ah yes, even at 12 percy still messes with frank in spirit.
I am still so feral for this man. Oh Lordy š®āšØ
I agree, i agree. but Percy Girlbossing and Annabeth Gatekeeping
And this feels weirder when I think how he'd be my kinda kinda uncle. I-
So, hypothetically, if someone, not me, was to have a crush on Toby's Poseidon, how much would Fandom hate them? Again, this is ENTIRELY hypothetical.
(No but the scene where he chuckles softly after Percy says "I didn't learn it from Chiron". I just physically can't- . I'm sorry, guys, I really am)
It's crazy to think that Jude was Madoc's favorite because she was the most like him.
and she stopped being his favorite because she was the most like him.
They were too similar, bound to clash.
Fuck my lifeeee
YALL I SAW THIS AND STARTED FOAMING AT THE MOUTH
something i feel like we donāt talk about nearly enough is the fact that percy is healed by water.
itās so normal to us because itās one of the first abilities we discovered he has. and it makes complete sense. but like⦠heās the only demigod with that ability. jason doesnāt get healed by a gust of wind. hazel doesnāt get healed if she touches a diamond. nico doesnāt get healed if a skeleton gives him a hug. annabeth doesnāt get healed if she walks into a library.
like percy could be stabbed in the chest multiple times, he could break every bone in his body, he could be slammed in the head resulting in a crushed skull and hemorrhaging, but get him to some water fast enough and not only is he good as new in no time, but heās stronger and freshly rejuvenated.
itās insane when you think about it. no one else can do that. do you know how hard it is to kill percy? even if heās not near the ocean, he can be healed by rivers and lakes and streams and ponds and all sorts of water sources. water recharges him. it makes him immediately stronger.
thatās a huge reason why i argue percy is the most powerful demigod. yes, heās shown he has incredible super strength and super speed. yes, heās a legendary sword fighter - arguably the best one alive. yes, he has control over air, land, and sea. (deadly hurricanes with heavy winds and thunder and lighting, huge volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, etc.) yes, heās capable of mass destruction. yes he can single handlely cause natural disasters and mass casualties. and yes, heās capable of controlling peopleās bodily fluids, including their blood and saliva. he is terrifying
but even if someone manages to beat him, he dips one toe in some water and heās immediately healed and even stronger than before. whether the injury is internal and external. heās healed all on his own. no ambrosia or nectar or external remedies necessary.
guys. percy is insane. heās way overpowered.
and i love it.
one thing abt thalia and percy's dynamic that is often overlooked is that percy was punished for the same things thalia was rewarded for. there's a prophecy abt one of the big three kids? percy is treated like a liar and thief and ppl refuse to talk to him. thalia? everyone respects her (including gods!) and assumes she'll do a great job saving the world. thalia is accepted immediately at camp and threatens the place percy spent two years proving he deserves. percy wants to go on a quest to save his friend? he's an attention seeker and glory stealer. thalia? well, she's the obvious choice. thalia comes up w a plan to win capture the flag that's basically "leave everything to me" and percy comes up with a plan that's basically "if you see a good opportunity, go for it," but percy is viewed as the control freak.
what i'm saying is percy had every reason to resent thalia and he didn't. he chose not to. and thalia had every reason to look down on percy and didn't.
even when they were fighting, i never saw it as a power struggle. they were being pit against each other, and instead of doing what everyone expected them to (kronos was fully expecting thalia to kill percy), they chose to love and respect each other. because they're not their parents. they're just two kids who started cracking under the pressure but refused to break.
you can love a character & still admit when theyāre wrong. i love aaron warner but i acknowledge his flaws (none, heās perfect) and i can hold warner accountable for his wrongdoings (heās never done anything wrong in his life) and call warner out on his actions (which are always right).
(inspired by @octobers-veryown about kaz)
iāve been thinking about riordanverse demigods and their mommy issues.
annabeth, piper, alex fierro: my mom is an absent goddess whoās kind of a bitch to me and my loved ones
jason, thalia, hazel: my mom was a messed up person when she was alive
nico, leo, frank, magnus chase: my mom died years ago but she was a wonderful person and i miss her every day
percy jackson and will solace: MY MOM 𤱠is my BEST 𤩠FRIEND šÆ she is so LOVELY š„° and KIND š and COOL š and iām having DINNER š½ļø WITH HER ON SATURDAY š„³š«š¤Ŗ
idk if this is an unpopular opinion or not, because iāve seen a lot of people say stuff like āpercy knows better than to go against annabethā
but see, most people - anyone with a brain, really - are way too scared to challenge annabeth. because 99% of the time, sheās right. sheās always the most intelligent person in the room. shes not only logical and strategic, but sheās sharp, cunning, and even manipulative if she has to be. (as weāve seen when sheās faced monsters). no one goes against her. one wants to, no one dares.
expect percy. if thereās one thing he knows how to do, itās argue with annabeth. itās like breathing. but unlike when they were kids, they donāt truly fight over stupid things. sure, they bicker and squabble over little things, because thatās who they are as a couple. but percy is the only person who will actually challenge her on something real. something big. he doesnāt do it lightly, because he knows how smart she is. but if he truly believes thereās another angle to something, or that sheās wrong because maybe she doesnāt have all the information, or maybe his heart is just in a different place - heāll go against her. we see it in mark of athena a couple times. (their face-off kinda puts hazel in a trance). in BotL, thereās an argument between them, and i remember itās stated that watching them argue is like watching an intense tennis match. its heated and fast paced. people make fun of percy for being dumb, and yet percy is the only one that can keep up with annabeth. he knows her better than anyone. he doesnāt think the same as her, but he knows how she thinks. so yeah, he will call her out. heāll tell her he disgrees. heāll even tell her that sheās wrong. and people think heās crazy when he does it.
but annabeth respects the hell out of him for it. and while she might dismiss anyone else immediately, she wonāt with him. because she respects him tremendously, and knows if heās challenging her, thereās something to it. it doesnāt mean sheās gonna let him win, or that sheās gonna back down, because they are both ridiculously stubborn and determined. but heāll go head to head with her. heāll have a screaming match with her. and she loves him for it. she respects him for it. and she finds it ridiculously attractive.
because percy and annabeth are equals.