#tyrant's tomb

[valzhangism]

this might be a controversial opinion but whenever i'm reminded that hazel is praetor now i cringe a little. i just don't think it's a meaningful part of her character. maybe i would like it if it were explored more, but as it is it's just a handwave of "oh yeah and hazel's praetor now! which is cool because being praetor is cool as long as you're not reyna!" and not related to any established aspect of her character. it's not that i hate it, it's just such a nothingburger of a writing decision. and becoming the leader of an entire camp doesn't feel like a change that should be a nothingburger.

frank becoming praetor is a good, fitting tie-in to his character because his arc is about building his own confidence and taking charge instead of lying around being self-pitying and insecure. but hazel's not frank. i don't know why she's being made praetor and why that's important. maybe i'm just overthinking it and "not everything has to be a huge deal"—after all, realistically, when they're electing praetors it's not like they're thinking about whether this decision is personally fulfilling to an individual's backstory and inner conflict, lmao. and in that sense, yes, it's fine. i think hazel would be, at the very least, a capable leader.

but in a meta sense, i just wish it meant something. the most connection i can think of is that hazel used to push away people because of her curse, but now has stopped worrying over that by accepting a role as a leader in camp jupiter. which is sweet, but... it's something that has already, for the most part, been resolved. it's been mostly resolved since the end of son of neptune. and even if you want to expand on it there are many different ways to do this compared to just making her praetor. like maybe showcasing her relationship with other campers and demigods a bit more? and making her... relevant, even? mayhaps? pretty please?

i don't know if i'm just being too much of a critic and a cynic. again, i don't exactly hate or even dislike this. i'm just not sure what it's supposed to do for me, the reader, or for her, the character. if you really liked this writing decision: if you want to give your two cents, i'd love to hear why.

[spencerreidswhore187]

Meg? Lester?

[imafuckinstar]

i could never be a demigod because quests are literally only for morning people. like why do i have to wake up at the ass crack of dawn just to head to my imminent death with a side of eternal damnation. waking up that early is already punishment enough for paying the debt of my half-godly existence.

[leelight]

Small ToA animatic(??)

I used some clips from the auidobooks in this also it didn't let me post this on tiktok ahhhh😭😭

[kneedeepindramaandcocaine]

Trials of Apollo continuing to hit me in the throat at random moments:

‘It could never mean as much as Jason’s goodness, his fervent desire to honour every god, and leave no one out.’

Apollo loved Jason so much, and he didn’t even really get enough time to understand that. They could have been the brother they both always needed, and instead Apollo is struggling through losing someone so inherently deep down good, whilst reckoning with his own selfishness, and dealing with Jason choosing to sacrifice himself for Apollo.

And don’t even get me started on Hazel. Felt that anger all the way to my core honestly.

[lavenderfairiez]

I just finished ToA last night and here are some things I don't see nearly enough people talking about, specifically about the end of ToA so if you haven't read it this is your spoiler warning!!!

• Apollo not feeling right in his godly form and uncomfortable around the other olympians (not including Artemis)

• LEO CALLING JO "MOM" 🥺 (and Emmie and Jo in general) BUT HE HAS TWO MOMS NOW I LITERALLY STARTED CRYING ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT

• Apollo visiting Percy and Annabeth in New Rome!!!

• AND they talk about Jason!!!!!! Annabeth cried herself to sleep

• honestly Apollo's whole battle with Python that shit was so cool

• obligatory fuck Calypso

• REYNA CALLING LEO "HERMANO" 🥹

• Meg standing up to Nero in his throne room!!! I LOVE HER SO MUCH

• Rick's infallible ability to put EVERY. SINGLE. FUCKING. CHARACTER. in a relationship 💀 PEACHES HAS A LOVE INTEREST NOW???????? LET CHARACTERS BE SINGLEEEEE

• HAZEL'S CURSE IS GONE AND SHE CAN JUST LIKE USE HER JEWELS NOW!!! and Frank wants an engraved diamond necklace that says "H+F Forever" I love him so much...

• while we're on the topic of Frank!! WHY DOES NO ONE EVER TALK ABOUT HIS SACRIFICE AT THE END OF THE TYRANTS TOMB??? Like I knew that he would be fine but I still started like tearing up

• THE ARROW OF DODONA!!!

• how completely unaffected Zeus is by Jason's death??? Fuck you Zeus.

• Apollo's new kids at camp!!!

[astraeajackson]

the "trials and tribulations of apollo"?

nah more like "let's see how long apollo can go before his crazy ex burns america down to the ground all because of That One Time™ circa three thousand years ago when apollo may or may not have drowned said ex in his own bathtub"

[thehighqueenofhiraeth]

okay another reason I get upset when people refuse to read trials of apollo is because no one talks about Camp Jupiter. Spoilers ahead for the series, obviously. We all know about Camp Half-Blood being a fraction of its former size after the Titan War, but no one talks about how the battles with the emperors at Camp Jupiter do the same thing. Frank compares the losses to a decimation (which refers to the killing of every tenth legionnaire) at the beginning of the fourth book, and there is another huge battle at the end of that book that leaves the entire legion and entire remaining population of New Rome itself able to fit inside their Senate building. THAT'S INSANE. THAT IS AN INSANE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE KILLED IN THAT ONE BOOK WHICH NO ONE EVER TALKS ABOUT BECAUSE THEY REFUSE TO READ TOA.

[windwwhy]

toa is hilarious

[stressedonlaurels]

did this all in one sitting. I feel ill.

also, I HATE RENDERING, but I will continue practising it because I need to improve.

[lady-menrva]

(Lester is my platonic darling...)

[arisketchart]

So we have three different time aproaches.

The one on the bottom is somewhere in the middle of the third book , witch can be seen by the pink military trousers that he is wearing and Meg having her gardening belt.

The one with the lightning symbolises the first book, he is wearing a orange CHB T-shirt.

In the right top corner, he is in the fourth book, his infection has already spread and his wound has broken up again, in his quiver the arrow of Dodona rests…

[somesharkguy111]

some of you guys in the tags wanted to see more of the cat of dodona, so Arrow the cat's back with a song!

[imafuckinstar]

i love reading apollo/lester’s narration because it gets me into his head space. like i’m reading toa and i am a scorned former god who is facing multiple concussions, at least 5 stab wounds, and infinite bullshit from all my opps who i knew in like 158 BC

[seagull9111]

yeah yeah jasons death was the most heart breaking thing ever. BUT TALK ABOUT DON THE FAUNS DEATH

so so so sad. we watch him die, then he tells a joke and apollo is holding his hand, a lavinia is there.

"H-hey, Apollo. Got any... spare change?" i cried so so so hard

and so did apollo.

then he goes to tell another joke and he is smiling and then his chest stops moving and then he turns into a laurel which was daphnes tree which probably hurt like hell for apollo

and then he gets planted and hes a hero

he is a hero

he is my hero

[alltheprongsdudes]

Spoilers for the tyrant's tomb⚠️

NO ONE TALKS ABOUT THIS SCENE AND IT DESERVES MORE RECOGNITION 👏👏

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This took Me so much longer than I would like to admit 😭

(Ttt, page 403)