Post-toa headcanons
ok so I recently finished the toa series, and lEMME TELL YA I HAVE NEVER CRIED SM WHILE READING A SERIES OK? LIKE I ONLY TEARED UP A LIL IN THE FIRST BOOK, BUT I WAS FULL ON SOBBING IN SOME PARTS BY THE LAST BOOK. anyways here are some head canons to ease my misery
Apollo visits all his friends at least once a month
Artemis and Apollo become closer after toa
apollo helped make demigod safe phones
The gods only actually started looking at how Apollo was doing after he almost died from that poisoned cut he go in the tyrants tomb so they didn't rlly know what happened during his trials
So they were actually rlly concerned when they learned of all that happened
Hera became slightly nicer to Apollo and zeus' children after seeing that Zeus deadass does not care abt them
Apollo hating himself
Meg sometimed turns to tell Apollo smth and then remembers he's not there
Shit these are kinda depressing
Apollo getting terrified when Zeus gets angry even if it's not directed at him
Apollo HAD ASTHMA WHEN HE WAS LESTER AND ONLY FIGURED IT OUT ONCE HE TALKED TO ATHENA ABT IT ABT A YEAR LATER.
Apollo being rlly rlly sad when one of his demigod friends dies.
Him walking into the throne room one day bc of Olympus meeting looking like he just bawled his eyes out (bc he did) when Meg dies.
And the other Olympians not knowing what's wrong
(I THOUGHT THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPY WHAT HAPPENED)
Apollo visited Jason in Elysium after he became a god again
WHEN MEG TURNED SIXTEEN APOLLO LET HER DRIVE THE SUN CHARIOT AND IT WAS EVEN WORSE THAN WHEN THALIA DROVE IT.
Apollo fussing over his children
Apollo zoning out in Olympus meeting bc he would rather be anywhere else and only coming back into focus when someone says his name and he realizes he has no clue what's going on
Mr. D calling Apollo Mr. A whenever he comes to chb (canon)
Apollo literally not knowing wtf is going on in Olympus half the time bc he literally does not give a shit abt drama anymore
Everyone slowly realizing how different Apollo is after his trials
Zeus making everyone read the toa books in an act to embarrass Apollo but it ends with all the gods being very confused and concerned for Apollo
"U WERE ABT TO KYS????"
"WHY DID ZEUS DO THAT?? "
"ARE U OK??? "
"APOLLO U IDIOT WHY WOULD U DO THAT?? "
and lots of hugs
so it basically just blew up in zeus's face
Apollo hardly getting romantically involved with anyone anymore
He also stops flirting with the hunters.
When ever he is near the hunters it's normally so that he can talk to Artemis
Also Apollo taking a long time to get used to godlyhood again
The Styx finally being proud of him bc he's learning to keep his promises and not make promises he can't keep
Apollo visits Meg the most and gives her a hug at least once a week
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was going on with my day when a realization suddenly hit me and made me really sad.
Apollo had lost so many loved ones, hycynthis, daphne and god knows who. But when he found meg he became so much better, she was his closest ever friend, he became the best god who actually understood the demigods. Meg was his best friend, but one day when meg is going to grow old and one day when she'll die..... Apollo will be lonely again
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"Ptolemaic gods are awful," I said. "They're unpredictable, temperamental, dangerous, insecure--"
"Like a normal god, then," Meg said.
"I hate you."
"I thought you loved me."
"I'm multitasking."
-The Tyrant's Tomb
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Percytober Day 2 - Meg’s Dummy ☀️
This started with the thought of “lol what if post-ToA Apollo showed up wearing a shirt that said ‘Meg’s Dummy’” but then half way through coloring I got teary eyed because of the meaning behind that title.
I mean…
Quote from Tower of Nero (Apollo’s POV):
I held on to my purpose. I remembered Meg McCaffrey’s last order: “Come back to me, dummy.” Her face remained clear in my mind. She had been abandoned so many times, used so cruelly. I would not be another cause of grief for her. I knew who I was. I was her dummy.
Bruh this was supposed to just be a silly little idea but their friendship got me man. 🥹 Trials of Apollo my beloved.💛
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