#saw this reference on Pinterest and i knew i had to do my thing lmao XD

[themiraclefish]

*smooch*

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bonus >o<

[ladecaland]

i saw your awesome dress from acnh! do you have a gridpattern or creator code? either would be lovely cus i know what design you got it from but i don't have the creativity myself, but it's so fkn cute i need it in my life.

Ok prepare yourself because I explain wayyyy too much. I think going into more detail here will help you and others though.

Thanks a ton for this ask! It helped me organize my process so I can share it with you and everyone else ^^

For inspiration:

The biggest thing with this dress is I approached it to make something I'd wear irl. I love a wide range of fashion and buying my fashion choices would cost my rent and soul so I'm continuing to live vicariously through my AC character lmao

I was inspired by those cute sweaters with drip designs and my favourite colour palettes to mix are black with bright and bold designs because I'm extra as fuck. I tried to search Google and Pinterest if anyone patterns with that drip design. Someone actually made this this sweater. I'm adding the hyperlink so you can check em out.

So with that, I used that design as my "base"

Planning:

I knew what I sorta wanted so then I looked up Lolita and Harajuku fashion and made a small board so I had reference for how jumperskirts look and physically work. It saved me time later on so I wasn't trying to draw from memory.

During it all, I also did tons of iterations where I'd stop, and make an extra copy to save on the side in case I add something major and mess up. A habit from doing digital art but it helps. There are no layers and no cache of 50 undo's lmao. About 3 times I actually saved and quit because I don't trust autosave in anything.

Moving on, I analyzed it to see how the pixel art for the previous sweater worked but hit a roadblock.

Some Technical Stuff

So I got that drip design down initially and had to adjust it for the smoothing as well as how the mesh works, then the rest that I added was basically accents on how jumperskirts work with details last. Again with making iterations and copied saves and frequently exiting the editor to see how it looks actually on my character.

New Horizon's pattern system has this anti-aliasing/smoothing algorithm where if certain colours are within a specific HSB range that I haven't fully figured out yet--they'll blend differently. So certain shading methods that worked in New Leaf can look really bad, off, or sometimes not even work. Some edges will round, some will stay sharp. It took a lot of experimenting to get the "lace" part at the bottom to work right because if I had a colour's saturation or brightness to close or too different, it would refuse to curve. A pink in my palette is almost identical to a purple but it didn't work the same.

There were some annoying small things like how grids are 32x32 in general so as an even number, I couldn't make it perfectly symmetrical and still have the white parts blend right. Literally one pixel difference. There were a lot of exasperated sighs.

Small colour and design principles to keep in mind.

I don't come from a pixel art background but this stuff is generally universal and its sorta stuff that makes sense but you sometimes don't think of.

I used a consistent theme and palette with the neon warm to cool tones and I added a little yellow to add some details but kept it minimal not overpower it.

I worked from bottom layers to top, skirt, shirt, suspenders, made sure seams were flush, final details.

Maaaaan, that was super long but thanks so much for the ask because some other people have wanted to know too. I did all this on my phone for the past hour so I hope it's not too messy.

The wings were a last-minute thing cause I have a sweater irl with them on the back and I was just all "Fuck yes, I need this". And the back was a little bare. So I figured those out and instead of shading via brightness/greys, I used the colours I did on the drips to add dimension and keep it unified.

So short story for my dress: I just made something I'd want to wear but can't afford irl.

Long story: [See Above]

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I’m a witch, you ass: part 2

Summary: All Jimin wanted was pass his final exams, but he ended up finding so much more

Pairing: yoonmin, side namjin and side taekook

Total wordcount: 17k ish

TW: none

Nota: I wanted to write a short story but my fingers slip and oops lmao. Anyways, i made a Pinterest collection of the environment in general, the characters and stuff, if you wanna check it out https://pin.it/zrbpvrupmi5u4y

part 1 / final

Wattpad  AO3   Versión en español (parte 1 / parte 2 / final)

Masterlist

Please let me know if any of the links doesn’t work!

Exam week was over. And Jimin's results have been more than satisfactory. He was happy, over the clouds, flying through the skies. He had to thank his hyung as soon as he saw him for having told him about that shop and opening the doors to a world he didn’t even know.

He was excited, ecstatic, overflowing with energy. Even Jungkook and Taehyung were worried about his condition.

“Are you high, hyung?” The youngest asked one afternoon where they were sitting under a tree and the blond was humming a happy song, enjoying the summer breeze. "It's too early for a pot brownie”

“I'm better than ever, Kookie! I'm not high, really. Exams are over, summer is here, we have a year of university left, I'm with my best friends... What else could I ask for?”

A witch with pink hair by his side, perhaps? Giving his life a little magic?

The boys exchanged glances, surprised by the sudden optimism of their friend, when a big smile occupied their fields of vision.

“Jimin? Are you okay?”

“Hobi-hyung! You're here!"Jimin got up to hug the black haired boy, who barely had time to react before falling with the blond on top of him.

“What's the matter with you today? Are you high, Chim?”

"He's been like this all day, hyung," Taehyung answered for him, while Jimin laughed hysterically and circled the tree, jumping like a happy child. He gave him a worried look, almost waiting for Hoseok to read his thoughts. He didn’t, but he seemed to grasp the message.

Hoseok was silent for a moment, thinking. Something wasn’t right, could it be...?

“Jimin” he called “Why don’t you come with me for an ice cream?”

The aforementioned’s face immediately lit up.

“Ice cream! You’re the best, hyung!”

Hoseok told Jungkook and Taehyung that he would take care of his friend. They trusted him, so they had no problem letting them go.

"We could have that little date you promised me a long time ago, Kook," Taehyung said when they were alone, giving him a mischievous smile, showing his teeth. Jungkook tried to hide his red cheeks while agreeing to his boyfriend's request.

Hoseok made sure that Jimin didn’t deviate from the road while they were heading to downtown Seoul, where people who surely could help him lived.

“But look, what a beautiful day, hyung! We could go flying for a while before butterflies take over the sky!”

The older one rolled his eyes.

“Of course, Chim, but first we go for that ice cream, mkay?”

“Magnolia ice cream, please!”

They continued walking until they arrived. Hoseok opened the fence and crossed the aisle of moving floors until he reached the door. He opened it quickly, meeting the Russian blue cat sleeping on the couch and Namjoon near the cauldron, doing whatever potion he was doing. Judging from the scent that came to his nostrils and the bluish color of the substance, it was a potion for insomnia. That potion was sold as freshly baked bread.

"It needs cinnamon, Nam," said Hoseok as he entered. The brunet looked up and smiled warmly.

"Welcome back, hyung," he greeted, looking for the cinnamon jar to add a pinch of the powder. The atmosphere became calmer, almost loose, indicating that the potion was at its perfect point.

"Is Yoongi-hyung here?" He went straight to the point. "We have a problem”

Behind him, Jimin had pushed the cat aside and was now lying back in the chair, fast asleep. The cat, transforming into his human form, approached them.

"Stupid mortal, who does he think he is?”

“Don't blame him, hyung. I think he drank more than he should have”

The two present immediately understood that he wasn’t referring precisely to alcoholic beverages.

"He's in the back garden," said Jin.

“Excellent. Could you take care of him while I go get him? "He didn’t wait for an answer as he ran out the back door.

"What if we prank him?" Namjoon suggested, making his dimples appear suddenly.

Jin rolled his eyes and crossed his arms.

“You won’t do the mustache thing again”

In the back garden, Hoseok found one of the scenes that he liked to see the most: Yoongi, wrapped in his gardening clothes, speaking happily to his plants while he changed the dirt. Yoongi used to be cold, sarcastic, even grumpy, but when it came to plants, he could become a little child.

"Very well, lion, welcome to your newly clean home again," he said as he placed a Venus flytrap in a hole made of fresh dirt. The plant began to open its jaws, content with the change of environment “You’ve behaved very well. Here, you deserve a fly” and with this, he took a dead fly from a bucket and placed it between the teeth of the plant. It wasn’t more than ten seconds before the flycatcher began digesting it.

"Uncle Hope!" His favorite child in the world came running to meet him. Hoseok lifted her up in the air, glad to see her non-niece.

“Yujin, little dove! Nice to see you!”

“Uncle Hope, your aura is between gray and pink. Is there something that worries you or you're happy about something? Or both?” The girl tilted her head, confused. She was learning very well to read auras, but she still found it hard to decipher the strongest feelings in the person's mood.

“I'm happy to see you, little dove. But I need to talk to your daddy”

“Oh, sure. He’s there, taking care of the carnivores”

Hoseok left Yujin on the ground again and approached Yoongi.

“Give me a second, Hope, just let me finish with this one little one”

“You have a cephalotus! How come I didn’t know?” the boy bent down to admire the plant better, since he had never seen one of those in real life. It was so small but so deadly. It fascinated him.

“I just got it in a bacillo game, at the local bar”

“I didn’t know you knew how to play?”

"I've been learning." He shrugged, finishing placing the dirt around the cephalotus. It moved, adapting to its new home.

“It's so beautiful” said the raven. Yoongi could almost see the hearts in his eyes.

“You can come visit her whenever you want, you know”

"Really?" Hoseok was so happy that his wings threatened to slam, but he was in time to control them, hugging Yoongi tightly. "Thanks, hyung! I will come this very night! But before... We have a problem...”

“We? It sounds like a plural to me...” he let go of the boy's grip and looked at him with a frown.

Hoseok gave him an apologetic look before heading inside the shop, where Namjoon was in charge of bottling the potion, rationing it in jars of different sizes and labeling them, while Jin was sitting reading a book and eating cookies.

But what caught the attention of the witch was what was lying on the sofa with his head in the lap of the shifter. The same mortal who had come a week before, asking for a potion to pass his exams.

“You have thirty seconds to explain” he sentenced.

“I'm not sure what happened, but I swear it wasn’t my fault” the fairy quickly explained, no longer bothering to hide his wings and starting to flutter in front of Yoongi, now in his normal size, about two inches tall “I have the theory that he drank more than a sip from the potion you gave him”

With this, Yoongi rushed towards the mortal, removing the gloves from his hands. Jin got up without haste, placing a cushion under the blond's head, and approaching Namjoon while the fairy and the elder sorcerer took care of Jimin. Yoongi seemed exasperated, angry even.

“Only rule I have, first rule they break. That's why I hate muggles!”

“So you atched Harry Potter” Hoseok was amused with the scene, although he was still worried about his friend.

"Please, don’t be ridiculous." The witch rolled his eyes, trying to evade the subject, but couldn’t help adding: “I read the books first”

Hoseok just laughed and paid attention to the blond, who was still asleep and didn’t seem to wake up soon.

“Will he be okay, hyung?”

Yoongi ran his hands over Jimin's chest, without touching him, and closed his eyes, concentrated. He ventured to feel the blond's forehead, realising that his body temperature was higher than normal.

“He has a fever and he’s trembling a little. His heart rate is also high. I need...” he got up to go out into the back garden and returned with a mortar in his hands, crushing some extravagant ingredient. Then, he needed the help of the fairy “I need you to wake him up. But don’t let him see you like this for the moment, okay? We don’t want him to have another collapse”

Hoseok nodded and went to Jimin's ear, whispering something that Yoongi couldn’t understand. The boy woke up abruptly and the fairy went to hide under the cushion.

“What's going on? Where’ss my ice cream?”

“Sh, sh. Everything’s fine, okay? I have your ice cream right here” Yoongi took a wooden spoon full of ground orchid leaves and held it to his mouth “Look, try it. It's delicious”

Jimin, still wrapped in his sudden ecstasy, stuffed the full morsel into his mouth, swallowing with difficulty when the bitterness hit his taste buds. The grimace on his face was worthy of a portrait.

“That isn’t a good ice cream, sir. It's not even cold!”

"Sleep." The witch touched his forehead with his forefinger and thus Jimin fell asleep again, snoring occasionally.

Hoseok came out from under the pillow to sit on the right shoulder of the pink-haired one.

“I sincerely hope you didn’t poison him”

Yoongi got up, washed the mortar and put it back in its place.

“I didn’t. Orchids are ideal to counteract minor ecstasies. It should not take long to wake him up”

“Thank you very much for your help, hyung”

“I specifically told him not to take more than one sip”

“It depends on how big a sip is for him” the shapeshifter intervened from the other side of the room.

“How big can it be? As much as your ego?”

“Respect your elders, Yoongi”

“Says the one who lives under my roof”

“Guys, don’t fight” this was Namjoon who spoke, “The mortal could wake up at any moment, and he will have questions”

“Hope? Can you go back to your human form?” The older wizard asked. Hoseok shook his small head.

“I already used today’s spell”

“All right. You have two options” Yoongi took a seat heavily on the sofa opposite to where Jimin was “Either you tell him the truth, or you go and hide in your little house”

The fairy sighed.

“I suppose I'll tell him the truth. After all, he already knows your shop and Jin-hyung”

“Please, everyone’s speechless when they meet me”

Nobody answered.

After a few minutes in silence, where the only noise was the air currents from the window and the door open, Yujin entered through the back door, holding a seed in her gloved hands and with a big smile on her face.

“Look, dad! The mandrakes already gave seeds!”

Maybe it was her enthusiasm, or just the volume of her voice that woke Jimin. Startled, he sat up and blinked several times, rubbing his head heavily. His hair was messy, making him look… cute, Yoongi thought.

“The mortal’s here!” Exclaimed little Yujin, keeping the mandrake seed in the front pocket of her overall.

“What happened?”

"You disobeyed my rules; that happened." The witch rose from his place, crossing his arms.

Yujin approached him, sitting next to him as she did the first time he was in the shop.

"When daddy says don’t do something, it's always better to listen to him," she said, tilting her head and looking into his eyes. "Bad things happen when you don’t listen to daddy”

Jimin didn’t know whether to take it as a childish comment, a warning or a threat. He concluded that it could be the three things if he really thought about it.

He took a few seconds to observe the place where he was until he recognized it. From the girl, to the strangely attractive shapeshifter, to the witch with purple hair and more important... the grumpy witch with pink hair who had attended him a week ago. What he didn’t recognize, was the small fluorescent figure on his shoulder, moving as if it were... a mini human?

He didn’t immediately give importance to it, he concluded that it would be some magical creature and that perhaps it was none of his business.

“I don’t remember much”

"I'll give you a summary, little flower," Yoongi said, with a deeper voice than usual. "I told you to have a sip before each test, and you didn’t. You took more than a sip and that could cost you your life. If Hoseok hadn’t brought you on time, you probably would already have fainted in some alley, surrounded by dark fairies”

"Dark fairies?”

“They take advantage of the weakness of mortals. The point is... You must be very careful with magic, kid. That's why we hide from you”

“Wait a minute, you said Hoseok? Hobi-hyung brought me? Where is he?”

The phosphorescent figure jumped from the witch's shoulder and began to flutter until it came out the back door. Yoongi immediately understood the message.

“He had an emergency, he had to fly out”

Namjoon and Seokjin laughed in the background, still doing what they were doing.

“But don’t worry, don’t bite“ he continued “Yujin, little booger, why don’t you bring one of your famous teas to our guest?”

The girl smiled widely and jumped off the couch, standing behind the counter and getting down to work. Jimin watched her take out a miniature cauldron filled with water and put it on what looked like a Bunsen burner, but ancient. She took off her gloves and rolled up her red sleeves. When exposing her arms, the blond could notice the symbols that she had, almost like those of the sorcerer but in smaller quantity. She brought out different herbs and, with great precision, added them to the mixture. Shee almost seemed like… an alchemist. Even if she was just making tea.

“Well” Namjoon started, putting out the fire in the cauldron” I need to go out and buy some things. Jin-hyung, why don’t you come with me?”

“Of course, I need to get out of this place for a while”

“Oh! Can I go?" Interposed the girl." I want to buy a new pendulum”

"What happened to the one you had?" Jin asked. Yujin shrugged.

“It broke in a session”

“You losed the session? We don’t want evil spirits hanging around”

“Of course! That was weeks ago!”

"Bugger, do you need money?" Yoongi asked, ready to give the girl what she needed, but she was already shaking her head as she poured two cups of tea and turned off the burner.

“No, thanks, daddy. I have a little of what I have saved”

“And where did you get the money?”

“The girls in my school love to see magic tricks” her smile was funny and malevolent at the same time. Yoongi looked at her, softened.

“My little leech is growing”

"Ha, she's barely seven years old and she’s already more successful than you." Jin turned to Namjoon before turning into a cat and walking between his legs.

The girl left the two cups of tea on the coffee table and addressed her father.

"Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do," Yoongi told her, hugging her.

“And you try not to burn the shop while I'm not here, okay?”

She could have been seven years old, but Jimin thought that this girl has lived longer than he has.

When the door closed behind them, Yoongi took the cup and brought it to his lips, crossing his legs.

"Should I worry?" Jimin asked, already worried. Yujin had referred to a session... a spirits session? With real spirits?

“You shouldn’t”

“Okay”

Yoongi sighed.

“Drink, you'll feel better”

Jimin obeyed. As soon as he took the first sip, his body felt immediately lighter and the tension he seemed to be carrying lessened. He sighed, enjoying the sensation and closed his eyes for a few seconds.

“Oh God. It's the best tea I've ever had”

“Yujin has extraordinary cooking skills. She is the reason why I haven’t starved to death in the last seven years”

“Can I ask you a question?”

“You can’t”

“Okay.

They drank in silence. Yoongi finished his tea before Jimin and got up.

“Well, that would be it. I'm glad you feel better and there's nothing else I can do for you. As soon as you exit through that door, please don’t come back unless it’s a matter of life and death. And for the love of the gods, don’t reveal the existence of this shop to any of your mortal friends, okay? I'll know if you do, and the consequences won’t be nice for you. Have a nice day”

And with that, he walked to the back door, but as soon as he opened it, the small phosphorescent figure from before quickly got in, perching on the table in front of Jimin.

"Oh, no," Yoongi whispered through his teeth.

“Jimin! I'm really sorry! I should never have told you about the shop, nor should I have lied to you, but you needed help and you were desperate, and I wanted to tell you the truth for a long time, but I didn’t know how to do it and now I put you in danger, and...”

“Hoseok! Take it easy! You’re gonna scare him”

Jimin was confused. He listened to his friend's voice, but he didn’t know exactly where it came from.

“Down here, Chim!”

The blond looked at the coffee table to meet a two-inch human, shining and waving at him with one hand.

“An insect! A damn insect!” He jumped up from the sofa to hide behind it and just peeked his eyes out.

“Come on, Jimin. It's me,” the little man said, flying carefully to him and stopping on the back of the sofa, near his hands. "I'm your hope, I'm your angel, I'm J-Hope”

"More like a damn fairy," Yoongi laughed from his position. Hoseok shot him a murderous look.

“Hobi-hyung?” Jimin came out of his hiding place cautiously, taking his time to admire the size of his hyung, his wings, even his clothes. Being a fairy, the boy would think that his clothes would consist of green suits with shoes and a pointed hat, perhaps covered with leaves and twigs, but no. He was dressed exactly the same as the last time he had seen him.

“Your clothes shrink when you do?”

Nobody spoke for a few seconds. Hoseok was waiting for any other questions, except that one.

“They do”

“My friend is a fairy... My hyung is a fairy...” He didn’t know if it surprised him, scared him, or intrigued him. Maybe the three things.

“I'm a fairy”

"Are you one of the dark fairies Yoongi-ssi mentioned?" He asked, almost afraid.

“What? I'm not..." He looked at the witch angrily, who just shrugged and pursed his lips. "I'm not a dark fairy. I feel so attacked right now”

“I'm sorry, it's just that...” he walked around the sofa again, taking a seat where he was a few minutes ago “Everything is a bit confusing. A week ago I didn’t know magic existed, and now I find out one of my best friends is a fairy, and is friends with witches and shapeshifters.

“Only witches and shapeshifters, definitely.”

“And obviously there are many other things I don’t know”

"I know it's a lot to process, Chim” the fairy sat down softly on his friend’s shoulder trying to comfort him. “And you can take all the time you need”

“Just take it outside my shop...” the sorcerer intervened, leaning against the frame of the back door and crossing his arms.

"Hyung!" Hoseok scolded. "Jimin can take the time he needs, and he can come whenever he wants”

Yoongi rolled his eyes and sighed.

“Well, but there you must follow three simple rules”

“I’m listening”

“One: you have to be here when he is. I won’t take care of any emotional trauma if the kid goes unsupervised and I won’t start being responsible now.”

“Done. What is the second rule?”

“He won’t touch anything. We don’t want him to cause disasters I’ll have to fix later”

“Perfect. And the last one?”

“He won’t speak to me. I've done enough for this mortal”

“Well, maybe that's a bit rude...” the fairy started, but seeing the witch's hard look, he accepted “Okay. Do you understand, Jimin?”

The aforementioned nodded, trying to hide his smile. It’s true that Yoongi was grumpy and rude, but there was something odd with him, Jimin noticed. As if he tried too hard to look rude.

“All right. If you follow those three rules, you’re welcome in my shop whenever you want. It’s open twenty-four hours a day”

"As long as I'm here," commented Hoseok.

“You’re getting it”

And with this, the witch went towards the garden.

“Don't let him intimidate you. He is a grumpy old man who hasn’t had sex for at least fifty years.

The blond almost choked on the tea.

“How old is he? How old are you, Hobi?”

“You don’t want to know his age. And I’m much older than you, kid, so don’t drop the titles”

“I'm sorry, hyung”

After finishing his tea, Jimin looked at the clock on his cell phone, startled by the time and number of messages he had.

“Oh no. I'm late for an interview. Kookie and Tae are looking for me. I have to go!”

Hoseok took off from his shoulder, floating close to his head.

“Oh, yeah, you're looking for a summer job. What will you try now?”

“The coffee in front of the campus.

“Good luck, Chim! Come back soon!” He shouted when the boy was already out the door.

“Thank you! Will do!”

And the door closed with a thud.

  Jimin visited the shop almost every day. It was customary to follow Hoseok after his dance classes, in the afternoons. Almost two weeks had passed since the incident, and Jimin had never been livelier in his life. A whole new world is opened before his eyes, within reach of his hands and more excited he couldn’t be. Even Jungkook and Taehyung noticed his mood change in recent days. He couldn’t explain, of course, being that he had made a promise, but he wasn’t going to tell anyone.

It was a Friday when his friend/fairy brought out a topic of conversation that he was avoiding.

"How's the job search going?" He asked, as they opened the fence and crossed the garden toward the front door of the shop.

“Ugh, don’t ask me. I’ve applied in all the cafés in the city and none of them has accepted me. It's as if they weren’t even trying, can you believe it, hyung?”

Upon opening the door, Hoseok discarded the glamor that kept his human face to return to his original size and flutter near his friend’s head.

“Cafés? Chim, are you even trying?”

“Of course I'm trying! I want a job in a café and thus meet my soul mate, is that too much to ask?”

“This isn’t a love story, Chim. You need the money if you want to pay for your last year of college and your dance classes,” he said, emphasizing the and.

“You're right, but where else do you look for a job?”

“Maybe Yoongi can help you with that.”

Jimin dropped on the couch, in his usual seat while Hoseok landed on his shoulder. Seokjin was at the counter, as usual, keeping an eye on the shop with those blue eyes and Namjoon was behind him, sitting on a chair and absorbed in his reading. The book seemed extremely old. The two limited themselves to greeting them with a nod and a smile.

“But Yoongi-ssi said that I musn’t speak to him…”

“Mhm, you're right… Namjoon! Do you have a moment?”

The aforementioned got up, leaving the book aside and approached them.

“What do you need, hyung?”

“Jimin needs a little help”

“If it has to do with knowing your future, I’m all ears”

“Well... Something like that. He needs to get a job, do you think you could make an amulet or something?”

Namjoon shook his head immediately.

“Never. I’m bad with amulets and potions and you know that perfectly, hyung”

“Please, Joon, what's the worst that could happen?”

“If any disaster happens, Yoongi-hyung would kill me, and I fear for my life, thank you very much”

"Is someone threatening you, Nam?" The man was entering the room, with little Yujin behind him.

“Nobody’s threatening me... Yet. Hosoek-hyung wants a favor, so I'll let him tell you.” He smiled innocently and went back to his place to read his book. The cat gave him a funny look, and both paid attention to the conversion that was about to take place.

"How can I help you, Hope?" Yoongi was in a good mood, it seemed, until his eyes fell on a certain mortal in his tent. "Well, maybe it can wait”

He turned to go back the way he had come, but the fairy was faster and hurried to cover his step, floating in front of his face.

“Wait! It's about... Jimin”

Yoongi raised an eyebrow, disinterested, and made his characteristic pout, almost pursing his lips.

“C’mon, you helped him once...”

“And how did it end up for him?”

“Aish, but this time won’t happen. You'll do everything I say, right Jimin?” The fairy looked at the blond behind them, who quickly nodded quickly. “Come on, hyung. Do it for me”

“Uncle Hobi looks very distressed, daddy. Maybe you should at least listen to him,” the girl said, next to the sorcerer.

Yoongi sighed, while Hoseok smiled at Yujin in gratitude. In the end he rolled his eyes.

“You have thirty seconds”

“Jimin needs a job, but it seems he hasn’t been looking in the right place. Could you do something for him?”

The wicth raised both eyebrows.

“... Hyung?

Yoongi looked at the mortal. He avoided his gaze, trying to keep his promise not to speak to him. His hair fell on his forehead, his nervous eyes roamed every part of the room that wasn’t him. That day he was wearing a gray long-sleeved shirt with black pants and sneakers. The sleeves of the shirt covered his hands and he played nervous with them. He was slightly sweaty, a result of the dance class he came from.

He sighed one last time, closing his eyes and telling himself that he wouldn’t regret it.

“All right. Give me a few minutes”

He went to the cabinet in front of the counter and took out something that nobody could see. Then, he disappeared through the back door, leaving them alone, wondering what he would do. Seconds later, Yujin followed him.

Hoseok smiled, approaching Jimin, who took a seat again.

“Easy, Yoongi-hyung knows what he does”

Namjoon approached them equally, along with the cat and they both sat on the sofa in front of them.

“He���s right, you know? Yoongi-hyung rarely makes mistakes... Not after...”

The cat jumped on his lap and gave him an accusatory look, warning him not to talk more than he should. Namjoon understood.

“It’s just that Yoongi-hyung has had a difficult past that has shaped his personality over time”

Jimin was content with that, but he couldn’t help but wonder what had to have happened for Yoongi to be that way. He couldn’t help but remember what Yujin had said when he met her.

“Daddy says that mortals are dangerous. That I shouldn’t get too close to them”

Did it have something to do with that?

Meanwhile, Yoongi had gone into the room next to his garden, where he used to make his mixes, some potions, fertilizers and basically all his work. In the center, there was a wooden table with six chairs. The walls were full of shelves with various plants, jars and tools of gardening and alchemy on all sides. The place was full of windows, through which natural light entered. A single bulb hung from the ceiling for the times Yoongi worked at night. And in a corner, what looked like a stove and a refrigerator, where they kept their food and tried to cook.

"Do you need help, daddy?" Yujin said as she took a seat in one of the chairs and watched her father work. He placed a bracelet in the middle of a pentacle painted on the table and positioned some plants and candles around.

“No, sweetie. I'll just make a simple charm for the mortal and that's it”

“Jimin doesn’t seem like a bad person” said the girl, playing with her braids, ”I have dedicated myself to analyzing his aura during these days...”

“Yujin, not now, okay?”

“I’m just saying, daddy, that there are also good mortals in the world”

“And I’m just saying that I won’t look for them with the risk of finding a bad one, okay?”

His tone of voice came out harder than he intended, and when he looked up at the girl, she frowned, worried about her father.

“I just want you to be happy, daddy. I have never seen you smile outside your comfort zone”

Yoongi stopped doing what he was doing to look at his daughter. She kept her gaze steady until the sorcerer gave up. How was it that he had raised this girl so well?

“Thanks, Yujin. I'll try, okay?”

Yujin smiled, got out of the chair and approached Yoongi, wrapping him in a tight hug. The door opened abruptly, interrupting the moment. Hoseok entered with a trail of light and stopped in front of them.

“I'm sorry, am I interrupting something? Well, it doesn’t matter. Thea is here!” and he left as he arrived.

"Shall we see her?" Yoongi suggested when they were alone again. Yujin nodded happily and they both left the room, crossed the garden and entered the shop. The girl ran excitedly into the arms of the new arrival.

“Mommy! I missed you so much!”

Jimin raised his head to hear this. He hadn’t paid much attention to the new arrival, but when he saw Yujin so happy to see who her mother seemed to be, his mind kindled all kinds of alarms.

The girl looked young, no more than twenty-five years old. She was brunette, her loose hair was curly and dark brown, with small eyes, just like the little girl. Jimin could see the resemblance everywhere, and was surprised that Yujin and Yoongi had no similarities in physical appearance. The girl's mother didn’t dress too luxurious, as he could believe. Just ripped jeans and a greasy wool sweater that was slightly larger. On her back hung a small denim backpack.

As soon as Yujin opened her arms, the new arrival received her with welcoming arms, carrying her on her hip and greeting her with a hug that was just as strong.

“Hello, pumpkin. I missed you so much, too”

Then, Yoongi entered the shop, smiling slightly at the scene. Jimin noticed the exact moment when the wizard and the girl exchanged glances and a wave of jealousy invaded his chest. He didn’t notice, but Yujin was able to see his aura perfectly and smiled to herself.

Yoongi approached them.

“Hello, stranger, what a pleasure to see you again” he approached her to greet her with a kiss on the cheek. Jimin's interior burned, so he preferred to look away.

“Same, Yoongles, how’ve you been?”

The sorcerer shrugged.

“As usual. Solving everyone’s life, fixing Namjoon’s messes and taking care of this little one,” he replied, nodding at Yujin.

The girl smiled sideways.

“You have done a good job. I was afraid I would not find her on my next visit”

“Pff, please. Yujin can take care of herself perfectly. Better yet, she takes care of me, don’t you, little bugger?”

The girl smiled broadly.

"Daddy would be starving to death if it weren’t for me”

The girl laughed.

"And what brings you to Seoul, old woman?" Seokjin said, finally returning to his human form and approaching them.

“Well, I thought it was a long time since I visited you guys. And I wanted to see you”

Namjoon also joined the conversation.

“We are very happy to see you. Don’t disappear so much”

“Actually, I've been traveling a lot. And I came with gifts!”

She slipped the backpack from her back and sat on the couch next to Jimin, noticing his presence for the first time.

“Hello, I've never seen you around here” she smiled sideways, extending her hand. “I'm Althea, but everyone calls me Thea. A pleasure”

"I'm Jimin," he replied, taking her hand and trying to force a smile.

“You're Yoongi's friend?”

"Not really." Hoseok answered for him, sitting in the center of the table. "He's my friend, but Yoongi lets him come from time to time”

“I'm surprised that that grumpy old man hasn’t thrown you out yet. He doesn’t like to make many friends”

“Hm, you know him. He has a weak spot for the charismatic fairy”

Everyone laughed, except Jimin, who felt more and more out of place. Yoongi noticed his discomfort, but tried to ignore it as much as he could.

“Going back to the gifts!”

She started to take out some packages and distribute them to those present.

“A new crystal ball! How did you know I broke mine?” Namjoon exclaimed.

“Maple honey of the oldest tree in Canada. You know me so well” Laughed the fairy.

“A collection of selected ingredients and spices for cooking. How did you know?” Seokjin was already thinking of a thousand and one dishes to add his new seasonings.

“Wow! A quartz wand! But these are impossible to get!” Yelled Yujin, admiring her new wand, almost afraid to break it.

“And for Yoongi...” she got up and walked towards him, with her backpack in one hand and the other inside her, keeping her gift as a surprise” It's not really a gift, it's more like a commission, you know? I found it abandoned in a forest in Norway and I thought you would be the one to take care of it”

Finally, she pulled out her hand, revealing what Jimin thought was a turtle egg. It was very small, it could fit in Yujin's palm. The boy couldn’t know with certainty which animal belonged.

However, because of the face he put on, Yoongi seemed to recognize it immediately.

"You're kidding" His face showed surprise, admiration, even happiness. There were more expressions than Jimin had ever seen him do and he hated the girl for that.

“I'm not kidding. They will need a home when they’re born”

“It will be an honor to take care of him. Myzo will be happy to have company”

Thea handed him the egg and Yoongi received it as if it were a feather. He ran to find a container and a piece of cloth to place it there with great care and leave it on the counter.

"And how long will you be in Seoul?" Namjoon asked suddenly.

“Oh, I was about to leave, actually”

“Are you kidding? But you just arrived today!” Hoseok cried.

“I'm sorry, guys, I have some problems to fix. But I’m very happy to see you again”

“Well,” Seokjin intervened, “We don’t want to delay you. But stay in touch, okay?”

“I agree with the cat” Yoongi nodded, returning with them, “and call us if you need something, okay? You know where to find us”

Thea smiled broadly, glad to have such good friends. She approached Yujin and gave her one last hug that lasted a little longer than expected. She said goodbye to everyone with more hugs, a kiss on the cheek to Yoongi and a gesture with her hands for Jimin to finally leave through the front door, fading away in the streets of Seoul.

"That girl is a loose case," laughed Seokjin, returning to his cat form and leaning back on the sofa. Everyone returned to their places, still infected by Thea's energy until Hoseok broke the environment.

“Oh, hyung, did you finish Jimin's amulet?”

Yoongi seemed to come out of a trance.

“Right! I’ll be back.” He took the container where he had placed the egg and got out the shop again.

The shop was silent, only the sound of the wind broke the atmosphere. Jimin didn’t dare to comment or ask anything, so he began to analyze the place for the thousandth time until his eyes fell on Yujin. She was watching him with her head cocked and when they made eye contact, she smiled sideways. He didn’t have time to ask what was going on, because Yoongi came in again and approached him.

"Here you are." She extended a hand to him, handing him a silver bracelet. Jimin examined it. It was simple, thin and open, one of those that overlap and have no brooch. But at one end, a small feather was engraved. The design was beautiful, and Jimin could hardly believe the delicacy that both the bracelet and Yoongi's gesture implied.

“It’s an amulet. It will help you get what you need. Use it as much as you can and believe as much as you want”

“It’s beautiful. But how much will it cost?”

The sorcerer considered for a moment. Then he remembered the mortal's discomfort when Thea was in the shop and smiled sideways.

“It’s nothing”

Jimin didn’t know if he had imagined it but when he reacted, Yoongi was already in the door frame again, but stopped a moment and without turning to look at him, he added:

“Just remember. What you need is not always what you want”

part 1 / final

[resbang-bookclub]

AMA Transcript: Diamond in the Rough

Next, @silly-twin-stars​, @sandmancircus​ and @guacamoletrash​ stopped by to chat about their Resbang, Diamond in the Rough! Here’s some of what went down:

Q: Okay so I wanna get right into it. Give us some beta comments.

Silly: LOL lord ok. As usual, you all were ridiculous. Like Kat, Sarah's comments about Free gave me literal life. She started putting degdegs every time I mentioned Free's name. Everyone was also hella supportive of jokes which led to some great threads.

Q: Artists, what inspired you to art what you arted?

Sand: I was excited to get started so I just started drawing and then it kinda fit in. A lot of the art wasn't really planned.

Silly: Sarah, like, sprinkled beautiful art throughout Resbang. Every few weeks she was like /toss toss into chat.

Sand: I had fun with the art. It was a nice break from writing bang hell.

Q: How did Ragnuts come to be?

Silly: So Ragnuts was born of my need to have something Iago-esque that wasn't crackers, and peanuts was literally the first thing that came to mind. I was a little bummed because I had this entire little side plot with free being allergic to peanuts that never got a chance to fully come to fruition, but I'm still glad that peanuts ended up being the choking food of choice ;P

Sand: "Nuts were the choking food of choice" - silly, 2018

Silly: LOL. I had that one line that was like "choking on words instead of nuts" in my Resbang. I think there's some beta comments about it.

Sand: There was a bunch of nut jokes. Also whenever a line from the movie was used we all got excited.

Silly: Hahahha yessss the movie line posts are so great. And people kept citing stuff from other Disney movies. Jaded pulled out a Hercules quote at one point.

Q: What do you think was the hardest scene for you to write?

Silly: I think the scene that I found the hardest was the scene where Medusa shows up in the dungeon with Soul - I was so blocked on that until I decided to make her into the little girl version of herself, and then it was like OH, SWEET and it totally worked after that.

Q: For everyone: What is your guys' process like? Did you do anything different for this Resbang or was it pretty much your usual style?

Silly: I started outlining this bad boi in like March/April? I watched Aladdin and just scribbled out a million notes w/ potential parallels and jokes and references and stuff, and then I let it sit for a couple of months. I wrote the first couple of chapters this summer and then was fully plunged into school hell and ended up writing the rest of the story in Nov-Jan. And actually, I think this fic was perfectly, completely in my comfort zone, which is what I wanted. My one and only goal this Resbang was to have a great time and write something goofy and fun, and I think that worked out! I'm gonna try out some different stuff this year, so I was pretty content to have this story exist as comfort food for me, if that makes sense. :P

Sand: My art style changes a lot, and I think you can actually notice in every picture I did that it’s almost completely different from the last. Things like shading, colours, art style etc. I haven't really found a set style yet so these things will probably keep changing since I’m a bit of a baby artist. If I do art for next year’s Resbang it will probably be completely different.

guac: lol. My process is just screaming nonstop. I did outlines this time and messed with masks so that was fun. But I really don't have a style or anything fancy like that figured out yet, shrug. I knew I wanted to draw the cave the second I read the first chapter of silly's fic so I was like "yeah!" and then the fanmix covered just kinda happened. The cave was supposed to be the original fanmix cover but then I saw a tattoo on pinterest that had the castle made out of the smoke from the genie lamp and I was like okay but what if I made... two arts?

Silly: guac's cat got to make a guest appearance in Resbang this year. 😉 Literally I was so fecking blessed?????? I couldn't stop looking at that art for a week and don't even get me STARTED ON THE PLAYLIST.

Q: I was going to ask about music you listened to while writing it, but guac did provide such a groovy mix.

Silly: Literally just guac's playlist hahaha. guac sent it to me in like.... October? I think? And it inspired so many scenes. I have specific scenes tied to specific songs in my brain.

guac: Honestly, silly would message me about how the playlist would inspire her and it made my heart so happy. It was so hard to figure out that aesthetic but once it got going I was like yeeeeee. Why do I always thicc aesthetic?

Silly: Aesthethicc. Yeah I feel like guac and I were insta on the same page with the aesthetic, I remember that convo where we were talking about what Death City is like and I said something like "like Death City, but with literally that exact apple cart from Aladdin" and guac was like YEAH.

Q: Silly, how was your process with your artists?

Silly: Our process was v chill, everyone just hung out in the server and dropped art in wheneva.

Sand: Yeah our Resbang group was great. Both of mine were, I was v lucky.

Q: What made you decide on an Aladdin AU?

Silly: Yessss, so this is a long story haha. Last year in Madi's resbang, she kept having the line "do you trust me?" and every time I saw it, I'd think of Aladdin, so I'd post some goofy Aladdin photo with Soul or Maka's fast pasted over it and it sorta became a thing. And the more I did it, the more I was like..... well shit, dude, this could really work????? Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

guac: AMAZING. I DID NOT KNOW THIS.

Q: Silly did you have a least fave scene to write?

Silly: Least fave? Ummmm OH yes, the one where Soul spends the whole scene lying to Spirit. I needed it but I hated writing it, making Soul lie at any point was like pulling teeth. It was easy to write but it was painful.

Q: If you could write anything differently, would you?

Silly: I love this story but YES, god yes. I would have fleshed so much more of it out. I would give Ragnarok more quirks, I'd give free more screen time, I'd give the SoMa more time 2 bl00m.

Sand: Resbang MOOD.

Q: Which character did you find the easiest to write?

Silly: Defffffinitely b* hahaha. I wrote his intro scene in one night. It literally just spilled from my fingertips lol. I don't think I revised any of his dialogue at all.

Sand: Bless your Blackstar.

Q: Sarah do you have a favorite art piece?

Sand: Def my big Soma one. I worked the hardest on that.

Silly: I LOVE THEM. Feisty babes.

Q: What are you most proud of in this Resbang, yall?

Silly: Like Kat, I'm mostly proud I finished? Hahhaha. But seriously, I guess I'd say I'm proud that I was able to meld two of my favorite worlds together and turn it into something cohesive and enjoyable? Like i was really surprised at how well things fit together.

Sand: I’m proud I did so many arts, along  with writing a Resbang.

guac: I am also glad I finished tbh. I had such dream and perfect partnerships this Resbang, I was like you can't take this away from me, depression.

Q: Did anything surprise you during the writing/arting/playlisting process? :0 Like, did anything turn out differently than you imagined?

Sand: I didn't expect Blackstar to be so beefy.

Silly: Hell ya Sarah. I think the biggest surprise was the discovery of Ragnarok's relationship with peanuts technically being considered dubcon. That was a bombshell in our server lmao.

guac: Who knew we'd all be into such a weird dubcon ship?

Q: Wait, what was the side plot with Free and peanuts?

Sand: I would also like to know.

guac: Tell us the truth.

Silly: I haven't totally developed in my brain but… I mention Free being allergic but I really wanted to milk it, I had this whole idea of him going into sneezing fits every time he's around Ragnarok and having this build up into some serious Ragnarok hatred and then having he and Soul bond over their hatred for Ragnarok and his peanut bullshit. I even imagined a reveal that involved Free having some kind of allergic reaction and them realizing that Medusa and Ragnarok were involved in trying to steal the flower. This was all contingent upon my developing Ragnarok's personality more, which I just didn't have time for ☹ In another world with more time!

Q: Speaking of time, Sarah and guac, are there any art/music ideas you wanted to do but didn't get to chance to? And silly, do you think you'll ever revisit this AU and write an omake or anything?

Silly: I thiiiink the door is pretty closed on this story for now - it feels like it had more of a conclusion than last Resbang at least, and I wanna move on to other fun thangs ;D

Sand: I wanted to do a Freeruka piece but I never ended up drawing it, and whenever I tried they all ended up blah.

Q: WHAT'S NEXT?

Silly: NEXT is… library fic conclusion. Hybrid Theory update which is A BIG BOI. I have another fic in mind that a couple of people know about. It might be a Resbang, it might not be a Resbang. Haven't decided yet.

guac: I would like to make a gif for this fic. I learned how to make gifs while Resbang was happening but didn't have time to during resbang. Silly's bday is in August so it could happen by then.

Silly: omg /scream emoji

Q: Fav line, where you echo the start of Aladdin but for Medusa! Dark woman waits with a dark purpose <3

Silly: I remember hearing that when watching Aladdin and was like OH HELL YEAH so I hoped it would get people similarly hyped hahah.

Q: Silly I absolutely LOVE the title of the fic. I fell in love immediately.

Silly: Aw thanks!!!!! I dropped the title too many times in the story and had to pull myself back ;D Last year it was moons, this year it was diamond in the rough. Also since we are just spilling all the deets on this story, someone ask guac about how they chose this story because of fabric.

guac: Right so, I was at the fabric store, and I had been thinking about Resbang and I was real torn. I was like do i want to do two? I said I would do one? What do I do? And then BAM, there's some Aladdin pattern fabric. And I was like ‘it's a sign.’ I was just having this crisis at Joanne's and then my prayers were answered. I'm pretty sure my email to the mods was "idk if claims 2 is still happening or not but i figured it was worth a try ¯\_(ツ)_/¯" bc it had been like a day since claims round two had started.

Silly: I checked my phone the next morning and about fell outta bed.

guac: lol. I'm glad I did it. The fabric was right.

Silly: Also I'm so glad the first thing I sent you after I got the email was "YOU SNEAKY AVOCADO."

Guac: lolol, the sneakiest.

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Thanks to the gang for stopping by! Stay tuned for more transcripts.

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mkay one more song headcanon type post before I get cracking on replies since I wanted to talk about [ Prologue / the Day I Got Expelled ] a bit since it is the opening song to the musical and we get a really nice synopsis --- so I guess people who don’t know pjo but are following me anywho, here’s a nice start !!! kinda. the song is pretty good about following the start of book 1 so why not ( x ) --- this is really long don’t mind me I’m including all the lyrics whoops :0 [ I’m even including a link to book 1 if you want ]

the beginning of the song is a little interesting since, unlike the book, it has a more general introduction. in this case the introduction focuses on demigods in general !!! as you can see in the lyrics below the show throws you right into “hello there’s Greek gods, they have children, we kinda have a lot of problems because of it” which, in all honesty, is not wrong for the series ( for those of you who don’t know the pjo background stuff ).

the gods are real like the Greek gods like the ones you learn about but weren't paying attention to well, they don't pay attention to you, either especially if you're their kid

the gods have godly things to do godly places they need to see godly plans they need to make that don't include, me

ya the gods are real and they have kids and those kids have issues, issues

daddy doesn't love me mommy is a god mommy can't protect me daddy is a god mommy is to busy, daddy is to busy busy, busy, busy, busy being a god, ya

you never listen to me, you never listen you never listen to me, you never listen, no you never listen but now you're gonna listen cause it's time you heard our side of the story it's time you heard our story

so I don’t know who reading this knows the whole Percy Jackson and the Olympians background sorta thing, but the premise is Percy is the narrator writing the books later in life as a guide of sorts for later demigods. he straight up says at the beginning of the Lightning Thief that most people reading it will think it a work of fiction --- he calls those people lucky. Percy then proceeds to warn about any demigod who might be reading it as the books will put them in danger. interesting way to start the series... ANYWAY as you can seen above the musical ( while still focusing in on Percy and his story ) includes a broader greeting. Percy at this point in the musical has no clue he’s a demigod or anything that’s going to happen, this sets the scene for the other demigods we meet later and how their stories factor in and how Percy’s is going to grow. “it’s time you heard our side of the story” not mine not yours, ours. the musical is a collective voice that Percy is not narrating, he’s not even our guide this time, he’s watching and learning like the rest of us. 

I see this first set as really showing that the musical is going to be a more outside view then inside view which, in turn, lets us see and understand more about how Percy is viewed from another person. this isn’t his self evaluation...

then Percy himself takes over to start us off ( I would assume to match the well known beginning of the books because this does not happen at any other point in the musical ). he sets the scene and the show takes off from there.

look! I didn't want to be a halfblood I didn't ask to be a hero seeking grace being a halfblood, it's scary it mostly gets you killed in very nasty ways

as is seen in the books, Percy states this is not what he wants. Percy wants to be normal ( as shown in other songs ). pulled this image from [ Pinterest ] but it shows the first line of every booK --- we’re gonna crop it here for length purposes:

we start off this series with Percy straight up saying none of this was under his control. the musical reiterates that fact in a way the movie just.... brushes over. Percy isn’t in it for the glory or fame or anything, he is just a kid making the best of a situation he does not choose.

then as I said on [ last night’s post ] the following line really smacks on the head Percy’s whole idea of being a hero. he does not want to be a hero. he does not enjoy the spotlight, does not like people telling stories of “what he has done” ( which I will not get into right now ) and most especially does not like people putting him on any kind of pedestal. he’s a kid who is doing the best he can and just wants a normal life where he doesn’t spend every day wondering if he’ll live through it. these are all things put on him by others.

I didn't want to cause trouble, trouble I'm less a player and more the played and honestly I'd totally be fine if I could make it to the next grade next grade

as I said right above this --- Percy just wants to keep living his life to the best he can and not die some horrible gruesome monster related death just because he “smells” so strongly to the monsters nearby. for the non pjo people out there, demigods can’t use any from of electronic device without broadcasting their location. for a demigod like Percy this means no phone, nothing that runs on the internet ( being as that’s a broadcasting wavelength ) and the like. he just wants to spend more then a few months at each school and prove he’s worth something. 

and don’t even get me started ont he “I’m less a player and more the played” line because I could talk for hours on the fact he’s basically the gods little puppet they expect to do as they want when they want --- just let him have his own life ??? I fell like that’s not to much to ask ESPECIALLY considering current canon points. I just remember hearing this line for the first time and wanting to just strangle them all since my boy deserves more.

it wasn't dirty socks or my step dad it was danger that I smelled the day it all went down the day I got expelled

maybe you don't know what a halfblood is because your life is normal and happy and not constantly in danger, but my life mmm... let me set the scene.

right off the bat we see emphasized what I said. though we all see him showing his life as unhappy which is a point I’ll either get to later or you’ve heard me discuss before rip.

we were on this freaky field trip ( freaky trip ) that's when this story should probably start ( ooo ) we were geeking out on ancient Greek at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art

we stopped by all the statues ( statues ) learned about the gods ( gods ) Mr. Brunner and my subsitute, Mrs. Dodds having done nothing wrong, wasn't rude hadn't rebelled

on the day it all went down the day I got expelled

I don’t know if maybe I’m reading to much into it ( lmao ) but this is one of those times something Percy says strikes me as “I did nothing wrong but fully expected to be blamed” which brb need to cry my eyes out. it’s stated that he has had issues in school and with authority figures, it’s stated that on his record / etc he’s marked down as a problem kid. I know not all teachers are like this but for Percy everything he did was scrutinized and, should he even toe the line a little, he’d get in trouble for it. these lyrics show a bit into how he doesn’t expect much ??? and has given up trying almost. it’s like “they’re gonna blame me anyway, what does it matter?” kinda thing. which is a disastrous thing to tell a kid since this is the mentality he’ll have for the rest of his life --- if no one shows any form of believing in you then why should you believe in yourself ??? 

[ cut out some non singing dialogue here - just the bit where Chiron asks about the story of Kronos and his children + Zeus tricking him yada yada ]

I didn't really get the story at least it wasn't boring, as I'd feared but is it me, or is Greek mythology not deeply weird

I didn't want to pay attention ( pay attention x2 ) now I wish I had taken notes but my focus is in question, and got some indigestion cause they're goin' for our throats ( ew ) --- not sure if this line is correct rip

[ Grover makes a sheep noise dialogue ]

my best friend was acting strange at which he so excelled the day it all went down the day I got expelled

okie dokie so I know I cropped a good portion of this out ( mainly be the dialogue between the singing --- I linked the song above from my dropbox and included my lyrics writing so you’re welcome to listen to / look at it ) but this is really our --- both us and Percy’s --- introduction and foreshadowing to what’s coming up. as anyone who has read the books / reads my headcanons knows the first big war in canon is the Titan War against Kronos and his rising army. this piece is a literal foreshadowing. Percy is in this situation due to a prophecy he is entirely unaware of that is causing gods / monsters / etc to react. Chiron is basically trying to make sure he knows what’s going on for when Percy, inevitably, ends up at camp. specially considering all the summer solstice bullcrap. me, incoherently yelling from every rooftop.

[ pb&j dialogue --- that bit where it’s in Grovers hair ] Percy: Grover, you are a good friend. Grover: aawww! dude, I'm your only friend. Mrs. Dodds: Percy Jackson!

I knew something was up when I heard my name get yelled the day it all went down

I saw something out of Mrs. Dodds' frown the day it all got weird the day I got expelled

[ that dialogue bit where Mrs. Dodds calls Percy away and turns into one of the furies and then Mr. Brunner ( Chiron ) gives Percy the sword pen to fight her off ]

honestly this is the bit with the fighting but I wanna draw attention to that line from Grover. it’s a lighthearted comment following a series of dialogue where the both of them reference being bullied by a girl named Nancy Bobofit --- Grover took a pb&j to the head so it didn’t meet Percy’s face --- but it highlights some stuff I’ve already stated ( here and other headcanon posts ). Percy, throughout all the school’s he’s been to, has never fit in and has stopped trying to. he is the target of bullies. remember that Percy at this age is small and scrawny !!! he is not the grown demigod we know currently !!! no one wants to befriend the new guy and school reject --- he spends most of his life alone. now I could bring up all kinds of statistics on kids who grow up with anxiety and other things based on how they were treated as kids but I think you get the idea. this whole interaction eludes to a much broader and long lasting issue...

ummm... I didn't know what just had happened was that all a creepy, crazy dream my teacher was a creature then she vanished in the ether with a demon scream

the next thing that I knew I was where detention was held the day it all got real the day I got-

Percy: expelled!? Chiron: I tried Percy, but the headmaster stands firm in his decision. you were supposed to stay with the group and this was your final warning Percy: but it wasn't my fault it was Mrs. Dodds! she lured me away, she attacked me and... you saw it Chiron: did I? Percy: and you gave me that pen only it wasn't a pen it was a sword and... what? Grover: Percy, we've never had a teacher named Mrs. Dodds Chiron: perhaps its for the best, this wasn't the place for you. it was only a matter of time before- Percy: I got kicked out? Chiron: that was not what I was going to say- Percy: you think I'm trouble just like everyone else Chiron: no! but, that is to say, I can only accept the best from you Percy. someday you'll understand why. I'm truly sorry Percy: ya, well, I'm sorry I let you down Grover: maybe he's right, you never fit in at this school anyway. you're not exactly- Percy: normal? Grover: exactly! ( laughs ) I mean, umm... I'll see ya on the bus

now I could just reiterate everything I have said elsewhere on this post but instead I’ll focus on the highlighted bits ( and ignore the whole normal / accepted thing ). I know what they’re trying to do here is the best for him --- since in pjo canon if a demigod is aware of who / what they are they become bigger targets --- but the way its handled rubs me so the wrong way. they basically are telling Percy he can’t trust his own eyes / mind / whatever. like ??? as if he didn’t have enough problems ( as if weird things haven’t happened before ) they’re trying to play it off as his imagination. boy, I don’t know about you but it makes me think about the fact Percy probably spent a while full on not trusting himself or anything around him because people told him something that happened --- that did actually happen --- wasn’t real. which, then knowing how not even five years later the Tartarus thing happens, makes me feel horrible. Percy isn’t given the option to trust anything because it might not be real. people keep telling him he’s making stuff up --- there’s no one who trusts him that he feels comfortable talking to.

so if you think you are a halfblood better get headed to the exits now cause folks will think you're lyin better run and don't start cryin cause you're monster chow

stick around and maybe you'll learn from me this ain't Odysseus' odyssey so hear me out, if you're so compelled

but, nobody listens to me, nobody listens nobody listens to me, they never listen, oooo ( dude you got expelled ) I didn't wanna be a halfblood I didn't ask to be a halfblood

expelled

to close out this ridiculously long post ( thank you to anyone who read it all the way through, like mad props ) cause I just want to touch on how conflicting this last bit is. Percy is asking for you to listen to him / his story and learn from it BUT he’s also stating no one listens --- people always think he’s lying. so which is it ??? clearly he’s trying to maybe reach out again ( trying to help others in his same situation ) but he doesn’t really think anyone is going to listen to what he has to say on anything. makes me wonder how much “writing the books” is actually for him instead of other people. like, maybe a way to let him know this was all real. it did happen and he did survive it. like, Percy has some of ( if not the ) worst dyslexia in canon. now, I don’t know about you but writing a book for others when you can barely make out letters ??? sounds a little suspect. I don’t know, this last bit just makes me wonder his real methods behind sharing his story in the first place...