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audreyscribes · 1 month

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Ω PJO DEMIGOD HEADCANONS: 🥂HEBE: Goddess of Youth and Forgiveness 🙏

Author's note: Hello everyone! In lieu of posting the major gods demigod headcanons, here is the minor gods version!As usual these headcanons will contain what it's like being claimed and what it's like for the respective god and cabin, followed by a small story between you, the reader, and the respective demigod of that god. Thank you for reading and please like and reblog! [PJO MINOR GODS DEMIGOD HEADCANONS MASTERLIST] Disclaimer: To new fans or strictly TV watchers of the PJO series, future spoilers for the entire PJO series books will be referenced. Read at your own risk.

When you get claimed, things start to make sense. You smell fresh, your skin is bouncier and smoother than usual. A cup appears in your hand, in a form that is familiar to you and it is filled with your favourite comfort drink. You take a sip and it makes you feel right at home and brings you vigour to you.

Your half-siblings explain that cup is magical and is also your cup-bearer. It never goes empty, at its optimal temperature and freshness, and you can share your drink like a fountain for others to drink at your own will. The catch is it is limited to only one, non-alcoholic drink, which is the same drink that appeared when you got claimed.

They say the drink tells a lot about the individual, however, there have been some questionable drinks such as one child of Hebe who had a goblet that had never ending pickle juice. At some point, they had to get the drink changed by going to Hebe if they could have a different drink because of reasons that led to pickle juice incidents.

It’s not just a never-ending drink beverage. It’s actually a pretty effective weapon. You see its potential use when you had the insane idea to create a flood and took a shot when you saw a horde of monsters. Like turning on the hose all the way, the drink shot out of the chalice like a firefighter’s hose, the strength of it pushing you backwards from the force of it, all the while a flood of your drink flooded away the monsters. Percy Jackson came forwards and was confused yet laughing his stomach off when he came over because of-said flood.

Being a child of Hebe makes sense when you look at yourself. There’s a sense of youthfulness to you. You’re either baby-faced and/or have been mistaken regularly for a younger age. It may be convenient at times while also being very annoying to deal with, but at least the slight annoyance is smoothed over the fact that you are a child of Hebe, and from what you hear about your godly parent, it just makes sense.

To a certain degree, some children of Hebe can magically turn themselves to look younger than their actual age, but they can’t look older than they actually are. However, don’t do this too much because there’s a chance you might not be able to reverse it in a timely manner. Don’t worry, according to Hebe, the max limit you’ll be able to turn young is at 8 years old. Anyways, enjoy getting those sweet children prices and discounts!

Though you also have a ‘childish’ trait that is just a part of you; either something like baby fat, soft baby-like hair, a childish voice- once you’re claimed though, you learn how to control it on command. You have no idea how useful it is as a tactic to deceive your foes by using a child’s like voice to drop down their guard to only attack them right after.

Being a child of Hebe also means children are naturally drawn to you. If you’re not a big fan of children, don’t worry about it. There’s some sort of effect that makes the children around you be very well-mannered.

You can also make people look more youthful; for a more powerful child of Hebe, they can make others look actually young. You can make a good business in giving people good skincare, which is revolving clients from the Aphrodite cabin . Or make great bucks from the Hermes cabin alone to make the campers look young and open a whole lot of more pranks.

In all seriousness, the children of Hebe are probably let out on more minor quests by Chiron with the Satyrs looking for young demigods. If you don’t like being in school, I get it but you have an important task of seeking any potentially endangered demigods and protecting them from monsters that threaten them.

There’s a strange thing among the children of Hebe that isn’t even conscious. You know how sometimes parents will keep a memento of their child when they were little? Like the locks of their hair when they were a baby or your baby teeth? Well, all children of Hebe still have it and have them on them. Like the children of Tyche, it acts as their lucky item or in this case, their totem, amulet or what have you. You have heard many stories of how your fellow half-siblings have to protect your lock of baby hair from others to preserve their youthfulness to actually fighting off the tooth fairies. Apparently, children of Hebe baby teeth are very prized among the tooth fairies-

Hebe sends you guys arcade games or just ordinary games, regularly for you all to play, as she manages an arcade called “Hebe Jeebies”. It’s a blast to the past and you’ll find yourself transported back to your childhood.

Speaking of childhood, children of Hebe are masters of childhood joy and nostalgia. This ranges from being able to name and make toys from anyone’s childhood to saying nostalgic memes, references, and such. You are abhorred when younger demigods don’t know “What is Love” by Haddaway. Good thing you know Rick Astley will Never Gonna Give You Up.

With Hebe also being worshipped closely with her mother, Hera, you and your siblings manage Hera’s cabin-temple as proxy. If anyone is going to survive Hera’s wrath or one of her bad days, it’s the children of Hebe. Your cabin is treated like a hero because of this.

If you’re a fan of chicken, well good news for you! Well, if you like the animal chicken and not actually eating chicken as a meat. Hebe’s sacred animal is the chicken so it’s not unusual to have a chicken coop.

Not many people know that Hebe is also considered the goddess of Forgiveness. Like Aphrodite and charmspeak, you can talk to people to forgive themselves, and in others as well. You don’t tell them that they have to forgive and forget, that they’re allowed to remember but forgive, but at some point the burden will become too much and you can let go.

When you get claimed, you feel slightly rejuvenated and giddy that you haven’t felt in a very long time. You almost felt like a super young again, before you were still unaware of the world of the gods. You weren’t sure if it was just the fact that you got claimed or it was Hebe’s blessing. Your skin definitely felt tighter, plump, and soft like a baby. As you were inspecting your arm and how smooth it was, you also caught the whiff of something like warm milk and baby powder?

You saw something shimmer in the sky and you squinted. The light seemed to blend a bit before it took a form. You saw what looked like to be a chalice before it floated down into your hands. As soon you grasped it, it became heavier. You inspected its outside appearance before you could hear something like liquid? You raised the chalice up a bit to peer the interior and then out of nowhere, liquid began to spill out of it. You let out a gasp and sputtered, pulling back the chalice as it filled with the mysterious liquid.

Upon instinct, your tongue darted out to lick off what was on your lips before you wiped off what you could with your arm. Then the taste finally hits you.

You blinked in confusion, smacking your tongue against the root of your mouth to gather the taste again before realisation hit you. You looked at the chalice, the liquid seemingly familiar to you before you tentatively brought the rim to your lips. You tipped the chalice just so and took a careful sip. The liquid poured out of the chalice and it flowed in a familiar way to you before and you gasped in glee at the taste.

It was your favourite drink of your favourite flavour. It was the right consistency, the right temperature, and its peak state that you liked so much. You looked at the chalice in awe. Inspecting it and wondered how you even had it, and it’s appearance before you heard shouts.

You looked up and saw a large boy with dark skin with remarkable features. You looked at him in awe and you faintly noted the Brazilian flag around his person. He greeted you with a bright white smile as he waved, before he began to speak happily.

“Ola! meu nome é Paolo! filho de Hebe e seu novo irmão. Prazer em conhecê-lo!” he introduced himself.

You understood what he was saying completely fine and waved, introducing yourself in your own native language. Paolo’s eyes lit up as he understood you fine as well, before he began to talk to you eagerly. You wondered if the children of Hebe all spoke different languages, they still understood each other properly. If this was true, you wondered if it had to do something with the language of Youth, how babies seemingly talked and understood each other, even if they had differences, yet seemed to share a deep innate language with each other.

“Come, come, let me show you around!” said Paolo, gesturing to you to follow. He happily helped you grab your stuff from the Hermes cabin and led you to your new cabin.

When you entered it and felt a strong wave of nostalgia hit you, even though this was your first time in this cabin. There was just something about it that seemed familiar to you however. Even the bed you were given reminded you of your childhood bed, if not its appearance but how it felt. The entire cabin had bits of nostalgia as you saw stuff from your own childhood, as if the cabin had catered areas of pieces of your time existing.

As Paolo introduced you to the cabin and showed you around, you both shared your own drinks from your own chalices, Paolo introduced you to a soft drink called Guarana, while you let him taste your personalised drink from your own chalice. He showed you his chalice in the form of a different vessel and showed you how to change your own chalice shape into your preferred form; whether it could be a regular mug, a tiny teacup, a kiddie cup, or whatever you so desired with any appearance and design on it.

The two of you continued to share drinks and talk, letting you get to know more about each other; comparing your own childhoods with each other, your cultures, and the similarities and differences between you.

a/n: Sorry to the Brazilians and Portguese speakers for the use of google translate. I've tried to remember of what I've heard before and reviewing the Brazilians speaking to get a sense of casual speaking when I was watching the QSMP but hope it's bearable. Please forgive me 🙏 if someone gives me a better way of saying it, send me an ask, I'll replace it with that

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aroaceleovaldez · 1 month

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i keep thinking about Drew Tanaka/Will Solace/Paolo Montes as a poly ship. three pretty best friends except theyre dating

#pjo #riordanverse #drew tanaka #will solace #paolo montes #i love the idea of drew and will being that flavor of best friend where they would 100% date each other they just choose not to #except for when they do. also theyre the best friends dynamic where they bitch about stuff together #drew bringing out will's secret huge bitch side is delightful to me #this ship concept dynamic to me is just like. three most popular kids in school who know theyre hot shit #Drew is the enabler in the group. Paolo is the voice of reason. Will is the one who makes everybody play nice.#Drew often wins out. she doesnt even use charmspeak or anything #Will and Paolo just keep going ''okay you have convinced us. We will be A Little Silly. As A Treat.''#Drew: I didnt even say anything || Will and Paolo: And say no more. we have been convinced.

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hauntingyouwithpjo · 3 months

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Out of ALL the background ships, I personally think Paulo and Valentina Diaz are so CUTE!!

Also here’s proof I’m not making shit up

#valentina diaz #paolo montes #can half blood confidential #percy jackson #pjo #rick riordan #percy jackon and the olympians #heroes of olympus #pjo hoo toa #hoo #the trials of apollo #trials of apollo #I still need to come up with a name for this ship

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the-tortured-apollo-department · 2 months

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Okay, three things about Paolo Montes that are VERY BRAZILIAN 🇧🇷

1- He knows english but only speaks portuguese: Our language is very rich in metaphors and sometimes expressing our feelings in english is not enough, ex: "Get the horse out of the rain", means "stop doing that"

Our list of swear words is more extensive too and also includes a lot of metaphors 😚 so for him and many others in this country it is uncomfortable to change

2- Good luck kiss: When Apollo goes to look for his children, Paolo gives him a good luck kiss on the cheek

Brazilians in general are very affectionate, especially those who live in the north of the country. Kisses and hugs are not just reserved for close friends but also the group you belong to

Paolo probably felt that he and Apollo were in the same group and began to be affectionately protective of him

3- Brazilian flags as a sign of luck 🇧🇷

This is very real especially when you are betting on something. Many here believe that the flag brings good things because it represents the country's riches: green from the Amazon, yellow from abundance, blue from the clear sky and waters, and white from peace

The flag has become unpopular recently because of right-wing parties wanting to take it as a symbol, but there are still many brazilians who use their flags as a symbol of luck and happiness 🇧🇷💕

#Paolo Montes my bro #I screamed when Apollo said that Olympus intended to move to Brazil in the future #Here is the perfect place for a sun god #I think Apollo would spend a lot of time on the beaches of the northeast #AND ARTEMIS COULD TAKE CARE OF THE AMAZON AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #I have to stop thinking about it #I might end up going crazy #hahahahaha and Poseidon would love Fernando de Noronha island 🥴#Okay stop #trials of apollo #toa apollo #toa #paolo montes

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italianhomosexuality · 2 months

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today i think about paolo and how rick riordan sucks sometimes

#pjo #pjo critical #rr crit #paolo montes #he had such potential #could've been such an interesting character #and yet #trials of apollo #pjo hoo toa

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yonemurishiroku · 1 year

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Speaking of it, I wonder how Paulo would react to the Underworld...

As in, IIRC he's the son of Hebe, the goddess of youth, presumingly with err... abundant life force and regenerating ability? The point is, it's innate. So like. Would he be affected, is what I'm wondering.

Because if you bring a source of light in a dark room, it'd appear to your eyes as brighter. You know, the contrast, color theory, or whatever that is. It would be quite fascinating if Paulo could do that... You know. Son of youth. Blooming in the Underworld, clashing with its very existence. I'll dig that.

Now I think of it, I wonder what difference would it make if this was Will and Nico's dynamic...

The darkness that accentuates the light, and the light that bears darkness itself. Instead of being weakened, Will's presence just straight up scares the living daylights out of the Underworld residents, and it's up to Nico to stealthily drags the now equivalence of an atomic bomb through his house without causing a ruckus.

#the sun and the star #tsats #pjo #hoo #toa #yone rambling #percy jackson and the olympians #paulo montes #heroes of olympus #trials of apollo #nico di angelo #will solace #paolo montes #solangelo

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algumaideia · 2 years

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I get so angry when I think about Paulo Montes.

Like all Rick needed to do was go to the internet, search Brazilian name for boys and then choose a name. It is that simple. It would take less than five minutes. But noooo he needed to get this weird name. I have no idea where the hell he got Paolo from. It is not a Brazilain name, you won't find people named Paolo here.

Like Joelho (knee in Portuguese) would have been a more accurate name. So please, PJO fandom it is Paulo Montes, not Paolo.

Besides it really bothers me how Paulo is an object of desire. He is first introduced as someone Will finds attractive and is there to make Nico jealous. Then Apollo finds him attractive. And then he comes back in another book only to be Valentina's love interest. All of this while he doesn't have a real personality or speak English!!! This doesn't seem right at all for me, considering how Brazilians are sexuallized by gringos.

#paulo montes #paolo montes #rick riordan critical #anti rick riordan #toa critical

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mistresscitrusslice · 1 year

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If Will’s in Taratarus, who’s going to reattach Paolo’s limbs when he gets them sliced off at the next deadly camp activity?

#paolo montes #will solace #the sun and the star #tsats #solangelo book #trials of apollo #the trials of apollo #toa #pjo #pjo hoo toa #rrverse #riordanverse

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citrusreadstoa · 1 year

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Reading The Hidden Oracle: Chapter 13 (SPOILERS)

"fortunately our healers in the Apollo cabin were able to reattach Paolo's arms." Ex- excuse me? No, no, no. No. They're having a three-legged death race. And they've done it before. A boy lost both his arms and they still want to do it again. Chiron, no. Don't do this. Not even to satisfy the overeager eight year old. I cannot begin to express how bad of an idea this is. I also cannot begin to express how excited I am to see this happen and for this to become a regular camp thing.

"Paolo understands English okay, but he only speaks Portuguese." Paolo's like me! :))) I can understand some Cantonese, but forget it if you want me to speak it back to you. I just can't remember the words. It also comes as a surprise that the gods can't naturally speak all languages.

"You're staring." "I am merely assessing how well Paolo's arms are functioning after surgery." My beloved Portuguese ex-amputee. I am immediately very attached to this character. Will knows where it's at.

"It also expands our understanding of the Labyrinth." THE FUCKING LABYRINTH??? YESYESYESYESYESYES. We have it confirmed, folks! The Labyrinth is fully revived: a sentient beast that now, with Daedalus and Pasiphaë gone, answers to no master! Well, no master except Harley the sadistic eight year old boy who is deliberately making the maze even deadlier.

"Doesn't feel so evil. Not quite as deadly." So naturally, you brought in Harley the mad scientist to make up for that!

"Thank you, Sherman. It's good to know you won't be giving the god of archery a swirly." It's probably for the best. I think that would've broken him.

Okay, a lot just happened. Peaches is here to save Meg from being dunked, the loyal good boy he is. I feel sorry for Connor's hair, but he probably deserves it considering his pranking history. Anyway, I see Meg and I are on the same page. Magic weapon rings are where it's at and so are curved swords. This also basically confirms it. Meg is a Roman demigod -- and clearly one that has been trained before, too.

"She's a communist!" Oh, the horror! Not the commies infiltrating camp! I can't-- This took me out. Anyway, now we know for sure Meg is a Demeter kid. So we've checked off every eldest god that can have children now. For main characters who have a parent that is one of the OG six Kronos kids: Percy for Poseidon, Jason for Jupiter/Zeus, Hazel and Nico for Pluto/Hades, and Meg for Ceres/Demeter. We've collected 'em all.

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cupidisahoe · 1 year

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Paulo as a frevo dancer☂️

#paolo montes #toa #trials of apollo #pjo

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heresronnie21 · 1 year

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I'm making paolo trans and you can't stop me

#paolo montes #trials of apollo #paolo toa

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livsoulsecrets · 2 years

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Rating Brazilian characters in foreign media (updated)

Jenny Kord (Blue Beetle)

Where do I start? Bruna Marquezine on her first Hollywood movie, playing a wonderful, brilliant important character in a DC movie. 10/10. I loved every second of Blue Beetle, I don’t care what anyone says, Jenny owns me. She spoke 3 words total in Portuguese and I was ready to give up my firstborn for her.

Iván Carvalho (Elite)

The whole “I’m in love with this guy who’s fucking my dad while I’m fucking his sister” thing? That could be the plot of a Brazilian soap opera any day, so 8/10 just for the pure chaos of that. I know it’s messy af, but it’s refreshing to see Brazilians that are not trafficking drugs or being thugs, so I’ll gladly welcome the chaos.

Also, I love how the show included the conversations in Portuguese between him and his dad. It makes no sense for two characters who are fluent in a language not to speak it with each other when they are alone or emotional, especially if they’re family.

Emilia Alo

I have been obsessed with Gigi for years now and she’s very talented, so I of course love Emilia. It’s great to hear her saying Portuguese words during her dialogues and singing Brazilian songs. I do wish the show gave her more screen time though, so I’m giving this a 8/10

Also, it’s amazing to see a Brazilian character that’s bisexual and an artist in a mainstream Netflix show!

Marlon Sousa (Surviving Summer)

I know nobody watches this show but it was a really good surprise, similar to Ivan’s case, it has dialogues in Portuguese between Marlon and his mom, which is always great to see! It even has a scene where the character briefly talks about how hard it was to adapt to a new country and language and how important surf was to him in that process, overall 8/10

Roberto da Costa/Sunspot (The new mutants)

Burn it. Burn the whole thing down. Shamelessly white washing one of the few Brazilian superheroes (are we even surprised though, coming from Marvel?) was ridiculous. What the hell were they thinking, -100000/10

Vanessa (Taxi)

Look, is this movie good, objectively speaking? No.

Was this character a robber and a criminal - very stereotypically so? Yes.

Was Gisele Bündchen drop dead gorgeous in this and my gay awakening? Also yes.

So I’ll give her 7/10 for this sole reason

Paolo Montes (Trials of Apollo)

Look he is a very minor character with barely any lines and quite stereotypical features. That being said, he’s quite Brazilian in his refusal to say things in English, just speaking Portuguese nonstop and leaving the gringos to figure it out, which I love. Also the Brazilian kid having the worst luck and being Hebe’s son is quite funny. So I’ll give him 7/10

Eduardo Saverin (The social network)

Okay. I get it. Andrew is great, the whole “smacking a keyboard down” scene is amazing. It’s a 2010 movie, made before representation was a hot topic.

All that being said, the character is based in a real person. Kid’s name is Eduardo. He was born in Brazil, even though he was raised in the states.

Rubs me the wrong way he’s not played by a actor with a similar background. However, Eduardo, just like Andrew, is of Jewish descent through his immigrant grandparents, which is very accurate. Win some, lose some, I guess. Give it a 5/10 I suppose?

Honorable mention:

Rio

It’s a movie about blue macaws (Araras azuis in Portuguese), not a character in itself, so no ratings.

Even though it’s an USA-made movie, Rodrigo Santoro (all of our mothers’ crushes and a famous Brazilian actor) plays the main human character and the director is Brazilian. The songs are great, but English simply doesn’t do this movie justice.

This film in Portuguese marked my childhood, which is a testament to how great Brazilian dubbing is. Please listen to Hot Wings (Brazilian version).

Note: I know there were a few Brazilians in Shameless, never watched the shows but know they were drug dealers - which, yeah, not fun. I did see some scenes where Portuguese was being spoken though and it was quite funny.

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