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Hi! I saw that you have doodle requests open, and I was wondering if you could draw something with Percy Jackson and Poseidon from pjo - a hug or affectionate shoulder pat or something - up to you!

HI HELLO IM SO SORRY THIS IS SO LATE IM ACTUALLY SO SORRYY BUT I FINALLY DID IT IM SORRY AGAIN

Do you guys remember the part near the end of chalice of the gods where Poseidon helped Percy informed the school he was going to be late that was a cute moment

Also im not dead!!! School was holding me hostage (and I forgot I have tumblr LOL) :”( but I have a lot of art to share yays!!!

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late dawns and early sunsets

- a Burdock Everdeen/Asterid March oneshot

“I don’t know if I can love anyone as long as I might lose them in the reaping.”

While their best friends fight for their lives in the 50th annual Hunger Games, Burdock Everdeen and Asterid March fight for love in the face of unbearable grief.

Or, Sunrise on the Reaping through the eyes of Burdock Everdeen, and then some.

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http://archiveofourown.org/works/64618882

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sunrise on the reaping minor spoilers

“…Burdock’s nuts about her, so I try to be nice even though he’s got about as much chance with her as a mockingjay with a swan. Town girls don’t marry Seam boys…”

Knowing that not only did she love him, but she basically went catatonic out of grief when he died makes this actually HURT

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The Everdeen family + their flower namesakes

Asterid is a large clade of flowering plants, composed of 17 orders and more than 80,000 species — pictured is an echinacea plant, which has long been used in traditional medicine // Burdock, belonging to the Asterid clade, has sticky burrs and heart-shaped leaves and its roots are used for medicine and food // Katniss is an aquatic plant, also known as arrowhead, which grows tubers similar to potatoes // Primrose is a wildflower belonging to the Asterid clade that is valued for its ornamental flowers

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how do y’all think haymitch felt when katniss came back to him all “i want wiress, beetee, and mags as allies” in catching fire? hand-picking his two and a half men(tors)!!

“of course you do” as his response now means so much more bc he’s not just exasperated he’s like “you really are me with a braid”

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is there a sunrise on the reaping epub anywhere yet?

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so i saw the lightning thief musical a couple of weekends ago and these were my thoughts from the first act as some who has seen the broadway bootleg and room64(?) concert WAAAY too much (spelling mistake present):

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1) I hated what they put poseidon (the character) in absolutely hated it

2) they really humphed up the romance in the second act between annabeth and percy which i disliked, it’s kind of subtly there in the bwy version but it’s THERE in the london version 🥲

3) DRIVE was very cool though, well done london team

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I find it so annoying how people keep saying Yuri had zero feelings for Kitty, when we clearly have a scene of Yuri developing feelings for her. This was not a scene of Kitty feeling sparks, it was Yuri. I don’t think she’s 100% over her feelings either, and the same with Kitty. I believe, we will be getting more of Yuri’s point of view, in season three, bc this was not just added for zero reason.

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Xo Kitty did something even worse than queerbaiting because it made their protagonist a queer girl and then did nothing with it. She doesn't even get to have one sapphic relationship that works for at least a little while before setting her up with the second boy she meets.

And oh, the other sapphic relationship that was indeed working and could've been further developed gets ruined just to buy the show time before putting the girl and boy together. And they have a THIRD chance to make up for it with Juliana and Praveena, but we literally learn about their relationship on a scene that lasts seconds. Because what's use a black and a South Asian girl have to this show if they're something beyond an obstacle, right?

And don't even get me started on how they fumbled Juliana who fucking had to move because her relationship with a girl was exposed and they never properly acknowledge how traumatic that must've been to her. But they can't be accused of queerphobia or heteronormativity because they said Kitty was bi out loud and she kissed Yuri for two seconds before Min Ho interrupted them. AND WHY WOULD THEY USE A CHAPPELL ROAN SONG OF ALL PEOPLE FOR THEM? They could've picked literally anything else. What a slap on the face.

I didn't think I could be this hurt by a teen show, but ouch. Just a freaking reminder that we can't have anything I guess. And it's even worse seeing how many people are okay with these choices and don't see the problematic they are. I'm okay with Kitty ending up with anyone or single, really, but not by running over sapphic relationships, black and brown characters. And, shit, they couldn't even do something interesting with Yuri's family arc either, which would've been the bare minimum and had a lot of potential.

The good thing is that if the show gets renewed, they'll probably stall Kitty and Min Ho getting together, throw in a bunch of boys and girls to be temporary obstacles and only make them endgame last minute, when it won't even be worth it anymore. And the show might even get canceled before they can get there.

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I missed her so much my bi sunshine baby girl I hope she's happy at the end of the show whatever happens 😭❤️

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Two things you can be sure of is that Ginny's sweater once belonged to Fred (or George, I can't tell them apart) and she stole Charlie's bag. And yes, she has a "Potter' stinks" bottom (she tells everyone she has it because it's true lol, and it always makes Harry blush and she can burst out laughing). Luna made Ginny's necklace. Oh, and the person who took this picture was Harry.

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XO, Kitty 2 Kitty & Yuri

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chris mccarrell you will always be my percy not only because good kid and the overall writing direction of tlt musical was the best read of percy I've seen yet but bc you didn't even need the script to tell you that boy was bi and you did it anyway

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Just saw a video complaining about the British!Thalia casting saying that “Rick isn’t being faithful enough to the books” but like??? Clearly her nationality just isn’t that important to the character?? Not all changes are bad and actually one (very small) issue I have with the books is that they’re too Americanised. Tamara is a great actress first and foremost, but it’s a perk that this change might actually make PJO more appealing to international audiences!! Much like how British characters are FREQUENTLY Americanised in adaptations to make it sell in America (e.g Anathema Device in Good Omens).

Thalia’s nationality is not core to her character in the books. In the grand scheme of things, it’s a very minor change. The show was never gonna be exactly how you imagined it anyway.

Also, for anyone wondering if this means we’ll get British!Jason? Not necessarily. Jason was raised at the Wolf House and then at Camp Jupiter, and Thalia was born six years before him and their mother could’ve easily moved to the US in that time. In fact a larger emphasis on the differences between the siblings could serve as a good metaphor for the Greek/Roman divide- and play into the fact that Jason is not quite the “All-American Golden Boy” that he seems and how he never seemed to fit with the expectations everyone had of him.

Also imagine how all these goofy British quirks would really throw a spanner in the works for Jason in TLH. Like there’s all this weird stuff with Roman gods and speaking latin but also? He’s got a British accent that seeps through when he’s caught off guard? Weird familiar feeling that drinking tea gives him? How cute and confused would he be as he’s trying to figure out where his “home” is and he keeps getting all these mixed signals? There’s potential here, guys!

I’ve got a post in the works about British!Jason hcs, but my point is that y’all should think about how much potential something has to be great before signing it off as rubbish.

I think the movies traumatised us, and now we all think “different = bad” but this might bring some positive change, and make some people in the audience feel a bit more included and represented.

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In defense of movie Ginny

really in defense of Bonnie Wright

in all the talk about the HBO series (which I have lots of complicated feelings about) there is of course fans clamoring for a better portrayal of Ginny as a character. I COULD NOT AGREE MORE. But in that chatter there’s a lot of shit talking on Bonnie Wright. The awfulness that is Ginny in the movies had everything to do with the screenwriter, producers, and director. She was given NOTHING TO WORK WITH. Is she the next Meryl Streep? No. But I think she would’ve been a great Ginny if given the chance. Can’t believe I took the time to make this but I was tired of this rhetoric so I grabbed the photo that gave me the most Ginny vibes. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk

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seen people on twt saying british thalia is confirmed by rick and just saying i can't wait for percy to cut thalia off mid-argument like "tea and crumpets innit" and then get blasted into the fucking stratosphere

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The true crime in Downton Abbey is that we didn't see Sybil and Tom's wedding.