfect. He felt that if he didn’t make a perfect song then they would fail and he would be responsible for their failure. Even after they became the legends they are today, he’s still a hard worker. It’s no secret that Nico is one of the only ones who can get him to stop working and take a break. He’s one of the two human members. His representative emoji is the sun and his representative animal is a dove due to his vocals and fondness for love songs.

- Nico di Angelo 🦇 - All rounder, youngest. The youngest member and last to join the company. Despite his late start, he’s not lacking in any department. In fact, he’s referred to as a jack of all trades or all rounder in the group. He can do everything and he can do it well. Due to his natural talent, many different companies wanted him. However, he joined Juno Ent after hearing rumors that they had a snow cone machine that trainees and idols could use (which turned out to be true). His members find the story hilarious and will tease him about it whenever they can. In fact, they even bought him his own snow cone machine for his birthday. Despite the teasing, he does often use it. Despite being the youngest, he doesn’t often act like he’s. He’s very independent and reserved. Despite this, he’s very friendly (he knows nearly everyone in the entertainment industry) and his young side does show when he gets to talking about his favorite card game. Though he may seem cold at first, fans and friends know he’s a caring guy. After all, he joined the company to help support his sisters. However, he can also be snarky, especially to Leo. His representative emoji/animal is the bat due to his nocturnal nature, love for fruit, and terrible eyesight. Some fans say his representative emoji should be a moon while others say it should be a star, both wanting his to match with Will’s. Nobody can come to an agreement, so it stays as a bat.

Group Name: Cabin 4

- Cabin 4 are a group composed of two hybrids and two humans. They were the first group to have both hybrid and human members. Due to camp being a place where you can bond with others who are different from you, that’s why they’re called Cabin 4. The cabin is to represent camp while the 4 represents how many members they have. They want fans to feel loved no matter what their background is. The group is all about having fun and embracing people despite their differences. They tend to write a lot fun, upbeat, “summery” songs.

Fandom Name: Campers

Fandom Main Ships: The two popular fandom ships are between the two hybrids and two humans. Due to this, they often get into online arguments with other fandoms who view this as “problematic”. No, they don’t find the shipping problematic, they think that the fandom only shipping within species is problematic.

- Percy/Leo: Known as the parents or the mom and dad of the group. After many fans started shipping Will and Nico due to their natural bond, the only duo left was Percy and Leo. Due to them being the oldest and their habit to occasionally dote on the others, they became known as the mom and dad of the group. After hearing about this, Percy and Leo found it hilarious and would jokingly flirt with each other all the time. Despite the shipping, the two are only close friends

- Will/Nico: Fans were able to instantly pick up on the bond these two have. They became close friends during their trainee days (due to being the same age) and have been close ever since. The two seem to share an unbreakable bond. They are able to share secrets and confide in each other in ways they can’t with others. They are very open about this and their friendship. Due to this, they’re shipped by the fans. They’re the most popular ship in the fandom. This does cause some issues because the two do secretly have feelings for each other. Despite their feelings, they never confess since they don’t want to mess things up for the group. Still, their feelings continue to grow and the fandom ship isn’t helping things.

Company: Juno Entertainment

- Juno Entertainment is all about bringing inclusivity to the world of entertainment. They’re one of the few companies who accept both human and hybrid trainees and employees. Despite being located on Olympus, they have many recruiters searching for talent on Tartarus. Despite their current success, they hard a rough start. Before Cabin 4, none of their groups gained big or commercial success. They debuted Cabin 4, thinking that would be their last group. To their big surprise, the group ended up being a success and they ended up saving their company. Now, they’re one of the biggest entertainment companies. Juno Entertainment is generally regarded amongst the public and idols as one of the ‘better companies’. They don’t have a dating ban, they protect their idols, they make sure to promote their idols, and they even sometimes listen to fans. Despite this, they are still an entertainment company and some of the jokes of the idols in Cabin 4 show that they have harsh training, perhaps even harsher than most companies.

Frank: Manager

- Frank is their (forever suffering) manager. He’s been a manager of groups in the past but met his match when it came to Cabin 4. Somehow, the group manage to get into crazy situations, even when they’re trying to be on their best behavior. He does love the members but he’s also very tired of them (especially Leo). Despite the struggle, he’s great at his job.

- Friends: Cabin 4, Hazel, Reyna

Reyna: Bodyguard

- Reyna is great at her job. She’s good at defending the boys. The fans tend to be kind and considerate and she rarely has to use force. Despite how easy her job is, she does have her struggles. Her struggles mainly involve one Leo Valdez trying to convince her to do dance challenges. Despite the fact that she gives zero effort and energy, Leo and the fans absolutely love the videos. Also, she wishes the other members would stop randomly wandering off. It makes her job a lot harder.

Friends: Cabin 4, Frank, Hazel, Jason, Thalia

Hazel: Stylist

- Hazel is a stylist for many Juno Ent. groups, but often works together with Cabin 4. She’s very kind and gets along well with all the members. Also, she’s Nico’s half-sister and likes to catch up with him whenever they see each other. She’s usually the one who hears about all the gossip the group has to share with her (even if she doesn’t want to hear it).

- Friends: Cabin 4, Bianca, Frank, Reyna

Annabeth: Architect.

- Annabeth is an architect that has been trying her best to succeed in her career. Ever since she was a little girl, it’s been her dream job. She’s worked hard to get where she is as a woman in the field. Recently, she’s gotten a job that she sees as her big break. She was hired by Juno Ent to redesign and upgrade their building. It has been stressful trying to work on all of her client wants along with what she thinks would work best, but she’s been enjoying every second of it. Though, she noticed very quickly on that the idols who work at the company are very… strange. She ran into a few and the ones in the group Cabin 4 are strange, especially the leader. He’s strange… but also nice and funny. He’s even been kind enough to take her out to dinner after she’s done working and keep her company when she’s working late. He asks her about her job and tries his best to pay attention when she rambles about architecture and old buildings and structures she likes. It’s clear he doesn’t always understand but he tries his best and even attempts to ask her questions. Once, she saw her sneakily text a friend a question. She was guessing it Leo. They only talked a handful of times but she always seemed happy to talk to her about architecture. Unlike Percy, he seemed to know a thing or two about it. Percy was nice and cute but she was determined to do her job and then go on with her life. Even if he seemed like the perfect guy, he was an idol and she was a normal girl. She knew nothing would come from a relationship with him. Even so, she couldn’t stop daydreaming about those sea green eyes.

- Friends: Thalia, Grover, Luke

Grover: Former trainee.

- Grover is a former trainee under Juno Ent and Percy’s best friend. During the beginning of his life as a trainee, Percy was anxious due to how young he was and wondering how being a trainee would go. He met Grover on the first day and they’ve been inseparable ever since. Percy didn’t believe in soulmates until he met Grover. If soulmates did exist, then Grover was his platonic soulmate. He would do anything for him and he knew his friend would do anything for him in return. Grover was one of the only things that kept him from quitting when things got too hard. Even though Grover left a year before Percy debuted (he realized the idol life wouldn’t be good for his anxiety after seeing how it affected his girlfriend Juniper), they still remained best friends. Currently, Grover is studying in college hoping to help with nature conservation.

- Friends: Percy, Juniper, Annabeth, Thalia, Luke

Piper: Actress

- Actress under HB Ent. and Leo’s old childhood friends. In the past, her father accepted a role that brought them to Tartarus. While there, she met Leo and they became best friends. However, after her father’s project was done, she moved away and they didn’t see each other for years. She became an actress, following in her father’s footsteps. She immediately became popular due to her father but has done her best to distance herself from him, wanting to be popular for being Piper McLean, not for being the daughter of Tristan McLean. Recently, she landed a role as the main character in the TV series. When they were meeting the cast, she found out the person who would be playing the best friend of her character was none other than Leo Valdez, her old best friend. Immediately, the two were happy to see each other and picked up right where they started. Their natural chemistry helped them with their roles in the show. The two of them became so close so fast that the media tend to think they’re dating. They aren’t, but they occasionally like to fuel the flames of their dating rumors for fun. The show they’re on makes decisions for future seasons based on what the fans want. The show is 100% for the fans. After the season aired with Piper’s character’s complex love dodecahedron, she began to question who she was and her sexuality. When she nervously told Leo that she thought she liked women, he smiled and pulled her into a tight hug. He told her he loved her and that she wasn’t alone in being ‘confused but not straight’. The two have been inseparable ever since.

- Friends: Leo, Jason, Rachel, Nico

Jason: Actor

- Actor under New Rome Ent. His father is a very influential man and he’s been doing his best to separate himself from him. He’s had many different careers in the entertainment industry, but he’s been an actor for the longest and he thinks it’ll be what he does. He’s become very popular and is known as the ‘sweetheart of Olympus’. Recently, he’s been a supporting character on the show Piper is starring in. He’s been in the show since S1. His character used to be in a romance with Piper’s but that storyline was dropped after fans said their characters had no chemistry. However, after the newest season and the fans got to talking about a few interactions between his and Leo’s characters, the show decided to make their characters have a deeper bond in the next season, to make them a ‘will they won’t they’ couple. Jason has been internally freaking out about it. He’s a huge fan of Cabin 4 and Leo is his favorite member. He doesn’t know how to act causally around his celebrity crush. Leo is completely clueless and Piper is trying to get them together.

- Friends: Piper, Reyna, Thalia, Nico

Thalia: Soloist.

- Currently a soloist and a former member of a group called The Hunters. Thalia began her idol career in a girl group called The Hunters. The group was very successful and she was one of the most popular members. However, their company had a dating ban. Despite the ban, she thought she could get away with staying with her boyfriend she met during her trainee days. They were able to stay secret for a few years. However, they ended up getting careless and soon they were caught. She ended up getting removed from the group and later left the company and joined a new one. Now, she’s a soloist and does very well for herself. She kept a lot of fans old fans and later gained many new ones. She and her boyfriend (Luke) are still dating and she’s still good friends with a lot of her former members.

- Friends: Luke, Annabeth, Grover, Percy, Jason, Reyna, Nico

Rachel: Model.

- A model under Juno Ent. She’s currently low contact with her father. He wanted her to go into business but she wanted to do something creative. Her career choices were always something they argued over. Eventually, she went low contact with him. Currently, she’s a model but she also draws and paints a lot, posting a lot of her creations. She loves art but never wanted to make a career out of it. It helps her a lot and she doesn’t want it to suddenly be job that’s about money. She doesn’t want to put value on her pieces that mean so much to her. So, she went into modeling instead. It was a way to express herself and her love for art in another way. She had a crush on Percy when she first joined the company but it eventually faded away and they remain good friends.

- Friends: Percy, Piper, Nico

[shuutingstar]

I really REALLY want someone to animate Epic: The Musical with PJO. Like I love Epic’s music and PJO’s just fun yk?

My idea if anyone ever does ever decided to make a crossover/au is that I think it’d be cool if the gods (Poseidon, Athena, etc) were replaced with their kids (Percy, Annabeth, etc) and Odysseus could be Rachel or something. I’m not too sure about that one but she’s a clear-sighted mortal so I don’t see how she can’t be. Not sure who Penelope would be though, I guess whoever you ship Rachel with?

I also think it’d be funny if Circe was Reyna just because of her backstory. It’s funny okay??

I’m just gonna give an example so you kinda get what I’m sayin.

In the song “Wouldn’t You Like” Hermes can be replaced with one or both of the Stoll brothers. Let’s say Rachel needs a way to get her men back from Reyna (Circe) and doesn’t know what to do; Connor or Travis (or both of them) gives her a way to do that.

Wouldn’t that be fun?? Like it’s just the Odyssey but PJO so I’m not sure if that would be the most interesting thing in the world but I’d love to see someone do something with Epic and PJO.

[unclepolyglot]

Writing Signed Languages in Fanfics

so i recently got into learning ASL (which is amazing!! i love it so much!!) and am planning to reference it when writing a Legend of Zelda fanfic, like certain facial expressions or how quickly/forcefully a sign is made, etc.

the thing is, since i'm hearing, i'm wondering if those of you who are d/Deaf or HoH can give me some tips on how to write a signing character, like things you wish you'd see in fanfics, or things you wish writers would stop doing.

also, to show that the MC is communicating in another language other than English, i'm thinking of using these Japanese 「quotation brackets」. thoughts?