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@storyseekers event 08 : favorite 2020 read  —  if we were villains

how could we explain that standing on a stage and speaking someone else’s words as if they are your own is less an act of bravery than a desperate lunge at mutual understanding?

#iwwv #if we were villains

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I saw the trend on tikok, I Just Had to do it with them, I love them sm

#les amis #les mis #les miserables #enjolras #combeferre #courfeyrac #grantaire #gavroche

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defending jason grace online isn't enough i need a gun

#jason grace #heroes of olympus #hoo

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anyway have any of you ever thought about how Jason was raised by wolves and then an army and told he had to be the best so he became the best, made himself the best using his experiences and power, who has to prove himself time and time again to the people who made him, and then he meets Percy Jackson who, with almost none of Jason’s training, without having been raised and molded into a leader, is better than him

Percy Jackson, who had a childhood, who had a mom, who seems all the better for it. Jason can finish his quests and missions and get a pat on the back and congratulations for bringing honor to the Legion and nothing else because that’s what’s expected of him, while Percy gets hugs and cookies and tears of relief and so much love because people had been hoping he’d succeed, not because it meant victory, but because it meant he'd live.

all of the things Jason’s gone through to make him that perfect leader and soldier feel like they were all for nothing because he looks at Percy Jackson and sees that perfect leader and soldier and none of the things that made Jason good are what made him great

#I LOVE JASON GRACE OKAY #jason grace my beloved #he gets UNGODLY amounts of slander #you may believe he's boring but that's okay bc I think he's wonderful :) #and his trauma is cathartic #jason grace #heroes of olympus #percy jackson #hoo

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I think hearing Outer Space / Carry On live would fix me

#5sos

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I'm actually not over Seventy Years of Sleep by Nikka Ursula and I will not apologise for that

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me when i get tagged by mutuals: oh my GOD my friend noticed me,, omg my bestie in the world wide web, my beautiful wonderful amazing fren whom i cherish dearly, JUST NOTICED ME,, I AM ABOUT TO C O M B U S T

me when tagging mutuals: oh no... i hope im not annoying you.. or anything.. if you want I'll never tag you again.. only if you want tho.. if you don't want to be tagged then that's okay.. i love you.. pls don't hate me,,,

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its that time of year

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happy wednesday to all my fellow aroace folks

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luke is such an empathetic character because uncle rick just gives us a boy who's grown up feeling abandoned by his father, who he also deems responsible for essentially losing his mother. he loses one of his best friends because her very birth is seen as a mistake to the gods, and the very best zeus can do for her as she gives her life for her friends is to turn her into a tree. he becomes the best swordsman at camp, he successfully completes his quest, he's good, he's a good kid, and STILL he doesn't get so much as an acknowledgement from his father. he may be 19 during tlt but he has been a KID throughout all of this and he is desperate. of course he made the choices he did. it was ALWAYS going to happen.

#I SWEAR I am not trying to be a luke girlie #there's just so much narrative angst to chew on #there is no 'I could fix him' or 'I would join him' #no. you are the audience. he is doomed to follow this path and you are doomed to watch him and be unable to stop him. #character doomed by the narrative my beloved #charlie bushnell's luke my beloved #luke castellan #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo disney+ #pjo tv show #pjo series #pjo spoilers

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I'm not trying to be a luke girlie but charlie bushnell is making it SO DIFFICULT

#his acting????? #no spoilers but ep8 broke me #what was he tHINKING #(affectionate) #luke castellan #charlie bushnell #charlie bushnell the actor that you are #charlie bushnell's luke my beloved #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo disney+ #pjo tv show #pjo series #percy jackson

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'family, Luke. you promised' is hitting so much harder after Ares' commentary on the godly family. like 'olympians fight. we betray. we backstab',,, Luke is so resentful of the gods and the family he was born into, but is unable to escape how they raised him. he fights. he betrays. he backstabs. he may have promised Annabeth family but he couldn't give her the genuine, unconditional love Percy can. he is a villain of the gods' own making, the product of their dysfunctional family. he could never turn out different. the NEXT line Ares says is 'we will push anyone down a flight of stairs to get ahead', which Percy had EXPLICITLY defied in the previous episode when he pushed Annabeth down the stairs to sacrifice himself. Percy's fatal flaw of loyalty is breaking the cycle of violence, he is creating the family Luke was never going to be able to give her.

#charlie bushnell's luke my beloved #I am. so INCREDIBLY feral about the choices they made in the betrayal scene #I am tucking everyone in the writers room into the coziest beds #whilst sobbing violently #luke castellan #annabeth chase #ares pjo #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo disney+ #pjo tv show #pjo series #pjo spoilers

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charlie bushnell the actor that you ARE. the pain and resentment and horror on his face throughout that scene. his hesitation when he was about to kill percy. the simultaneous regret and determination. the fact that he hated annabeth seeing who he had become but like charlie said in an interview, is willing to do anything. luke is supposed to be an empathetic character. the way he narrated "look, I know you didn't want to be a halfblood" at the beginning of the episode paralleling percy, showing us just how easy it would have been for percy to end up like luke. both percy and the audience are supposed to understand exactly where luke is coming from, to empathise deeply with his disappointment in the gods and the desperation that resulted from it. and my god did charlie bushnell achieve that

#what the actual fuck :) #did he just snort luke straight out of the book like cocaine? #the TEARS in his eyes #the violent angry lighting of the fireworks #the way he was so much taller than percy #I'm STILL not over the luke/percy walker/charlie appearance parallels #charlie bushnell's luke my beloved #charlie bushnell the actor that you are #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson and the olympians #percy jackson #pjo disney+ #pjo tv show #pjo series #pjo spoilers #charlie bushnell #luke castellan

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”Look I know you didn’t want to be a Halfblood”

GUYS LUKE IS SAYING IT TO SHOW THE PARALLELS BETWEEN HIM AND PERCY

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"we need more weird queer people!!! except not if theyre asexual or aromantic. except not if theyre polyamorous. except not if they use microlabels. except not if they have a complex gender identity. except not if they use cringey pronouns. except not if they use lesser known terms. except not if they have unconventional relationship dynamics. except not if they are weird in ways i dont personally like."

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#hope this makes sense #I don't think my heart could take it #percy jackson #annabeth chase #luke castellan #percy jackson and the olympians #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo tv show #pjo series #pjo disney+ #pjo spoilers

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Honestly, I think from the moment that Percy found out that not every demigod has a loving mortal parent they can depend on, when they already can't depend on the gods, and that Annabeth specifically, hasn't had anyone take care of her like that since she was 7, he decided he would be the one to.

They take care of each other up to that point, but I think that's when he starts noticing how much she takes care of them. She already knew if she didn't no one else will. She protects them against humans, she stands with them against monsters, she always brings up the rear of the group when they're running, and she is always the first one to make a move when they're fighting. She does it because no one is going to protect her if she doesn't do it herself. No one is going to protect Grover and Percy if she isn't.

In the arch, he pretty much tells her he would fight the gods for her, and then he goes on to do just that.

Athena, the one person who was supposed to protect her willingly pushes monsters her way, she lets Echidna and the chimera into a place that was supposed to be safe. Her decision is that Annabeth should be punished, and say what you want, but I think she knew that Annabeth would think through every scenario and know that someone had to stay and hold them back. And I think she knew that Annabeth would be the one to stay. Because that's the way she raised her, knowing that no one cared whether she lived or died. And I think that's the cruellest part.

Which is why Percy's sacrifice means so much more. He not only made the decision to trade his life for hers and fight the monster so she and Grover could escape, but he also made the conscious choice to push back against Athena's wishes. He fought a goddess for her, Athena said "Annabeth will die for her impertinence" and Percy said "Not today, not ever"

#pjo tv show #annabeth chase #percy jackson