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Hello yes I am back from the dead have some art (:

(I died and took some time to be amongst my people. I have come back but don’t expect me to post regularly or anything, I have a crappy schedule. Love you guys (: /gen)

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My little gay lover boys in honor of pride month~~~ <3333333

(I honestly kinda hate how Xiao turned out, but y’know, what can you do? I’m too tired to try and fix it lol)

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are you safe or screwed?

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Just some Solangelo <3333

(I will finish it, I’m just tired lol)

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Nico: I hate you. I want you dead

Percy: I’m hilarious, why would you want that?

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For my besties <333

heeyyyyy percy jackson/riordanverse fans, if you want to read the sun and the star for a really nice price (free) then you should definitely not click this link, which definitely does not contain an epub and pdf file of the book!

(in all seriousness though i’m not sure if the epub works outside of adobe digital editions but i did apparently remove the drm from it so…it should? let me know if it doesn’t though!)

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I’m in no way bashing on people who have already finished TSatS and say they hate it, are disappointed, etc., because I myself have not gone past chapter seven. My friend let me read some today, but I won’t have my own copy until Thursday, so maybe my opinions will change. I will say, however, that if you read 400+ pages in less than a day, maybe give yourself some time to process the entire plot first?

In any case, I can’t help but wonder how many people went into this book expecting one version of Nico and Will, only to be hit with something else entirely. And I mean like… expecting the fandom’s versions of these two, rather than what canon has previously shown us up until this book.

It’s my personal opinion that the PJO fandom’s worse enemy is their own mischaracterization of the characters at times. And I don’t mean like little head canons and stuff. Everyone has done those at some point. There’s usually no harm in those. I’m talking about people who created their own versions of Nico and Will and have been running with these visions for years through different fan fictions and what-not online.

For years we’ve known basically nothing about Will aside from the fact that he’s sarcastic, likes Star Wars, his mom is a country singer, he can glow in the dark, and he’s better at healing than fighting. (And he has questionable fashion choice at times). Like, that’s all we’ve had since his initial introduction in The Last Olympian over a decade ago. Everything else? Online and fan speculation. And again, there is nothing wrong with that! I just feel like a lot of people went into this book holding onto their own pre-conceived visions of what Will Solace was and ended up disappointed the authors made him… different? But not really different, because he didn’t have a lot of in-depth personality or backstory before this.

Me personally? Yeah, I’m not that far into the book yet but I’m loving how Will is portrayed so far. He’s still sarcastic, but he’s shown his fair share of level-headedness as well as frustrations just within the first couple chapters. He is in no way the overly-optimistic sunshine-y boy who only exists to help Nico that the fandom has portrayed him to be all these years. His character arc is already headed in a way deeper direction (more on that when I finish the book). The whole bit where Will had coffee spilled on him and spent the next couple paragraphs in the scene trying to be unbothered while actually giving off “This is fine” fire dog energies? I loved that.

As for Nico, can I just say I adore how he’s written in this book? Aside from his PoV in Blood of Olympus, this is the first time he’s had his own narration. And it’s actually about him and more in-depth than previous times. I’ve heard people say that he’s “out of character,” and while I can see a little of what they’re all saying, I just want to know… what version of Nico have you all been reading? Did I miss something?

Up until this book, what exactly did we know about Nico? That he’s displaced in time, his sister and mother are both dead (and he feels alone), he harbored repressed gay feelings from his upbringing as a Catholic guy in 1940s Italy, and he’s been through the ringer more than once (so, trauma, basically). Oh, and he’s a bit of a nerd (Mythomagic and knowing all kinds of ancient creatures). That’s… about it. Everything has been speculation and projection from fans.

In previous books he’s always been portrayed from first- or third-person point of view (usually from people who don’t know him well and just think he’s “creepy”), leading to the idea that he’s distant and low-empathy based on some interactions he’s had with demigods who weren’t thrilled to be around him, during a time of great pressure. But he’s not exactly uncaring. He’s been shown to care a lot, actually (Bianca, Hestia, Bob, everything he’s done for Percy, his friendship with Reyna, Hazel, etc.)

But what about when he was ten? He was an excitable, curious kid who liked to have fun. And what did we see briefly in Trials of Apollo (before Jason died, at least)? We saw some of that energy return, particularly in The Hidden Oracle.

So, yeah, I’m personally thrilled to see him making cringe-y jokes and have some self-deprecating humor. It’s very “#OnBrand” for a traumatized teenager who’s just trying to cope and live life without any godly wars forcing him this way and that. Can we really say it’s “out of character” if we’ve never seen more than one side of Nico? (The under pressure side, from other character’s PoVs, in books not about him where he’s basically been a side character?) I’m just glad to see him cracking jokes, laughing, and acting more like a normal kid.

Now, is this book different from Rick’s other ones? Uh, yeah. I won’t say it’s not. But it’s not bad. It’s supposed to be different. It has slightly different intentions than the other books (re: explicitly working through trauma and relationship bumps). Also, it’s co-written. Co-written books always read slightly off from the original author’s work, but dam if it isn’t hard to meld writing styles and copy another author’s particular voice. But I think Mark did a very good job at imitating Rick’s style (again, from what I’ve read so far).

Will I change my mind on all this the farther I get into the book? Maybe. There’s a lot to read and take in. All I’m saying is don’t let the negative reviews warp your opinion of the book if you haven’t read it yet and are on the fence if you should or not. Wait for the PDF to drop, or for a library copy, and read and see for yourself.

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I agree with this so so much. And even then, Will expresses that he loves Nico in SO MANY different ways. Like, at that point, does it even matter that much if he’s never outright said that Nico is attractive? (I know he did, but that’s not the point.) They love each other so deeply. They would literally die for each other. I don’t know why people are so hung up on that.

People Will has acknowledged are attractive:

Paolo

Hermes

Persephone

People he has not called attractive:

Nico

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Listen, I just finished reading TSATS, and I have a lot to say about it

First of all, I’m not trying to force anyone to like it.

That’s not my goal.

My goal is to try and express why I think it’s great and why I think people should give it a chance.

Because there is so much negativity around it from people who have AND HAVEN’T read the book.

So if you haven’t read it or if you’ve been discouraged but you want to, please give it a chance. Only your opinion can shape how you feel. If you end up hating it, at least you gave it a chance. If you end up loving it, wonderful!! It is so beautiful and it deserves all the love it gets.

It’s got such amazing representation for a struggling/developing queer teenage relationship. That much, can honestly not be argued.

Their relationship is also extremely important because of what it’s like. Percabeth, possibly the biggest/most liked ship in this fandom sets a precedent for what relationships are like in PJO. Without doubt or struggle between the two lovers. Solangelo is very strong in the opposite way. It shows a struggling couple trying to overcome their differences and truly accepting that they can’t change one another, and they do it in such a powerful way. They evolve and grow as people and a couple. It’s beautiful and they got the development they deserved.

I know a lot of people dislike this book because it doesn’t have the head canons you wanted, or the dynamic is a bit different, but I honestly find that hilariously stupid. No book you will ever read will contain all the head canons you want. It’s not catered for you. It’s for the whole audience AND what the author wants. Fanfiction exists for a reason. So stop complaining and go read/write it. Because you running your mouth won’t change what’s written.

I’d love to know peoples thoughts and anything else that should be mentioned. Thank you for your time.