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punkeropercyjackson · 3 months

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Why afrolatino Jason Todd works,an analysis by an irl afrolatina and thee Jason expert

His personality is EXTREMELY realistic for a black or latino and especially both man.He's cocky asf,a (multiple time!) mama's boy but mouths off to his dad with no hesitant and for fun even,respects women by seeing the female characters as either equals or above him,roughouses with his brothers,a big ass nerd since childhood and acts tough and invulnerable for the sake of looking cool but his heart's as big as his tits and a lot of his lines are so sappy in a poetic way i feel the need to avert my eyes when i see them to give him privacy

His pre-reboot Robin self reminds me of SEVERAL canon young black boy characters(Miles Morales,Oscar Pine,Zak Saturday and possibly more)

Duke is his favorite brother despite knowing him YEARS less than the other Batboys.Do i even need to say anything on this one

Every single woman he's been attracted to have been woc,those being Rose(half cambodian),Artemis(egyptian)and Dana(black).He dosen't like white girls <3

Further proof?He had KORIAND'R HERSELF throwing herself at him but showed active disenterest.For context:We're talking about post taking away her black-coding

Him growing up poor can be explained by being a second/third gen inmigrant making finding jobs hard for his family and to this day i remember when my history teacher called us 'a poor country' because of how much damage colonizers did here.Let me have this

The Joker killing him at 15 and him getting victim blamed and a bad rep despite what a good kid he was gains a new light if it's because he was a black child and so does him becoming Red Hood because of it.Also.Red HOOD.C'mon

The artist for Red Hood:Outlaws said he headcanons him as latino because he is and an iconic event a few years back was John Boyega clowning a racist on twitter by saying he wants to play Jason.Here's how the stars can align

African-American parents commonly give their kids greek names and the original Jason was a greek mythos hero!!

Let's be deeply serious,Jason would not have even HALF the gross fans he does if he was black.You think fanon onlys would be riding that hard for an afrolatino man seeking vengeance for himself with gray morality?They'd act like he's worse than Slade and the Joker combined and call him ugly nonstop💀Comics readers would have him all to ourselves with no weirdos getting their hands on him

Canonically almost entierly uniterested in casual relathionships,smoking or drinking so there's some stereotypes off the table

Selina,Babs and Kory have green eyes.They're all black in one way or another.Jason has green eyes.You understand

He's a classical literature nerd and latino lit is some of the best there is

Bombshells him is a spaniard and that's exactly the kind of move DC would pull with an actual latino character(the run released post the hc for him becoming popular)

Legoverse and webtoons made him a gamer.Hashtag cringefail black gamer dude realness

Something something the soft uwu black boy Robin is actually kid him and not Duke

Giving him a fridge ass build and a buzzcut in Gotham Knights was DC stereotyping(/BIG JOKE,PLEASE THERE'S ACTUAL REASONS IT'S SHIT)

Five words:Dominican horror folklore based tactics

Talia and his' mother-son relathionship is made all the more heartwarming and sad

Stephanie and i are the same person so she's black like me by extension and she's the only Batfam girl he really gets along with and imo this would also include Nell and Tiffany if the writers weren't fuckasses and went through with their actual good stories

Look up Aubrey Joseph vids.There's no better fancast for him out there not in looks but in personality

Trivia finale:His birthday is the same date as Dominican Restoration Day,red represents blood on our country's flag,at our schools we sell mini packets of neapolitan cream with mini spoons to eat them and his Lego movie is called 'Family Matters'

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controversial-blorbo-bracket · 14 days

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Controversial Character Tournament Round 2: Kokichi Ouma from Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony vs Peter Pan from Once Upon A Time

(remember that these characters are fictional and your fellow tumblr users are real. i will block you if you harass others in the notes, please consider sending your unhinged harassment to my inbox instead)

Propaganda under the cut, may contain spoilers:

Kokichi Ouma:

LOVE: - "hes a bitch and that makes a lot of people hate him and a lot of other people love him. no one can decide on his motives and i think thats kind of the point. i like him personally but hes a raging asshole <3" - "Not a single DR fan I've ever met is neutral about Kokichi, he's perfect for this poll. I think he's a clever character with consistent internal logic, and his interactions with the other characters are as compelling as they are hilarious. He looks like a dog squeaky toy, and he plots like Artemis Fowl. He's one of my favorite characters in the series and I love him dearly." - "NOBODY CARES ABOUT THIS BOY'S PSYCHOLOGY AT ALL. HE SACRIFICED HIMSELF AND HIS IMAGE AND MADE EVERYONE HATE HIM AND CONSIDER HIM A MONSTER ON THE SLIGHT CHANCE HE COULD USE HIS LIFE TO HELP EVERYONE ELSE ESCAPE AND SURVIVE AND NOBODY CARES. THEY SHOW HIS BREAKDOWN AND NOBODY BELIEVES HIM. I'M SO TIRED" - "not only is he a danganronpa character (inherently controversial) he is also the antagonist and constantly lying because That's His Whole Deal. people either love him or hate his guts. he's a little piece of shit. i would submit komaeda but i feel like views on him are more positive, generally. sorry i have bad taste in video games" - "he's a horrible little guy trying his best in not very good ways what more could you want" - "I don't know, people say he's badly written because they don't pay attention to his arc beyond the cartoonish facade he very obviously forces, and they don't like him because he caused someone's death which like..fair (he did feel super bad about it though so its fine.) Some people also don't enjoy his wonderful personality and think he's a mean piece of shit, which he is, but it's fine. They're just sensitive." - "I know people don't like him because he's like. a shittier version of Komaeda. But that's what's so GOOD about him. He's a shitty asshole of a person, playing pretend at being a villain because he's desperate!!! I think that's really fun. He's dooming himself and I want him to be okay after everything ends, but he dies so he can't even have that much :(" - "so i saw you got submissions for him. but not enough i need to submit him myself he is my favorite character from anything ever. he is the silly man he is so funny one time (actually, two times if you count one optional interaction) he asked a robot if he had a dick and it's absolutely iconic i love him"

HATE: - "(dangan spoilers ahead if that matters) look ok i didn’t originally feel too strongly about kokichi. i think his character is interestingly written (can’t say well-written bc danganronpa but yaknow) and he adds a lot of charm to v3. i understand why he’s popular- he’s one of the few characters in v3 to have both a personality and plot relevance. but oh my GODDDDD he is not a good person!!!! and i am so SICK of seeing him woobified into ‘ooh little baby he did his best he wasn’t doing anything wrong’ JUST BECAUSE you find out he was trying to end the killing game after he dies doesn’t mean he wasn’t incredibly fucked up throughout the game!!! like he was incredibly manipulative, a bully, encouraged infighting, Literally Orchestrated A Murder And Protected Himself From Danger By Getting The Big Stupid Sweetheart To Do It which caused TWO unnecessary deaths and- oh yeah- tricked everyone into believing he was the mastermind and the world had ended to make them so depressed that they just wouldn’t do anything anymore bc can’t kill someone if you’re rotting away in your room!!! AUGH like he’s a good character but it’s BECAUSE he sucks that he’s interesting. maybe this is just the komaeda fan in me but sometimes!!! the character is cooler when you understand that they’re a bad person. at least komaeda gets an actual redemption arc. kokichi’s just an asshole that the game tries to make you sympathetic for at the very end but he spends the entire game being an asshole so why the hell would i like him??? and then i go in a fandom tag and it’s constant unending ‘kokichi did nothing wrong’ the whole point of his character is that he does EVERYTHING wrong. i truly feel like the dr team was trying to replicate komaeda’s popularity but it was messy and poorly handled bc he’s not even a bad person in an interesting way like komaeda he’s just got trust issues that lead him to be stupid and An Asshole. then again people eat it up so what do i know lmao. i love to hate that little shit i wanna punt him into the goddamn stratosphere. score a field goal with that asshat. this is all lighthearted btw i love to die on small hills" - "WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE HIM OH MY GOOOOOOD HES SUCH A FLAT CHARACTER HES A SODA I LEFT OUT FOR 3 DAYS kokichi oma is easily the WORST written danganronpa character. it has been a while since i was into danganronpa so the details are a bit fuzzy but my rage has NOT subsided. following the success of Easily One Of The At Least Top Three Best Written Danganronpa Characters known as nagito komaeda, kokichi had some shoes to fill. he instead showed up in clown shoes. kokichis whole premise is that you dont know if hes lying or not, him being a huge clown and causing shit for like a good third of the cast. kokichi was a simple character. hes a bitch, he sturs shit up, he eat hot chip and lie, it was FINE. not GREAT, but FINE. and then he died. suddenly— kokichi was from modest beginnings. he was actually a genius who was actually doing all of this to save everyone. he was a martyr. they TRIED to follow up on the success of nagito komaeda, and failed miserably. the guy literally has nazi imagery he didnt need to be complex he just needed to be an asshole and force the plot. for assholes that force the plot with actual good depth, may i interest you in byakuya togami? for guys who lie all the time with actual good depth, may i interest you in sou hiyori the beanie man himself from your turn to die [similar genre]? seriously. you guys could do SO much better. just... get better taste oh my GOD JUST BECAUSE HES A TWINK DOESNT MEAN HES WELL WRITTEN" - "Omg I hate this guy,,, people either baby him & make him a uwu soft boy or a funky clown dude, & both those types of people forget all the things he has done??? even if he "redeemed" himself in the end (which i don't think he did--) that still doesn't negate all of the things he did before??? actions speak louder than words but he could never rely on that bc all the does is lie anyway-- i have some strong opinions about him."

Peter Pan:

LOVE: - "My propaganda is that like. Half of the OUaT fandom is OBSESSED with this guy and the other half write fanfiction about their self-inserts beating the shit out of him. The tumblr sphere might be a bit too biased in favor of love and I doubt he'll make it far but from what I've seen people either adore this guy or want him dead in the streets"

#poll #round 2 #11 submissions #1 submission #danganronpa #once upon a time #peter pan #kokichi ouma #drv3 kokichi #danganronpa kokichi #drv3 ouma #ouat #ouat peter pan

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literallyjusttoa · 7 months

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SUUUNNYYYY

I was reblogging some posts of yours on my sideblog (@apollosgiftofprophecy) and!!!! found!!!!! your art of the Delphic Family!!!!!

YOU SAID YOU HAVE IDEAS AND THOUGHTS ABOUT THEM👀👀👀

ABOUT MY FAV KOIOS AND PHOEBE???? ASTERIA PERSES HECATE LELANTOS AND AURA???

I LUB THEM SO MUCH. PLEASE. PLEASE INDULGE ME. I AM BEGGING YOU. I WILL WRITE FANFICS - I HAVE WROTE FANFICS ABOUT THEM AND I HAVE MORE FANFICS ABOUT THEM

LITERALLY BEGGING YOU TO SPILL THE TEA

OK OK I DON’T KNOW IF I’M AS WELL VERSED IN THIS SIDE OF THE FAMILY AS YOU ARE BUT HERE ARE SOME OF MY LITTLE HC’S

All the cousins are besties, but Artemis is closer to Aura and Apollo is closer to Hecate. Artemis and Aura hunt together all the time, and Apollo researches magic practices a lot (God of knowledge and all that) so the two of them have fun experimenting with mystic stuff.

Asteria, Lelantos, and Leto were very close growing up, but the titanomachy put them all on different paths. They all still care for each other deeply, but scars from the past hold them back from being truly close. Recently, Asteria and Leto have been reconnecting, but Lelantos is still reluctant.

Also because of the Titanomachy, the three siblings have various levels of strained relationships with their parents. Asteria sees her parents most favorably, and she and Leto are still regularly in contact with their mother. Leto holds a grudge against their father, and Lelantos doesn't speak with either of them.

All of the third generation (Hecate, Aura, Apollo, Artemis) love their parents so fucking much (minus Zeus, of course) And not only that, they love each other’s parents too!! Hecate thinks Leto is the most kickass coolest aunt she could ever have! Artemis looks up to Perses like nobody's business! If Lelantos didn’t exist, Aura would ask Asteria to adopt her! And of course I have my little post-toa hc that Apollo and Lelantos become v close and wholesome and I love this family.

Phoibe loves to brag on her kids and grandkids. Specifically, she loves to brag on the twins. See, Phoibe is not a fan of Olympus, or gods, in general. So to her, Apollo and Artemis are the only redeeming qualities of the immortal world today. So whenever something good comes out of Olympus, Phoibe is like “Well of course that was 100% because of my grandchildren. They get it all from their mother you know, nothing from that nasty child of Kronos. Oh how glorious, and you don’t see any of the godly children becoming the rulers of the sun and moon hmmm? Exactly.”

Also according to her Apollo and Artemis are honorary titans.

Koios hasn’t been able to interact with his grandchildren much, but he’s just as proud of them as Phoibe is, just in a … less wholesome way. Mans is certain he can convince his grandkids to retake Olympus for titan glory, which is never gonna happen. Whenever he brings it up the rest of the family just smile and nod awkwardly.

Bonus: A little blurb about Leto I wrote about a month ago

During the titanomachy, Leto stayed on Hyperborea with her mother. She shored the defenses and kept the other titans alive. Leto had no exceptional healing or magical abilities, but she worked tirelessly and kept her heart open. She cared easily and earnestly. She fought to get her brother out of trouble with the gods after the fight ended, though she could not do the same for her parents. For years, it was just the two of them, until Leto met Zeus.

Zeus was everything Leto wanted to be. He was confident and assured, and so kind with her. They sang and danced and spoke about everything, and Leto did what she could to soothe his fears. When she get pregnant, Zeus was overjoyed. However, after the twins were born, he became colder and distant.

Leto was basically abandoned, her children taken to Olympus and her lover rebuffing any attempts at being close. She resolved to make a place for her family to return to, but they came less and less. Now Leto keeps her hearth steady, as she has for her whole life, wishing desperately that someone would stop drifting away, and come back to her. In her solitude and grief, she doesn't even realize that the earth itself will set down roots if she only asked, just as it had before.

#they make me feel things #big big things #trials of apollo #toa apollo #lester papadopoulos #delphic family #I love that name for them #sunny speaks #ask #long post

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autistic-katara · 1 year

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stuff i wanna see in TSATS

its just less than 2 months until TSATS comes out and my pjo phase is coming back HARD so heres some stuff i wanna see (idc how popular or unpopular these r)

Solangelo kiss (seriously like all the other good canon couples had one)

explicit use of queer terms (i havent rlly seen anyone talk abt this but as much as i love queer characters just existing u have no idea how happy it makes me to see media, especially kids media, explicitly say the words gay, bisexual, transgender, lesbian, etc.)

Hunters of Artemis cameo

piggybacking off that, Nico’s reaction to Reyna being a hunter (ive wanted to see this since 2019 PLEASE i gotta know how he feels abt this considering yk his past w/ them)

confirmation on whether Will’s gay or bi/mspec (or just simply queer, no specific labels necessary)

a trans/nonbinary character (specifically transmasc)

a Piper cameo

during her cameo Piper explicitly saying her sexuality (which is lesbian, if u think otherwise ur wrong/hj)

Hazel cameo

more Lavinia content (idc how i just need more of my chaotic Jewish ADHD pink-haired Russian lesbian, ok?)

GAY ANGST

MORE GAY ANGST

SO MUCH GAY ANGST ITLL MAKE MY AO3 HISTORY LOOK LIKE A HAPPY HETEROSEXUAL PURE BIBLE CLUB FOR TODDLERS

canonically autistic Nico

that Lil Nas X reference we were promised

Nico making more trauma jokes (he just like me fr)

the multiple coming out scenes i heard were allegedly promised

Hades and/or Apollo cameo

Hestia cameo

Jason’s ghost cameo

dead Apollo kids cameo

explicit discussion of Nico’s religious trauma

explicit discussion of just Will’s trauma in general (seriously we all kinda ignore that our “sunshiney golden retriever uwu gay boi 😊🌸✨☀️” actually has some super serious trauma)

both of them coping badly with all this and being worried abt eachother (aka gay angst but more specific)

Maria di Angelo content

Persephone cameo w/ her either still lowkey hating Nico and being passive aggressive asf to him or having had him grow on her in the past few years and is now turning the overprotective mom mode to the max

just some cute, non-angsty moments between Nico nd Will cause goddam we need some queer joy rn ;-;

so much hurt/comfort u physically cant continue living anymore (going both ways not just Will comforting Nico)

a MCGA cameo

Fierrochase and Solangelo meeting and having the same funny interactions they have in the memes (but with the canon versions of them)

discussions of stuff like homophobia and internalized homophobia and mental illness

a relatively happy ending (but not a “2 months later and the world is perfect and neither of them had felt anything close to depression or anything since the ending and if for some reason addiction was a part of this we would we talking abt how they were magically 2 months clean and it would be physically impossible for the thought of relapse to even cross their mind” kinda happy ending cause i hate those kinda endings w/ a burning passion)

setup for another side book (preferably a Piper or Reyna one)

thats all i can think of rn off the top of my head but feel free to comment on any of these or add ur ideas cause 2 months feels like an eternity long wait + hearing other opinions is fun when we arent all in a heated argument over smthn stupid

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deathmetalunicorn1 · 8 months

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Hello again. XD Would you consider a Calamity Jane!Reader request for Buddha, Heracles, Lu Bu, Rudra? Got her in my brain now and she ain't fittin' to leave anytime soon. A women of action not words, tall, compassionate but crass. Strikes me as the painfully blunt type.

"Listen here stretch, I ain't got no time for yer gum flappin', either ya get to yer point or I'm puttin' some lead between your pretty lil' eyes."

If you want you can use my previous question with Artemis vs Clamity Jane and flip a coin to see who wins. XD I want you to have as much fun with it as it runs through my head.

No rush, please and thank you~!

With a warm apple pie~!

-You were no soft and delicate lady; you were a woman ready to throw hands with anyone who would dare disrespect you; many learned that the hard way when they tried and quickly got either an ass beating or a bullet lodged somewhere in their body.

-You kept to yourself in Valhalla, as everything you needed was provided for you, so there was no need to work hard any longer, but you felt bored just sitting around, so you started a large garden, something you were proud of.

-There were times you missed riding on horses and exploring, scouting out new territories, and you would be able to sate those cravings for a while, getting a horse, borrowed from one of the Valkyries, and just go out and ride, feeling the freedom of just being out and running free.

-Those who lived near to you respected you, as you respected them and protected them against those who just wanted to take, despite having everything they would need.

-Many, humans and gods, learned to leave your little corner of Valhalla alone, mainly because you wouldn’t hesitate to shoot them, and you weren’t known for warning shots.

-It was a time of celebration in Valhalla, after humanity had won Ragnarok, earning their salvation and gaining the respect of the gods.

-You had fought as well, against a huntress goddess, Artemis, who, in your opinion, was one of the few people you respected. And you had greeted her, once all those who had fallen, had been returned to life, with a warm handshake and a hug, welcoming her back.

-Artemis respected you, as you bested her, and the two of you became friends as well as rivals, constantly having competitions and trading wins between the two of you.

-Your hard-won victory in Valhalla had gained quite a lot of attention, as they were all recorded, so those who fought earlier could see all the later fights, and you found yourself being courted by a weirdo, or at least in your book he was a weirdo.

-Buddha- He learned the hard way that you don’t like to be snuck up on. He saw you speaking with Brunnhilde, and he grinned, wanting to ask you questions about your fight, as you were very impressive with your abilities to dodge and shoot at the same time. When he wrapped his arms around you, he quickly found himself on the ground, holding his jaw after you had whirled around and delivered a haymaker, pulling out your pistol at the same time, pointing it at him. He grinned, flirting, “If I had known you liked it rough I would have tried harder.” You cocked your pistol, your eyelid twitching before Brunnhilde stopped you, “None of that now.” Buddha did make it up to you, taking you out for a drink. He wanted to know more about your feisty side.

-Hercules- He was like a dog, if you had to describe him, big, happy, kinda dumb looking, but he was pretty damn cute. When he approached you, asking you for a fight, he began to ramble, praising your fight and going over it. His enthusiasm was pretty cute, but it got old pretty quickly as you grabbed his top, pulling him down into a kiss to shut him up, “Stop flapping your gums- if were gonna fight then let’s get to it!” his lips were stuck in the puckered position, completely shocked on how bold you were before he was quick to catch up you, giving you a shy look, “If I win can I get another kiss?” you couldn’t help but smirk up at him, silently challenging him. There was something exciting about you!

-Lu Bu- He had approached you wanting a fight, wanting to test his strength against your own, trouble is, he did it while you were in the middle of enjoying a nice cold beer at your favorite saloon in Valhalla. You waved at the bartender, signaling for another drink and he was surprised when you pushed it to him, “Drink up- ain’t no fighting happening today. I ain’t nowhere near sober enough to give you what you want.” You were so unlike the women of his time, soft spoken, reserved, you were loud, crass, and to be completely honest, he liked it! He downed the drink and you gave him a smirk, “Is that a challenge, boy?” the bartender could only roll his eyes as he prepared the glasses for your next drinking contest.

-Rudra- When you spotted a god hanging out by your front gate as you were coming home, you glared slightly, wondering if you had another fight, “Hey- what you doing here?” Rudra turned and you had to admit, he was quite the looker as he gave you a friendly smile, “Hello there Y/N, I wanted to come and see you. I have some questions about your fighting technique that I wanted to ask about.” He didn’t seem like he was here to fight, but you weren’t completely sure just yet. He was expecting you to invite him in but surprised him with your crass nature, “Don’t know what you want to ask about it- it’s simple, dodge and don’t get hit and hit the other bastard first.” He couldn’t help but grin, seeing your simple way of thinking about a fight. It took a few visits before you invited Rudra into your home, finding his persistence admirable while he was elated he was finally getting through to you.

#record of ragnarok #ror x reader #ror buddha #ror heracles #ror lu bu #ror rudra

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psykheofthestars · 2 months

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Okay so we obviously saw in the LU update that if Dink harms one of his successors again then he's gonna end up facing Sky's Wrath TM but imagine what would happen if Dink even tries harms the Zeldas

I say this because not only would you end up with a wrathful Sky but also 8 other wrathful Links because you touched a singular hair on their at the very least friend! Not a fun experience as we can already see from the currently boiling anger in the actual comic right now

And using my Council-Chain au, it would also work the other way around; You would end up with not only Sun's Fury TM but also 9 other furious Zeldas

Like, I use Artemis and Warriors for an example like this A LOT but it's a justified example considering the fact that the second Ganondorf started pursuing Warriors in that one battle, she immediately spawned the Bow of Light and began fighting him AND THEN, ONCE SHE FELL WARRIORS CAME BACK IN AND BEGAN FIGHTING WHILE SHE RECOVERED AND IT BASICALLY BECOMES AN ETERNAL CYCLE WHERE YOU LITERALLY CAN'T TAKE EITHER DOWN UNLESS YOU DEFEAT THEM TOGETHER

And Sky and Sun? Do I really have to explain this?? The second that Groose even LOOKS at Sky funny in SS, Sun immediately pushes our favourite boy out of the way and yells at Groose to in short, "leave him the fuck alone and suck it before I beat your ass" AND THE SKY IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO EXPLAIN! MY BOY BEAT A WHOLE DEMON LORD AND GOD FOR SUN! THESE TWO ARE THE BEST EXAMPLE TO GO FOR!

#linked universe #linkeduniverse #lu warriors #lu wars #lu artemis #lu sky #lu council and chain #lu sun

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anxiousnerdwritings · 1 year

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Yandere Platonic Young Justice celebrating Christmas with the reader (headcanons)

Yandere Young Justice Celebrating Christmas w/ Their Darling!Reader (platonic)

Christmas (along with other holidays) would become all the more important to the team as a whole once their darling has entered their lives. Especially if it’s their first Christmas with their darling or their darling is very much into the Christmas spirit. Either way everyone would want to make it as special as possible, something all of them can happily remember and fondly look back on. They’re going all out cause of course their darling deserves the best of the best after all.

The team would all be extremely overwhelmed when it came to gifts for their their darling. They each want to get the perfect one and also maybe one up each other a little or a lot *cough* Wally, Dick, and Artemis *cough* Each of the members would have their own means of trying to figure out what to get you. Whether it’s just plain asking you or spying on you even more than usual to get an idea of something.

M’gann would be one of the more confident ones in the present she got for you, she can get in your mind after all so therefore she would have the most knowledge of what you would want. And if she feels particularly generous she might share what you were most looking forward to or really wanting with the others. Dick and Wally are a few others who would be confident in their gifts for you only to second guess themselves last minute and go out of their way to get you more. A majority of them would end up getting you more than one gift, even if they had all already agreed on only gifting one present to you and each other. Like, sure everyone else went through with getting one gift for everyone but of course their precious darling had to be an exception.

Kaldur and Connor (especially if this is his first Christmas in general) would probably end up being the only ones to stick with the one gift rule. Speaking of rules, there would be ground rules for spending Christmas with their darling, as there are usually set rules amongst the team when concerning their darling at all but to say they actually go through with following them is debatable.

A one gift rule would have been one of the first ones brought up amongst the group, especially if it was their first Christmas with their darling. They wouldn’t want to overwhelm you with too much (especially when it came to you getting gifts for them) but then again they also want to spoil you with what all you deserve and make the most of the holly jolly day so of course some exceptions would be made. Whether that’s actually been communicated to the others or not is dependable on who we’re specifically talking about.

Another big rule made amongst the team would be ‘Absolutely and utterly no mistletoes for any reason!’ Whether they’re celebrating small with just you and each other or there’s a much bigger celebration going on with others (in particular with strangers or at least people the team aren’t familiar or acquainted with), any and all mistletoes in sight would be immediately dealt with. Wally would be speeding around the entire place pulling down and getting rid of whatever mistletoes he crosses paths with. God forbid anyone were to end up under a mistletoe with their darling, especially if said person purposely lured their darling under said mistletoe. All hell would break loose and hands are being thrown.

When it does come to decorating and preparing to spend Christmas with their darling the team has every intention of going all out. Although they would be torn between decorating everything before their darling can, just having it all be ready for them and overall surprising them or they also really look forward to decorating together with their darling and getting to spend even more time with them and have some good ol’ wholesome fun together.

It probably ends up with the team going all out putting lights and displays up, along with some knick-knacks here and there but they save decorating the Christmas tree for when you get there so you all can do that together like a happy family. To be honest it’s a pretty chaotic mess that they couldn’t be more appreciative of you not being there to bare witness to it. It would be their luck though that you end up walking right in on the mess they end up making in the process. No matter how organized and planned they were going into it that’s not exactly the result you’re greeted to. Like, sure it was all going good in the beginning but of course it had to get competitive. But eventually they’ll get it together, most definitely with your support and encouragement helping them along the way.

When it comes to decorating the Christmas tree, the team is all in silent agreement that they won’t mess this part up, especially since you’re there with them this time around. Everyone is trying to be as careful as possible, not only in handling all the ornaments, garland, and lights (+maybe the strings of popcorn depending) but also by not getting competitive and trying to make a game out of one upping each other for your attention or something of the sort like they usually do. And for the most part it goes well even with a few slight moments of showing off, particularly on Zatanna’s part. She was having a little too much fun using her powers on a few of the decorations, especially doing so to make you laugh or look on in awe.

Once everything else is taken care of and all the decorations are in their places it’s time to put the star or angel on the tree and they all want you to be the one to do so. Whether you’re tall enough to reach on your own or not, Connor would lift you up nonetheless to place the tree topper where it goes. After that’s done there’s a few silent moments of everyone proudly marveling at their handiwork and taking it all in.

After that would be going through all the baking and cooking that’ll be taking place. The decorating wouldn’t just stop at the Christmas tree, no there are still lots of cookies and what not to get to. If you thought the decorating and competitiveness before was a mess then you haven’t seen anything yet. There will be competitions to see who can create the best gingerbread house or who can decorate the cookies the best. Or who can make the most cookies/sweets. There will definitely be a challenge to see who could decorate the best cookie version of their darling, it’s probably the most serious any of them take a competition and everyone is involved in it. But no matter what everyone else were to do or make, if their darling were to go out of their way to decorate cookies that looked like all of them or something like that it would be the cutest/bestest thing in the whole world to each of them. There may even be some tearing up at the the whole thing but definitely lots of gushing over it and their darling.

There will most definitely be a sleepover on Christmas Eve just so it’s all the easier for them to be with you on Christmas Day. That way they can spend every waking moment with you from start to finish. Also, there’s no doubt that someone picked out matching outfits for everyone to where, whether they’re pajamas or ugly sweaters everyone is going to wear them and be happy about it (it may be a little forced depending on who came up with the idea but it’s the thought that counts, right). Now, if their darling was the one to have picked out matching outfits for everyone then it would be genuinely, willingly, and graciously accepted. The team will rock their new pajamas or sweaters all day long and we’ll after Christmas is over with.

When Christmas Day finally rolls around and it’s time to exchange/open up presents everyone is anxiously awaiting their darling’s reactions to their respective gifts. With all the worrying, second guessing and overthinking all the team members had been dealing with they completely hadn’t thought about the fact that they would also be receiving gifts from their darling. Given that a few, if not most, of the members had thrown the one gift rule out when it came to their darling it wouldn’t be a surprise if their darling felt bad for not getting more gifts for them after seeing all the ones they got, resulting in the others feeling guilty for making their darling feel bad. They would all vehemently reassure their darling that it was more than fine and that the amount of gifts wasn’t the point of celebrating or Christmas in general. In fact it was about being able to spend it with each other (mainly just their darling) and getting to make more memories together as a whole.

When I say that everyone on the team would absolutely cherish the ever loving hell out of whatever their darling got them, I mean it. No matter how small it is or what it is, as long as it came from their darling and they thought of the respective team member when they were getting it then that’s all that matters. If the gift were to have been homemade then you can bet your sweet lasagna that it will be treated with the utmost care and utterly adored. I will say though that if some gifts happened to be homemade and the rest were not then the ones who received the homemade gifts would be rubbing it in the others faces.

Of course there would be a snowball fight at some point. It would all start out as harmless fun but eventually get a little out of hand. Like every time before there will be a fight or competition started by one or a few of the team members and it’ll end up with Kaldur, M’gann or Zatanna taking their darling out of the cross fire and off to do something much more calm and relaxing like building a snowman or making snow angels while the others sort out their beef.

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I recently remembered the following scene in AF (book one) with Artemis, Butler, and Juliet:

“Well, the thing is, Artemis,” she said hesitantly, twisting a strand of blond hair in a way that several of the local louts considered extremely attractive. “The bit about leprechauns.”

Artemis frowned. It was a bad sign. “Your point, Juliet?”

“Well, leprechauns. You know they’re not real, don’t you?”

Butler winced. It was his fault really. He’d never got around to filling in his sister on the mission parameters.

Artemis scowled reprovingly at him.

“Butler hasn’t already talked to you about this?”

“No. Was he supposed to?”

“Yes, he certainly was. Perhaps he thought you’d laugh at him.”

Butler squirmed. That was exactly what he’d thought. Juliet was the only person alive who laughed at him with embarrassing regularity. Most other people did it once. Just once.

Artemis cleared his throat. “Let us proceed under the assumption that the fairy folk do exist, and that I am not a gibbering moron.”

Butler nodded weakly. Juliet was unconvinced."

Each time Juliet laughs at Butler in a way other people cannot, the teasing highlights that they have a relationship with one another that is different and closer than their relationship with other people in their lives, people whom the siblings would not allow that kind of liberty.

In contrast, look at how cautious Butler is with Artemis in that same scene from AF! Butler staying quiet and shifting his weight uncomfortably would neverrrr happen post-TEC, IMO.

Like, look at this scene from TLC:

“Butler glanced at a passing couple, who were bewitched by Spain and young love. The man had a camcorder slung round his neck. Butler fingered his third button guiltily.

‘We may have ruined a few honeymoon videos,’ he noted.

Artemis shrugged. ‘A small price to pay for my privacy.’

‘Was there a third point?’ asked Butler innocently.

‘Yes,’ said Artemis, a touch testily. Still no sign of the individual he was expecting. ‘I was about to say that if there is a gunman on one of these buildings, it’s that one directly to the rear. So you should stay behind me.’

Butler was the best bodyguard in the business, and even he couldn’t be a hundred per cent sure which rooftop a potential gunman would be on. ‘Go on. Tell me how you know. I know you’re dying to.’

‘Very well, since you ask. No sniper would position himself on the rooftop of Casa Milá, directly across the street, because it is open to the public and so his access and escape would probably be recorded.’

‘His or her,’ corrected Butler. ‘Most metal men are women these days.’

‘His or her,’ amended Artemis.

It's so fun to see how late- and post-series Artemis kind of occupies a similar(ish)** role as Juliet for Butler. Let me explain!

Butler is 18 years older than Juliet, and then 22/3 years older than Artemis. Not to mention, you have Artemis and Juliet having had either one or both of their respective parents absent for significant periods of time during their young lives. Although Butler was a guardian of Artemis at one point in time, there's a reason*** why the French translation of AF has Artemis use "vieux frère" for Butler. Artemis and Juliet exist for Butler in this nebulous category of younger sibling-slash-ward, and I think that complexity makes their importance to Butler all the more interesting.

** The whole "Artemis is technically Butler's boss and thus often is telling Butler what to do -- rather than the other way around" thing is a complicating factor when assessing exactly what is the character of familial dynamic they end up developing.

***Admittedly "ami" wouldn't have the same connotation as "old friend", but I do want to highlight the sense of brotherhood invoked in "vieux frère" -- even though I also recognize that "vieux frère" has kind of a continental, "old pal"-y feel to it, which is also why it's something Artemis would say, LOL!

#long post #artemis fowl #the way the Butlers and the Fowls overlap as family circles makes it so when you look at them as 'found family' you cannot just transpose #nuclear family roles onto the characters

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The Lights That Never Go Out

Chapter 5: So Much To Learn

A/N: I’m a sucker for the yearning. Hopefully, you guys like it, too. @thethreebroomsticksfic’s Yule Bash prompt: ‘family dinner’.

Warnings: angst, references to character death and strained family relationships, ALL the sexual tension.

15th December, 1998

Shell Cottage had been illuminated by dainty white lights, but the house was completely quiet. Artemis was starting to think that she might be the only one in the building, but as she walked through the sitting room, she found Charlie perched on an armchair, Fergus stretched across the back of it behind his shoulders and an open book on his lap.

“Oh.” Artemis stopped in her tracks. “You’re here.”

Charlie didn’t even look up from his book. “Good evening to you, too.”

“That’s not… Good evening. Where are Bill and Fleur?”

“They’ve gone out. I got the feeling that they wanted some time on their own.”

Which meant that she and Charlie were also on their own, Artemis realised. She was suddenly all too aware of the fact, all too aware of him: the way one of his feet rested on his knee, the noise his fingertips made as they turned a page of his book, the fabric of his shirt stretching over the muscles of his chest as it rose with his breath.

Artemis wasn’t sure why she had started thinking about Charlie in this way. She only knew when she had started; that night they swam in the sea together. Until then, he had always just been Charlie, ever-present and consistent, so familiar that he was more like family than he was a friend. Noticing him like this, wanting him like this, it was wrong.

And yet, she couldn’t stop.

She had assumed that kissing him would make these strange feelings subside. After all, he had kissed her before, only once and in the spur of the moment. It had been so sudden and quick that she had barely noticed what it felt like. She reasoned that this was why she was so curious about it now, and she had thought that kissing him again — just once, to make it even — would get it out of her system.

She had been wrong. If anything, it had made matters worse. Now, not only was she more aware of him than ever, but she also couldn’t help but wonder if he was as conscious of her as she was of him.

“You alright?”

Charlie’s eyebrows furrowed as he looked at her over the top of the book. She had been staring. Artemis blinked and shook her head.

“I’m fine, I just…” She cleared her throat awkwardly. “I’m going out as well. It’s the last night of Hanukkah, so I’m going up to Dorset for dinner with Newt and Tina.”

She had managed to avoid visiting her relatives for a week, but after eight nights, she could put it off no longer. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to see her great-aunt and uncle, it was more a question of who else she might find at their house.

“Looks like it’s just you and me tonight, Fergus,” said Charlie. He reached up behind him and scratched Fergus beneath the chin. The cat leant into his touch, and Artemis felt something tighten within her.

“Unless you want to come with me?”

At the look on Charlie’s face, Artemis realised that she had spoken out loud. He tilted his head slightly at her.

“Are you sure?” he asked. “I mean, I don’t want to intrude on your family’s dinner.”

“You won’t be,” replied Artemis. Charlie looked unconvinced. “Why would you be intruding?”

“Because I’m not Jewish—”

“I don’t think I am, either.”

“— and I’ve not been invited.”

“I’m inviting you now,” Artemis said. “You should come. It’ll be more fun if you come.”

“What actually happens at Hanukkah?” Charlie asked, once the two of them had Apparated to the front garden of Newt and Tina’s house overlooking the cliffs, where a Knarl was rummaging in one of the hedges. “I don’t really know anything about it. What is it celebrating?”

“Oil.”

“Oil?”

Artemis nodded. “Yeah, I’ve never really got the oil thing. Then again, I’ve never really got why Christmas is all about one baby, either. But basically, it’s just eating food and playing games with your family.”

Though his face remained passive, Charlie stiffened ever so slightly. “With all of your family?” he asked, a note of concern in his voice. Artemis bit her lip.

“I dunno. I didn’t ask.”

“So, your brother might be there?”

“That’s sort of why I’ve been putting off going,” Artemis admitted. “And it’s why I’m glad you’re coming, too. If you’re there I won’t have to talk to Jacob so much.”

“Great.” Charlie shrugged his broad shoulders and put his hands into his pockets. Artemis fought the urge to touch his arm as it brushed past her own. “Alright, let’s do this.”

They walked up to the front door, and Artemis raised her hand to the thunderbird-shaped door knocker. She knocked three times, and the door opened to reveal an elderly witch with bobbed grey hair and wrinkles around her sparkling dark eyes.

“Happy Hanukkah, Aunt Tina,” said Artemis as her great-aunt enveloped her into a hug. “I hope you don’t mind, I’ve brought a friend with me. You remember Charlie, right?”

“Of course, honey. Gosh, it’s been years since I last saw you,” Aunt Tina told Charlie, brushing away his outstretched hand and kissing him on the cheek. Charlie’s freckled face grew pink, and Artemis averted her eyes. “You’re a lot taller than I remember.”

“Trust me, I’m not.” Charlie laughed as they stepped inside. “Wider, maybe.”

“Oh, shush.” Tina closed the door behind them. “I’m just starting on the latkes. Do you both want some?”

Charlie glanced at Artemis, his brown eyes filled with confusion. Artemis nodded her head.

“We’d love some,” she told Tina, who turned towards the kitchen. Lowering her voice, Artemis leaned in towards Charlie and added, “You’ll like them. They’re potatoes, they’re good.”

Walking through the dining room, Artemis noted that only three places had been set at the dinner table. She breathed, feeling the tension leave her. It was only her that had been expected. Not Jacob, not her mother, just her. Her and Charlie.

Charlie was also looking at the laid table, but his eyes were not on the plates. He was looking at the centrepiece in the middle, where nine candles stood on a gold branched candlestick, all but one of them alight with a small flame.

“It’s called a menorah,” Artemis told him. “You light one each night for eight nights. You can light the last one now, if you like.”

“I dunno if that’s…”

“Fine, I’ll do it.”

Artemis pulled her wand from her pocket and pointed it at the middle candle. It flickered, and then a spark flashed into the air, igniting to form a tiny flame that hovered over the menorah.

“This one lights all the others,” she explained, guiding the tiny light with her wand towards the final candle, where it came to rest on the wick. “The story is that the candles burned for eight days. The lights should have all gone out after the first night, but they never did.”

“Like in the song,” murmured Charlie. Artemis frowned. “You know, the one with the bus.”

He hummed gently. He was standing so close to her that she could feel him humming as much as she could hear him. She turned her face from the candles to look at him, her eyebrows still knitted together.

“You like that song, don’t you?” Charlie asked. His face was close to hers. She could count every freckle on his nose.

“Yeah, but how do you know…”

“Tina said you were here,” said a voice from behind them, and they both stepped away from one another. The voice was that of Artemis’ great-uncle, who was standing in the corner of the room, leaning on a stick. He held his free arm out and Artemis strode across the room to be hugged by him. He sighed. “I suppose I’ll just tell her I said you could light the menorah without her again.”

On the table, the nine candles continued to flicker without fading, bathing the room in a warm glow as dinner was served and eaten. The four of them talked easily, sharing stories about the distant places they had travelled to, and the creatures they had encountered along the way. In the chair beside Artemis, Charlie appeared to be well within his comfort zone, almost entirely at ease. Artemis, on the other hand, was restless, unable to keep her hands or feet still. One leg bounced against her will, and every time she looked down at it, she could see how little distance there was between Charlie’s knee and her own. Even through the stiff material of his jeans, she could see the muscle of his upper leg, and when the plates had been vanished from the table, she sat on her hands to stop herself from reaching out and placing one of them on his thigh. She was relieved when the plates were replaced by a dreidel and pile of chocolate coins, and even more relieved when her great-uncle’s Niffler appeared out of nowhere and scampered away with the coins. Anything to keep her mind and hands busy, so that neither could come to rest on Charlie.

By the time the evening had ended, and they left the warmth of the house for the bracing chill of the clifftop garden. The wind was stronger and the waves crashed louder here than the did at the beach of Shell Cottage. The path that led away from the gate was right on the very edge of the cliff. Artemis could see the way the rocks dropped down sharply, though the beach and the sea below were cloaked in the darkness.

“That was fun,” Charlie told her. “Thank you for inviting me.”

“Thanks for coming with me,” said Artemis. Her words were followed by a pause she felt desperate to fill. “How did you like Hanukkah?”

“It was interesting.”

“Interesting?”

“Good interesting,” Charlie clarified. “I feel like I learned a lot.”

“About Hanukkah, you mean?”

“Yeah. And about you, which is a strange feeling. I thought I had run out of things to learn about you years ago.”

He half-laughed, but Artemis stayed silent, unsure how to respond.

“Right, who is Apparating?” asked Charlie.

“I can.”

Artemis held out her arm, and Charlie placed his own on top of it. Artemis did not Apparate. Instead, she stayed still, more still than she had been all night, her eyes on Charlie’s thumb, which was now resting on the knuckle of her little finger.

“What’s wrong?” she heard Charlie ask. She said nothing in response. “Artemis?” He lifted his arm away from hers, and she lifted her face to look at him. “Artemis…”

“Charlie.”

Months before, in the midst of a battle, Charlie had kissed her. Days before, during a quiet respite from a celebration, she had kissed him. Right here and now, standing on the edge of the world, she wasn’t sure who kissed who. All she knew was their lips pressed against one another’s, her hands on the back of his neck, his on the base of her back. She didn’t know who had Apparated, but the next thing she knew was that they were crashing through a shell-covered door into the kitchen of Bill and Fleur’s house.

She had thought she had known everything about Charlie, the boy who had called her his best friend. She had thought, like he had, that she had run out of things to learn about him years ago, but now there was so much more she wanted to learn about him, that she needed to learn about him, this man who was kissing her like his life depended on it.

Without her even realising it, he had grown taller and wider and stronger, and now every part of her longed to learn more about everything she had missed, every muscle in his body and every freckle on his skin. From the way that he pulled her closer to him, she assumed he felt the same way about her. She wanted him to feel the same way about her. She wanted him to want her.

CRACK!

Only a noise that loud could have pulled Artemis’ attention away from the kiss that was captivating her entirely. It was as if a firecracker had gone off outside the door, and both Artemis and Charlie turned towards the noise, which was followed by the sounds of hushed voices, which she recognised as those of Bill and Fleur. Without saying a word, she and Charlie jumped back away from one another, as quickly as if they had been burned. It was barely quick enough, for the door opened a split second later, and Charlie’s brother and sister-in-law entered the kitchen, hand in hand.

“Didn’t think you two would still be up,” Bill said. Artemis made a non-commital noise and Charlie shrugged his shoulders.

“‘Ave you been ‘aving fun?”

Charlie paused for just a moment before answering Fleur’s question. “Yeah, I’d say so. Yeah.”

Artemis bit the inside of her cheek and lowered her eyes to the ground, trying her hardest not to laugh. As soon as Bill and Fleur had retired upstairs, she allowed the mask to slip, stepping closer to Charlie and bursting into quiet giggles that were muffled by his chest. Charlie stayed stock still, and when Artemis looked at him, she saw that he was not even smiling.

“What are we doing?” His voice was so soft that it was almost a whisper. Artemis smiled.

“‘Aving fun?” When Charlie didn’t laugh at her impression of Fleur, she took a step away from him. “Honestly, I dunno.”

“I think I need you to know,” said Charlie. His head was lowered, his eyes on his feet. It were as if he were talking to the ground rather than to Artemis.

“Why?”

“Because,” Charlie shrugged, “this isn’t a game, is it?”

“Obviously not.”

To prove it to him, Artemis raised her hands to Charlie’s face, but he picked up her wrists and lifted them away from him. She felt a knot tighten in her core as he shook his head.

“Then what is it? What does this mean?”

“I told you, I don’t know,” Artemis replied. She could feel her patience wearing thin. “I don’t see why it has to mean anything. Why can’t it just feel right and good and be fun?”

The look on Charlie’s face was one of resignation. “You know that’s never been enough for me.”

Artemis couldn’t help but be irritated by his words, by the unfairness of them. After all, he had kissed her first. It had been enough for him when the world had been falling down in pieces around them, what was different now? She crossed her arms over her chest and glared at him.

“Not with anyone, and definitely not with you,” Charlie continued. He looked at her and sighed heavily. “You’re my best friend. I care too much about you to—”

“And you don’t think I care?” Artemis asked.

“— risk anything. That isn’t what I said. Of course I think you care.”

“Well, it doesn’t feel like it.”

“In all fairness, Artie, it doesn’t feel like you really do care all that much when you invite me for dinner with your family, kiss me like that, and then say it’s all just a bit of fun to you.”

Charlie hadn’t raised his voice, but his tone was short. Enraged, Artemis’ arms dropped to her side and her mouth fell open. Before she could argue back, Charlie held up both his hands.

“I’m not trying to be an arse, I’m just trying to… I can’t…” Charlie’s voice tailed off and he screwed his eyes shut, as if he were in pain. “I’ve already lost enough people this year.”

“Why does that have anything—”

“Because it means that I’m not prepared to go about my life doing whatever I want without thinking about what might happen, not when what might happen is that I lose my best friend.”

Each word from Charlie’s lips felt like a knife cutting into Artemis, twisting painfully in her sides, her stomach, her heart. She shrunk away from him.

“Like I did with Rowan, you mean?”

Her question came out as a hoarse whisper and it hung in the air between them like a shroud.

“No,” Charlie said, gently but firmly. “That is not what I mean.”

Artemis wasn’t sure whether or not she believed him. She didn’t know what to believe, or think, or say. She wanted to scream, but her throat had closed and all the air had disappeared from her lungs. She glanced at the back door, but it had closed behind Bill and Fleur when they had come in, and now she was trapped here. Her heart started racing,each beat coming faster than the one before it.

“Artie…”

A hand on her shoulder. Even if he hadn’t been the only person in the room with her, she’d have known it to be Charlie’s. She flinched away from it, and when it reached for her once more, lashed out at it once more with her own hand.

Pushing past Charlie, she went deeper into the house in the direction of the stairs. She could hear him quietly calling after her, but she didn’t stop until she was in the guest bedroom she had been calling her own, though it wasn’t really hers at all. She pointed her wand at the window and watched it fly open before shutting the door behind her.

The noise it made was so loud it caused Fergus to jump awake on her bed. Artemis bit her lip as she crossed the room to get to him.

“I’m sorry,” she told the cat, picking him up and holding him to her chest.

Fergus did not try to escape from her arms. He purred softly as Artemis cradled him, burying her face in his fur until she felt her pounding heart start to slow and ache.

#artemis hexley #charlie weasley #harry potter fanfiction #hpff #charlie weasley x oc #hphm fic #the lights that never go out

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dg-outlaw · 3 months

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Hello, fellow Jaysteph fan! It's nice to meet more people who ship this pairing. What are your favorite things about this ship that drew you to it? For me, it was a combination of their canon interactions and just how much they have in common as people. This pairing has a lot of potential and I wish that the canon would explore their relationship more.

To be honest, I sort of stumbled into the JaySteph ship/fandom, but I'm thoroughly enjoying it and the interactions with other fans and creators in the ship.

My journey initially started when I went looking for some Red Hood fanfics, wanting something a bit meatier than just a comic or graphic novel. I enjoy comics, but also wish there were more novelizations of superhero stories. I think this is where fanfic comes in as that's what people tend to do in their stories--dig deeper and spend more time with characters outside of a few internal thought bubbles. While most fanfics I see are romance-centric, slice-of-life, or NSFW (which I don't mind), I also wanted content that felt more like a comic in long-form. I was also in a writing mood, having just finished a re-write project for someone else which had really helped boost my confidence in writing. The story was something I'd never write myself, but it was consistent and I proved to myself I could do it. (I also suffer from a need for external pressure/motivation to get things done). Naturally, writing fanfic seemed like a fun way to keep that momentum and play in a fun sandbox without a bunch of character and worldbuilding.

(^ Me, needing external motivation to get things done. Also, Bruce to Jason. "But your honor, I love my son.")

Then I found the @jaystephevents page and saw there was an upcoming writing event JaySteph Weekend 2023. From there I fell down the rabbit hole of learning about and reading JaySteph stories. The last ship I saw with Jason was him and Artemis from the Outlaws, and while I enjoyed that ship, it ended in canon so I was open to a new ship for Jason.

As far as Jason and Steph go, as probably obvious from the above (and my tumblr), I've been a Jason/Red Hood fan for a long time, but didn't have a lot of knowledge about Steph. I knew she was Spoiler had been Batgirl and then Spoiler and then Batgirl again (thanks to reboots and such), but my canon knowledge was limited--including learning about her "death" and stint as Robin. Despite wanting to jump in and start writing I instead went back and read some stories with Steph and the few that had Jason and Steph in the same story as I wanted to get to know them better, and understand what their dynamic could be.

I then read a lot of JaySteph fanfics as I wanted to see what others saw in their potential relationship as well--not so much to influence my stories, but to inspire. But yes, their similar upbringings, histories, personalities, and tendency of getting pushed aside or undermined as worthy of being a part of the group did inspire me to embrace the ship. I see them as kindred spirits who could either be great together or a hot mess... or both.

I will also note that one of the first JaySteph fics that really wowed me and inspired me to explore all the different emotions and mixing in of canon in my stories was @pioneertothefalls' series True Love Waits. I was still plotting, researching, and writing my first JaySteph story while reading other shorter stories in the ship, but that series was my go-to read starting out last year. There are so many great authors and stories in the ship (so I won't name them for fear of leaving someone out), but that one really resonated with me and had me sold on JaySteph. It's got action, romance, humor, drama, slice of life, canon tie-ins, spicy stuff, and everything in-between. IMO, it set the bar for me and I was like, "okay, don't write crap." Not that I would try to write crap (and hopefully I haven't), but it did help motivate me to really invest in what I was writing.

Also, Jason and Steph are confident badasses who tend to jump head first into things, but they also secretly hide away their insecurities or sometimes hesitate. And their insecurities are ones that only those closest to them are allowed to see, and even then just a bit. They've been hurt in so many ways and all they want to do is be loved and love others like crazy. They have hope and perseverance despite the odds and naysayers. They don't always believe that they deserve to be heroes, but they still do it nonetheless despite their past mistakes and crimes. I'd say Steph is more emotionally mature in these areas because she's had more people around her to support her, but there's fear in both of them. In this, there's lots of things I can relate to personally from my own childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood, apart from not being an adopted orphan, vigilante, or having a criminal or billionaire father, but... Potato-Tomato. :P

I also have thoughts on all the BS complaints I see from some people (mostly on Reddit) about "ince$t" and Steph being "passed around the Batboys" when it comes to the JaySteph ship, but this is already a long post so I'll save that rant for now.

All in all, this is a really fun ship and I enjoy the community and people around it. There's also a JaySteph Discord (18+) for anyone interested. More info @jaysteph-server.

Thanks for the Ask @imaginationcenter! :)

#dc comics #jason todd #red hood #stephanie brown #stephanie brown spoiler #batgirl stephanie brown #jaysteph #my first question and answer!#long post

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pianapplez · 2 months

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Hello there 👋👀,

So I just found your blog and had a lot of fun scrolling through all the pjo show crit😂 I couldn't help but notice that one tag you left on a post where you said you had some beef with Annabeth's portrayal in the books 👀 Would you mind elaborating on that if you're comfortable with it🙈? Because I absolutely share that sentiment, but it's sooo veeeery rare that I see other people express anything like it... I've found that trying to be a part of the fandom can be pretty alienating most of the time, if you're not exactly the biggest most devoted Percabeth shipper...😅 And often any criticism leveled at Annabeth just gets you a smack with the "internalized-misogyny" hammer... it's even worse in the tv show now due to... obvious reasons...

Again just if you're comfortable with answering of course🙈 There is a reason I stayed on anon after all...😅😂

Really glad you asked because i finally get to ramble about this heheheh (going forward, know that i skimmed over The Last Olympian to have a clearer sense of what I meant because that's the book where Rick fumbles her character more than the others)

i'm gonna try to make as much sense as possible but short answer would be, she's underdeveloped. Long answer:

She really got on my nerves in the last two books, with the whole Rachel debacle and then the Battle of New York. I can't really remember a single moment in those books where she and Percy aren't bickering or having heated discussions, which really made me question their friendship status. Of course, it's not like friends can't fight and it obviously builds up the (romantic) tension between them, but it got unbearable at one point.

I understand she's a teenager in an incredibly stressful situation that didn't even get to have a normal upbringing- she grew up way too fast (run away at 7, head counselor at 12) while also not really maturing, which is not a problem for a character, if it is handled properly. Given the fact that I am writing this, Riordan did not.

On the surface, my biggest beef is that Annabeth is not exactly held accountable for her actions (ie. treating Rachel a bit like shit and going off on Percy for a bunch of stuff.) I know Percy is to blame a bit here: as far as we know, in TLO he basically cuts the greek world out of his life as much as he can as a coping mechanism. And while yes, he never apologizes either, he doesn't give her nearly half the hard time she gives him: always either giving him the cold shoulder (there must be at least one example of this in the entire series but i cant be bothered to look it up sorry) or starting an argument only to then storm off (see the "you're a coward, Percy Jackson!" scene, which is not the fairest example since she was confronting Percy about ignoring camp but also was a bit too harsh about it) (especially after finally reading the prophecy and being under the impression that he was absolutely going to die when he turned 16 lmao) or just straight up storming off (see, Annabeth reacting when Rachel shows up for the first time during the battle of new york). While most of these feel, at least to some degree, fairly justified given how the entire situation does an absolute number on her emotions, she comes off a bit brattish and like she's trying to rile Percy up, especially when it comes to Rachel, which in the context of a battle that could mean the destruction of the world.... Well, it reads as a bit childish to me, and i wouldn't exactly have that much of a problem with it if it was dealt with in some way (a two-way apology would be nice).

After that first impression, i realized that Annabeth is barely ever anything else other than a plot device (when relating to Luke) or a love interest (when relating to Percy). This might be because the books are on Percy's POV. Hell, on the third book he's even conflicted when Annabeth is considering joining the Hunters of Artemis, aka, when making a choice for herself would mean he loses her (which is fine and dandy but it feels like Percy is more upset about her choosing her own path rather than being sad about not seeing her as often); we really only get a few glimpses of her, as in, actually her when she's on her own.

Obviously it's impossible to talk about Annabeth without touching on percabeth, which also is, in my opinion, what hinders Annabeth's character the most. On paper they sound great. The guy whose fatal flaw is loyalty falls in love with a girl whose been let down by people over and over, and she decides to never give up on the boy whose always had people give up on him (can't find one of the million posts that talks about this right now but it always goes something like that) And yeah, the bickering is really well written! But that's literally as far as it ever goes: they don't ever seem to have fun together, because 8 times out of 10 the bickering ends up being passive aggressive, and mostly done by Annabeth. My biggest gripe about percabeth is that their friendship seems to be based off... shared trauma. Literally. Other than going on quests together we are given no examples of them hanging out, nor a reason why they would want to spend time together in the first place, not even a shared hobby. Yes, in the fourth book they had a movie "date" planned but of course they didn't even get to it, and surprise surprise, they had a minor discussion, and surprise surprise, Annabeth was passive aggressive again. It's hard to picture them having fun together when even the author doesn't write in any scenes in which they get along smoothly (and before you say anything, a scene in which they get along where neither of them is about to die, and they're not talking about previous adventures. Gets a bit hard then, doesn't it?) It's even harder to picture them as a couple when the moment she gets upset about something, she starts coming off as emotionally manipulative (see, again, literally any conversation with Rachel or about Rachel)

To be fair, the books are relatively short and don't allow many "filler" chapters, if you will; there's always something happening to keep the main plot or a minor plot point moving forward, but it's not like there is no room to develop the characters' relationships, especially when we're talking about the main char and what is essentially his endgame. As an example we have Percy and Clarisse, or Percy and Beckendorf. Their interactions are brief but still hold so much weight.

Worst of all, Annabeth could be one hell of a character; what's most interesting of all is how being a daughter of Athena she is still incredibly emotionally driven, which is displayed very clearly with her fatal flaw being pride: her telling the Sphynx that her questions were too easy was not smart nor strategic: it was completely impulsive. I seriously think she wasn't far from being the best character in the series had she been given more time.

I guess i have as much beef with Annabeth as i have with Rick for doing her dirty. I really could sum this up with: while her emotions are justified, she acts upon them quite poorly. And this is what i mean when i say she's underdeveloped, because it would've been nice to see her come to her senses a bit.

Would love to read anyone's opinions on her character though, feel free to comment, even (or especially) if you don't agree with me!

#pjo crit #anti percabeth #annabeth chase #percy jackson #tbotl #pjo tlo #the last olympian #percy jackson and the olympians #congrats anon on being my first ask!!!#sorry if it's too long or rambly i just have so many thoughts about her.#i dont hate her i dont even dislike her im just conflicted about her. sad that half of her conflict was being jealous over a boy #like yeah i guess said boy was the first real friend she ever had but also rick wrote it in a very “girls fighting over boy” kind of way #didn't really write it to make it seem like annabeth's reasons were anything more than just a hormonal teen acting out. there were no layer #sometimes i feel like im being unfair to annabeth and that maybe her being emotional and mean sometimes is her character and #she's actually written well and i just don't like her? but then i think over it and im not ready to give rick that kind of credit lmao #i truly believe he wrote her beef with rachel to entertain middle graders without really thinking twice about it #annabeth adds to the drama with her passive aggressive comments but at what cost.... maybe im reading too much into it idk #maybe i just find boy drama annoying..#but making it so that rachel is bound to maidenhood was such a lazy way to get rid of her as a romantic interest #the way rick butchered her character and any char dev for any of them in the tv show by rushing so many things... god. that's another story #if there are any typos i'll edit them later but my eyes are dry af right now and its late jdsjdfh anyway i hope my takes were interesting?#maybe i don't have that much beef with annabeth herself but the fact that percabeth is seen as the best endgame couple when i don't see it

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The Winter Solstice

A/N: For @sierice [written by @sofia-not-sophie] and the prompt “Apollo’s relationship with the olympians.” I’m not sure how well this fills the prompt, but I’ve been sick and I haven’t written for a while so I’m glad to be back at it. I do think it’s an interesting slice of life type snippet with the Olympians though. Word count: 1057 Summary: A lot has changed since the last Winter Solstice council meeting Apollo attended. Most of that change being him.

“But he looks so cute like that.” Aphrodite whispered across the room, as if she had forgotten that Apollo could hear her.

“Well it’s unprofessional.” Dionysus huffed, “His punishment’s over. He should go back to looking normal, it’s only respectful to those of us still being punished.”

“Don’t you choose to look like that?” She asked.

Apollo rolled his eyes and went back to tuning his lyre. He was mortal sized and looked like Lester, which let him have the space to tuck his legs up and lounge on his throne. Lester’s skin had become more comfortable for him, at least when he was at either camp or was alone since become in a god again.

He was only wearing it in the throne room that day becasue whatever seasonal affective disorder sun gods get was at its worst. Luckily the part of him driving the sun could go curl up in bed after his shortest shift of the year listening to the new music his kids got him hooked onto the week before.

The rest of him was stuck at the meeting.

Dionysus was just putting on his usual stink, not that his little brother’s comments didn’t sting a little. Aphrodite’s cute comment was the best he would get in this form. She was pissed at him anyways because he hadn’t dated anyone in almost six months.

“Ignore him, you know D has been sober too long.” Artemis appeared, also human sized, across from him on the arm of his throne.

“You know I love you Artemis, but please get off my throne, you’re gonna stink it up with all your moon cooties.” He could feel her energy seeping into it and brushing up against his own in an uncomfortable way. He probably could have been nicer about it, but he was already feeling off from the solstice.

She hopped off the arm and went to her fifteen foot size. “Cooties aren’t real, brother.”

“I’m the god of medicine I could make them real.”

“That’d be fun, I’d definitely get more hunters that way.” She walked across the aisle to her throne and sat down.

Apollo strummed a chord on his lyre, the highest string was the tinniest bit sharp, the kind of thing Apollo was sure only he could hear, but it still bugged him. In the past he would usually tune with a wave of his hand, but ever since he had to painstakingly tune his ukulele every day as a mortal, he found comfort in the practice.

Hades stalked past followed by Demeter, they were arguing, as usual, “And you even cheated on her! She doesn’t deserved to be stuck down there with the likes of you and that son of yours.”

“Don’t talk about my son that way! And besides Persephone has grown quite fond of him, she’s planning a surprise birthday dinner for him next month.”

Demeter scowled.

“Nico’s actually a pretty nice kid Demeter.” Apollo said. Hades looked shocked, and a bit relieved.

“See even the sun and healing god, who am I most antithetical to likes my son.” Hades smirked and headed to his temporary seat.

“Oh. Apollo I didn’t see you there. Why are you mortal sized?” Demeter looked at him.

“More room in the chair.” Apollo shrugged, “And you shouldn’t pass judgement on demigod’s you’ve hardly even seen, let alone met. Although, I guess that would apply to your kids too. Meg’s still waiting on thirteen years of birthday presents.”

“Her birthday is not until next week. I planned on paying her a visit then, since it is not my busy season.” She frowned, as though she was considering going to harass Hades more, and then turned back to her throne.

Demeter had become much more wary of him since he returned, for good reason. He knew Meg probably wouldn’t talk to her even if she made an effort, but Meg also wanted to meet her. Apollo made a mental note to be with Meg on the whole day of her birthday, just in case he needed to tell Demeter to go home.

Apollo made an adjustment on his lyre and the chord rang out perfectly as he strummed it. He looked around the room to get a sense of when the meeting would start. Athena was calmly knitting, Artemis counting her arrows for what was probably the thousandth time, and Aphrodite was now sulking in her throne.

Apparently it was one of those years where both Hephaestus and Ares weren’t speaking to her since they looked like they were getting on better than normal. Ares was standing by Hephaestus’ throne and they were talking about something. Probably the world’s next new weapon of mass destruction, as if the mortals or demigods needed more of those.

Dionysus and Hermes were playing catch down at their end of the throne room. Only two years ago Apollo would have been a part of that game. The ball was almost the size of his current torso.

He could join the game, it wasn’t one of his bad routines as a god. The game helped him out of his darkest-day-of-the-year-induced slump. It had actually been a good way of bonding with his brothers. It was the twenty minutes of the year that at least a small part of Hermes wasn’t focused on messages in some way. The twenty minutes of the year Dionysus didn’t seem irritated with his punishment.

Sometimes they even got Artemis to join and she enjoyed showing off her trick shots.

A wave of air that smelled like rotting fish wafted over. If Poseidon had arrived, that meant Zeus’ fashionably late arrival, with Hera on his heels was soon.

Apollo should probably look more meeting presentable than a mortal sized teenager on a god sized throne. He sighed and willed himself to be fifteen feet tall and to look like what the others expected Apollo to look like.

Dionysus had been right, his mortal look was unprofessional for a god.

Zeus appeared in a crack of thunder with Hera at his side and Apollo did his best not to flinch. He might not mind having human instincts still, but the Olympians surely would notice, and he’d rather if most of them didn’t.

“Alright settle down!” Zeus’ voice boomed, “Let us start this meeting.”

#toasecretsanta #sofia-not-sophie #sierice #pjo apollo #pjo artemis #pjo dionysus #pjo aphrodite #pjo hades #pjo demeter #pjo olympians #pjo zeus #trials of apollo #toa #riordanverse #trials of apollo fanfic #toa fanfic #riordanverse fanfic

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The Sailor Moon AU born from my saltiness towards the manga

Read this for context. tl;dr: basically my love for Sailor Moon's 90s anime and 2003 tokusatsu has only grown over the years, while my feelings for Crystal remained at pure hatred whilst my feelings for the original manga has taken a sharp decrease.

In other words, I seem to work backwards from most other Sailor Moon fans.

Over a year ago, I had written out a hypothetical of how Sailor Moon's manga would play out if Naoko Takeuchi rejected the Super Sentai concept and made Usagi a (mostly) solo hero, sort of in the vein of Sailor V but much less fun with even more tragedy. I guess you could say it's a Sailor Moon but with more of a Kamen Rider motif?

Either way, I never released it anywhere until now. Mind you, it's not really a story so much as it is a gathering of ideas for a story...

THE SAILOR MOON MINIMAL SENSHI AU

One nagging sentiment I felt while rereading the manga is how it so often felt like Usagi, Mamoru, and Chibi-Usa were the only characters who mattered, and on several occasions the only characters who were able to get anything done. Even on the rare occasions where other characters got a chapter named after them, oftentimes the Moon Family still had more pages dedicated to them, and/or the non-Moon Family character's power-up ultimately became more of a battery to beef up Usagi and the character development was often minimal and inconsequential.

Crystal amplified that feeling many times over, but it was disheartening to realize one aspect of the source material it did justice was marginalizing the rest of the main cast. If I were to look at this in a super-cynical light, I'd hypothesize the likelihood that Naoko never wanted a big cast, or even the Core 5 team. If she did care about the non-Moon Family characters, perhaps it was out of obligation.

I'm willing to bet that the main reason Naoko Takeuchi bloated out her cast was due to mandates from TOEI hoping for more toy sales if more heroic Sailor Senshi existed. But that's just my headcanon on what must have been a nightmare production behind the scenes.

So it made me wonder about how the manga would have been if it “trimmed the fat”, so to speak. For all of Usagi’s protestations about how she “can’t use mist, fire, or lightning” to be useful… well, let’s face it: she already had a higher kill count than all of her friends even that early on in the story. Mamoru often had little episodes later on in the manga where he felt oh-so useless and powerless even though he’s killed monsters/notable antagonists plenty of times AND regularly takes part in killing off the main antagonists WITH Sailor Moon (while her friends were benched, even when they weren’t ragdolled into submission).

So, how much would really change in the manga if Sailor Moon was largely by herself with very few allies who could help her in battle? I can easily picture Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter being snipped from the story entirely.

Believe me, it KILLS me to say that. Mercury was my favorite since the beginning. But if I'm being honest with myself, it'd only take a few tweaks of the story beats to make Sailor Moon's first three allies completely superfluous.

For story purposes, Sailor V/Venus would have to stay in since she does play a vital role as a princess decoy, but otherwise… what if she lost her power entirely after the reveal of the true Princess Serenity? Or dies soon after? Without a team to lead, Minako wouldn’t serve much of a purpose. Heck, in this AU she wouldn't necessarily even need to wield Venus' power (since so few other planet powers are getting represented here) so much as a bootlegged copy of Moon Power.

We have a canon example in the Black Moon arc of how Venus was just “there” for much of it, even when she didn’t have to contend with her three teammates for spotlight/exposure. Hell, I recall her complaining in the manga that she’s bored and frustrated because she can’t do anything.

Luna and/or Artemis can easily substitute the exposition given by Venus.

Chibi-Usa would stay on and become Chibi-Moon; as previously stated, she’s a consistently focused-on character in the manga. In fact, she's highly integral to 3 out of the 5 story arcs. Definitely enough to the point where most of the manga would have to be changed if she was denied Senshi-ship.

Sailor Pluto… is tricky, but not impossible to write around. She’s heavily tied in with Chibi-Usa’s backstory and character growth. As Chibi-Usa’s friend and Time Gate guard, that much would stay the same. I would argue that Pluto needn’t be a Senshi to serve either role (she’s succeeding her father Chronos iirc, and Takeuchi is firm in her stance that men can’t be Senshi). So it can be arranged that she can maintain her duty as plain ol' Setsuna. It's heavily implied in the manga that she's not a reincarnation like the other Senshi were... at least, prior to her canon death. It wouldn't be too crazy to say Setsuna has beyond-mortal powers that give her extended life even without being a Senshi.

Hell, Queen Serenity basically enlists this child to duty saying "Here's all these awesome powers that you're not only not allowed to ever use, but if you DO use them, it'll end up killing you!" - Setsuna shouldn't need her powers to guard the Time Keys, and we've seen the Talismans can be held in civilian form. Though I'd argue her Garnet Rod needn't be a proper Talisman if she isn't to transform; it'd just be her means of self-defense.

Perhaps she never gets revived/reincarnated after her death? Because her connection to Chibi-Usa greatly diminishes from Infinity (and beyond).

The rest of the Outer Senshi… well. If one tweaks the Talisman prerequisite for the Holy Grail, such as make it LESS than three needed…

That’s all you need to cut Sailor Neptune and Pluto out entirely of the manga for sure. As much as I love Michiru, I can’t deny she is the epitome of “just there” in the manga. Pretty sure no one’s gonna contest this.

Even her relationship with Haruka is a side-note compared to Haruka’s constant pining/angsting over Usagi. I just kept getting this sense of Michiru being Haruka’s silver medal.

Haruka and Hotaru are the hardest ones to write around for this concept. That much I will admit.

But, one running theme for this AU is that, Moon and Chibi-Moon aside, no one else can wield the power of a Sailor Senshi indefinitely. Well, technically Mamoru is still there representing Earth, but only so much as he's able to in his canon iteration due to that pesky Y chromosome. I slated for Minako to permanently lose her power, and possibly even die for it once her narrative purpose was fulfilled.

Even if Setsuna remained a Senshi in this revision, it’s a similar outcome for her. In a best-case scenario for the latter, a reincarnated Setsuna likely would have no memory of her lonely past life and possibly come off as an entirely different person from who Chibi-Usa knew. She'd finally be able to live out a normal life no longer bound to duty and that's about as happy an end I could imagine for her.

(And hey, that’s all the more impetus for Chibi-Usa being drawn to Hotaru!)

Going back to Hotaru, then, her being a cyborg in this iteration of the story lends well to a tweak in the narrative: Pharaoh 90 attempting to artificially replicate the Moons’ Senshi powers, possibly referencing the means in which Minako was temporarily able to wield her power, to create a Sailor Senshi exclusively to realize its desires. One might say it's a perversion of the Moon Power itself.

But tampering with this dangerous power ends up corrupting Hotaru, of course, and retaining how Hotaru becomes Mistress 9 works nicely with this tweak. A Silver Crystal could sustain her powers without destroying her, or at least that's the running theory.

Whether or not Hotaru becomes a Sailor Senshi proper… I’m 50/50 on that. Mostly due to Saturn’s canon role as cleanup duty following the fall of the Silver Millennium. If any non-Moon Senshi were to exist for the long haul, it should be Saturn. Their powers are polar opposites, so it’d be a neat yin-yang deal, with Saturn still being dormant until an equalizer is needed.

Although I'd probably not call her Sailor Saturn, as it is arbitrary to include some planets (Venus, Saturn, Uranus) but not others. In general, I think the names of the non-Moon Senshi that have to be kept because removing them would completely upend the story would have to be a little more generalized than that. The Moon is often paired with the Sun and the Star(s), so that might be a safe bet. Even though the Sun itself is literally a star-

Anyway, keep Hotaru's rebirth a thing, but possibly end her role in the story once she becomes babby. So that Chibi-Usa, as canon manga mandates, seeks horse-boy as her rebound.

Alternatively, we could stay the course of the “Moon only” team narrative and have Sailor Saturn be little more than an artificial Senshi, not unlike the kinds we see all over the place in Stars. Between Dr. Tomoe, Kaolinite, and Pharaoh 90, I can buy them creating what is essentially a bootleg Senshi. Heck, that might even be the intended evil purpose of the Holy Grail once Uranus unlocks it with her Talisman.

Speaking of Haruka... Honestly, as far as the manga goes, she can single-handedly represent the Outer Senshi and their credo by herself.

But in the context of this AU, that doesn’t amount to much, lol. Honestly, I’m picturing Haruka as a darker counterpart of Minako. A temp Senshi at best, but one who’s using her powers for morally questionable reasons. This can range from romantic rival… (with no Michiru in the AU, that at least partially makes Haruka less awful - I’d nix the non-consensual kiss on Usagi, but in the spirit of a manga LITTERED with suchlike kisses, it’d probably need to stay as-is)

…. to embittered and vengeful foe who fully recalls her past life and blames Usagi+Mamoru for their failings. It was kind of a shit deal for the Outers to be permanently stuck in their post in the outer solar system, never getting to enjoy any of what they're dedicating their lives to serving. Perhaps she now perceives the practices of Queen Serenity as morally dubious at best - and tyrannical at worst, now believing, maybe, that the Dark Kingdom was RIGHT to end the Silver Millennium. And irony ahoy, Haruka - like Minako - can tap into her former life’s power. Make her take up Michiru’s role as the one who awakened as a Senshi on her own thanks to her Talisman.

Hell, one can have Haruka play both sides during Infinity. Tomoe can use his twisted science to amplify the "Uranus" powers to bypass the limitations of Venus’ powers. Probably at a deadly cost down the road.

As for the prerequisites for Super Sailor Moon? The whole “all Senshi aligned + grail” deal? Well… y’know, the Cutie Moon Rod came into existence as a trial run of how UsaMamo’s love is so potent that they don’t even need to do a WooHoo to procreate shit. Do that again, just add the actual product of future WooHooing. Chibi-Usa is familiar with the Holy Grail prior to its creation. Not a stretch. As far as this AU is concerned, Moon, Chibi-Moon, and Tuxedo Mask are the only "valid" Senshi to begin with.

Despite the amount of non-Moon Senshi chapters in Dream, I don’t see much changing in a setting where only two Moons and a Mask are fighting. For pretty much every arc, Usagi gets the lion’s share of killing blows. Mamoru and Chibi-Usa canonly have several as well - so what’s a few several more?

After all, the manga’s focus was always first and foremost on Miracle Romance. More often than not, when other characters got panel time, Usagi, Mamoru, and/or Chibi-Usa were the topics of discussion.

At the end of the day, the antagonists of Dream are squarely focused on screwing over the Moon family; the other Senshi were mere chess pieces for them to knock over. And they only became an actual threat when they literally handed over their newfound powers over to beef up Super Sailor Moon to Eternal Sailor Moon, so... there you go.

And for those few times Usagi was just hanging out with gal pals at school? Well, that’s what Naru is for. Hell, add Yumiko+Kuri too; they might end up with some degree of characterization! Usagi never not had the benefit of company during downtime! There just... tends not to be a lot of that in the manga; that's all.

Really, the biggest question in handling Dream is wtf to do about the Amazoness Quartet, considering they eventually become Senshi themselves - namely the equivalent of Inners for Chibi-Moon to have in the future. Since Usagi wouldn't have Inners in this AU, it stands to reason the Quartet are likely not gonna be redeemed and likely one-shotted much like their Trio predecessors.

As for Stars...? Well, it's basically this entire AU but dialed up to 20. The running theme of this arc is fake Senshi running around parading as the real deal while they kill, conquer, and pillage for their tyrant, who'd be the culmination of all the worst aspect of not just past antagonists, but past attempted would-be Senshi like Minako, Haruka, and Hotaru who would all either be permanently powerless at best or dead at worst.

But a worst-case scenario just might make them come back for one last go, and this time, there's be no blurred lines or moral greys: if Venus, Saturn, and/or Uranus made a return in this iteration Stars, that would be their permadeath. Unless, you know, this series still ended with Usagi yeeting herself into an automatic happy ending. And even then it's a big maybe. It'd be in Galaxia's hands, and you know Galaxia don't give a damn.

Chibi-Chibi/Chibi-Chibi Moon would still be a thing, as would Sailor Cosmos, obviously, since they're technically a form of Usagi and all. Their stories would largely be the same, I'd imagine.

I honestly can't think of where I'd put the Starlights and Sailor Kakyuu as good guys in this AU, though. I think the only way to make them work in the story and not be killed as quickly as possible like the Sailor Animamates is to have them allied with Galaxia and be functionally identical to Animamates (aka they're all fakers), but function as undercover agents to identify the holder of the Milky Way's strongest Sailor Crystal (Usagi's), find her weaknesses and the best ways to corner her, then coordinate a strike.

Alternatively, pull inspiration from the 90s anime where they ARE legit Senshi (they just come from another galaxy and all, so it wouldn't break the AU if they're more just reflections of the minimized Sailor Team) - but make them willingly surrender their Sailor Crystals in exchange for bracelets that will keep them alive, so long as they do whatever Galaxia says. Then they become reflections of Usagi and her family, and even perhaps make analogies between the three Starlights and what Venus, Uranus, and Saturn tried and failed to be for Sailor Moon.

The other elephant in the room is whether or not Mamoru gets killed off in the very first scene of this arc like he does in canon. It's a no-brainer that he'd have to die by Galaxia's hand eventually. Usagi just won't have nearly as many buffers to block her PTSD and be in total denial like she did in canon. Naturally, Chibi-Usa will be even less effectual than canon since she won't have her own personal underlings to pretend she's BFFs with and add firepower, so if only to balance that out (since the Sailor Quartet are literally the only ones who didn't die at any point in canon), Mamoru might be allowed to live a bit longer and make his love-forged bond with Usagi not quite so easily broken. But it will still break by force, one way or another.

Of course, because Galaxia's intent will still be to break Usagi, no one's getting spared at this point in the story. All of Usagi's normal civilian friends will end up biting it one way or another throughout the arc. Stars is clearly meant to be a depressing af climax to the series - at least that'll kinda deter people from hounding the mangaka into yet another arc for money's sake.

Usagi would ultimately jump into the Galaxy Cauldron at the end, though I imagine it'd be somewhat a different experience than how it was in the manga, given most of her friends don't exist in this AU, and the few that do either left/died on bad terms, or fucked off entirely without remembering Usagi or her family at all.

Maybe, if we're being generous, Usagi reunites and the temp/fake Senshi she encounters here actually make amends and promise to work for a better future? There's a lot of variables here.

It'd still end in a wedding because this is the Miracle Romance Supremacy AU, after all. Guess it depends on your mileage whether or not the ending is worth it.

So yeah, that's the long and short of the really fucked up AU I thought up inside my head because friendship and comradery always came off so hollow in the manga to me. Especially with ~Miracle Romance~ being so infuriatingly inflexible in the manga.

Hope you got some sort of entertainment value out of that. Highly doubt I'd write this proper - it wouldn't be worth the backlash, and I'm not nearly invested enough in UsaMamo to do this concept justice.

Feel free to leave your thoughts or whatever.

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onlyswan · 4 months

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Hello! It's been a while since the last ask that I have sent here but I just want to drop by and join your annual survey because this is my favorite place on the internet and I want to wish everybody especially you, art, a warm and fulfilling holidays and eat your favorite foods! Hehehe So for the first question, as to what is your favorite/s from the drabbles i've put out this year (second in which collection)?

here are my top 5 in no particular order:

in which you make jungkook’s world spin and you tend to… make him a little too dizzy

I love this one because of how you perfectly crafted situations where in playfulness and mischief is something being celebrated, it is a lighthearted read and such a breathe of fresh air and made me so sentimental that after reading it, I just pictured in my mind that I was looking at both of them fondly and their rough years flashed through my mind and it's just, really, thank god they have each other.

in which jungkook can’t sleep, and he can’t stop kissing you either

This one is kind of understood because seeing a hopeless romantic jungkook be inlove and affectionate and not holding back and just being himself is like a blessing. I also feel giddy with the way he teases oc and be like "I look hot like this, take a picture" hahaha gosh! I miss him so much.

n which jungkook is one of your greatest fears and you’re his achilles’ heel

I love this. I REALLY LOVE THIS. I am not really the type to like suffering through literature but knowing oc and jungkook's lore - I think I have said this before - it is the kind of pain that makes the love and happiness and the time after the drought more worth it. Like, I remember your words saying something along the lines of that kind of pain exists in a place full of love - or is it vice versa but you get what I mean, right? Like you fill my heart with so much love that it grew larger than what ribcage can accomodate but it's okay, that is what it is for.

in which jungkook loves to see you smile and you are the god of mischief

This one feels like a core memory for some reason. Like a funny inside joke or memory that would always be fun to relive and retell every time. I know that this one is kind of like a silly little moment they have but I just can't help but interpret their words and action into some kind of having a deep meaning or something. Oh gosh, they just make me feel so sappy and sentimental all the time. ALso this one is memorable because I remember wanting to read this again before and I couldn't find it anywhere. Hahaha!

in which jungkook can sleep without you, but he’d rather not to

Last on the list is of course, the one where we see one of the most vulnerable moment of jungkook. I love how you use his cute antics and translating in a metaphorical way. It is such a very Artemis way kind of writing but you just never fail to excite me on your million ways of using your words and weaving it into something that feels like it should be written in flower themed scented paper and to be sent to the love of your life. It is crazy how vulnerability doesn't seem so scary when it is with the right person, no? This drabble made me want to be in jungkook's shoes, being brave enough to ask for love because you know you will never be shamed for it.

Second is for the question themes, lines, paragraphs, or scenes that stood out to you?

you guess nothing much has changed. you’re still afraid of jungkook and his power to take away the sun, just as he did before, and you deeply despise being afraid. you don’t like it when the walls are closing in on you, poisoning your mind into believing that you’re small when the heart inside your chest burns with a fire brighter than that of the damn sun.

This paragraph broke in many ways possible. I love the degrees of pain describe with every sentences and how the pain just double down with every stop of words and then it starts again. You have me audibly gasping for air because your choice of words are painting a clear picture in my mind.

for the jungkook of today, control is an abandoned form of self-destruction and he can tell you in confidence that ‘here i am in all my glory. there are unfixable, fractured parts of me and i am laying them out on the floor for you to see- you can take me or leave me, but i know you’ll always choose the former’ and ‘i am stubborn and i do not give up’ and ‘i want to buy a house in the countryside with you’ and most of all ‘i need your love.’

This is what I'm talking about from the previous question. But the reason why I adore this part so much is because I could identify that this paragraph was written by you but at the same time I also know that these thoughts are very much jungkook-like. It is you are transcripting jungkook's every hearbeat. I love love love this! * I have so many favorites that I want to talk about but this is the only free time that I have and I still have so much to say.

For the next question about who is your favorite character, oc or jungkook?

I would love to say both of them but in a perspective of the way it was written, I would say that you should be applauded and talked about on how you created such a complex character as oc. That is such an exceptional character, unique, and well thought out that many of us can see oc in different forms and shapes such as songs, things, people, and ideas. I know how oc is a reader insert but as for me, it feels as though as a reader, I am playing an established character with their own personality and characteristics. It feels like in a movie? It is like you know when an album is so good and resonates with a lot of people but they make it their own?

I would just answer the last two questions in one! hehehe

For the year? I'm really but with numbers so I would just say that I would love to see the beginning of their relationship? I want to see yearning, the adjustments, the unsure glances and nervousness around each other, all the giddy stuffs but also I want to see and understand how it must've been hard for them especially on jungkook deciding on whether to continue whatever they have or just you know end it because of the kind of life he is living. Like I really really want to see how it wrecked him everytime to the point that he impulsively decided to fuck it, I have to save the love of life from me. *Ok, I take back what I said, I think I really am a sucker for angst. I am just indenial. Hahahaha!

Also, I really love and adore seeing oc's choice of clothes and their style because I love fashion and I love how a character's style explains so much of their character. That is one thing I love the most about visual media!!!! And I can say that whenever I picture oc in my mind, I could really understand how their wardrobe choices explains their personality. So I would say that I would choose spring and/ or autumn! Because oc should be able to wear skirts without freezing to death!! ok?! hahahaha kidding!

This is so fun! Thank you for the fun ride this year, Art! I am so looking forward for the next year together as a little school of angel fishes! Hahahaha! Again, happy holidays!

Love, ˚˖𓍢ִ໋🦢˚˚⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧⋆ ˚｡⋆

swan anonie! oh my gosh thank you for answering lil survey with so much kindness and enthusiasm 😭💞 i don’t even know what to say AAAAAAA i’ve just been smiling the whole time that i read your words :")

It is such a very Artemis way kind of writing but you just never fail to excite me on your million ways of using your words and weaving it into something that feels like it should be written in flower themed scented paper and to be sent to the love of your life.

oh i’m about to burst into tears??? my writing being described in such a pretty way makes me sooooo freaking happy 😭

It is you are transcripting jungkook's every hearbeat.

you know when physical books have one liner reviews on the back cover? if the in which series was a book i’d want this line to be there 🥺

I would say that you should be applauded and talked about on how you created such a complex character as oc. That is such an exceptional character, unique, and well thought out that many of us can see oc in different forms and shapes such as songs, things, people, and ideas.

i guess i’ve never really comprehended it that way T_T i got so surprised and overwhelmed when i began receiving so many asks talking about oc and how this and that reminded them of oc. i love you guys!! to think that i’ve created a character that is memorable in such a way 🥺 waaaaa

It feels like in a movie? It is like you know when an album is so good and resonates with a lot of people but they make it their own?

that is such a cool way to describe it :") THANK YOU

Because oc should be able to wear skirts without freezing to death!! ok?!

HELP 😭😭😭😭😭😭 #saveocfromwinter

something i also didn’t expect is for oc’s fashion to get attention bUT i’m so geeked about it because i love fashion LOL thank you so much for hyping oc (and jungkook) up and making me excited to write more for you guys 🥹💗

I am so looking forward for the next year together as a little school of angel fishes!

my angel fishes <333 i love you and i can’t wait for next year’s survey too hehehe. i hope you enjoy the rest of the holidays! stay safe and be happy always 🫂🎆

#…and angst you shall receive 🤧#🦢 anon #art’s post office ☁️#onlyswan year-end survey

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Godly Parent Swap AU: The Di Angelos

Plot bunnies are fun, lack of motivation is not. Also this wasn't beta read so proceed with caution.

(also heads up I low-key don't remember much about HoO and TBOTL. The HoO is literally so bad I remember nada from that)

Maria Di Angelo had two lovers in her short but impactful life, Hypnos and Hecate. Hypnos took the form of a rich business man from northern Italy. They had a brief fling when Maria was rebelling from her parents resulting in Bianca. Later on Hecate became a much more long standing lover. She was incredibly intrigued by Maria as she was clear sighted. Nico was created sorta like how Athena's kids are created but out of magic. Nico isn't old enough to remember his moms' relationship. Bianca is, Hecate treated Bianca like her own daughter. Hypnos gave Hecate a ring with poppy petals in it to give to Bianca. Hecate was on thin ice with Zeus. She had sided with Hades, twice now she had joined Zeus' opposing side. The oracle at the time visited Hecate at Maria's place. Zeus didn't like that for a couple reasons.

1.) Jealousy, Zeus had many lovers at that point but he couldn't be happily in love (lets be quite frank he wasn't possibly capable of that either way)

2.) Hecate had been neglecting her duties as the goddess/titaness of the mist to be with Maria, Bianca, and Nico.

3.) She's a loose cannon in Zeus mind. He needs to show her where she belongs.

Hecate was going to allow Maria and her children to live at Hecate's palace in the underworld. She said that there maybe she could protect her(Maria's but they were practically Hecate's as well) family. Maria denied. Zeus attempted to strike the Di Angelo's with lighting. Hecate was quick and put a barrier around Nico and Bianca but Maria was killed. Hecate was distraught and went to Hypnos and they both quickly discussed a plan. As they were both chthonic deities they devised a plan to bring them to the underworld.

The oracle at the time visited Hecate. She explained that the Di Angelo siblings, especially Nico, were going to be crucial in future events. She advised against it saying that fate was powerful and not to be tempted. Hecate, in an act of pure rage, desperation, and heartbreak, cursed the oracle. This curse is slightly different than the original one in cannon. Hecate has always been one of the scapegoats of the gods. As long as the chthonic gods were treated like, for the lack of a better term, shit the oracle would never move on.

So like in cannon Bianca and Nico are dropped off in the Lotus Casino for the next 80 years. In this time Bianca is practically raising the hyper Nico. Bianca would sing him to sleep every night and always managed to calm him down when he had nightmares.Hecate would often use her magic to watch after Nico and Bianca. Nico had a brief obsession with magicians, he could have sworn he made the mythomagic card on his nightstand move. Bianca and Nico get pulled out of the Lotus Casino and go to their cannon military school. They meet Grover who becomes friends with them.

They meet Annabeth, Silena, Beckendorf, Percy, and the huntresses the same day they get attacked by the manticore. Nico is treating this like the best thing to ever happen to him and Bianca is constantly pulling Nico back so he doesn't get injured. Percy shields them from the manticore and Nico looks star struck. Bianca can't lie and say she's not impressed. Annabeth gets tackled off the cliff and Zoe insinuates that it's because she's a daughter of Aphrodite. Percy get's pissed and almost throws one of his knives at her. Beckendorf explains to the two what is going on. After being offered, Bianca becomes a huntress of Artemis so she can experience freedom in her life. Apollo takes them to camp.

During the capture the flag game Bianca gets reprimanded from Zoe for checking on Nico to make sure his helmet is on right and runs off to join the huntresses. Percy and Thalia roll their eyes at Zoe. Nico sticks with Percy until he tells Nico to go with Austin, son of Demeter, and Jake, son of Aphrodite and stay at the far border. Nico witnesses Silena and Chris get into an ugly fight. It starts with Chris accidentally zapping Silena with a good chunk of lighting. Then Silena douses him with water. Chris shouts at her saying if she was as good as she thinks she is Annabeth would till be here. Percy looks down and fiddles with his knife before looking at the three boys. Percy pats Jake on the back and ruffles his hair. Nico doesn't know why but he felt a feeling of almost jealousy.

Bianca watches as the oracle and Zoe walk towards each other. Bianca makes eye contact with the corpse and sees a flash of white and hears a scream for a brief second. She's brought out of that by the prophecy that the oracle gives out. She leaves with Thalia and Zoe as the other two huntresses that were supposed to go with them were pranks by the Stolls with a poison ivy shirt. Zoe reasoned that two of the lines of the prophecy were already completed. Phone was lost in a land without rain and Dahlia perished at a parent's hand. She argued with Thalia that perish didn't mean die in the prophecy, it meant ruin. Dahlia was a daughter of Demeter and she couldn't continue the quest due to poison ivy, a plant. The two other girls didn't really believe but they continued anyway.

Nico was there with Beckendorf while Percy and Silena went to sneak out. He had them promise they would bring Bianca back safety. The three older campers all had a silent conversation with their eyes. Silena crouched down to Nico's level and put her hand on Nico's shoulder, she promised that they would try. They said goodbye to Silena and Percy before Beckendorf picks Nico up and takes him back to the Hermes cabin.

During their quest Percy gets a dream from Nemesis, his mother. She is trying to convince him to join her and Kronos. The entire time she prevents Percy from waking up. Then Percy hears a sweet voice almost singing to him. He starts envisioning the people he loves the most, Sally, Grover, Silena, Beckendorf, Annabeth. He's able to stand up to his mom and wake up to Bianca singing to him with her hand on his head glowing. Bianca's eyes were closed but they shot open as Percy woke up and she gasped. Bianca and Percy were the only ones up besides Zoe who was on guard duty but wasn't next to them. Bianca and Percy have time to talk with each other. Bianca admits to having insomnia ,which was why she saw Percy having his dream, and never really being able to sleep since she entered the Lotus Casino. Most of the time when she did fall asleep she'd get these dreams of her mother screaming as she saw a bright white light and heard a loud boom. Percy snorts and says that those sound more like nightmares. Bianca shrugs and explains that nightmares are still dreams so she tries not to let them control her. Percy admits that he often gets nightmares that he will join Kronos and have to fight against his friends. He says that if everyone else thinks he's evil they won't care to listen that he's not. Bianca shrugs and says she doesn't know how anyone can see him as evil if he's willing to die for Annabeth. It's a sweet moment, and one of Bianca's lasts.

Meanwhile, at camp, Nico was getting along great with the Hermes kids. He mostly stayed with Grover but when he wasn't with him he was with his cabin mates. His cabin counselor, Micheal, was an amazing prankster. Micheal quickly explained that the only cabin off limits was the Dionysus cabin. When Nico asked why Micheal simply responded with "it's basically kinda like nepotism." Nico's first encounter with the Dionysus kids was withl Will Solace. He was climbing the rock wall with Nico and was partnered with Cecil. Will was sipping on a Diet Coke while holding onto Cecil's rope and Cecil climbed. Kayla, daughter of Hermes, gave Nico the thumbs up and he began to climb. Nico's hand got burned and he fell down the wall. Before hitting the ground he landed on a vine. Will had created many vines that swirled up-wards to catch Nico before he hit the floor. Nico was able to thank him, barely.

Just like in cannon, Bianca dies to get Nico his mythomagic statue. It was the only one he didn't have. Percy begged her not to go and Silena even tried using her water in her water bottle to grab her but it didn't work. Bianca Di Angelo was dead. For the first time in what felt like ever, Nico couldn't sleep that night.

When Percy, Thalia Annabeth, and Silena get back to camp they tell the cabin counselors what happened. Nico asks where his sister is and Silena takes him outside. Grover, Annabeth, Percy, and Beckendorf spied on their conversation. Nico cries and does the usual cannon stuff. However instead of disappearing with a crack something somehow more dramatic happens. His eyes start slowly glowing green and his hands had purple swirls around them. As he cries the glowing gets brighter and brighter until Silena has to turn away. When the glowing stops she turns back and Nico is gone. The patch of grass he was on was now dead. Beckendorf reasons that he is a son of Hecate since her kids tend to be the only ones who glow colors other than yellow. Percy crosses his arms, Bianca was a daughter of Hypnos though, he was sure of it. Silena asks if they should tell Chiron. Percy shakes his head, if he's missing and a child of a chthonic goddess everyone will think he joined Kronos. He doesn't want to put Nico through that.

The next time we see Nico is in the labyrinth. Silena, Beckendorf, Chris, and Clarisse are on the quest. Rachel also tags along. Nico has his Stygian iron sword since he's still the son of the chthonic deity. Silena was the one who promised to keep Bianca safe in his mind. The Minos stuff happens and Nico has gotten a few dreams from Hecate. She was mostly apologetic for everything that happened in Nico's life. Hecate wants Nico to join Kronos like she did but she understands that he might not want to. She stares stories of when Bianca and Nico were younger in Italy. Nico didn't know how to react after finding his godly parent was Hecate. She was goddess and Maria was a mortal woman. His internalized homophobia was one big jumble of confusion. When Nico brings Bianca back she admits she's going to get reincarnated and to not blame Silena or Percy for her death as she chose to make that decision.

Nico teleports to Silena's house for her birthday. Her dad asks who Nico is and Silena explains he's a friend from camp, he doesn't ask anymore questions. Nico tells Silena of a way that she could even the playing field against Luke/Kronos. She could bathe in the River Styx and become mostly invulnerable. He explains that this is what Luke did and that Hecate mentioned it in one of her dream hijackings. Silena asks what would the steps be in doing this and Nico explains she needs her mother's blessing. Silena looks at him before asking if he saw who her parents were. Poseidon and a mortal man. Nico tenses up before blushing and apologizing. She shakes this off and asks if Chris and Percy should do it. Chris because he's a son of Zeus and Percy because he's by far the best fighter at camp. Nico accepts this.

Battle time! Nico shows up with eyes glowing and magic chanting. He turns hellhounds into ants in not time flat. He puts a magical shield over the Apollo kids' healing area so they can heal without being attacked. Their arrows still go threw these shields so Clarisse instructs them her siblings to heal and shoot. Nico also raises the dead as Hecate is the goddess of necromancy. He disappears and reappears in the middle of battle thanks to the mist.

After getting their mother's blessing Chris and Percy both try to bathe in the River Styx. Percy goes first and they(being Percy and Chris) quickly think that Nico betrayed them and was going to hand them over to Hades. Percy get's a little carried away and Chris has to physically stop him from hurting Nico. Nico explains that he didn't know and that it must've been a trick from Hecate or something.

Nico is still the tide turner in the Battle of Manhattan again. He manages to convince Hecate to switch sides and bring Hades to the main battle. Nico keeps fighting and saves so many people no one can doubt his allegiance to the camp. They win and as Silena makes the gods respect ALL the minors gods and their children the curse is broken. Silena thanks Nico for all his help and gives him a hug. Nico helps design the Hecate cabin.

Nico gets kidnapped by Hera and plopped into Camp Jupiter. There he sees Percy who he doesn't recognize. Percy drops his smirk for a millisecond but Nico catches it. Nico thinks he recognizes Percy but can't quite place it. He also notices that Percy now had a prosthetic arm and leg. He finds out that Piper, daughter of Hades, disappeared. He joins the fifth cohort with Gwen, Dakota, Hazel(unclaimed), Percy, and Leo(Bellona). Jason, the praetor, is impressed with Nico's sword fighting skills but says they're too barbaric for his liking. Nico gets claimed by Trivia and all the romans are shocked as Trivia is a virgin goddess. Percy nearly threatens to kill Octavian after he said that Nico must be a monster. After their war games Vulcan shows up. Nico doesn't know why but he gets a sense of dread seeing him. He claims Hazel and sends Nico, Leo and Hazel on their quest to Alaska.

Aaaaand that's all the I got for this little plot bunny. Partly because as I said before I don't remember much of the HoO and partly because of lack of motivation. Ima quickly sum everything up in a neat little paragraph.

After the Argo 2 arrives with Piper, Reyna, Frank, and Thalia Nico gets mad at Frank for bombing New Rome. Nico is the most vocal next to Thalia to save Percy from the jar. Nico watches as Leo and Piper fall into Tartarus. When he gets back to camp he goes to the infirmary to check on Silena and Beckendorf who were injured. He runs into Will who asks Nico to sign his cast. They haven't spoken since they were like ten.

That's the stuff I have down on the Di Angelo family. I'm going to make more mood boards of them. (The Bianca one I made is probably up there as one of my favs.) Pls if you wanna learn more about any other character pls, pls, pls don't be afraid to ask! My asks are always open.

#pjo #pjo hoo toa #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson and the olympians #heroes of olympus #nico di angelo #Bianca di angelo #cabin 20 #godly parent swap #holy shit this post is long #and I didn't even explain the hoo series #fuck you plot bunnies

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