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partiallypearl · 2 months

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*at gun point* What are some of your jeyna hcs

i have too fucking many but aight let’s go

they first met on one of jason’s quests. hylla and reyna had just escaped from circe’s and the pirates, jason was just abt to fight the sea monster. they both help each other out and become tentative friends

reyna does not trust him as far as she can throw him for a while. it takes jason a long time to prove himself to her

when they get back to cj, first cohort almost immediately tries to get reyna to join them, but the idea of not being able to be friends with jason is what holds her back

the jellybean thing becomes a joke after a quest goes wrong in seattle circa ttc. turns out harpies love jellybeans and they will leave you alone if you sacrifice them

jason learned how to braid hair as a little kid (fully stealing this hc from one of @hecatea’s old fics) and he was in charge of reyna’s hair once it started growing back out

speaking of reyna’s hair, it was cut into a fairly short bob when he first met her, so the first time he sees it down and almost rib length, he does a spit take

jason has several lichtenberg scars on his back and shoulders and reyna has fallen asleep tracing them quite often

their first kiss was during their third quest together circa botl. reyna thought jason was going to die and grabbed him and kissed him before watching him walk into what they both thought would be a trap. he survived (obvi) and they didn’t speak about the kiss until his birthday nearly a month later

they never outright admitted their feelings for each other but it was one of those things everyone knows about

during the battle of mount othrys, reyna takes a knife to the stomach for jason, and he goes ballistic afterwards. the sudden surge of anger and devotion is how he got officially recognized as juno’s champion

he makes her promise that she won’t die on him. she’s too scared to make him promise the same to her

they start planning their trip to dalmatia as a joke during one of their smaller quests, but eventually they both become genuinely interested in doing it

reyna has/had an old polaroid camera that she used to take photos of anything and everything. her collection of photos of jason is the biggest

her favourite photo of jason is him staring out at the pacific ocean with a blue superman hat on and this pensive look on his face. it would have done numbers on tumblr

jason kept/keeps every single sticky note reyna has ever written for him. he likes to look at her writing when he isn’t feeling well

they both get elected to praetorship shortly after the battle of mount othrys. reyna’s incredibly happy about it. jason is not.

the night jason goes missing, him and reyna had just had a massive argument about his hatred of being praetor

reyna refuses to burn jason’s burial shroud for months until shortly before percy arrives at cj. it would mean admitting defeat and she won’t do that

she never tells jason what venus told her at charleston. even if/when they get together, she never tells him

now this is fully hc, but i like to think that instead of jason dying, he just fully detaches himself from the demigod world and after a few years, him and reyna meet again at a coffee shop or something in san francisco and they slowly repair their broken friendship

#pjo #heroes of olympus #jeyna #jason grace #reyna avila ramirez arellano #reyna ramirez arellano #jeyna hcs #*mine #what is this? fucking 2013 #can’t believe i’m making jeyna content #i hope u like this!#this is mostly roman prequels hcs ngl #bc i’ve thought the most about that era

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seulgishaku · 2 years

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Jason probably grew up with a "boring personality" because no one at the legion wanted to hear what he had to say about something he was interested in.

They didn't have time to deal with "the kid who keeps talking about birds and giving random historical facts".

They probs thought he was hella annoying and Jason started to realize that. They only gave him any attention at all cause he was the son of jupiter and they had to make sure he didn't fuck anything up.

So eventually, he just stopped talking about things he was interested in. Then, when he finally found people who actually wanted to hear what he had to say,

He had nothing to tell them.

#jason grace #hoo #pjo #roman prequel #they killed that boi's personality #absolutely snubbed it

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sodamnbored · 2 years

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This’ll only make sense if you’ve ever been into Harry Potter as well as Percy Jackson, if it makes sense at all, but:

Everybody always talked about if Harry had been raised by McGonagall he would’ve stopped Voldemort in his first year, how he’d have been top of the class along with all the rest of it, etc, and basically how they wanted to see that.

But we’ve got that in Jason. I get we collectively don’t really like Hera, because let’s face it, she kind of sucks. But despite them being the same person, Juno is a totally different person. Mars was way better than Ares, Somnus was way different than Hypnos, and Juno was different snd better than Hera. And Juno is so like McGonagall.

They’re both towering intimidating women in caretaker positions, but the kids around them (specifically Harry/Jason) also have them as a secret sort of motherly figure when push comes to shove. They’re the women that are always there guiding them and teaching them, that they can turn to in a pinch, and when looked at deeper they do kind of see/treat as a mother figure. They’re both reserved and quiet, very intelligent, strict on the outside but got massive soft spots for the kids (McGonagall with basically every student, Juno with the entirety or New Rome as their patron at least) and for their one motherless kid in particular.

Now, obviously I’m taking slight liberties with Jason here because we didn’t get nearly as much Jason/Juno content as we did Harry/McGonagall content. But I at least totally believe everything I’m saying.

There’s that scene in Ravenclaw tower in the last book where the Carrows go after McGonagall and Harry fucks them up for daring to lay a finger on her, and you really get the parental thing there.

Jason did save Juno of course in The Lost Hero, but granted, he was just following orders and not really knowing why. But he still did it, and I put his nonchalance down to amnesia. I am convinced pre-HoO Jason with all his memories would have positively leapt to Juno’s aide the second anyone dared threaten her.

Im not being funny, but Jupiter was AWOL the whole time, they basically even said it in HoO about the Titan War from what little he remembered. It definitely would’ve happened like fighting the giants. Jupiter probably hardly ever, if ever, said a word to him and all the help he got was a lightning bolt from his dad. And you don’t even NEED a god to take down a Titan, so maybe Jupiter didn’t even bother in the first war at all.

Jupiter was the equivalent of the Dursley’s. Actually related by blood and supposed to be responsible for this kid, but did fuck all and didn’t even seem to like him much.

Juno was his patron, effectively a guardian. It would’ve been Juno most likely that gave him counsel if anyone did. Would’ve been Juno expressing even a modicum of pride or approval after the war if anyone did. She was his McGonagall.

She would’ve been way more of a role model, an example for Jason to live up to. Jason basically lived by the Roman motto of the strong protect the weak. Where do you think he got that from? When was the last time Jupiter helped anybody? But Juno was Rome’s patron, she protected the Legion and she cared. He would’ve been more likely to see that in practise and emulate it. He was her champion so he’s make her proud and be New Rome’s first line of defence.

And Jason was smart and accomplished just like everyone’s idea of Harry if he’d been raised by McGonagall. We’ve got it right here in PJO and everybody’s sleeping on it. Rick has got to hurry up with those Roman prequels because I am losing my goddamn mind.

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voidstilesplease · 2 years

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I found your demigod!Stiles stories recently after the boom of the PJO teaser and want to express how much I enjoyed them! I admit steo isn't really my thing (sterek and sciles girl for life) because I hated Theo in teen wolf, but he's tolerable in the fics. Will there be more with sterek or even sciles?

Omg, thank you! I can't even begin to explain why this means a lot to me. The fics in the demigod series are my comfort fics to write and revisit. I have so much planned for this, but time is not on my side. My profession demands most of it, so I can't just sit down and write even though I want to.

I love sterek, too! In fact, the series was born because I wanted a fic where steo and sterek both happened with none of the toxicity expected from steo to exist. Just adventure, monsters, and a little love triangle to mix with the fun. But, yes. Though I've written a lot of one-shots for the series, they've all been for steo since they're the main ship. There wasn't an opportunity for me to write a sterek one-shot. I wanted to do one, a prequel or flashback sort of thing, during the time Stiles had a massive crush on Derek his first year at camp (before Theo came into his life), and Derek humiliated him in front of everyone. To show why Stiles is cold to him at the beginning of the series, but obviously, I hadn't gotten around to it. It's awful, really.

As for sciles, I don't think I ever could write them romantically. I just couldn't see it. Besides, I already wrote Scott into the series as a Roman demigod that Stiles befriends during his visit to Camp Jupiter. He's also very smitten with a hunter of Artemis Allison, so…

Anyway, thank you so much for the support! It's been a while since the last one-shot. I hope to publish another one soon. Crossing my fingers!

#asks #demigod au #teen wolf #steo #sterek

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bunkernine · 4 years

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Octavian, but like, with murder and corrupted morals during the Roman Prequel books

The Son of Lightning

“You’re lucky death isn’t allowed,” the pale blond snarled at me.

You’re lucky they allow ugliness. Snorting, I grabbed the next rung of the ladder. “I’m not afraid of you.”

He grinned wickedly, teeth sharp like canines. “You will be.”

(The Son of Lightning, ch 8)

The Missing Vestal

“Death before dishonor,” Octavian murmured. “But a man who kills another never had honor to begin with.”

Reyna ran without a word. I grimaced and threw the rock at him. “What’s your problem? She told us about her dad because she trusted us.”

Octavian’s jaw clenched. “My family has a long history of death and corruption. It’s in your blood and it won’t go away. Reyna’s cursed her entire line.” He threw the rock back, but it flew past my head. “Don’t chase after her. She needs time.”

“I won’t let that happen,” I scowled at him. “She’s not cursed. And neither are you for that matter. Fate and ancestry is stupid. Nothing is ever set in stone.”

Octavian watched me, and his forehead creased. I didn’t know much about his family, but I was certain that whatever he was implying wasn’t going to happen. I was sure of it.

“Okay,” he said softly, and then didn’t speak after that.

(The Missing Vestal, ch 17)

The Games of War

I grabbed Octavian’s arm. “You can’t seriously think that’s okay.”

“Of course not,” Octavian snatched his arm back. “Have more faith in me, Wolf Boy. It’s ridiculous that they would think we can kill a god. They’re immortal.” He gave me a disgusted look. “Especially not a Fifth Cohort disgrace like you.”

“You know whose fault that is.” I glared.

“Jason.” Despite her brave face during the meeting, Reyna looked nauseous now. “We’re not killing anyone. We’ll find him and figure out what happened.” She glanced at Octavian. “Immortal or not, murder is wrong. There is always another way, even if it may seem like the only option.”

He scoffed. “I know that. Believe it or not but I have morals.” He cracked his knuckles. “As if anyone wants to deal with a death nowadays.”

“Either of you kill that god-” Reyna looked them in the eye. “I’ll do something worse than death. This is my quest and I can not have it go wild.”

“I would never,” I promised.

Octavian nodded grimly. “Never.”

(The Games of War, ch 7)

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For a moment, it seemed like he would do it. Octavian’s hands gripped the golden hair, and his knife was pressing into the god’s neck. An anger I had never seen erupted through Octavian’s facial muscles.

“Do it,” The god giggled deliriously. “Come on, boy. Do it,” His voice grew deeper with each word, more wanting and begging. “Do it. Do it. DO IT. DO IT.”

Octavian cried out and dropped the knife like it burned and jumped away, breathing hard. He began shaking his head, clutching his temple. “No, no, no, no-” he gasped, head darting up to me and Reyna. He looked scared, with our faces no doubt mirroring that.

The god began to cackle, the wretched laughter echoing through the cave, until it suddenly stopped and he slumped over. My hands trembled, the gladius slipping out of my fingers and clattering to the floor.

“Jason...” Reyna’s cried.

“I didn’t- I didn’t kill him,” I choked out. “He’s unconscious.” I licked my lips, grinding my sweaty palms against my thighs. “Unconscious,” I repeated. “Not dead. I can’t- I won’t-”

“It’s okay,” Octavian breathed, placing a hand on my shoulder. His face was pink like taffy, and in his eyes was fear. “It’s okay, Jason.”

(The Games of War, ch 24)

The Witch’s Wrath

“Are you crying?” I laughed at him. It couldn’t be- the Octavian sobbing like a baby? This was gold. Octavian’s head whirled up, and the laugh died in my throat.

“It was an accident,” He cried. His shaking hands wiped across his chest, staining his clothes red. “An accident, I didn’t mean to-” He grabbed at his chest, gasping out, “I didn’t- I didn’t mean to, Jason, you have to-” He scrambled back, gasping.

He must’ve been having some kind of attack again. It wasn’t unlike what happened in Tampa. I shifted between my feet, staring at what Octavian did- what he didn’t mean to do.

There was a lot of blood. I recognized the fallen soldier as one of the Senate’s spies. His face coated in the unfamiliar red, his pulse gone. One of Octavian’s knifes was nestled in his side. My eyes flickered to Octavian’s panting and rocking. It was too late to save this man, but what could I even do?

A small part of me didn’t believe Octavian. But a much bigger part of me did. It was an accident, I thought, and pulled the knife out with a sickening squish and bile rising in my throat. Wiping the pugio clean on my shirt, I crouched next to Octavian.

His pupils were dilated, and he couldn’t stop shaking. I asked him to count with me, if he could, and slowly, Octavian calmed down. I didn’t force the air like last time- that felt too invasive.

“It was an accident,” Octavian shuddered, sobbing into my shoulder. I patted his back, my eyes never leaving the body a few yards away. Auribus teneo lupum. I needed to do something, tell someone, but right now Octavian needed someone too. Who knows what would happened if I left him alone.

I’ve seen death before. Lupa would bite into an animal, holding on until it went limp, and then devour the poor thing. I’ve looked into the face of Proserpina and Thanatos and demanded help. I’ve argued with ghosts and listened to their stories. I knew about Reyna and her dad.

Yet somehow, all of that felt different. Octavian had always been different. It felt like it was always going to come down to this. His father, his siblings, his prophecies- they were always going to lead to this.

I bit the inside of my cheek. No. Things were going to change.

(The Witch’s Wrath, ch 26)

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On the way back, I watched Octavian. I’m not sure why. I thought maybe something would change. He slept with his head on Reyna’s shoulder, nose whistling softly. My mind searched for his hands that should be stained red, or some sense of fear and madness. Some sign that he was disturbed or upset. Instead, he slept like a baby.

I turned away before Reyna could ask what was wrong. It didn’t feel okay that when I looked at my own hands, all I could see was me pulling out that knife. I shakily exhaled, whirling the pinwheel in my hand. It spun slowly, as the bus kept driving.

(The Witch’s Wrath, ch 28)

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Octavian’s look of betrayal will never leave my memories. He left, his father’s hand on his back, leading them out of the temple. Reyna’s face held no emotion. She waited until we were out of sight, before she whipped around and pushed me against the wall.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” She hissed. “Jason, what is wrong with you?”

“He didn’t want anyone to know.”

“I don’t care!” Reyna yelled. “You should’ve told me! We promised no secrets and you hid this? Do you know what you just did?”

I pushed her away. “Octavian’s going to get help and figure it out. I helped him.”

“You think they’re going to help him? After all that happened, you think, those- those,” Reyna sputtered, “those people are going to help him? You think Octavian’s going to come back better?”

“I don’t know,” I admitted. “His family knows what’s right, don’t they?” With Reyna yelling at me like this, I was starting to think I hadn’t thought it through. With exposing that the government was crooked and there were spies everywhere with the Titans, I was beginning to regret telling them about what Octavian did. He was my friend and I had just directed him down an evil path.

Family doesn’t mean anything, Octavian had said back in Oakland. My family... I know they’re into some bad things, but what can I do? It’s been going on for generations. I’m not going to become like them. Why do you think I want to be praetor? It’ll be different this time.

It won’t, I realized. And it was because of me. “We’ll help him,” I desperately assured Reyna. “We can help him.”

“Honestly, Jason?” Reyna’s eyes were cold. “I don’t trust a single thing you say anymore. I don’t think what Octavian did was right, but you? You knew what you were doing. You knew he wanted to be praetor. This sick little game between the two of you has gone too far.”

“No...” I trailed off. That wasn’t it. I didn’t care about those titles, I didn’t want them. It wasn’t about our rivalry. I thought I had been helping him. Reaching out, I called, “Reyna, I-”

“Don’t touch me!” Reyna shrieked, pulling away. “I don’t trust you Jason! This isn’t the first time and it won’t be the last.” She wiped at here eyes, a nasty look on her face, hurt and angry. “You didn’t want people to see you as selfish and power-hungry like your father? Well congrats, Jason. That’s all anyone can see.”

“Reyna-”

She shook her head, stepping back and then when she was far enough, she sprinted away. I wiped at my face, chest heaving. I hadn’t lost just my home in Camp Jupiter today. I lost my family as well.

(The Witches Wrath, ch 36)

The Fall of Rome

“Don’t do it,” Octavian urged. “You can’t come back from something like that. She’s not a monster.”

“But she is,” I growled.

Octavian hesitantly reached out. His cold hand went over mine and he lowered my sword. The Venus girl darted away, running back to the ranks of the Titan army. My anger flared.

“What is your problem?!” I yelled. “She’s one of the bad guys.”

“We both know it’s not black and white like that,” Octavian winced. “Just focus on the mission.”

Even though I was still angry, I can tell by the whipping winds that our fight was not done. The girl was gone anyway. “Fine,” I muttered. “Let’s go.”

(The Fall of Rome, ch 24)

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Reyna and Octavian were both splattered with ichor and blood. I didn’t ask about the latter, nor did they seem inclined to share. Reyna was nauseus, but Octavian seemed only anxious to keep moving, like something was going to catch him.

“What now?” I asked, slumping to the ground. “It’s over.”

Octavian’s armor jostled. “You’re weak, Wolf Boy. It’s never over- Hoc est bellum.” This is war.

Reyna held out her hand. “It’s all you now, Jason. We’ve toppled the Senate, right? All that’s left is the throne. Let us be your sword and shield.”

I swallowed, glancing between their faces. Reyna’s hair had falled out of her braid long ago, and Octavian’s face was streaked with blood. I didn’t know how many monsters or people, even, they killed for me to get here. Now was not the time to give up.

“Okay,” I stood, taking her hand. “Krios, then.”

(The Fall of Rome, ch 25)

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Octavian couldn’t even look at me. It wasn’t my fault- I didn’t ask for praetor. After all that happened, that was the last position I wanted to hold. I just wanted to go back to Gwen’s comforting embrace at the fifth cohort, back to the warm hearth with the Vestals, back to whipping winds of running in the forest as I howled. Instead, I was dripping with gold and purple.

“I checked the stuffing,” Octavian threw the empty stuffed animal skin at me. “Death and confusion is coming your way. Maybe that’s what you deserve.”

“You wouldn’t.”

Octavian seemed almost disgusted. “No, I wouldn’t. You don’t deserve a death from my hands.” He stormed away, and I stared after him. Still, I couldn’t help but feel unnerved.

I’ve seen what Octavian could do. Death was one of them. Whatever his father and the Senate did to him, changed him. But it was my fault they even found out. It was my fault for becoming praetor and dooming him to Augur. I remembered how much Octavian would’ve hated this outcome these past few years. I hated it too, but Octavian abhorred this.

But I was the one who made it happen.

Just then, I was afraid.

(The Fall of Rome, ch 35)

#octavian #octavian pjo #reyna ramírez arellano #roman prequels #jason grace and the dii consentes #this was really fun to do but i also forgot why i did it half way through so... here we go lmao #chb extended 📚#death tw #ummm #ask to tag #i couldn't even go that deeper in depth cause childrens series but i feel like this is also good as is #this was focused on octavian but i was thinking about reyna too so hmmm maybe i'll do something for her next cause i've been way too #octavian based lately 🤔 so who knows!!!! i'd love to but probably not murder cause she doesn't have the same conflicts as octavian #i tried to write this so it makes snese without knowledge of the fake story in my head that i keep messing up LMAOOOO #sense* whatever i cant spell we already knew #okay i edited it a bit lol i should probably do that step before publishinglmaooo

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sadlynotaturtle · 3 years

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Hello, welcome to my Ted Talk. Today we shall talk about our very own blonde Superman.

In my opinion, Jason deserved more. He deserved more credit for the heroic actions he’s done ( even though he clearly has some issues to work out with bricks and having a knack for getting knocked out ). He deserved more of a backstory than what was only given in the series. And that’s the problem that I’ve seen bothers people the most. He wasn’t given enough time to give us more glimpses into his past like the others.

For Percy and Annabeth, we got to see them grow in the PJO series. For Leo, we were given glimpses into his past, no matter how heartbreaking it had been. For Piper, we got to see her character develop and thrive as a young independent woman. For Hazel, we got the ever-so-famous flashbacks into her past life and the heroic actions that unfortunately killed her, along with some greatly appreciated character development. For Frank, we also got to see his character development all the way to the ToA. Even Reyna, who we didn’t get to see much of until HoH, got more spotlight into her life than Jason.

We want to see how he grew up in the Wolf House. We want to see how he defeated Krios. We want to see how he led the Fifth Cohort to victory and pride. But most of all, I think we want to see how Jason became, well, Jason. I don’t think he’s superficial as we know that he’s intelligent and collected, as well as a leader, .... but he could do with more character depth. I want to see how he dealt with the pressure of being so young when he first became praetor. I want to see how he first discovered his powers, how he struggled to gain control of them. I want to see how tired he was after a day’s work of having classes to go to and training to attend to. And we couldn’t get that. All because of our dear Hera, queen of the gods, goddess of marriage and fertility. Patron goddess of peacocks and her Majesty, the Loose Cannon. Thank you for listening to my rant, peace out.

#jason grace #blonde superman #we need more — a prequel to be more specific #sparky #thalia grace #hera #thanks her majesty the loose cannon #camp jupiter #greek mythology #rick riordan #roman mythology #the heroes of olympus #uncle rick #the wolf house #spqr #pjo zeus

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kdotan · 4 years

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ever wonder what Jason’s first quest was like?

pain. And betrayal.

lots of betrayal.

#fanon this is not canon!#this is for my roman prequel story #idk if thats what im gonna name it #anyways eleven year old jason is fun to angst with ;))#jason grace #percy jackon and the olympians #heroes of olympus #pjo #hoo #give this boy a plot #please

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firelordizumi · 5 years

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okay, but i don’t understand why rick had to develop the entire trials of apollo series in order to make three of the worst roman emperors the villains when it could have been a concept easily (and more importantly, validly) explored through a jason grace prequel series.

for starters, they’re roman emperors, meaning it would make more sense if it was a problem the roman demigods focused on tackling instead of some washed out god and ???? trying to insert meg as some kind of catalyst to all of this??

apollo says, “But it seems these men have been plotting against us for very long time. They funded Luke Castellan’s war. They supplied aid to Camp Jupiter when the Romans attacked Camp Half-Blood. And despite those two wars, the Triumvirate is still out there-still plotting. What if this company is the root cause of...well, everything?”

so while they were funding the titan war, why wasn’t it something the roman demigods of camp jupiter were trying to stop while the greek demigods were trying to stop luke/kronos in manhattan? it just doesn’t make a lot of sense to make these roman villains so keen on wrapping their lives around greek affairs when the concept of emperors alone is uniquely roman

#i will also talk about the need for a jason grace prequel for as long as i live #but everyone talking about being anti hoo or anti boo when we all need to be anti toa????#like the storyline of toa actually makes ZERO sense #why are these emperors #a concept that is so uniquely ROMAN #so concerned with this greek god washout and why does meg need to have some kind of special relation to one of the emperors anyway????#what does that add?????#im just going off i guess #toa #i need to start a critique tag #pjo #hoo #honestly! be anti hoo too there are so many plotholes im so mad #i should be happy bc avengers endgame tonight but like #what is this #tiff talks

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partiallypearl · 2 years

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edge of great from julie and the phantoms + jason, bobby, dakota, gwen and reyna…. yea i see the vision

#jason grace #reyna ramirez arellano #gwen pjo #dakota pjo #bobby pjo #roman prequels #pjo #hoo

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seulgishaku · 2 years

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Jason's first time flying was probably a disaster. Mostly because it definitely wasn't expected. Like how many children of Jupiter just waltzed into camp? And how many of them historically could fly? And how many of them were like, 10? The Centurions and Praetors were out of their element on this one.

I'd have to assume it happened sometime at least before the battle with Krios. The legion was already wary of him cause son of Jupiter, duh but also, he was literally a child. They couldn't afford to let him out of their sights cause one, they didn't know what he could do and two, he didn't know what he could do.

So I can just imagine one of the centurions being his designated babysitter, or even Octavian or someone else he was close to in the legion, turning their back for one second and they turn around again and...

They don't see him. They don't see him anywhere and they're like "how could he possibly have gotten away that fast? His legs are so short..", and then they look up and he's literally floating away. He's gotten so far up now that they can't pull him down and they just silently freak out for awhile like "This kid, this literal child is floating away and I can't reach him. If he runs out of energy and falls he's actually going to die." So they run as fast as they can to go get help.

And little Jason's just up in the sky giggling and laughing like a madman having the time of his life, probably wondering why everyone else doesn't try this, not even realizing he's got like ten people shuffling around under him waiting to catch him when he falls down.

#also i know Jason's powers #are more him controlling the winds #than actually flying #but its cute ill allow it #hoo #pjo #jason grace #roman prequel #percy jackson

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warlockboyfriends · 6 years

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what pisses me off about ca//leo is that the ship does nothing to truly further the plot. leo already wanted to defeat gaia & avenge his mother, calypso adds nothing to further his drive. if anything, she hinders him bc he ends up making calypso & freeing her his new, primary goal & obsesses over her. leo could've still been the one to defeat gaia without calypso being involved by being driven by the love for his friends, instead of freeing a girl he knew for 2 weeks. he places this girl he barely knows above his friends that would die for him. ca//leo is just a plot device to write a third, useless series. in this essay i will

#percy jackson #pjo #heroes of olympus #hoo #percy jackson and the olympians #toa #leo valdez #calypso #still angry all these years later #i wouldn't have been mad had rick written the roman prequels #but he had to milk the pjo cow #ugh #pjo post

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sodamnbored · 3 years

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Jason and Juno

I just want to talk about them. I have so many feelings and I can’t find anyone else that cares about them. But, like, why not?

Because Rick ignored Jason in HoO and I still haven’t got my Roman prequels, that’s why.

I freaking love Jason anyway and I always have. And I admit, reading original PJO, I wasn’t the biggest fan of Hera, but we weren’t really supposed to be I don’t think. But Juno? Nah man, Juno is cool.

Everybody seems to write her off because she’s Hera and we all know Hera sucks, and obviously Percy and Annabeth don’t like Hera so makes sense that we kinda subconsciously take their lead. But Juno is cool - and I will absolutely fight that corner forever. It’s like, Ares was kinda a dick in many regards, but Mars was a good dad to Frank, Mars was cool too.

Juno was one of the only gods interested in actively helping demigods, particularly her favoured ones, sure, but she still tried to help. And she obviously cared about them too. Not just Jason, it was very evident she liked Leo a lot too (and I love that too). And we know - at least from ToA - that she had a soft spot for Frank too (and honestly who can blame her).

But yeah, so I actually dig Juno in HoO. She helped out, she was awesome, she was actively nice at least to Jason.

So that’s the first thing to get over. Hate Hera if you want to - but let me convince you that Juno is better. Re-read the books and look for her being nice and cool. Because it’s there.

On top of that though, the relationship between Juno and Jason just makes me so happy and warm. I love it so much, even though I haven’t seen anyone else that seems to care.

Jupiter was at least as much of a dick as Zeus was - that’s something everyone agrees on I think. And I think a lot of us if not everyone can agree that he was a worse dad to Jason than he was to Thalia. And maybe that’s because he washed his hands of responsibility for him after he gifted Jason to Juno. (Dick move btw.) but either way, he basically ignored Jason his entire life and throughout HoO. He was hands down one of the most distant godly parents of the seven and of a lot of main heroes we’ve followed in the series’. So Jason couldn’t really depend on him for help or guidance an awful lot and basically felt like he didn’t have a father. But at least he had Juno.

Juno was a good patron to him. She helped him where she could. She actively and genuinely cared about him. She tried to make herself available for chats when he needed them as much as she could. Gave him presents (his gladius) and praise when he did well, pep talks for what was ahead. As pseudo foster mothers go, she really wasn’t bad. Closest thing Jason had to a parent, and yeah, he could’ve had worse. He did have worse with his alcoholic slightly off the rails actual mother who gave him away, and had worse in a dad who never spoke to him or saw him or lifted a finger to help him until the very last second and who also gave him away. I kinda gotta figure after that kind of treatment from both your actual parents, getting what he got from his patron was probably very appreciated.

And Juno/Hera is the goddess of marriage and family among other things. Throughout the series it’s pretty much her biggest hang up. And obviously she wasn’t always the best mother (poor Hephaestus) to her actual kids, but she kinda held Olympus together. Stopped them all tearing each other apart. Family was important to her and something she valued. Obviously she hated when her husband cheated on her and had someone else’s kids. Honestly? That’s pretty reasonable to be unhappy about. But she watched the rest of her family, literally forever, having kids willy nilly when they wanted to. Obviously Artemis didn’t, but she didn’t want kids and she had the hunters so that’s fine. For someone that loves family so much, it’s very possible she could’ve been a little envious of everyone else having huge families. She still had her Olympian family, but maybe she would’ve liked to have some demigods of her own, if it didn’t involve cheating which she just won’t do. She favoured original Jason and was his patron too, so she was happy enough to adopt them, but it still wasn’t something she did often. So she didn’t get a lot of mortal kids and might’ve felt like she was missing out. But at least she had Jason.

So, being given another little adopted demigod, hell yeah she probably loved mothering him. He was totally her kid. He didn’t have any parent or family to be there for him, she didn’t have any demigod kids of her own and knew she never will. That’s hella cute that they can adopt each other.

Everyone loves found families lately - well this is basically that. Kinda forced at first but doesn’t mean they wouldn’t grow to love each other. They helped each other, could depend on each other. Juno is literally the patron of Rome as well. So even if Jason hadn’t known from the off that he’d been given to Juno, he’d have still had the sense that she had his back along with the rest of Rome, so he might’ve asked for a little help or guidance before HoO, maybe while he was Praetor too. And Juno being New Rome’s patron would’ve probably kept an eye over Camp Jupiter and especially when Jason rose to Praetor she could’ve been paying more attention to him from then. Watched out for him during the Titan War.

I want to know more about them. Especially if Jason was fully aware that she was his patron the whole time before HoO. I want them to have had some sort of relationship. I want them to like each other at least a little. Nico and Hades got closer eventually. Percy and Poseidon (and honestly a bunch of the gods) got on well. Mars adored Frank. Aphrodite seems pretty cuddly with her kids in general. I don’t think it’d be a terrible stretch for Juno and Jason to have each other’s backs.

I want to know if Jason ever made offerings for her along with Jupiter. Burnt food at CHB for her as well as his dad.

I want to know if Juno ever helped him out on earlier quests at all, whether he knew it or not. If she ever gave him and maybe Reyna too, sort of a Praetor deal, counsel.

I want to see Juno fully lean into having Jason as her favourite, as her chosen hero. I want to see her lend some power to him when he needs it. I want to see Jason with the Blessing of Juno. How many demigods would’ve ever gotten that? That’s unheard of. I want it for him. I want to see him marching on Mount Othrys to take down Krios and topple the throne, not with the blessing of Jupiter (although I would also love to see him with that, that would be so cool!) but with the blessing of Juno, patron of Rome. I wanna see him monologuing Krios into intimidation like he did to the giants: I'm the son of Jupiter, I'm a child of Rome, consul to demigods, praetor of the First Legion. I slew the Trojan sea monster, I have the blessing of Juno: Patron of Rome. And she also happens to be my stepmom, dick.

I talked about it in another post before, him getting her blessing. Supposedly with her Roman counterpart she’s supposed to be militaristic, strategic, etc. A blessing from his dad would be like an explosion of power, don’t get me wrong. It’d be like Thor in Infinity War. Magnificent. He could totally burst into the palace and fry Krios and destroy the throne. But I think it’d also be pretty damn awesome if he got zapped with her blessing and became like the ultimate military leader (kind of like Frank with Mars’ blessing I suppose, but more strategic instead of hitting the protein shakes), leading the troops in the invasion and being a total Praetor before he even became Praetor.

Side note: It’s probably not possible but can you imagine if he got blessings from both of them?? I doubt you can have two at a time, but that would be spectacular if he did. Especially from Jupiter and Juno. He would be incredibly powerful, no wonder the Legion made a big deal out of him in the early part of the series. Always was a little disappointed we never got to see cool Roman Jason. I love Jason, I do, but he wasn’t exactly what we heard about in The Lost Hero and Son of Neptune. It never felt like we saw his full potential. So I’m just gonna sit in my corner and dream it up instead lol.

Anyway, this was purely for me because I have a lot of feelings about these two and I couldn’t find anything about them at all or not anything positive. But if anyone else likes them or has ideas or there is stuff you can point me to, please do, I want to get involved in it and find people that are into this so bad!

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lyssq · 3 years

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I know it’s probably not going to happen but imagine if the pjo show pulled a shadow and bone and gave us roman prequels alongside Percy’s story. Like we could see young Jason training at CJ, Reyna and Hylla traveling together from Circe’s island and them splitting up. The Jeyna quest 💕

#i want this purely for the jeyna of it all ok #i mean pipes leo frank and hazel would still be living normal lives/deaths at that point #pjo #percy jackson #hoo #heroes of olympus #jason grace #reyna avila ramirez arellano #jeyna

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Concept: instead of how the Greek gods in tlo invited the demigods to olympus and have them honors and gifts to celebrate the end of the war, the Romans didn’t have that bc the gods were more distant.... and so Jason and Reyna led their people to the gods’ doorsteps to demand their “payment” for the war, bc in Rome soldiers would be given “donativum” (literally gifts and money and shit) for winning a war for their emperors..... therefore forcing the gods to recognize them...... (1/2)

(2/2) also it would be a cool callback to how roman myth says some old king guy negotiated with the gods to essentially found their worship in Rome, If I remember correctly. Jason essentially reliving that to negotiate changes after the Titan war, to address the problems that demigods had that caused them to turn against the gods in the first place........ anyways imagine if Jason and the Romans had gotten Pjo level development.... we could’ve had it all 😔

I’ve always lived for the idea that Jason is reliving all of the greatest myths in his own way. Although, Jason is respectful to the gods he would’ve demanded justice for anyone they had lost. He cares about Camp Jupiter so much- HoO didn’t show that and that isn’t fair. They just showed him caring about CHB which wasn’t even his home. Imagine if we got to see him care about the camp after the war??

also, when reading this i thought it was funny that after Jason killed Krios that like they took all the demigods to Waffle House to celebrate because it’s what they deserved. (it was sooo reyna’s idea)

the ONLY series i want rick to write is the roman prequels. i just... want the backstory... pls i want to see my boy...

#anonymous #kari answers #I love this idea

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jason prequel fic

pleeaaaaase? <3

of COURSE bestie!!! <3<3<3 thank u for enabling me. it's time to f,uckgin., Oh god i have no clue how to format this i didn't think i'd get this far

jason grace prequel fic stuff

(side note: may actually be multiple fics in a series, we'll see how wordy/invested i get)

about the it

i don't have a title for this yet (thus "Jason Grace Prequel Fic"), but essentially the goal is exploring Jason's life from before Camp Jupiter to right after the Titan War. written in first person and in Jason's perspective (usually...), i want to use the fic to develop and build Jason as a person to see just how much he lost after Juno had to spirit him away for his Gaea quest. (And, potentially, how much he may have gained afterwards.)

The Titan War is a looming threat that exists for the majority of the fic, even though they don't precisely know it's a war yet for part of it. Camp Jupiter had been facing some real rough times the past few decades apparently? I'd like to imagine that, at the point Jason joined in, these guys were buckling in and preparing for the worst.

I'd also like to explore the involvement of both the Lares and the greater city of New Rome. Where are these guys? What the fuck they doin? Pspspspspspsspspspsspp? i'd also like to explore the Roman side of the Titan army, that must be fun as FUCK considering all of the turmoil and bad feelings going around.

I will be creating illustrations and brief comic strips for this project because I'm just that unhinged. Don't talk to me (DO talk to me sorry for giving you a contradictory desire)

my wants

Jason get friends :)

exploration of Roman culture and their spirituality/religious practices/etc. I also wanna talk about how much these guys apparently loved agriculture most of their gods were dedicated to that. Gods bless (literally) they know what's important

i wanna talk about people who aged out of the legion too. Hehe.

Octavian stuff. I've already posted about my headcanon of him having shit parents & 7 other siblings, and we are gonna Get. into That.

i'm intrigued about Riordan setting up stuff about reincarnation and the Isles of the Blest. I'm gonna do something with that.

it's also been implied & off-handedly mentioned that there are mortals in the Legion and New Rome as well. also a bigger monster population! I'd like to include some perspectives of like, the implications of That!

also some headcanoned Legacy lore why the fuck not. the "photocopied until nothing special" comment that was written in Blood of Olympus about Octavian still rubs me the wrong way and i have some bones to pick (but not in the way you might expect by my tone here LOL)

forgot to put this in initially. WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT REYNA IN THIS FIC. reyna ilu i am so sorry i forgot to mention you in the og version of this post. You are becoming real in five seconds.

Exploration of some major Roman gods that were just. Unexplored. In HOO.

in particular i'm thinking about Janus, they gave him a funny lil sonboy that did whore things (michael varus) and i love that for him. But also holy SHIT he was confused for a minor greek god in PJO and that's! SO! FASCINATING! TO ME IN A WORLDBUILDING SENSE. like. Percy happened to ask for a Janus Cabin in camp halfblood THAT'S SO FUNNY. THAT'S SO FUNNY HE'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ROMAN GODS AND HE DOES HIS FUNNY LITTLE SONG AND DANCE TO ANNABETH, SOME GREEK FREAK BRAINCHILD OF HIS IN-SOME-MYTHS GREAT-NIECE MINERVA'S COUNTERPART, IN THE LABYRINTH AND HE FUCKS OFF AND THEY DON'T EVEN GIVE HIM A GREEK CABIN IN HOO BECAUSE RIORDAN REALIZED HIS FUCKING MISTAKE I LOVE JANUS PJO SO MUCH I NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HIM WHAT IS HE DOING WHAT IS HE UP TO DOES HE KNOW THAT HE'S AMAZING

What was I talking about.

oh yeah! Jason get friends :)

origin story

this project is coming about since hyperfixation hit me hard and there's a lot about Jason's history that i'd love to see expanded and elaborated upon. i'm of the belief that not everything in a story needs to be explained: some things are better left up to interpretation, or may stand stronger without trying to explain every last detail.

however, i feel there were a lot of opportunities and connections that came and went throughout the final product of Heroes of Olympus—a lot of which that came about in order to either preserve a status quo of "protagonists right, antagonists wrong," or have their cake of systemic critique and eat it too by never changing anything fundamentally.

we also do not see much respect—or exploration, really—of the Roman perspective, which troubles me as a lot of it seemed to be sidetracked. the Greeks are deeply individualist (sole heroes, groups of up to three on quests, frequent focus on one's worth as an individual rather than strength in numbers as well as singular people's achievements rather than working as a collective army, etc); the Romans provided an alternative unity that we just. never saw, as they were condensed into one collective "bad" that didn't want to be "bad" but were being led by OOooOOoOOOne bad LeeaAAAaaAAaader I'm bitter about this to the point of being incomprehensible

i don't have a lot of coherent thoughts honestly i just. Feel it. deep within my Bones. and i wish i knew more about greek & roman history & mythology to provide a more nuanced take. but i DO obsess a lot over the human condition and the extremes that one goes through; i think New Rome is potentially an amazing setting and i'd like to find a way to explain, in-universe, how Camp Jupiter became so melancholic and hollow (and, on some extent, how Jason seems to be this way as well. We never actually received clarification on if he got all of his memories back, and considering how he felt so Nothing over Octavian... well. let's just say i came up with a weird fanfic theory for it and we will be EXPLORING it god DAMMIT)

i have realized that i may have gone on a tangent for awhile and did not even talk about my OCs for this fic

i'm tempted to like. split this answer up so that the kids i wanna talk about get their own post? i think it feels appropriate. but it also might cause me to procrastinate on tlaking about them.....................

eh. fuck it gonna make another post LOL thank u for reading this far. i don't wanna get anyone's hopes up too high idk how well i'm gonna write this fic. I just have a lot of ideas and i'm trying to sort them out in a journal, i'm typically a pantser haha

#thegodswereneveronourside #ask #my writing #mango's writing #jason grace #jason grace prequel fic #pjo #percy jackson #hoo #heroes of olympus #toa #trials of apollo #ahahaha! ahehehehe! ummmmmm!!! Wow I had more words than I thought on that #though to be fair my journal is starting to get more full as the days go by #i haven't written this much in awhile so i feel a lot of joy about this #the worldbuilding feels like it'll be the biggest concern for me atm. because i still don't know much about history #wasn't exactly my best subject in school.#but i DO wanna learn it. i am just mentally ill </3 but i AM going to learn it #there's a lot of mythological stuff i wanna tackle as well as cultural so it'll be important ghrhghghghngvbhnhfgfj girl help #also i will never not be thinking about janus. nor janus pjo #love that two-faced little god of thresholds #did u kno the king of sacred rites was the one who carried out janus' ceremonies. he had no flamen. at least APPARENTLY he didn't #citation needed etc. but that's an interesting thing to write.#i need to learn more about him too i like that god the most #also janus & saturn have an Interesting relationship in mythology made interesting by pjo's titanomachy!#saturn is the roman aspect of kronos! did you know this! fun fact!!!#januaia

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