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au where tartarus floods percy’s sense and he can’t hear annabeth calling for him to stop so he goes farther and farther to the point of no return and kills akhlys. suddenly everything quiets, power is roaring through his veins, golden ichor coats percy as well as the ground where the goddess lay begging for mercy. annabeth staring at him horrified, dazed, terrified. it takes him a moment to realize what he’s done, he stumbles back slightly in shock and disgust and that’s when annabeth’s brain starts working again and she rushes forward to get the two of them away as fast as possible. a goddess just died and it was not a quiet affair. every monster in the pit would be making their way towards them eventually, right? they had to go now. nyx never appears, they make their way to meet up w bob and it’s a quiet and tense journey. annabeth cant find anything to say, neither can percy. they can’t even look at each other. bob doesn’t say anything about the ichor, instead he points out that their veil is gone. they are visible. as they make their way towards the crowd of monsters by the doors, everyone is silent. the monster are standing still, no one is going up, no one’s moving, no one’s talking, it’s completely silent. tartarus never appears, there is no fight. the crowd parts at them, whispers are heard but they can’t understand what they’re saying. halfway through, percy hears a telkhine behind him grunt to the dracaena next to him “godkiller” and suddenly it’s the chant of the crowd. they’re cheering for him. a lot are proud of him. a few intelligent ones fear him, they hide when he looks their way, their fear is glaringly obvious. when they approach the doors koios simply steps aside. percy looks back at the monsters in disbelief, they must misunderstand his expression as they reverently kneel, silently pledging their allegiance, their service, their loyalty. the godkiller is on their side, he’s one of them now. the power still flows through his veins, his anger is even stronger. the rivers of the underworld burst from the ground and douse the thousands of monsters in seconds. the ones left behind are suddenly crying out in pain before bursting into dust. the elevator ride is quiet.

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How is it even possible to HATE Dumbledore ??? He made mistakes but he was far from a bad person...

Oh dear. My good anon, I respect your point of view completely. But I simply disagree.

Albus Dumbledore is a fantastic character who is multi-layered and three dimensional. He's written in such a way that one could view him as the hero who saved the wizarding world, who dedicated his life to engineering Voldemort's downfall. Who truly cared about Harry and did the best he could to prepare him for a destiny that he would have had to face no matter what. You could interpret Dumbledore that way, for sure. He's trying to do the right thing and his personality makes him extremely likeable. Even I, proud champion of the Dumbledore Antis, cannot help but like him when he's played by Jude Law.

On the other hand, you could also interpret him in a completely different fashion, and I do. Seriously, I don't think he's evil in the way that Voldemort is, but I think he's just as much of a villain. While he's not my most hated Harry Potter character, since that would be Greyback, he comes pretty close. The previous paragraph was the best interpretation of Albus Dumbledore and his motivations that I could offer, and it is the nicest thing anyone will ever hear me say about him. It's really not a point of view that I agree with at all. But Dumbledore is like Snape. He's divisive. This is why the fandom lost it's mind over what Harry named his son, though honestly that doesn't bother me.

How can I hate him? Allow me to explain. (This got long.)

When I look at Dumbledore, I see the man who is responsible for Voldemort's rise to power. He knew what Tom Riddle was. He could see all the red flags from the time that Tom was eleven. And yet he did nothing, warned no one. Sure, I get it, he wanted to give him a second chance. Except he admits that he had no reason to assume that Tom would change, and either way? It is still his responsibility as a teacher to inform his colleagues of that particular students' needs. He never does this, and if he had? Tom might have turned out to be a better person, or at least he wouldn't have been able to inflict the damage that he did.

I have no proof of anything, but I suspect some funny business went down when James and Lily died. That Dumbledore pulled some strings to ensure he would be in charge of Harry's living arrangements. He already sent Hagrid to collect Harry before Sirius was even arrested. Hagrid refused to turn Harry over to his rightful guardian because "I had me orders from Dumbledore." Hagrid, that's...that's kidnapping. Hey, you know what we never see? The Potters' Will. They must have had one because they were living in war time with a target on their backs, and they had a son. Sirius had a Will when he died, and he wasn't that much older than them. I do not believe Lily would ever be okay with Petunia and Vernon raising Harry. We also know that Wizarding Wills are examined by the Ministry, and that Dumbledore is the Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot. He had the opportunity and the motive to bury that Will.

And what does Dumbledore do once he's in charge of Harry's upbringing? Why not let Remus take him in? Because he's a Werewolf? I doubt it would be difficult for him to find someone to watch Harry for all of one night a month. But okay, if not Remus, why not the Weasleys. Or Augusta Longbottom. Or any family that would be willing to take him in and love him. Instead, Dumbledore leaves Harry with relatives who will neglect and abuse him for his entire childhood. He continues to force Harry to go back to the Dursleys. Who starved him and made him sleep in a cupboard. When Mrs. Weasley flat out offers to adopt Harry permanently at the end of GOF, Dumbledore says no. (Keep in mind that for whatever reason, this is treated as something that requires his permission, when he has no legal standing over Harry at all. We'll be coming back to that.) Dumbledore claims that this is due to the blood wards, that Harry must live at Privet Drive to protect him from Voldemort. But this is bullshit for many reasons.

First of all, no one knows that Voldemort is going to come back. Dumbledore has this gut feeling, and he happens to be right, sure. But we shouldn't treat that guess as wisdom, when the Blood Wards only shield Harry from Voldemort specifically. They did jack squat to protect him against the Dementors in OOTP. Dumbledore stranded him in the muggle world with people who weren't equipped to protect him and didn't care to anyway. I'm sorry, but DH confirms that protective enchantments can be placed over literally any dwelling, including tents. There is no excuse for forcing a child to live in an abusive situation, ever. But this attempt at an excuse doesn't even begin to hold water. It is also a lie. Dumbledore basically admits the real reason for this plan in the first chapter of the series. He doesn't want Harry to grow up knowing that he's famous. That's what it comes down to. He wants Harry to feel grateful to the Wizarding World for saving him from the Dursleys. He forces to go back because he has to remind Harry that the Wizarding World can be taken away. So that when the time comes, Harry will lay down his life to protect the world he loves. It is the first step in Dumbledore's plan to groom Harry into being the Chosen One. Am I a conspiracist? Perhaps. But just wait, because it gets worse.

In PS, Dumbledore openly steals a House Cup victory from Slytherin. Gryffindor was in fourth place. And rather than punish the Golden Trio for putting themselves in terrible danger by doing what McGonagall strictly forbade them to do...Dumbledore rewards Harry's tendency to charge into dangerous situations to try and save the day. This. Is. Grooming. This is positive reinforcement, and it doesn't hurt that it buys Harry's loyalty to Dumbledore at the same time. The only person who earned those points is Neville. Harry arguably made the situation worse by looking into the Mirror and summoning the Stone. Quirrell wouldn't have been able to get it otherwise. But that doesn't matter. What matters is that Harry passed the first test. And Harry even speculates that Dumbledore wanted to give him the chance to solve the puzzle. At age eleven, he's figured Dumbledore out, but thanks to his abnormal childhood, he doesn't recognize how creepy this is.

And Dumbledore just keeps doing this. It's not unlike what he does to Jacob's Sibling in Hogwarts Mystery. He literally rewards Harry's loyalty to him in COS. He sends Harry and Hermione to rescue Buckbeak and Sirius when he could have easily done it himself. That would have posed less risk. He also forces Harry to compete in the Triwizard Tournament. The film spells this out, even. Dumbledore wants to see what will happen, so he uses Harry as bait. The book doesn't make this explicit, but it also doesn't really give a reason beyond there being a vague "magical contract" that they never explain. I see no reason why Dumbledore couldn't have pulled Harry from the Tournament and that is what a responsible adult would do. In OOTP, he decides to ghost Harry all year. For reasons that, despite having read the book and seen the film many times...I still don't really understand. Ah well, "old man's mistake" right? You know what, we need to talk about that scene.

Dumbledore knew about the Prophecy the whole time. He declined to tell Harry until he was nearly sixteen years old. Right after Sirius died, no less. Even though Voldemort has tried to kill Harry multiple times at this point. Even though Harry point blank asked why Voldemort came after him as a baby and Dumbledore had the nerve to go "Alas, I cannot tell you!" Like, no Dumbledore, this is Harry's life, his safety, and his future. He had no right to keep this from Harry and I don't care if he was "too young." I don't care if Dumbledore is basically admitting that he was wrong to not tell Harry. The thing about Albus Dumbledore is that he will gladly own up to his own wrongdoings, but then carry on as though his apology closes the matter. No one else ever, and I mean ever, gets to actually hold him accountable for anything. Have you noticed that?

But this is a long scene and things only get worse. Dumbledore waxes poetics about his brilliant plan and urges Harry to guess the "flaw" in it. And what is the flaw? That he cares too much about Harry. That he cared more about Harry's happiness than the safety of others, that he put Harry's life above the life of innocent people. First of all, no. This man who is currently planning the death of the teenager in front of him, has the nerve to look him in the eye and pretend to care about him. He suggests to Harry, an anguished, depressed child who already feels like he got his Godfather killed...that innocent people will suffer and die because of him. That Harry being happy will lead to the deaths of others. And it's crystal clear why he's doing it, too. He's nurturing Harry's tendency toward self sacrifice, so that he'll choose to die when the time comes. I've never hated Dumbledore more than in this moment.

And you know what? We're still not done! We haven't even talked about Snape! I don't object to Dumbledore giving Snape a second chance. I don't even mind that he manipulated Snape's guilt for losing Lily. If it gets him to turn on Voldemort, fine. But instilling him as the Potions Master when he does not have the skillset to teach, when he is abusive to his students? Unacceptable. I don't care if Dumbledore thinks that kids can learn a lot from a "bad" teacher. That's a cute theory, but as the Headmaster of this school, he simply has to do better than that. Countless moments in the books indicate that Snape can't handle this job, and even if Dumbledore needs to keep him at Hogwarts, Dumbledore should have sacked him ages ago. And don't even get me started on Snape's dynamic with Harry. Dumbledore never disciplines Snape for anything, certainly not for his bullying Harry. No, you know what he does? He guilts Harry for disliking and mistrusting the man who emotionally abuses him on a regular basis. The man who arguably played a hand in the death of Harry's parents. Just because Dumbledore trusts Snape completely doesn't mean that he can expect everyone else to do the same.

Oh wait, yes he can, because Dumbledore is pretty much the Minister of Magic in everything but name. Remember how Hagrid was so willing to kidnap Harry as a baby because of Dumbledore's orders? Remember how Molly just assumed she would need Dumbledore's permission to rescue Harry from the Dursleys, and shrugged it off when he said no, as "Dumbledore has his reasons." Dumbledore is beloved by the people of this world. They idolize him and put him on this pedestal of wisdom and goodness, they adore him. Everyone wants him to be Minister and he's been offered the job three times. Even though he turned it down, he is still the de facto leader of this society, it's clear as day. Especially with how inept the actual Ministry is, and everyone knows it. Other than the Death Eaters and their associates, literally everyone just blindly trust Dumbledore. Remus, Hagrid, The Weasleys, even McGonagall. The only "good" character who doesn't? Sirius. He is the only one we ever see even slightly question Dumbledore. And let's talk about Sirius for a second.

Albus "second chances" Dumbledore, who is the chief warlock of the Wizengamot and thus has authority over the courts, who was Headmaster during the Marauder's time at Hogwarts and saw how inseparable Sirius and James were, who knew that James turned down Dumbledore's offer himself to be Secret Keeper in favor of choosing Sirius...he didn't think anything was fishy? He didn't even use his influence to make sure Sirius at least got a trial? If only so that he could figure out what was going on? Why didn't he do that? Everyone suspects Snape, but all it took was Dumbledore vouching for him to pretty much grant him immunity. I'll tell you why Dumbledore discarded Sirius. He couldn't use him. Remus, Hagrid, Snape, Newt...Dumbledore has a history of collecting underdogs and taking them in, giving them sanctuary when no one else would. It wins their loyalty, and then he can use them. He literally forced Harry into an abusive home just to turn him into one of these "underdogs." Sirius wasn't an underdog though. He was a rebel, who chose his path. He was disowned because he ran away. So he's useless.

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OK quick question:

What would have happened if a Fishman ate the hito hito no mi? Could he resist the pression under the sea or breath and walk on earth?

Please send theories

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Here’s a “life-hack” for you. Apparently concentrated Kool-Aid can be used as a pretty effective leather dye. I was making a drink while cutting the snaps off some new straps for my pauldrons and I got curious, so I tried it, thinking, “ok even if this works, it will just wash out.” Nope. It took the “dye” (undiluted) in about 3 seconds. After drying for about an hour and a half, it would not wash off in the hottest tap-water. It would not wash out after soaking for 30 minutes. It did not wash out until I BOILED it, and even then, only by a tiny bit and it gave it a weathered look that was kind of cool. Add some waterproofing and I’d wager it would survive even that. That rich red is only one application too. Plus it smells great, lol. So there you go, cheap, fruity smelling leather dye in all the colors Kool-Aid has to offer.

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so can we start hunting down white liberals now or what

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Now there is a printable cardstock version of the quilted plague doctor mask!

It is a four page document, the mask itself prints on 3 pages of US letter sized cardstock and has tabs for gluing, and there is a layout page to show the assembly order.

I really really recommend using something to score the lines so that it folds neatly – a ballpoint pen that has run out of ink works pretty well.

Photos of order of assembly under the cut.

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Suspect midoriya

that post there where izuku sells his freedom to the commision is very nice, but what if when izuku joins so much crap happens that the commision is like “i dont like this anymore i thought we would get a tool not THIS”

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jason being abandoned in the woods by his alcoholic mother has the same vibes as the girl gets sold to one direction for her dad’s drinking money and i hate it

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There’s always a lingering question that I ask myself, which is why do I, a cis bisexual woman, enjoy romance between two men so much?  

There are easy answers, like that it’s just fetishizing.  And like, I find men attractive, yes.  But I also find women attractive.  I don’t have a problem with enjoying het romance, assuming I can find good ones.  I enjoy stories with female characters I can relate to.

But there’s something much deeper at play, IMO.  A friend of mine who is a gender studies professor was the first person to point this out to me, but a lot of women enjoy m/m romance and gay porn because of the lack of women.  It removes a source of pressure and sexism.  Without any women present, you don’t have to constantly evaluate the sexism of their portrayal, or be reminded of negative experiences in your own life.  It allows women to experience romance and especially sexuality without all the baggage that comes with it in our patriarchal society.

This was recently illustrated to me rather dramatically.  I read a recommendation for a het romance.  And it sounded cute, and came highly recommended.  The tropes at play were fun.  Until I read a snippet and realized this was a romance between a woman and her boss.  I had a visceral negative reaction.  

Instantly I’m thinking of sexual harassment stories I’ve read and heard from other women. I’m thinking of how uncomfortable it would be to have your boss develop feelings for you.  How icky the power dynamics would be, etc.  

And then I realized…this wouldn’t bother me if it were two men.  Now, there’s no logical reason for that.  Sexual harassment is just as wrong when its object is a man.  But I know I’ve read fics with a similar premise and never thought about it.  Because when it’s two men I can accept this is just a light romance, a fantasy, meant to be fun and sexy and not to represent the real world.

But I can’t when it’s a het relationship.  There’s too much baggage there.  Too much societal history of abuse.  I can’t relax enough with the premise to enjoy that story.  

Now some people can.  And that’s fine.  And some people are never going to be okay with power imbalances like that regardless of gender.  That’s also fine.  I don’t think having either reaction makes one morally superior.  It’s okay to just enjoy light entertainment for what it is without going into deep analysis.

But it’s much more difficult for me, and I think for many women, to relax and enjoy romantic and sexual stories when they involve female characters.  We’ve been burned too many times by shitty depictions, by shallow role models, by abuse portrayed as romantic.  We have developed a stress response, a trauma response to heterosexual romance.  We are hyper-reactive to a wide variety of triggers in regards to it.   But removing women from the equation makes stories safer for us.  And maybe it shouldn’t?  In an ideal world?  But for many of us, that’s the truth.

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teenage us were braver than any US Marine

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I need this please someone write it

Instead of a Camp Swap how about Hera just kidnaps both Jason and Percy at the same time, wipes their memories, and puts them somewhere in like the midwest or the south together. 

Without memories or any context of who the hell they are, these two demigod legends try to fumble their way back to their respective camps (also while figuring out where exactly that is and which one to go first) all the while monsters chase them going “finally revenge is mine!” and these two lovable amnesiacs go “is this one here for you or for me?”

For conflict, let’s sprinkle some misunderstanding that the Roman/Greek camp kidnapped their respective camp leaders and they try to duke it out somewhere in Florida only for Jason and Percy to show up and be like hey do any of you know who we are because we’ve been arguing over it since Utah.

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Fighting their 50th battle in a year.

Villain Iron Man: IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO?

Spider man: *choking back tears* um, yeah, i'm actually trying really hard here Mr. Iron man.

Villain Iron Man: * now looking uncomfortable* oh

Tony Stark: * remembering the pretty young thing the kid is, the reason why he hasn't killed spidey yet* *thinking about his own father never complimenting him*

Villain Iron Man: hey babyboy! You did good back there.

Villain Iron Man : *throwing some money at the kid* Get yourself a milshake. Growing boys need all the energy.

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H OW WOULD TONY REACT TO A CRYING KID???

omg dad mode activATED *BOOP*

Tony would be at a university science exhibit, looking for some innovative science projects to fund 

jk he funds all of them but he still likes to see all the great stuff the youth is up to

this is how Tony liked to spend some of his weekends, browsing university science fairs with rhodey

having a good time. doing TonyRhodey things

playing around with science projects

then he spots a child in the midst of the crowds, by themselves just crying

not like ugly yelling crying

no

more like silent tears and quiet whimpering, scanning the crowd of strange faces with anxiety in their eyes

Tony’s father instincts kick in and he rushes over to the weeping child

leaving Rhodey all by himself

Rhodey doesn’t even notice that Tony is gone. That’s how quick Tony slipped through the crowd to get to them

he gets to the child and crouches down so that he’s eye level with them

“What’s up little guy? What’s your name?”, he asks them

“P-Peter”, the kid says while wiping away his tears

“I’m Tony, nice to meet you”, he says, holding out his hand to shake the kid’s significantly much tinier hand

“What’s wrong why are you sad?”

“I-I can’t find my Aunt”

and after that, Tony made it his mission, to find this child’s aunt

doesn’t matter if he had to call up the FBI to send out a search team

or get in his iron man suit and personally go look for her

he was going to do it one way or another.

instead, he decided on a more mellow approach so he doesn’t freak the kid out

but first, he had to get the kid to stop crying

“Hey kid, would you like to get ice cream before we go and look for your aunt?”

the kid is shy, so he just kind of hides his face behind his hands

and nods slightly

so cute sodoijfdjfn

“Ice cream it is”

tony didn’t know what to do with the kid

he wanted to hold his hand but like he wasn’t sure about the social protocols of handling a lost child that’s not his

does he hold his hand?? carry him?? is he even allowed to touch him??

but before he could even decide on an action, the kid had already made a grab for his pinky

tony noticed how the little child was kind of hiding behind his arm shyly

they get to the ice cream stand

“Hey kid, what flavor would you like?”

the kid mumbles “chocolate” 

chocolate it is

the kid visibly relaxes when he’s handed the ice cream

“okay kid, when was the last place you saw your aunt?”

the kid takes a second to think about it, then his eyes light up when he finds the answer

“We were looking at the electromagnet suspension wheel bicycles! and then I got distracted by the nanobot technology that is controlled telepathically with the MIND”, the kid replies in amazement, his little hands flailing in the air with excitement as he explained with exaggeration

tony was melting because 

1. the way the kid said ‘ewectwo magent suspensions’ and slightly stumbling over the big words

2. how all the anxiety he was feeling visibly slid off his feature and got replaced with excitement talking about science inventions

“Well then, let’s get to that electromagnet suspension bicycle exhibit and retrace our steps”

they continue to walk through the science project, ice cream in both their hands

making their way back to the electromagnet suspe- ugh you know what i mean

peter is still gripping onto tony’s pinky by the way.

as they’re walking the kid stops and pulls on Tony’s hand

Tony is like?? what why r we stopping

the kid is looking up in amazement at a student remaking the iron suit

well attempting to remake the iron suit but it doesn’t look bad

the kid’s eyes were seriously about to fall off from how wide they were

Tony thinks its McFucking adorable

“Wanna take a look at that?”

the kid nods his head eagerly

they approach the student wearing the suit

it’s pretty impressive for a remake made by a student on a budget

“Hey, mister! What is your suit made out of?”, Peter asks as he looked up at the podium

“It’s copper-titanium alloy”, the student replies

“like the frying pans?”, Peter asks with a tilt

Peter’s comment makes Tony and the student laugh

“Yep, much like the frying pans”

the kid thinks for a bit and then speaks again

“Iron Man’s suit is made out of gold-titanium alloy”

Tony is an awe

 how does this kid know all this stuff??

“Yes it is, but that stuff is expensive. I’m just a student trying to pay off his student loans”

tony makes a mental note to go back and ask for this student’s name to pay off his student loans

they say goodbye to the student and continue through the exhibit

“Hey kid, how do you know about the gold-titanium alloy?”, Tony asks him

“I read Tony Stark’s papers. He made a whole article about the design of the suit. Well most of it” the kid says casually, looking at the ground and playing that game where you avoid the lines and only step on the square tiles

chocolate now covering half of his bottom face

typical child

also it has come to Tony’s attention that the kid is not aware that he’s actually with Tony Stark himself

Tony thinks it’s quite funny

Tony also realizes that this kid reads his papers

A 6 year oldish kid reads his papers

what the heck

“I hope the government doesn’t take away the suit”, the kid says, looking down at the ground still, the ice cream now melting down his hand

Every time the kid opened his mouth to speak it amazed tony more and more 

“They won’t”

they finally arrive to the electromagnet suspension bicycle exhibit

there’s a woman freaking out, talking to 2 security guards, showing them a picture of some sort, which he assumes was a picture of Peter

“Aunt May!”, Peter yells, waving his ice cream covered hand at her excitedly

“Oh my god! Peter!”, she runs at him, engulfing him in a big hug

“I saw an iron man suit made out of the frying pans we have at home!” he exclaims in her ear 

Tony lets out a giggle because lol that is still funny

May looks at Tony and her eyes widen

“Wow, oh my god. Mr. Stark thank you so much for bringing my boy back I can’t thank you enough”, She says with a genuine smile, shaking his hand

“Don’t worry about it. It’s been quite a pleasure actually”, he chuckles

“I hope he didn’t cause you any trouble. Also the ice cream was awfully nice of you, thank you. Peter what do we say to the nice man?”, she asks scoldingly

“Thank you for the ice cream, Mister!”, Peter says with a chocolate covered grin

“It’s fine really. He’s a special kid”, Tony says with a smile

“He is, isn’t he?”, she looks down at him smiling

Peter is attempting to lick off chocolate ice cream off his nose, his eyes slightly crossed

what a cute child

they exchange their goodbyes, Tony turns around and begins to walk away

he can hear the kid’s Aunt in the back telling him “Say goodbye Mr. Stark”

then he hears the kid say “Bye bye Mr. Stark- wait what do you mean Mr. Stark”

Tony was laughing out loud now

what a child

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do kids these days know about grace kelly by mika

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Whatever you do, don’t imagine Little Jason Grace coming to Camp Jupiter led by Juno and without even knowing this kid, he’s already being hailed Champion of Juno because yes he’s a toddler with a scar on his lip and watery eyes and he’s crying out “Lia!” though no one knows who that is but Juno brought him here and so he’s not just Jason anymore, he’s Jason Grace, Champion of Juno.

Don’t imagine Child Jason Grace being claimed, lightning striking the earth and thunder booming the minute he picks up a gold sword and marks being burned into his skin because he may be only a child that doesn’t know how to put on armour properly and wears baggy hand me downs but it is Jupiter who claimed him hello, King of the fucking universe, and so now he’s not just Jason, he’s Jason Grace, Champion of Juno, and son of Jupiter.

Don’t imagine Tweenage Jason Grace wondering who he belongs to, what his parents are like, if they would like him, and asking everyone what Jupiter’s like if they know anything, anything at all about his mother, but all anyone tells him is you are a Child of Rome, Jason Grace, and that is all you need to know because it doesn’t matter if he’s not done growing yet and has no idea what his place in the world is yet because he’s not just Jason, he’s Jason Grace, Champion of Juno, Son of Jupiter, and Child of Rome.

Don’t imagine Teenage Jason Grace going on a quest to save the fucking world, not to make  himself seem like a hero, but to prove to himself that he is hero that everyone says he is even if he’s lost his fucking memory and when he comes back expecting a “Hey, look, he’s a person” all there is pontifex maximus, he’s the pontifex maximus, because it doesn’t matter that he’s gone through pain and heartache and blood, so much blood, he’s not just Jason, he’s Jason Grace, Champion of Juno, Son of Jupiter, Child of Rome, and Pontifex Maximus.

Don’t imagine Older Jason Grace walking down a street and hearing Hero of Olympus, he’s a Hero of Olympus whispered behind him, because it doesn’t matter that he’s tired of only a few select people really knowing him and that there’s always going to be a breaking point, he doesn’t have those, of course not, after all, he’s not just Jason, he’s Jason Grace, Champion of Juno, Son of Jupiter, Child of Rome, Pontifex Maximus, and Hero of Olympus.

Instead, just imagine a member of one of the many lares calling Jason in the streets but he’s not calling Jason, he’s calling “Jason Grace, Champion of Juno, Son of Jupiter, Child of Rome, Pontifex Maximus, Hero of Olympus” and Jason, just Jason, breaks down in the middle of the streets-

“I’m not just a fucking title!”

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Apollo: Sister, what are you the goddess of?

Artemis: *lounging by a spring on piles of deerskin surrounded by three dozen naked girls with a dead pan expression* Virginity.