#percy’s loyalty

[moonlit-typewriter]

The voice crack when Percy says that he wishes there was a way the quest could succeed without sacrificing himself, the slightly surprised look when Annabeth says she won’t leave without his mom, the tight-lipped teary-eyed smile when he says “just checking,” the way his breathing speeds up when he sits in the chair,

This episode still has me in shambles

#and I don’t think I’ll ever recover #everything about it was so right #percy jackson and the olympians #the lightning thief #pjo fandom #percy jackson #pjo tv show #pjo disney+ #percy series #annabeth chase #annabeth pjo #walker scobell #pjo ep 5 #pjo ep 5 spoilers #Percy’s fatal flaw #pjo golden throne scene #Percy’s loyalty #ares pjo #waterland

[ruegarding]

i never understood ppl claiming percy has never suffered the consequences of his loyalty. you're talking about percy "i know the prophecy said my friend would betray me but these are my friends they wouldn't betray me" jackson, who walked into a remote part of the forest with luke and almost died in book one. you're talking about percy "kronos told me point-blank there was a traitor but i can't imagine any of these ppl betraying me" jackson, who decided to stop looking for the traitor and moved on. you're talking about percy "nico is acting suspicious and very clearly hiding something from me but he's my friend and i trust him" jackson, who walked into nico's very obvious set up and almost got himself held hostage during the titan war. percy is so loyal that he cannot fathom betrayal until it's happening, and it has nearly killed him multiple times.

#i think ppl focus on what athena said #'you would destroy the world to save a friend' #but that's not fatal for percy! that's what makes percy dangerous *to the gods* #loyalty is a fatal flaw *for percy* bc he can be told point blank that his friend will betray him and still not be able to comprehend it! #i don't know that percy ever voiced his inability to consider betrayal to anyone (in the books i'm pretty sure it's internal dialogue) #so all anyone else sees is the danger he poses to *them* and *their plans* #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo hoo toa #pjo books #fatal flaws #percy #min talks pjo

[mydairpercabeth]

The scenes of Luke training Percy were so expertly written. He wasn’t just training Percy, he was actively recruiting Percy. He fuels Percy’s anger and mistrust of the gods. He didn’t even need to alter how Percy saw the gods because he could already see the resentment Percy had of his dad, mirroring his own. He was absolutely sure he had Percy on his side but he didn’t account for one thing, Percy’s fatal flaw. Percy’s loyalty to his family and friends supersedes all else. Luke can’t betray Annabeth, almost kill him, Grover and Annabeth, put his mother in a dangerous position, and then expect him to be on his side. That is where he fails.

#i wanna give the writers a kiss on the forehead #tuck them in #MWAH #EXPERT WRITING #flawless execution #percy jackson #luke castellan #pjo #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson the lightning thief #pjo tv #annabeth chase #grover underwood #percy series #pjo tv show #walker scobell #charlie bushnell #fatal flaw being loyalty is so real

[thishazeleyeddemon]

saw some people talking about "how could Percy say Luke was his real friend after like a day" and unfortunately while I get your point I remember being twelve and lonely and insane and daydreaming about being lifelong besties with anyone who was nice to me for two minutes

#pjo TV #percy jackson #this is the kid whose fatal flaw is loyalty #riordanverse

[kermitthesog]

OBSESSED with the newest episode of percy jackson. percy knew he was going to die but did NOT want to let annabeth die on his watch. this man was DYING FROM VENOM but went to fight the chimera because that’s what he does and his fatal flaw is DEFINITELY loyalty. THE SWITCHUP- THE BREATHS HE TOOK AGAINST THE DOOR IN RELIEF THAT HE COULD STAY BEHIND AND SAVE HIS FRIENDS- anyway. here are some episode 4 posts :)

#this man and his bravery #FATAL FLAW = LOYALTY #ANYTHING FOR HIS FRIENDS #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo series #pjo #pjo fandom #percy jackson show #rick riordan #percy and annabeth #percy jackson adaptation #annabeth percy jackson #percy jackson spoilers #percy jackson tv series #percy jackson tv show #percy jackson series #pjo spoilers #pjo tv show #pjo tv adaptation #walker scobell #annabeth chase

[liesmultixxx]

“Why did you leave me?”

can you hear me crying?

the way annabeth thought percy had abandoned her like everyone else

… girl he fell into tartarus for you, he would never leave you

NEVER

rick was evil for that

#percy jackson #pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo universe #riordanverse #annabeth chase #percabeth #percabeth is percabething #percy x annabeth #annabeth and percy #pjo hoo #hoo #heroes of olympus #house of hades #hoh #house of hades book #when i tell you i actually cried for like an hour after i read this passage #RICK THIS WAS SO EVIL OF YOU #annabeths fear of abandonment really kicked in here #ma’am he would never do that #his fatal flaw is loyalty #he is LOYAL TO YOU #you’re the love of his life annabeth #ffs #be so fr #screaming crying throwing myself against a wall

[randomness-is-my-order]

with how things have been changed in the show, it was percy’s choice to stay behind and fight the echidna so grover and annabeth could be safe. he was ready to give his life for his best friend and the girl he met last saturday. he was, honest to gods, okay with dying on that arch if it meant his friends could live. he is twelve years old. let that just sink in.

#yes loyalty is his fatal flaw but it’s just so appalling that kids are put in such grievous life or death situation so callously #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #percy pjo #pjo #pjo fandom #pjo series #pjo tv show #pjo tv adaptation #walker scobell #pjo tv series #pjo tv spoilers

[dameronalone]

thinking about how percy jackson is seen as intimidating because of his godly powers from his father but the thing that makes him the most dangerous is his humanity from his mother

#I like to think that's the point but still #percy jackson #pjo #pjo tv #obsessed with this kid bc he only cares abt the 'cause' as long as it aligns with his interests which is keeping his family safe #THATS why he's so intimidating to everyone #because yes he IS extremely powerful #but it's the the ruthlessness to protect the drive he has the utter determination that makes it so much of a threat #like in tlt just the sheer determination he has to bring back Sally. jfc kid I've met adults with less spine than you #HE WAS TWELVE. GOOD LORD MAN #obsessed with this kid I love him #like percy didn't get that loyalty and devotion from his *father* that was all Sally baby #loyalty to the point of it being his fatal flaw. yeah. not his dad. not the divine ichor. that's all humanity

[where-our-stories-start]

#percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo #walker scobell #chiron #glynn turman #dionysus #mr. d #jason mantzoukas #sally jackson #mother and son #god bless percy and his loyalty to his mom #she did good

[somewhereincairparavel]

Its actually so ironic that Romans claim that they are all "loyal soldiers" but camp Jupiter didn't even TRY to look for Jason??? That man was literally a praetor and is legit the SON of Jupiter. He is so important to their camp and held so much emotional importance. He was there since he was 4! None of his friends there apart from reyna seemed concerned about him either (heck I'd even argue that reyna's concern was watered down aswell, it could've been written better, rick making her develop a brief crush on Percy seemed very ooc for her, considering that she had been pining for jason for quite a long time and was seriously confident that they'd be together, So her pushing that out the window for a new boy she met 2 weeks ago and just accepted Jason disappearance without much thought was not very Reyna tbh but it's my opinion ig) they were all just like "oh such a shame ig jason was cool"

It proves how they treat soldiers like they're some scraps of machine. Only important if they are helpful to you. But if they're gone? No big deal. We can always replace him with someone better.

If you compare this with chb, they are SO loyal to Percy, even the hunters started looking for him, even when they had little to no success, they tried anyway.

Camp Jupiter gave up pretty quickly and just considered him dead. heck, even if they thought jason was dead, why didnt they hold a funeral for him? not even a thank you for all the service he provided? it's heartbreaking. Because a part of Jason KNEW in the lost hero that nobody was looking for him the way Thalia was looking for Percy. He didn't even need his memories back to know that the people of his hometown didn't consider him as important. Fucking tragic.

In a way, I'm kind of glad Jason sort of rejected his roman life bc they did not deserve him at all (Except Reyna/hazel/Frank ofc but you get my point) atleast he had self respect to not go crawling back to a place where no one ever hesitated to replace him.

Camp half blood had done more for Jason in 6 months than Camp Jupiter had done in 15 years. To them, jason was just an asset, to the Greeks, Jason was a friend.

#Jason deserved the loyalty from his camp that Percy got #He literally dedicated his whole life to Roman duty bruh he lost his childhood in the process too #pjo #jason grace #pjo hoo #percy jackson #pjo series #pjo hoo toa #pjo fandom #annabeth chase #piper mclean #leo valdez #frank zhang #reyna ramirez arellano #nico di angelo

[cam-stopped-eating-candles]

Thalia and her Artemis sanctioned wolf friend

#percy jackson and the olympians #thalia grace #thalia pjo #pjo thalia #hunters of artemis #pjo #Percy Jackson #pjo books #percy jackson books #cam eats crayons #Thalias wolf is named Pal #I too would pledge my loyalty to Artemis as a child for pet wolves

[moonlit-typewriter]

Things we didn’t get to see onscreen but, based on what we did see, still canonically happened: The second the gold covered Percy’s face and he realized he was going to suffocate before they came back for him

#i cannot stop thinking about it #send help #this series has me in a chokehold #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo fandom #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #pjo tv show #pjo disney+ #percy series #pjo #pjo spoilers #pjo series #pjo ep 5 spoilers #pjo ep 5 #riordanverse #percy’s fatal flaw #percy’s loyalty #he’s just a kid #he's literally a child #claustrophobic Percy Jackson

[king-wilhelm]

The shocked little face Annabeth makes right as she lets go of percy like she forgot grover was there, like she didn't expect to hold onto him for so long, like she didn't expect to be that worried for him, like she didn't expect herself to run upto and hug him in the first place.

#The slow shift of her loyalty from her mom and the gods to percy #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo series #pjo tv show #pjo disney+ #annabeth chase #walker scobell #leah sava jeffries

[mydairpercabeth]

Annabeth shifting her unwavering loyalty from Athena to Percy just because Percy was actually there for her while Athena intentionally put her in danger for something someone else did

#WHEN I CATCH YOU ATHENA #i am coming to annabeth with adoption papers #thats my daughter #percy jackson #annabeth chase #percabeth #percy x annabeth #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson the lightning thief #percy series #pjo tv #pjo #pjo tv show #ANNABETH YOU WILL KNOW REAL LOVE AND LOYALTY I PROMISE

[shhhhimwatchingthis]

I see a lot of people talking about the duel between Luke and Percy, and while a lot of people are correctly interpreting the moment where Percy cuts Luke and immediately apologizes and lowers his guard as another moment revealing Percy's fatal flaw --loyalty and love for his friends, an inability to contemplate betrayal and a habit of giving mercy/redemption to those people-- I think a lot of people are misinterpreting, or glossing over the next moment--when Luke retaliates

people seems to be reading the moment where Luke strikes Percy back, knocking him to the ground and drawing blood as a comment on Luke's cruelty and violence,(in contrast with Percy's loyalty and mercy) and while i don't think that's wrong, I think a better way to look at the moment is that Luke's reaction reveals his fatal flaw.

its never explicitly stated in the books, But Rick Riordan mentioned it after The Last Olympian in interviews. Lukes fatal flaw is Wrath. he is angry, blindingly, overwhelmingly angry at the gods, and Kronos is able to manipulate and twist that anger until things go so far Luke is forced to destroy himself to save the world

The duel between Luke and Percy is such a brillant scene, yes because Luke and Percy are foils, yes we see Percy's fatal flaw in Crystal clarity. but we see Luke's too--he reacts in a surge of anger knocking Percy to the ground, making him bleed, ignoring Percys apology because in the moment he doesn't care about reconciliation only revenge, he hesitates only just before killing Percy, his rage taking over. Luke doesn't make Percy bleed in this scene in a moment of cold or calculated cruelty. its swift burning and unthinking anger. its his doom. because the next moment Annabeth reveals herself, sides with Percy, and Luke runs off, isolated, where, if you've read the books, he becomes even more tragically isolated from his friends and vulnerable to Kronos' manipulation

Loyalty and Wrath cost them both in that fight. their fatal flaws indeed.

#percy jackson #luke castellan #annabeth chase #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo series #pjo spoilers #the lightning thief #the lightning theif spoilers #the last olympian spoilers #percy jackson meta #luke castellan meta #loyalty and wrath #fatal flaws #brillant fucking writing #character foils

[lynsstrange]

that’s the rage of a prepubescent twelve year old boy right there

#(a twelve year old boy who’s fatal flaw happens to be loyalty) #his bro was gone and he decided to skip over any sense of diplomacy and go straight to plan FERAL #percy jackson #grover underwood #pjo series #percy jackson tv show #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo tv show #pjo spoilers #pjo fandom #percabeth #annabeth chase #walker scobell #percy jackson show