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The Blood of Gods

Liquid seeps into the soil.

The clash of metal ringing all around.

Red, a mortal’s plight.

To live such a short life.

Oh, Warrior given a moment of glory,

Of spilled blood for the Gods' need for gore.

Their armor dented,

But their hearts race free.

Free, but they're bound in chains.

A pretty golden chain for thee.

Scars among their bodies,

Proudly displayed battles won.

The battle a stage to be viewed,

Laughter and cheers or boos and jeers.

An arena of entertainment!

Gods clap, thunder follows.

Gods cry, rain falls.

Gods smile, and the sun sears.

Gods! Gods! Gods!

They must cheer.

Blood offered for Gods.

The immortal’s lips stained red.

Is it blood or wine?

The gods love it all the same.

Only in death can they be free,

But even death is ruled by immortal beings.

Thus, mortals left forever at the Gods' whims.

Lesser, worthless, insignificant things.

A bug to be crushed under their heels.

Their lives and deaths sacrificed to the Gods!

To bow before their superiors!

Kissing the dirt! It’s where they belong!

Grovel before the Gods’ magnificence!

Mortal’s eyes don’t deserve such beauty!

Eyes burned from their sockets, if they ever saw.

For Gods’ true sights are monstrous beings.

This poem is also connected to my PJO one-shot if anyone wants to read the full thing, and not just the poem 😆

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The Greeks would've easily won the Camp Jupiter vs Camp Half Blood battle. Not because of any logical, strategic reasons though. Its because they're batshit crazy

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annabeth making the plans for new athens and all the demigods submit the input of what their godly parents want after conversing with them and percy comes back saying poseidon wants a dingy beachside dive bar which will end up being an eyesore on annabeth’s otherwise pristine coastline. and she can’t even get mad about it because percy’s excited himself

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I am a firm believer that when Percy discovers audiobooks, he sets out to finish every book Annabeth loves. He tried to read the books before but with Dyslexia and adhd it could take up to a year to finish the book! Now, though, he's finishing a book within a couple of days. He listens to Little Women whilst he's skating and The Hunger Games as he cooks. Then he starts finding other books and asking Annabeth's opinion on them before pressing play, sometimes finding she hasn't heard of them. This spirals to going to the library in New Rome for college supplies and Percy wandering off returning minutes later with four or five books he's listened to that he thinks Annabeth will like even if he didn't like them. Just Percy doing something for Annabeth and finding a love within it as he discovers audio books.

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Love Language - Showing, not telling

Love Language - Showing you care

Affections without touching

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Reasons a couple would divorce on good terms

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New Camp Jupiter Camper: Praetor Levesque and Praetor Zhang are so professional.

Other New Camper: I know. So poised and put together and serious.

Percy Jackson: *rolling up to camp for College blaring on the horn of his parents Prius* FRANK! HAZEL!

Frank and Hazel: *screaming their heads off and booking it down the road, Frank occasionally excitedly turning into different animals as he goes* PERCY!!!

Percy: *parking the car but exiting out of it through the open window* AAAAAAHH!!! GUYS!!!!

Frank: YOU’RE HERE!!!

Hazel: YAY!!!!

Percy: WHOOOOO!!! HAZEL YOU’RE PRAETOR NOW! SHUT UP I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!

Hazel: WE MISSED YOU!

Percy: WE MISSED YOU!

Annabeth: *exiting out of the passenger side door* Yeah, we did!

Hazel: ANNABETH!!! AAAAAH!!!

Annabeth: AAAAAAH!!

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percy is the type of boyfriend who casually puts his hand over the table corner when annabeth bends down from her chair to pick something up, because he doesn’t want her to hit her back on the corner when she comes back up

he’s also the type of boyfriend who puts his hand on her back and steers her if she’s distractedly looking down at something while they’re walking, because he doesn’t want her to walk into something or someone

and he does these things without even thinking

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i think it’s a pretty common headcanon that whenever there is a spider, annabeth freaks the fuck out. which is super weird to most people, because she’s like… the bravest person ever. even if you don’t know she’s a demigod, she’s just a badass. but if there’s a spider, she’s screaming bloody murder and jumping up on tables and counters. and of course, percy always comes and kills it for her. no matter what he’s doing or where he is.

but i think what would be even weirder for people (who don’t know her extremely well) is how seriously percy takes it. i feel like girls being scared of spiders and having their male partners come kill it is such a basic ‘weak white girl’ stereotype. and it usually is funny, even to the one who’s scared. so when annabeth does this and starts screaming for percy, people would start laughing. naturally, right? haha it’s so funny that annabeth chase is so scared of bugs. and after percy runs in and takes care of it, they would expect him to be laughing too and poke fun at her.

except it’s the exact opposite. there’s nothing funny about his expression. his jaw is hard-set and his sea green eyes are full of nothing but concern. he does a thorough examination of the surrounding area, makes absolutely sure there aren’t others and gets rid of any webs, and then goes straight to her. and his first question, every single time, is “you okay?” nothing but concern and support. and if the legendary fearless annabeth chase needs her boyfriend/husband to carry her across the room, because she doesn’t want to step on the rug now, you know dam well he’s gonna carry her across the room without a second thought. and you’d better not laugh at her, or else percy’s gonna give you the most scolding glare you’ve ever received, and it’s gonna make your arm/neck hairs stick straight up and your blood turn to ice.

and it would take people off guard every single time. because he’s not laughing at her. he takes her fear completely seriously. and it’s because he knows about her past. he’s seen her face her worst horrors. he knows what happened with archane.

he knows exactly why she’s so scared of spiders, and to him, there’s nothing funny about it.

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it has always been so cute to me that even tho a war has just happened half of camp is destroyed or dead that the campers still thought it would be fun to bully percabeth

like did we ever learn why all of camp was just there when annabeth and percy kissed ??

like did annabeth recrute ppl to help ??

like maybe annabeth got malcom to help with the cupcake and he started the wildfire that was “annabeth and percy are sitting really close ALONE together for his birthday” so everyone went to eavesdrop or smth

or actually tyson definitely did that by accident now that i’m thinking abt it like he just told ppl who asked and everyone was like “thanks for letting me know >:)”

i always kinda thought maybe clarisse knew it was percy’s birthday and was planning on being a menace but when they pulled up annabeth was already there then the kiss happened and everyone was like “holy SHITTTTT”

like maybe the plan was to dunk percy in the water but they couldn’t find annabeth so they showed up late just to witness the kiss some kids probably cried a little but clarisse was like “sick now i can dunk BOTH of them” so that’s what they did

to me i always loved that clarisse was the one to be the head of that bc throwing them into the water to celebrate wasn’t for her - personally i don’t think clarisse could give two real shits abt percabeth actually dating or not (not that she doesn’t think they should- it’s just not her buisness) but yk who did ?? selina

there were probably long talks where all selina talked abt was the percabeth tea

“i have insanely hot gossip right now. >:)”

“ooo really?? >:)”

“yeah and it involves your two favorite people >:3”

“oh…really…… :|”

i like to think that was for her and i love that

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I find it soooo interesting how percy was put in a position and expected to take the responsibilities that came with it yet given none of the respect that should. and simultaneously if he ever tried to step up and take those responsibilities he was treated as an attention seeker.

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i don’t think the big three kids are actually banned from teaming up during capture the flag. i think the stipulation is that they have to take the kids. so it’s like all the brightest and best fighters and most skilled members of camp, including those who have like. made even one plan in their lives, vs. ninety newly armed children who have been fed a breakfast of gushers in orange soda corralled by the most powerful and most impulsive demigods to ever live

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imagine sally taking percy to montauk over the years. using the hours that he's asleep to sit along the beachside shore. remembering the nights she had with poseidon. basking in the delicate breeze on a soft bed of sand. stolen kisses under the moonlight. a love she never thought she'd find. and then her world came crashing like the tide. now all she has left of poseidon is a child he can't help her raise. but she loves percy with all her might. and they'll be okay soon enough.

and then imagine sally taking paul to montauk. using the hours he's asleep to sit along the beachside shore. remembering the nights she had with percy. making smores with blue-tinted marshmallows. the two of them staying up too late at night bingeing soap operas. a happiness she never thought she'd be able to provide for her son. and then her world came crashing down once more. now all she has left of percy is an empty bedroom and a missed phone call from the otherside of the country. but word from camp is that annabeth found him. and if that rings true. then they'll be okay soon enough.

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Nico's like Percy's adopted little brother and I love that so much. He's Percy's little emo Italian street rat that he claimed as his own. Percy takes care of Nico the same way Grover took care of him I'm in shambles

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I feel like Annabeth would like Penelope but resent Odysseus

Ive headcannoned that Annabeth looks up to Penelope for a while now. Penelope tricking the suitors by weaving a funeral shroud by day and unraveling her work by night and her loyalty to Odysseus (who was assumed to be dead!!!) in particular.

Odysseus is another story however. Yes Annabeth looks up to him because Annabeth has expressed looking up to him as a both a great warrior and intelligent man before. But i think she would hold jealousy in a way.

Again in the Mark of Athena, chapter XVII, when she encounters Athena or Minerva, and the goddess wishes Odysseus were there because he would help her.

Not Annabeth, her own daughter who saved Olympus less than a year prior, but Odysseus, a dead man who wasn't even a demigod nevermind a son of Athena.

Idk i just feel like if my mother preferred a man from over a literal millennia ago over me and then proceeded to tell me that I'm nothing for not willingly fighting in a war against the Romans, I'd be pissed.

I feel like that mix of resentment/admiration is also the type of thing to happen regularly in the Athena cabin too! Think about the Odyssey and the effort Athena went through to get Odysseus home, do you think she would do that for her own children? Not a chance! One thing noted about the gods are how the rarely care for their children.

It could also be a nice contrast to have Annabeth look up to Penelope, a woman who was loyal and intelligent while her husband was at war, and have mixed feelings about Odysseus the husband of that woman she looks up too so much, because yes she looks up to him, but theres also atleast a touch of jealousy and resentment.

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percy and annabeth are most definitely the first of their friends to have kids, even though i don’t think they start until their mid-late 20s. in my opinion, i don’t believe many of their friends have kids. i just don’t think it’s super common amongst demigods, especially greeks and the more powerful demigods, since they have to deal with the most shit. so i think it’s always a little odd for demigods to see their friends have kids, especially if they are also demigods.

so i just know their friends are so amazed watching percy and annabeth be parents. like… imagine thalia, the girl who once watched out for and protected little 7 year old annabeth, seeing annabeth breastfeed her child? how weird would that be? and imagine grover, who’s been besties with percy since they were little grade school buddies, seeing percy rocking his baby to sleep? how weird would that be? seeing them changing diapers, doing tummy time with him/her, giving him/her bottles, etc. thalia, grover, leo, piper, rachel, nico, frank, hazel, even people like clarisse… it would just be so weird for them. amazing and beautiful, but weird.

and i love it

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We love Persassy the femanist

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I wasn't even half way throuh TTPD and I knew the PJO edits were gonna go hard. y'all haven't disappointed 😭