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[doevademe]

What are some criticisms against Percabeth? I'm curious because I never had an issue with them during the original pjo series. Its Hero's of Olympus where is get kinda weird for me

I'll start with PJO and then move on to HoO, because while I have my criticisms of PJO Percabeth, HoO Percabeth is... uff.

Also under a read more because this gets long, and to minimize upsetting people.

Okay, so my main issue in PJO is how boring they are as a couple. This is a me problem, of course, but Percabeth is just the smart girl teasing/softly bullying the protagonist boy. They are as scheduled as a train stop. You know form the first moment where it's going to go, how it will get there, what the interactions will be like, and if you think this is a writer thing, I started reading these books when I was 13, and even then I considered the pairing most cliché thing ever.

I have two actual criticisms for PJO Percabeth, though. The first is how their romance is centered around Annabeth insulting Percy. I mean, her main nickname for Percy is a constant reminder that he's seen as stupid, which Percy is not, despite common fandom interpretation. She's also constantly punching him and belittling him, and yeah, she's a teenager and they are just friends being a little rough on each other, but if Percy was the one doing it, that wouldn't fly with the fandom at large, and it doesn't fly with me when Annabeth does it, either.

The second criticism is that they have nothing in common aside from shared experiences as demigods. If Percy had quested with Clarisse or Drew, he'd have the same things in common with them as he has with Annabeth in canon. In all of PJO they never have a conversation that's not centered around being a demigod. They don't share hobbies, interests or even talents. Percy is shown to like stuff like skating, swimming and other physical activities, Annabeth is a bookworm who loves architecture and puzzles. There's no intersection there. Once they are in college in New Rome, safe from monsters, what do they even talk about? Their only scene not demigod related is having plans to see a movie in BotL, something they don't have to talk to do (and that they never end up doing). EDIT: Oh, also, Annabeth infodumping on architecture, but Percy considers this white noise and he constantly ignores her talking about her passion, so... yeah, I don't count it as an actual conversation since he never engages back.

HoO Percabeth has these problems too, but it's much worse because they are actually together now. Annabeth is shown in her very first POV to be very manipulative (reminding Percy he almost dated Rachel to make him uncomfortable and "keep him in line"), violent (the Judo flip), and needy to an almost codependent degree (she makes Percy disappearing all about her, how it made her feel, how much it hurt for her), and Percy just goes along with it.

Their conversations are also repetitive and boring, because discussing the demigod quest is now a group thing with the rest of the Seven, their one-on-one conversations are all about how in love they are, how they want to spend their lives together, how they can't live without each other. It feels more like what keeps them together is their shared experiences and traumas, rather than any sort of chemistry or shared goal aside from a generic "staying together forever".

I'm okay with it as a friendship, because sometimes you can call your friend a jerkwad and just laugh it off, because you both now you don't mean it. People also have tons of school or job friends they have nothing in common with except for spending nearly 8 hours together daily in the same building, but as a romance? I was never convinced, more resigned to the fact that it would happen.

[dragynkeep]

*Ruby seeing WBY+Jaune approaching* "Oh hey guys. Let me readjust my position on the floor so I can look tragically sexy for the perverted beta looking men on the writing team while I 0ff myself in front of you"

when the show infamously bad for handling suicide still manages to avoid the sexualization of suicide allegations in everything else wrong with those scenes, it might be that rwby just has a problem. or is just written by men with dicks for brains.

i have a lot of issues with hannah's suicide scene but what i will say is what we get when we focus on her character & not the shock factor, is haunting. hannah is broken, she has nothing left to keep her going & you see it in her eyes & even when she's committed the act, that haunting feeling sticks with you. you're watching a life being lost & you're desperate to save her.

also absolutely do not google this, they have graphic screencaps of the suicide method featuring blood in the first few images.

but then when we get to ruby's suicide, she's posed absolutely ridiculously & all we can think is why aren't her friends rushing to save her? there is a good amount of time between ruby making eye contact & then slowly sipping the drink: if you compare that to hannah's suicide, the frustration builds because hannah is alone. she is alone physically & she's alone emotionally, there is no one to save her in this moment. ruby had 4 people to save her or at least try.

this isn't heartbreaking or haunting, it's goofy. ruby looks stupid here & even more so when there's the sexualization angle of it because god forbid she exist as an emotionally broken teenager without the grown men behind the show ripping her outfit over her breasts & then having her pose basically in a sensual lounge.

booo, boo tomato, boo!

[cyan-orange-studio]

A beautiful commission I did for Blueskyportrait on Twitter!

I enjoyed every single moment of drawing this piece! They deserved a hug SO MUCH! T.T

Sketch Commissions slots are available!

[percico-nicercy-events]

The ao3 collection for this event is [Percico and Nicercy Fest Week 2024]. There are 2 ways to add your works to this event. The first is the standard way of adding it to the collection using the name/tag: Percico_Nicercy_Fest_Week_2024. The second way is by claiming the prompt for that day on the link shared above, and then selecting that prompt when you go to post your work. This method is less known, so I'll be making another post with a screenshots and directions on how to do it.

This event is open for anyone to participate by making fics, fanart, moodboards and any type of fanwork you can think of!

When you post your work don't forget to tag us so we can share your work on our blog!

I think that's all the info needed for the event? But just in case I forget something, feel free to comment or send an ask with any questions or concerns. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with!

Plain text below for accessibility:

Percico/Nicercy Fest Week 2024, August 18th - 24th, 2024.

Prompts:

Day 1: Percy Pining After Nico Day 2: Powerful Percy and/or Powerful Nico Day 3: Co-parenting Mrs. O’Leary Day 4: In Tartarus Together Day 5: Undersea Prince Percy and/or Underworld Prince Nico Day 6: Getting Together Years After HoO Day 7: Free Day

Alternate Prompts:

Alternate 1: AU – Canon Divergence Alternate 2: Hurt/Comfort Alternate 3: Angst with a Happy Ending Bonus: A short post about: 1. Why do you ship Percico/Nicercy today? 2. Why did you initially start shipping Percico/Nicercy? 3. Any other Percico/Nicercy headcanons or ideas you want to share!

Timeline:

January 20th, 2023: Prompts are posted on Tumblr and AO3. The AO3 collection opens. January 20th, 2023 – August 17th, 2024: Creation Period. August 18th, 2024: AO3 Collection works are revealed. August 18th – 24th, 2024: Posting Period. August 24th – 31st, 2024: Submit Event Feedback & Join the Hall of Fame. August 31st, 2024: AO3 Collection Closes. September 1st, 2024: Hall of Fame is posted.

Tag list, as requested in the survey:

@starphanton @wild-flowerhoney @awanderingmuse @avaetin @haiseiscute333 @ogjacksonsimp @doevademe @iridisentry @blueskyportrait @niquitonerdola @incompleteth0ts @percicosoftcore @x-bloodrain-x @memenems @rosabell14 @moa-broke-me @yippee-e @hermesmyplatonicbeloved

[takaraphoenix]

How do you come up with so many story ideas!? I'm so amazed at how many percico and percy jackson related fics you've written!

Oh gods, I hate answering that question, because there is no answer *laughs amused*

I can’t explain how I get ideas. I just... always get them. An average of like five new ideas a week, the majority getting canned due to being too raw, too similar to something else or simply because I only have two hands and not that much time. *grins amused*

But thank you for the compliment ;3

[a03feed-percico]

Fortitude

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2WsC4GA

by Blueskyportrait

After the Hunting Game incident with Bryce Lawrence, Percy couldn't find solace in sleep anymore because of the disturbing nightmares. Not wanting to feel helpless or have a similar incident happen again he considers a simple but complicated solution. At the same time a new ghoul makes an appearance who wants a debt to be paid.

Words: 3653, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of Ghouls of New York

Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Percy Jackson, Frank Zhang, Sally Jackson, Chiron (Percy Jackson), Hazel Levesque, Nico di Angelo

Relationships: Nico di Angelo/Percy Jackson

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - No Demigods (Percy Jackson), Alternate Universe - No Gods (Percy Jackson), Alternate Universe - No Powers, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Alternate Universe - Tokyo Ghoul, Tokyo Ghoul AU, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Nightmares, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Rating May Change

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2WsC4GA

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[ao3feed-lifeisstrange]

American Boyfriend

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/2yR1Ldp

by Blueskyportrait

Running away can just be a fantasy. But Percy want to make it a reality.

Words: 2534, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, Life Is Strange (Video Game)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Percy Jackson, Nico di Angelo, Annabeth Chase, Luke Castellan - mentioned, Persephone (Percy Jackson) - mentioned, Hades (Percy Jackson) - mentioned, Hazel Levesque - Mentioned, Jason Grace - mentioned

Relationships: Nico di Angelo/Percy Jackson

Additional Tags: life is strange au, No Rewind Powers, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alcohol, Light Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Percy is Max, Annabeth is Victoria, Nico is Chloe, Luke is Nathan, Jason is Rachel

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2yR1Ldp

[loverofpiggies]

Would you ever want to rewrite Mortifer if you could? Not to make the story drastically different but to fix the plot holes to make it more consistent.

Nope!Mortifer sure has a ton of mistakes, but the simple truth is, it guided me to figuring out the kind of stories I love to write. Interesting characters in interesting universes! And truth be told, Mortifer’s world is not interesting. Some of its characters certainly are! But I’d rather write worlds far more strange and surreal, or separate from our own. I LOVE doing that.

[doevademe]

I swear The Sun and the Star will be my villain origin story.

I'm just at the point where its very bizarre writing decisions stopped making me angry and just made me laugh.

For me, tsats was a comedy, there's a point where you can't take it seriously anymore, and I passed it when Nico made references to Lil Nas X and made out with Will while Bob sobbed in the background.

[pizzach]

Please give this band a chance, there a local band from Milwaukee and their fucking amazing. Please help them spread the word?

[nliast]

a classic ship commission for @blueskyportrait

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[primadonnaglamour]

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[a03feed-percico]

Assurance

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2JPWEhE

by Blueskyportrait

Bianca will always look out for her brother. When she discovers an unusual secret about Nico's boyfriend Percy, she contemplates on what to do...

Words: 2859, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of My Boyfriend is a Vampire

Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M, Other

Characters: Bianca di Angelo, Nico di Angelo, Hazel Levesque, Percy Jackson, Persephone (Percy Jackson), Hades (Percy Jackson)

Relationships: Nico di Angelo/Percy Jackson, Bianca di Angelo & Nico di Angelo

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - No Gods (Percy Jackson), Alternate Universe - No Demigods (Percy Jackson), Alternate Universe - Vampire, One Shot, Bianca is a concerned sister, She will kick anyones ass

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2JPWEhE

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Blue and red on green • Modelo: @linagongorag • Canon 77d | Tokina 11mm | f/2.8 | 1/125s | ISO 100 | Three Shots BKT • • #locusfoto #lezuza #retratosnaturales #portraitphotography #portrait #hdr #naturaleza_castillalamancha #naturaleza_spain #entreflores #natureportrait #retratoexterior #paisajemanchego #primavera #amapolas #papaverroheas #retratonoconvencional #springportraits #campodeflores #retratolezuza #keepoffthegrass #naturalbeauty #bluesky #blueskyportrait #fotografialezuza #fotografialbacete #fotografiacastillalamancha #fotoslezuza #fotosalbacete #fotoscastillalamancha Con @j.javier.tejada y @diegovillalobos @locusfoto (at Lezuza, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bylfql8IeL8/?igshid=1fif9nzzxtovo

[nathanspades-blog]

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