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PJO Meme Dump (3 of ??)

DISCLAIMER: This post is merely a comically hyperbolic expression of my personal observations and anecdotal experiences. I don't mean to offend anyone, and sincerely apologise if you feel offended.

So depending on how Tumblr is feeling today, this might be my best post, or my last one... we'll find out 😅

The entire fandom is getting slandered with this one...

Leo fans after Rick crapped up his character for the sake of an ephebophilic and one-dimensional ship:

Percy: *is neck deep in a pool of plot armor, plot contrivances and deui ex machina*

His Fans:

(Hey! Not throwing shade at the man himself...but let's not act like he doesn't have excessive amounts of narrative devices working in his favour...)

Nico fans on their way to "protect" their ✨SmOl BeaN✨:

(Please, people, stop infantilizing Nico. He is not the type who needs to be stuffed into cotton wool and bubble wrap.)

Reyna and Thalia fans after their faves got shelved as the hunters of Artemis:

(As a Reyna fan, I hate how she was shipped to the hunters out of the blue. Rick could've done much better with her. Ditto for thalia)

Grover, Rachel and Clarisse fans waiting for these characters to get a notable appearance after the Last Olympian:

Rachel and Grover fans when that finally happens after more than half a dozen books:

Clarisse Fans:

(Well, you may be tempted to argue that Clarisse is a side character, but she is an important side character and should have had a more important role)

*Someone making a valid criticism of Annabeth*

(Some) of her fans pulling out the "She's a traumatized teenager card"

(I don't hate annabeth, and some annabeth fans are nice. But, in a substantial number of fans, there seems to be a visible inclination towards making excuses along these lines to absolve her of blame ,fault and even criticism as a character.)

Frank and Hazel fans watching their beloved characters being neglected by Rick for the umpteenth time in a row:

Luke fans reading about the other "villains" Rick wrote:

(Don't get me wrong, Luke is a terrible person. But the other villains are way too poorly written for people to not give him some credit as a villain. He's the only decent one Riordan ever wrote.)

Jason and Piper fans performing mental gymnastics when they realise the two were wasted potential and victims of bad writing:

(Not all fans. And no hate to Jason and Piper; they were decent in my eyes, and certainly had potential to emerge as exceptional)

Smartest Percy Jackson Fan:

(More often than not, pjo fans simply aren't the brightest crayons in the box, and that's putting it rather lightly.)

Least petty Percy Jackson fan:

(Again, I don't mean to generalize, I just wish to express that the fandom is disproportionately petty.)

Shipping wars in a nutshell:

(It's completely fine to criticize. Just ship and let ship, please.)

How vitriolic do you want your posts and interactions to be?

Some fans

(The number of death threats and kys messages I've seen people send is astounding. And for those who didn't understand this meme: the first gif is copper sulfate as solution, popularly known as blue vitriol. The second image is ferrous sulfate, popularly known as green vitriol. Both of these chemicals are toxic. So yes, you can consider this meme to be a very bad chemistry joke 🥲)

Thank you, dear reader for your time. Please keep in mind these memes were just in jest, and don't intend to offend anyone, or spread hate. Have a great time ahead. None of these gifs or images belong to me.

Random PJO Meme (6 of ??)

DISCLAIMER: This a comic representation of an opinion. It is NOT a personal attack. Jason stans who are uncomfortable with jests, please scroll away.

A lot of the Jason Stan’s are really nice, and no, I don't hate or (even dislike) Jason or find him "bland" or "boring", but...

Some Jason stans when they realise people can have valid criticisms of Jason AS A CHARACTER:

i 100% agree you just improved the books ngl 💀

now i need 60+ chapter and 300k word fanfiction with this new concept and i need that on my desk by tomorrow morning--

Percy, Nico, and Jason should have fallen into Tartarus together, while Annabeth should have remained with the rest of the Seven in House of Hades. Please hear me out.

1.

For one, this way Tartarus would have been much more intimidating. At least in my opinion, it has pretty much lost this aspect, especially after Sun and Star. Tartarus is the prison of the titans, a place so scary and so dangerous, that only the best of the best can make it through. Homer described it as being as far beneath Hades as heaven is above earth.  Overcoming it should be the ultimate challenge.

Yes, Annabeth is smart, incredibly so, but, I feel like, because Rick wanted her to be useful in Tartarus, he used a lot of cheap tricks in her POVs to get her and Percy over obstacles, which seem a bit too simple to really work against beings like Nyx. This took the heaviness away from them being down there and felt at times even anticlimactic. Don’t get me wrong, again, because I know this is a sensitive subject, Annabeth is smart, has a strong resolve and is great at hand to hand combat, but that’s it. And, in my opinion, that should not be enough to overcome Tartarus. If it would have taken a child of each of the big three working together to only barely make it out, it would have definitely reinforced that status, and also the gods’ belief that such children can become too powerful.

2.

Secondly, Percy not letting go of Nico’s hand, would have done wonders for the development of their relationship and for each character’s individual arc.

Imagine, Nico dangling from the edge, instead of Annabeth. Nico, who had only days prior pretended like he didn’t know Percy, who is so full of self-hatred, he thinks the entirety of camp half-blood hates him, who is already weakened by being imprisoned in the jar, and who is scared out of his mind by the idea of being alone in Tartarus again.

Imagine Nico staring up at Percy, clasping his hand, while Percy looks up at Annabeth, the love of his life, whom he had been separated from for months. Imagine Nico being convinced, that Percy is going to let Nico fall down to stay by her side.

But Percy refuses to let go.

He refuses to let go, even after Nico tells him he should do it, and decides instead to fall together with him into the worst place on earth, just so Nico doesn’t have to endure it alone again. It would have further reinforced Percy’s self-inflicted role as Nico’s protector which he already had in the original five books and his fatal flaw of loyalty. To Nico, it would have given him a worse inner conflict about having a crush on him, which could have been revolved while they were travelling together.  The confession scene would have been much more impactful and healthier, if it would have come from Nico himself, and if he and Percy would have had a more in depth talk about it.

And if Jason would have flown after them in a moment of desperation, it would have reinforced the sense of loyalty and protectiveness that he had already shown when he had saved Piper at the grand canyon. The scene with Polybotes could have also taken place in Tartarus instead, and him and Percy working together, and putting all of their differences aside would have been a much more interesting dynamic than the stupid, out of character, rivalry bit they’ve got going on in Mark of Athena.

And, to be honest, just having Nico, Percy and Jason go all out, would probably be one of the coolest scenes in the entire Riordan verse.  

3.

All the while, Annabeth could have really cemented her role as a leader. I love her character, but to say that she has more leadership capabilities than Percy is laughable to me after reading the original five Percy Jackson books. These books are, after all, about Percy’s hero’s journey from an inexperienced kid to a smart, powerful and wise hero and the leader of camp half blood.  Annabeth, in comparison, shows relatively little of that. (Obviously this makes sense, considering that the books are from Percy’s POV and revolve around him, but the complete switch-up to saying that Annabeth is the natural choice as leader of the seven just felt a bit out of the blue to me in Mark of Athena)

Her leading the rest, in a moment of such a tragedy and remaining strong would have really reinforced the strong resolve that she had already shown in holding the sky in titan’s curse and in remaining steadfast despite all the horrible things that happened to her with her father’s rejection and luke’s betrayal. Annabeth’s relationship to Piper, Leo, Hazel and Frank, which is painfully underdeveloped in the books, could have also been given some much needed attention. Like, I can’t remember a single scene where she and Hazel, or she and Leo really talk to one another, which is a shame, because they could have had really interesting dynamics with one another.

It also would have also been a powerful statement about Percy’s and Annabeth’s relationship, if they, while separated, still believed in each other and trusted that the other person would get the job done.

Without powerhouses like Jason and Percy on board of the Argo II, Hazel and Frank could have really shone as individual fighters. Hazel is probably the second, or third most powerful demigod in the entire franchise, but barely gets any attention, and for a guy, who is apparently so powerful his life had to be tied to a stick, Frank seems, outside of one or two scenes, also pretty underwhelming.  

Without Jason, Piper’s and Leo’s friendship could have also gotten some more attention, and generally the reunion scene at the end of House of Hades could have been much more impactful with these character dynamics. I mean, Hazel, and Nico being reunited, Jason, leo and Piper, and Percy and Annabeth, and Percy, Hazel and Frank.

One of the biggest problems, I have with Heroes of Olympus is the extreme focus on romantic relationships. Having some couples be separated from each other like this, would have also solved this and given the only couple still together, Frank and Hazel, more room to develop.

Leo Valdez: Why every time someone asks me "Omg, how are you so funny?" and I reply "Thanks, it is trauma and fear of abandonment" immediately kills the mood? Percy: Jason: Frank: Annabeth: Hazel: Piper: Nico: Reyna: Leo: What?

Jason, talking to the seven on a mission: No, you’re all to valuable to risk.

Jason: It should be someone expendable.

Jason: Like Leo.

Leo: HEY!!!

(The seven are fighting a monster)

Percy: YOU!!!

Jason: SHALL!!!

Frank: NOT!!!

Leo: BE GRANTED PERMISSION TO TRAVERSE BEYOND THIS POINT!!!

(Everyone stares at Leo)

Jason Grace, so much potential...

Actually this goes for the entire lost trio. The AMOUNT of TRAUMA these three had and the potential for character development they had too is UNREAL, yet nothing was done. Let us begin my personal beliefs

Leo:

-Delve into his trauma of his remaining family deciding he was the devil at age EIGHT and refusing to take him in-abandonment issues

-Have his constant feelings of invalid-ness and being the unneeded member of the seven be corrected by giving him CLOSE FRIENDS HE PIPER AND JASON NEED TO BE CLOSER AT THE VERY LEAST and conversations when he realizes he is wanted and needed

-Don't have Calypso storyline in there-he didn't need a girlfriend to solve his problems, if you have it, have it as good friends-another member of his support group

-Make him gay and have valgrace or slowburn/implied valgrace(the two of them pining then like kinda tragic as Leo dies)

Piper:

-Have her lesbian storyline occur in HoO where she's a main character-it's an important storyline for her character that deserves a spotlight and time that ToA couldn't give it

-No Jiper! This relationship was toxic and founded on fake memories-if you're going to do it, do it as a part of her LGBTQIA+ journey and Jason's as well

-Don't have her demonize femininity! She can wear dresses! She can wear makeup! She can present more feminine and still be the same character and her hatred of any and all things feminine is not good representation! Make her a feminist, please! Or at least make her less against femininity as a whole.

-No kaleidoscope eyes! Give her brown eyes and also have her rediscovering her culture storyline as a part of HoO too!

Jason:

-Make him a better fighter than Percy. He has been at Camp Jupiter since the age of three and spent a year with wolves before then. He has spent his entire life in a military setting training, he should be a better swordfighter than Percy 'I show up to summer camp at age 12 to 16 and only really use my sword then' Jackson.

-Give him more powers. Or Percy less. Children of the big three should be equal in potential power, not Percy being OP and the others having lightning or shadows powers some of the time. Percy needs less power and Jason, Thalia, Hazel, and Nico need more. Jason should have more power than Percy as he has had longer to train it.

-Give him a personality. His storyline in HoO should be a journey of self-discovery. He has always been another member of an army, with constant pressure on him to be the best at everything and a strong confident leader who doesn't make mistakes as a son of Jupiter. His entire life has been dictated by those around him. For the first time, he is free of that and he needs to be discovering things like how he likes to dress, his style, his sexuality, his likes and dislikes, and his personality. In my opinion he should be kinda shy with a feral edge, side effect of the wolves, who is always trying to people please. When he stops doing this, he becomes significantly happier and a greater use to the team. Plus valgrace;D.

-Also, make him despise Percy at the beginning. He worked his entire life to be an afterthought that nobody looked for when he went missing for months, while Percy was looked for by everyone after only a few days. Percy achieved everything he wanted in a matter of weeks in New Rome and he was happy and had friends and a life. Percy has everything Jason doesn't. They need to have a moment where they are locked together and Percy goes "why do you hate me" and Jason breaks down because "You have everything I want and you don't even have to try!". This would create a better relationship for them and be the turning point for Jason as Percy hears what he has to say and validates him. Also Jason personality.

-Don't kill him off and continue his self-discovery journey in ToA.

-Make him and Thalia have a closer relationship that in the months between TLH and TSoN, it is implied that they spend time together. He should feel safe with her and they needed more interactions as they are SIBLINGs, god damit.

-Make him and Reyna just friends-she wanted to look for him but couldn't 'cause Octavian(the bitch) and someone needed to be Praetor in his absence.

-Also give him history with Octavian-ex-friends or something give me drama.

Percy, Nico, and Jason should have fallen into Tartarus together, while Annabeth should have remained with the rest of the Seven in House of Hades. Please hear me out.

1.

For one, this way Tartarus would have been much more intimidating. At least in my opinion, it has pretty much lost this aspect, especially after Sun and Star. Tartarus is the prison of the titans, a place so scary and so dangerous, that only the best of the best can make it through. Homer described it as being as far beneath Hades as heaven is above earth.  Overcoming it should be the ultimate challenge.

Yes, Annabeth is smart, incredibly so, but, I feel like, because Rick wanted her to be useful in Tartarus, he used a lot of cheap tricks in her POVs to get her and Percy over obstacles, which seem a bit too simple to really work against beings like Nyx. This took the heaviness away from them being down there and felt at times even anticlimactic. Don’t get me wrong, again, because I know this is a sensitive subject, Annabeth is smart, has a strong resolve and is great at hand to hand combat, but that’s it. And, in my opinion, that should not be enough to overcome Tartarus. If it would have taken a child of each of the big three working together to only barely make it out, it would have definitely reinforced that status, and also the gods’ belief that such children can become too powerful.

2.

Secondly, Percy not letting go of Nico’s hand, would have done wonders for the development of their relationship and for each character’s individual arc.

Imagine, Nico dangling from the edge, instead of Annabeth. Nico, who had only days prior pretended like he didn’t know Percy, who is so full of self-hatred, he thinks the entirety of camp half-blood hates him, who is already weakened by being imprisoned in the jar, and who is scared out of his mind by the idea of being alone in Tartarus again.

Imagine Nico staring up at Percy, clasping his hand, while Percy looks up at Annabeth, the love of his life, whom he had been separated from for months. Imagine Nico being convinced, that Percy is going to let Nico fall down to stay by her side.

But Percy refuses to let go.

He refuses to let go, even after Nico tells him he should do it, and decides instead to fall together with him into the worst place on earth, just so Nico doesn’t have to endure it alone again. It would have further reinforced Percy’s self-inflicted role as Nico’s protector which he already had in the original five books and his fatal flaw of loyalty. To Nico, it would have given him a worse inner conflict about having a crush on him, which could have been revolved while they were travelling together.  The confession scene would have been much more impactful and healthier, if it would have come from Nico himself, and if he and Percy would have had a more in depth talk about it.

And if Jason would have flown after them in a moment of desperation, it would have reinforced the sense of loyalty and protectiveness that he had already shown when he had saved Piper at the grand canyon. The scene with Polybotes could have also taken place in Tartarus instead, and him and Percy working together, and putting all of their differences aside would have been a much more interesting dynamic than the stupid, out of character, rivalry bit they’ve got going on in Mark of Athena.

And, to be honest, just having Nico, Percy and Jason go all out, would probably be one of the coolest scenes in the entire Riordan verse.  

3.

All the while, Annabeth could have really cemented her role as a leader. I love her character, but to say that she has more leadership capabilities than Percy is laughable to me after reading the original five Percy Jackson books. These books are, after all, about Percy’s hero’s journey from an inexperienced kid to a smart, powerful and wise hero and the leader of camp half blood.  Annabeth, in comparison, shows relatively little of that. (Obviously this makes sense, considering that the books are from Percy’s POV and revolve around him, but the complete switch-up to saying that Annabeth is the natural choice as leader of the seven just felt a bit out of the blue to me in Mark of Athena)

Her leading the rest, in a moment of such a tragedy and remaining strong would have really reinforced the strong resolve that she had already shown in holding the sky in titan’s curse and in remaining steadfast despite all the horrible things that happened to her with her father’s rejection and luke’s betrayal. Annabeth’s relationship to Piper, Leo, Hazel and Frank, which is painfully underdeveloped in the books, could have also been given some much needed attention. Like, I can’t remember a single scene where she and Hazel, or she and Leo really talk to one another, which is a shame, because they could have had really interesting dynamics with one another.

It also would have also been a powerful statement about Percy’s and Annabeth’s relationship, if they, while separated, still believed in each other and trusted that the other person would get the job done.

Without powerhouses like Jason and Percy on board of the Argo II, Hazel and Frank could have really shone as individual fighters. Hazel is probably the second, or third most powerful demigod in the entire franchise, but barely gets any attention, and for a guy, who is apparently so powerful his life had to be tied to a stick, Frank seems, outside of one or two scenes, also pretty underwhelming.  

Without Jason, Piper’s and Leo’s friendship could have also gotten some more attention, and generally the reunion scene at the end of House of Hades could have been much more impactful with these character dynamics. I mean, Hazel, and Nico being reunited, Jason, leo and Piper, and Percy and Annabeth, and Percy, Hazel and Frank.

One of the biggest problems, I have with Heroes of Olympus is the extreme focus on romantic relationships. Having some couples be separated from each other like this, would have also solved this and given the only couple still together, Frank and Hazel, more room to develop.

thinking about @helenofsparta2’s incredible post about how jason, nico, and percy should’ve fallen into tartarus instead of percy and annabeth.

call of the chasm

a/n: first chapter of fanfic based on @helenofsparta2's post about jason, nico, and percy falling into tartarus together. takes place at the end of mark of athena.

tags: @inkyrainstorms

NICO.

When Nico scuffs the ground of the cavern with his sneaker, he regrets it. The cavern has been slowly crumbling ever since the Argo II arrived, and as much as he’d like something to distract himself from Percy and Annabeth’s heartwarming reunion, his efforts to disentangle himself from the spider silk wrapped around his legs have only led to a series of tiny cracks spreading from the rock beneath his Converse.

Ever since he was trapped, he barely has the will to walk, much less bend down to tear the webs away from him. Even now, he watches the rest of the crew decide what to do with the Athena Parthenos with little interest. It’s like everything around him is happening in some film from his old life. Nico’s eyes dart towards Percy as he explains the hell they’ve survived to Annabeth: if anyone is their leading hero, it's him. When Annabeth speaks, he can almost imagine the words flashing on a black-and-white screen, before movies had sound: “So the mortal side is in Epirus. At least that’s somewhere we can reach.”

Finally, Nico speaks up. “But the other side is the problem. Tartarus.”

Which he also regrets. The temperature drops a couple degrees, and most of the group’s attention shifts towards the black chasm that’s been pulsing in time with Nico’s heartbeat since they came. Some of them might've originally doubted that it led to the Underworld, but Nico didn’t. Not that his insight benefits them. As soon as he opens his mouth to tell the crew to get the Athena Parthenos and get out of here, the entire cavern groans.

Nico lurches forward, throwing his arms out to steady himself. Annabeth cries out, Leo shouts, and in seconds, Frank, Jason, and Piper have made their way back to the Argo II. Hazel squeezes Nico’s hand without looking at him, and he feels a rush of warmth at her protectiveness. “This floor won’t last! The rest of us should get to the ladder.” She lets go of his hand to make a leap towards the bottom of the rope ladder leading to the ship, looking back to make sure he follows.

While Nico’s in no condition to run, it’s not the only reason he doesn’t go with Hazel. With narrowed eyes, he watches Percy guide Annabeth towards the ship, except this time, his gaze falls to the spiderwebs clinging to Annabeth’s injured ankle, trailing towards…

The Stygian iron sword in his hand before he knows it. Hazel calls out after him, but Nico doesn’t have the mind to warn the couple before he raises the sword and brings it down centimeters away from Annabeth’s ankle, slashing the silk that would’ve inevitably dragged her into the chasm. Immediately, Percy shoves him back, and maybe it wouldn’t have hurt so bad any other time, but the impact sends him sprawling on the ground. Hazel screams.

“Nico, what the hell was that?” Percy’s sea-green eyes are ice-cold. The son of Poseidon doesn’t have to curse to be threatening, but there’s something else in his expression that makes Nico’s heart drop to his stomach: distrust. Annabeth grabs his shoulder, but with the world falling to pieces around the three of them, his gaze is totally fixed on the demigod in front of him.

“The—” Plumes of dust and cobwebs blast from holes in the floor that Nico barely avoids, and he erupts into a fit of coughs as he weakly grabs the sword that fell out of his hand, unable to explain himself.

“The cobwebs, Percy, he cut the cobwebs!” Annabeth insists, and the realization dawns on Percy as swiftly as the anger did. Without hesitation, he sticks his hand out to help Nico get up. Nico stares at him as he makes the deliberate effort to stand by himself and sheaths his sword.

“We should leave,” is what Nico manages to get out before his legs are swept out from under him and he falls face-first into the ground. Instinctively, he scrambles for purchase, convinced he somehow tripped himself when he stood, but he can feel himself being yanked backwards, towards the very same chasm he tried to save Annabeth from. The cobwebs… Nico didn’t free himself from them.

“Nico!” Percy shouts. Nico throws his hands over the ledge of the chasm, his short nails bloody from the struggle, and in this life-or-death moment, all he can think about is how this time, when Percy says his name, it almost sounds like he’s worried about him. Isn’t that funny?

Hazel yells from the ship, trying to disentangle her cavalry sword free from the rope. “Help them!” Nico doubts Frank and Jason can hear her above the chaos. His arms shake with exertion from holding onto the ledge, and his legs sway in the bottomless pit as he tries to find footing to climb out.

Annabeth is only a few strides behind Percy before he lunges towards Nico, closing the gap towards them by jutting out his hand in a way that tells him he doesn’t have a choice whether or not he wants his help. Except tearing one of his hands away from the ledge he’s pressed flat against to grab Percy seems an impossible feat, and both of them know it.

“Annabeth, you have to go.” Percy’s voice is low under the rumbling of the cavern, but it’s so resolute that it’s the only thing Nico hears. Annabeth shakes her head even though Percy can’t see her, dragging her injured leg behind her to stand over Nico.

“We’ll get him out together. I’m not leaving you, not when—” Annabeth’s voice breaks. It doesn’t take the child of Aphrodite to know they’ve made it as a couple against all odds, and neither one of them is going to give up on the other anytime soon. Nico's mouth sours.

Percy doesn’t turn around to look at her, and the thought hits Nico with such clarity it’s like a blow to the stomach: Percy can’t look at her. If he does, he won’t turn back around to help Nico. Instead, he’ll follow Annabeth right to the Argo II and leave him to fall into Tartarus alone.

“You’re not strong enough to help,” Percy concentrates so his words don’t shake, staring at Nico even though his words aren’t directed towards him. “I’m going to get him out of here, but I can’t do it if I’m worried about you. Please, Annabeth, just trust me. I’ll come back.” Nico, who’s the only one that can see both of them, watches Annabeth’s mouth tighten as she decides what she’s going to do.

Which is to trust Percy. Like anyone would.

It’s fitting that Nico’s life doesn’t flash before his eyes as he’s about to die. It would take too much time. It would be too normal. Instead, what he witnesses might be the most romantic thing he’s ever seen in his life. Annabeth leans down and kisses Percy’s cheek before she turns towards the Argo II, and she looks over her shoulder from beneath the rope ladder. Hazel outstretches her hand towards her, but his sister’s big, brown eyes are still worriedly trained on him.

“I swear to God, Seaweed Brain, if you fall to Tartarus, I’ll find a way there myself just to make your life hell.”

The faintest flicker of a smile appears on Percy’s face. It disappears as soon as he reaches over the ledge to wrap his hand around Nico’s jacket sleeve and begins to pull with all his strength. “I’m not letting anything happen to you.” The pit trembles, and Nico’s entire body shudders with it.

“You keep making promises you can’t keep,” Nico says weakly, trying to drag himself out with his other hand to help Percy’s efforts, but whatever’s keeping him tethered to Tartarus isn’t letting him go anytime soon. Maybe it’s supposed to happen like this. The Doors of Death need to be closed on both sides, and he’s the only demigod who’s been to Tartarus and survived. Maybe he knew, as soon as the Argo II landed and he felt the call of the chasm, that someone needed to follow it down. Maybe he tore the cobwebs away from Annabeth’s body but not his for some unconscious reason. Maybe…

“Nico, come on.” Percy practically throws half his body over the ledge to try and counteract what’s dragging Nico down, but his voice fades into the background with Jason and Frank and everyone else in the crew doing their best to secure the Athena Parthenon and escape safely. Hazel and Annabeth must have made it to the ship to try and call to the others for help, but Nico knows that none of them could make it in time. And Nico knows what he needs to do.

“Percy, you have to make it back to Annabeth. I can’t— I can’t hold on.” Nico watches Percy’s knuckles turn white around his jacket, sweat dripping down his temple. If he has to break a promise to either of them, Nico would rather it be him. There’s no movie without the hero, or his girlfriend.

“I’m not letting go,” Percy grits his teeth and wraps another hand around Nico’s wrist, digging his feet into the ground to give him leverage. Nico’s other hand slowly loosens its hold on the ledge, his body going limp. Nothing escapes Tartarus. Who was Nico to think he could defy one of the oldest gods when he wasn't strong enough to confess to himself that—

With his last strength, Nico channels everything Percy poured into his plea with Annabeth. “Please, Percy. You have to trust me. I’ll meet you on the other side.” As their eyes lock, it’s the first time Nico’s felt Percy truly understood what's happening in his head. When Percy lifts his head up to look towards the Argo II, where the rest of the crew has finally noticed what happened to them, Nico swears he can see Percy search for Annabeth. Jaw clenched, he squeezes his eyes shut as he waits for the moment Percy’s hand slips away from his as the walls of the cavern collapse around them.

This whole time, he didn’t realize this moment might be the closest he’ll get to holding Percy’s hand. Nico almost cracks a smile. There are worse ways to fall to Tartarus.

Except the moment doesn’t end. Nico opens his eyes, and his entire vision is consumed by Percy, his windswept dark hair dusted with cobwebs, his tan skin white with exertion, and his handsome face turned grim with determination. “We’ll meet them on the other side.”

The ledge falls to pieces. When Nico and Percy begin to tumble into the endless black below, Nico doesn’t hesitate to wrap his arms around him. Dully, he stares at the sliver of golden light above, and wonders if he spent any time outside, in the sun, during his last day on Earth. The sliver of gold comes closer, and closer, and Nico swears he can hear someone’s voice.

But Nico can’t trust anything about Tartarus except the boy falling into it next to him.

HoO

Leo: How long does it take for Someone to die after being stabbed?

Annabeth: Dependes were they were stabbed.

Reyna: Yeah! For example If its In the stomach 2 to 30 minutes If its on the black of the thigh 2 to 30 seconds.

The rest of the Seven: ...

Leo: How do you Know that?

Reyna: look 13 year old me had some Pirates to torture why not get some knowledge on the efectiveness of stabs !?!?

Annabeth and Leo: Fair point

The rest of the Seven: ...

These 3 being caotic on the Argo like their friendship being 3 traumatized demigods randomly talking about trauma and just BE like "oh getting stabbed at the age of 4 is normal but if you wanted to inflict real pain you Should have been aming for ..." And just caos its...yeah

the archer and the knight incorrect quote inspired by my latest installment:

Apollo and Rhea, many years in the future, seen through a Seven reunion-

Annabeth: so how drunk was he?

Rhea: well... he asked me if I was single. I said no.

Piper, leaning forward: and then?

Rhea: Apollo started crying, so I felt bad.

Jason, who is HERE for the gossip: so what did you do?

Rhea: I reminded him I wasn't single because I was married to him.

Frank: so everything turned out fine, right?

Rhea: well... after I told him, he went to find our marriage certificate and tried to destroy it-

Hazel: why?

Rhea: saying "good luck returning me without the receipt!"

Leo, as a screwdriver falls out of his mouth: no freakin' way

chapter seventeen, the last part of ii: alea iacta est, has been posted!! not as emotionally draining as the previous chapter; actually, we don't have emotionally draining chapters for a SMALL bit because we all need a break. regardless, off we go!

prometheus: do x will: fuck you hazel: do x, please? will: okay. (but only because i love and trust you.)

*at a seafood restaurant*

Percy, pouting in his seat and crossing his arms:

Leo, mouth full of shrimp: You okay man?

Annabeth: He’s upset about the seafood, you know, being the son of Poseidon and all.

Percy, sitting up straight and slamming his hands on the table: I swear to the gods I knew that crab personally.

Frank, choking on his crab leg: …what?

one of my favorite Percy headcanons is that even after he no longer has the Curse of Achilles, the small of his back is still his Achilles' Heel. It won't kill him but it's still his weakest point.

Like, he hates if anybody even brushes against there unless it's Annabeth because it's too sensitive and it basically physically hurts him. He has to be the little spoon Always because it makes him feel like his back is protected. If anyone hits him in the small of his back even without a lot of force, like a friendly slap on the back, he will crumple like wet paper. His friends poke him in the small of his back just cause every time he will immediately stumble and start complaining at them and they find it funny. If someone actually smacks him in the back with any amount of real force he will be on the ground immediately and stay there. If he gets actually scratched there he will be bedridden for days. The curse may be gone but he will always carry it with him.

okay im not sure if this is common sense or not, but imagine if percys powers were effected by the moon like water bending is in alta

like he’s already feral enough but when the moon comes out he just suddenly turns batshit crazy 😭 i would love to see the seven’s reactions when theyre fighting monsters and percy lets out an evil ass chuckle then proceeds to just kill EVERYONE in a flick of his head. make it canon rick pls

headcanon that almost all of the seven r converse ppls and then then jason and frank r fucking vans guys