This is just my personal opinion but during Battle of the Labyrinth and onto The Last Olympian.
I never understood, even back when I was a kid reading the series in the 2010s, I seriously didnât understand how the fuck Chris and Clarisse had any chemistry???
Of course, Percy, the narrator, (our favorite and incredibly UNRELIABLE narrator) of the series, probably didnât care to mention anything about witnessing Chris and Clarisse interacting or being around each other.
I, personally, didnât get why Rick paired the two towards the ending of the first PJO series???? Like will Rick make Clarisse and Chris interact more in the tv show or not?
Because if they go with the 5 seasons route and then BOOM Clarisse has a boyfriend all of the sudden, it literally would not make ANY sense to new fans of the series. It certainly was a weird twist to add in the books and it would throw people off more if it just SUDDENLY happens like it does in the books with no interaction, chemistry, or ANYTHING.
Because in the books, it was so weird to me reading BOTL and then reading about Clarisse and Chris and it never really be heavily mentioned for the rest of the series.
Except for The Last Olympian, but even then it feels dry and sparse?? I also feel like with Percyâs narrative and his own perspective; even HE seems confused with the two as a couple?
Like there was only ONE OR TWO pages of Percyâs perspective seeing Clarisse trying to get Chris to eat something while he was losing his mind.
And that was canonically the only way we, as readers, ever saw their relationship develop?? Sure, Percy goes onto describe Chris to be back of sound mind at the end of BOTL, but I never really understood why Clarisse NEEDED to have a love interest in that book, specifically.
Like of course, it was important context as to why her and Silenaâs friendship developed over time in the Last Olympian.
But I never got why Rick paired Clarisse with Chris, LITERALLY AT ALL BECAUSE NOT ONCE IN THE LIGHTNING THIEF THROUGH THE DEMIGOD FILES WAS THERE A SINGLE MENTION OF CHRIS AND CLARISSE EVER INTERACTING.
UNTIL THE BOTL AND LAST OLYMPIAN, HE ADDS LIKE A COUPLE OF PARAGRAPHS AND SAYS ITS CANON?????? LIKE A COUPLE OF PARAGRAPHS IS ENOUGH CONTEXT AND CHEMISTRY FOR THOSE TWO.
ALSO I AM SICK OF SEEING PRISON FOR LIFE BY OLIVIA RODRIGO AND PEOPLE SAYING CLARISSE WOULD WANT CHRIS TO SAVE HER. LIKE I KNOW ITS A LIGHT HEARTED TREND.
BUT THE COMMENT SECTION SAYING SHE WOULD ADORE AND FAWN OVER CHRIS SAVING HER FROM A MONSTER IS SO FAR OUT OF HER CHARACTER.
HONEY, IF ANYTHING ITS THE ROLES REVERSED. CLARISSE ISNT SOME DAMSEL IN DISTRESS???? LIKE THE GIRL GOT THE BLESSING OF ARES AND KILLED A DRAKON SINGLE-HANDEDLY??? SHEâS STRONG AND SHEâS CAPABLE.
Sure, in the series it will be there and itâll be obvious to the viewers to see their interactions but BOOK WISE???? That was such a twist of events for Clarisseâs character development and arc???
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Pipabeth HC bc no one is asking for it and I am for the people and by the people so I will be doing a public service, youâre welcome.
Piper definitely is the big spoon, especially whenever Annabeth has nightmares about Tartarus, but they also flip-flop.
Percy, Jason, Nico, and Leo all had a bet on which girl would end up making a move first, turns out THEY were the ones who had to help both of them to make a move.
Annabeth âShut upâ x Piper âWhy donât you make me?â Type of energy.
Piper is WHIPPED like Annabeth could say ANYTHING and this girl would do anything she says.
Piper is a beach girl while Annabeth is more of a mountains and city girl.
Piper was nervous meeting Fredrick for the first time, and considering Annabethâs history with him, she wasnât sure how it would go. (He awkwardly said something about Piperâs height, apologized and then offered to show Piper his World War 2 collection)
Annabeth was even more of a nervous wreck meeting Tristan for the first time, especially since how much he and Piperâs relationship started to improve for the better.
Ends up becoming good friends with Tristan and Tristan shows Annabeth baby pictures of Piper, much to Piperâs dismay.
Annabeth loves to fidget with Piperâs hair, absentmindedly or for stimming purposes and Piper loves it.
Annabeth is a Clairo diehard and Piper is 100% a MUNA fan.
Piper takes Annabeth to LA Pride a couple of times while visiting.
They also make an annual Pride celebration at Camp, they also got Nico and Will to organize it as well.
When Annabeth realized she had feelings for Piper, the poor girl was a flustered MESS around Piper or whenever Piper came into her line of vision.
Annabeth realized her feelings for PIper after remembering the Temple of Fear situation they were both in, she didn't get ANY sleep the entire night because the poor girl was overanalyzing the SHIT out of every touch, word, and gaze they had shared.
Normally, Annabeth is witty and knows what to say at any given time with anyone. But when she realized how attracted she was to Piper, the girl became a bumbling mess.
Piper was also a big gay disaster, she was able to hide it a bit better (only enough that Annabeth couldnât tell, but everyone else knew about her feelings)
Piper once ran face-first into a tree when Annabeth came up from the lake after swimming once, she didnât hear Percyâs warning in time.
The Aphrodite cabin and Athena cabin, at some point in time when it got ALL over the camp, tried to scheme a plan to get these two idiots to confess.
Lacy and Mitchell teased the SHIT out of Piper when they figured out Piper was into Annabeth.
Percy and Jason were also insufferable as well to Annabeth, purposely leaving her alone with Piper, âconvenientlyâ having only one seat open which was next to Piper at the campfire.
At some point, Leo, Jason, Nico, and Percy shoved/âaccidentallyâ locked the two girls into a closet at the big house.
Let's say the two were in there longer than the boys planned.
Annabeth loves to talk about birds and plants if she's not talking about architecture.
Piper loves to infodump about the stars and planets surrounding the solar system, she also talks a lot about her heritage and all of the stories that her Grandpa Tom used to tell her, it's one of Annabeth's favorite things to listen to whenever Piper misses her dad or her grandpa.
Piper is 100% into cheesy romcoms, Annabeth is also into them but very secretively and Piper drags her into her cabin alone to watch them.
Sometimes, Piper and Annabeth will sneak out of their cabins at night to go stargazing.
Annabeth is the one to say "I love you" first to Piper.
Piper and Annabeth swap sweatshirts and return them once either of their perfumes wears off.
Whenever Annabeth gets jealous, she makes it quite obvious, scowling, subtly rolling her eyes, yawning, and glaring at the girl who is flirting with Piper. It usually ends with Annabeth dragging Piper off to the nearest closet depending on the situation and tension.
Whenever Piper gets jealous, she gets more protective and wraps her arm around Annabeth's waist, or subtly reaches out for her hand to hold.
Piper is more careful with her charmspeak around Annabeth because of how potent it can be for someone, especially if they're in love and or extremely attracted to the person with the ability.
She's said some things like; go jump off the dock, as a joke without realizing she used her charmspeak and Annabeth nearly jumped off the dock before Percy and Piper stopped her. It was winter when she did that.
Piper has a four-pack and Annabeth literally cannot take her eyes off of Piper's mid-drift whenever she wipes off sweat with her t-shirt.
Piper gets all flustered whenever she sees Annabeth beat up people during her hand-to-hand combat classes, and she had to step out early because she judo flipped the shit out of Jason and she thought she was literally going to die.
During the Fourth of July fireworks, Piper found a good spot with enough privacy that none of her nosy half-siblings could spy on her and Annabeth admiring the fireworks (and each other)
Annabeth has warm hands and Piper has cold hands.
Piper loves pastels while Annabeth likes neutral colors.
Annabeth has stolen like 12 of Piper's hoodies and refused to give them back, not like Piper is complaining.
Annabeth adores fall and winter, while Piper is more of a spring and summer girl.
Piper has a massive sweet tooth but specifically, she has a taste for sour candy.
Annabeth also has a sweet tooth, but she likes salty things like chocolate-covered pretzels and sea salt caramel.
Annabeth sends Piper cute couple date ideas from TikTok.
Piper just sends Annabeth a whole bunch of stupid memes, plus recipes to try out.
Annabeth cannot cook to save the LIFE of her, like both the Apollo and Demeter cabins have banned her from trying to help out in the kitchen.
Piper is pretty skilled when it comes to throwing down in the kitchen, and Annabeth likes to come up behind her and wrap her arms around Piper's waist and watch her.
Annabeth makes a MEAN Spotify playlist, especially since she's had to rebuild Olympus for the Gods after the first Titan war, she's gotten especially good with making a playlist to lock in and work.
They both have made playlists for each other, and they swap playlists whenever they are together or when they're apart.
Whenever they miss each other, Piper has Annabeth's New York City sweatshirt and wears it to sleep.
Annabeth has a necklace Piper had given her and one of Piper's hoodies that she sleeps in.
Whenever either of them are on quests, they carry pictures of each other.
Piper got the shovel talk from both Percy and the entire Athena cabin (it wasn't too threatening), but it was still a talk.
The same goes for Annabeth, Jason, Leo, and the entire Aphrodite cabin.
For their first date, Jason and Leo were kindly asked (forced into) the Aphrodite cabin to emotionally support Piper, who was picking out an outfit.
Percy and Grover were in the Athena cabin, also emotionally supporting Annabeth, who was also picking out an outfit.
They went to a secret swimming hole at a more secluded part of the camp, had a picnic, stargazed, swam, and kissed.
Percy, Jason, and Leo were spying on them at some point and Piper caught them, so they beat them all up when they were heading to the spot.
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