I have funny but first a quick history lesson
In Ancient Athens they had things called ostracons. Basically every year everyone would carve a name of someone they didn't like into a small stone tablet and then submit it. Then they would look at all of the ostracons and if there were too many of one person then they told that person to get tf out. They had ten days to flee Athens and couldn't come back for ten years.
So now I would like you to imagine Dionysus doing a pseudo version of this at Camp Half-blood every month because we all know he LIVES for the drama. (He's stuck there for a hundred years he might as well have some fun)
He would hand out stone tablets (it was very important to him that the names were carved don't ask why) and every person at camp would write a name.
Whoever had their name written down the most would be sent to live in a cabin in the woods for two weeks. If they survived they would be allowed to return to camp.
Mr. D always makes sure there's a crowd around to witness their walk of shame and he takes a picture of said person every month. He keeps them hung up on a wall in the big house.
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Concerning Snippets from PJO Chalice of the Gods
Annabeth didn't give Percy any warning. Didn't talk to him. Didn't tell him what she was thinking and just pushed him off the edge, not even knowing if this water was breathable to Percy, AND since he wasn't even prepared he could have easy lost his hold on this important staff.
Now he's fighting this unknown god, Elisson, who guess what wants to cause Percy pain.
Yeah, Annabeth, what did you think was going to happen? Oh, wise one *sarcastic*. At least Percy thinks of more than himself and wants to keep his partner safe.
Here Percy's been through the ringer, forced into this situation BY ANNABETH, and Annabeth, who is safe up on the cliff, is just tapping her wrist like it's a watch because she's impatient for her boyfriend to hurry up. Like girl, this god could kill Percy and has already hurt him, and this is how you react.
Look, I don't care if anyone likes Annabeth or not, but this kind of behavior, not to mention so many more things, is just so concerning to me. Percabeth is not a healthy relationship, and it never has been.
It's just so concerning that this is what been taught to as early as elementary school kids about what is a "healthy" relationship. Not to mention how many times Annabeth has elbowed Percy, kicked his shins, and calls him stupid. Let's not forget the judoflip in HOO either, where Annabeth puts her knee on Percy's chest and presses her forearm against his throat and tells him not to leave her, LIKE HE CHOSE TO BE KIDNAPPED. Instead of ya know, hugging him and telling him she loves him.
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Is it just me or does the way Hera is portrayed in the PJO/HOO series feel out of touch? By that I mean, while it plays into the idea of Hera's relationship with her husband's children and ideals of family, it seems like Rick just took that and ran with it without actually wanting to dive into those aspects and develop them more (ngl, his writing for his female characters, especially the goddesses, could use some work even if I do enjoy them). The reason Hera is the way she is with her husband's children is because she can't punish him [Zeus] directly due to him being more powerful (and the last time she turned against didn't he literally hang her from the sky)? And even while I'm not justifying her actions, there's a method to them, so why would she go after other random demigods like Percy and Annabeth? Or at least in a way that was written better than her falling into a trope (I enjoy this series with my heart, but the criticism about how the gods are written holds some value that shouldn't just be ignored either). Like, I don't know, it just feels like there was more that could've been done with her character instead of just immediately writing her off as the cruel, cold-hearted, evil stepmother (a trope that's overplayed, especially when not even bothering to give them any depth). I could write ideas, but then we'd be here all day.
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💀 I've been reading so many Percy Jackson fics that one of the head canon stayed with me uhh
"as you are to them" by Escapism_Part_2(Trial_And_Errror) on AO3 the link just in case ↓↓
https://archiveofourown.org/works/56107759
On how Sally prays to Hera and Hestia and stuff and becomes their patron blah blah and stuff you guys should read it
But like around that concept but Percy has like sensitive skin and wears something similar to ancient Greek clothes something like this ↓
Coz it's usually like just silk and cotton or something like skin sensitive coz I assume that getting yards of fabric is pretty cheap depending on where you get it. Plus Gabe would totally not fund extra money for sensitive clothing. The transition from regular clothes to Greek clothes would be around when he's still in elementary or something like that before he gets booted to Yancy academy. Coz lil Percy has daddy issues and would totally try to feel closer to his Pops than whatever Gabe has. So Sally has to spout like an extra fact that Poseidon is Greek-ish/Roman-ish (but assuming that Percy hasn't asked about what race his father is or something like that) so that Percy wears something like this when Sally tells him, but it looks plain not fitting the vibe he's tryna get so he either pickpockets or finesses jewelry or something that catches his eye but like on his first try he doesn't get caught and later it just becomes a habit (but like around this time he just looks like a prince like he as his hair mid back hella curly some pieces in braids and jewelry and he totally has some ear jewelry. look-a-like Poseidon, great fashion sense from Aphrodite and great pickpocketed from Hermes)
(Sally totally cries when he pops home one day like this coz he totally reminds Sally of Poseidon plus Sally would totally think that the jewelry he has came from friends and stuff, so she would think that he has good friends) also this would be the time that Percy tries Hellenism for his Pops and becomes patron of Hestia, Hermes, Apollo, Aphrodite, and Hades.
The reasons :
Hestia - hope and home for Sally and him to be safe from Gabe (Gabe would totally be slightly abusive depending on how much he drank)
Hermes - the thiefs he's been doing and thanking him for not letting him get caught
Apollo - good health for Sally and asking him to give Gabe some deathly disease
Aphrodite - thanking her for a good fashion sense and asking her to make Gabe fall in love with someone else
Hades - asking him if he could make Gabe die saying that he's passed his prime and thanking him for the extra money Sally gets from surprised bonuses and stuff
(Percy would totally give a bit extra offering to gods/goddess that he made an extra request to and put something new in the alter that he stolen off or found as he tells them about his day)
So when Percy meets Grover in Yancy, grover has a jump scare moment coz he totally thinks that Percy is Poseidon. So whenever grover meets Percy he totally thinks that the Big P is fuckin with him coz Percy smells strong AF and can't really tell until he has the first class in Chiron and 'Mr. Brunner' looks at Percy in a slightly surprised look as he greets the class and gives Percy a compliment for his outfit for the accurate and slightly modern fit. Then 2 months later the field trip happens, fury and the gaslighting
Then the day, he meets the 3 old ladies, panicking grover and montauk beach speech + getting to camp half-blood killing minotaur and golden dust Sally
I would feel like Percy would just have a headache coz the rain water would have had to heal him enough and would slightly smack grover awake as he has the minotaur horn on his other hand + grabbing his bag of clothes from the car before Grover woked up, they would stumble inside the camp and into the infirmary to get healed up. Percy would totally drink the whole nectar flask and would give the healer the scare. The moment he meets Annabeth, Percy thinks that she is a creep or a pervert coz she appears in front of him in thin air as she tries to get answers from him while he's partly naked from the chest up
Percy would get to meet the whole camp near the end of dinner time, basically nearly the same (most think that he's like a god or something) but Percy isn't able to sleep in the Hermes cabin and takes his stuff before somehow getting to the attic of the big house and sleeping there. Percy would have gotten the prophecy when he woken up,got in trouble for being in the big house, meeting all the different cabins, toilets with Clarisse, breakfast, capture the flag, getting claimed and getting to know about the quest. Telling Chiron about the prophecy as he comes back with a bag from the attic then moves into the Poseidon cabin + the trial of grover. 3 day training w Luke, getting grover to be his buddy for quest and asked Luke or Clarisse to come with him. Ignores Annabeth's whining to come to the quest.
So y'all something nearly like this or I need to learn how to write a fic 。:゚(;´∩`;)゚:。
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i think grover pointing out to percy that annabeth's yankee's cap is the only thing she has of her godly parent makes percy realize how important it is for demigods to have symbols of their parents with them. and i would really love to see it all come full circle when percy battles with ares later on in season one, and after he wins, he demands that ares leave them alone so they can return the bolt and that he gives clarisse another spear to make up for the one he broke. which would be an amazing way to set up percy and clarisse's 'i have a lot of respect for you/you're an annoying bitch that i tolerate/if anyone messes with you, i'll cut them' trope for later seasons.
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I dunno why but the pjo swiftie stuff annoys me. Both Annabeth and Percy are rockers. Percy needs no explanation. But Annabeth likely due to how young she was when she ran away and her circumstances thereafter just would have Thalia's music taste. Which is canonically punk rock. You know which pjo character absolutely would be a swiftie?
Leo.
Man has big small town girl gremlin energy. He'd be working on projects lip syncing along to you belong with me while angsting about Jason 24/7.
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