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[cadetfunky]

Putting Buffy Characters Into PJO Cabins, Part 2

This part's gonna be covering the rest of the cast outside of the og six.

Most Vampires: Hades Cabin

In the last post I said Angel would be going in Hades Cabin because he's a vampire, and so will every other vampire from the show. But if you want a bit more depth, I think William (human Spike) would be in Apollo due to his poetry, Drusilla would secondarily go in Hecate Cabin due to her psychic powers.

That being said, I am going to put Harmony in Aphrodite (see previous post, basically everything I said about Cordelia in that one applies here) because I don't think she fully fits the dark gothic gloomy Hades Cabin aesthetic.

Oz: Hypnos Cabin

Oz is depicted as being calm, nonchalant, and often a man of few words. His overall relaxed demeanor makes me feel like Hypnos Cabin would be his best suit.

Kendra: Hunter Of Artemis

Kendra could theoretically be in Ares Cabin, but I think being a Hunter works best. She does display battle prowess, but I feel her whole "being raised from a young age by a group" could fit a Hunter backstory.

Faith: Ares Cabin

Faith is legit like if Clarisse had even more issues and was even angrier. Her rage alone makes her a good candidate, but then throw in her fighting skills and she seems a perfect fit. The only caveat is we can't ship Fuffy anymore (nobody's more upset about this than me)

Anya: Nemesis Cabin

Must I explain this? Anya is a vengeance demon, thus it makes sense she's the daughter of the goddess of retribution and vengeance themselves. Although I must be honest, she'd be a hell of a candidate for Aphrodite given all the horniness.

Dawn: Hebe Cabin

Dawn's was the one I struggled on the most. Even Oz' came easier after like 45 seconds of thought. But what about Dawn? What's even her deal? Then I thought about it, Dawn's whole thing is being, for better or for worse, "the kid" amongst the Scoobies. The youngest of them. So I put her in the cabin of the goddess of youth, Hebe.

Tara: Hecate Cabin

Tara's a great witch, and given her witch genes are genetic, I thought this would be fitting. They even call out to Hecate during spells in the show, several times in fact. So I think this one fits like a glove.

[i-am-traveling-the-multifandom]

My head canons about Drew Tanaka:

1. Her father is a child of Dionysius. I mean she does give the vibes of the wine aunt.

2. She has siblings. And not like other children of Aphrodite. Her father has other children.

3. Her father was an actor when he met Aphrodite and fell in love with her and had Drew. When he found out that she was a goddess and just disappeared into thin air he was furious.

4. He wanted revenge and that attracted Nemesis. And thus her 1st brother was born. (in my AU his name is Ethan, I love this name) He made him even more angry and he was petty as hell.

5. He decided to practice magic to get his revenge and this attracted *drum role* Hecate. And thus her 2nd brother was born.(in my AU his name is Albastor, I love this name as well) After this her father gave up and just tried to raise them as a single parent.

6. Drew is allergic to like everything. Trying to buy her something is very hard. Like chocolates, can't have pistachios or almonds in them. Clothes, don't you dare give her silk she will kill you and then die. Flowers, well you get it.

7. She is bisexual and falls in love with every single person she meets. Never in a serious way but she gets bi panic all the time.

8. The 1st time she broke someone's heart, it was a mortal boy and she felt horrible for it.

9. She dated Nyssa (from Hepheastus cabin) secretly for 3 months and then went public. She is in a serious relationship with her and is absolutely smitten.

10. She was very close to Selina. Her betrayal was a big blow to her. I don't think she hated Selina for betraying camp but rather because she left her. I think she probably felt as if Selina chose her love for Charles over her.

11. She can use a gun. Seriously I imagine that the camp is under attack and everyone is fighting. And then Drew *I don't fight* Tanaka will pull out a gun and start shooting every monster in range with perfect accuracy.

12. She is friends with the Stoll twins, Malcolm pace, Nyssa, and Katie. And she high key ships Travis and Katie.

[winningmymind]

A fic where Neil finds out that Aaron has an annoying classmate or 2 in his fancy doctor school and Aaron has now demoted Neil to "not as bad/not as irksome as these assholes" which makes Neil super offended because who are these bozos that have taken his #1 spot for being Aaron's Biggest Headache?

Like Neil takes it personally and demands Aaron bump him back up as Aaron's Most Hated and gets pissed when Aaron's just "Can't lie, right now Connor and George of doctor legacy fams and secret old money frats got you beat Josten"

Andrew has to listen to Neil complain about the audacity of anyone replacing him as Aaron's Unmatched Vibe Killer and Andrew wonders if Neil'll plot something out of pocket to get Connor and George up outta here so Aaron can focus on his priorities of being the Tom to Neil's Jerry as forever enemies/opps/nemesis til death do they part. They'll never be friends, but Neil is used to their hostile dynamic being a constant and needs Aaron to keep the same energy.

Andrew adding this to the growing list of interesting things Neil cares about while also wondering if he can "remove" Aaron's classmates because they're somehow causing Aaron and Neil stress simultaneously (and Neil has never met them in person either)

[hello-eden]

Dcxdp #21

Danny ends up in the DC Universe with no way to get home so he starts setting up his own business to make money and so it's easier to get the supplies he needs to get home. along the way he gets mixed up with something that he doesn't quite realize is villainous and it gets crashed by Heroes. he gets away Scot free because he didn't realize it was villainous but the heroes think that he's not so innocent and are trying to prove it. I'm imagining the heroes to be Tim and Kon but this can work with other Heroes. They end up building a rivalry mostly because they keep crashing Danny's things to prove it and Danny sees right through them. I think the 5th crashing of Danny's plans Danny just prepares for them and that convinces them more that he's a villain. 

 Why I have specifically created this idea is so Elle/Dani ends up with Danny in the DC Universe later and she is very obvious about being a clone, she has no reason to hide it. I want there to be a fight between Tim and Kon of which one was cloned forgetting that they can, you know, ask Danny and Dani. They think Ellie is created for the same reason as Kon and are trying to help her when in reality she was created by Danny's nemesis to take down Danny. Tim and Connor are trying to take credit for Ellie and parent her but both Danny and Ellie have no idea why.

[kamaluhkhan]

TIME TO PRETEND

pairing: luke castellan x gn!poseidon!reader word count: 5k chapter summary: you're the eldest child of poseidon and the hero of the last great prophecy. you left your demigod life behind after defeating kronos. now, years later, you find yourself back at camp half blood for the summer.....which means dealing with luke castellan, and all that history (tension?) left unresolved between you. warnings: some nicknames for reader are based on female characters (mermista, sailor neptune) but they're still written as gender neutral. reader has tattoos. mention of alcohol + death (post-titan war). spoilers for the entire pjo (book) series, mostly references to the last olympian. timeline is all over the place but set in the early 2000s for vibes. no betrayal (au where chris was the one who sided w kronos and led the titan army) so slightly ooc luke <3 author's note: welcome to another product of my pjo hyperfixation !!! i wanted to finish the nemesis!reader series first but it's summer and i felt like reworking my tsitp series in a camp half-blood setting with bb luke. so prepare for childhood friends to lovers drama! summertime vibes! nostalgia! angst! would love to know what y'all think about this and if you want a part 2 so feel free to scream at me in the comments. otherwise, enjoy and thanks 4 reading 💙

♪: time to pretend by mgmt

YOU’VE GOT MAIL!

1 new message 

from: LukeNotSkywalker

to: Mermista86

subject: you are GETTING that record deal

Hey,

Your demo CD just came in the mail — and, Connor as my witness, I’ve already listened to it five times!!! 

It’s amazing. You’re amazing. The label would totally lose out if they didn’t sign you. 

Things have been pretty chaotic around here, with the summer term happening soon. Speaking of which: are you coming back? Chiron gave me the list of returning campers and counsellors this morning and said he hadn’t heard from you, so I thought I’d ask. I know you’ll be busy with the band, but if you get the chance, it’d be really great to see you.

Anyways, I’m leading the next Shield & Sword session, so I’d better go. Talk soon ;)

- L

FOUR YEARS LATER

TURBULENT WATERS? ALT-ROCK BAND MIDNIGHT SIRENS HIT ROUGH PATCH AFTER LEAD GUITARIST GETS INTO VIOLENT ALTERCATION 

the cover is the nail in the coffin: a blurry picture of you, an electric blue guitar forgotten at your feet, lunging forward into a crowd, with your bandmates on stage behind you in shock. 

you’d gone all this time without any major incidents, and one stupid chimera managed to burn down everything you worked for in one fell swoop.

“that’d be $8.50,” the cashier informs. 

you tear your attention away from the magazine, instead fishing through your pocket for some change. meanwhile, the cashier furrows their brow, leans down slightly to get a better look at you underneath your sunglasses and baseball cap. 

“hey, do i know you?”

“nope,” you say instantly, slapping a $10 bill onto the counter. “keep the change.” you gather your pile of necessary roadtrip supplies (slushies, m&m’s, and goldfish) before rushing out the door, your half-brother trailing behind you.

you slide into the driver’s seat, set each slushie in a cup holder, and hand the rest to percy once he’s slipped into the passenger side. 

“seatbelt,” you remind him. you shake your hair out after removing your baseball cap disguise. “i promised your mom i’d be responsible.” 

percy does as he’s told, though not without mumbling about how he’s practically an adult and a demigod who’s been in much more dangerous situations than a car ride up to long island. you just tell him to put on some music, even though he has a point. he’ll be 18 in august and you’re only five years older, but the fact is that you gave sally jackson your word. 

plus — you’re his older sibling, so gods forbid you let him get hurt. a seatbelt seems like a band-aid solution for one of the most powerful demigods out there, but still.

percy flips through a few radio stations while he sips his blue raspberry slushie. when he doesn’t find anything good, he opens the glove compartment and surveys your music collection before sliding a cd into the stereo. 

instantly, the familiar sound of david bowie’s voice eases the tension in your shoulders.

“good choice?” 

you nod and percy smiles triumphantly. you reach over to steal a few goldfish from the bag he just opened and ruffle his hair playfully, for good measure. 

you’re perfectly happy, driving along a long island highway while getting lost in the glam rock world of ziggy stardust, but it isn’t long until percy interrupts: 

“are you finally gonna tell me what happened, or do i have to read it from some trashy gossip magazine like everyone else?”

“well, your dyslexic ass can barely read so….”

you look over at him briefly, and laugh when you see him stick his slightly-blue tongue out to you. 

“at least my dyslexic ass is actually decent at ancient greek. luke told me you failed the reading test, like, a million times.”

your heart twinges at the mention of your old friend. 

friend.

if you could still call him that. 

thankfully, percy doesn’t give you much room to dwell on the past, too focused on your drama-filled present.

“so, what is it? you got kicked out of the band? lost everything? have nowhere else to go?”

you roll your eyes at his dramatics. “i did not get kicked out.” 

“then, what happened?”

“just the usual.” you shrug. “monster attack, mortals who can’t see through the mist. i tried to explain it away after — something about how i saw someone in the crowd attack another person and i stepped in to help. most people bought it, but the media loves drama and the label’s worried i’m a flight risk now. apparently, everything will blow over if i just keep a low profile for the next few months. so….no. i didn’t lose everything.” you take a deep, like when anyone other than children of poseidon are about to go underwater and they’re not quite sure when they can come up for air. 

“i just don’t really have anywhere else to go,” you finish.

“damn.” percy offers you a blue shark gummy (or whale - you and percy had already debated the shape of the candy that sally packed for the trip, and the jury’s still out). you gratefully accept. “well, i know it’s not the best reason, but i’m excited to spend the summer together.”

despite everything, you find yourself smiling. 

“me too, kid.” 

“it’d give me a chance to kick your ass in sword-fighting.”

“you wish!” you nudge his shoulder, both of you giggling. once the laughter’s died down, you glance at percy once more. “hey – did you tell anyone i was coming?”

percy shakes his head. “why?”

you take a long swig of your drink until you’re on the brink of brain freeze. 

“no reason.”

it’s just after lunch when you arrive at camp half-blood. 

you weren’t sure what you were expecting — maybe not some futuristic technological developments that had been discovered within the years you were gone, but definitely not for camp to look pretty much exactly the same as when you left. 

instantly, you find comfort in the familiar scenes: a dragon, peleus, guarding the magical borders; dryads and satyrs picking strawberries in the fields next to the forest; chiron standing near the central guidepost, greeting and guiding every camper in the right direction.

chiron smiles down at percy and practically does a double take when his eyes land on you.

“mx. l/n! it has been a while. are you here to drop off your brother, or do you plan on staying for the summer?”

before you can answer, someone appears behind him. 

“perce! hey!” 

“hey, luke.”

luke gives him a side hug, and percy shoves him away with a laugh when he ruffles his hair. it’s then that luke acknowledges you, though he looks like that’s the last thing he wants to do.

“i thought i’d never see you again. what are you doing here? ”

chiron turns to you expectedly. “i believe you have yet to answer that question of mine as well.”

“staying for the summer…” you adjust the shoulder strap of your backpack, uneased by luke’s cold demeanor. “i hope that’s okay.”

“of course!” chiron’s smile grows wide, eyes crinkling. “you’ll resume your position as head counsellor of cabin 3.”

“so i’m dethroned? just like that?” percy guffaws.

you nudge percy’s shoulder. “fulfill the next great prophecy, and then we’ll talk.” 

percy rolls his eyes playfully. luke, on the other hand, doesn’t seem to appreciate your tongue-in-cheek remark. his jaw tightens, and he suddenly finds a deep interest in the clipboard he’s holding.

chiron clears his throat, likely sensing the tension. “yes, well, i’m sure you remember how things work around here. if not, mr. castellan has been keeping this ship afloat. he's always here to help.”

“always.” luke smiles, but it’s elastic, threatening to snap at any moment. someone calls his name, and he walks away to deal with whatever chaos is waiting for him.

summer — age 15

you weren’t exactly conscious when you first arrived at camp half-blood. 

apparently, coach hedge, a satyr and protector, found you just in time and had to practically drag you up half-blood hill after a particularly gruesome fury attack. 

when you woke up and saw luke sleeping next to you in a chair, his curls overgrown and falling onto his eyes, you thought you had died and gone to elysium. 

you took in your unfamiliar surroundings. some sort of infirmary, with only your best friend next to you, the one you hadn’t seen in almost a year since you’d parted ways. 

then, you remembered what was happening before you passed out; it was more likely that you were being tricked into a false sense of security by that fury, who definitely planned on devouring you later.

with a newfound sense of urgency, you decided it was time to get out of there before it was too late. you were reaching for your knife when you felt a hand grab your shoulder. without losing a second, you twisted your body around, weapon at the ready.

whoever it was watching over you sure looked like luke. he was wearing a bright orange shirt and leather cord necklace with one clay bead. another point of difference was the jagged scar that cut across his left cheek.

“it’s just me,” he said, gently. “you’re fine here. you’re safe.”

you weren’t convinced, kept your knife in front of you to keep distance. “prove it.” you narrowed your eyes. “tell me something only luke would know.”

“you’re left-handed.”

“that’s a great observation,” you scoff.

“storm is your favourite x-men character.”

“that’s a very popular opinion.”

“your aunt would make us mango lassi after swim camp when she got home from work,” luke tries for the third time. “and, my mom - she used to call you ‘starfish.’”

your heart skipped a beat.

that was the confirmation you needed. 

the knife dropped from your hand, clattered on the wooden floor, as you pulled luke in for a hug. you were greeted by a familiar scent, that pear shampoo luke loved because it made his hair so soft, mixed with the smell of fresh pine trees. 

“it’s really you,” you mumbled into his shoulder.

despite sleeping for gods know how long, you were exhausted. you rested your weight into luke, but he didn’t seem to care.

“it’s really you. i thought i’d never see you again.”

“where are we?” you asked, breaking away to face luke. you ignored the wooziness you felt throughout your body; luke seemed to sense it, his grip around you tightening. “are annabeth and thalia here, too? how’d you get here?” your thumb traced the unfamiliar scar on his face. “what happened? are you okay —”

“i-i’ll answer all your questions, but you lost a lot of blood.” luke guided you to lay back down in bed. “we’ll explain everything. just get some rest.”

a third scenario entered your mind: this was all a dream. you’d close your eyes and when you opened them again, luke would be gone. you’d be alone again.

you couldn’t let go of luke’s hand, even as he tucked you back into bed. you tugged his wrist, silently urging him to join you.

“will you stay with me?” you finally croaked when he continued standing. 

luke looked at you, and you nodded once as final confirmation. then, he removed his shoes and slipped into the bed next to you. it was luke, all sweet pear and soft curls and strong heartbeat, and you held on to him in fear that he might slip away.

“always,” he whispered.

during the orientation video you were later shown, you learned that camp half-blood’s motto is keeping young heroes safe (mostly) for over three millennia!  

luke had used that word, too. safe.

chiron told you this was to be your new home as he walked you to the poseidon cabin. he told you that you were safe now, though you noticed how the word almost got caught in his throat. he gave you a sad smile you didn’t quite understand.

you did wonder, at first, if those words were true: this place, a home for you and other children of gods. somewhere safe.

and, well.

you came to understand chiron’s general melancholy a few weeks later, and every week after that. he was used to training and sending heroes off to their potential death, and you would be no different. stolen lightning bolts, deadly quests, cryptic prophecies. a pending war between divine forces you had been entangled with long before you knew. heartache and betrayal and loss beyond measure. 

but, there were other things, too. 

annabeth, fitting in perfectly at the athena cabin, continued being her genius self, leading her team to victory every capture the flag game. she was extra patient in helping you with ancient greek, especially after chiron had given up.

chris rodriguez, luke’s half-brother, would tell you jokes from across the dining pavilion, knowing that you hated sitting alone at the poseidon table. michael yew, son of apollo, taught you how to play guitar at the bonfire one week; you’d ask for more and more lessons until you could start playing on your own. charles beckendorf made you a celestial bronze sword that shone like that burst of light when the sun hits the ocean at sunset. it transformed into a ring that you would never take off, unless in battle. you might not have gotten along with mr. d, but you spent free time picking fresh strawberries with his son, castor. you made matching friendship bracelets with silena beauregard, who was really the only person you confided in, about how you maybe possibly felt something other than friendship when it came to luke. she told you about her crush on clarisse larue, the daughter of ares whom you would always partner with during sparring practice. you taught ethan nakamura, who didn’t have his own cabin as the child of nemesis, how to properly hold a sword. thalia’s tree stood tall at the top of the hill where you almost bled to death, protecting you and everyone inside the magical borders. you, annabeth, and luke would share a picnic there every thursday.

you had been on the run for so long, always looking over your shoulder for monsters, sleeping with one eye open to be one step ahead of death, jumping from one place to the next so quickly to avoid danger.

so, yes. 

it was nice to stay in one place, where you knew you were as safe as demigods could be. it was nice to spend your time learning and training and laughing instead of just surviving. 

it was nice to have a place to call home. and people to call it home with.

now 

the first week passes in the blink of an eye, and it’s like you never left.

tie-dye, volleyball, strawberry picking, kitchen duty, and cabin inspection. 

luke has everyone on a tight schedule — one, you notice, conveniently places the two of you at opposite ends of camp at all times.

still, you catch up with clarisse and the stoll brothers, spend time with annabeth and percy, say hi to pollux and katie gardner and others you vaguely recognize as five years older than what you remember. there are also a lot of faces you don’t recognize at all.

of course, you try not to think about the faces you wished you could see: friends you grew up with and would never have a laugh with again, younger campers you had trained who would never grow up. all lost because of the gods and the titans and a prophecy you never asked to be a part of. 

it’s a side effect of being back here; their ghosts are harder to ignore.

again — trying not to think about it.

anyways.

climbing wall, armory, sword-fighting practice, archery field, and free time on the beach.

to conclude: capture-the-flag, a friday night camp-half blood tradition.

you’re praising annabeth for her latest strategy that led to blue team victory when you notice luke. he was also on the blue team, but instead of celebrating with the rest of you, he’s speaking to someone who’s wearing a red helmet. they seem to be in a heated discussion, one that luke is not wanting to continue. his tells are the same, after all these years: the impatient tapping of his foot, his eyes searching for an out.

you give it to him.

“sorry, i need to borrow this guy.” you say, grabbing luke’s wrist. “camp emergency.” 

if the person said anything, you didn’t hear it, because you were already dragging luke away from the crowd, towards the armory shed. 

“what’s the emergency?” luke wonders, brows furrowed in concern. he has deep shadows under his eyes, too. keeping the ship that is camp half-blood afloat has clearly taken a toll on him. 

“you wanting to get out of that conversation. you’re welcome.” you wink at him; luke flushes, and you’re not sure if it’s because he’s annoyed, or if he's just flustered. “so, are you gonna keep ignoring me the whole summer?”

you put your helmet on one of the shelves and turn back to luke. you expected him to start removing his armor as well, but he doesn’t. he just glares at you, arms crossed over his chest.

so, he’s annoyed, then. 

“what do you expect?” luke hisses. “you can’t come back here and pretend that everything can be like it was when we were kids. things are different now, especially between us.”

you decide to take him up on his challenge. 

“oh? tell me, luke, what exactly is different between us?”

luke shakes his head in disbelief. you remove your chest plate, and that’s when the tattoo on your waist becomes visible. it’s a magnolia, like one of the flowers that bloomed on the tree outside may castellan’s house. 

something in luke softens, then. he sighs. 

“you could have at least given me a warning.”

he storms off, and you’re left half-armored, wondering what he meant by that.

you figure it out once a few of you settle down for a late-night, underground poker game, and you’re trying not to stare at luke’s hands.

it starts with you telling yourself that you’re just trying to predict what cards he’s holding, figure out if he’s bluffing, and if he’s about to lose everything he’d so confidently bet on. 

but then you notice the silver thumb ring that thalia got him for his 17th birthday. you notice an array of hair ties and elastic bands he keeps just in case a camper needs them, and woven bracelets given to him by his admirers. you notice how the tattoo on his wrist is covered. (it’s hidden well, but you know it’s there — you’d gotten one of a wing, the kind that might be found on a pair of magical red converse, at the same time)

you also notice the forest green painted on luke’s nails, the same shade worn by the person beside him.

van, the new head counsellor of the hephaestus cabin. you’d seen them at staff meetings, but you somehow did not notice that they were dating luke. 

he moved on — is that why luke needed a warning? is that what's changed between you?

it’s fine. whatever. so what if luke has a new partner? it’s not like the two of you were anything, officially. 

luke has a new partner. they’re wearing matching nail polish. they’re one of those couples.

well, van is also wearing a nickleback shirt and luke hates nickleback, unless that fundamental part of his personality changed, too. 

“yo, sailor neptune. you in or not?” travis brings you out of your daze, by using a nickname luke once called you.

back before becoming heroes, when you and luke were just kids, you’d watch cartoons in his living room on saturday mornings — x-men, she-ra: princess of power, teenage mutant ninja turtles, sailor moon. a lifetime ago.

you look around the table and see that everyone has been waiting for you to take your turn. even luke raises an eyebrow at you.

“yeah.” you clear your throat and throw some chips into the centre. “i’m in.”

you have decent enough cards to keep you in the game, and you’re comfortable that you can play the odds in your favor. the stoll brothers are good liars, you know that, and so is luke. malcolm pace is good at strategy, but thankfully not as good as his half-sister annabeth. pollux, who had invited you to the game, already folded along with butch, the son of iris who has a rainbow tattoo on his bicep to prove it. beside you, lou ellen, daughter of the hecate, contemplates her next move. clovis has fallen asleep, true to their title as head counsellor of the hypnos cabin. you can’t get a read on van, but they keep raising the stakes so confidently, and you’ve always liked a good challenge.

soon enough, it’s only you and van in the bet. when it comes time to reveal your cards, you curse yourself for overplaying your hand.

“good game,” van says to you as they collect their winnings. “you really had me going there.” 

“yeah.” your smile is strained, but it’s there nonetheless. “tried my best.”

“guess the curse of achilles doesn’t help as much in poker as it does in capture the flag.” 

“excuse me?” you raise an eyebrow.

luke, who had one arm casually draped around van’s chair the entire game, pulls away. “van, maybe don’t —”

“it’s not like it’s a secret, luke. they’re the prophecy kid, everyone knows they bathed in the river styx to be able to fight kronos. it’s camp legend.”

other than you, luke, and van, everyone else is occupied with something else. connor busies himself shuffling the cards, while lou ellen, malcolm, and pollux get up for more drinks. it seems like butch and travis have their own bet going to see who can balance the most chips on clovis’ forehead without waking him up. 

van waits for an answer. you’re a little queasy, and it’s not from the wine pollux managed to snag from his dad’s office. you’re suddenly faced with the reality that your life is reduced to a legend. you try your best to swallow that feeling, of being made into a greek tragic hero while your heart is still beating, and your life is still a mess.

“that’s relevant, why?”

“just that some people might consider the invulnerability thing an unfair advantage in physical competitions like capture the flag,” van explains. “increased strength and all that.” 

“that would mean nothing without a good strategy,” you counter.

“that’s what i said,” luke grumbles. 

you recognize van now as the person luke was arguing with earlier. it must have been about this. 

about you. 

“okay, y’all were best friends, so luke is obviously going to take your side.”

you’re not sure what stings more: friends or were. 

“although, he never really talks about you, which is weird because you’re, like, famous in and outside camp.”

ouch. that definitely stings the most. luke winces slightly, almost like he feels it, too.

“alright, alright,” connor interjects, shuffling the cards in his hands. “another round?” 

you’re the only one who decides to call it a night. everyone says goodbye; even van, who’s blissfully unaware of the effect their words had on you. luke avoids your gaze. the game continues without you.

percy’s snoring provides enough cover as you sneak into your shared cabin. you try to sleep, but it doesn’t come easy. 

you feel the spot underneath your rib, the one spot you’re truly vulnerable, ache.

summer — age 17

for the first time in your life, you couldn’t breathe underwater. you were swimming in acid, and your skin was melting away.

at least, that’s what it felt like to bathe in the river styx. achilles could have mentioned that, but all he gave was a cryptic warning about anchoring yourself to what makes you mortal.

you really tried at first. you thought about your friends at camp. you thought about percy, about your aunt back when she was still around. you even thought about may castellan, burnt cookies and saturday mornings.

the pain was too much, though. 

you were forgetting where you were, who you were. with every passing second, you were dissolving into nothing.

“if you wanted to go for a swim, you should have told me. i would have worn my swimsuit.”

luke’s voice echoed across the waves. you tilted your head up to see him sitting on the dock above you, his feet dangling into the water. he had rolled up his jeans to just above his ankles so they didn’t get wet, but his shoes were still on, which was a bit strange. the sun made his eyes look like burnt amber, his teeth sparkling as he smiled at you. 

okay. cool.

you were at camp. it was mid-afternoon, free period. the two of you had been at the edge of the lake, until you became impatient and jumped in, fully clothed. behind him, you could see that annabeth, thalia, and percy were waiting for you on the shore. they were each wearing orange camp shirts, which was also strange; you couldn’t remember a time when you were all there together, as campers.

“we better go, sailor,” luke said, amusement laced throughout his words. “come on. those cabins aren’t gonna inspect themselves.”

luke extended his hand to you. when you hesitated, he added:

“i can’t do this without you. will you stay with me?”

you reached up and grabbed luke’s hand.

always.

you emerged from the water, catching your breath as you collapsed on the sand. 

“oh gods. are you okay?”

your cousin, nico diangelo, son of hades, knelt down next to you. he tried to check your pulse, but you waved him away. your eyes searched for luke, but he wasn’t there, despite feeling the ghost of his hand in your own. 

oh.

you weren’t at camp; you were in the underworld. it was nico’s idea for you to take on the curse of achilles so that you’d be strong enough to face kronos. 

“did it work?”

you got up, a bit uneasy on your feet at first. nico helped steady you, his hands cold on your skin.

you felt….stronger wasn’t the right word. you felt adrenaline coursing through your veins, like you could swim across the biggest ocean without pausing once. like you could defeat an entire army and not break a sweat. maybe even take down a titan or two while you're at it.

you needed to see luke again, to meet him and the others in manhattan before it was too late.

“let’s hope so.”

now

you always loved mornings at camp half-blood. the beach was particularly beautiful at sunrise, the water peaceful.

the morning after that impromptu poker game, you need that peacefulness to wash over you. you’re awake after a rather sleepless night, deciding to go for a quick run before breakfast. you get dressed and grab your mp3 player, as quietly as you can to avoid waking up percy (who, truthfully, could probably sleep through a hurricane anyways). 

you jog from one end of the beach to the other. you set a steady rhythm, somewhere between the beat of your music and the sound of waves gently washing over the shore. when you make your way back down to where you started, you notice someone sitting nearby.

luke doesn’t say anything when you first sit next to him. he’s wearing a dark blue hoodie over his usual orange shirt, a cigarette tucked behind his ear. you imagine that he confiscated it from a camper on the way here. 

“morning,” he finally whispers, eyes fixed towards the ocean. 

you shiver, and not just from the cool morning air. you’re reminded of the last time luke spoke to you so softly, the last time you’d caught an early morning sunrise together. such a contrast to where you are now.

“morning,” you finally reply. 

as the sound of waves fills the silence between you, luke surprises you by taking a lighter out of his pocket. he lights the cigarette and takes a puff. then, he hands it to you. 

it’s such an odd, though not unwelcomed, gesture. a peace offering, you figure, but it’s just so not luke that you can’t help yourself.

“is golden boy luke castellan, offering me contraband? what planet am i on?”

the hint of a smile creeps onto his face. “like i said: things are different now,” he echoes his words from the night before, but this time you don’t sense any hostility.

you take a drag of the cigarette. your fingers brush against his when you return it to him.

you decide to offer a peace offering as well, and present to him one of your earbuds — he accepts. you have to slide across the sand to move closer to him, but he doesn’t seem to mind. 

i’m feelin’ rough, i’m feeling raw / i’m in the prime of my life….

as the song plays, you glance to see luke nodding along, tapping a finger on his knee to the beat. he lets the cigarette smoulder in his other hand.

we’re fated to pretend / to pretend / yeah, yeah, yeah….

when the song is over, luke turns to you. 

“new group?” he brings the cigarette to his lips, then gives it back to you.

“kinda.” you inhale, letting the smoke warm your lungs before explaining. “this is considered they’re breakthrough album. they’re from connecticut, actually.”

“oh, yeah? guess that’s where all the talent is from.”

luke bumps his shoulder against yours knowingly. you feel your cheeks heat up at his praise, his witty sincerity.

this is familiar — you and luke, at the beach, sharing music. it’s familiar, and for a few moments, you can act like there isn’t a wall between you, of unresolved feelings and harsh words. you can pretend that nothing has changed.

“you know, nickleback are from connecticut, too. which means you just called them talented.”

luke coughs on some smoke as he exhales with a laugh. “what? no i didn’t!”

“in a roundabout way. i always knew you were an undercover fan,” you tease.

“i have better taste than that.”

“do you?”

“you’re fucking with me,” luke deadpans.

you crack a smile. “yeah, i’m fucking with you.”

“gods, you scared me for a second,” he laughs, and you can’t help but follow. luke glances at you and the sunshine highlights his smile, his dark brown curls, the ever-changing color of his eyes. golden, radiant. 

you shiver again, looking away. before you know it, you feel something draped across your shoulders.

“i’m not sure van would like it if i was wearing your hoodie.” you joke, but your words are laced with a bitterness you hope luke doesn’t catch. unlucky for you, luke still knows you too well, whether he likes it or not.

“you don’t get to do that.”

“do what?”

luke scoffs. “be jealous.” 

“well, you don’t get to tell me how to feel.”

“so, you are jealous?”

you exhale sharply; you can practically feel the wall between you two reappear.

“it’s too early, lu. and i’m too hungover to deal with this.”

there’s nothing more left to say. you get up, throw his hoodie on the sand, and walk back towards your cabin, the beach and luke further away with every step you take.

it makes sense that way: you were always the one to leave first.

[devils-little-sistaaa]

(I mean no disrespect Solangelo shippers I’m not saying you can’t ship Solangelo I’m all for everybody shipping whatever they want)

But cannon wise Solangelo makes no sense at all to me (not only that it’s also just not my cup of tea) and there are many Nico ships that would make more sense to me than Solangelo (no hate no disrespect) so here’s a list of those ships I would have rather seen in cannon

Jasico (self explanatory I feel like)

Valdangelo (self explanatory)

Mico (Michael Kahale x Nico. They had so much chemistry potential the two or three times they met in Blood of Olympus. They fit the rivals to unlikely friends to best friends to lovers trope. We barely know Michael and yet what little we see of him he seems to have so much in common with Nico but also so much different. They could have been something so interesting) (also how do they not have an official ship name???)

Percico (I know it seems the most unrealistic considering Percabeth is a solid thing in cannon but like. In the sense that Percabeth stay together several years into college but have a lot of flaws in their relationship and end up separating and Percy and Nico somehow find each other and bond over their similar feelings and traumas and they way they cope with things being similar I could see it happening someday in far off future cannon)

Malcolm Pace x Nico (Malcolm doing a study on or mapping out the calmer new version of the labyrinth and recruiting people who already have experience with it (Clarrise Chris Percy Annabeth Rachel Nico) and they’re all like Fuck No I’m not going back down there again I’m too old for this I’m retired no way. Except for Nico (and maybe Rachel) they’re the only ones interested and they bond over traveling in the labyrinth)

Connor x Nico (I think he gets kinda reckless after BoO as a trauma response and starts getting into trouble with the wrong crowd this is where Connor’s shenanigans come in. They bond over being reckless unhinged troublemakers. They will end up hurting each other and they will crash and burn)

Dakota x Nico (like I said Nico gets reckless and hanging out with the wrong crowd. Dakota is child of Bachus that barely interacted with him in son of Neptune. Said he was drinking Koolaid. I call bullshit. How jittery Nico seemed to be in that scene Nico was probably drinking that same “koolaid” too)

Gods. Several different gods. Poseidon Trition Morpheus Hypnos Apollo Eros / Cupid Hermes Dionysus Nemesis (a male version Nemesis doesn’t really have a gender it depends on the person they appear infront of) (Like I said I think he gets kinda reckless after BoO and is uncaring of his own safety and feelings. He’s partying with gods having a fun time trying to make new good memories to drown out the old bad traumatic memories) (yes this type of relationship would be bad and unhealthy for Nico as a teenager. I do not endorse relationships like that in reality life. This is fiction.))

[witherby]

Hey there,

I’ve been thinking about Punchline and their story—do you think there’s any chance they could end up in a relationship with someone like Connor Kent? Given everything they’ve been through, it could be interesting to explore how a connection with someone like him—someone who understands identity struggles and the weight of expectations—might actually help them heal.

Connor’s mix of strength and kindness could be a stabilizing force for Punchline, while they, in turn, could challenge him in ways he might not expect. It could be a really compelling dynamic.

What do you think?

Hey, great question! Punchline is aroace, but that doesn't mean she can't develop friendships with other people, like Conner!

I'm liking your line of thinking here! Punchline was made to further her father's crime-clowning legacy, made to be a Joker the Second, made to adopt a mantle that's been thrust upon her. Conner was made to steal a mantle outright, to replace someone who already fits it perfectly, to overcome his perceived competition and improve upon it.

They were both brought into the world with expectations placed upon them, dangling from their necks like an albatross. They'd definitely find a lot of relatability with each other in that, despite being groomed for causes on opposing sides.

I also think there'd be an uncomfortable amount of tension between them at the start, because they're so similar. Nobody wants to be introspective, and their existences in proximity to each other would force just that.

"Is his shadow the only thing you know how to exist in? Regurgitating the same jokes he makes? Crafting the same traps he's made? Executing a pre-written formula that has never, ever worked for your dad? You know what the definition of insanity is, right, P?"

"Ohhhohoho. Spoken like I'm the only one with big shoes to fill. At least I just gotta worry about making an impression and raising as big a stink as possible. How do you get more perfect than perfection? What's that S on your chest do besides label you as a copycat? You really think stealing Superman's name and uniform is gonna make you stand out, Kid Wonder? Now that's funny!"

There's so much work to do on both their ends that I think they'd come close to becoming arch nemesis long before they became friends.

[michaelwheelerdefiodental]

A topic that nobody asked for (or asked, i don't know), the main gang nemesis on Season 5:

Eleven🖕Linda Hamilton Character:

Yeah i know what you're thinking, "what about Vecna", but just follow me. Linda Hamilton character is apparently a female Brenner, but with actual military experience, so she will be a manipulative scientist like Brenner, this already makes Eleven having a hatred towards her probable. The hand to hand experience that she has can be dangerous for the rest of the gang aswell. Some people probably think it doesn't make sense for her to be throwing hands, but it's Linda Hamilton we are talking about, the OG Sarah Connor, the Duffer Brothers will make her a beast in a fight, both with guns or with her bare hands.

Will🖕Mind Flayer and Vecna (and Lonnie too):

This is why i think Eleven wouldn't have Vecna as her ultimate nemesis. Henry has a lot of similarities with Will as we can see on his flashback, but they ended up as total opposites. And we don't need to talk about Mind Flayer beef with Will, it's kinda embarrasing to be a interdimensional entity and still having the need of tormeting a teenager gay loser.

And there is that bitch ass Loonie too, i don't have anything too say about him.

Mike🖕Unnamed Creature (and Chance):

To start, Mike beef with Chance won't be because of this weird and boring theory that Chance has a crush on Will, but because Chance is the total opposite of Mike, he just follow orders and stay quiet, Mike is someone who wouldn't let anybody dictate what he is supposed to do (there's a post comparing all of the four core with the basketball gang, but i couldn't find it, sorry).

This unnamed creature is probably what was roaring during that scene of Robin, Nancy, Steve and Eddie on the Upside Down. It is probably that monster that Nancy saw on her visions. My bet is that Hopper will probably give that sword for Mike, giving the title of hero to him.

Hopper🖕Sullivan:

What is better than give a tramautized ex-soldier a Colonel as his enemy? It would be pretty much a cycle ending, after he got scarred for life and lost his first daughter because of higher ups that made him help them with war crimes against their enemies, he will end the life of one them that is actually trying to kill his second daughter too.

Dustin🖕Andy:

Some people are kinda of underestimating Andy, if you watch season 4 again you'll see how unhinged he is (i will make a post talking about how much of a threat he can be in this season), besides the fact that he will seek revenge for Jason by attacking the hellfire club ex-members, and Dustin is pretty much using their shirt in most of the paparazzi pics.

Lucas🖕All of the Basketball Team:

He probably is angry at them because of Max situation and they're angry at him because of Jason death. I hope to see some kind of revenge by Lucas part.

Jonathan and Steve🖕This Soldier:

On one way or another we will have a scene of Jonathan and Steve beating some asses together, and this guy seems to be around the age of 25 or a little bit older, so they can pretty much have a showdown against him. This could be that epic scene Jonathan and Steve will share together that the hawkinsfamilyphoto (Chris, a paparazzi) said he would release if he reaches a certain amount of payed members on Twitter/X.

Robin and Vickie🖕Town Folks:

I have this theory that some type of religious cult group will be manipulated by Henry, and they will have something against the whole group and mainly with Will, Mike, Robin and Vickie because of their little secret.

Here's a link for the post talking about this theory:

What about the others?

The rest of the group would have the same enemies as the others, just with less hatred or rivalry against them.

[thelibrarian1895]

Gotham Rich People

So there are other millionaires and billionaires in Gotham besides Bruce Wayne.

I'll wait for you to get over the shock.

You good? Ok

There are other stupidly rich people in Gotham. A thought that if you've really made it in stupidly rich society in the dc verse then you have to have some property in Gotham where you stay for like a month or so every year like it's the regency society season. It's a sign that you're so ridiculously rich that it doesn't matter if someone steals your priceless painting or holds you for ransom because you can afford it and still be ridiculously rich. You are rich enough that your bodyguards are so skilled that they can keep you safe in Gotham. Because people are stupid and people who are rich and want to be snobs about it and show off tend to be a little more so than not.

Ridiculously rich seasonal Gothamites will also absolutely think that being kidnapped and held for ransom by one crime family or another or a rogue shows a different level of quality and status. Because they are just that bored and just that rich. And it lets them deal with the ✨trauma✨ ala gallows humor.

Lex Luthor has a bunch of snobby rich people look down their noses at him because he doesn't have Gotham property (Bruce keeps outbidding him when he tries and then Tim does the same when Bruce is busy because neither want Luthor in their city though sometimes people just won't sell if they find out it's Luthor trying to buy the property because they don't want him in the city either) and while he's rich enough to make mechs to go after Superman he can't afford quality Gotham caliber bodyguards.

Oliver Queen might have had a tiny by rich people standards apartment in Gotham, he inherited it. It may have been destroyed during the quake. He doesn't bother to rebuild or buy a new one and just stays in fancy hotel if he has to be in Gotham for any length of time and grumbles that Bruce won't let him crash at his place.

Tim gets Drake Manor back, if he didn't have it already, and puts it in his and Kon's name so Kon can be smug at Luthor because Kon has property in Gotham. Tim might come up with another secret identity as Connor Luthor's Gotham bodyguard just for fun. Superman may be Luthor's villain nemesis, Tim is determined to make himself Luthor's social and business nemesis because Tim apparently doesn't have enough people who want his head on a pike. Also fewer people give Tim well meaning lectures against villainy when Tim makes trouble for Luthor than when he's made trouble for Clark after Clark has said or done something dumb to Kon. Plus having a business nemesis makes being primary shareholder in Wayne Enterprises less mind numbing for Tim.

These other stupidly rich people also end up getting fleeced for millions by the Waynes for the Wayne charities because if they're going to have all these extra idiots to keep an eye on then these extra idiots are going to pay for things like the road work that the city isn't paying for because the city budget was embezzled by some jerk who ran off with the money to some other hole in the ground.

If Jason is bored enough he will be one of those rogues who kidnaps one of the Gotham elite visiting for their maintain the status month and the ransom money goes directly to literacy and educational programs. This way his preferred causes are funded and he doesn't have to be stuck in a suit at a horribly boring gala where he has to be polite. He is also considered the top tier platinum star in rogues to be kidnapped by since he is professional, has kidnapped Waynes before (Damian convinced him to do it so Damian could get out of a series of civilian parties and go hang out with Jon instead and a few times Cass has gotten Jason to "kidnap" her so she doesn't have to deal with a gala either) and is known for returning people when the ransom is paid. He has, on occasion, returned people after the ransom demands were made and denied and it is later discovered that he took the ransom anyway and the person who denied to pay the ransom finds themselves in serious physical and legal trouble. Seasonal Gotham rich people will absolutely brag about having been kidnapped by the Red Hood who clearly has good taste in hostages.

[chbnews]

Weekly News 06/04/2025 - 12/04/2025

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Camp Announcements:

Our usual team of Camp Half-Blood News reporters are on Spring Break this week, and will return next week. This means a temporary team will be taking over the news reporting. We all deeply apologize for any… inconveniences.

Mr. D/my dad is a big simp of Ariadne (No one is shocked) (she’s super cool and dope and we all loved her let’s be so fr)

Camp game this week is capture the flag (because Chiron says that’s the only game we don’t have to explain because we’d “somehow manage to mess things up” and “someone will get killed” or something)

Camper Updates:

cabin 6 has been freaking out due to the new hunger games book coming out (I don’t get the hype bro) (teenagers fighting to live under the supervision of super wealthy all-seeing people? isn’t that just what we live?) (i thought it was about starvation cause hunger games- maybe i should read the books-)

Melody has hit her "Scammed 100 people" achievement and is celebrating by planning a heist (don't tell Mr D or Chiron!!) (you do know that they both moniter the blog right?)

Melavie and Calamity have worked together to make flower crowns grow naturally! (Don’t flowers grow naturally anyways?)

Jackson Blackburn and Tyle Rosemary had their 6th year anniversary on April 3rd!! (Congrats! My longest lasting relationship was between me and Your mom. *insert epic air horn sounds here*) (oui, be nice Klaus. I’m happy for you two!) (Bro- i said congrats!!) (you also made a your mom joke!!)

Game Winnings:

The Nike cabin 100% cheated and used their powers to let the red team win the mock battle we had. And that’s unfair. AND I KNOW FAIR. Rude.

The dryads and satyrs set up a small obstacle course for new campers in the woods, and Team Waterlily won the race!

The Poseidon and Nike (cheaters) cabins held a canoe race on the lake, which ended when a Tyche kid got in a fight with a naiad, resulting in a six canoe pileup in the middle of the lake. (Lol deserved in my opinion)

Upcoming Events:

“What to do when you’re fighting a dracaena” hosted by the Hermes cabin, Monday afternoon in the Amphitheater. (The answer is kill them obviously) (No shit Sherlock.)

“Ultimate Musical Trivia Night” hosted by the Apollo cabin, Monday night in the Amphitheater

“DIY Workshop: Pauldrons” hosted by the Hephaestus cabin, Tuesday morning at the forges.

“A Brief History of Demigod Magic” hosted by the Hecate and Athena cabins, Tuesday night at the Big House.

“How to Defeat Stronger Opponents” hosted by the Nemesis cabin (hey! That’s me!) Wednesday afternoon at the Arena

“Camp Half-Blood: Secrets, Treasures, and More!” hosted by the Aphrodite and Ares cabins, Thursday afternoon in the Amphitheater.

“How to workout like a hero!” hosted by the Nike (cheaters) cabin, Friday morning at the Arena

“Arts and Crafts: Free Day” hosted by the Iris and Hypnos cabins, Friday afternoon at the Arts and Crafts building.

Camp Gossip:

Mk- so this isn’t camp related- or gossip but 111 is divisible by 37. This is disgusting. if i have to know this you guys do too. (I genuinely hope whichever one of you on the news staff wrote this has a warm pillow every night)

cabin 10 wants our stolen makeup backkk

SOMEONE stole two boxes of Dunkin Donuts munchkins from the Big House. (We all know it was Dante from the Dionysus cabin.) (HEY! DON’T BLAME MY BROTHER LIKE THAT! (the donuts where great. Love you Dante!)

Chiron has been seen giving a camper a piggyback ride. Or is it a horseback ride? I dunno

A bunch of stuff from the camp store is missing?? (We’re definitely pointing fingers at some certain cabin)

Valentine Merriweather has been seen hanging out with an Ares kid quite a lot this week. They’re 100% dating and I don’t even have to confirm it. (Just look at them when they see each other like.. it’s obvious.) (oooo interesting interesting)

Tyler, Connor Stoll, and Mike have been seen bedazzling the Athena Cabins’ maps, blueprints, and books.

Weekly Question:

What’s your favorite weapon to use?

Last Week’s Question:

Camper Answers: (in playlist form, too. You’re welcome.)

CHB News Playlist! <— click that YEA WHAT DAMIEN SAID LISTEN TO THE OTHER TWO

Thank you too Damien White, Valentina Diaz, and Klaus Hartman for helping with this weeks news!

[mehwmidklpe]

CONNOR STOLL MASTERLIST

JUST A PRANK

being Connor's favorite target is not a good quality when you're Aphrodite's favorite daughter

VALENTINE

Connor, Leo and Percy's Valentine's proposals

ATTENTION OF HADES('s daughter)

Connor and Leo being in love with Hades' daughter

MESSAGERS PART1

the children of the messager gods hate each other?

MESSAGERS PART 2

the children of the messager gods make up?

LOVE OF HADES(' daughter)

Connor and Leo dating the daughter of Hades

DRUNKEN CONFESSIONS

Connor comes to your cabin drunk after Travis stole a lot of beer

TRUTH

when a Stoll is cursed to only say the truth, things get out of hand...

IN THE WORKS:

FORBIDDEN LOVE

when Connor Stoll and a Hunter Of Artemis fall in love

PRANKS WAR

Travis and Connor Stoll keep pranking the campers, but a daughter of Nemesis hates when things are out of balance

FAILED CONFESSIONS

Connor Stoll vandalised your cabin and you snap at him, so why does he act so sad after? did he really just vandalize your cabin?

MESSAGERS PART 3

the children of the messager gods are more than just friends?

OUTSIDE

you've never been outside of camp since you were a little kid, luckily your best friend is the son of the god of travelers

AND MORE!

I ALSO TAKE REQUESTS!

[hocksburn]

crossover time. nhl teams by who in lolesports would be a fan of them circa like november 2024

Carolina Hurricanes

Insanity. i think he'd like burnzie's missing teeth.

Columbus Blue Jackets

um

New Jersey Devils

Rekkles. he likes the logo the colors the aesthetic. mascot freaks him out but nico hischier and jack hughes are cute enough to make up for it

New York Islanders

Razork. matt barzal's thighs. enough said

Jun. doesnt know shit about hockey just watches with Razork for the fun of it

New York Rangers

Jankos. he craves violence

Selfmade. also craves violence

Philadelphia Flyers

Irrelevant. <- THATS HIS PROFESSIONAL GAMERTAG IM NOT CALLING HIM OR THE FLYERS IRRELEVANT!!. anyway he likes gritty

Larssen. redhead solidarity with claude giroux who is still a flyer in my heart.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Caedrel. el clasico. inoffensive fave. easy points (for his socials, not for the pens)

Washington Capitals

Jensen. he sees ovechkin body a guy with all the force of a freight train and locks it in.

Boston Bruins

Emily Rand. this is not an hc. shes a boston girlie she is canonically a bruins fan

Buffalo Sabres

well

Detroit Red Wings

uh

Florida Panthers

Caedrel's second favorite team. hes a bandwagoner.

Montréal Canadiens

Nuc. he'd do it for francophone pride even though france french is not the same as canadian french or quebecois

Sheo. he'd do it for nuc

Ottawa Senators

Wunder. hes a gentle giant but he would love to watch a fight. and who better to watch fight than his blond buff slightly pig-nosed bestie brady tkachuk. two peas in a pod they are

Tampa Bay Lightning

Berserker. he doesnt know shit about hockey he just knows tampa bay has lightning and zeri has lightning good enough for him

Toronto Maple Leafs

LS. he seems like he believes in self-flagellation like a good leafs fan should. hed also have the hots for auston matthews and would comment extensively on mitch marner's fashion choices. probably ask about marner's skincare routine too.

Crownie. he also believes in self-flagellation and would agree with a canadian's 60-year-old uncle that they should throw mitch marner into the sun. he loves getting tilted. he'd have a great time being incredibly miserable as a leafs fan

Chicago Hawks

Perkz. he seems like he'd be a keep-the-mascot truther. its just so him

Santorin. he has no idea about the naming controversy he just sees connor bedard and feels the need to give him a big hug

Broxah. agrees with Santorin completely. is learning soup recipes

Caps. sees connor bedard and instantly goes HE'S ME <3 :D. somehow they spark up a friendship even though bedard completely fails to use a mouse well and caps tries to hit the puck like a golf ball.

Colorado Avalanche

Zven. game (pretty nordic man) recognizes game (gabriel landeskog)

Mithy. he buys a landeskog jersey for zven as a christmas gift and gets a free hat with it so he's like Ah My Government-Assigned Hockey Team

Dallas Stars

Jankos. he sees tyler seguin's tasteful nudes in the espn magazine and goes. Yeah. thats what i want.

Crownie. game (freaky eye color) (crownie's weird grey green yellow hazel blue eyes) recognizes game (freaky eye color) (mason marchment's neon blue eyes)

Minnesota Wild

Laure. green and red are just her colors man i dont make the rules. Laure in a oversized Wild jersey would hit.

Mithy. hes captivated by kirill kaprizov. he insists he doesnt have a thing for tall blue-eyed blondes. zven laughs at him

Nashville Predators

LS. throwback to when Amazing said LS was grooming young pros (aka Nemesis). LS would be a fan of this team for the name bit. and for brady skjei

Cyanide. he supports finnish goalies

xPeke. he supports Cyanide

St. Louis Blues

Nuc. he likes the music note logo

Mikyx. he learns two blues songs and sings them whenever hockey is mentioned. hes a little shit and loves to be an inconvenience in the slightest ways possible

Utah Hockey Club

Tomo. i cant explaint his one i just think hed be like "wow new team so pitiful they dont even have a name" and hop on the fan train just to see what happens

Eyla. he'd be an arizona coyotes fan bc they had INSANELY good branding like their jerseys and logo were so iconic and now hes here with blue circle logo and just sadge.

Winnipeg Jets

Nemesis. he'd say theyre his favorite team. they are delightfully bland as far as i can tell and hes a plain white rice kinda guy so hed claim them as his team to maintain his bland-ass public image

Anaheim Ducks

Palafox. this is one of three Californian teams and Dhokla would cheer for one of them and Contractz would cheer for the other so they peer pressure Palafox into being their ducks boyfriend

Calgary Flames

RATIRL. he thinks the name is funny.

Edmonton Oilers

RATIRL. he thinks this name is also funny.

LS. also thinks the name is funny

IWillDominate. etc etc.

Los Angeles Kings

Dhokla. he just seems like he'd vibe with the team vibes. violence paired with the unshakeable love of jeff carter for mike richards. hes a sucker for a romantic story

Tactical. he'd say this is his favorite team bc he's a deeply LA boy in vibes

Doublelift. hometown boy

San Jose Sharks

Contractz. he's a silly little guy, theyre all silly little guys, it's perfect.

Blaber. he likes fish!

Tactical. he loves silly little guys just like Contractz. the sharks live in his heart he just doesn't like to admit it to anyone except Blaber and Contractz

Seattle Kraken

Nemesis. this would actually be his favorite team he'd be enamored by their nonbinary mascot and the tentacle-monster energy and the whole freshness and progressiveness of it all. the kraken say gay rights and he wants to be part of that for Reasons

IWillDominate. kraken crack-en crack den. yes this entire post is motivated by the fact that i still think the "IWD is on crack" joke is funny.

Vancouver Canucks

Selfmade. what can i say he loves a pale tortured little guy

Hans Sama. he gets hard the first time he sees brock boeser.

Drakos. he likes the classics and he seems like he'd like whales

Vegas Golden Knights

Hylissang. he's good at keeping in touch with people so he kept in touch with neil verhagen from the bmw-fnatic crossover episodes. neil verhagen knows logan sargeant. logan sargeant was a guest of honor at one of VGK's games last year. ive connected the dots (i havent connected shit) ive connected them

Sjokz. she'd have the loveliest sleekest gold shimmer dress and wear it whenever lec overlaps with VGK gamedays. she'd slay so fucking hard.

[audreyscribes]

Ω PJO DEMIGOD HEADCANONS: ✌ NIKE: Goddess of Victory 🏆

Author's note: Hello everyone! In lieu of posting the major gods demigod headcanons, here is the minor gods version!As usual these headcanons will contain what it's like being claimed and what it's like for the respective god and cabin, followed by a small story between you, the reader, and the respective demigod of that god. Thank you for reading and please like and reblog! [PJO MINOR GODS DEMIGOD HEADCANONS MASTERLIST] Disclaimer: To new fans or strictly TV watchers of the PJO series, future spoilers for the entire PJO series books will be referenced. Read at your own risk.

When you get claimed, it’s after winning. It could be beating an arm wrestling match, winning at rock paper scissors, you get the gist. 

The desire to win is so strong that it’s borderline obsessive.

Competitive is the defining word for a child of Nike. 

You have the last laugh- even if you lose at that moment, you’ll find yourself winning in the end, even if you have to play the long game. 

Perfection, or near perfection, is also part of your drive. It may not have to do with everything and anything, but it is there.

You’re athletic as heck as Athletics fall under her domain. If you weren’t before, well, not if Nike has something to say about it. Consider it the equivalent of Aphrodite’s blessing, where her children are blessed with perfect makeup and hair, except in your case, you have a boost in athletic skill, intelligence, and etc. Even if you have a chronic disease or disability, Nike has you covered in ways you didn’t know were possible. 

If you aren’t competitive, you’ll start to feel the need to win when you see someone outpacing you. This often leads to a choking hazard when more than once, a child of Nike overheard a “Let’s see who can eat the fastest!” or something of that degree. If one child of Nike starts doing it, then another will follow, and a chain of Nike children are shoveling food into their mouths. Then the sheer energy produced by the chain of children of Nike affects everyone else. Food competitions and food fights, especially, are banned in Camp Halfblood for these reasons. This is one of the few times Mr. D intervened with his godly power with his own, and oh boy. 

In games like Truth or Dare, they will definitely commit. You can imagine what’ll happen. The Hermes cabin is banned from asking or starting a Truth or Dare game when there are children of Nike around. It was not pretty. Limits were tested and broken. Absolute truths unbearable to hear as everyone felt some emotional reaction; but mostly unbearable, intense second-hand embarrassment that some just walked out of. Impossible challenges were met and there was much, much regret. Travis and Connor Stoll are, as expected, the perpetrators of this ban. 

Spite. So much Spite. You will do things out of pure spite. Being kind out of spite is also on the table. You can be even spiteful out of spite. How that works, I have no idea and only you know.

Any form of congratulatory tokens are handled by the children of Nike; especially the Laurels. 

You have a natural affinity with a child of Athena, due to her connection Athena, but also children of Ares. This is mostly due to the fact of their domain of war.

The bit of having a natural affinity with a child of Athena or Ares is crucial because more likely than not, they will either enable you or they will be the ones to pull you back and give you a down to earth level. This is usually done by the children of Athena, but when an Ares’ child does it? Oh then you know, a line has been crossed.

Depending on how many Nike children there are, Chiron does his best to split you guys in the middle, and put one half in the team with the Are’s team, and the other half with the Athena’s team. This is to balance out of the gods on the behest of the Nemesis cabin due to…incidents. Very bloody and catastrophic incidents. 

Likewise on never challenging a child of Nike, this also applies vise-versa. NEVER ACCEPT A CHILD OF NIKE’S CHALLENGE. YOU WILL LOSE. YOU WILL REGRET IT. A CHILD OF NIKE’S CHALLENGE IS ONE THEY KNOW THEY WILL ABSOLUTELY, GUARANTEED WIN. [Accept at your own risk and peril.] 

There’s a 120% guarantee that a child of Nike will take any challenge with any sort of prize. It doesn’t matter if it’s something very minor like a cheap toy, they will do what it takes to win it. The icing on the cake? There’s a rumour that there’s an actual prize that Nike herself promised to her children that whoever wins the most by the end of the year, they will receive a prize from herself. Most people know it's a golden laurel, but there’s a rumour that they could earn a pair of golden wings much like Nike herself (of course a dumb down version but still very powerful regardless). The kicker about this? The bar is set higher every year; where the children of Nike must win at least above the minimum from the previous year. The bar is constantly moving. No one’s sure if it’ll end. 

Don’t worry though, the children of Nike have (some sort of) honour in winning. Sure they might use tricks and schemes to win, but there won’t be any dirty or easy wins from them. They’ll earn their win as fairly/honourably/squarely as it can be. On the other hand, if it’s an easy win or win by default, some children of Nike might not take it. 

You were coming down from the high of winning and the claim of Nike over your head. When Chiron announced who your godly parent was, you thought “Yeah that sounds about right” and as you were basking in the afterglow, you heard incessant yelling from the distance that was quickly getting louder. 

People were either moving to the side, diving and pushing others to get out of the way, and those who didn’t were bouldered over by a pair of identical twin girls. They both had brown hair and were practically pushing at each others’ heads, while rushing towards you while trying to push the other away, but inevitably were knocking others around them down.

They looked around before their eyes locked on you and you froze like a deer in the headlights as they barreled over to you as they both stuck their hands out at the same time, and yelled in your face excitedly,

“Hi! I’m Holly Victor, child of Nike and cabin leader!” “Hi! I’m Laurel Victor, child of Nike and cabin leader!” 

Their words sounded like you were hearing stereo and you were reeling from everything. Upon instinct, your hands both stuck out to take their hands and before you could even think of introducing yourself back, the twins snapped their heads at each other and they glowered, 

“Hey I was first! No, I was! Stop copying me! I won first!” they both said and your head was spinning. 

You stammered out an introduction, as helpless at it may be but they’re focus turned to you just as you finished saying, “-and who are you guys…?”

Before the two girls could even think to explain first, Chiron stepped from behind them and placed his hands on their heads to get them to stop. 

“They’re Laurel and Holly Victor, twin sisters and daughters of Nike, just like you. They’re also the cabin leaders of the Nike cabin” he introduced. 

“But aren’t there supposed to be one cabin leader…?” 

“Normally yes, however, when deciding who would, being children of Nike, the two argued and fought for a very long time to be cabin leader before we all agreed it was better for both sisters to be cabin leaders.”

You paled at your future being at the Nike cabin as you prayed to your godly parent for strength, but remember they got this from Nike, and more importantly-

The Victor twins both grinned and shook your hands at the same time, “Welcome to the Nike cabin, new sibling!”  

You just stared at them and thought, ‘This is going to redefine sibling rivalry in all history of sibling rivalry” 

[alluringwaves]

PERCY JACKSON MASTERLIST . . .

slow motion , love potion

[👙] summer!roberts!reader

[🌼] the secret of us

PERCY JACKSON !

• don’t marry him -> a love confession like amy and laurie’s from little women with percy and his best friend‘s, annabeth chase’s, sister.

• tanning, interrupted -> summer!roberts!reader gets interrupted from a very much needed tanning session by a certain pain in the ass

• definitely not! selfish -> summer!roberts!reader plans a nice evening for her friends to surprise them (and definitely not because she wants to prove that she’s not that shallow)

• figure it out yourself -> summer!roberts!reader stops caring and he just can’t let that happen

• the almost -> summer!roberts!reader almost admits her biggest fear coming true to herself

• accidental confession -> summer!roberts!reader accidentally confesses something to percy and immediately regrets it

• let it happen -> summer!roberts!reader stops fighting what’s always been there

• i love you, i’m sorry -> “i tend to laugh whenever i'm sad / stare at the crash, it actually works / making amends, this shit never ends / i'm wrong again, wrong again”

• fresh out the slammer -> “now, pretty baby, i'm running back home to you / fresh out the slammer, i know who my first call will be to”

• super hot annoyance -> percy’s annoying, smug, and soaking wet—unfortunately, he’s also hot enough for summer!roberts!reader to tolerate

• blowing smoke -> “and you look stupid going out / if she's got a pulse, she meets your standards? / you feel nothing and yet you still let her”

LUKE CASTELLAN !

• great expectations -> luke is determined to crack summer!roberts!reader‘s hard shell

• not happening -> luke castellan thinks he’s slick, but summer!roberts!reader is not having it

• older -> “i stopped wavin' a flag / i just dropped all carin' for that / i went quiet and you got cold / guess that happened when we got older”

• free now -> “if you feel like fallin', catch me on the way down / never been less empty, all i feel is free now”

• why couldn’t you be ready too? -> “why couldn't you be ready, too? / i was ready, ready to be happy / ready for that long look that never ends / and, now, i don't know what to do”

• felt good about you -> “and i had less than half of somethin' / what you gave was what i wanted / 'til i realized i felt fuller without you”

LEO VALDEZ !

• unexpected -> for the first time, leo does something nice for summer!roberts!reader but she doesn’t know how to handle it

• tough love -> “no chance i waste my twenties on random men / not one of them is smarter than all my friends / and i hate to leave him bleedin' / but i know now what i'm leavin' for”

• packing it up -> “‘cause i swear that i wasn't looking for much / but that's just when you happened / that's right when you happened”

CONNOR STOLL !

• sea nymph chic -> summer!roberts!reader wakes up with green hair and she knows exactly who the culprit is

• risk -> “god, i'm actually invested / think i really want this / i'm not even kidding”

JASON GRACE !

• barbie and ken -> “barbie has a great day everyday. but ken only has a great day if barbie looks at him.”

• sweet nothing -> “and the voices that implore, "you should be doin' more" / to you, i can admit that i'm just too soft for all of it”

ETHAN NAKAMURA !

• quiet waters -> summer!roberts!reader doesn’t fall in love with quiet people, so why is it that she can’t get a certain son of nemesis off her mind?

• queen of hearts -> summer!roberts!reader organizes valentines day at camp to definitely not impress ethan

• us -> “and if history's clear, someone always ends up in ruins / and what seemed like fate becomes "what the hell was i doin'?"”

• i knew it, i know you -> “and all i did was right by me, i heard that almost killed you / well, i knew it, i know you, i called it”

[raghhhhhyperfixations]

Can we accept YJ connor as like? another entity?

Like he’s his brother’s twin. Kon, Connor (The Kon with the spiked jackets not this aggressive toned down version of him.) but like the two are separate, twins.

And Well it would just be a really funny mental picture if Luthor did make twins and just kept one and named it connor as well because it’s a backup in case the other dies so why name it something different?

But the two couldn’t be more DIFFERENT, one is short, ‘clearly gay but we haven’t had the talk yet’ if anybody gets that little reference with a more slighty tuned down punk aesthetic. (i would call it punk.)

While the other has CLEARLY got no fashion sense, the same shirt twice in a month, no social skills, no charisma and is about as aggressive as a mistreated chihuahua.

So Luthor pulls a ‘i keep this one in the basement and this one by my side.’ move, with Kon, he places for the media, lets him charm his way all he wants while connor? He gets basement duty.

AKA being stuck in a star labs tube for an indefinite time until the temporarily formed group of robin (dick grayson) Kid flash and aqualad come and save him.

And now Luthor’s panicking like ‘oh no?! my basement son got out.’

What do you do then.

He totally wipes Kon from all media and denies it so Connor can make his appearance and shoves Kon in the basement until Tim comes along with HIS YJ team and saves that clone or Kon just pulls the ultimate ‘i’m going to stay with dad!’ move.

And it’s chaos when everyone realises there’s twins.

Superman: What do you mean you had twins??

Luthor: Yeah it was such an exhausting process. (talking about funding the cloning for them, cloning them and getting the dna.)

Superman does not know this: Lex? Lex did you give birth??? (he’s stressing super hard by the way because imagine your arch nemesis or rival or like complete and utterly hated enemy gave birth and you didn’t know and it’s just so like?? I could have held your hand for you lex..)

Superman: ???

And Luthor’s already like walked away.

[theamazingmaddyas]

Thinking about the fact that, most of the gods, have had statistically more demigod children in the Riordanverse of their own percieved gender. Like 6/7 of the seven have a godly parent with the same gender identity as them. So, I've decided to try and do the math, and see what percentage of demigods by each godly parent has the same percieved gender identity.

How I decided who to add:

Has to be mentioned in any of the Greco-Roman Riordanverse books *by name*; side stories included

Even if we know their gender, with no name, I didn't add them. But, if you want those numbers, maybe I'll do them someday

Cannot be a god

Can be dead: ghosts/ ressurections included

Can be real people, as long as Rick mentions them, no matter how contriversal they may be. Except for the leader of the Nazi party, he's not here.

Has to be a child of the god, not a legacy.

Can be Roman or Greek. If you want them split, I may do that, maybe not though.

Can appear in Percy Jackson Greek Heroes, as long as they *haven't* achieved godhood (looking at you, Heracles)

Video game and TV media *is* allowed, but honestly I don't think the TV show has any characters with canon godly parents whom we don't see yet.

For books, has to be written by Rick Riordan (except for Alabaster, but I added him anyway)

Last note, I am not infallible, and honestly could have missed people. I used the wiki as a reminder, but the wiki is honestly pretty fallible too and has a lot of missing people plus probably added people too, so if you notice someone missing or added, tell me, and I'll adjust accordingly.

Zeus: 62.5% (5:3)

Jason Grace, Tantalus, Perseus, Minos, Diocletion : Thalia Grace, Amelia Earhart, Helen of Troy Sparta

Poseidon: 100% (5:0)

Percy Jackson, Theseus, Sciron, Sinis, Phineas

Demeter: 62.5% (5:3)

Katie Gardner, Miranda Gardiner, Meg McCaffrey, Billie Ng, Leila : Steve, Douglas, Lityerses

Ares: 66.6% (10:5)

Arnold Beefcake, Sherman Yang, Ellis Wakefield, Mark, Edward Teach (Blackbeard), William Sherman, Frank Zhang, Julius, Remus, Romulus : Clarisse La Rue, Hippolyta, Pentheselia, Antiope, Melanippe

Athena: 28.6% (2:5)

Annabeth Chase, Bea Wise: Malcolm Pace, Daedalus, Zane Carver, George Washington, Frederic Bartholdi

Apollo: 64.3%–69.2% (9:3–4:1)

Lee Fletcher, Michael Yew, Halcyon Green, Will Solace, Austin Lake, Jerry, William Shakespeare, King Louis XIV of France, Trophonius : Kayla Knowles, Gracie, Victoria, Georgina (she's the variable, fyi), : Yan

Hephaestus: 84.6% (11:2)

Charles Beckendorf, Leo Valdez, Harley, Shane, Christopher, Issac Schuster, Archimedes, Thomas Faynor, Periphetes, Blaise, Mamurius Veturius : Heloise, Nyssa Barrera

Aphrodite: 55.6% (5:4)

Silena Beauregard, Piper McLean, Drew Tanaka, Lacy, Valentina Diaz : James Dean, Mitchell, Michael Kahale, Aeneus

Hermes: 72.7% (8:3)

Luke Castellan, Travis Stoll, Connor Stoll, Chris Rodriguez, Cecil Markowitz, Gus, Larry, Jack London : Alice Miyazawa, Julia Feingold, Harriet Tubman

Dionysus: 100% (3:0)

Castor, Pollux, Dakota

Hades: 50% (2:2)

Nico di Angelo, Lynkos : Bianca di Angelo, Hazel Levesque

Iris: 50% (1:1)

Blanche : Butch Walker

Hypnos: 100% (1:0)

Clovis

Nemesis: 0% (0:2)

Ethan Nakamura, Damien White

Nike: 100% (2:0)

Holly Victor, Laurel Victor

Hebe: 0% (0:2)

Paolo Montes, William H. Seward Jr.

Tyche: 100% (1:0)

Chiara Benvenuti

Hecate: 33.3% (2:1)

Lou Ellen Blackstone : Alabaster Torrington, Peter Stuyvesant

Terpsechore: 100% (1:0)

Lavinia Asimov

Euterpe: 100: (1:0)

Marilyn

Cardea: 100% (1:0)

Claudia

Janus: 50% (1:1)

Michael Varus : Janice

Mefetis: 100% (1:0)

Mimi

Bellona: 100% (2:0)

Hylla Ramírez-Arellano, Reyna Ramírez-Arellano

Asclepius: 100% (1:0)

Pranjal

Thetis: 0% (0:1)

Achilles

Conclusion: Male gods are more likely to have children of the same gender they're percieved as, as all male gods have at least 50% male children, while some goddess have 0% female children.