#ུ✷ it was a world of gods and men. ︴ RIORDANVERSE.

[horiznwlker]

[ cup ]  –  for the sender’s muse to cup the receiver’s face, and brush their thumb along the receiver’s cheek. ― @lyctoralsaints, from annabeth.

 ‍  ‍ his face is turned to the sea, despite his closed eyes. he feels content in the way that only sitting here, upon the shoreline with annabeth, can provide. feeling the pull of the tide and just knowing that she is there next to him -- nevermind adhd, he could stay here forever. the soft skin of her palm upon his cheek pulls him back, a deep breath through his nose before he turns his head, sea greens peering at her curiously. it quickly dissolves into a look of affection, unconsciously leaning into her touch.

 ‍  ‍ ❝ hey, ❞ percy's lips tilt with an easy smile and he raises his hand, index tapping softly upon her temple. ❝ what's going on up there? ❞

#lyctoralsaints. #inbox. #ུ✷ son of the sea god. ︴ PERCY JACKSON. #ུ✷ don’t i get a kiss for luck? it’s kind of tradition˼ right? ︴ ANNABETH CHASE ◝ LYCTORALSAINTS. #ུ✷ it was a world of gods and men. ︴ RIORDANVERSE. #holds them in my hands.

[dead-girl-bracket]

Full list of contestants:

1.  Laura Moon (American gods)

2.  Caiera the Oldstrong (Marvel Comics)

3.  Heather Chandler (Heathers)

4.  Pyrrha Nikos (RWBY)

5.  Mattias Helvar (Six of Crows)

6.  Jackie Taylor (yellowjackets)

7.  Laura Palmer (Twin Peaks)

8.  The Dark Lord (Animator vs Animation)

9.  Caleb Wittebane (The Owl House)

10.         Adam Stanheight (Saw)

11.         Mai Zenin (Jujutsu Kaiser)

12.         Penny Polendia (RWBY)

13.         Maple (Your Turn To Die)

14.         Jacques Kensington (Henry Stickmin series)

15.         Valiant Hero Charles Calvin (Henry Stickmin series)

16.         Misaki Unasaka (Buddy Daddies)

17.         Dean Winchester (Supernatural)

18.         Castiel (Supernatural)

19.         Mari (Omori)

20.         Ymir (Attack on Titan)

21.         Bow (Inanimate Insanity)

22.         Ethan (Citizen Sleeper)

23.         Kamina (Gurren Lagan)

24.         Bunny Utonium (Powerpuff Girls)

25.         Asher (The Leet World)

26.         Maes Hughes (Fullmetal Alchemist)

27.         Pink/Orchid (Animator vs Animation)

28.         Viggo Grimborn (How To Train Your Dragon)

29.         Peter “Parker” Yang (Malevolent)

30.         Kaede Akamatsu (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony)

31.         Felix (Red vs Blue)

32.         Ghost (Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2)

33.         V2 (Ultrakill)

34.         Agent Texas (Red vs Blue)

35.         Sarah Lynn (Bojack Horseman)

36.         Portgas D Ace (One Piece)

37.         Amanda Grayson (Star Trek 2009)

38.         Victim (Animator vs. Animation)

39.         Mad Sweeney (American Gods)

40.         Mufasa (The Lion King)

41.         Flapjack (The Owl House)

42.         Magne/Kenji Hikiishi (My Hero Academia)

43.         Hinawa (Mother 3)

44.         Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz (Steven Universe)

45.         Mia Fey (Ace Attorney)

46.         Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom)

47.         Minfilia Warde (Final Fantasy XIV)

48.         Ysayle Dangulain (Final Fantasy XIV)

49.         Tasha Yar (Star Trek The Next Generation)

50.         Kid Loki (Marvel Comics)

51.         Cheryl Brooks Taggart (Atlas Shrugged)

52.         Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)

53.         Desdemona (Othello)

54.         Alicia (The Feather Pillow)

55.         Lennie (Of Mice and Men)

56.         Kikyo (InuYasha)

57.         Kagura (InuYasha)

58.         Shin Tsukimi(Your Turn To Die)

59.         Neteyam (Avatar the Way of Water)

60.         Chrissy (Stranger Things)

61.         Jason Grace (Riordanverse – Heroes of Olympus)

62.         Eddie Munson (Stranger Things)

63.         Stacker Pentecost (Pacific Rim)

64.         Natasha Romanow (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

65.         Debra Morgan (Dexter)

66.         Abigail Hobbs (Hannibal)

67.         Beverly Katz (Hannibal)

68.         Abbie Mills (Sleepy Hollow)

69.         Magnus Chase (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard)

70.         Luke Patterson (Julie and the Phantoms)

71.         Noriaki Kakyoin (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

72.         Reggie Peters (Julie and the Phantoms)

73.         Alex Mercer (Julie and the Phantoms)

74.         Willie (Julie and the Phantoms)

75.         Jessica Moore (Supernatural)

76.         Tuba (Infinity Train)

77.         Mohan Vishwakumar (Never Have I Ever)

78.         Mara (She-Ra)

79.         Bartholomew (Moral Orel)

80.         Harlan Thrombey (Knives out)

81.         Whizzer Brown (Falsettos)

82.         Oda Sakunosuke (Bungou Stray Dogs)

83.         Mollymauk Tealeaf (Critical Role)

84.         Mephone4s (Inanimate Insanity)

85.         Dough (Inanimate Insanity) but 

[stedewards]

wip tag meme

tagged by @181230 and @ulfie-by-osmosis thanks for the tag bestie <3

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your wip folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it.

okay so i opened quotev after a while for this and here's what i found!

my main wips (aka the ones i think about most / have most focus on)

the price of war: this is a riordanverse fic. to sum it up briefly, it's got an overpowered mc who passes out as much as hearthstone, and not a lot of happy stuff

shattered: this is literally just a feel-good fic about a bunch of queer friends and overcomplicated storylines. (it's set in marauders era - i will address this under the cut if for some reason u want to know about fandom stuff)

goldfish (aka heather): the lily rosier fic, no description needed bc she is world famous actually

demons: a marauders/pjoverse murder mystery

????: set in the star wars universe, it follows one of my ocs who's present in every fic i write and i view as a personification of the timeline. it's a bunch of angst and just super fun for me

trans gwen au: @ulfie-by-osmosis beloved, title says it all

fate and time: a mattfoggy fic inspired by the themes of the starless sea. i love mattfoggy sm they are gay ok goodnight

the ones i am not as focused on / other wips include the following. some of them have 0 written fic content

broken world: this is literally my mcu brainchild fic. it's mcu-universe compliant except aos was canon and my oc exists. she's desi btw and married to daisy and i love them

whatever it takes: to be honest, i forgot this existed. it's set in the shadowhunters universe and spans like. all the shit to be honest. it's a universe at this point

broken blades: it's set in the same multiverse as broken world is, but it's set in the fox x-men universe and follows a different oc. (for eye ra, her name is cas)

broken space: this is the timeline lady from ???? except make it mcu. yes there is a theme i am aware. yes the stories overlap. no they are incredibly different and quirky and unique

unbroken: this is my game of thrones fic! that takes place mainly in my head! it has three main ocs of mine. one is the timeline lady (re: ???? above) and struggles between keeping a promise to a dead friend and her present loyalties, one is hellbent on revenge for her brother's death, and the last is trying to escape the war

saving grace (title is under works): four best friends. chaos. absolutely no content available. hp era

oh my god we're all gonna die (title is under works): four best friends. chaos. absolutely no content available. pjo/hoo era

roses of summer: this is marauders again and loosely based off august by taylor swift

the lucky one: this is set in the mcu (mine maybe, maybe not) and it. doesn't really have a plot tbh; still a wip

i'm pretty sure i missed a bunch of fics but this is all my brain could come up with so YEAH

tags: @dishaashitposts and anyone else interested!

RE hp fics - i do not support jkr and the things she's said about the trans community. at the same time, i acknowledge that the harry potter books and universe have been so important in my personal life and i do not want to separate that. i have had fanfics before the onslaught of transphobia, and to be honest, i don't really need to sit and justify my writing of fics to strangers on the internet. a shit ton of these fics are purely for my personal enjoyment. they are my brainchildren. they make me happy. if u read this for whatever reason, i hope u have a lovely day and take care <3

#my fic list #my wips

[seattlesea]

bad representation in the riordanverse

Racism:

-Gave Hazel and Piper gold and ‘kaleidoscope’/brown-blue-green changing eyes and pretty much went ‘Let’s add some characters of color but they cANT HAVE BROWN EYES THAT’S NOT PRETTY ENOUGH’ as if whitewashing isn’t more than just the skin.

-East Asian characters: Riordan pretty much went 'Here are my East Asian characters- one of them looks like a fat baby on steroids and is super undeveloped, his mother is strict and cold, and all the others are just described as 'Asian' because different countries in Asia don't exist and there's obviously no difference between Japanese, Chinese, and Korean'. His portrayal of East Asian characters went like this: Frank: Chinese, chubby, hates himself, underdeveloped, described to look like a 'Chinese Canadian baby man' and a 'panda' as if that's not stereotyping, and only learned to love himself when he looked hotter.  Drew: Asian, villainized, rude, shallow, vain, and selfish. Ethan: Asian, rude, evil, a traitor, and deceased. Grandma Zhang- rude, strict, cold, traditional, and deceased.

-Hazel: Has gold eyes. Has 'cinnamon brown' hair even though dark brown or black hair would be way more inclusive and realistic. Had a mother portrayed as a rude and selfish witch who sacrificed, used, and trafficked her own child. Was the only character called or described as a witch while African-Americans were usually accused of witchcraft just for their skin color. Was the only character who was cursed. Had a mother who literally practiced voodoo. The only African-American character in the series before ToA who isn't dead (but she also died). Was paired with a sixteen year old guy even though African women are constantly forced with older men and that's blatantly racist stereotyping. 

-Piper: Had 'chocolate brown' and then 'mahogany' hair? Has kaleidoscope eyes. Put a feather in her hair (which is stereotyping)- and it was an eagle feather, which is also wrong because eagles are extremely sacred to First Nation tribes and only spiritual leaders or warriors can wear it or it has to be gifted by an Elder of the tribe, and Riordan basically went 'Feathers are very important and it's racist to make a character wear one at inappropriate times but I'm going to make my character wear one as a cute accessory to make her look cool, pretty, and headstrong and to add to her 'Aesthetic'’ even though Cherokees didn’t wear feathers (which proves he did the bare minimum of research). Constantly oversexualized (56% of First Nation women are sexually harassed and Riordan had the audacity to put Piper in an 'embarrassingly low v-neck' and to have her constantly drooled over by a WHITE MALE and have her sexualized by her 1000+ mother without her knowledge or consent).  It's said that her father was from a reservation in Oklahoma...but there are no reservations in Oklahoma, only cultural centers (which also proves that he did the bare minimum of research).  She's the only First Nations character and she's the only character (besides Nancy Bobofit) depicted as a kleptomaniac (First Nations people are constantly called thieves by racist assholes). “The week before, he’d turned down several million dollars to play Tonto in a remake of The Lone Ranger. Piper was still trying to figure out why. He’d played all kinds of roles—a Latino teacher in a tough L.A. school, a dashing Israeli spy in an action-adventure blockbuster, even a Syrian terrorist in a James Bond movie. And, of course, he would always be known as the King of Sparta. But if the part was Native American—it didn’t matter what kind of role it was—Dad turned it down.” (The Lost Hero, page 165). So her father is fine with playing an extremely racist and stereotypical Middle Eastern role but not a First Nations role. Uses a cornucopia as a weapon (how she got it- cutting it off a half-bull- is disrespectful to her culture as hurting an animal is banned and she used a cornucopia- a symbol of Thanksgiving- as a weapon). Cut her hair, which is basically taboo in First Nations culture.

-Samirah: Had an arranged marriage (at age twelve, and she believed that she was groomed to be married to a rich and respectable family and nothing else). Ripped off her hijab in front of tons of male characters. The only Muslim character. The only Muslim character and she's the only character who married her cousin (you're supposed to break stereotypes, not enforce them).

Thomas Jefferson Jr: Said that he was thankful to the British for not siding with the South during the American Civil War even though they needed the South's cotton (but they didn't side with the North either). AKA a black man and son of a freed slave was thankful to Britain for not openly oppressing him? And at the same time he was named after a racist slave-owner.

Reyna: She's brown and her entire story revolves around her being independent, strong, alone, and self-sufficient but also desperately needing love and support but then Riordan says that she can't get her heart healed AKA she went through an abusive home, killed her father, left her sister, felt alone her whole life, worked a two-person job alone for months, and had to put on a brave face for others throughout all this then was literally told 'Shut up no one wants to hear about your struggles, just suck it up and deal with it’ and have you seen all the shit brown girls have to go through and keep silent about it? 

Extra: -Latino, Puerto Rican, African-American, Chinese-Canadian, East Asian, First Nations, etc. characters and the two most powerful, best, and most skilled characters and who the stories mostly revolve around are two white guys AKA white supremacy.

-"Harriet Tubman, daughter of Hermes, used many mortals on her Underground Railroad for just this reason" and that World War II was caused by a child of Zeus and a child of Hades fighting very blatantly erases the shit those people went through and Riordan just went 'Let's use these racist movements as little easter eggs in my story'.

-Thanatos, who was chained and enslaved, is described with dark skin.

-Riordan writing the characters went a little something like this: Drew: You get common Eastern Asian features like dark hair and eyes because you're arrogant, selfish, conceited, and rude, and because you're an antagonist and you're going to be used to make one of my protagonists- who has unique traits- look good so you're going to have the basic, 'boring' physical traits so the readers know who's the more superior of the two of you. Leo: You get common Latino features like curly dark hair, dark eyes, and light brown skin cause you're the weird, hyperactive unattractive one who's very flirty but constantly gets rejected and you're the only main character without a love interest and the only way you can get a girlfriend is when she's forced to fall in love with you through a curse. Frank: You get common Chinese features like dark hair and eyes cause you're the fat unattractive loser who catches the eye of the African character who already has unique and 'special' traits so you don't have to be super attractive. Reyna: You get common Puerto Rican traits like dark skin, hair, and eyes cause you're the stoic, lonely, intimidating, and cold one who wants all the guys (two white guys for that matter) but none of them want you and they both have girlfriends with traits like blonde hair and gray and kaleidoscope eyes so the readers know who are the more interesting couples.  Piper and Hazel: You two get eurocentric features because you're the main characters I have to set apart from everyone else- including other females whom I'm going to make one of you rivals with- so the readers know who's more superior so I'm giving you unique eye colors that literally cannot be found in humans so I'm going to try to validate it by saying that it's from something mildly associated with your godly parent even though neither of them have those traits. Riordan basically said that the common features are bad and boring and that unique and special features- aka features not found in those ethnicities- are good and cool. Also- if gods don’t have DNA how can their traits be passed down to their demigod children checkmate Riordan.

-Cecil Markowitz is the only Jewish character in PJO and the first thing used to describe him is "That kid, always thinking about the potential payout".

-Lavinia said that she was going to bring her date to her bat mitzvah even though you don't bring dates to bat mitzvahs or bar mitzvahs and she said that it was 'awkward' to tell her rabbi that someone was going to be her date even though you don't explain your guestlist to your rabbi, and they're most likely not even going to be at the party.

-Only three Latino and Puerto Rican characters (Leo, Reyna, and Hylla) and all three came from abusive households.

-Leo said 'Mamacita' as if that's not stereotyping.

-Made Nico ‘pale’ even though he had olive skin and gave him black hair and dark eyes despite Italians usually having light hair and eyes just to add to his ‘Goth Boy Aesthetic’.

-Hazel described Pluto to look like Adolf Hitler.

-Carter Kane said that Elvis took African-American music and made it sound like rock 'n roll and described it as cool- like no it’s cultural appropriation. 

-Leo was abused and Riordan thought that it'd be funny to make all the other characters line up to punch him and then try to make it look funny. 

-Gave almost every single POC character a white name and sometimes gave them white first names and POC surnames, and Reyna and Bianca are the only POC characters with names from their culture/native language and one of them is dead and reborn as someone else and the other’s full name wasn’t revealed until the fourth book in her series and she hates using it.

-Made two POC characters with names from their culture- Samirah and Olujime- go by white nicknames (Sam and Jamie) to make it ‘easier to read’ despite having white characters with the same amount of syllables in their names (like Annabeth) that didn’t go by nicknames.

-Never actually described the characters of color with physical traits from their ethnicities (Reyna, Hylla, and Leo with big eyes, thick eyebrows, brown hair, wide noses, full lips, etc., Piper with almost-oriental eyes, shovel teeth, high cheekbones, black hair, etc., Nico with light or brown hair and eyes, olive skin, a narrow nose, etc., Hazel with a wide nose and lips, dark brown eyes, black or dark brown hair, big eyes, thick eyebrows, etc.).

Anti-LGBTQ+:

-Nico was forcibly outed by Cupid and Riordan and the fandom didn't care and the only thing they thought was 'Aww, he has a crush on Percy! So cute!' AKA romanticizing a forced outing. 

-Riordan said that he didn't want to make Reyna lesbian or bisexual because he thought it'd be stereotypical making her LGBTQ+ because she didn't want men anymore even though she could've been bisexual all along but Riordan casually dismissed the idea of that saying "Having a girl end up with a woman after dating men is a bad stereotype" and basically said that real bi girls don’t exist.

-The Hunters of Artemis were made so Artemis/Diana could protect those girls from men and their behavior towards women but Riordan dismissed lesbian relationships- even though nothing about that was said in real Greek mythology- meaning that he thinks that women need protection from other women just as much as they need protection from men.

-Alex Fierro is the only gender-fluid or transgender character and she/he’s seen as rude, snarky, and sharp and Magnus could magically tell when Alex changed gender.

-Riordan said that he wouldn’t make Reyna a lesbian because of stereotypes despite the reader asking if Reyna was going to get a girlfriend, not come out as lesbian AKA Riordan thinks ‘Girls liking girls’ is automatically ‘lesbian’ and completely dismissed bi, pan, poly, omni, etc. girls.

-Used a self-insert to make fun of wlw readers who saw themself in Reyna and thought she could be a cool character to relate to.

-Enforced LGBTQ+ stereotypes like the cold-hearted Asexual, the flamboyant bi/pan, the snarky gender-fluid, the emo gay, the laid-back and rebellious lesbian who dyed her hair pink and chews a lot of bubblegum, etc.

-Has one-hundred fifty-five characters total minus gods/goddesses, Titans, giants, nymphs, dryads, satyrs, monsters, etc. and only has fifteen confirmed LGBTQ+ characters (do the math, that’s exactly one out of ten regarding OCs).

-Only one character that isn’t cishet.

-Saves most the LGBTQ+ for the side characters or only confirms characters LGBTQ+ once they’ve become a minor character despite being a main character before.

-Only stated that Reyna was Asexual outside of his books and on Twitter as if that’s not exactly what J.K Rowling is doing.

-Used the LGBTQ+ community to make Piper seem like the ‘special snowflake’ and to set her apart from her siblings to make it seem like she’s better than all of them and used Hera/Juno and Aphrodite/Venus as excuses for his homophobic mindset that believes that straight is the default cause “Suddenly, much of what she and I had talked about started to make sense. Not being defined by Aphrodite’s expectations. Or Hera’s ideas of what a perfect couple looked like. Piper finding her own way, not the one people expected of her” in synonymous words is 'The expectations for love and the idea of a perfect couple are a heterosexual relationship, and anyone who 'finds their own way instead of the ones people expect' are different'. ‘Different’ and ‘default’ are antonyms AKA if he thinks that LGBTQ+ people are ‘different’, he thinks that straight is the ‘default’. Remember- an author writes their own personal beliefs.

-Josephine is the only black LGBTQ+ character.

-Reyna is said to be Asexual despite feeling sexual attraction towards Percy cause no one likes someone five minutes after knowing them and it’s anything but sexual attraction.

-Magnus and Alex are the only LGBTQ+ relationship whose growth and development is actually shown in the story (while there was also Apollo and Commodus, Piper and Shel, Will and Nico, Apollo and Hyacinthus, Emmie and Jo, Lavinia and Poison Oak, etc.).

-Riordan never canonically said the name of any sexuality and is clearly uncomfortable with the LGBTQ+ community shown by his little to no writing regarding physical affection and deep emotions in his LGBTQ+ relationships.

-Only added in LGBTQ+ relationships for publicity- Percy Jackson and the Olympians release dates: 2005-2009. 2005-2009: LGBTQ+ support was nearly at an all-time low. No LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or references in the books. The Lost Hero-The Mark of Athena release dates: 2010-2012. 2010-2012: LGBTQ+ support was still very low. Still no LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or references in the books. The House of Hades release date: late 2013. Mid-2013: the giant spike for LGBTQ+ support and allies. One confirmed LGBTQ+ character. The Sword of Summer release date: late 2015. 2015: LGBTQ+ support was good and gay marriage was legalized. A few LGBTQ+ references but no confirmed characters. The Hammer of Thor and The Ship of the Dead release dates: 2016-2017. 2016-2017: LGBTQ+ support was quite high. Two confirmed LGBTQ+ characters and the first canon LGBTQ+ relationship and kiss. The Trials of Apollo release dates: 2016-2020. 2016-2020: LGBTQ+ support was very high. More LGBTQ+ characters confirmed in one book than all the other series combined. Kind of obvious he was just following the public opinion.

-Legit said ‘Reyna can’t like girls cause she has had crushes on guys before’.

Ableism:

-It was heavily implied in The Battle of the Labyrinth that Rachel Dare had schizophrenia/psychosis but it's never brought up again.

-Grover's fake feet made it look like he was disabled from the Mist and it was said that he was bullied because of it but it was never brought up again.

-It was said that Tyson looked like he had down syndrome from the Mist covering his one eye but it was never brought up again. 

-It was stated that every character but Frank has ADHD and dyslexia but never actually showed any symptoms after Percy Jackson and the Olympians and characters like Piper and Leo were even able to read English writing throughout The Lost Hero and the only symptom of ADHD Riordan showed through his characters was ‘a lot of fidgeting’ as if that’s not a blatant stereotype. 

Pedophilia:

-Luke, a twenty-two/twenty-three year old had a crush on Annabeth, a sixteen year old. That's a six-seven year age gap. 

-The only two girls put into relationships with much older men are black (Hazel and Sadie).

-Hazel, a thirteen year old, got together with a sixteen year old guy. Hazel's crush on Frank is normal- a girl having a crush on an older guy, but Frank's crush on Hazel is disgusting- an older guy looking down at a child and thinking about making out with her.

Misogyny:

-Aphrodite's kids are seen as useless, weak, snobby, shallow, vain, and selfish just because they’re feminine. 

-Riordan portrayed Aphrodite’s kids as feminine despite Aphrodite being the goddess of love and beauty, not femininity, as if romance and beauty are reserved for women only. 

-Piper is the only 'tomboy' child of Aphrodite and she's portrayed as tougher, stronger, and better than her feminine siblings (and it's portrayed that way multiple times throughout the story like other characters telling Piper she’s "-tough for a child of Aphrodite").

-Piper immediately stereotyped and disliked every single feminine character like Drew and the rest of the Aphrodite cabin just because they liked makeup and skirts as if that’s not shallow criticism. 

-Feminine characters like Drew, Isabel, Khione, and Medea are used or even created solely as antagonists to make Piper- the tomboy- look better.

-Calypso is the only feminine character and she sucks at everything. 

-Riordan’s take on female characters: Drew: a vain, rude, selfish, snobby, and bitchy mean girl. Silena: a shallow traitor. Reyna: a cold-hearted robot. Piper: internalized misogyny that was never brought up again. Calypso: an island whore. Athena: a rude, aggressive bitch with no emotions. Aphrodite: shallow, vain, conceited, and self-centered. Hera: completely evil with no backstory added into it. Marie: an evil witch who selfishly used and sacrificed her daughter.

-The Hunters of Artemis were blessed by Artemis to protect them from men but Riordan made it only about the men in their lives (again) and portrayed the whole 'losing men' thing like it was a burden and that they're 'giving men up' even though they join the Hunters to leave men. He distorted the original meaning of the Hunters- protecting women- by making it about the Hunters hating and being forced to leave men even though they're asking to have no men in their lives, cause that's the point of it. 

-The Amazons and Hunters of Artemis despise men and literally attack them if they so much as speak as if sexism is reserved for women only.

-Portrayed femininity as weakness (and masculinity as strength, it’s even in the word- tomBOY).

-Constantly pit women against women for the sake of romance and love triangles instead of normalizing women getting along despite liking the same people and let the female’s relationships get controlled and influenced by the men in their lives.

-The men always outpower the women in powers and skills. Riordan’s portrayal of powers and characters- Percy: You’re going to have epic water powers and can even create your own personal hurricanes and even though you’ve only been canonically training for eight months total you’re going to be the best swordfighter despite multiple characters having years more training than you. Jason: You’re going to be able to fly, control lightning, create storms, and electric shock people into another dimension. Leo: You’re going to be able to create and control fire and blow shit up with just a screwdriver. Frank: You’re going to be able to shape-shift into any animal you want, even a whole dragon. Nico: You’re going to be able to control darkness and shadows, literally teleport, and raise a whole army of undead soldiers. Reyna: Powers? Nah, your only ability is to lend strength to others as if that benefits you at all. Annabeth: Powers? Nah. Piper: You’re going to be able to manipulate and seduce people and are literally going to use your body and attractiveness as a weapon and your power is literally called charmspeak. Hazel: You have more powers than all the other characters combined that can literally destroy anyone in less than a second but you’re never going to use them or even remember that you have them cause screw the female character being more powerful than the males. 

-The men always accomplish the most incredible feats and if the females ever do accomplish something great (Reyna healing the riff and defeating Orion while the Hunters and Amazons couldn’t combined, Annabeth going through Tartarus, Hazel learning to control the Mist, etc.) they are never praised or rewarded or all the credit goes to the men. 

-Ares/Mars in real Greek/Roman mythology was the feminist patron of the Amazons who loved his daughter very much and killed a rapist but was portrayed as the dumb, cruel asshole who loved nothing but bloodshed and tried to kill a twelve year-old kid who was trying to help him while Poseidon/Neptune in real Greek/Roman mythology was a greedy, short-tempered, and arrogant asshole who raped almost as much women than Zeus/Jupiter but was portrayed as the kind, caring, and gentle father figure. 

Fatophobia:

-Frank is the only chubby character and he hates himself because of it, was constantly fat-shamed, and only learned to love himself after he got rippling abs, muscles, and looked hotter (because fat = ugly in Riordan’s mind, even though it's not). 

-Clovis was depicted with a pot-belly and Drew described him as 'repulsive'.

-Dionysus/Bacchus is also depicted with a pot-belly and he's portrayed as a useless, rude, lazy, and drunken asshole. 

Lookism:

Basically how Riordan wrote his characters- Percy, Annabeth, Jason, Reyna, Hazel, Piper, and most minor protagonists: You’re all going to be super attractive, have at least one character or more pining for you, have your looks constantly commented on, and some of you will even use your looks as a weapon cause that’s not obvious sexualization cause you’re all the main characters and protagonists that readers need to know are the protagonists. Nico, Leo, and Frank: You three are originally portrayed as unattractive but at some points are described as cute and two of you are insecure about your looks cause you’re scrawny and chubby and one of you hates yourself cause of your body and only learn to love yourself once you magically gain abs cause more muscle obviously equals more attractiveness.  Luke, Silena, Chris, and Ethan: You four are going to be super attractive because you’re traitors but all of you make up for your actions and decide to help the demigods and become protagonists again. Octavian, Bryce, Michael, Titans, giants, etc.: You all are the antagonists so you have to be super ugly with multiple physical imperfections cause you’re not allowed to be attractive since you are against the protagonists and I have to set you guys apart and show the readers who’s the better and more superior character. 

-Frank hated himself cause he was chubby and only loved himself once he got skinnier and gained muscle through magic but even then was called ‘cute like a panda’.

-Leo was described as scrawny and unattractive and was insecure about being short but even then was called ‘cute in a scrawny way’.

-Piper had facial imperfections and even a pimple on her nose but once she got claimed all of those disappeared and they stayed gone even after the blessing washed off despite all the magic being gone and only then was Piper’s looks commented on multiple times. 

-Lester/Apollo hated his appearance cause he had a little flab and acne and his physical imperfections were used as comedy by making fun of it as if insecure readers don’t exist.

-Percy and Annabeth had one canon physical imperfection- a gray streak in their hair- and that magically washed away.

-None of the other characters were described with any physical imperfections like pimples/zits/acne, body hair (despite none of the characters having the care or time to wax or shave), bushy/frizzy or messy hair or eyebrows, big or small hands or noses, blackheads, super thick or thin eyebrows, blemishes, birthmarks, scars, stretch marks, braces, lazy eyes, yellow or chipped teeth, eye bags, glasses, moles, dimples, love handles, flab/fat, visible veins, freckles, etc. unless it added to their ‘aesthetic’ despite none of those being bad and saves it only for the antagonists as if ‘physical imperfections’ = ‘evil’. 

Bias:

-Riordan portrayed the Romans as cold, cruel, ruthless, strict, and overall horrible despite them being the more inclusive camp regarding family and godly parents, have multiple families and rules that ensure their camper’s safety, and hold the nicest characters in the series while the Greeks are portrayed as fun, wild, reckless, silly, and cool despite holding the most prejudiced and rude characters, outcasting and ostracizing characters of certain godly parents just for their parentage, stereotype almost every single cabin, and make some campers without siblings live, sleep, and eat alone. 

-Every Greek traitor (Luke, Silena, Ethan, and Chris) were portrayed as powerful, kind, attractive, and awesome and each made up for their actions but each Roman ‘traitor’ (Octavian, Bryce, and Michael, and only one of them are actually a traitor) were portrayed as unattractive, cruel, ambitious, ruthless, and extremely weak and never actually did anything useful.

-The Greeks were part of the Union and the Romans were part of the Confederacy (adding on to Riordan adding racist movements as fun little easter eggs in his stories).

-Four out of seven of the main Seven are Greek.

-There are at least 70+ Greek characters and less than thirty named Romans.

-The Battle of San Francisco Bay was used for the sole purpose to weaken the Romans and make the Greeks seem stronger than them and while the Greeks went through two whole wars, their camp laid almost completely untouched but the moment the Romans are introduced, half their population is wiped?

Romanticization:

-Romanticized Annabeth judo-flipping Percy AKA romanticized physical abuse/harassment (emotions, angriness, feelings of love and affection, ‘they went through a lot together’, etc. do not excuse hitting someone) despite Annabeth knowing where Percy’s Achilles Heel was and not knowing he lost it and flipping him on his back anyways (if Percy didn’t lose the Achilles Heel, Annabeth would’ve killed him).

-Romanticized Leo killing himself to see Calypso again and to take her off her island AKA a romanticized suicide.

-Romanticized Calypso yelling at and insulting Leo and Annabeth insulting and canonically lowering Percy’s self-esteem AKA romanticized verbal abuse/bullying.

-Romanticized Will trying to help Nico through his loneliness and depression as if that can’t be portrayed as someone just wanting to help another person AKA  romanticized mental illness.

-Romanticized every character kissing another character without asking first and without their consent AKA romanticized sexual harassment.

-Romanticized Piper taking advantage over Jason’s amnesia and mental state and jumping onto him despite knowing there might be a girl he couldn’t remember AKA romanticized manipulation.

-Romanticized Piper and Annabeth’s possessive, overly-jealous, and controlling behavior over Jason and Percy (even before they were canonically dating).

-Romanticized Nico being forced to confess his crush on Percy AKA romanticized a forced outing.

Rick Riordan:

-Refused to apologize for his actions even after being called out by people from the groups he was writing inaccurately and stereotyping (Muslim, Jewish, African, First Nation, lesbian, gay, Puerto Rican, etc.) and tried to make himself look like the victim.

-Claimed he was being ‘bullied’ by readers half his age who were just pointing out his books’ racist flaws.

-Showed time and time again that he is not willing to listen to the voices of minorities.

-Clearly didn’t do his research on ethnicities, sexualities, religions, etc. shown by how he got the simplest things wrong.

-Tried to say that he- a straight white man- was right when people of the actual groups he was writing about (gay, First Nation tribes, etc.) were wrong.

-Used excuses like having a ‘headstrong’ and ‘stubborn’ character who wants to ‘show their culture in their own way’ for his stereotypes. No, Riordan, you want to show the culture that way, not Piper. She’s a fictional character, you’re real. Dumbass.

-Literally said ‘Sorry I put feathers in Piper’s hair, I can’t change what I wrote in the past and I didn’t know that sensitive readers existed’ then continued to write feathers in Piper’s hair in the future books. 

The Fandom:

Note: Not to all of the fandom, obviously

-Draws Piper with light skin, light hair, and kaleidoscope eyes with feathers, hippie bands, and beads (yes, it's canon, but you're allowed to change it if it's blatantly racist, and the bead and hippie band thing was created by the fandom and that's also stereotyping).

-Almost always draw Reyna, Hylla, and Leo with light skin and Caucasian traits (props to the few artists who drew them with the right skin tones).

-Draws Hazel with gold eyes, ‘cinnamon’/light brown hair, and an adult body.

-Sexualizes female characters by drawing them in sexy and revealing clothes and giving them all the same exact sexy, slim, and perfect hour-glass shaped bodies.

-Almost never include physical imperfections, muscle, scars, stretch marks, etc. in drawings.

-Fancasts white actors for characters of color and puts actors/faceclaims of white people or people of different ethnicities in the moodboards or aesthetics for characters of color.

-Participates in cultural appropriation by wearing feathers when cosplaying Piper and wearing a hijab when cosplaying Samirah.

-Supports Riordan, tries to defend him, and condones his clearly racist and bigoted actions just cause they ‘like the books’ (if you are straight, white, and/or cishet, I definitely don’t want to see you trying to defend a fifty-five year-old multi-millionaire who is clearly racist, sexist, homophobic, and transphobic).

-Romanticize physical abuse, verbal abuse, mental illnesses and panic/anxiety attacks, etc.

-Ship pedophilic, manipulative, abusive, and wrong relationships.

-Barely allow others to have their own opinions (looking at you Perachel haters) without yelling at, insulting, cursing out, and/or even threatening them for liking or disliking different things than them including ships, characters, books, plots/faults, and Riordan himself.

-Straightwashes characters like shipping Nico with female characters or setting him up with a female character in fanfics.

-Whitewashes characters like drawing Hazel and Piper with eurocentric features, Reyna, Hylla, and Leo with white skin and Caucasian traits, Nico with white/pale skin, etc.

-Try to excuse and explain abusive, manipulative, possessive, and overall very wrong and toxic behavior.

-Fail to recognize and/or admit the toxic, racist, homophobic, sexist, transphobic, wrong, abusive, etc. faults in the books, ships, and characters just cause they like them.

The Percy Jackson franchise does not add good representation. You can still like the series as long as you don’t condone Riordan’s racist and toxic writing and actions and don’t try to ignore the horrible and stereotypical faults just cause you don’t want to admit that your favorite or childhood story is horrible. 

#heroes of olympus #percy jackson #Percy Jackon and the Olympians #magnus chase #magnus chase and the gods of asgard #trials of apollo #annabeth chase #jason grace #frank zhang #hazel levesque #leo valdez #reyna avila ramirez arellano #reyna ramirez arellano #rachel dare #rachel elizabeth dare #thalia grace #will solace #cecil markowitz #bryce lawrence #michael varus #drew tanaka #piper mclean #aphrodite #venus #racism #sexism #misogyny #homophobia #transphobia #rick riordan

[lifeofroos]

Masterlist of retellings/fanworks:

This list is seperated by category, with a short summary of each story beneath the title. The older the story, the higher it is listed in the category. So for the newest, probably best stories, look at the very end! 

Greek Mythology:

Much too lovely a night for commitment: 

Apollo got himself drunk (Or, as he calls it, ‘a little tipsy’). Dionysus decides its time for him to take a break and they end up talking.  

I am not necesserialy asking for your blessing (But I'd love to get it):

Artemis' afternoon rest is disrupted by Ariadne, who has something to say. Artemis doesn't necessarily disagree, but...

The Night:

Ariadne wandered far into the forest at night. It makes Dionysus nervous, but she can't help but feel calm and in love.

Vultures:

Vultures, Athena called them. Enyo and Ares take a break from battle in the encampment. They have to kindly disagree with their sister.

Ghost Story:

Ariadne is awoken one night by a ghost girl named Cora. They keep meeting again and again, through different stages in their lives.

The girl who likes dogs: 

Hades needs someone to walk his dog a few days per week. He asks Persephone to do it, as she walks more people's dogs. Yet, that might not be the only reason he asked her...

Back: 

Dionysus thought it would be impossible to get his beloved Ariadne back. When she is there again, in front of him, he thinks it can't be real. There is no way he can just hold her now, and love her again...

The Queenly Ghost:

Ariadne raises the spirit of Pasiphae, her mother. Although she isn't sure exactly what to say, she knows she has to say something.

I Hope For The Future:

Hades comes to the surface for a moment to have a chat with Demeter. They are still new to their domains and it is unsure who their allies will be. They hope it'll be each other.

The Story Of Tonight:

They should have held back Artemis, Apollo and Hermes before they climbed onto the buffet table. Now that they are already drunkenly singing, it is a little too late, don't you think?

I’ve Got A Proposal:

Usually, Dionysus tends to be quite smooth. Not when asking the woman he finds the best if she wants to marry him, though.

Test Of Courage: 

Dionysus and Hephaestus are nearing Olympus, meaning the end of their quest is in sight. Hephaestus wonders whether he'll dare to complete the mission when the time is there. Dionysus tries to show him he probably will.

I Told Him To Try A Little Harder:

Zeus wants Hera as his queen. Hera wants Zeus to prove he really thinks she is worth his efforts, with something big. Something unexpected.

Hide (Just a little longer):

Hera will be the queen of the universe, with her husband Zeus as the king. There is no denying it. Yet, she would like to keep it under the covers for a little longer - until she knows she finds the courage to tell her mother.

Give Me Anything But The Giraffes:

During his meanderings, Dionysus came to Africa, too. Without his army, he trecks further south into the country. A guide helps him over the savanah, where they meet some creatures Dionysus hopes he'll never encounter again.

The Walk: 

Aglaia loves Hephaestus and the other way around. Yet, so shortly after Aphrodite left, they don't know what to do about it. Maybe it's better that way. It means they can slowly discover their love instead of crashing into it.

Right Hand Men:

In order to create a destructive power the world has never seen before, Ares and Enyo decide to get married. Right now, at this very moment.

Kiss Me Not (Yet):

Ariadne wants to kiss Dionysus, she really does. Yet when she tries, all she can do is recoil. All Dionysus wants is for her to feel comfortable.

Mind and Matter:

Hephaestus never expected Athena to show up to his forge ever again. When she is there anyway, it takes little for the tears to come out.

For I Am Not A Weapon To Be Wielded:

Phaedra can hardly accept the feelings she got for Hippolytus. She starts to wonder why she has them and soon enough, she decides she doesn't want to be a weapon of the gods anymore. A retelling of Phaedra's story. Because I stuck to the source material, I can only advise viewer discression. Contains themes of suicide.

Mom Isn’t That Angry:

After Dionysus hasn't been seen on Olympus for a long time, Athena is send out to find him. She does, in a sleeping bag somewhere in the middle of nowhere, healing from injury. She decides to sit by and hold his hand until he feels better. Sometimes, it's the wisest thing a person can do.

I wish I could keep him:

Due to the danger on Olympus, Zeus gives Dionysus to Persephone, so she can raise him in secret for some time. When spring comes, he needs to come with her. She can't help but hope that she can keep him, just slightly longer, even though she knows the danger makes her hope idle.

Egyptian Mythology:

Two-faced:

Set killed Osiris. When Isis left to search for him, she left her son Horus drifting down the Nile. How big is the chance that Sets' wife Nephthys finds him? She takes him in, but whenever Sets' with her, she can't tell: Does he know, or not? And what does this mean for the baby, or more importantly, for them?

Riordanverse:

Hotel Walhalla’s weird activities to the death:

We all know of sword-fighting, spear-throwing, and yoga to the death. Yet, what other weird, totally peaceful activities have they managed to make dangerous in hotel Valhalla?

Percy Jackson one-shots: 

In this book, I write Percy Jackson one-shots. Most of them were previously uploaded on my FanFiction and Wattpad account, but I decided to transfer them here as well! ! I write romance, random headcannons and ideas, cute stuff and funny ideas (No angst, very bloody stuff or anything like that). The One-shots get better in quality further in the book. The first ones are not amazing, but I added them to be complete. Update: I have decided to stop writig one-shots, but all of these stay right where they are!

At Least He Got The Minotaur:

Percy has just arrived in camp. A camper runs to Chiron and Dionysus to tell them. The camp directors are more than a little surprised at the news that a new, young camper could defeat a minotaur. It couldn't be the prophecy, could it?

There are always reasons: 

Percy is in camp to meet with some friends. He seizes a chance to ask Dionysus about why the god released him from the Chrysler building, all those years ago. He gets a more profound answer than expected.

This Might Be Crazy:

Nico has some issues and needs help - even he agrees. He is just not really sure if Dionysus of all people will be able to help him. Or: A fic in which Nico gets therapy from Dionysus, learns to live again and regains control of his life, inspired by what was said in Tower of Nero. Updates every three days! This fic was nominated for the Solangelo awards 2021.

Elevators and Boys keep me awake:

Nico is going through a tough time. Luckily, he has his upstairs neighbour Dionysus to help him. Or: A Nico-gets-therapy-from-Dionysus-story, but in a mortal AU.

The Biters:

Short stories about Clarisse, told via those around her, ranging from when she was a little girl to getting claimed to getting a boyfriend and becoming a hero.

A Question:

Nico figures out Will went to Dionysus a couple of times, with questions about how to make his boyfriend feel more comfortable. Nico finds it adorable, really.

 Loki (2021):

Maltesers: 

Loki notices Mobius carrying a bag with a sweet scent coming off of it. Perhaps he would like to try some of that, too.

See You later, Alligator: 

Loki is bored on Asgard. On a wim, he decided to transform a few things in his room into animals. After all, what can come from that except for some harmless fun?

Bohemian Rhapsody, or: Misschief on ice

Finding out that Loki can figure skate is one. Finding out that he has qualified himself for a world championship is in a whole other ballpark. Still, Mobius and Sylvie support him to the best of their abilities. Even when Loki decides to skate by his own rules.

Whoever you are:

Loki is gender fluid. Before they knew Mobius, they casually slipped in and out of different looks, whatever felt right at the moment. When they began dating, it suddenly felt so weird. Mobius tells them he'll love them, no matter who they are.

Rangers’ Apprentice:

High school could go many ways:  

 For a group of five orphans, the time for high school has come. Will is determined to get onto a sports team. Yet, is that truly what he wants, or has he been putting up an act for himself?

During all of this I have one question: 

Crowley has an idea and plays a prank on Gilan and Halt. They handle the situation quite well, I would say.

KoFi - AO3 

#masterlist #writing #writer #lifeofroos

[haec-est-fides]

Hi, can we discuss how -- however he was influenced by Gaea -- Octavian was likely very familiar with the Triumvirate? It’s subtle, but it shows up most clearly in the way he talks.

(Personally, I think Octavian might have been raised by one of the Imperial Households, but you could just read it as him being in contact with the Triumvirate for a significant amount of time.)

The most glaring red flag imo is that we learn from Rachel (in Hidden Oracle) that the Greek / Roman parley in House of Hades was held on property owned by Nero. This is more important than the fact that Octavian was merely funded by Triumvirate Holdings, because a) it makes an in-person meeting more likely and b) Luke was also funded by the Triumvirate and he doesn’t have the same connection that I’m seeing in Octavian.

Looking back to the parley scene, Octavian goes so far as to mock Rachel by saying, “You’re the Oracle of Delphi? Right. And I’m the Emperor Nero.” It may feel like a throwaway line, but it’s foreshadowing, plain and simple. In universe, I’m almost entirely certain that the reason Octavian says Nero and not Augustus (his namesake, as he loves reminding people) is that he’d recently talked to Nero and knows whose building they’re on. It’s like a Freudian slip -- and it’s just the tip of the iceberg, because Octavian slips up like that a lot.

Let’s start small: Octavian tends to speak in a rather dramatic, formal way. (He says “alas” in ordinary conversation, for instance.) He’s intentionally dramatic and somewhat sarcastic at times, sure, but I think it goes deeper than that. {I bring up one of my headcanons here, but it isn’t the crux of the whole argument. Bear with me.} I find it likely that Octavian learned Latin as his first language -- namely from the fact that his family has been sending kids to Camp Jupiter for over a century and his attachment to the idea of being a true / traditional Roman -- which would have an impact on how he speaks English. It would make sense, then, that his English speech patterns are similar to those of other native Latin speakers -- like the Triumvirate.

Trials of Apollo shows us that the triumvirs also tend to use more formal English, such as avoiding contractions and using what we might consider to be dated terms and phrasings (though this certainly isn’t a hard rule). Again, I don’t think it’s really conscious, but rather a byproduct of being native Latin speakers. In Hidden Oracle, for example, Nero says (to Apollo), “My own forefather does not recognize me?” I’d consider both his use of the word “forefather” and his avoidance of “doesn’t” to be a concise example of what I’m talking about.

It’s also true that few other characters use “alas” like Octavian does. In Heroes of Olympus, it’s only gods / titans / monsters who use the word “alas” (besides Octavian). In Trials of Apollo, it’s actually Apollo himself who uses that word the most (though remember, he’s also the narrator). He says “alas” 5 times in Hidden Oracle and ups it to 12 in Dark Prophecy. Do I need to keep counting? Beyond Apollo’s narration, Macro, Medea, and Caligula all say “alas” at least once in Burning Maze. All of these characters speak ancient languages, and half of them are native Latin speakers. I’ll admit that maybe it isn’t wholly a Latin thing, but there’s still a case for Octavian speaking in a way that could have been influenced by the emperors and their entourages.

Moving a step beyond nitpick, the connection between Octavian and the Triumvirate can also be seen in what Octavian says and the words he uses throughout Heroes of Olympus. We can split the analysis into 3 ideological themes, really: loyal Romans, immortality, and the future.

In Son of Neptune, Octavian calls himself a “loyal Roman” in a conversation with Percy. It’s rhetoric, a succinct yet subtle way to express Octavian’s ideology / self-conception / political striving, and that’s exactly the point. Later, in Blood of Olympus, Michael Kahale criticizes the people that Octavian is recruiting into the legion, calling them murderers, thieves, and traitors. Octavian, on the other hand, calls them “loyal demigods” -- again, fully aware of the rhetoric of that statement. Bryce Lawrence, one of said recruits, calls himself a “loyal Roman” too in order to appeal to Octavian and be permitted to rejoin the legion after his exile.

The reason this recurring “loyal Roman” motif strikes me is that it’s eerily similar ideology and phrasing to something Nero says in Hidden Oracle. Apollo asks, “The other two emperors. Who are they?” and Nero responds, “Good Romans -- men who, like me, have the willpower to do what is needed.” A line from Caligula’s speech before battle in Tyrant’s Tomb echoes the same sentiment: “It’s time to be true Romans!” In Tower of Nero, Nero also talks about bringing back “traditional Roman values”.

Apollo hits the nail on the head with his commentary: “The fact that Nero -- a man who had killed his own mother -- was talking about defending traditional Roman values...that was just about the most Roman thing I could imagine.” The whole point in all of these cases is that the men talking know that the modifiers they use are 100% oratorical, are dog whistles to those who think the same way and near gaslighting to those who don’t. These modifiers -- “loyal”, “good”, “true”, “traditional” -- mean something entirely different to the person saying them than they do to the heroes / average person! That’s a fascinating and complex parallel.

Immortality comes up in similarly echoed ways, showing that Octavian and the Triumvirate seem to be on the same page, coming from the same viewpoint, thinking alike. In Son of Neptune, what Octavian says to Mars is interesting especially in light of the Triumvirate. Mars, explaining the danger posed by the open Doors of Death, asks the gathered legion, “Can you imagine a world in which no one dies -- ever?” Octavian, despite his showy deference, interrupts the god, “But, ah, mighty all-powerful Lord Mars, if we can’t die, isn’t that a good thing? If we can stay alive indefinitely--” Octavian isn’t outright stupid, so I doubt he’s entirely thinking through what he says here. Of course it would be bad for one’s enemies to never die, but if you consider Octavian to be the type to be tempted by immortality? His interruption seems more in character and more likely if he has immortals or even aspirations to immortality in mind at the time.

In Blood of Olympus, Reyna’s vision of the Roman war-camp gives more weight to what I’ll call the immortality hypothesis. She notes Octavian’s “gilded chair that looked suspiciously like a throne”, how his new title of Pontifex Maximus elevates him “almost to the level of emperor”, and of course there’s the altar: “a marble altar....no doubt for the gods. But to Reyna it looked like an altar to Octavian himself.” In Hidden Oracle, it comes up several times -- even from Nero himself -- that the Triumvirate turned the ancient Imperial Cult into something powerful, something that could make them immortal. The Imperial Cult, at its simplest, looked a lot like what Octavian is doing in Reyna’s vision. Whether the Triumvirate told Octavian to do any of this, he got the idea from them, or he came up with it on his own, it’s another sign of similar thinking, at the very least.

Finally, the future -- which, of course, is bound to come up often where an augur is concerned, but I’m thinking of one line in particular. In Blood of Olympus, Octavian tells Michael about his plans, blatantly admitting that he’s aiming to declare himself “First Citizen” like his ancestor Augustus. (That title is princeps in Latin, and it’s an imperial title all three of the triumvirs use.) His Augustan lineage, which makes Octavian a legacy of Apollo from the same bloodline source that both Nero and Caligula get that status from, is another puzzle piece. Octavian is open about his heritage, his family is recognized as wealthy and powerful in New Rome and yet is never present there, and the Triumvirate seems unlikely to lose track of their relatives. Even so, what Octavian tells Michael next is a less speculative tie: “We will rule the future.” This is, specifically, the way Apollo frames the threat posed by the Triumvirate throughout Trials of Apollo once he becomes aware of their plan regarding Python and the oracles. A lot of that description comes after Apollo hears something Nero says to Python: “When we control all four Oracles, we will control fate itself!”

I suppose a facetious TL;DR might be that if you told me that Nero (canonically the best orator in the Greco-Roman Riordanverse) had been giving Octavian (canonically the best orator at Camp Jupiter) lessons in oratory or that Caligula had taken Octavian under his wing and every Tuesday they talked about world domination over coffee, I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest.

Maybe this post is more of a Rorschach inkblot test for myself and how I read these books. Maybe I’m trying to read way too deeply. Whatever the case, I think that there’s something more to be said about Octavian and the Triumvirate than funding, and no one has been saying it.

#trials of apollo #toa #tower of nero spoilers #heroes of olympus #hoo #hoo octavian #triumvirate holdings #toa nero #toa caligula #toa apollo #I'm not tagging everyone #filodox! #basically this post is my attempt at writing out a vibe / something my intuition picked up on so idk if it really makes sense #or looks entirely crazy #you decide

[nymph1e]

Riordanverse characters: Fanon vs Canon:

Percy Fanon: Dumb boy, Bro.

Canon: Book dumb, street smart, Never Told Anything, seasoned warrior, most powerful demigod of the generation, world weary and done with the gods Bullshit, Bro

Anmabeth fanon: Cool, calm and collected genius with everything together, always sensible. Knows Everything, badass. Hates spiders

Canon: Chaotic, impulsive, often overreacting, still genius, knows a LOT about the Greek myth world because she's been in it a long time. Badass. Hates spiders.

Grover Fanon: Whiney, hanger-on goat dude

Canon: Lord of the Wild, Pan's chosen, leading a impossible war to save the world he loves so much without too much help from his demigod friends. Has an empathy link with Percy and is his best friend.

Nico fanon: Softboi, emo, smol gay bean, "warn me if I do something straight"

Canon: feral boy, raised by ghosts, one of the most powerful demigods of their generation, killed a dude, took down six demigods in one go, gives off death aura, antisocial, hated and hid his sexuality until recently, self isolating before it was cool, and yeah, a bit of an emo

Bianca Nico vision fanon: angel. Best big sister

Canon: good kid who cares about her brother but can't handle looking after Nico and abandons him multiple times

Jason: white bread, Generic Hero Archetype, always depicted in camp Jupiter tee because he absolutely belongs there

Canon: tragic hero archetype, others expectations vs own desires, was basically brainwashed into being Hera's perfect Hero from 2 years old and fought hard to figure out who he was, preferred camp half blood.

Piper: Either Perfect, Amazing, Badass or whiny bitch obsessed with romance

Canon: Unabashed thief, tomboy, romance is important to her character arc as she is a) a child of Aphrodite, and b) a teenager, identity issues

Leo: Hyper, engineer, smarttalker, obsessed with girls

Canon: yeah ok all those things PLUS inferiority issues, looks at all his friends partnered up and feels loney, smarttalker to hide pain

Hazel: Nico's Cool Sister

Canon: cares deeply about other people, learns not to take bullshit, caught in a new world and doing well, came back from the dead like a boss, powerful mist manipulator on top of everything else

Frank: soft boy, couldn't hurt a fly, emotional support character

Canon: hardcore badass, slew a CITY of freaking monsters by himself, had to deal with the voices of war gods in his head for weeks, decisive leader, big self sacrificial streak that he needs to deal with, managed to get rid of a curse from the gods without trying.

Reyna: Lesbian fantasy, sexy awesome girl who stomps on men for breakfast, Nico's new older sister

Canon: Done with everything, including romance, just wants a break, awesome girl who stomps on her enemies for breakfast, doesn't need romance to be complete.

Apollo: Either annoying, unlikable MC to those who haven't read or haven't read far in the series, or good guy who needs a break.

Canon: probably the most complicated character in the series. Has done terrible, unforgivable acts of cruelty and neglect. Is realizing his flaws and struggling to overcome them when it really is too late to ever have a clean conscience. At the same time, he's clearly been abused by his father, and has never had a home or people who cared about him other than his sister and mother. Because of this, you can see that his initial overinflated sense of self worth was a form of self preservation and now that it's been taken (rightfully) away, has turned into depression and self hate bordering on suicidal.

Meg: feral child

Canon: feral child

#pjo #trials of apollo #hoo #percy jackson #nico di angelo #toa #as someone who also had to look after my younger brother by myself and DIDNT abandon him #i have no pity for bianca #tw: suicide mention

[thejudgingtrash]

@aph-usa-is-my-dad​ Thank you, thank you! 🙇🏽‍♀️

Alright lads, looks like it’s time for hot takes part III!

Here’s Part 1//Here‘s Part 2

Apollo won’t get Zeus position. Why is everyone wishing for that? And why should he? All of you really want to romanticize/project yourself onto him, huh?

Casual Reyna >>> praetor Reyna

Grover has the fattest ass in the Riordanverse, I don’t make the rules

People lack of basic reading skills part III

The fact that adults in New Rome let kids rule the fucking place is still mindblowing

Rick apologists are lame. People calling out shit isn’t an attack on you. Stop defending a product‘s/public figure‘s honor. Defending Rick Riordan is the equivalent of you defending the honor of a snickers bar. Dude doesn’t know you and dude doesn’t give a fuck about you. You are a walking dollar bill at best

Romans are still fucking wacky and despite Camp Jupiter being superior allegedly it’s a whole damn chaotic mess. Where are the supposed civilized Romans because I don’t see them?

Camp Half-Blood >>>> Camp Jupiter, especially when Percy trains in his summer vacations and beats praetor Jason’s goddamn ass who’s been training for 12 years

Why did Riordan even try to make Jason appear to come close to Percy’s level? The imbalance of power is so abundantly clear and makes Jason seem even smaller in that regard. Riordan is truly Percy’s biggest hater

The fact that CHB also glamorizes child soldiers in a more fun and relaxed way. Yikes

Nico is a white™ (again, he is European)

Rachel was annoying but didn’t deserve the blatant hate.

Annabeth should’ve had another possible love interest to spark some pissed Percy. Luke doesn’t count. Percy’s jealously revolves around (the possibility of) her not being around him (e.g. the hunters), not him ”losing“ her to someone else romantically speaking

Silena is the OG Aphrodite kid, fuck the rest

Amazons >> hunters by a slight margin. They’re also an awful bunch

The execution of the hunters is so bad omg, just let me revamp them, Ricardo

If a different take on a headcanon/characters really offends you/paint that much of a different picture of op, then I’m not sorry (only exception if the headcanon is based on discriminatory means. Someone saying they don’t like A and someone using slurs and being a douche are two different things)

The entire Aphrodite cabin is pan FYI

Team demigods who receive periods would probably be extra fucked when it comes to monsters and stuff. Let’s address this

Why exactly couldn’t the gods handle their own shit? Hunting monsters in your area makes sense as a demigod job. But stuff like retrieving Hermes‘ staff (especially when the dude is the speedy traveler guy) makes no goddamn sense

Let’s face it: Annabeth is the only good female character that Riordan pulled off. Also wasn’t she based off his wife? If so, that’s why.

The lack of irl examples for his POC and other women is abundantly clear as he can’t lure everyone from his environment into the stories especially because he has no irl connection to minorities. So he fabricated stuff/did his 5 mins of wiki and got it severely wrong. Clock that tea!

Camp Half-Blood t-shirts belong to the trash. Orange is Yellow‘s cousin and both are ugly to the max. Let’s just switch colors of both camps. Let the Romans deal with the hideous shit

Chiron and Paul are Riordan‘s self-inserts

Tbh giving Hazel super mist powers and tying Frank to Poseidon was stupid

Skater!Percy is pretty much canon but I just can’t envision it? The thought of it is cute and so 2000s but my brain goes fjfldlsöwlwbvd (and tbh gymnast!/dancer!/Parcours!Percy >>>>> skater!basketball!Percy)

People are forgetting that Percy is the unpopular kid both in the mortal realm and at camp and partially chose to be so? Let me remind you of the truth real quick

Beckendorf and Silena are the horny bastards of the Camp Half-Blood. Issa fact

The gods not really immortalizing Chiron and simply saying that he’ll live as long as he’s needed turned him into the cryptic fuck we all know. That’s why he barely helps out (On that note a tiny Chiron essay)

A headcanon, regardless of how popular it is, isn’t factual/reality. So fighting over different takes of the exact same issue is rather pointless but you do you. Some popular blog having an opinion with a large following doesn’t automatically negate your sentiment

Piper being ”unconventional“ as in hating make-up and being dressed up is in itself more than fine but the execution was lacking and her coming off as pretentious and annoying was the result

Piper also has no taste in men if she thinks that amnesia brick boy Grace > Percy. Just no. Lesbians claim haaa

If I see another Amandla or Zendaya or another biracial/lightskinned face claim for Hazel I will lose it

Everyone and their mother having a crush on Percy fuels them Gary Stu feelings, just saying

The fact that Riordan casually drops the abuse that Percy has suffered from like some fucking tic tacs just to never be spoken about should be a reason enough to whoop his ass

Not maturing and darkening HOO (there were good thoughts but also many whacky executions) was the biggest mistake Riordan had made. He should’ve went the Rowling route and transitioned from kids books to YA

The whole fire stick thing that Riordan ripped off from Meleager and slapped onto Frank was terribly executed

A lot of you people should open up more to jokes and not take everything all too seriously

The fact that people seriously ship/ped Reyna x Apollo is proof enough that this fandom should burn

Why do Luke discussions at this point still exist? You’re essentially glossing over the same four things

Hyping up fanfics to the max is a terrible idea. Also don’t shy away from giving writers constructive criticism

Stoner headcanons are here to stay and slay!

On one hand seeing discussions from the science side of PJO talking about the biology, physics etc. is super interesting but on the other hand getting heated over the illogical basis of ”magic“ is pretty much a waste of time

Riordan‘s world building is truly awful

Frazel is a crime against humanity

If you don’t get someone‘s post actually look op up and read the tags? No need to spam the exact question to everything

Fat Frank stays. I get it, Greek gods are hot, they are conceited and choose to fuck people that they perceive as attractive, so their offspring also has some higher levels in the beauty realm. But why not explore the opposite? Why does every character need a makeover or a blessing that gives them enhanced looks?

Clarisse‘s thigh can break ya neck

Also Riordan is Annabeth’s biggest hater. Let’s throw all of her most important possessions away to proof that the smart one can survive without any of it. Sure, but the emotional attachment to the stuff still remains especially when everyone else is walking out of Annabeth’s life

Making Leo another horny bastard was an accurate portrayal of your casual 16 year old boy. Annoying, but realistic

#hoo #pjo hot takes #pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #percy jackson #annabeth chase #hazel levesque #frank zhang #piper mclean #nico di angelo #clarisse la rue #jason grace #leo valdez #heroes of olympus #charles beckendorf #silena beauregard #rick riordan #riordanverse #reyna ramirez arellano #toa

[snickiebear]

GENERAL

↳ roxi my love posts i rb for the loml

↳ lyn look!!!!  posts i rb for my bestie

↳ AL LOOK posts i rb for the other loml

↳ songs my soul sings favorite songs and artists

↳ things that draw blood  weapons and blades and sharp points

↳ clothes id wear to kick ass fashion

↳ laughter within the void comedians

↳ silly things from silly friends  asks/mentions/reblogs from friends

↳ its our world now!  discussions between friends about our intricate rps and indepth original characters

↳ self  aesthetics and images/words that resonate with me on a specific level

↳ hashtag sobbing  things that make me emotional/overly joyous

WORLD

↳ oh? whats this? a magical beast!  cute little beasts (read: animals)

↳ worlds tender secrets soft posts/truths/advice

↳ froggies  frogs!

↳ the universe grows with you space and stars and the dark in-between

↳ tell the truth do not lie  political/awareness posts

↳ people i want to kiss pretty people i would love to make out with

↳ scribbles! and colors! and lines! drawings & doodles

↳ the depth of brushstrokes paintings

ART

↳ the divine/the wretched/the magic  fantasy art/fairytale art

↳  rooms of my mind palace architecture/nature

↳  stitching embroidery and other needle and thread crafts

↳ hands (because i love them so!)

WORDS

↳ the dust calls our name history/historic material

↳ a peek inside the know it all's mind poetry/pretty words/aha moments within your mind

↳ stone made flesh sculptures

↳ words from wise men  philosophy/existential crisis moments

↳ smudged ink/chicken scratch  fics/things i've written

↳ mumblings  my original posts

↳ a shared pen fanfiction ive written

↳ god speaks recordings of me speaking

FANDOM

↳ oh! words from my brain onto the screen writing advice/posts

↳ soulful weapons soul eater

↳ earth water fire air avatar: the last airbender

↳ crows and nets haikyuu!!

↳ the shine of chess pieces queen's gambit

↳ magic guilds and flying cats fairy tail

↳ heroically grumpy immortals the old guard

↳ eat my heart hannibal

↳ dumbass warlock stupid knight merlin (BBC)

↳ a girl and her ghosts julie and the phantoms

↳ see the good in beasts kipo and the age of wonderbeasts

↳ the gods fucked us over riordanverse (aka: percy jackson and more)

↳ child of war (bringer of peace) violet evergarden

↳ she fell down a well inuyasha

↳ a wolf in the vampires den sirius the jaeger

↳ said the man on the radio welcome to nightvale

↳ that one ninja anime naruto

↳ gay but make it musical given

↳ bite kink: awakened castlevania

↳ malewife/girlboss/and the supporting homosexual cast  ouran highschool host club

↳ the sixth child of the sixth child  trese

↳ ambition clothed in smoke and whiskey  peaky blinders

 ↳ you touched the bones (fucking run) fear street

 ↳ from another’s hand fanfiction recs/written works from others

#navigation

[fishstickfan]

Headcanons and Random Thoughts TM I Have

(because why not) I’m only going to do three or four for each, but if this gets attention i’ll do more.

1. Aurora Rising

Zila would wear a suit, don’t @ me (aND SHE’D LOOK AMAZING IN IT)

Tyler Jones has an obvious hero complex, but I thought I’d add it here because it isn’t explicitly stated in the books

Scarlett has to be almost Sherlock Holmes level at reading people (like hOw)

Cat and Auri would totally be lowkey highkey DnD nerds (so would Fin and Zila)

2. X-Men/Overall Marvel

Deadpool, Colossus, and Cable are all husbands. this is now canon. you can’t stop me. (i sWear to gOd Marvel we need Pansexual Deadpool)

based on the Deadpool and X-Men movies (i’m sorry i just watched them with my friend recently) you could never have a mutant with the same abilities ever. they could be similar, but it most likely isn’t possible (idk if this was ever mentioned, i just thought it would be cool to bring up).

Shuri and Peter Parker would 100% be a dynamic duo. they could literally solve so many problems together

All of the Avengers or X-Men could have HUGE hero complexes. Alternatively, the could be switched easily to villainy if they had superiority complexes (or inferiority complexes, it depends on how you look at it)

3. Harry Potter

As a kid, Draco definitely wanted to dye his hair. he had perfect hair to dye, but his fAtHeR Lucius wouldn’t let him.

Hermione was the kid that would feel the abstract concept of proving herself. she didn’t feel she had to prove herself to anyone specifically, but she still felt the need to prove herself.

Harry probably had ADHD or something of the like, and his hyperfixations were DADA and Quidditch and probably other stuff like Draco Malfoy

Ron 100% wore all of the jumpers he got from his mother when he got older (like nursing home age). He was an old man, what would you expect

4. Riordanverse (I don’t have any real good ones)

All of the gods existing together in the same world must be so chaotic

Reyna and Hylla have to be my favorite sibling duos, beside Carter and Sadie

Zeus totally made Apollo’s human form have the name Lester to make him even more of a disaster. Like, imagine waking up in a dumpster and learning your name is Lester (no offense to any Lesters out there). Then, you wouldn’t be recognized as a god??? Like imagine how frustrating that would be (especially for APOLLO).

Magnus and Alex are now the dysfunctional parents of the kids who come to their shelter. I find this amazing, and I think they’d both hit it off with all the kids

5. A Court of Thorns and Roses (+ the rest of the series)

Feyre’s daddy issues are Relatable TM

I think Tamlin should have cat eyes, and a dumbass mode (don’t @ me yet again)

Elain is the embodiment of cottagecore

Feyre has a thing with necks- (source: she mentions pretty much every named characters’ neck in ACOTAR, including her own. Also, this is unrelated, but, she had “watery bowls” a lot??????)

6. The Dragon Prince (this is just questions at this point)

Can Callum master any of the other Primal Sources???

Can Rayla mask herself??? Moon elves can make illusions, so why can’t Rayla mask herself?

Ezran is the strongest out of all of them. This is a fact.

Claudia and Soren have daddy issues. Claudia tries to be her father because of the manipulation he put her through, and Soren realizes his father is bAd and separates himself from him.

7. She-Ra

Either Sea Hawk is a theater kid, or he’s a choir kid, and I do not cAre if there’s a difference.

Double Trouble was also a theater kid

Mermista totally would’ve had a Sherlock phase

I love that the writers made Spinerella and Netossa have so much development.

8. The Umbrella Academy

Ben is Ace (I was talking to @disaster-bi-in-a-nutshell while I was doing this-- gracias me amicum)

What happened to the other kids that were born like the seven that Hargreeves adopted? Was this ever mentioned???

because of Hargreeves every one of the characters has daddy issues

Most of these were made at around 2am, so nOne of it will make actual sense. NOTHING IS SPELLED RIGHT I BET, BUT KSGKDGJKSJGKSRJIOGSJIPGJOS. Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk.

#did anyone catch the bdg reference? #aurora rising #tyler jones #scarlett jones #cat brannock #finian de seel #zila madran #kal gilwraeth #aurora o'malley #x-men #marvel #avengers #deadpool #colossus #cable #shuri #peter parker #tom holland #hogwarts #harry potter #draco malfoy #hermione granger #ron weasley #quidditch #rick riordan #heros of olympus #pjo #toa #trials of apollo #magnus chase

[missyflufffics]

Fandom List

This list will be updated constantly. I´m aware many of these are empty but in those are the categories I´m looking for fics that I read at some point to fill it. {Last update: 08/22/2020}

I will be accepting submissions and requests (when opened) for this fandoms only:

Riordanverse:

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Heroes of Olympus

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

Kane Chronicles

Harry Potter

Marauders Era

Golden Trio Era

Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

DC Comics

Titans (DCU) 

Young Justice

Shazam!

Man of Steel

Wonder Woman

The Dark Knight

Aquaman

Justice League

Arrow

The Flash 

Teen Titans

Batfamily Fanon

Marvel

X-Men

Spiderman (all versions)

MCU

Disney:

Descendants

Big Hero 6

How To Train Your Dragon

Rise of the Guardians

Divergent

Maze Runner

Hunger Games

Shadowhunters

Twilight

Supernatural

Sherlock BBC

Stranger Things

Teen Wolf

Avatar: The Last Airbender

The Chronicles of Narnia

Miraculous Ladybug

Criminal Minds

Merlin

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before

Jurassic World

The Internship

Back To The Future

Gravity Falls

Gossip Girl

I will be doing their respective master lists in a given time, most likely by character. If you have any suggestions or me to add you can send it over and I will see what I can do!

#fandom list #jurassic world #gossip girl #gravity falls #back to the future #to all the boys series #merlin #narnia #the chronicles of narnia #the intership #disney #disney descendants #big hero 6 #how to train your dragon #rise of the guardians #jack frost #hiccup #marvel #mcu #xmen #spiderman #captain america #iron man #loki #atla #avatar the last airbender #teen wolf #criminal minds #miraculous ladybug #missyfluff

[horiznwlker]

tie, sender helps tie receiver's tie. ― @4thdistrict.

he really shouldn't be this nervous. given everything he's faced, especially alongside annabeth, it shouldn't be a dance causing his palms to break out in sweat, his breath catching on nerves. it isn't even a formal suit and tie event, just a school dance, but he thought the tie looked nice and his mom bought it for him. percy's grateful, at least, it isn't her currently adjusting it through the collar of his shirt and deftly redoing the knot. he loves his mother terribly, but he thinks he'd rather disappear into a pile of sand than face her teasing.

as it is, he's already a little embarrassed he got it tangled up on his own and finnick had to step in. but it feels . . . right, in a way. something an older brother would do by instinct. one he has been hit with, since estelle was born. he wrings out his hands a little, tips his head up once finnick steps back to survey his handiwork and forces a grin to crook the corners of his mouth. ❝ so? what do you think? ❞

#4thdistrict #inbox. #ུ✷ son of the sea god. ︴ PERCY JACKSON. #ུ✷ it was a world of gods and men. ︴ RIORDANVERSE. #BLUBBERING.

[horiznwlker]

❝ feel like i should laugh but i’m just too godsdamned tired. ❞ ― @arachnidiots, from peter.

 ‍  ‍ marlais leans back against a marble column, chest heaving, shoulder to shoulder with the boy she just witnessed strangle a grecian monster to death with . . . a lasso, she thinks? a little atypical, maybe, but clearly it did more good than her accidental -- albeit brief! -- drowning of the museum floor. the power still pulses under her skin, straining like the tide. she doesn't tap into it often enough.

 ‍  ‍ contrary to the other, she does laugh; an initial splutter of shock that bubbles into a fit of breathless giggles, doubling over her knees as ribs contract from exertion and shaky palms rake over her countenance, searching for something grounding in the familiar plains. at least she's still in one piece. ❝ they really weren't lying, were they? ❞ they is broad, pertaining to anyone on her side of the pantheon. not that this poor guy could know; they haven't even traded names, they were just the only ones to see the beast through the rift between mortal and godly realms. she tilts her head to look up at him, expression twisted in this weird battle between excitement and pure anxiety. ❝ greeks are monster magnets. ❞ so much for her field trip.

#arachnidiots #ུ✷ you’re on your own˼ kid. ︴ MARLAIS SAWYER. #ུ✷ it was a world of gods and men. ︴ RIORDANVERSE. #nerdy babies 10/10 get along

[horiznwlker]

❝ well, this seems like a lovely little spot. the sense of impending doom aside. ❞ ― @arachnidiots, from liam kaz.

 ‍  ‍ impending doom might as well just be his staple at this point. one may think -- or hope, really -- having so much experience with it would help him feel better at ease, maybe cool and collected, but percy will have no such relief. call it innate restlessness or his ceaseless anxiety, but he's unable to let up. he even jumped when liam first approached, which was embarrassing enough.

 ‍  ‍ ❝ oh yeah, great view, ❞ he strains. a sleeping manhattan. it would be nice if it didn't feel so unnatural, knowing that the silence could be shattered any moment by kronus' army marching through the streets again while they are taking every second of advantage from the rest that they can. mostly, it is being spent treated the wounded. he rolls riptide, in its pen form, between his knuckles with nervous energy, sympathizing with the way it buzzes in desperation to be useful. he sucks in a breath before flitting his gaze to the older demigod, shifting his opposite hand across the railing of the balcony. ❝ are you all -- i mean, is everyone -- are we alright? ❞ sea greens search their face, rippling with doubt and still, a vigilant wave of determination.

#arachnidiots #inbox. #ུ✷ son of the sea god. ︴ PERCY JACKSON. #ུ✷ it was a world of gods and men. ︴ RIORDANVERSE. #hehe

[horiznwlker]

“hey, you did good,” finnick’s hands cup percy’s face trying to get him to breathe alongside him. “you did really good, okay?” one hand goes to gently tap against the other’s chest— “in and out… easy.” ― from @4thdistrict.

 ‍  ‍ his chest feels like it's on fire. like every breath he takes is burned before it even reaches his lungs, that ache and clamor for air. he imagines this is what drowning must be like, if it were possible. it sucks. the frantic, heavy beat of his heart threatens to concave into something hollow. now, don't get him wrong -- percy has had panic attacks before. he's well acquainted. but something about this feels worse than usual, reminds him of the poison of the chimera, the scorpion, the weight of the entire world. the next thing he's truly aware of is that he has stumbled to his knees in a vain attempt to reach the beach, that someone has come to his aid, grounding him.

 ‍  ‍ breathe. just breathe, percy. they aren't the words the other boy speaks but they resonate within him all the same, and his hand comes up unconsciously to grasp the hand on his chest like some lifeline. eyes squeeze shut, breaths stuttering in and out until he feels his chest moving alongside them, but he breathes. until the fear settles into something bearable, something he's used to. the constant that has been in the back of his mind since the day he was claimed. when he comes to, moments or centuries later, he is blinking back into the eyes of finnick odair, and his shame is painted red on his face. the demigod sinks awkwardly onto his haunches, using the back of his hand to hastily wipe the tears he wasn't even aware had fallen. you did good. is that all it takes? a simple reminder that he hasn't failed entirely, just yet? yikes.

 ‍  ‍ ❝ thanks. ❞ his gaze won't raise, keenly interested in the fraying threads on the cuff of his jeans. gods, he hopes finnick was the only one that saw him. what would the others think, the ones convinced he is the hero or the doombringer of the prophecy? a clear of his throat. ❝ and . . . sorry, about that. ❞

#4thdistrict #inbox. #ུ✷ son of the sea god. ︴ PERCY JACKSON. #ུ✷ it was a world of gods and men. ︴ RIORDANVERSE. #birdie when i catch u. when i catch u birdie. #cw panic attack

[horiznwlker]

pluck, sender plucks something out of receiver's hair. ― @beaureguarde.

it's one convenient thing to be able to magically dry yourself off at a whim. the sand, however? not nearly as forgiving. percy is busy shaking grains out of his t shirt when he feels something brush through his hair, and a questioning tilt of his head brings his gaze to silena, who he hadn't noticed approach -- and the piece of kelp she had pulled from honey - hued tresses dangling from her fingers.

❝ oh. ❞ his embarrassment colors his cheeks, a hand self consciously checking over the rest of his hair to make sure there isn't any more. okay, sand and kelp. noted. ❝ thanks. ❞ he clears his throat, slipping a capped riptide back into his pocket. ❝ not much activity out there yet. i think they're biding their time, for now . . . nothing to fill chiron in on. ❞

#beaureguards #inbox. #ུ✷ son of the sea god. ︴ PERCY JACKSON. #ུ✷ it was a world of gods and men. ︴ RIORDANVERSE. #HI this is so cute <3 #probably a little pre tlo