If I may go on about Luke Castellan for a moment... (and no, not in a simp kinda way but genuine book discourse this time)
SPOILERS FOR PJO AHEAD IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE BOOKS CLICK OFF NOW!!!
Something I realized the other day is that Luke himself was... never actually evil. Let me explain.
Everything Luke did was for the betterment of his life and the life of his peers. He wanted to make a better world for his kind (his kind being demigods everywhere), the goal was never some cartoonish supervillain plot of "taking over the world". He wanted to overthrow the gods so that no demigod would be ignored, neglected, abused and used ever again. That's why he did what he did.
Luke is all about the greater good. You could even make an argument for him being morally gray (meaning he doesn't care about "right" or "wrong", he only cares about his own interests and cause). He would murder the twelve year old kid he just met for the sake of bettering the entire world for good. Killing Percy would suck, yes, but in Luke's eyes, it has to be done. (Enter: the pit scorpion.)
Luke did many, many, bad and even evil things, yes. But a lot of that was under the guidance or even control of Kronos. Kronos, who was inherently evil. When we meet Luke in TLT, he's already under the influence of Kronos, and he's already scared to disobey, and he won't. Not just because he's scared, but because he truly believes in the cause he thinks he's fighting for, and because he trusted Kronos.
That's what all of this is really about. Luke put his trust in the wrong place. Kronos promised him what he wanted, yes, but was he ever going to actually give it to him? No. That's actually something I think the movies did pretty well was emphasize Kronos not actually caring about Luke or his cause, only caring about rising into power. Using him, just like the gods always had.
Luke was desperate and foolish, yes, but he himself was not evil. This is why he's able to kill himself and end the war with Kronos. He's able to regain that control and make that decision and be the hero, all because he himself is still good, despite it all. He can see what he did was wrong and does the only thing he can to fix it. He still wanted to do the right thing in the end.
Was Luke justified in his actions? Absolutely not. But was he justified in the way he felt, and what he wanted? Yes.
His whole life all he'd ever done was care for others. His mom, Thalia, Annabeth, the entirety of cabin 11, siblings or not. All of camp, really. And even though he was wrong about how he did it, him trying to overthrow the gods was for them, too. Was it a bit for himself and out of anger? Yeah, definitely. But he wanted a better life for the others, and that's why he pushed so hard for Annabeth and Thalia to join him. For his siblings and camp friends to join him.
He was misguided and put his trust in the wrong place out of desperation, but everything he did, the cause he fought for, was out of good intentions and maybe a bit of justified anger.
snow’s obsession with control is so evident in his jealousy and possessive tendencies over lucy gray… its always “she my girl” or “she belongs to me”
he never quite understands that she, just like all other human beings, is not controllable. In the end we see how he still fails to grasp this and rejects love, instead embracing fear, a poison, and ultimately letting his obsession consume him.
Random but if Batman was some kind of Greek God or something his mythology would be insane. Anyway anyone want to hear my Justice League Greek God's au? 🙂
Imma be real mpreg is insanely hot with the idea of the father putting on a looot of weight during the pregnancy, pleateaueing the years after birth, and then blowing up even more once he gets pregnant again
"It's unrealistic that Trans/NB characters exist in Horror/Fantasy"
Look at me directly in the eyes and tell me that, Doctor Frankenstein couldn't be seen as more than a mad scientist but can be Monsters and Ghouls Gender confirming surgeon. Man was like
"Y'know I did it once, I bet I can do it again."
Or Witches, Warlocks and Wizards literally have viles of potions that are permanent or temporary magical HRT or magical artifacts that can be used for Gender confirming people, Sacrifices are welcomed but that requires a lot of blood and materials that takes more than just the typical flick of a wand.
Like we have a Fairy Godmother but honestly she takes forever to respond back for an appointment and she only takes clients, no walk-ins.
Need Top or Bottom surgery if you can't get a hold of Dr Frankenstein? Just call the Ragdolls it's going to hurt like hell, no anesthesia when they Stitch you back up but you bet your ass those results are going to look amazing.
Want to DIY Gender confirming Surgery without a Mage? Necronomicion, Chalk Circles, Summoning Circles, Alchemy come in many different ways. (It's risky to do but we won't stop you.)
Undead? Necromancer will be able to help out with the parts you need, fresh corpses fresh stitch.
Ghost? Don't worry you're the most non-binary person in this room, Your deadname literally means what your name was in your last life don't keep it if you don't want to.
Want to voice train? Ghosts and Zombies are your best bet, they really know how to use thier voice the best and they usually have Videos about it onto how to pronounce and explain things.
what if they change that scene in sea of monsters to the jocks tearing up a drawing of annabeth instead of a photo now that percy being an artist is canon
Do you guys ever think about the fact that Kaneki/Haise has two found families with drastically different backgrounds so the fact that he felt like he had to pick between the two was also him picking between ghoul society and human society? Anyways I don't think about it that much haha
HEAR ME OUT. ACADEMIC ENEMIES TO LOVERS CLAWCODE AND GANKE FINDS OUT MILES IS THE PROWLER AND OFFERS TO BE HIS SIDEKICK. HOWEVER, HE GETS INTO A FIGHT WITH UNCLE AARON ON HOW HES A DISTRACTION AND WHEN HE AND MILES ARE TALKING, T E N S I O N.
LET. ME. COOK.
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“This isn’t about that Morales, and you know it!” Ganke exclaimed, as Miles desperately tried to follow him, reason with him. He had seen the fight, and the venom Ganke’s tongue carried when triggered. He tried to tell Ganke that he still wanted him to be his sidekick, still wanted him even if they were enemies. He grumbled, cursing before pulling the Korean boy back to him by his waist.
“You know,” Ganke began. “You two are just alike; You and your uncle.” He chuckled as he crossed his arms, still in Miles grip, which the two preferred not to talk about. “You’re making a huge mistake.” He began, eyes sharpening. “I am the best of the best when it comes to coding and hacking and robotics. I skipped fifth and eight grade, I surpassed multiple of my coding teachers,” Ganke named on the reasons, keeping the other boys eyes on him as the air got a bit stuffier.
“I would eat, sleep, drink and breathe Prowler, 젠장,” Ganke sharply cursed as Miles listened with batted breath, swallowing as his eyes settled on Ganke’s lips. “You both would be lucky, blessed even, to have me. Just because you and your uncle don’t like hearing the truth about yourselves—“
“No, I loved hearing what you had to say.” 42 Miles cut the boy off. “Very astute, you’re very well-spoken and articulate and accurate. I would be blessed to have you. I liked hearing every word.” He admitted, shamelessly. Now, Ganke’s hands were on Miles wrist, pausing. Adam’s apples rising and falling as eyes did the same, and the temperature increased and the dark-skinned boy took his hands away, catching his breath. Not now.