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Does anyone know why Percy and Nico remind me so much of Naruto and Sasuke? I've been obsessed with that idea for the last 2 months... ? I mean, one is obsessed with the other and the another one wants revenge, but yeh. And that in a way both are semi-canon in their own way and in the end it couldn't happen? Like, huh. I can see similarities, but still. I mean, Nico would be perfectly the combination of Itachi and Sasuke (and now with the new Percy's blonde version, fuck yeah)

Damn, I said I wasn't going to fall in love with another couple like that, but what could I ask for? It's my curse.

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Imo Nico saying "You're not my type," and skipping away to see Will was Nico trying to preserve some of his pride/dignity.

I mean, his actions throughout PJO & HoO are literally love confessions. He chooses Percy, turning his back on Hades, and only goes back to Hades on Percy's request. Nico sends his friend to help Percy in hell (literally more than anyone else did to help Percy). He sticks with the Argo II crew despite literally all of them besides Hazel being extremely rude/unsettled by him for Percy.

So it's like. Nico has laid his heart bare for Percy? But Percy is in a relationship with someone else and Nico doesn't really know what Percy thinks about him - other than being convinced that Percy doesn't love him. So he's pulling himself together and trying to show that no, he's not hung up on Percy. He's not pining. He's not crying over the one sided love, and feelings of rejection. And by playing his feelings as less serious than they actually are, he's enabling himself to continue to have a friendship with Percy - since by playing off his affections as a crush rather than painfully in love - it's less awkward that Percy don't return his feelings. So they can move on and resume their friendship. That's imo anyway. It was self preservation. @hermesmyplatonicbeloved

Oh, totally!

Sorry for responding until now, but I haven't been able to be very active on my networks lately :)

But bringing up this topic, if I had been in Nico's position, I think I would have done something very similar, if not the same. Imagine this situation: Having to be Perc#beth's spectator. That not only did they practically all their missions together, but important gods, such as Aphrodite and practically the ENTIRE fucking camp, did everything possible for Perc#beth to finally come together. And seeing firsthand how Percy practically gave his all to the people he cared about (Nico never really realized how important he was to Percy, since haha ​​I think it's obvious to anyone in love and hurt), and Annabeth being territorial with Percy just gave Nico the idea that the two of them just can't be, it doesn't work, it's impossible. His low self-esteem in conjunction with the pain of losing his loved ones, his loneliness and all the pain he had to go through to protect Percy was enough for him to not only start wanting to lie to himself and others in order to get some relief to his pain. And besides, he was so used to people pushing him away, that the first guy who practically forces him to be by his side is obviously the person Nico is going to cling to, to say "I'm getting over it" when in reality he's not.

So. Nico gave too much, and wanting to feel better about everything he had done, he "he confess no confess." I'm a witness that not telling your feelings to a person can cause you a lot of problems, since there was never really closure. Your mind is always thinking about 'what if', even if you don't want it to.

So the best way for Nico, and I think for any sane person in his situation, to not generate even more pain than one already has and not put oneself in a compromising situation is to confess not confess: Totally minimize your feelings, saying that they are from the past and something temporary (giving the other person to understand that you became interested but you don't have any problem now, that the unilateral nature of the situation doesn't bother you at all.)(HAHAHA its funny because it actually does). And even more so being in Nico's situation, that practically seconds before confessing, Percy boasted about his future with Annabeth. That was the final blow. It's a total NO to Nico, and like a normal person, he saved what little dignity he had left (you know, the whole situation with Cupid and what follows) and left with the only person who was behind him (because obviously Nico would be tired of just chasing, it's normal to want to be chased, but that's not a confirmation of romantic feelings, it's just a need, and more of a lonely and 'needed of love' person). So, I totally agree.

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Shout out to the fic writers who write in English even though it's not their native language. Whether you just started and are using Google Translate more often than not, or you've been doing it for years and still translating sayings from your native tongue word for word that don't make much sense in English.

Your addition to the fandom is important and unique purple prose would be missed without your input. Don't give up even if you're unhappy with your progression. Remember that your writing is better today than it was yesterday, and that it'll be better tomorrow than it was today.

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I'm sorry, but does anyone know of a Percico fanfic where almost all the characters travel to different "alternate worlds" and in each of them in some way Nico and Percy were in love? I read it years ago and now I'm desperate to find it. 😭

I swear, I remember a nazi half-god Nico in one of the many worlds, or something like that. help.

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"I told my son: "let's go to the cinema" and his boyfriend is all excited, but he doesn't know that we're going to drop him off at his house first."

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Excuse the language in the image, but I was talking to the super famous new AI called "ChatGPT" and it occurred to me to ask it what it thought of Percy Jackson and Nico di Angelo's relationship. I was REALLY surprised by its level of knowledge.

"The relationship between Percy and Nico is one of the most interesting and exciting in the series. The two characters have very different personalities, but they learn to appreciate and respect each other's differences as they get to know each other better."

Here is the full english translation:

The relationship between Percy Jackson and Nico di Angelo is interesting and complex in the book series "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" and its sequel, "The Heroes of Olympus." Throughout the story, you see how these two characters go from having a tense relationship to developing a solid friendship.

At first, Nico doesn't seem to have much confidence in Percy and the other main characters in the group. Furthermore, he has his own secrets and motivations, which make him appear aloof and reserved. However, as the plot develops, more details about his past and feelings are revealed, making his character deeper and more complex.

Percy, for his part, cares for Nico and tries to help him throughout the story, even when Nico seems to reject his help. As the two characters interact more, their relationship is seen to grow closer and they begin to trust each other more.

In my opinion, the relationship between Percy and Nico is one of the most interesting and exciting in the series. The two characters have very different personalities, but they learn to appreciate and respect each other's differences as they get to know each other better.

In addition, the evolution of their relationship shows how friendship can overcome differences and how the support of friends can be very essential in difficult times.

I know that it is an AI, and that its information can be wrong in certain occasions, as I verified when I read that ChatGPT thinks that Trunks Briefs and Pan Son are cousins ​​(which, they don't), but the AI ​​definitely portrayed the Percico relationship very well, maybe not perfectly deepened, but, hey, it's an AI, it's just awesome, so, in my stupefaction was internally screaming with excitement.

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It kind of sucks when you want to support an artist, but not being from the U.S. means commissioning art would take away up to half my monthly paycheck, which leaves their patreon... too bad most artists I would commission who use it mostly post Genshin and MHA in there, which I'm not into.

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Please, tell me that I'm not the only one :C

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Maybe we'll get lucky and this Valentine's Day, Rick will send Nico and Percy back to Venice.

They'll be "gift shopping for Annabeth" and something will catch Nico's eye but he won't say anything. Then, outside the shop, in the snow and the quiet, Percy will drop something in Nico's hand it will be the trinket Nico was eyeing. He'll say something stupid like "Funny how it was snowing when we met and it's snowing now. That seems so long ago. I'm so glad that I know you, Nico. You mean so much to me."

And Rick will forget to add the 'platonically' because Percy already said that gifts mean nothing compared to a great relationship while looking into Nico's eyes on the streets of Venice.

So Nico - who has already told Percy while they were 'Christmas shopping for Annabeth' that Italians do it better - will be like, "Percy, you're the most important person in my life and being with you makes me happy in a way no one else does. I am great at riding dick btw."

And Percy will laugh fondly then say something like "I wonder what we're going to do for the rest of the day." He'll take Nico's arm in his with a smitten smile, then they'll dissolve into shadows (fade to black).

Finally, Rick will tag it: #Perc@bethValentines

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some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

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A little detour after a mission

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Every time I listen to this lecture of Guillermo, I shudder as I think of Nico di Angelo. The meaning of these words is simply sublime.

"No one loves life more than we do in a way, because we are so conscious about death. So the preciousness of life standing side to side to the one place we're all going through... let's say, everybody in this planet boarded a train that was final destination: death. So, the drain, we're gonna live. We're gonna have beauty and love and freedom. And I think that when you eliminate one of the two sides from the equation it's a pamphlet. But when you take in account the dark to tell the light, is reality."

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👓😶... Glasses again...

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Someone mentioned Nico with glasses on Tumblr not long ago and I thought about it again so...

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aaaaand we’ve reached the lucky number everyone! there’s officially 3000 works in the nico di angelo/percy jackson tag on ao3 to brighten up your days from now on. 🤍 i’m so proud honestly it makes me emotionally wrecked 😫

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What would you think percico would be like if their ages were reversed. A 10 years old Percy meeting an older Nico 🤔

That would be interesting for many reasons. Like, let's say that Nico is taken out of the Lotus earlier, so Grover, Annabeth, etc are all 2 and a half years younger than Nico. Bianca, for one reason or another, is not a factor (died or joined Artemis).

I don't think Nico would stick around camp, because son of Hades and all that. So I imagine they would meet when Percy is attacked by Alecto. Percy just sees this cool teenager (only 13) appear out of nowhere and banish his monstrous math teacher with a hand wave, and then disappear, and he's never been more wowed in his life.

When he eventually gets to camp he tries asking everyone about the cool guy who saved him at the museum, but people either don't know about him or just don't like talking about the deserter, and even think he's behind the theft of the Master Bolt.

Nico for his part resents the gods, but he loves demigods, so he's almost like a vigilante saving the ones that go on quests. Zeus and Poseidon hope he dies before turning 16, and put all their hopes on Percy, the "loyal" child of the Big 3.

This paints their relationship for the next 3 years. Nico is like Percy's Tuxedo Mask, helping him out when he least expects it, while Percy admires Nico and thinks it's unfair how the gods treat him, and the constant help turns that admiration into infatuation.

Nico, for his part, is fond of Percy. He's not used to people standing up for him, but sees him as a little kid and doesn't notice Percy's down bad for him, due to his 30s upbringing.

After Kronos is defeated, Nico is given his own cabin, and Percy tries hard to make Nico see how "grown-up" he is ("I turn 14 this summer!"), but Nico doesn't quite get it yet ("Congrats Percy, I hope you are one of the demigods that live long lives.").

Maybe some day he'll understand, but for now, his fondness for Percy grows steadily, even if he can't quite recognize what it means due to still thinking of him as a child.

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After an eternity or two I come back with percico 😗