It's common trivia that the children of the Big Three have ironic fears.
Percy, son of the sea, fears suffocation.
Hazel, daughter of wealth, fears precious ore.
Nico, son of the underworld, fears the dark.
Bianca, daughter of death, feared dying.
Thalia, daughter of the sky, fears heights.
And though we don't get much screentime with Jason's past, I loved him feeling crushed under the expectations as a son of Jupiter, trained from 2 years old, and volunteered as Praetor.
The son of the king of the gods feared leadership.
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The more you think about Jason Grace's life, the more fucked up it gets.
Like, the whole "joined Camp Jupiter as a three year old" thing. We already know Camp Jupiter is fucked up because it places heavy importance on a child army, despite having plenty of demigod adults at hand, but they straight up recruited a three year old into the military. He showed up and got promptly stuck in a barrack for the rest of his childhood.
Like, why?? Why on earth would they do that instead of giving him to someone in New Rome to raise and inducting him into the legion at a respectable twelve??
And who raised him anyway?? A rotating cast of nineteen-year-old demigods?? His bunkmates in the Fifth?? If he was a young teenager I could see that, but he arrived when he was three, was he even potty-trained??? Did he just grow up being educated by bored teenagers and ghosts, watching as demigods arrived and served and retired, being told that he had to be the greatest of them all?? Did he have any other children to grow up with?? Did the legion even consider him different than the other recruits, or did he have to shovel unicorn dung when he forgot his phonics and live with the constant threat of perhaps being sewn into a bag of weasels??
I find it odd that Jason, as a demigod who grew up in a demigod's world, doesn't have his unique perspective explored more. I find it especially odd that the difference between his childhood and everyone else's is ignored. However difficult and varied everyone else's backgrounds are, they've at least attended a school. They had parents, and family, and a home, at least at one point. They had mortal toys and dwellings and communities that weren't merged inextricably with the myths. They knew where they came from. Do you think Jason, with his powerful, kingly father and impending destiny, ever felt like he didn't know who his family was?
I also find it strange that he doesn't seem to have a very wide network of friends from Camp Jupiter? He has Reyna, who he trusts and works with and depends on. He lists Hazel and Frank among his friends, but they look up to him as a role model. He mentions Bobby and Dakota familiarly, but never again. He's familiar and on good terms with basically everyone—but the only person he seems to consider as a close friend is Reyna. And that wouldn't be odd if he hadn't grown up at Camp Jupiter. He doesn't seem to have any constant companion—anyone he considers his family until he meets Leo.
Maybe he and Leo bonded so well because they both knew what it was like to grow up transiently. To have any constant in your life, and know that the day you would move on or they would move on was fast approaching. Maybe the reason he looked at Camp Half-Blood and admired how united and familial they seemed, and wished Camp Jupiter could be similar, was that he could see in them the family he wished he had.
Honestly, I feel like meeting Thalia should have left him in a lot more turmoil than it did. He grew up with no family but a god for a father, and here's a person who wanted him. Someone who always wanted him because he was Jason, and not the demigod son of Zeus. Maybe even someone to whom he mattered more than his destiny.
I really, really wish we'd gotten to see more of the contrasts between him and Percy. He is explicitly the Romans' version of the hero Percy is, except he's the hero first, and the person second. Jason did everything right! He did everything perfectly, and Percy still got where he did without being trained for it his entire childhood. He's got such a better reason to resent him than "bad vibes". They could have been foils for each other hhhhhhhrngh.
Just. This lonely, idolized, child soldier's life hurts me.
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Mercury: Don't go sticking your tongue into my business, Arc!
Jaune: I know a thing or seven about having a shitty dad, Mercury. And as for your business, Emerald is my friend, Roman, my boss, and Neopolitan is my bride to be!
CRME: YOU WHAT?!
Emerald: Archarisma, NO!
Jaune: Actually, that was just me bluffing to distract Mercury, but I'm down if she is.
CME: SHE'S NOT!
Roman: In place of her father, I fully support this relationship if that means anything.
CME: SHUT UP!
Emerald: What about Weiss?!
Yang: What about Ruby?!
Gillian: What about me?!
Cinder: What about me?!
Nora: What about- Cinder? But you hate Jaune!
Cinder: Yeah, but now that everyone's getting Arc'd, I'm feeling left out!
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Jason trying to reason with Zeus about Apollos punishment, feels like an abusive dad over punishing the scapegoat child, and a youngest sibling first trying to have a voice and learning for the first time the way your parents parent isn’t safe. If this had happened to pre-Greek arc Jason, he would’ve crumbled. He’s have become the perfect Roman golden boy like everyone expected. He would’ve become a shell of himself and completely blamed himself for Zeus being a dick. No one could’ve gotten through to him. He would’ve backstabbed the Greeks the first chance he got. He’d follow every rule, but he wouldn’t be as good of a leader. He’d be cold and calculated. And that’s it. No sense of self beyond his duty and perceived failures. I’m so proud of him for unpacking his trauma! He’s so good <3
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TW// Mentions of cancer treatment.
If you are sharing shit like this (or any other side by side like this) and poking fun at Roman for "bags under his eyes" or "looking tired all the time" as a way of claiming he's aging fast, you are insensitive af.
Fatigue is one of many symptoms our champ experiences due to a pill he has to take every single day for the rest of his life.
In addition to these things, specific Kinase Inhibitors have different additional affects. This is quite possibly one of the reasons for his reduced schedule even. The fact that Joe Anoa'i does even a fraction of the things he does is fucking remarkable.
Below is Roman discussing the side effects he deals with daily ⬇️⬇️⬇️
And if me pointing these things out makes you feel like shit:
Making fun of people for shit that is out of their control is foul. Do better. And in conclusion:
Also, if you have it and feel so inclined please do donate to LLS where you can also find the bulk of the information I included here and more valuable information on the illness that Roman and many others fight everyday.
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I forgot how funny SoN is. The Romans spending 50% of their time complaining about the Greeks (who’ve never once mentioned them - giving big winning the idgaf war energy). Two gods showing up and everyone being terrified vs at camp half blood where they’ll show up randomly to the campers’ annoyance. Everybody majorly side eying Percy and Hazel compared to camp half blood’s greater respect for the big three. People telling Percy “Saturn must’ve faded away 🤷♂️ 🤷♀️” while he’s like huh… Mars’ prophecy is kind of iconic too “go there kill this guy be back by this date” 😭??Also side note but Frank being very Pluto pos is a little incredible I just know Pluto loves this kid
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