#A Taste Of Hazel

[bayetea]

son of neptune is also funny because the characters have no significant issue with each other. every other previous mainline book involves some kind of tense dynamic with the questing characters. in tlt it's percy and annabeth. in som annabeth hates tyson and percy is defensive of him whilst trying to swallow the fact that he's embarrassed to have a monster for a brother. in ttc percy and thalia and zoë are all fighting with each other constantly. in botl percy is back to childish quarreling with annabeth over the luke/rachel stuff + grover is scared of tyson + annabeth is intensely antagonistic towards rachel. and in tlo percy and annabeth are bickering again + percy strangles nico for lying to him. even jason and piper (though jason is still immediately jumping off a cliff to save her whilst unaware that he can fly) have instant tension in their dynamic that runs through the veins of tlh and beyond + leo struggles with feeling like a third wheel + piper is worried about betraying them for her father and that impacts the way she interacts with them

and then son of neptune rolls around and percy is immediately just like Wow you two are just awesome. I know we just met but we're besties now. and frank and hazel both already like + know each other and they immediately stick their necks out for percy and like him. like this has never happened in any other book before. they don't clash with each other At All. they have uncomplicated affection for each other in all directions of their trio and that kindness and affection is the soul of son of neptune. they are just so so friendly to one another and the only source of awkwardness among the main characters is frank's crush on hazel since the start of the book, a crush that barely even results in any real tension or conflict because they're still best friends from the jump and hazel likes him too, she's just a lot less willing to do anything about it because she hates herself and thinks gonna die by the end of the week

[aroaceleovaldez]

Nico and Percy's dynamic through the series is eternally funny to me, because it's just. like.

Percy's having a constant mental struggle between his fatal flaw of loyalty with a promise he made to Bianca to protect Nico, versus his Big 3 kid desire to maim other Big 3 kids / Poseidon descendant urge to totally maim Nico specifically. He hates Nico so so much. He thinks Nico's annoying and weird at best, and creepy/sketchy when he's older. The only positive thoughts Percy has towards Nico are "He's Bianca's brother and Bianca was my friend and I owe her/He's Hazel's brother and Hazel is my friend and would kill me if I was mean to him," "He's a powerful asset and useful ally (if questionable)," and "He's kinda pathetic and I feel maybe a little bad about it." Percy has multiple occasions throughout the series where he strongly considers - and on one occasionally actually goes through with - throttling Nico.

Meanwhile, Nico is following around Percy like a lost puppy. He explicitly can never bring himself to even dislike anything about Percy no matter how hard he tries. He has a whole bit in BoO where he's mentally going "UGH he's so stupid BUT IT'S ENDEARING HOW DARE HE." He's totally smitten. He's making deals with his dad for Percy. He's making convoluted plans to help Percy stand a chance against Kronos. During the entirety of BoTL it's like he's playing tsundere - "I'm helping NOT PERCY SPECIFICALLY with this quest! Me helping Percy would be SILLY because I DEFINITELY HATE HIM." Then he proceeds to show up to Percy's birthday party to basically ask him on a weird date and spend the entire next book scrambling around trying to help him or protect him or impress him. And Percy could not give less of a shit.

Just. That dynamic is so funny to me. Percy is the founder of the Nico Protection Club in that he's the one they're all protecting Nico from and meanwhile Nico is throwing himself at Percy to the point where the literal god of gay love calls him out on it.

[tulipaneada]

Sleep deprivation hits again so here's what I think would be the seven's favourite drinks if I was in charge of choosing them:

Percy: Water. Specifically mineral water because we all know that all waters taste differently. Maybe a plain answer but water is great

Annabeth: Orange juice. No explanation, she just gives me orange juice vibes. Also she has an orange tree and makes the juice herself

Jason: Doesn't have a favourite (yet) but likes 7up

Piper: Either strawberry smoothies or black coffee. It depends on the day

Leo: Chocolate milk.

Frank: The Fanta guy. There's no one else on this earth that gives more Fanta vibes I swear to the gods, I love Fanta and I love Frank

Hazel: Tea. She loves trying different flavors and mixes that she can find. Needs to have tea at least once a day

[shadowyyyidk]

Listen, despite its flaws, I absolutely love tsats. I needed that book so bad since I was in 8th grade, and GODS, that feels like ages ago. So, when I got my hands on tsats 2 years ago, I devoured it

BUT

Nothing's gonna make me stop going back to Solangelo fanfics about their first dates, first kisses, and confessions.

AHUWGJQSHAZU THEY'RE SO ADORABLE

[cloudwisp]

sylus + creme brulee

[emmatcha]

headcanons of the 7’s music taste:

-jason tries to tone it down but he REALLY likes taylor swift, but also movie soundtracks

-annabeth listens to either chill lofi for studying, dramatic classical music, or angry girl pop rock. she loves olivia rodrigo

-piper is a paramore girly, but any kind of indie girly pop/rock

-frank doesn’t really listen to much music, he’s kind of all over the places with his tastes. but he’ll listen to a few songs here and there, whatever’s on and has a catchy tune

-hazel doesn’t know much modern music but she ends up liking a few songs by “that taylor girl” and some country music. she really likes classic jazz because it reminds her of new orleans

-leo is super into feel-good diva pop that he can blast and sing along to until everyone is sick of it, like dua lipa, p!nk, mariah carey, rihanna, etc

-percy is very 2000s indie centric, but he also likes classic rock, whatever reminds him of what his mom would put on

[artsywriter25]

Hazel introducing earth music to Bee aka angst music! She's such a teen.

I didn't want to post this yet cuz I hadn't finish other pieces yet, but I didn't want it to sit in my laptop too long. So this is just a solo post, until I finish some big pieces I'm working on.

Anyway some of these bands I've heard when I was young, some I just started hearing after listening one good song. Which band should the duo hear next?

[tallyhall-updates]

bora, I need to hear your life story like you're a grandfather talking about ye olden days. please. I'm listening.

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[hazel-makes-things]

Wahlahwah Wednesday | Rezz - Taste of You ft. Dove Cameron

[meerabanerjee]

Both versions of Hazel!

[hazelkjt]

A Different Kind Of Taste~

[iknowitwontwork]

folks is it normal to have a 16+ hr stsg playlist?

[stitchwraith-stingers]

im seeing alot of posts abt ppl going "i like dev BUT hazel deserves better" in some sort of guilt-ish tone and i think i accidently started this ruh roh

[simplerainbow]

He's got a type ✨

[cloudwisp]

I’m thinking my first bake for the new year shall be a matcha basque cheesecake 🙂‍↕️

[americanrosetyler]

i burnt my fucking popcorn :(