my piece for the TOA zine ^__^ !!
one of my favorite shows ever, and so happy to be able to contribute to a project celebrating the series !! <3
ok so i have this hc that’s like immortal!percy except it’s not because he accepted the gift.
we know that the gods are basically manifestations of culture and that they can change and disappear because of changes in culture.
and percys been through horrible things and has done incredible things and he’s basically legendary around camp. and we have fannon where he’s known all throughout ny boarding schools as this troubled, potentially dangerous kid. and the whole country has heard of him as the kid who fought off this gunman and fell from the st. louis arch and maybe they start to make connections.
so picture percy fighting a monster one day and getting like impaled and everyone freaks out, only to remove the weapon/horn whatever, and gold ichor is pouring out and then the wound just closes.
he storms olympus like “i said no, i don’t want this, what the hell” but the gods are all shocked too. because it wasn’t them. it was the people. they made him a god through their awe and fear.