I Think It Needs To Become Common Knowledge That "inability To Read Social Cues" Can Show Up As Overcompensating.

Scipio angst time. He was the purest source of comfort for Reyna, offering no judgement nor confusion. He supported her and carried her throughout her time in new Rome. He died protecting her. He died a Roman death, just like death. Because not even a Pegasus is protected from the altar of sacrifice on which Rome is built. She is soaked in his blood and must kill him in order to relieve him. His blood is on her hands, and her guilt comes not from him not deserving the fate she gave him, but that it was the kindest one she could have.

Unhinged Reyna Hcs

Enough of the organised and put together reyna propaganda! She was a praetor by her early teens?? If Will is insane, goddamnit so is she!

• She functions on caffeine. Literally hates any coffee that isn't sweet enough to knock out a horse but will drink it anyway. If it's coffee, she'll have it, even if she's actively grimacing the whole time.

• Excellent poker face but cannot actually win at cards so she cheats. She learnt this from the pirates and only Jason and Gwen have ever caught her doing it.

• Plays the perfect roman leader but at least 50% of the time, her battle strategy is just "wing it with confidence". Somehow, it works.

• MANIC without sufficient sleep. She is visibly buzzing and her accent is getting more pronounced by the second. All the paperwork for the next month is done and several centurions are hovering nearby because when she crashes, it's gonna be lights out in a matter of seconds, no time to even lie down. Yes, she has hit her head before because of this.

• Her ADHD and autistic ass CANNOT handle an overwhelming workload. Manages it with careful balancing and lots of to do lists, but occasionally Thalia will find her sobbing angrily on the kitchen floor at midnight, covered in post its.

• No one knows where she went for like a month when she was fourteen?? No one. She just randomly disappeared and then basically gaslighted everyone by completely ignoring it when she got back. There are conspiracy theories in New Rome about it.

• Do NOT put her and Leo in a room alone for any length of time. Not even bc they would fight, once Reyna eventually gets to trusting Leo, their combined insane genius is a force to be reckoned with. They are making blueprints for a never-before-seen war machine and no one can even stop them bc it's all in Spanish.

• Hates Latin. Actually hates it. It's too similar to Spanish but with enough differences that she accidentally switches to spanish sometimes and it pisses her off.

I have more but this post is already too long lmao so im gonna stop there. Anyway, make Reyna more insane you cowards.

Detective: I didn't realize your communications liaison looked so... Emily: *raises an eyebrow, glares at the man* Detective: ...young. Hotch: The fuck are you implying? I'll have you know SSA Jareau is experienced and her youth is not-- Rossi: What happened to "It's important for us to maintain a good relationship with the local police force"? Emily: That goes out the window when the local police force tries to hit on my girl. *JJ is in the conference room eating Cheetos, oblivious to her boss and her GF trying to fight the detective*

Reblog if you ARE a woman in STEM, SUPPORT women in STEM, or ARE STILL BITTER about Rosalind Franklin not getting credit for discovering the structure of DNA and the Nobel prize going to Watson and Crick instead.

Does anyone ever feel the sudden urge to cry but can't, no matter if there's tears in your eyes?

bc right now I can't sleep and feel miserable & it won't go away. It sucks

Reyna in senate meetings

Reyna: Right, this is an emergency meeting, we won’t stand on formalities

Random Ghost: I love formalities!

Reyna shot him a cross look.

Larry: We know the fifth will mess up. They should take somebody good.

Dakota: We were plenty good last night when we whipped your podex, Larry!

Reyna: Enough, Dakota. Let’s leave Larry’s podex out of this.

Reyna: *claps hands*

Octavian: *walks up to the front* I have been summoned

Reyna: SILENCE! Senators, we must act like Romans. All we can do is advise them and make sure they have a plan.

Reyna looked at Percy without much hope

Reyna: you do have a plan, right?

Percy: ….

Octavian: So you do have a plan?

Percy: We go to Alaska as fast as possible

Hazel: and we improvise

Frank: A lot

Reyna studied them. She looked like she was mentally writing her own obituary.

Octavian: A boat! The Son of Neptune wants a boat.

Reyna: Octavian, a boat is little enough to ask. And providing no other aid seems very-

Octavian: Traditional!

Reyna: …sigh

Reyna, Coach Hedge and Nico are the most underrated trio, don’t even talk to me

Just in case

Oof, so today my weekly rant is about our queen Reyna Avila Ramirez Arellano. I would just like to say that it really pisses me off when people are adamantly insist that she is a lesbian lesbian. Now I don’t mind them hcing characters as lesbian, that’s fine and wonderful, but it doesn’t really fit Reyna. In canon, she’s had crushes on guys in the past, and people seem to think that liking guys makes her less strong and powerful. Now I personally hc her as bi or pan, but that’s just me. I just hate how people act as though being attracted to men makes her less of a kickass woman. Those attractions to men are a vital part of her character arc and her character, and acting as if she never had them takes away part of who she is as a character. She can still be kickass and strong and wonderful while being attracted to males, and acting like that part of her makes her weak is complete and utter bullshit. It seems to me that people hc her as lesbian just so that they can make her seem more badass, as if liking Percy and Jason was something that weakened her. You can ship her with other girls (I do) but stop making a sexuality for her that erases a part of her past and her history. This also contributes to bi erasure in fandoms when you cannot accept that a character is attracted to both males and females and you try to fit them into your stereotypical boxes. The overall message here is that Reyna can be a badass and like boys at the same time, and erasing that attraction to males is doing her, and other strong female characters, a great injustice.

This has been a lailzdraws TED talk, thanks for attending.

Bellona has answered my prayer. She doesn’t fight my battles for me. She doesn’t guarantee me easy victory. She grants me opportunities to prove myself. She gives me strong enemies and potential allies. 

- Reyna Avila Ramirez-Arellano

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