#smelly gabe

[sallyjacksonsson]

the way they knew smelly gabe would totally open a package that wasn’t his. this is like those reddit stories where they put laxatives in the food their roommates keep stealing

[captain-watercress]

them switching it to Smelly Gabe getting himself killed by being a jerk and opening Percy’s mail is honestly so fitting

[assortedriceballs]

Gabe: "who's Yancy?"

Sally: "the SCHOOL?!" 🤨

Gabe, with 380% more sass than is necessary: 💁‍♂️💅 okeyayy 🙄🙄

[isolophilian]

well someone sure is in possession of the gift of prophecy here

[1800-lemon-boy]

Friendly reminder that Percy regaining his memories means he learnt about smelly Gabe all over again.

<33

[twopercentboy]

the changes to Gabe turning to stone was such a good choice because it changed from an intentional thing on Percy & Sally's part to the consequences of Gabe's actions for not respecting Percy & Sally's boundaries and I think that suits this portrayal of Gabe much better

[fandomination666-blog]

Percy genuinely believed that Sally was trying to get rid of him by sending him to all those schools. He was so hurt when she instantly said no to homeschooling, cause all he ever wanted was to be with her.

But in the flashback we see why that hurts Sally so much. Because all of this, all the schools, and the shitty step-dad, and the stories, and the lying when necessary, and the yelling and the crying and the stress, all of this was SO SHE COULD KEEP HIM.

Because baby Percy has no idea that there is a place, a perfect place, with people just like him, with people who would help and understand him. A place where baby annabeth may have only just arrived.

Sally could have taken him to camp instantly. Even as a baby. She was only 19!!! She could've taken him to camp in that flashback, when he was like 9, she could've lived her 30s as a single young woman starting her candy business. But she put herself through so much, and Percy through so much, because she knew that there is no place more perfect than home.

And she did what it took to keep her baby home and safe, with his mom.

[fandoomrants]

Saw someone saying Percy believed Dionysus that he's his father at first 'cause because of Gabe he thought that's Sally's type and I can't stop thinking about it...

[ratsreadtoo]

it's so interesting to me that of Jason, Percy, and Nico, people usually characterize Nico as the only one chill with murder when literally the first book of the whole PJO universe, Percy offers to kill Smelly Gabe for his mom. later he finds out his mom killed Smelly Gabe and starts like. cheering.

like obviously Smelly Gabe deserved it but that kid is chill with murder from day ONE. FOUNDATION OF HIS CHARACTER RIGHT THERE

[sunshinegallery]

We should have dove into Gabe and Percy's relationship a bit more.

I wish we got more closure than he got turned to stone. The fact that he would beat Percy up and then tell him not tell his mom because it's a "guy secret" is horrendous.

I wonder if Sally knew - I wonder if she pretended not to know. I wonder if Gabe threatened to hit Sally if Percy told her. they say Tartarus smells like your worst fear and Percy said it smelt like Gabe that has to mean something...

That is one thing that I was sad about in the show. I wish we could have had commentary on how this is not okay.

[pjo-tvs-version]

This comment by Percy she made me think of something. Maybe Tartarus smelt like your worst fears, your most traumatic memories and maybe that's why Percy thought it smelled like Smelly Gabe.

[iryght]

The last thing I saw as the door swung closed was my mother staring at Gabe, as if she were contemplating how he would look as a garden statue.

Sally, you amazing woman, at least bring him outside. I don't think you want him stuck inside your house and dragging a stone statue outside is too difficult.

[nlhs-foreva]

Normal demigods on a quest:

Okay guys it’s been a few days and we’ve completed the quest.

Percy, Annabeth, Grover:

Blow up a bus

Gets sidetracked

Eat burgers

Almost gets killed

Sleep in the woods

Meets a pink poodle

Travel

Visit the St. Louis Arch

Almost gets killed

Almost falls to death

Almost drowns to death

Meets a God

Eats cheeseburgers

Visits a water park

Almost gets killed

Steals merchandise

Ride with a zebra

Plays arcade games

Spend five days in a hotel

Take a taxi

Spend lotus money

Walk around

Watch smelly Gabe on television

Go to a waterbed store

Almost gets killed

Walks to the underworld

Say you drowned in a bath tub

Get in a boat ride

Walk past the river styx

Trick Cerberus

Play fetch

Go through hell’s security

Almost gets killed

Pass through security ghouls

Watch visible torture

See the furies

Walk some more

Almost get captured in hell

Walk past gardens

See hades’s Palace

Find out the truth

Talk to hades

(Is it finished? NOPE)

ALMOST GETS KILLED BY A SCORPION

[willsolace-loml]

i believe ive made this post before but:

smelly gabe was still abusive in the series and saying he was too watered down or not abusive enough 1. belittles abuse victims hoing through a similar situation, 2. is not true

first of all, not all abuse is physical, gabe is constantly belittling and emotionally abusing and manipulating both sally and percy. he is constantly controlling them, answering sallys phone to control both her and percy, he controls the car, interrogating sally when she wants to use the car just to take to the beach, he also controls the money, using SALLYS money to gamble, he even gets turned to stone because he was controlling percys mail and opened the box

AND AFTER ALL THAT we dont see the physical abuse because 1. percy has been away from home, meaning he hasnt had the chance to be hit for a month or two at least, so he wouldn't have any marks, 2. the show is shot from an outside perspective, the books are from percys perspective, from an outside perspective we normally do not see the physical abuse such as hitting or kicking. even if we dont see the abuse directly u can look at percys mannerisms and tell, this child has been abused

gabe is abusive in the show, and if u think hes not u need to watch it again and pay attention

[cynicalclairvoyantcadaver]

ACTUAL UNPOPULAR OPINIONS

Ok listen, I'm tired of seeing supposedly unpopular opinions that are actually accepted by the fandom as a whole.

Like 'Um unpopular opinion, but I like Taryn Duarte' girl half the fandom does, you know what the real unpopular opinion is? So unpopular that no one says it?

'I don't like Jurdan.' Like, no one says it. There are people who think it's weird, but they don't speak up in fear of all the Jurdan lovers crushing them.

(I'm not saying that I hate Jurdan. I'm just saying that the hype for it is a lot, considering that it doesn't start until the second book and even then it's completely diminished by the fact that the political plot overshadows it by a landslide.)

And 'I don't like Percabeth or Annabeth Chase' ok buddy come here, THERE'S AN ANTI PERCABETH AND ANTI ANNABETH TAG! THERE ARE MULTIPLE TAGS FOR THOSE OPINIONS.

You know what the REAL unpopular opinion is HERE?

'I don't like Percy' or 'I don't like Sally Jackson.'

Like, there is SO MUCH to be said about how Sally, rather then sending Percy to a safe place, chose to marry a literal abuser WHO WAS SO BAD THAT THEY MURDERED HIM WITHOUT HESITATING and who left Percy alone with Gabe while she went to work.

And a lot of the fandom thinks that someone who doesn't like Percy or doesn't even care for Percy, who thinks he's boring, is the devil incarnate.

I'm so annoyed. Give me some ACTUALLY UNPOPULAR OPINIONS. And I promise, this blog is a safe space for people with unpopular opinions. Hate will not be tolerated and hate comments with no valid criticism will be deleted.

[sk1bidi-n1k0-e4ts-people]

Percy(writing abt smelly gabe in diary): i may be dyslexic but I can still spell yuck fou