#they rather see us die

[ikkan]

well…my nurse practitioner told me at the very last minute that she refuses to see me till i pay off my full medical bill…would’ve been nice to get a warning days in advance instead of two hours before my appointment 🤦🏻‍♀️

[wan-wan-wanderer]

my first larger rotator!!! the car is a bit loose, im probably gonna hot glue it, but i’m happy with how it came out!!!

[thesummerstorms]

I've been dabbling in a project, mostly world building and not actual fic because my brain is a strange creature, but I have decided that in my interpretation of the PJO universe, Athena is ... well a strategist in all things.

Including the creation of her children.

The way I'm envisioning it, creating a child from her own mind isn't really a task she undertakes casually.

Yes, she does it occasionally as a "gift" to a mortal whose mind she admires. There's no romantic or sexual relationship, but it's an intense, consuming relationship all the same.

Children born for that reason (or for just that reason) are rare though. Athena might have many favorites, but she's also proud. Who deserves a child entirely crafted by a Goddess? Only the few.

I think, in a normal decade, the number of Athena campers is actually on the lower end compared to most of the other Olympians.

None of the Campers outside of Athena's own children every really figure it out, and Chiron, who knows, would sooner die than tell them.

But when there are many children of Athena, like there are in Annabeth's childhood, it's a sign that something strange or terrible is coming.

Athena is a strategist, the right hand of Zeus, his favorite child, the one who forsees and attempts to dismantle threats to Olympians' power. She moves the pieces into place without hesitation or sentimentality.

And the easiest pieces to control, of course, would be her own children.

Other demigods have other immortal parents to listen to, no matter how strong their desire for victory or their inherent cunning. Her own children are fragments of her own mind- much more reliable. Much easier to predict.

And if in the years leading up to whatever disturbance she forsees she chooses mortal parents for her children with calculation, with an eye for the skill sets and temperaments she predicts most needing in the dark times ahead...well, the child and their parent should be honored by her forethought.

It isn't even that she has no affection for the parent or child, in so much as she is capable of affection. But Athena is always, always three steps ahead, and her actions always have intent. Her children are no different.

A demigod, ultimately, is a weapon in the hands of the gods. It's best that the ones she chooses are well-crafted.

[egophiliac]

have you seen the new kamen rider series yet?? i think it’s super cute!!

my watch group has gotten behind (alas, scheduling tomfoolery), but I'm hoping to catch up on it soon! :D what I've seen has been fast-paced but really cute; the lighter tone and premise are a nice breather after the last few series, and the Chemy are just adorable. I want my own Hopper1!

[vse-kar-vem]

together in every universe. or something

[yarboyandy]

Chosen Ones

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

guys guys guys I just finished reading the 2014 Dead Boy Detectives run and now I’m thinking

Is Niko in the Neitherlands???

[wallywise]

Bill & Frank 🤝 House & Wilson

[thenegoteator]

[tobisiksi]

saiki would really hate being drunk, he's a control freak so being so out of himself would be a nightmare for him

even worse If his powers act on his own, if he's still half conscious he would start panicking

EVEN WORSE If he throws up he would hate it so much omg

[hussyknee]

Y'know, when the choice is between voting for one of two tyrannical war criminal genociders and overturning the government, the "lesser evil" is, in fact, overturning the government. That's the difficult but necessary choice, especially since your country is holding most of the world hostage to its interests. Libs just know that their own lives might be part of the collateral, and worse, that their comfort will definitely be. That's what this is all about. After decades on decades of sacrificing Black and brown people in exchange for the stability of their power structures, they've realized that it's finally their turn.

[shehzadi]

i’m in dubai because of my dad’s work things (and a really long layover on the way to umrah inshallah) and i didn’t expect anything in terms of ghazzah (boycott, solidarity etc) given uae’s uselessness in everything other than helping israel but it’s still depressing to see muslims not boycotting a single thing and mcdonald’s ads every two steps and unnecessary water and light features everywhere when gazans are dying not only from bombing but also of thirst and hunger and heat

[knifekris]

every day i struggle to make choices

[forcedhesitation]

why should it just be steve who has all the torturous purgatory realm fun?

[sagau-my-beloved]

So this took me way too long...

I didn’t add the wings/hood thing because I actually do value my own sanity, and also his shoulders, but I might add it in later once some of that has replenished

Anyway enjoy Archon outfit Venti

[sysig]

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