So in the show Satyrs take twice as long to mature, right? And the way this was shown in the show is stating that Grover was 24 but looked around 13 (ambitiously aryan is very much sixteen at the time). And that’s all fun and games until you think about how it affects Grover’s appearance at other times, namely how the Grover who was protector to the runaway trio (luke, Thalia and annabeth) would’ve looked about 9.5/10 years old maybe 11 at most.
Because it happened five years ago, which makes him age wise 19. And given that satyrs are physically half the age he’d have looked about half that, so 9.5. Given the shows non strictness on it, I’d give it maybe 12 at *most*.
Anyways next time you think of those memories remember that Grover would’ve looked just slightly older than Annabeth. Picture an eleven year old doing everything he can to defend his friends when he probably is too short to even reach the top shelf, picture this child pleading with Thalia to not sacrifice herself knowing that he has a duty to return them to camp where despite their supposed “provision of a safe haven” they’ll merely become child soldiers and picture this eleven year old grover maybe even younger going up and facing Chiron to tell him that he failed.
If my mom sees a significant amount of blood she gets lightheaded, and has fainted on some occasions. Once it happened when we were kids, I wasn't there to witness it but I heard the story from my dad. Basically my brothers, around 7 or 8 at the time, were playing outside while my mom was making their lunch, and she accidentally cut her finger. It wasn't anything serious, but it drew a fair bit of blood and she passed out. My dad saw this and rushed over, but he didn't really know what to do so he just sort of started slapping her to wake her up (not recommended, but he had no idea and panicked)
At that exact moment my brothers both came in from playing, and all they saw was our mom unconscious on the floor and our dad slapping her. So, like, without even saying a word to each other they both just INSTANTLY start whaling on him, like, full blown attack mode to defend our mom. Which obviously didn't help the situation, but she did wake up and everything was fine.
Now our dad says that he's actually really glad they attacked him over what they thought was going on, because it means he raised good boys. And I still think that's true, they're very good boys.
Crocodile finds a strange stray cat an 11-year old Nico Robin
(AU where they met 13 years earlier. Robin's been on the run from the World Government for 3 years. Crocodile's 27 and has not set up base in Alabasta yet)
It seems like I have become possessed. By some sort of demon.
Pangur stopped eating due to horrible, horrible stress of occasionally hearing a baby animal mew, so I have found a spot outside the kitten radius to feed her
My baby daughter got her adorable puffin-print dress absolutely CAKED in mud crawling around the yard and my first thought was "oh no her beautiful dress"
And my second thought was "oh huh it really WOULD be easy to unconsciously steer her away from playing in the dirt. Unlike my son, whose outfits are usually some kind of solid dark easily washed pants plus a shirt that doesn't trail in the dirt like a dress does."
Anyway something something gender roles start getting shoved on kids from literal birth, but with a little time to think about things, YOU TOO can let your children of any gender absolutely destroy their clothes in the dirt pit they're digging in your garden
i don't know man. but sometimes i think about percy breaking the news to nico that his sister's dead. and nico plummetting into depression, screaming at the boy he once thought of as a hero to die. and percy watching this ten-year-old disappear into the shadows mid sobbing. and percy's shaking and traumatized and exhausted. but he forces that pain down his throat and accepts the role as the prophecy kid so nico has a chance to create a future he wants. while percy's is set in stone. and i don't know man.