#cj fandom

[theperplexednavigator]

My sister and I have noticed that we cannot simply just "watch" Light & Night. No, we've clocked it at an hour long process. It takes watching, rewinding, musical analysis, character analysis, lyrical analysis, everything. Every single time. And there's always something new to unpack. It's so fraught with things to notice, things to examine, little things everywhere.

Man, I really appreciate this album.

[modawg]

percy would legit be one of the hardest ppl to get over if you had any type of feelings for that man

like swear you’d like be waiting for him to do smth bad or look ugly waiting for that ick and IT WOULD NEVER COMEEEE

like if you look at nico bro is SCRAPING THE BARREL for ANYTHING to dislike abt percy

percy smiles a little too bright nico has to turn away and mentally remind himself that percy was one of the last ppl to see his sister alive

rachel legit can’t like him so she probably just watches from afar and she’s chill anyway

if calypso found out percy planted that little flower she gave him and subsequently learned he liked planting and kept that flower alive in her memory??? ITD BE WRAPSSSSSSS

like percy is legit just such a good person that anytime someone has a crush on him 🙏🏼 thoughts and prayers bc that crush is haunting you for the rest of your life

ik moving to new rome is gonna kick start that too bc i feel like chb everyone’s gotten used to him yk everyone’s like “sigh there’s percy and his beautiful face and nice laugh and good morals and self sacrificing ways sigh annabeth sure is lucky love those two together tbh”

but now they’re being introduced to all these new ppl who have to learn that percy is simply percy and bro is wifed up

[swiftmitsu]

Killer’s after you.

watch yourself guys 🫵

EPIC VOICE BY @cj-does-va

(THANKS FOR LETTING ME USE YOUR AUDIO 💛)

[morganaconda]

[prisma-palace]

am i late to this trend

[teetlezhere]

There is some angst going on irl and I craved fluff/comfort.

So morning/wake up time with Future Leo and Present Leo. Future Leo gets some needed coffee and mini Leo is still eepy but he gotta wake up.

Mini Leo be collecting parental figures like collectibles in a videogame fr.

[sillygoofyart]

soul art because he won the fandom war polls

(technically the soul eclectic won but shh)

also @muckablucka you wanted to see this right

[marysblo0d]

Every time I see a Daemyra stan posting about how the portrayal of Daemon is unfair because he’s supposed to be the best husband in the world:

[cj-isout]

hey no offense but fandom spaces are so boring and full of negativity now what the hell

if i see one more post hating on bdway bmc i might ACTUALLY scream. "It's too diffrent from two river!" vro. thats the POINT. IT'S A REWRITE. ISTG IF IT WAS AN EXACT BACK TO BACK COPY YA'LL WOULD STILL BE PISSED AND SAY IT WASN'T "ORIGINAL ENOUGH" 🙁🙁🙁

also when you share any sort of trans headcannon people FREAK OUT. Like. Boo! Fear my woke agenda..!!! 👻👻👻👻👻👻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

anyways transfem brooke lohst is cannon i love her hi brooke😊😊😊😊😊hi!!!!

[poppitron360]

Oh don't mind me I'm just thinking about how Leo and Jason were both manipulated into being weapons of destruction at an early age to serve the will of a higher power.

[theperplexednavigator]

Some Heart thoughts:

Heart is a bitter, resentful, pessimistic person who is jaded by the world around him. He struggles with his depression (or rather, Mind would say he's "ruled by his depression"), and he has very unhealthy coping skills, instead allowing himself to fall into states of numbness (during these states, he wonders sometimes if this is what being Mind feels like, cold and unemotional).

Because he is the emotional side, this makes him a lot more sensitive to criticism, and since "emotional side" means the full spectrum of emotions, he may become angry in response to these critiques, making him lash out, often with violence. Thus the Juno incident.

Mind thinks that Heart is allowing himself to fall victim to his own emotions on purpose, even accusing him of using his emotions to manipulate others. But Heart can't help it, and if he is, in fact, manipulating others, then he is doing it unintentionally and unawares.

Heart tends to focus on the negatives, being the jaded pessimist that he is. He also has a hard time letting go of the past. Thus why when Mind is asking for help during Light, Heart instead elects to focus on their past interactions and fights. He has a hard time accepting the fact that Mind might not actually be the villain that Heart thinks he is.

Despite these flaws, Heart would not trade being the emotional side for anything. Because with emotions come compassion, excitement, empathy, happiness, and the pursuit of comfort. He can even be gentle with those he cares about.

So he just lives with it, lives with the goods and the bads of emotions. What he needs is a balance, a check on his worse emotions and impulses. Which is where Mind comes in. Unfortunately, Heart has a hard time reaching out for help.

He seeks comfort, thus the plushies from my previous headcanon. Being attached to the past, Heart can be very nostalgic.

Sometimes he cares too much, except for when Apathy closes in, and he ends up not caring enough, such as in the end of The Heart Acoustic. Otherwise, his emotions run intensely, as he feels things more deeply than your average person.

(Slaps Heart's shoulder) This guy can fit all the emotions in him.

(All three of these guys have flaws, and the worst qualities of these flaws keep obstructing their points of view. Each of these guys is the problem in their own way.)

[modawg]

i wonder if the reason cj gets so little action from the gods until hoo is bc the gods are stuck dealing with all the greek shit they don’t have time to chill with the romans

like if they could they would the romans seem much more dedicated and put together but their too busy with percy’s bullshit for the last 5 years to do anything else so they’ve been forced to neglect that side of things

[thefrogsthewaterturnedgay]

[ginnyluna]

I've been thinking about Reyna lately. Specifically, about her romantic interests. Like, how she was supposedly in love with Jason before the swap, but did nothing when he disappeared, and then developped a crush on Percy in like three days. I know i'm not the only one thinking it's a bit weird and out of character for her, and i had a thought on that.

Headcanon alert: Maybe becoming Praetor isn't just about leading the legion. Why are there always two praetors, a boy and a girl? What if New Rome expects their praetors to get together, after their service? You gotta understand, yes there are many citizens in New Rome, but the thing is, there are very few actual demigods, those people are almost all legacies, several generations after an actual demigod, and almost none of them have any real power anymore. Maybe New Rome needs to insure they keep having powerful warriors to fufill their leadership positions. What better way to insure that than artificially putting two of their most powerful warriors together?

It's not necessarily obvious, more like an unwritten rule, but when two praetors are chosen, they know it comes with expectations. Praetors are good at meeting expectations, after all. And New Rome's senators are there to remind them of those expectations. To make things easier, when picking their next two praetors, sometimes, the Senate chooses two teens who are already a couple, if both are powerful enough. Sometimes, they may pass over a potential praetor if they explicitly refuse to be a part of this kind of engagement, or if their parents want to protect them from that. And sometimes, the Senate picks two powerful orphans, one who spent his entire life following the rules and trying to meet expectations, and one who just lost her family and would do anything to belong to a new one - bonus points if one is an extremely rare son of Jupiter, they'll definitly want to insure that this specific genetic will be passed on to the next generation.

So. I don't think Reyna was ever in love with either Jason or Percy (at least, to me, it really didnt' feel like it when reading her pov chapters). I think maybe she was just expected to be, so of course she tried to be. Reyna has always been a rule-follower, after all, she always does what is expected of her, she understands the hierarchy's needs. And maybe she longs for a family of her own, too, and Jason is a really good guy, it would be a really good match, so if that's what the legion expects of her, why not go for it.

Edit: more under the cut

Also, it would kinda explain Reyna's reactions, i think? Even though she's not in love with Jason, she still likes him, they're friends, and they have both unexplicitly agreed to this match when they accepted the role of praetors. So when Venus tells her that Jason will never end up with her, Reyna just... doesn't get it? Why wouldn't they end up together, that's part of the deal, right? Why would Jason change his mind? Reyna probably already knows he's not in love with her like she's not in love with him, but that's never been a problem for her, and it wasn't gonna be a problem for him either when he took the praetor badge, so what changed? Does he actually dislikes her that much?

So yeah, she's a bit hurt by that. She thought they had an agreement (unspoken, prehaps, but still, for her it was quite clear).

But then Jason vanishes. No one really knows what to do, they don't even know what happened, did he leave? was he kidnapped? is he dead? Of course Reyna is worried, he was her friend, but she has an entire camp to run, all by herself now. She also thinks, that's what Venus meant after all, doesn't matter if he's dead or if he left willingly, he'll never be a part of her family, the family she's been longing for. Reyna probably thinks she's cursed to be alone now, the forever-alone single praetor, what a depressing thought. But then comes Percy.

Percy is powerful. He's another very rare demigod. He's brave, strong-willed, a natural leader - all important qualities for a potential praetor. So when he succeeds his quest, brings back the golden eagle and saves Camp Jupiter, of course he is chosen to replace Jason. Reyna thinks, is this her second chance? Percy is also handsome, funny and kind, he would be just as good match as Jason.

But when Percy agrees to become praetor, he has absolutly no idea what expectations comes with it - it's not like anyone ever takes time to explain, everybody just usually knows about it, it's tradition and what not. So when he tells Reyna he already has a girlfriend, of course she's disappointed, her hopes for family and a sense of belonging are shattered, again.

My point is, what Reyna had for Jason and Percy, it was never about love. It was mostly about rationalizing New Rome's expectations, and a little about wanting to belong, to be a part of a family of her own.

[birdboy-blues]

:)

[skidthelid]

I think Heart deserves to be alternative. As a treat.