#tyson and ella are the cutest

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Random thought:

I think Tyson would make gifts for Percy that are usually armor and weapons or other life-saving things because he knows that Percy lives a dangerous life, more than most demigods. Tyson wants to make something that helps Percy stay safe and alive, and Tyson knows that Percy wants to survive— not just to keep living, but also to keep loving and protecting his loved ones. So it’s swords and shields and daggers. They’re good gifts for a demigod anyway— they always end up being useful— but Tyson makes sure to add just that extra bit more intricacy and passion in Percy’s compared to the basic weapon templates he makes in the forges, added designs, symbols of protection, personalized momentos. One day, Percy explains the notion of a gag gift, and Tyson loves it. From that day forward, his gifts from Tyson now have a 50% chance of being gag gifts. And of course, since all of Tyson’s gifts are breathtaking, the joke is never about shoddy handiwork.

Percy’s personal favorite is a small handheld water gun that’s a perfect rendition of poseidons trident but itty bitty, and it shoots water out of all three prongs. Percy treasures it, and nicknames it Fork. When Estelle is old enough to appreciate it rather than just chew on it, he passes Fork down to her with Tyson’s blessing.

Tyson doesn’t make gifts for people outside his family as often, but it definitely happens. It’s always based on something he knows they like, and it needs to be useful above all else. Gifts are harder to be upset about when they are tailored specifically to your interests and needs. Even if there’s something you don’t like about the design, but you needed it anyway and it was given to you for free as a gift, there’s a very small chance you’ll turn it down. It’s the best path to gift-giving success, and Tyson wants nothing but to make them happy.

When Tyson is hired to work as one of Poseidon's blacksmiths, he grows closer to his dad and makes gifts for him too. Statues and crowns and the like, because Poseidon doesn’t really need help to be stronger or more effective in battle, not that Tyson’s current skill level would be able to make a functional weapon for a god anyway (one day, maybe). Not only that, but because Poseidon is a deity, gifts don’t have to necessarily be useful. There’s more freedom to play around with the art of it considering it’s basically an offering. Even with his loved ones, he still gets that niggling voice that tells him it needs to be better, more useful. Offerings to gods are expected to be perfected and glorious, but in actuality, most gods accept offerings either way as long as it’s made with genuine effort and care, and his works are never lacking in that.

Gifts for Sally Jackson are things like art and jewelry, because she’s a mixture of both. he knows that she’s divine too in her own unique mortal way, but sometimes she doubts that she deserves to be decorated. Which is something he just can’t imagine, Sally Jackson being anything less than amazing? Not possible. Though he doesn’t completely understand her Desiree to not flaunt her beauty and importance, that’s where the art comes in. If she feels like she doesn’t want to decorate herself, then she can always decorate her living space. He also knows that she doesn’t need to fight to be safe, because Percy would never leaver her to fight on her own, but defensive items aren’t a bad idea at all. (Her favorite gift from Tyson is a beautiful locket that she has her family’s pictures in.)

When Percy goes missing soon after the war with Kronos is over, he realizes that even though Percy wouldn’t willingly abandon his family, sometimes it’s not his choice. It’s the first time he gifts Sally something for offense rather than defense. It’s also when he decides that he needs to do some protecting of everyone else too, especially if Percy isn’t around to do it: he makes Estelle an armored crib when she’s born (which is promptly baby-proofed by her parents but still effectively protects her). He makes Paul a pocketknife that works in both humans and monsters, so if he’s being attacked he can fight back first and wonder if the assailant was a monster or human later. Sally’s protective item is an improved version of Percy’s watch-to-shield thing but with an added detachable dagger that is, once again, effective for both humans and monsters. He equips the Jackson-Blofis household with a few small boxes: these open up with a code word and contain an automatic water mister, a handful of drachma, a few extra travel-ready weapons, and a collapsible shield. The box can also only be picked up/moved if code is given.

For his lovely harpy girlfriend, he’ll make her anything and everything he can. She likes to hoard more than just words in her head once she has a permanent, structured living place. Not to mention tyson would build her the world if she wanted, so trinkets are fun and no trouble at all. Ella also likes to give him little gifts in the form of scavenged findings— pretty flowers, quirky metal parts, shiny rocks— so he’ll find a way to incorporate them into his crafts. A nice shell might become a pendant for necklace, a scrap of wood with a nice design might be shaped into a small sculpture, a uniquely shaped peice of metal could be put in the hilt of a sword. Ella doesn’t mind if these little bits she collected become gifts for her, but being a part of the process of someone else’s gift and knowing a part of her plus a part of Tyson made something special for their friends makes her want to burst with joy. (Ella will sometimes recites love poems/stories/etc as gift for him. Rarely, she will go out of her comfort zone and purposefully mix up the words of stuff she remembers to make personalized romantic writings for him. It’s a high honor and Tyson absolutely melts every time she does it.)

[seaweedwolf]

I bet Tyson and Ella are the cutest couple, and everyone loves them! Especially Percy :p

But also how protective Percy would be over them? He is the older brother of Tyson and he rescued Ella from Phineas. He'd kill anyone for them!

[sydneyheise-blog]

Everyone in the PJO fandom says Annabeth and Percy are the cutest couple. But Ella and Tyson

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when i was reading pjo mine was tyson ( im saying him caue someone already said ella) oh my lords when i was reading the first series i was OBESSED With tyson. Like for real, my fave annabeth bond was not percabeth (although it was a close second) i loved annabeth and tyson’s bromace to me they were the cutest friends ever I use to be so sad there there just wasn’t anything bout how good friends they were.

everyone in the PJO fandom has one minor character in the series that they latch onto as their ‘obscure fave’

reblog this post with your PJO obscure fave(s)

mine are Michael Yew and Ethan Nakamura