#Sally Jackson Ocean Queen

[motherofmandos]

Okay but the thing people aren’t talking about (and I need to talk about) is the Gods marked that box “Return to Sender.”

Let’s think this through. The gods knew what was in the box. (Athena was annoyed/insulted/whatever.) The gods who don’t just give demigods big scary weapons that might later be used against them? The gods did that?

The Gods. But no, not really. Just one God.

The God who didn’t like how that man laid hands on his boy. The God who rent the sky with rain each time Gabe degraded his son. The God who knew why Sally had to pick a man like that (probably told her to pick a man like that after the sundae incident) but caused the ground to shake each time that man laid a finger on his Queen.

Poseidon knew what kind of man Gabe was. And he had Hermes leave that box for Gabe to find. Poseidon let Gabe make the choice but Poseidon signed Gabe’s death warrant.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

[peecyjacksoo]

Percy Jackson Headcanon

where Sally Jackson is a legacy of Venus. Venus is Aphrodite's Roman counterpart. Percy in the later books is described as looking like a roman god. He's beautiful from everyone's perspective except his own(granted when it's in his perspective he doesn't talk much about how he looks).

Sally though... Sally attracted one of the most powerful gods. Gods usually fall for someone who has to do with their realm of power (Athena - a professor Aphrodite- a Chocolate maker and so on and so forth). The only thing Sally had to do with ocean was that she visited Montauk maybe once before she met Poseidon. But he fell for her. He called her a queen among women.

Percy can also be quoted speaking in Latin in the first series without having any prior teaching of the language.

Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

[punkeropercyjackson]

Afro-dominican Percy Jackson headcanons but by a black dominicana cause y'all write him like an oreo

His name is actually short for Perseo and his middle name is Isadore.Percy is a nickname given to him by Sally so he took it on willingly instead of assimilation but also gringos are always pronouncing Perseo wrong,including monsters and that only encouraged him to not use it in full

Sea green eyes but also darkskinned,4d textured hair,thick lips and a big nose.He's 6'4,his gray streak naturally faded to white and he has a wide variety of hairstyles per book:Baby dreads(TLT),wicks(TTC),twists(TLO),afro(for most of SON because he dosen't remember what styles he likes),dreads(SON finale),adds beads(MOA)and long locs(Tales of Dead Seas)

He calls Sally Mamí,obviously???

His favorite dominican food is blue flan

Third gen inmigrant and monoracial(lightskin Percy with loose hair is fake,that is a NIGGA 100%)

Sally had him grow up on Discovery Kids

Trilingual-Fluent in english,spanish and greek

Haircare and skincare king

Uses nigga enough that it's a common aspect of his vocabulary

All his durags/bonnets/beads are blue

Huge Pokemon fan(It's a latino meme that we love anime based things)

Sally taught him exactly zero latino machoism or black toxic masculinity and he's actually transfem bigender and femme.She uses she/he and a bunch of neopronouns and her womanhood is extremely afrolatina with her mannerisms and tastes(doing black woman hairstyles and makeup on herself,her favorite Disney Princesses are Tiana and Brandy's Cinderella,post transition she learns she deserves to be high maintenance and tons more things)

He listens to Mcr,D'Angelo,Meet Me @ The Altar,Rihanna,Megan Thee Stallion,Ice Spice,Lo-Fi beats and hiphop

He's demisexual and his type is princess-y black women(Perseus' wife was Andromeda,the princess of Ethopia afterall and names have power in the Pjo world)

Bro is romantic-He's a guygirl so that automatically gives him an advantege with rizz but she's autistic so that boosts it by 100+ points.No regards to social norms,just unfiltered kindness and acts of service that would kill any other nigga to even think of.Also i'm obsessed with the idea of her calling his s/o 'Strawberry Pop' because i'm a Demeter Kid

As per canon he's punk but i'm not boring like Rick so i do a deep dive into it.He uses 'Punkero' for himself too and he's crustpunk,afropunk,seapunk and solarpunk and he knows how to diy things that don't even exist,uses an emulator and only phone and secondhand bought games on anti-capitalist principal,defaces public property,did a lot of research after finding out punk is an actual culture and not just an aesthetic that was surprisingly easy to focus on and starts dressing punk too as he slowly finds the right thirft stores and learns to make clothes.He throwns black/dominican influences in his outfits and in Tods he gives himself that multicolor mermaid hair where you keep your og hair tone still for that Ocean Girl swag

She's a Latino Memes Queen OBVIOUSLY but her favorites are cat ones and she's also huge on energy drinks(cotton candy bang stan just like me fr fr)and legos(i'm pleasently surprised at how many lego shows fans are latinos).White people jokes are her jam also and Luke's colonizing fascist ass got the worst of it before he killed his ass

He is 100% Nico and Hazel's mom and dad,as per canon.Nico is black too because it fits perfectly and Hazel's got black hair and brown eyes because fuck exoticification so it gives them a special connection and La Residencia Jackson is a bit of a cultural melting pot because of it.Dominican flag hung on the wall behind the couch,even more hang gesturing and loud inside voices than normal,New Orleans cuisine and everything inbetween.Percy calls Hazel 'Mamita' and Nico 'Papito',do eachother's hair,they hang out almost 24/7,he radicalized them so now Hazel's pastel goth punk and Nico's goth punk,there's a lot leaning against him for emotional support or even just out of younger sibling/child love,Percy guilt-trips Poseidon into giving him money for Nico's meds and aids and helps Hazel out with girls,beach days with them are made straight up tropical with Percy's powers and they're every white man and Karen's worst nightmares combined as one big happy familia with Sally as the topping who seems easy to speak over but Percy said herself she got her rebellion against shitty people from her

Percy Jackson is NOT Peter Parker.C'mon now,don't fall for the boyloser propaganda and be real-We all know he's Hobie Brown and that his Spider Variant is an older Spiderpunk.Speak the truth with me

[blue-character-brawl]

The brackets are finally here!

(sorry for the poor quality of the bracket images lol it’s the best i could do)

Two quick propaganda rules:

1. Propaganda is good and encouraged, just don’t send any negative propaganda. This tournament is for fun, and anti-propaganda kinda ruins that.

2. If you do make propaganda, you can either send it through my ask box, or you can reblog the post with your propaganda. Either is fine!

These 6 brackets will go on until there’s only one character left in each. Once the six semi-finalists are chosen, there will be two battles of 3, and then the winners of that will go against each other in the finals! Each poll will last for one day, but the finals and semifinals will be a week each. The posting schedule will be one bracket a day, meaning that day 1 will be bracket 1 round 1, day 2 will be bracket 2 round 1, and so on. The first set of polls will drop tomorrow (March 30) at roughly 4:00 PM EST. Now, onto the actual matchups!

Bracket 1:

Cam (Rhythm Heaven) VS. Casey (Deca Sports)

Grover (Sesame Street) VS. Rosita (Sesame Street)

Cookie Monster (Sesame Street) VS. Gonzo (The Muppets)

Blue (Blue’s Clues) VS. Flippy Doggenbottom (Toontown)

Bluey Heeler (Bluey) VS. Bandit Heeler (Bluey)

The Tesseract (Marvel) VS. Captain America (Marvel)

Blue (Overly Sarcastic Productions) VS. Blue (Animator VS Animation)

13th Doctor (Doctor Who) VS. The TARDIS (Doctor Who)

Lancer (Deltarune) VS. Lance McClain (Voltron)

Link (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) VS. Zelda (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)

Navi (Legend of Zelda) VS. Fi (Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney) VS. Trucy Wright (Ace Attorney)

Mega Man (Mega Man) VS. Megamind (Megamind)

MePhone4 (Inanimate Insanity) VS. Four (Battle for BFDI)

Teardrop (Battle for Dream Island) VS. Sadness (Inside Out)

Blue Album (Weezer) VS. Blue Meanie (Yellow Submarine)

Bracket 2:

Scott Wozniak (Scott the Woz) VS. Jacob (Alpharad)

Big Pauly (Papa Louie) VS. Watergirl (Fireboy and Watergirl)

Abby (Wii Sports) VS. Saburo (Wii Sports)

Kris (Deltarune) VS. Berdly (Deltarune)

Powerade VS. Gatorade

Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson) VS. Luka Couffaine (Miraculous Ladybug)

Gooey (Kirby) VS. Goo (Inanimate Insanity)

Benrey (HLVRAI) VS. Bubby (HLVRAI)

Gus Porter (The Owl House) VS. Anne Boonchuy (Amphibia)

Agent (Penguinronpa) VS. Gary the Gadget Guy (Club Penguin)

Mordecai (Regular Show) VS. Blue-footed Booby (Real Life)

Wish Bear (Care Bears) VS. Grumpy Bear (Care Bears)

The ocean (Real Life) VS. Elsa (Frozen)

Cinderella (Cinderella) VS. Alice (Alice in Wonderland)

Doc Hudson (Cars) VS. Sally Carrera (Cars)

Mudkip (Pokémon) VS. Squirtle (Pokémon)

Bracket 3:

Marth (Fire Emblem) VS. Lucina (Fire Emblem)

Chrom (Fire Emblem) VS. Dimitri (Fire Emblem)

Donald Duck (Disney) VS. Dewey Duck (Ducktales)

Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog) VS. Leonardo (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Sans (Undertale) VS. Queen (Deltarune)

Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls) VS. Finn the Human (Adventure Time)

Gumball Watterson (The Amazing World of Gumball) VS. Perry the Platypus (Phineas and Ferb)

Squidward Tentacles (SpongeBob Squarepants) VS. Inkling Boy (Splatoon)

Bubbles Utonium (Powerpuff Girls) VS. Bloo (Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends)

Logan Sanders (Sanders Sides) VS. Patton Sanders (Sanders Sides)

Jay Walker (Ninjago) VS. Nya (Ninjago)

Tom (Eddsworld) VS. Thomas the Tank Engine (Thomas and Friends)

Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender) VS. Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Sapphire (Steven Universe) VS. Lapis Lazuli (Steven Universe)

Nightwing (DC Comics) VS. Superman (DC Comics)

Wendy Darling (Peter Pan) VS. Dorothy Gale (The Wizard of Oz)

Bracket 4:

Craig Tucker (South Park) VS. Goombario (Paper Mario)

Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid) VS. Kaito (Vocaloid)

Michael J. Caboose (Red vs Blue) VS. Leonard Church (Red vs Blue)

John Egbert (Homestuck) VS. Vriska Serket (Homestuck)

James P. Sullivan (Monsters, Inc.) VS. The Genie (Aladdin)

Wheatley (Portal) VS. V1 (Ultrakill)

Frosta (She-Ra) VS. Mermista (She-Ra)

Falco Lombardi (Star Fox) VS. Blu (Rio)

R2-D2 (Star Wars) VS. Bo-Katan (Star Wars)

Mountain Dew Voltage VS. Blue Gushers

Pablo (The Backyardigans) VS. Tuxedo Sam (Sanrio)

Crackle (Rice Krispies) VS. Blueberry Muffin (Strawberry Shortcake)

Blue (Pokémon) VS. Piplup (Pokémon)

Nightcrawler (X-Men) VS. Mystique (X-Men)

Sayaka Miki (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) VS. Tsumugi Shirogane (Danganronpa V3)

Shun Kaido (Saiki K.) VS. Teruhashi Kokomi (Saiki K.)

Bracket 5:

Soundwave (Transformers) VS. Optimus Prime (Transformers)

Frankie Stein (Monster High) VS. Lagoona Blue (Monster High)

Stitch (Lilo & Stitch) VS. Roadrunner (Looney Toons)

Merryweather (Sleeping Beauty) VS. Hades (Hercules)

Zazu (Lion King) VS. Benny the Bull (Dora the Explorer)

Samus (Metroid) VS. Shovel Knight (Shovel Knight)

Toy Bonnie (Five Nights at Freddy’s) VS. Spheal (Pokémon)

Lucy van Pelt (Peanuts) VS. Numbuh 2 (Codename: Kids Next Door)

Nebula (Marvel) VS. Steve (Minecraft)

Blue Alien (I’m Blue by Eiffel 65) VS. Shiver (Splatoon 3)

Barney Calhoun (Half-Life) VS. Blue Beetle (DC Comics)

Vivi Yukino (Mystery Skulls Animated) VS. Naoto Shirogane (Persona 4)

Ciel Soleil (RWBY) VS. Bloom (Winx Club)

Jack Harkness (Doctor Who) VS. Spock (Star Trek)

Gwen (Total Drama) VS. Rosalina (Super Mario)

Mugman (Cuphead) VS. Sea Fairy Cookie (Cookie Run)

Bracket 6:

Teddy (Bob’s Burgers) VS. Blue M&M (M&M’s)

Sailor Mercury (Sailor Moon) VS. Silvermist (Disney Fairies)

Bibble (Barbie) VS. Sylvie (Wander Over Yonder)

Simon Seville (Alvin and the Chipmunks) VS. Dory (Finding Nemo)

Tsunami (Wings of Fire) VS. Bluestar (Warrior Cats)

Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony) VS. Metal Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Beauregard Lionett (Critical Role) VS. Jester Lavorre (Critical Role)

Veronica Sawyer (Heathers) VS. Smurfette (The Smurfs)

Undine Wells (Sleepless Domain) VS. Idia Shroud (Twisted Wonderland)

Lan Wangji (The Untamed) VS. Korra (Legend of Korra)

Pokotho (Hatchetfield) VS. Langa (Sk8 the Infinity)

B.O.B. (Monsters vs Aliens) VS. Vergil (Devil May Cry)

Vault Boy (Fallout) VS. Jake Sully (Avatar)

Phantasma (Scooby-Doo) VS. Jack Frost (Rise of the Guardians)

Tutter (Bear and the Big Blue House) VS. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (Disney)

Spy (Team Fortress 2) VS. Baljeet Tjinder (Phineas and Ferb)

As stated previously, the first round of polls, which will be Bracket 1 Round 1, will begin on March 30, at approximately 4:00 PM EST. See you then!

[rey-diem]

Amphitrite’s Leave

The Queen of The Sea had never been jealous of the affairs that her husband would have. Even with Sally Jackson. In fact Amphitrite treated Perseus’s mother like a sister of hers. Though it changed when she found out about what Poseidon was trying to do. He wanted to make Sally his queen. To replace her.

The sea goddess swam away from Poseidon as he approached, leaving the god furious at his immortal wife's avoidance. Entering her room with intensity, Poseidon demanded a conversation. Unusually distressed, he felt let down by Sally Jackson's refusal to become his queen, choosing a mortal man instead.

“You are avoiding me. Tell me why, Amphitrite.”

Gazing at him indirectly in the mirror, the sea goddess displayed a detachment. The lips he had admired for their vibrant blue hue in millennia past were now dark red, akin to blood. Her bloodshot eyes, incapable of shedding tears, mirrored the potential havoc of crashing waves worldwide. Not given to jealousy, Amphitrite understood her rightful place. Promised freedom and riches, she harbored no resentment towards Poseidon's lovers or children; instead, she embraced them, caring for them as her own.

“Am I, not your queen?”

Her voice, gentle yet evidently concealing the pain in her throat, echoed the agony of his betrayal.

“You will not hurt her.”

The ruler of the seas recognized she spoke of his mortal lover. Anger welled up within him at the topic, and he worried that Amphitrite might cause harm.

“Will I hurt her!? You have known me for millennia and I have treated your lovers and children like family as long as you promised me two things.”

In response, she snapped, causing the ocean currents to intensify, and boats began to succumb to the overwhelming stress of their combined anger, sinking beneath the powerful waves.

“Freedom.. and to be queen.”

Clear about his intentions and actions, Poseidon inflicted pain on his wife, unaware that he was losing her.

“Queen!”

Her voice echoed as the palace turned silent.

“I have been faithful to you, and this is the thanks I get?”

Poseidon was too furious to understand what he is to do.

“Sally Jackson is so much better than you! Damn right I would want her as my queen! It doesn’t take long for a god to get tired of his queen. Look at Zeus!”

“You know Zeus is a horrible example! He left so many women before he landed on Hera!”

“What are you leading to. Where is this conversation heading?”

“To a divorce.”

Amphitrite concluded the conversation and walked away, leaving Poseidon even more heartbroken as he lost his lover and his queen.

[dandelion-blues]

Bittersweet Blood

About:

What if Loki was Sally Jackson? Thus, Percy is born a half-blood of two gods from differing patheons. It's time Loki and Percy took the Marvel Universe by storm.

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Chapter 2, Part 2: The Sea Protects

Loki breathes in deeply, amazed that he is breathing in water, as he does air. The currents around them swell, and fish swim all around him in shimmering colors - their bioluminescence lighting up the dark depths of the ocean, and glowing plants sway in the currents, the colors lighting up the waters. 

However, this is nothing compared to the palace in front of Loki. It glows, showing its proud and majestic features. Jewels and pearls decorate its exterior tastefully, with stone carved beautifully as crafted art of the tides and oceans and life. Somehow, yet, the palace still looks daunting, its beautiful exterior a beautiful mask, hiding dangerous points and defenses with a carefree grace when one begins to look more closely at its majesty. 

“Enjoying the view, my απατεών (“shark”),” Poseidon grins at Loki’s awe of his kingdom. His “human” form shed to his simple mer form, with now dark cobalt skin sparkling with dark golden highlights, and his two twin tails grace the water. His long black hair now has a hint of blue in it, and his eyes reflect the deep dark waters around them. He, however, does not change to his royal attire or complete royal form that Loki has seen before, all sparkling and brilliant and deadly, as they need to stay inconspicuous for now. 

Though, Poseidon is still 15 feet tall, about 3 ft taller than the average mer person, and Loki is 6’2”, so they are still bound to stick out a bit.

“Shark,” Loki rolls his eyes once again grateful for Allspeak, “You really couldn’t come up with a better nickname my ᚲᛚᛟᚹᚾ ᚠᛁᛋᚺ.”

“Yet you call me clown fish,” Poseidon rolls his eyes, but looks at Loki fondly, “Besides sharks are a dangerous beauty, much like you are αγαπητε μου (“my dear”).”

Loki’s cheeks heated up, despite himself, “Yes, while clown fish was mainly to jab at your striking sense of humor, I know that clownfish are protective fathers, and you will do whatever it takes for the safety of our child.” 

Loki holds his still flat stomach tenderly and looks fiercely into Poeidon’s beautiful deep greens, “It's why you blessed me to breathe underwater, even when I would have been fine due to my asgardian biology adjusting to the new environment much like how I can survive in space for long periods of time without air, you didn’t want to risk the baby. ᚺᛖᛚ (“Hel”), we are here under the sea to get help for our child in the first place. You are already an amazing father, my lovely ᚲᛚᛟᚹᚾ ᚠᛁᛋᚺ.” Loki adds on with a sincere smile.

Poseidon's cheeks heat up, and he looks at Loki bashfully. Then, he seems to come to a revelation, “I knew you secretly liked Finding Nemo!”

“I-I don’t,” Loki states indignantly, “I just think that Marlin’s parenting is admirable, with how much he cares even when his child is different.” Loki then gets lost in his thoughts, wishing that, despite his differences, his father Odin was that protective and loving. Alas, that isn’t the case, and Loki sighs. 

Poseidon senses Loki’s change in mood and goes to squeeze his hand comfortingly.

Loki looks into Poseidon’s worrying eyes, “I-I’m fine Poseidon. Now, let’s go and meet your family.” Loki squeezes Poseidon’s hand back reassuringly, and lets go. Then, Loki breathed in and straightened his back, the posture and stance fit for a prince, and walked (swam?) into the palace with grace.

Luckily, the visit wasn’t unexpected for Amphitrite nor Triton. They just didn’t know the circumstances or who they were meeting with Poseidon. Although, it still came as a surprise that with Poseidon came the Norse god Loki walking side by side together into the throne room. 

Loki bowed politely, “Pleased to meet you, your royalties, Queen Amphtrite and High Prince Triton of the seas. I am Prince Loki Odinson of Asgard.”

They quickly got over their shock, though, and bowed to Loki as fellow god royals, “Greetings Prince Loki Odinson of Asgard.”

Amphtrite asked, “Now what brings you here, Prince Loki.”

Loki takes a shaky go to open his mouth to speak, and nothing comes out. He tries again, and he can’t speak. He looks to Poseidon for support.

But Amphitrite cuts in warmly, “Why don’t we go somewhere more comfortable since I feel this will be a tough discussion.” 

Then, she leads them into a comfortable room with soft chairs to sit at, placed around a simple round table in the middle of the room. It's all soft blues and greens, with a sandy wall, groves carved into it like ocean waves, and a soft floor of sand with simple plants to the sides, and bioluminescence all placed smartly on the ceiling and walls like shimmering pearls to light to room up enough for comfort.

Amphirtite looks patiently at Poseidon and Loki once they are all seated down. Her gorgeous golden hair like beach-grass pinned back in nets of pearls and silk, a circlet of polished sharp red crab claws across her brow. She smiled at them warmly, her deep blue eyes like sapphires in calming pools, and her seafoam green skin was decorated in jewels and fineries. Her emerald tails draped in pearls and in silks moved calmly, but her ruby spiked fins and scales glint dangerously as her red circlet - showing her deadly grace and power. 

Triton for now remains silent, and places his seafoam green arms with golden bracers on his forearms much like his mother’s on his lap, his two green twin tails unmoving, their golden highlights much like his father’s sparkle in the room's bioluminescence. His dark blue eyes like the hidden depth of the oceans stare steely ahead, part of his hair pulled back in a ringlet of pearls and a small circlet of golden corral remains atop his head, his dark green hair behind his webbed ears cascading down to his shoulders.

Both of them, much like Poseidon, are dwarfing Loki in height and size, even though they are both around a foot shorter than Poseidon.

Loki takes a deep breath, looks to Poseidon and sees his nod, and tells them everything.

Notes:

Do I care that Finding Nemo came out in 2003? No, because comparing Poseidon to a clownfish was needed here, and was cute as heck, and I don't regret it.

Also, I decided to have Amphitrite have blonde hair instead of black because I thought it would fit her, and the mix between yellow or blonde and blue gets Triton's green which is fun.

Loki may or may not have a crush on the beautiful goddess.

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[navarice]

PJO Episode 6 Thoughts

Kronos is a GILF I fear

And I said “Clarisse stole the lightning bolt”, like you know, a liar.

“Oh…them 😟”

NOT LADY GAGA BUT THEY GOT DUA LIPA BABY

Grover baby the emotional labor is insane. Not to mention how the lotus flowers make you see what you want the most and that’s what trapped Grover: family and loyalties

Alexa play the Hero’s Journey

IS THAT LIN MANUEL MIRANDA???

Hermes drinking whiskey on a tumblr glass while Annabeth airs out his dirty laundry hiissss

He did eat this role a bit I fear. Avoidance tactics and guilt tripping to slow down their quest but Annabeth coming THRU BUT THEN let’s them steal his keys???

PUMPING LOTUS SEEDS INTO THE AIR THAT’S SO SCARYY

Annabeth is indeed a multitalented queen

The yellow cab was a genius move

Alexa play ocean and rain asmr

POSIDEON GOD OF THE SEAS, FATHER OF HORSES, HARBINGER OF STORMS AND EARTHQUAKES, BABY DADDY OF SALLY JACKSON, DEADBEAT DAD OF PERCY JACKSON BUT SOMEHOW IS REDEEMING HIMSELF TO GET FATHER OF THE YEAR AWARD

THE DEADLINE PASSED???? WTF

Percy sounds just like a hero he truly knows what to say. FOUR PEARLS??? ONE MORE FOR HIS MOM!!!!!

I’m so fucking sick of these half an hour episodes

[waiting-down-the-hall-for-me]

(It’s Time For Water Themed Questions With Julie!) have you ever been in the ocean? if you were a pirate what would you name your ship? do you think there’s undiscovered sea monsters? do you need to go drink water?

OMG HIIII ILYSM

Yes! I love swimming in the ocean, and just beaches in general are one of my favourite places to go

Oooh ok, so this is a hard one, I think ships are normally named after women for good luck? So maybe Hathor after the ancient Egyptian goddess or Sally after Sally Jackson because she is a queen (and also I’m less likely to be capsized that way iykyk)

Of course! With the amount of ocean that we still haven’t discovered I’m sure there are things living under there that we still have no clue about!

Aww thank you so much for checking up on us, but surprisingly I just had a drink! Have you had enough water recently though?

Thank you for this, these are so fun to answer! I hope you have an amazing day/ night!

[landofgodsxmonsters]

Poseidon

Poseidon is the god of the sea in Greek Mythology along with other things, much of his early life was spent within the stomach of his father the Titan Kronos. He was the second to last of his siblings to be swallowed, the first being Hestia, then Hades followed by Demeter, him and then Hera. Hestia and Hades did their best to keep him, Demeter and Hera from the acid of their fathers stomach and thanks to that they don't hold nearly as many scars as the two of them due to their time in Kronos belly. Despite this Poseidon does have good amount of scaring on his left foot from a time when Hera slipped and he touched the acid catching her.

After the war Poseidon claimed the Ocean so that he could have isolation when he wanted it, being sure that his siblings knew that his home was always open to them. After Zeus chose Metis as his first queen he went to an oracle to find who he should make the Queen of the ocean, when Amphitrite made it clear she didn't want to be his wife he proposed that they marry and have at least one child but that their relationship could be an open one. She would be queen of the sea and he would never attempt to take that title from her, but they both would be free to pursue other relationships that could fulfill their emotional needs outside of caring for their kingdom.

It took some convincing and he had to make an oath saying as much in their wedding ceremony, but she agreed and they have had a fairly decent relationship since. Well he does love Amphitrite in a way and appreciates how helpful she is on his rule of their kingdom, he does not love her the same way he has others he's had relationships with over the years. Of these Sally Jackson is the woman that he has loved most dearly, and leaving her behind was hard beyond measure for him.

Amphitrite was the only person that he trusted with the knowledge of where his son was and who his mother was, even if others did know that he existed before he wound up at camp. She saw the way he was heart broken at leaving her behind and did her best to help him move past it, despite this he never stopped loving her and eventually he wound up coming back to her. He told himself that it was simply an attempt to be closer to his son, but deep down he knew that coming back as Neptune and disguised as Paul Blofis was more to be close to Sally again than anything else.

[drewlover]

i was talking abt posally w one of my friends so currently i’ve been thinking abt them a lot and just like. poseidon is so In Love w sally it’s so ridiculously beautiful i can talk about it for hours bc he is the literal OCEAN it is his very essence his very existence he is the tide that changes constantly and the gentle calm before a storm and when u think abt it the ocean is actually Not loyal at all bc when ur out in the ocean it’s just you vs. the water. whatever battle ur fighting it doesn’t matter bc the ocean is and always will be ur Greatest Enemy. when it loves it loves dangerously, grasping at ships it loves and tears it apart so that it’s remains will forever stay on the ocean floor and it hides the beauty of fishes behind the monstrosities that haunt mortals because that is how the ocean loves, possessively and all consuming but POSEIDON W SALLY .... he saw her and he saw her eyes and the gentleness in her soul and the soft way she would speak and he fell in love and he loved her for so long even if he knew it was dangerous simply bc he couldn’t help it AND HE OFFERED TO CHANGE THE TIDE FOR HER HE OFFERED TO BUILD HER A PALACE UNDER THE SEA poseidon loved her so gently so beautifully so passionately that the waves crashing against her and keeping her under wasn’t enough to show the gentleness and depth his love held so he offered to preserve her forever, keep her with him for as long as he possibly could. just. think of it the god of the seas offering to stop the tide for you and calling u a queen amongst mortals as if he wished and had prayed to the fates that she was the one destined for him the one destined to rule beside him even though deep down he knows they aren’t because gods don’t have souls, think of him and the pain in his heart because he knows that he could never make her immortal because if he did they’d become a tragedy .... I can’t take this. Sally Jackson could walk into the ocean in the middle of a raging storm, nothing but her and the water and she could utter one word, one word and the oceans would stop for her because how could it not listen to the one voice it truly loved ??? the way he is just so naturally drawn to her not really like the moon and the sea but more like one who is from water is drawn to someone who is made from water as well like how ur just so naturally drawn from someone cut from the same rock as u and for the first time in eternity poseidon felt human because of her he could experience the way mortals love, completely and passionately and fully and just so unbearingly fragile they are SOULMATES U HEAR ME SOULMATES

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Kingdom Collisions Part XVI

please explain to me how i started this fic after EotH and we’re now ahead of that fic?? Also don’t kill me? Okay i love you guys enjooyyyy

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I know it’s been over a month so here’s a previously on:

Prince Jason Grace sets him down by the fire. “Don’t move, I’ll come back for you.”

And then he is gone, and Prince Perseus Jackson smiles. Because that was the voice of the man he fell in love with. And those hands which had brushed against his waist as he let go were as warm and alive as electric currents.

So the destroyer sits by the fire, and waits for his healer to rescue him.

Come home, don’t die so far from the sea

Percy Jackson can feel the hard press of the wooden floor against his back and he welcomes the pain like an old friend. The darkness of the room feels endless in the cold black of the early morning hours. The fire has long since died, no kindling or wood to keep it alight for however long he stays here. If he didn’t know they planned to kill him at dawn of the coming day he would think they were trying to freeze him to death. It was almost strange how cold he was considering Hanaan was supposed to be in spring, heading towards the warmer months at a rapid pace. He wouldn’t be surprised if he wasn’t in Piper’s kingdom any longer. Maybe he had been transported to a kingdom of eternal winter.

He remembers a story like it, one his mom had told to the group that met at the children’s library every month. He remembers all the stories his mother had told him, fitting into each other like a tapestry. Just then an icy wind drifts in from under the door making him shiver in the thin cotton clothes. He curls into a ball-any attempt to save his body heat- and closes his eyes to a warmer darkness. His mother’s voice echoes inside him.

“When the world was first created there was only the earth and the sea and the sky and the beings that made these elements up.”

Queen Sally smiled down at the children surrounding her, looking up with sparkling eyes, hanging onto her every word.

There was the Lady of the Ocean, and the Being of the Rivers, and the Wisps of the Sky and the Dancers of the Earth. They lived together in harmony, for they never knew of each others’ existences. But one day the Being of the Rivers met the Lady of the Ocean and they learnt together what love was, and then loved each other. They refused to be apart, they couldn’t bare it; the oceans would thrash in agony, hurting the earth; the rivers would dry up, or form canyons in the ground in rage. It was destructive to keep them apart, for they loved so hard and so fiercely that it became a weakness to the world to separate them. So the beings stayed together, for eons, seasons, lifetimes passing without disruption. And in their time the earth changed and the sky grew rainbows and new elements came into being, things that molded and shaped as they had. Things that would not become clear until there was tangible things to hold them, make them. The day came, uncountable eras into their existence. A Dancer of the Earth had fallen in love with a Wisp of the Sky and together they created one that walks.

“Like us Your Majesty?” A little girl burning with curiosity, curly pigtails swinging slightly in the Mare breeze. 

“Just like us Bianca.” His mother had smiled, “With two legs and a wide smile and so much love in their hearts.”

Bianca sighed contentedly as if she had known that first being all her life and looked up to them.

“And with that one being came more and more. As they settled down the need for structure became apparent. Not to control these new beings, but to make sure they had a place to talk about their struggles and to connect them with those who could help. And who better-

His mother had smiled, one of her secret smiles, that meant she knew something she’d beg them to tell her. Half the children around her fell for the bait.

“Whom, your majesty?” A child he had never seen before squeaked, rocking on their heels, knees pulled up to their chest.

“Well the very beings that brought them there.” She giggled, watching as some of their faces scrunched in confusion while others slowly came to the realisation.

The beings of the earth and the rivers and the sky took on a form, as close to the new beings as possible and came to them to offer help, and solace. And that is how the Kingdoms were formed. Mare for water, and Caelum for sky, and Canbaha for earth.

The questions came all at once. 

“So the first Kings and Queens were the beings of the world?’

“What happened to the Ocean Lady and the River?”

“Are you a-”

“Alright alright,” The Queen laughed, “One at a time, let’s go around the room shall we?”

The children raised their hands, impatience shaking their little bodies. His mother pointed at Bianca who was right under her gaze.

“What happened to the Lady of the Ocean and the Being of Rivers?”

“Remember how i told you they couldn't ever be separated?”

The gaggle before her nodded enthusiastically eager to show they were listening.

“Well they were the only beings to rule one kingdom together. They decided if they fed one another there was no need to keep themselves apart. Instead of becoming a kingdom of Oceans and  kingdom of Rivers they become the Kingdom of Mare.”

“What about all the other kingdoms?” A small voice piped up, drifting in the sea of mutters.

“Those kingdoms came to be as beings changed and evolved and became something different, something more. The Kingdom of Hanaan appeared first, created by a beautiful person who could change form at will. She knew not of physicality but of emotion. And then the Kingdom of Hekima came, bringing with it prosperous invention and ways to keep the world working better, more beautifully. And then the Kingdom of Xoia-”

Bianca gasped, “Mine!”

“Yours” his mother had smiled, stroking the little girl's head. “Xoia was one of the last to appear but it brought brightness to the world that could not be found or made otherwise.”

“What happened to the beings that ruled, mom?” Percy’s voice was small, like a baby bird learning how to use its beak.

For him she cocked her head, her blue eyes glinting under the candlelight swaying above them. “What do you think Prince?”

Come home, don’t die so far from the sea

Percy awoke to the door creaking open and rough hands digging into his arms as they hauled him up. He doesn’t have the energy to demand where they were taking him. He didn’t have the wits or the power because his brain was slowly coming to realisations he was not ready to have. It was making assumptions he was terrified may be true. It was shattering his world for the billionth time. It was breaking him.

The world is still dark, but it is not that heavy blackness that seems to suck him in. It is the kind of dark that tells you the light was winning; that soon you will see pinpricks of white and yellow and gold poking through the sky and then the world will be awash in colour once more.

He is thrown onto the grey-stoned floor, hiding his wince as his knees take the brunt of it. The people who had deposited him laugh and walk away. He doesn’t bother to call after them, instead taking in the surroundings. He is in an arena. In a colosseum. He is the lamb offered up to the butcher. He is the prey stuck in a hunter’s snare. He is the entertainment.

He can picture it now; crowds stomping into the stone stands and chanting for his death. He can imagine the painter sat in the box only one lower from the royalty, slapping colour onto a canvas, swirling it in the shades of his blood. He can imagine the musicians in the box just below the painter, banging on their drums, letting the beautiful notes of a flute be the anthem to his downfall. He can imagine his husband, standing in the box above all, looking down at him with those eyes of lightning. Eyes he had woken up to when Jason’s nightmares were so bad they had to sit by his window. About that blonde hair, like strands of sunlight, he has so often wanted to run his hands through, how he mourned its discolouring when their blood coated it.  About those hands that held him when they were captured and freed him so they weren’t. And he wonders, if the Prince will miss him.

Because, he realises with startling radiant clarity, somewhere in the mess that had become their lives Percy had grown to care for the Prince of Caelum. He doesn’t really know when it started; maybe when he found Jason screaming outside the door to the Captain of the Guards’ chamber; or maybe when Percy had sought him out some nights later, and held him as he cried; or maybe when Jason let him be a part of the kingdom by giving him a white rose. He can’t be sure it wasn’t a combination of all those things. He sits on the cold platform in the middle of the arena and finds himself sad, achingly sad, that he will never get that time with his husband. That he will never get to tell the Prince how he feels. 

The sun rises slowly, as if trying to delay the inevitable, but Percy embraces it, letting the warmth of the final tomorrow caress his brown skin. If it is the last time he feels the sun, he wishes to do nothing but feel it. The rays are gentle on his face and he can only imagine it’s what Jason’s touch would have felt like. He sits cross-legged, chin to the sky, eyes closed to the array of colours and lets the last joys of this world embrace him.

The wrought iron gates underneath the raised stands shake and rattle, but he doesn’t open his eyes. He doesn’t know what beasts await him; he doesn’t care. Let them come, he thinks, it will be a mercy to rest at last. The crowds pour in, his people who he was set to rule one day, Jason’s people who he was set to protect one day. Still he keeps himself shut off from the world, feeling the sun, and the wind.

If he had loved anything at all he had loved the wind, the way it chased his ankles, and swept him up, and raced him, and held him, and danced with him, and coaxed him. It was a tragedy, a heartbreaking thought, that he hadn’t gotten to see his ocean one last time. He would have loved to feel the cool water on his skin, and the sand sinking under his feet. He wishes he had more time. He wants this to be over as soon as possible. Time is up.

“Good morning my people,” A voice like ancient beings and newborns croons across the colosseum. “Are you ready to witness history?”

Percy thinks of his mother, the keeper of stories, and knows she has already heard this one. Percy thinks of his father, who has returned to the beginning. He knows his parents will not come to save him. Percy thinks of his childhood friends, all leading secret lives, forged to end his own. He knows they will be in the stands to watch their victory. Percy thinks of his husband, a soldier for an army they could never have predicted. He knows they will never learn how to love one another.

The crowd is screaming, the wrought iron is rattling. Prince Perseus Jackson opens his eyes as the gate yawns open.

The arena is deafening, shaking with anticipation. He glances to the royal box nearly floating in the clouds and frowns when he doesn’t spot a flash of blonde hair.

The people are feral with excitement. A loud boom echoes from the musicians box.

Prince Jason Grace stumbles from the mouth of the arena and falls to his knees in front of the platform.

“Kill him Perseus.” A voice glimmers around him, leaking in through the ringing in his ears.

“Come home Prince,” That voice lilts, “Do not die so far from the sea.”

Jason looks up at him, blue eyes hazy, a dagger loose in his clasp. “Hello Prince.”

Percy steps down from the platform, and takes the dagger from his husband’s hands. It is almost sickening how easily he gives it over.

The crowd stomps its feet: they are ready for blood; they are ready for slaughter.

He holds the dagger up, making sure it glints in the sun. And then he draws his husband close until there is nothing between their bodies, not space, not even air.

“Let’s go home my love.” He whispers. “We will not die so far from the sea.”

Prince Perseus Jackson brings the blade down.

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2020 reads

ok i only have 99 books on this list bc im forgetting one and cannot figure out for the LIFE of me what it is, but! here is everything i read for 2020, and im probably gonna try to narrow down my top ten for another post!! 2020 was a shitshow year BUT at least the reads were good:

less than zero by bret easton ellis

trick mirror by jia tolentino

death is not an option by suzanne rivecca

on earth we’re briefly gorgeous by ocean vuong

catch and kill by ronan farrow

prozac nation by elizabeth wurtzel

difficult women by roxane gay

hunger by roxane gay

our men do not belong to us by warsan shire

the grownup by gillian flynn

slouching towards bethlehem by joan didion

you but for the body fell against by natalie stephens

in the dream house by carmen maria machado

sharp objects by gillian flynn

play it as it lays by joan didion

you don’t have to say you love me by sherman alexie

the handmaid’s tale by margaret atwood

the foxhole court by nora sakavic

the raven king by nora sakavic

all the king’s men by nora sakavic

never let me go by kazuo ishiguro

the year of magical thinking by joan didion

power politics by margaret atwood

reeling for the empire by karen russell

you’re ugly, too by lorrie moore

drinking coffee elsewhere by zz packer

stone animals by kelly link

summer sisters by judy blume

sweetbitter by stephanie danler

cat’s eye by margaret atwood

dark places by gillian flynn

night sky with exit wounds by ocean vuong

war of the foxes by richard siken

blue nights by joan didion

my year of rest and relaxation by ottessa moshfegh

seam by tarifa faizullah

salvador by joan didion

good bones by margaret atwood

south and west: from a notebook by joan didion

bluets by maggie melson

bunny by mona awad

conversations with friends by sally rooney

normal people by sally rooney

the incendiaries by r. o. kwon

necessary people by anna pitoniak

stray by stephanie danler

devotion by madeline stevens

social creature by tara isabella burton

blackout by sarah repola

mothers, monters, whores: women’s violence in global politics by laura sjoberg

kitchen confidential by anthony bourdain

self tanner for the soul by cat marnell

barbarian days: a surfing life by william finnegan

rodham by curtis sittenfeld

slow days, fast company by eve babitz

dearest creature by amy gerstler

what good is grand strategy? by hal brands

devotion by patti smith

the woman who would be king by kara cooney

godshot by chelsea bieker

grief lessons: four plays by euripides trans. anne carson

the tragedy of great power politics by john mearsheimer

reluctant crusaders by colin dueck

electra by sophocles trans. anne carson

the secret history by donna tartt

my dark vanessa by kate russell

we have always lived in the castle by shirley jackson

daddy by emma cline

the testaments by margaret atwood

neverworld wake by marisha pressl

daisy jones & the six by taylor jenkins

mostly dead things by kristen arnett

the knockout queen by rufi thorpe

circe by madeline miller

boys & sex by peggy orenstein

such a fun age by kiley reid

verified strangers by lena dunham

if not, winter by sappho (trans. anne Carson)

america abroad by stephen brooks

the lightning thief by rick riordan

the sea of monsters by rick riordan

the titan’s curse by rick riordan

the battle of the labyrinth by rick riordan

the blood of olympus by rick riordan

the lost hero by rick riordan

the son of neptune by rick riordan

the mark of athena by rick riordan

the house of hades by rick riordan

the blood of olympus by rick riordan

sister in hate by darby seyward

the rehearsal by eleanor catton

decreation by anne carson

black swans by eve babitz

hitting budapest by noviolet bulawayo

my dear you by rachel khong

the cheerleaders by kara thomas

call my name by aimee bender

sinners welcome by mary karr

lot: stories by bryan washington

[solange-lol]

Summer Lovin’

Alternate Title: Five times Nico's friends tried to set him up with Will (and one time they found out they were already together)

SolangeloWeek Day 2 - Secret Relationship / Fake Dating

Words: 3040

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I.

Annabeth was the one to point out the change to Piper on the plane.

“Have you noticed that this is the first time Nico ever brought someone along with him on this trip?” she gestured to the aisle diagonal to them, where Nico and Will seemed to be arguing quietly about something in their respective middle and window seats. Reyna was reading a book next to them in the aisle seat with her earbuds in, seemingly unaware of what was going on beside her. 

This trip itself had been an annual thing for a while now. It had originally been organized by Sally Jackson for Percy, Annabeth, and Grover. At some point, Nico started tagging along as well, and others just joined from there. They tried to find a date where everyone could come, but as they got older, they all found less time in their schedules. Grover, Rachel, and Thalia couldn’t make it this year. However, they found a new face joining them this year: Will Solace. 

Each of them had met Will at least once. It didn’t occur to them that maybe there was a reason why until this moment. 

They watched the two continue their conversation. Nico was gesturing wildly, probably complaining about being stuck in the middle seat, while Will listened and occasionally offered an opinion that would either have Nico agreeing or just cause him to go off again. Neither could tell what they were saying over the loud jets of the plane, but it was clear how wrapped up in each other they were. 

“Oh my god,” Piper remarked. “I’ve never seen him talk like this to any of us in this early in the day!” (Their flight was at 9:00 in the morning, which required them to all get up an ungodly hour). “Nico must like him a lot.”

Annabeth grinned. “Good thing, because-” she gestured towards Will, who was grinning as Nico leaned in slyly to tell him something, probably about one of them. “Will definitely likes him back.” 

***

Walking into their rental house was like lifting a weight off everyone’s shoulders. There was no doubt that this was the best part of the year; no responsibility, just the sun, and a beach, and the ocean. They had to start renting a bigger condo when more people started tagging along, but somehow everyone found their spot. 

“Okay,” Percy clapped as everyone stood in the hallway, unsure of where to go next. “We’ve got five bedrooms, each with a queen-size bed, two bathrooms, and a couple of pull-out couches and air mattress if we need them. Beds are my mom, and Annabeth, Jason and Piper, Hazel and Frank, and…” he trailed off, looking between his friends as if deciding which one he could save from a fire. Or, in this case, a couch. 

“Nico and Will,” Annabeth supplied. She and Piper made eye contact, sharing small smiles as Nico and Will didn’t react, although both blushed lightly. Nico’s probably just thankful to not be on a mattress this time, Annabeth decided.

Percy just nodded off his surprise. “Right,” he trailed off before looking back up to his other two friends. “Leo, Piper, you two good with the pull-outs?” They both nodded, traces of I’ve-had-worse evident in their face. “Great! One of the couches is in one of the bedrooms, so Jason and Piper can take that room and Leo can take that couch. Reyna, you get the living room.” With that, everyone went on their way to unpack. 

“How long have Will and Nico been a thing?” Jason whispered as they walked to their respective rooms. He looked guilty like he missed out on the biggest moment of Nico’s life.

“They aren’t. Not yet, at least. Annabeth and I have a plan.” Piper grinned. “You want in?”

“Oh, absolutely.”

They all gathered in the living room once they had finished, ready to talk game plan for the week.

“Okay, first things first, we need to go grocery shopping. Nico, Reyna, Will, can you guys handle it if we make a list?” Annabeth starts, perched on a ledge of the couch. 

“Why do we have to? We did last year-” Nico started, but Will put a hand on his shoulder before pulling him up. Nico just grumbled as he walked towards the door with Reyna, and Will turned back around to give them a knowing smile. 

The moment they walked out the door, Percy turned to his girlfriend with bewilderment. “What was that about?”

Piper grinned. “We’re trying to get them together.”

“And we have a plan,” Annabeth added. “We needed them out of here so we could tell you guys.”

Hazel looked like she was trying to hold back laughter. “I’m staying out of this,” she said, curls bouncing as she shook her head. “But good luck.” With that, she stood up and started to make her way back to her room.

“Oh, uh, me too,” Frank said, quickly getting up to follow her. 

“Alright guys,” Piper leans forward, rubbing her hands together like an evil scientist. “Here’s what we got.”

II. 

They put their plan into action the next morning, starting with Piper and Jason jumping onto Nico’s bed.

They were disappointed to find Will already awake and trying to help Sally with breakfast when they woke. (Keyword: try. The poor boy could barely make toast without burning it. Sally put him in charge of cutting fruit). Nevertheless, if any sort of accidental cuddling happened in the night, it would remain a mystery to the rest of them. 

“What the hell are you doing?” Nico glowered at them before shoving his face back into the pillow he had previously been sound asleep on before the two shook him awake. 

“We brought you coffee,” Jason offered. For a second there was no reaction before Nico finally lifted his head. He turned, sitting up and reaching out for the mug, a steady glare still set on the two. 

“You didn’t answer my question.”

Piper decided not to waste her time getting to the point. “Do you like Will?”

Nico squinted at them. “What is this, an interrogation?” he asked, cradling the mug closer to his chest.

“Don’t avoid the question.”

“Yes, I like Will,” he sighs. “Happy? Can I go back to sleep now?”

“We just wanted to talk to you because when a man loves a, well, man in your case-” Jason starts, the biggest shit-eating grin on his face. They got what they came for, now it was just time to tease him a little bit.

Nico cuts him off. “Oh my god, shut up.” He shoves a pillow at his face, nearly spilling his coffee. “Get out of my room, or I swear-” but they’re already gone.

Annabeth and Percy, who just had a similar conversation with Will, meet Jason and Piper in the hallway. “So?” Annabeth asks.

“Confirmed. Nico likes him.”

Percy grinned. “Will likes him too.”

They exchanged silent high fives, chattering quietly a bit more about the next step as they walked back into the main room. Sally was still bustling around in the kitchen, and Will, who seemed to have been replaced by Reyna on fruit duty, was setting the dining table. 

Everyone was awake by the time Sally called them for breakfast, and they spent the first few minutes eating without much conversation. It was when they got into the topic of last year’s vacation when Piper winked at Annabeth, signaling that she had an idea for the next step in their plan.

“Maybe we can go to that bar that we went to last year,” Piper said, waving a forkful of eggs. “Nico seemed to have met the love of his life on the dance floor, maybe we’ll meet up with him again.” 

(She was joking, of course, and Nico probably knew that too. In fact, she was there when he deleted that guy’s number off his phone. Piper was just looking for a reaction out of Will.) 

There was a few snorts and giggles from around the table as they all revisited that memory mentally. Nico had a few too many vodka shots that night, thanks to Leo telling him he needed to ‘let loose’, and met some random guy. The parts that weren’t captured on video by his friends were lost in history, but not in their minds. 

Nico immediately blushed, eyes cast downwards. “I was drunk,” he mumbled, and Piper immediately looked to Will. The blonde’s look was hard to read, but, he seemed more concerned than jealous. 

“Besides,” Nico said, clearing his throat. “I’m over it.” Both Will and Nico seemed satisfied with that end, and they switched conversation topics. 

Annabeth and Piper just exchanged a look. Huh. 

III. 

A classic vacation tradition for them is renting a boat to use for a day. Both Sally and Percy had a boat license, and occasionally Leo or Jason would take the wheel. There were a few different islands scattered around that would make a perfect beach day, or they would sometimes just float and have a boat picnic for lunch.

“I think I actually might be melting.”

Another vacation tradition: Nico complaining about the heat.

The Italian was already shirtless after a quick swim that his friends forced him into. (As in, literally forced. Hazel pushed him in). His jet black hair was damp from water and sweat, as was his neck and chest.

“That’s called sweating, Nico,” Will says without looking up from his book. Anyone within hearing distance snickers at the remark as he glared at Will. 

Only when he reached to grab his sunglasses did Will finally look at Nico. “Did you reapply sunscreen after you went swimming?”

“No?” Nico squints. “And it wasn’t voluntary, I got pushed me in-” 

“You’re burning up, idiot. You’re lucky you haven’t already gotten skin cancer already,” Will sighs, reaching next to him to grab the sunscreen. “Take some of this. I’ll do your back.”

Tan hands met Nico’s back, slathering white sunscreen into already-pink skin. Meanwhile, Nico was busy attempting (and failing) to rub it in on his face. He looked up to see Annabeth and Piper making kissy faces at him and smirking as Will rubbed his back. His squint deepened, and scrunched his nose and stuck out his tongue at them.

After Will was done, he instructed Nico to go sit in the shade for a little bit. Unfortunately for him, that’s right where Piper and Annabeth were parked.

“So,” Piper asked quietly, leaning forward in her hands so her elbows were balanced on her legs. “What was that about?”

“Will’s a pain in the ass about that sunscreen thing. Makes me wear it whenever we’re out,” Nico said with a shrug, but there was no real anger in his voice.

Annabeth grinned. “So you would say he makes you a better person?”

“Oh, shut up.”

IV.

Piper was surprised at how much Will seemed to love the beach. Actually, it didn’t really surprise her at all; he looked exactly like a surfer guy from any teen movie. It was just surprising after years of Nico being a beach bum to see him bring a guy who was the exact opposite.

That didn’t change Nico’s beach bum habits, though. While they were all currently paddling around in the ocean, he was taking a nap back on shore. 

Suddenly, an idea sparked in Piper’s mind.

“Will,” she hissed, grabbing him by his tan, freckled arm. “Do you see that bucket up there?” she gestured towards the bright blue plastic bucket on shore that Percy brought along for some reason, and Will nodded. “Fill it with water and follow my lead,”

Will seemed to know exactly what her motive was. He crept behind her towards Nico, now with a full bucket of water that he was trying his best not to spill. 

She gestured towards the sleeping figure, and Will had the biggest shit-eating grin on his face as he dumped the entire bucket over Nico.

Splash. 

“Will Solace, you are so dead,” Nico shrieked, jumping up and immediately charging after the boy, who had taken off running. 

He chased him around for a while, finally tackling him somewhere down the shore. They wrestled for a moment; Nico seemed to be trying to dump as much sand as possible into Will’s hair. (It was a classic brutal di Angelo move).

They rolled around until Nico found himself on top of Will, and for a second, time seemed to stop. Piper and Annabeth just looked at each other before looking back at the two. 

“Is it just me or are their faces getting closer?” Piper whispered. Annabeth didn’t respond, just shaking her head in bewilderment. 

It definitely wasn’t just her; the two heads were very clearly moving closer and closer. Will’s lips were nearly a centimeter away from Nico’s.

And then suddenly, they both pulled back like some sort of magnet came out of the air and forced them apart. They trotted back, trying to shake off the sand that was plastered to every inch of their body. Will headed for the ocean while Nico just grabbed a new, dry towel. 

“You two are assholes,” Nico said, pointing the towel at them.

Piper chose to ignore that comment. “Why didn’t you kiss him?” she asked.

“‘Cuz we’re in public?” Nico said, before walking off, muttering something about

fangirls. 

Piper glanced over at Annabeth, who just shook her head. “Hopeless”, she mouthed. 

V.  

Nights tended to be colder than the day, so they decided to plan a campfire one of the nights at a nearby park. They loaded Percy’s rental truck with all sorts of blankets and materials for s’mores as well as drinks. 

Everyone found their place around the fire. Piper and Annabeth sat next to each other, with their boyfriends flanked on either side of them. Each couple was sharing their own blanket. Next to them was Frank and Hazel, who had a blanket each but was still sitting shoulder to shoulder. Leo sat on a stump between the two groups; he was in charge of keeping the fire roaring. On the other side of Piper’s log sat Sally and Reyna, who seemed to be deep in conversation. 

Across from the campfire, though, was where Nico and Will sat. They were practically on top of each other, with one blanket wrapped around their shoulders.

Drinks were handed out as the stars came out above their heads, and in the dim lighting of the fire, Annabeth could see Will and Nico exchanging soft, fond looks.

She caught Nico’s eye as he laid his head down on Will’s shoulder. Grinning, Annabeth held up her and Percy’s intertwined fingers, raising an eyebrow as if to say go on, take your man’s hand!

In return from Nico, she got a glare, but he also reached down and laced his fingers with Will, resting them on his lap. Annabeth decided to take that as a win.

+I

Piper came into Annabeth’s room on the last day of their vacation. They were set to leave late that evening, which meant Piper should be packing, but there was something on her mind.

“I just can’t believe how clueless they are,” she said, flopping down on Annabeth’s bed. The blonde just shook her head as she continued to fold clothes to be packed. “I mean, where did we go wrong?” Piper asked. “We’ve been trying all week to get them together.”

Annabeth placed down another neatly folded shirt. “Maybe that’s our issue. Maybe it’s because we tried so hard. I mean, Percy and I were oblivious for years before we finally got together. It won’t take them that long.”

Piper just sighed. “I hope you’re right,”

They talked for a bit more about other ups and downs of the trip, already planning activities for next year. Piper got up when Annabeth was finished packing, and together they walked to the kitchen. It was their day to make lunch.

In the living room, Nico was sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with Will, who was holding his phone out in selfie-mode. They were talking quietly, giggling occasionally at a goofy photo or when Will caught Nico off guard. Piper couldn’t help but to watch them; she really did hope they would get together in the end, or at least stay close friends.

“Just take one cute one with me,” she heard Will beg. “We don’t have any photos together!” Nico sighed, before closing his eyes and leaning in to kiss Will on the cheek. Piper looked over to Annabeth, who rolled her eyes as if to say leave them be.

It was when they actually did kiss that Piper reacted. 

“What?!” she gasped, internally losing her shit. Next to her, Annabeth’s eyes had nearly popped out of her head. “Since when have you two been together?”

Will and Nico gave them matching looks of confusion. “Like, 3 months now?” 

“You’re kidding me! And you never thought to tell us?” By this point, a few of the others poked their heads in. Percy and Jason both had looks of disbelief, while Leo and Reyna just looked plain confused. Hazel and Frank, who were sitting on the couch next to them, immediately burst into laughter. 

“Yes?! I thought you knew!” Now Nico was yelling. “With the way you’ve been treating us all week? I thought this was just Will’s weird initiation into the group!”

“No! We were trying to get you two together!”

For a second, nobody said a word. Then Will started giggling, followed by Nico, and then Piper and Annabeth, and suddenly everyone was laughing so hard, a few were crying.

“I can’t believe you didn’t know!” Nico said once he had calmed down a bit. “I mean, I changed my Facebook relationship status!”

Percy squinted. “Who uses Facebook anymore?”

Hazel and Frank both raised their hands.

“You knew the whole time?” Jason asked them. “And you never thought to tell us?”

Hazel shrugged. “We thought it would be interesting to see how it played out.”

Piper and Annabeth just stood in the kitchen, laughing still. This was by far the most interesting story that had ever come from one of these vacations.

~~~ 

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the greatest showman au

i don’t even know why i’m writing this but here we go

percy jackson is a poor boy that works with his mother, sally, occasionally as a tailor.

his father isn’t there financially support them which made him (percy) resent him. he strives to be a good father one day.

one day his mother asks him to help her with a particularly big job at the chase mansion his mother has him carry the fabric and measure athena and fredrick.

she tells him to take a break when he spots annabeth during her etiquette lesson.

he tries to make her laugh and it works well.

too well.

she spits out the tea she was drinking and athena gets upset.

like really upset.

she starts reprimanding annabeth and percy confesses to making her laugh.

athena kicks him out.

he sits by the ocean on the beach behind the house.

after a while, annabeth joins and they start talking.

cue ‘a million dreams’

they venture to an abandoned mansion and he talks about how he and annabeth would live there together when they’re older as a joke.

annabeth takes it seriously and those are the plans for their future.

they hang out more and more. her mother finds out and sends her to an all girls finishing school.

percy is devastated and promises to write to annabeth every chance he gets.

a year later his mother gets sick.

percy doesn’t write as consistently.

annabeth is worried.

a couple of months later sally dies and percy is depressed.

his letters go from once a week to once a month.

since they never had much money to begin with, percy ends up homeless at thirteen.

percy stops writing altogether because he can’t afford it.

he lives on the streets, often stealing money and food.

once he gets caught stealing some bread and a ‘freak’ gives him an apple.

the act sparks his fascination for the extraordinary.

he finally enrolls in school when a kind man, chiron, takes him in at age fifteen.

he starts writing to annabeth again.

three years later she tells him she’s coming back.

when she arrives he rushes over in his finest clothes and gives her the biggest hug imaginable.

they’ve been dating for two years when he proposes.

her parents disapprove and threaten to cut her off.

sis doesn’t care and marries that boy anyway.

annabeth is pregnant with their first child three months later.

they name her beryl which means ‘sea green jewel’ because percy adores the sea.

she inherits annabeth’s blonde hair and percy’s sea-green eyes.

two years later they give birth to another daughter.

they name her dara which means ‘nugget of wisdom’.

percy absolutely loves it because it combines two of his favorite things: chicken nuggets and annabeth.

beryl always teases dara for it.

she inherits percy’s jet-black hair and annabeth’s grey eyes

percy works hard and saves up money so he could open up his own business and give his family what they deserve.

beryl is eight and dara is six when he finally makes enough money and buys an abandoned building near their apartment.

it starts off as a museum but quickly changes when the public becomes bored.

he thinks about the ‘freak’ that helped him out and thinks people will find interest in people like her.

he and his daughters put up fliers for the extraordinary.

he auditions many of them including animal boy; frank, the witch; hazel, and trapeze duo; piper and leo.

cue ‘come alive’.

his newfound fame earns him enough money to buy the abandoned mansion he and annabeth found when they were younger.

he buys beryl ballet slippers and pays for lessons.

he buys dara a doll house.

at beryl’s recital, he meets jason grace, the man who funds the theater beryl performs at.

he thinks a partnership with jason will be a good investment.

jason disagrees at first because he doesn’t want to disappoint his stepmother, hera and his father, zeus grace.

percy asks him to get drinks.

cue ‘the other side’.

in which jason decides to take a risk for the first time in his life and agrees to a partnership.

jason is absolutely enjoying himself with the involvement of percy jackson’s circus.

he loves everyone’s colorful personalities and hangs out with everyone as much as he can.

he spends a little more time with a particular trapeze artist. *cough* piper *cough*

percy’s kids hang around a lot and jason absolutely adores them.

especially beryl because that was his birth mother’s name and she acts so much like her.

one day he gets a letter from the queen of freaking england requesting the presence of himself and percy.

he tells the gang and piper inquires if they all get to go.

he sees the hurt in her eyes and decides that all of them have to go or none of them do.

he claims that she’s very persuasive but even she would tell you it was because he was attracted to her. 

on the way to england, jason and piper get to know each other more and there’s a mutual crush.

percy and jason have an audience with the queen and soon after the party begins. 

percy and jason are introduced to singer, calypso.

percy is intent on making her famous worldwide and starts booking events for her.

he’s never heard her sing and is relying on other’s opinions. 

the first show percy invites jason, the circus, his wife, and his kids.

annabeth can’t help but feel a little bit jealous that her husband has so much faith in someone he has never heard sing.

cue ‘never enough’.

during the song, jason can’t fight the urge to hold piper’s hand.

he quickly lets go when his parents give him a disapproving look. 

hurt and confused, piper walks away.

percy doesn’t allow the ‘freaks’ to join the after party.

cue ‘this is me’.

percy leaves the circus in the hands of jason for a few months.

piper is still mad at jason and he is angry at himself for hurting her.

he tries to talk to her but she is not having it.

he spots her practicing trapeze.

cue ‘rewrite the stars’.

he tells her how much he wants to be with her.

they start dating but keep the relationship a secret.

the first time they make their relationship public is when he takes her to see a show that his parents were seeing too.

it was completely unplanned.

they made a big fuss about it and it really upsets piper.

she leaves.

jason was not having it.

percy and calypso are still traveling the world and she confesses her feelings for him.

during their last show, she kisses him in front of the whole theater despite knowing he has a wife.

she didn’t do it to be a homewrecker, she did it because she was so overwhelmed with emotion.

their kiss ends up making the front page of every newspaper you could get your hands on.

percy did not know this at all.

he comes back home to find annabeth, beryl, and dara packing their bags.

she shows him the newspaper and tells him she needs space.

she moves back in with her parents.

cue ‘tightrope’.

upset, percy goes to the only place that gives him clarity, the circus.

when he gets there he sees it’s on fire. 

everyone’s rushing out and jason makes sure everyone is there but notices piper is missing.

he runs back into the burning building looking for her.

she comes out around the side of the building while jason’s still looking for her. 

the building starts to collapse while jason’s still looking for her.

piper begs percy to save him. 

percy trudges out with an unconscious jason.

he is hospitalized and piper stays with him until he wakes up a couple days later.

she gives him a bone-crushing hug and kisses him so passionately that he’s afraid he’ll melt.

percy is devastated that he’s lost everything.

his wife, his circus, his kids.

he spends months trying to restore his building but it’s no use.

he finds a few circus members at his bar and they tell him not to give up.

cue ‘from now on’.

he goes to annabeth’s parents’ mansion and they work on getting their marriage back on track.

he gets the circus back together and uses portable tents instead of a building.

[zandraz]

here are all my   monster! Percy percabeth   au !

p5&6 are simply  shape of water ! au, I did them quite a long time ago.

while p1-p4 are another story, monster! percy & princess! annabeth,I did p1 yesterday, while p2-p4 were from last summer holiday. here is the background  :

Annabeth chase was the princess of Athen , her mother had left when Annabeth was so young. no one knew who she really was. but as Annabeth grew older,  the smart little princess looked more and more like the guardian goddess of the city, the mighty Athena. the rumor had it that the princess was actually a present given by the goddess to the king fredrick. with the girl’s reputation of intellgience and determination , it seemed that Annabeth would make a fine queen in the future. however, the king remarried when Annabeth was 6 years old. one year later, the new queen gave birth to two lovely princes. due to the princess’s high prestige  among the people, Annabeth soon became the thorn in the queen’s side. the queen decided to get rid of this annoying princess. and question, which god could an Athenian most easily offend? the answer is obvious, Poseidon. the irascible and capricious sea god was a perfect excuse. at the instigation of the queen , admiration for the princess was defeated by the fear of the sea god. thus , Annabeth  was going to be sacrificed to the ocean.

Perseus Jackson was the son of Poseidon. however, instead of becoming a hero and starting several adventures, Percy was a monster. as his monster,sally ,was a  wise and kind nymph, Percy was well brought up and rarely, becoming a monster with a full name and  a heart of gold. thus , when he first saw the gift from his father,  the blonde girl(whose hair looked stunning under the sun) was not immediately eaten.

[lycunthrope]

percy jackson for the hc :3

NOW we are talking….

What they smell like: he has no distinct smell, per se, but the air smells just a bit clearer around him- like the air near the ocean does. however from ages 13-16 he strictly smelled of old spice.

How they sleep (sleeping position, schedule, etc): sprawled out on his stomach and kind of twisted all over. also REALLY restless in his sleep. he tends to be more of a night owl

What music they enjoy: the killers, white stripes, queen, but also a couple of indie rock bands like hippo campus

How much time they spend getting ready every morning: 5 minutes. he has this uncanny ability to wake right up and not need any time to, like. WAKE up

Their favorite thing to collect: if you asked sally jackson, she’d tell you it must be soda cans because his rooms a total mess. however, he really likes picking up small mementos from the places he visits. rocks, seashells, leaves, etc. sometimes candy wrappers.

Left or right-handed: slightly ambidextrious, but mostly left handed. 

Religion (if any): teeeechnically all the pjo kids are hellenist

Favorite sport:i know swimming is, like, super obvious but like. what else could i even choose? he used to like volleyball for a bit when he was little then he learned real volleyball doesnt include balloons

Favorite touristy thing to do when traveling (museums, local food, sightseeing, etc): since he’s from one of the biggest street food cities in the US, he loves seeing what street food is available anywhere else.

Favorite kind of weather: foggy, but not raining, and not too cold. it takes a LOT of the right conditions to get that, though. some call it fisherman’s weather (its just him)

A weird/obscure fear they have: the floor just, like. vanishing. all of it. deleted. like some video game glitch.

The carnival/arcade game they always win without fail: well usually annabeth wins the carnival games for him, but when he was 9 he learned that you can just stomp on the peg for the hammer strength game and has never looked back since