#give piper her own book pls

[cottageivy]

trying to decide if i should go ahead and read the sun and the star now despite not having read the last two trials of apollo books or to just go ahead

[the-arboreal-system]

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Spoilers for … all of Percy Jackson I guess

I think a lot about how dirty the Aphrodite kids are done in the books.

Like in the lost hero, they are made to seem dumb and such because they care about beauty and love. They’re written to make Piper look better.

And Silena. Oh don’t get me started on Silena. Now don’t get me wrong, I love Silena.

But people seem to completely disregard her betrayal, Silena is a traitor. People tend to disregard this because she died a hero, and that is correct but she was also still in the titan army. And the titan army part I think is important because otherwise she is just another councilor at camp half blood (and that is impressive on its own, but it makes her less relevant). Silena has a lot to analyze I’m not even gonna start on.

Then we have Drew Tanaka. Now I don’t like Drew plainly, but there is a lot to think about.

She becomes councilor after Silena dies, Drew is likely grieving the loss of her sister while trying to run her cabin (this doesn’t excuse her, but it’s not pointed out often enough).

And Piper comes along and try’s to tell Drew what the cabin is about, and worse, tells her this isn’t what Silena would have wanted. PIPER NEVER KNEW SILENA.

Drew has a lot that we don’t know about her and I’d love for more about her.

Lacy and Mitchell. We don’t know much about them. I’d give a multi paragraph rant on them but I don’t have enough to talk.

Don’t even get me started on the fact that there at at least 10 other unnamed campers in the Aphrodite cabin.

Now! Piper. She’s the person we have the most knowledge on. I love Piper don’t get me wrong. But as I stated earlier, she try’s to act like she knows everything about what cabin 10 (cabin 10 is the Aphrodite cabin) is about, but she doesn’t. Shes also hardly at camp, so her challenging and taking councilorship from Drew did effectively nothing unless she had someone else assigned to be councilor while she’s not at camp. But overall she’s an interesting character and I like her. But she’s an Aphrodite kid, not a cabin 10 kid when it comes down to it.

FINALLY Valentina Diaz!!! She’s hardly in the books sadly, but that does not stop me from loving her.

She is in the hidden oracle where she plays in the three legged race and is part of the battle against the colossus. Not really a major character there.

In camp half blood confidential she dates the old orientation film.

In the same book, she has a section where she digs through a box of “vintage” clothes (they’re Ancient Greek) and finds Aphrodites griddle, a a piece of clothing that if worn can make anyone fall in love with you.

In all we don’t have a lot about Valentina, but she seems pretty cool! She’s shown to be sassy and somewhat bossy, but not rude or cruel. I believe she’s the most interesting and well written character and I’d love her more of her.

This isn’t canon but I think she could be who Piper would assign as councilor when she’s not at camp.

and that is my analysis about Aphrodite kids at camp half blood!!

Crow I love you /pl

[cabin7-hufflepuff]

Would I be friends with these characters?

Percy: We’d probably only be friends because a mutual introduced us. He’s the type of person I’d want to be friends with, but when I get to know him, I actually get annoyed with him sometimes. We would be in the same friend group, but rarely talk to each other.

Annabeth: Short answer, no. I would get so irritated by her, I just know it. I would only ever talk to her because I know Percy and other people she does, but I might go to her for homework help.

Grover: I would love to be friends with Grover. I don’t think I would ever seek to hang out with him, but we’d get along swell. Not a best friend, but a good friend.

Luke: He’s someone who I would innocently be friends with until I found out the crap he’s done. Then, like I’ve done so many times before, I cut him out of my life, and years down the road, remember with an ache in my heart the friendship we used to have. (what I’m not drawing from life experience)

Nico: I would want to be friends with him so badly, but I think he would hate me. Maybe not hate, but it would never even cross his mind to talk to me. Plus, I’ve only ever had a few friends who are similar to him, and, uh, I was never close to them so. Rip him being my favorite character.

Will: YESYESYES. Will and I would get along so well, it’s not even funny. He and Leo are up there at the top. We could literally just go sit outside on a nice day and discuss random things about life and the world. I also want to be a Physical Therapist when I’m older, and boy howdy does Will probably know a lot of interesting medical terms and all that jazz. PLS I WOULD NEVER GET BORED TALKING TO HIM. Watch Nico maybe sort of become acquaintances with me cuz of Will.

Jason: I think we would get along a lot better than people would expect. We’re somehow polar opposites but also the same person. I don’t know if I would have a crush on him irl other than for his looks, but he’s who my friends pester me for having a crush on, so I, of course, think I do.

Leo: OF COURSE. Out of pretty much everyone in this group, I would probably be closest friends with Leo. We’re both smart (in different ways, mind you) but don’t get the best grades all the time. Stupid, silly jokes are literally my only version of humor, and watch the two of us just quip back and forth. He’s who I’d have a real crush on over Jason, honestly.

Piper: No. No way. I don’t think I would be able to stand her. Ever. She’s not mean, but there are just those people you don’t like. The only reason I even tolerate her is because of Jason and Leo.

Reyna: We’re the pair that are great friends on whatever team we’re both on (definitely volleyball, excuse you) and then we end up never seeing each other in the halls. The only discussion topic we know is volleyball or shitty gossip on our coaches lmao.

Frank: YES. oh my gosh, he would bring out the soft side of me. We’re the type of friends who could chat over tea or something. We would have deep, but civilized conversations about either the most useless things, or the most important. Also I love hugs, and he’s most certainly great at them.

Hazel: She’s like a little sister to me. I would give her tips about Frank even though I barely have any dating experience of my own. She would push me to create the art that I’m too scared to make. I would have such a fun time showing her a bunch of movies she was never able to see, and she would be so patient when I’m ranting about something stupid. She’s just the sweetest.

Lester: I- somehow, yes. I don’t really know why, but I know the answer is yes.

Meg: Nope. Nada. Non. Thumbs down. Sorry y’all, but just no.

Magnus: Not great friends, but yes. I honestly would probably think he’s weird and I have zero explanation as to why. I can’t blame him though, cuz I’m just as weird as whatever story I’ve made up for him in my mind.

Sam: Yes. Purely a school friend though. We’re in a few classes together, and there’s one of the teachers who always lets us be partners for things, because we’re so persistent.

Alex: PLS I’d wanna be friends so bad, but I would be invisible to Alex.

Carter: WE WOULD LITERALLY BE BEST FRIENDS I KID YOU NOT. Ask any of my friends and they’ll tell you that Carter is basically me as a book character. Sometimes we tire of having each other around, since we’re so similar, but we would always go to each other, if not our siblings, to vent or rant about something or someone. (aka us being flustered about Zia and Tom Hiddleston respectively). We try to sit next to each other in every class we have together, and the teachers miraculously allow it, because we’re well behaved students and always pay attention.

Sadie: YES. It’s a good thing Carter and Sadie don’t hate each other, or I would be doomed. The three of us plus my own brother would all get along so well, it’s ridiculous. Any time she and I are together, Carter is constantly rolling his eyes like Oh no, they’re at it again. Two Sadies? What will I ever do with them?

[stcrsquad]

Annabeth Headcanons

She loves dogs. Annabeth can get along with any dog she meets and is also good at training them.

She and Percy definitely have two dogs at any one time when they’re adults.

She always seems to get along best with dogs that other people find threatening, like Rottweilers or Pitbulls. She’s just like “you’re just a cutie, you haven’t done anything wrong” :)

Percy loses his MIND whenever he sees this happen and it’s just so soft

She walks the dogs everyday and it helps her clear her head. She does her best thinking then.

Anyway, Annabeth would definitely be obsessed with Minecraft. You can’t convince me otherwise.

She would build the most beautiful structures anyone’s ever seen in the game.

Ok now I’m thinking about Annabeth being a gamer and like ahhhhh there’s so much potential there

I don’t know enough about video games to elaborate

Annabeth is deep in the dark academia aesthetic

She owns a grey collared shirt and black ripped jeans, that’s like her favorite outfit

She always wears her hair up in a ponytail as a teenager because “you never know when you can get caught up in battle”

But as the years go on, she lets her hair down more and more

Annabeth can stay in a museum for HOURS. She loved learning about historic influences in art and architecture.

Percy gets a bit bored when she takes him with her.

Sometimes she goes with Rachel to museums because Rachel appreciates everything along with her.

(Btw, Annabeth definitely apologizes to Rachel for being very rude toward her during BotL and TLO times. More of Rachel and Annabeth getting along!!)

One of Annabeth’s favorite things to do is to find out one topic that people absolutely love and get them started on it. She enjoys listening to people talk about intellectual stuff they’re passionate about, whether it’s science-y stuff or theories on symbols in a certain book. She loves have intellectually stimulating conversations like that and learning something new while someone else rambles.

She especially loves listening to Percy talk about the ocean and all of its creatures. Look up a flamingo tongue snail and tell me you aren’t IMPRESSED.

All of the 7 reluctantly agree that Annabeth is not a good gift giver.

She always forgets people’s birthdays until it’s the day of and her planner is staring her right in the face.

(Speaking of- Annabeth is definitely a planner girl!! She’s got the stickers and everything.)

So she’ll rush to the store and will buy something like a sweater or a pair of funky socks.

One time she got Piper chocolates and Piper is like “thanks but im allergic”

Another time she tried to make blue cookies for Percy but she burnt them

(You know he still loved them anyway, and oh my god I’m so soft at this idea, I need this fic 🥺)

As they grow older, Percy tends to take over when it comes to giving gifts to their friends

So it’s always one gift with a “From Percy and Annabeth” tag on it

Shockingly, her and Leo get on really well

Or not so shockingly. They worked together on building the Argo II so

They can always be found sharing their next building plans with each other. Or as the rest of the 7 like to call it “nerding out”

Annabeth and Jason are like the mom and dad friends of the group

Percy would be a mom friend, and he has most of the traits to be a mom friend except he’s just a bit too chaotic

She doesn’t often talk to Frank or Hazel, but they get along well enough

Hazel and Annabeth are both obsessed with stationery and they go on spending sprees together

Piper and Annabeth also get along and they train together often

Piper and Percy both bring out a spontaneous side to Annabeth.

Annabeth likes wearing Percy’s hoodies, but Percy also wears Annabeth’s hoodies too

Percy does a lot of romantic gestures for Annabeth and she always feels bad because she’s not that great at thinking of romantic gestures

So she calls up Hazel and Piper and she’s like HOW DO WE DO NICE THINGS FOR OUR BOYFRIENDS

Her romantic gestures tend to be small- getting up early to make breakfast for the two of them or spontaneously bringing Percy to the beach

Percy and her COMPETE over who can get up earlier to make the other one breakfast

Eventually they just get up during the other one’s alarm and make it together :’)

Sally is basically Annabeth’s mom, pls

Annabeth goes to Sally with literally every problem she has and Sally is just. There for her.

Sally teaches Annabeth how to cook and do adult things and never makes her feel stupid for not knowing something

Which is important because being a child of Athena, Annabeth sometimes feels like she SHOULD know everything, and it’s difficult for her to ask for help from others

OH MY GOD I JUST GOT AN IDEA OF Annabeth and Percy always supporting Sally’s new novels

They want to be the first readers, but it’s difficult with their dyslexia

So as Sally writes the book, she will record herself reading it chapter by chapter

Basically creating an audiobook for them before the book is even released

And they’re just so grateful bc Sally is always considerate to them like that

Oh!! Annabeth plays chess with Nico all the time

And they’re pretty evenly matched

They end up in a stalemate several times

Will and Percy watch from the sidelines with NO CLUE what’s going on. They call the pieces “the little men”

Annabeth is also very good at crocheting bc duh daughter of athena things

She picks it up very easily and will do it during lectures where she has to listen or when listening to audiobooks

Sometimes it helps her focus bc her hands are occupied

Ok yeah this got a bit long but maybe I’ll do more??

[phoebehalliwell]

Pls write mini essays about phoebe + next gen and paige + next gen!!

word i’d said i’d to this then i forgot i’m doing it now i’m gonna start of with both phoebe & paige + their kids and then i’ll burn through the list

okay so for starters phoebe i think phoebe’s family wins like the “most functional” award it’s not like a landslide win y’know it’s not like piper and paige’s families aren’t function but this family is comprised of an empath advice columnist, a cupid relationship therapist, and three cupid-witches. like, they’re all kinds experts of communication and self-awareness and understanding and relationships and bond blah blah blah they being said of course they have their issues but in general it’s relatively smooth sailing there is of course the flipside when friction usually generate from the kids starts to spiral out of control and phoebe & coop will be like let’s use our words help us to understand you and where you’re coming from do some breathe exercises and the girls would be like no!! can’t we just argue like a normal family!!! can’t you just get angry at something!! but those are um few and far between. and of course like phoebe really really wanted to be a mom we all saw we all didn’t enjoy it but that’s very much canon she really wanted three daughters she got that so i think phoebe was very much like Prepared for motherhood (like as prepared as one could be). like it wasn’t like she thought it was going to be smooth sailing but like she was ready to face any challenges that could be thrown at her she was ready to put all of her love and effort into this one thing and i think for her like Mama Era from pj’s birth in 07 to peyton starting preschool in 2013 i think she really like almost exclusively worked from home she was really hands-in she was in all the mommy groups and the pta and the whatnot but like. y’know that’s like 6 years. and phoebe really loves her job. so i think she’d really have a career renaissance once all of the kids were in school i think she’d slowly start to dive back into column work i think this is when she’d start to write her book after the success of that one i think she wrote another one i think she has a fiction series posted under a pseudonym that is more of a ya magical adventure series (which paige designs all the covers for) i also think she and coop have a podcast together maybe run through the bay mirror maybe independent the point is she’s really popular (i also think she’d be the wealthiest out of the three sisters bc she makes bank and so does coop as a therapist for those not in the states therapy is like really fuckin expensive as i recently learned y’all do not know. it’s a bitch. but yeah they got money. but that’s not the point here. the point is she’s really popular). book tours, doing stuff with the podcast, guest appearances on a variety of tv shows, i think phoebe’s not like. at home a lot. or at least she’s home the least out of piper her and paige. and it’s not like her kids really mind like she is just a beam away and she always makes it to important events (and unimportant ones!) like she takes photos before every school dance and she throws birthday parties and she really dos try to make it to all of the kids soccer games but like. she’s not always just like. home all the time. and i think she’d really love to have a lot of emotional heart-to-hearts with her kids but that doesn’t always happen. if pj needs an emotional heart-to-heart, she’s gonna talk to her dad. is parker needs an emotional heart-to-heart, she’s gonna talk to pj. is peyton needs and emotional heart-to-heart she’ll position herself on the couch late at night when she knows phoebe will be coming home and just sorta sit there like waiting for phoebe to show up and go oh honey what’s wrong bc uhh peyton will not like. go to someone to talk about their problems. she has to wait to be asked. that’s just the type of person she is. lucky for her, phoebe’s an empath so she can like tell when baby peyton’s in distress but lbr she usually doesn’t need it because like peyton perches in such an Obvious manner like hi mom come comfort me please : ( even tho she’ll never like say it out loud. i think phoebe’s also like proud of her girls and their practicing of the craft bc she remembers how she felt about magic hell how she still feels about magic and she’s always telling them like follow ur heart and love is ur greatest strength (and the power of three will set you free, of course) bc her girls are cupitches y’know it’s more true than ever but like. lowkey tho. it fucking terrifies her. magic like takes, man. a lot of people she knows have died. and she just like. she doesn’t want to tell her kids no bc it was grams controlling nature that made her rebel so much so like she wants them to be able to come to her when they have a magical problem and she knows that if she tries to stop them or tells them they’re out of their league they’ll probably just stop telling her things so she doesn’t she tried to be supportive but jesus fucking christ he gets so scared sometimes. she gets so scared.

paige on the other hand had nowhere near the same experience with motherhood as phoebe bc well i think paige has the most complex relationship with motherhood set aside the fact that her kids are the only unplanned ones out of the entire next gen, she also like. she was a shit child. she was mean and violent and an alcoholic. she had committed so so many crimes before she was even 17. and she had a really good mom!! she had a mom who loved her and tried her hardest to support her and keep her from falling off the deep end who loved her unconditionally she had the best mom and she was still just a little shit! and i think that really fucks her up. like, looking back on it, she can’t imagine half the stuff she put her mom through. she was really cruel. and like!!! her mom was a good mom!! so paige doesn’t know she doesn’t know what she’s supposed to do. how she’s supposed to stop her kids from turning out like her. what can she do so she doesn’t have kids who end up exactly like how she was. henry isn’t like a load of help her bc henry Also never knew his parents and he jumped around from foster home to foster home and like never really felt like had a family until paige. and then like in his whole parole schtick he was definitely a hard ass he was definitely an Authority Figure bc hell that was the only way adults could get him to listen to them when he was a kid so he just kinda emulated that. however after meeting paige and really getting a feel for her whitelighter side and how she handled these situations i do think henry switched up his vibes he made the necessary changes. i also think like henry like no he wasn’t planning on having kids but i think he was really excited to become a father like he was gonna have a family like god he always wanted a family he was gonna teach his kids to play catch and he would host birthday parties stupid birthday parties with themes and balloons from safeway and friends there and goody bags the full kit and kaboodle like henry would fuckin go to bed each night dreaming about how he’s gonna do all these familial things he never got to do. bc he didn’t have a family. but paige did. she got all those things. and she was still fucked up!! so i think the conkclooshun paige landed on was that her mom tried to hard to like. like her mom saw her potential and always strived to push her to be that perfect version of paige that she saw her wonderful little angel when paige really wasn’t that paige wanted to be seen for what she was not some vision in her mom’s head and maybe that’s why she would like get drunk and steal a cop car bc she wanted her mom to see the girl standing right in from of her not an angel just paige. so paige was like. okay. i’m no gonna project onto my kids. they’re gonna be like “charmed ones” (there’s only two of them but w/e they’re really powerful witches) but i’m not gonna. i’m not gonna see them as that. i’m going to try to see them as they are and i’m going to be their Mom. i’m not gonna be some distant ethereal figure which is kinda how she felt a lot of the charges she brought to magic school viewed her bc she was this mythic charmed one and she was this she was that i think paige didn’t want to be her daughters’ whitelighter bc she didn’t want a “professional” relationship with them. there was no way she could advise her own kids the way she could advise her charges, she’s simply way too close to the situation. and she doesn’t want her kids to view her like that. she doesn’t want to be their whitelighter, she wants to be their mom. and um this really does work for the most part like she & her kids will like sit on the couch and just like yuck it up you know like the mitchell clan really is a tight knit they do all love spending time with her but. like her method of parenting really works with tamora. not so much with kat. kat’s a lot more witchy than tam is she’ll actively go out and seek out trouble she pursues the craft with a very similar hunger to what we saw in paige s5 and paige kinda hates it. like. god okay she gets it she gets it she really does. but kat’s a kid!! she’s just a kid and if she keeps looking for trouble she’s gonna get herself killed and i think whenever out god knows where doing god knows what paige just remembers that time she had to watch chris bleed out on the bed with nothing she could do. and how she- how if that happened to kat- she- she couldn’t go on anymore. that’s basically the fact of the matter. if she lost a child, she doesn’t know what she would do. give up. probably. and it’s again sorta like the inverse we see with phoebe’s free range demon hunting where paige gets so overprotective about it that kat just stopped telling her things. this gets doubled by the fact that you’re not my whitelighter, so why should you even care! and kat does view it as like a lack of faith from her mother (which is one of the reasons why kat and chris are so close) and she just wants to. she wants to prove herself. she wants her mom to see her for all that she could be, instead of just the place she’s in right now. and i do think as time passes paige learns to sort of let go of this control i think her and kat have the most difficult relationship but paige letting kat leave to take a gap year and explore the world was like a major step and kat acknowledges this to an extend she gets it was difficult for her mom but she really has no idea how much paige panicked how much it took every inch of her self control not to go out and drag kat back home because yes baby birds have to leave the nest eventually but these baby birds have a very high stab rate. um jumping over to her relationship with henry jr i think she does encourage his studying of the craft he is the most well read out of any of the next generation with wyatt taking a close second hell henry jr even knows like a bit of latin this kid is wicked smart And bonus round he’s aware he’s mortal. like yeah paige can kinda sense that it does ruffle his feather, but henry jr knows when to step away. again, henry’s really well-read. he’s brushed up on the family history. he knows the warren line is close friends with death. as a bit of a bonus round but also to give paige some peace of mind, she did give henry a basic charm that grants him the same high resistance that all witches are born with as well as cloaks him from magic bc like paige and henry sr both knew this mortal baby was gonna have a wicked high kidnap rate so they figured y’know best do all they can to Stop That from happening. the enchantment that henry jr has is a necklace it’s the same one paige wore throughout the show. bc i’d like to bring that back.

okay next gen time wyatt i think wyatt likes paige more than phoebe it’s not like a competition or anything it’s just gun to his head that’s who he’d chose bc paige really is like this witchlighter she walks the line between being charmed and being a whitelighter that wyatt can really take a lot of inspiration from he just doesn’t have that with phoebe phoebe’s a little bit more of like a love guru and wyatt’s got a weird relationship with love bc he keeps flinging himself headfirst into it and keeps getting bruiser bc of it what wyatt actually doesn’t know is almost all of the advice that has gotten him out of these troubling times has almost all been sourced from phoebe piper usually goes to her with advice when it comes to all that i mean i don’t think wyatt would like to know that post-breakup wyatt is just like kinda embarrassing he doesn’t want to know that’s being shared with the family of course he already knows he just doesn’t want confirmation

chris surprisingly closer with phoebe probably bc she’s an empath and again she has this whole free range witchcraft style that she has going if chris has a question he needs to ask somebody he’ll usually ask phoebe bc she’s the only one who won’t report back to leo bc again she’s an empath she gets it she knows what’s going on and she knows he just needs time and he and leo need some good honest communication paige also gets that but paige also watched chris die so yeah no she’s gonna snitch

melinda about and even tie melinda gets a lot of witchlightering advice from paige on finding harmony there but she’s also an empath she she spends a lot of time learning her craft from phoebe and how to focus that and apply that power to her witch/whitelighter abilities in ways paige can’t really teach her bc paige’s power is more physical that psychic/emotional. but it is like paige who gives her the groundwork on like. getting it. i think gun to her head if she had to choose she’d choose phoebe just because of those times they’d go out and do “field practice” where they go somewhere interesting and crowded and sense the wave of emotions and go out and try to pick out people from the crown it’s an art of drowning out the din and finding one you need to find a way of not getting lost in the sea of everyone else’s everchurning emotions which is nice bc it grants melinda a much wanted and needy control over empathy but it’s also nice bc it’s like. fun. phoebe always makes it fun they can always have a laugh.

tamora’s not like hella close with phoebe there’s really no reason for her to be however she is baby peyton’s favorite cousin (don’t tell the rest) simply because tamora’s both like studious and cautious and baby peyton’s tired of everyone running around trying to fight demons like what about normal life irl and stuff so i think tamora would definitely like tutor baby peyton this that and the other and so like phoebe really has like a sense of respect for tamora and tamora likes being over at phoebe’s y’know it’s not like peyton’s some snot nosed kid it’s fun she likes the vibes

kat has an appreciation for phoebe bc she definitely knows phoebe had a hand in helping her mom let go of her y’know that being said it’s not like she loves to spend time with phoebe phoebe’s both an empath and paige’s sister so like she knows that anything of note’s gonna be passed onto her mom (which isn’t like. entirely true. but it is kinda true). if kat’s gonna hang out with an empath she wants it to be one on her side so she’ll always pick melinda

henry jr okay so phoebe’s actually the opposite with henry it’s kinda like her and paige swapped places here bc paige trusts her son she knows he’s really well versed in magic blah blah blah and that he’s got y’know. common sense. he’s not gonna run into some situation half cocked and get himself killed he’s aware of his mortality. phoebe on the other hand did not raise henry so she doesn’t get him the way paige gets him; a large part of her free range ideology is the fact that her kids are basically little power loaded god their charmed and as an added boost they’re also half cupid they’ve been raised in the craft they’re insanely well trained so like. she knows that they’re capable. henry does not have their advantages. so i think phoebe really tries to hold him back isn’t quite the right word but like. it kind is. she doesn’t want him doing anything magical.

pj’s in the 07 baby squad even though she’d at the younger end of the scale so she was a grade behind mellie kat and tam but that little barbershop quartet’s p tight knit i don’t think she has like insane exposure to paige as i think cupids and whitelighter work very differently like at the most basic magical level and therefore paige’s halfling experience really doesn’t do that much to help her i think she likes paige alright but like. it’s nothing compared to like wyatt relationship with paige

parker always like runs towards danger she’s got an insane amount of energy and like a fire within her i think she’s always trying to push boundaries and break the rules eg with her cupid ring becoming an athame i don’t think she straight up asked paige bc like parker definitely views all adults as narcs but with this of that ilk parker bounces questions off paige which paige just always answers like really honestly like if parker asks a question that’s like really complex and strange paige won’t give her a roundabout answer she’ll just tell her what’s up and for that parker respects paige

peyton i think sees paige the most through tam i think she likes paige i think she’s definitely privy of the whole paige/kat situation bc like who is the family isn’t but i think she really kinda takes paige’s side her peyton thinks the real worlds insanely dangerous she doesn’t like looking for trouble and her heart lowkey goes out to paige bc she knows the whole thing with kat is a matter of love it’s just something that’s hard to work with

[jacks4eva]

reaction to the lost hero by rick riordan

imma be honest this is a long time coming, okay so here’s the timeline we’re looking at so you understand me. i read lightning thief in middle school, dropped it and read it again in ninth grade. then i read sea of monsters, but never started titan’s curse. then for some reason in 11th grade i bought the second book in heroes of olympus and started to read it and got confused so i started to read titan’s curse and got to when percy took artemis’s place and then dropped it...again. very sad that time considering it was LEGIT THE END SO CLOSE. anyway yesterday i read the whole thing again and the battle of the labrinyth in like 6-8 hours. idk i can’t remember if i started at 10pm or midnight but i finished at 6am. anyways today i read the last olympian, and now i’m starting the lost hero. i thought it’d be funny to do my reactions.

this timeline is just funny because i have read so many books, and yet the most popular ones like percy jackson and harry potter, didn’t wanna finish lol. i still haven’t finished goblet of fire yet i read 100 pages an hour and could probably finish it in a day. anyways.

let the reactions begin

okay i’ve heard of jason but i was not expecting a pov already

woah electrocution

he’s already got a love interest what

he said the coach is 5’0 i now imagine the coach as danny devito i have no choice

piper and leo yes i recognize these names

(i’ve seen a lot of posts about percy jackson okay)

i like leo i don’t like dylan

i love the starwars reference

oh look guys we got popular girls that are racist, can they get their asses beat in this pls

dylan is also racist for smiling-asswipe

we love the cherokee representation

i hate them so much can they please leave

“i had to say something” i like coach hedge is this bad

i hope percy is the storm but i just know i wouldn’t be that lucky

ofc dylan is a racist monster

danny devito never returned :(

PLS TELL ME THESE REINFORCEMENTS ARE PERCY AND ANNABETH

who is the bulky dude

i’m sorry i’m laughing he’s a big scary dude with his head shaved and A RAINBOW TATTOO and his name is butch

oh so that’s why percy isn’t here

okay usually when reading i can form some kind of theory or connection but at this point i literally have no clue what is happening

i just knew as soon as he asked that he had abilities with fire but i was not expecting fire fingers

wow what a first impression “you should be dead”

wait so all i remember from the son of neptune was the beginning had percy alone i think and i’m not sure if he had his memory or maybe not and he was running away from monsters, so is what’s happening to jason similar to that? and WILL PERCY NOT BE FOUND IN THIS BOOK?

“That also was necessary. Long ago, your father gave me your life as a gift to placate my anger. He named you Jason, after my favorite mortal. You belong to me.

“Whoa,” Jason said. “I don’t belong to anyone.”

Now is the time to pay your debt, she said. Find my prison. Free me, or their king will rise from the earth, and I will be destroyed. You will never retrieve your memory.”

... okay theories, um a goat skin cloak was mentioned to have been owned by Zeus’s foster mother and that he owned it so the woman could either be the foster mother or Hera. If it was Hera, it would make sense that Zeus gave his son to placate her anger at his cheating or whatever. They are also trapped in Olympus, so prison would make sense. Hera was brought up a lot too, and according to wiki Hera persuaded Aphrodite to make her son make Medea fall in love with a mortal named Jason, so more than likely the lady is Hera. Their king will rise from earth could be the king from the battle of the labrynth, maybe. Or another king ya know there are so many.

Wait a minute

Something else I know about their names is Jason’s last name...JASON GRACE I thought it sounded familiar, because of Thalia Grace. Hah look at me being correct. That explains the flying and not being burnt by a lightning bolt—oh I’m stupid for not seeing it sooner.

Now just gotta figure out who Piper’s parent is.

Aha so I was right it was Hera.

Chiron not being able to give the information they need is kind of annoying.

Enceladus? So a giant offspring of Gaia, um...no bueno. Not a king tho.

“Child of lightning, beware the earth, The giants’ revenge the seven shall birth, The forge and dove shall break the cage, And death unleash through Hera’s rage.”

Okay theory time, child of lightning is obviously Jason. Beware the Earth...yeah no clue. The giants’ revenge the seven shall birth, the giants are probably the children of Gaia since that one giant was her child and it’s the seven are probably the seven half bloods from the great prophecy. The forge and dove shall break the cage, um maybe Leo is the forge since he’s hephaestus’s child (probably butchered the spelling). Doves are typically associated with aphrodite/venus, so idk about that. Maybe Piper is Venus’s child, I mean her God parent is her mom and it’d be funny since she was judging the other aphrodite kids. Also I assume Hera will kill whoever trapped her or someone involved since she’s so mad. Idk.

Could kill Drew btw.

CALLED IT CALLED IT CALLED IT IM A GENIUSSS

Wait. This woman looks like Hera, her clothes are made of Earth and she said Leo would fight her children trying to wake her. They’re gonna try to wake Gaia, which would make sense that it said stay away from Earth if she’s the Earth Goddess

I like the wolves thing because Romulus and Remus, ya know the twin boys who were raised by wolf and started Rome.

“You are our saving grace, as always. The she-wolf curled her lip, as if she had just made a clever joke”

I mean yeah his last name is grace

“She must really like this Percy guy to search for him so hard, and that made Jason a little envious. Was anyone searching for him right now? What if somebody cared for him that much and was going out of her mind with worry, and he couldn’t even remember his old life?”

so what if Percy’s just chilling at the Roman version of camp halfblood without a clue to who he is? bro.

Imagine reading this and seeing all of things I get right and wrong and wanting to slam your head into a wall.

Okay like idk why Annabeth was freaking out we kind of knew they were siblings, I mean they have the same dad. Unless this is saying they have the same mom or are twins or something. That’d be cool. That’s probably what he’s saying tbh but still, could’ve emphasized it more than “that’s my sister” like dude.

Anyway, they look very different so that’s funny.

King Boreas? uh.

Oo French

Let’s see what I can translate from the very little duolingo I did. Bienvenu, maybe a greeting. Idk which tho. Je suis Piper, I am Piper. Et c’est Jason, fils de Zeus, and this is Jason, son of Zeus. Vous parlez francais? tres bien, you speak french? good. Hey not bad, not shockingly good but considering I did the duolingo lessons 4 years ago, not bad. Vrai? Truth? Yeah I just looked it up.

Danny devito is alive!

“Leo scratched his head. “Well, I dunno about Enchiladas—”

“Enceladus,” Piper corrected.”

Leo is me omfg

DANNY DEVITO IS BACK

Arrows...HUNTERS OF ARTEMIS PLS?

“Leo stepped out next. “You’re catching me, too, Superman. But I ain’t holding your hand.”

this made me laugh ok moving on

Uh fight a sea monster? bro is Jason just Percy 2.0

“Aphrodite’s message was clear: This one needs no improvement.

And Piper agreed.”

I wonder if you can hear me squealing from hundreds or thousands of miles away

Did you miss the fact that he’s thirty feet tall— I DIED

Who slew titan k-what now? So basically yes. Percy 2.0

Okay I recognize the name Hazel, and all I ask is that she is not involved with Jason because Jason and Piper are really freaking cute.

an exchange of leaders, SO THEY DID SWITCH THEM

The way I called it

I WAS RIGHT AHA

anyways. time to read son of neptune

[kdotan]

My Jason Grace Headcanons (part 1)

He can seem really cold and unnerving when you first meet him. I mean, he’s the son of Jupiter, Champion of Juno. He slayed the Trojan Sea Monster and defeated Krios by himself, and rose the ranks to Praetor. But, when you actually get to know him, he’s a enormous dork.

He’s actually a pretty powerful demigod, but doesn’t like to show it a lot for fear of intimidation. He has control of air pressure and can sort of sense the air patterns if that makes sense?? And he can create tornados!! Also it’s a major hc of mine that he can talk to birds and that birds (especially eagles) flock to him.

This bitch has terrible self-care. He’s always busy helping other people and planning temples that he just forgets to eat sometimes?? And also sleep too. The reason why he gets knocked out so easily is because he’s always tired as shit. Reyna has to drag him to bed and position of her dogs there so he doesn’t try to get up again.

SPEAKING OF REYNA, you cannot tell me these two are besties!! I mean rick like set their friendship up at the end of TLH and then forgot about it? They dated for little while when they were younger (not really serious) but then decided they’d be better off as friends. Jason definitely cried when they reunited. Just gimme platonic Jeyna pls.

He doesn’t like to cry that often? He has that Gifted Kid(tm) thing where he thinks his trauma isn’t that bad bc other people have had it worse. He doesn’t like to let out his emotions in a healthy way and bottles everything up until he becomes unresponsive.

When he gets into battle mode, he’s absolutely feral. I’m talking about sparks flying, rain falling, wind blowing in your face. It’s probably the being-raised-by-wolves thing.

He has like 0 self-esteem. His confidence really struggled with being held up as the son of Jupiter and trying to live up to those expectations. Also, he’s low-key suicidal, and thinks of himself as expendable.

His favorite type of weather is probably thunderstorms. Piper has found him just laying in the middle of one multiple times. It just fills him with calm.

His favorite place to visit in new Rome is the book store, run by a legacy of Providentia. He used to make trips there all the time with Dakota and Reyna to get information on mythology and just rant about special interests.

Speaking of which, his special interests are codes (and args in general), Roman history, and physics.

Juno and him have a... complicated relationship. He’s obviously a bit annoyed with her for stealing his memories, but she’s still his Patron and he respects her. Sometimes she pops in and checks if he’s eating or not.

((Also, he gets a bit high-key annoyed by Annabeth, who refuses to give Juno/Hera respect. He gets it, but still, she’s a goddess, one who is a bit temperate, but still has redeeming qualities))

At CHB, he spends a lot of his time either at Bunker Nine with Leo, or in the Zeus Cabin.

He’s actually a good artist somehow?? Like he sucks at drawing people but tell him to draw a bird or like, a tree, and boom. Bitch will give you a realistic drawing in 10 minutes flat.

He also draws really complex maps of CHB and new Rome. Annabeth flips her shit when she sees them.

He’s biromantic asexual. It’s funny because Reyna’s the same so they joke a lot about that.

He literally trips over his own feet. We Stan one clumsy bitch.

He looks messy, but in a cute/handsome kinda way. His hair is always ruffled by the winds, and his eyes are a bright sky blue. He has very subtle freckles that rest on his nose and around his cheeks.

His expression is mostly very serious. Pensive and soft, his smile’s always a little melancholy. He carries an air of sadness around him.

Around when he was 12/nearing 13, he found out who his mother was. She had just recently died in a car crash, he was very silent that week.

Surprising to no one, he’s a dog person. He always tries to get the wild wolves to come talk to him and gets super sad when Reyna’s dogs ignore him.

He has ADHD, Dyslexia, C-PTSD, GAD, and clinical depression.

He’s very hard on himself. Criticises himself to no end for simple mistakes and constantly apologizes.

He’s very touch-adverse. He only allows close friends from the fifth cohort, Reyna, Leo, and Piper touch him without explicit permission.

[be-ca-lm]

pls ignore just gotta get thoughts out of my brain

tw rape and sexual assault ok so i think it started very young when i couldn’t understand why the hell boys and men seemed more important to god and that god was always presented male - i was very young, like elementary aged when i reasoned: he made us in his own image, in order to create female he has to BE equally female, he has to have female image. i was told no no that is wrong and bad and heresy.

then i ALWAYS chafed at the idea of women being helpmeets to men, created as servants to them, their sole reason for existing being in service to better, stronger, smarter males (who cause all the problems like wtf) and that doesn’t seem right or just. the garden was perfect the world god created was perfect so why create anything as lesser than? do you hate women? but men came first - then woman to help, woman as decoration, as slave, as child bearer, as comforter, as mother, as scapegoat. woman as weaker. she fell for temptation in the garden, where was adam? See? Women are stupid, need protecting, incapable of rational thought, logic, reason. look how gullible. look how dangerous to be left unsupervised. all of humanity condemned to fiery torment because of woman. no responsibility of man. hate woman, blame woman, hurt woman, you have every justification to do so. she is trapped, hobbled, shackled, tied to you for her protection, existence, safety. she is prize, she is bounty, she is spoils of war. daughters are property. a woman who does not produce children is worthless, sons are currency for power, social capital, strength. daughters serve you. woman is there as punching bag, as masturbatory relief, as house slave, as decoration, worthless but worth stealing, dirty but rapeable, stupid but cunning, pure but deceptive, ruined but redeemable through birthing. a portal, a tool, woman as commodity, woman as vehicle of corruption and vehicle of salvation, simultaneously and never, all at once and at the same time, wretched and woman. not equal to, but a compliment. a complement. you are no equal to god’s masterpiece, the man. do not kid yourself.

god’s grand plan! look at his design. how perfect. how freeing. how it was meant to be. he created woman who would ruin it, but he is not to blame, it is his creation’s fault, but not the man who he likes better, no not his fault. she is saved through childbirth? she is worthy as ALWAYS depending on her proximity to a MAN to a husband father brother rapist captor buyer slaver son stoner judge jury executioner savior.

so why? why condemn me to this torturous existence, why give me the capacity to KNOW that I am intended to be Less Than, that I am the Weaker Vessel, that I am Not A Man but give me no comfort in that, no recourse, no ability to appeal this existence. Make me a man! I could do so much more for you! I could do your pillaging and raping, I could do your genocide, I could carry out your orders, sacrifice my children, I could spread your Gospel and praise your name, I could earn my place in your heaven by your side because you commanded that I Love You, I could invade your earth, slaughter your animals, impregnate your weaker washy women and fulfill your great commission, i could be the mulitiplier, the glorifier, the pastor preacher whitewasher brainwasher tombfiller father soldier conqueror profiteer leader ruler dictator sin hater. PICK ME CHOOSE ME all I wanted was to be LOVED by you to be told WELL DONE MY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT am i not enough for you and since i so clearly am not, why did you create me this way. 

find peace in your role. you have purpose. then why does that not feel natural as young as five years old? at 10? at 14? at 18? at 27? at 33? jesus knows your sorrows he knows you- JESUS CANNOT RELATE TO ME. he was born a man. he was not asked to make himself small. he submitted to dying. no one asked me if i wanted to volunteer. could i come back a man? I do not want to be a man. I want to be a woman in an existence where that is not automatically a Bad Thing, automatically a disadvantage. I am born guilty of the fall of humanity on my shoulders and told my shoulders can never be strong enough to carry that weight. a man will save me. be submissive. men are leaders, you are not naturally a leader. 

men are logical. they can compartmentalize. women are emotional. they cannot compartmentalize, they are ruled by their emotions. men are waffles. women are spaghetti. men are from mars. women are from venus. pop psychology will explain why men are Better. they are better at math, geometry, women cannot visualize things in their brains like that. women are not good engineers. women are soft and kind and nurturing. THIS IS WHAT WAS TOLD TO MY FACE AS A CHILD. i nodded. ok this must be so, i do not see it, it is not true for me, it is not true of any of the women i know, but my dad is saying this IT MUST BE TRUE. how does he know how my brain is wired? 

an escape. i learned about biblical singleness. i do not have to marry, i do not have to trade one household bondage for another, one male protector for a new one. i have an option? I can be single, nay, a single MISSIONARY. i can escape america, the bible belt, i can really and truly help people. i can share my burdens with them so i do not have to carry them alone. it will please god. it will make up for my being born a useless woman. if i do not marry, i do not have to submit to a man. i can be free. i can find some type of comfort in this lifetime.

somewhere along the way, i put aside my ever-growing frustrations toward the treatment of women and the hypocrisy. husbands lead the wife, they are the Head of the Household. I never saw that enacted. Pastor’s wives planned events, spoke at bible studies, sat on committees - it was limited to women only events, yes, but they led? they spoke? they taught and preached and sang and witnessed? the cognitive dissonance was too much. they budgeted, they shopped, they wore clothes i wasn’t allowed to, they were showy. but not allowed to speak in church, not allowed to preach, to pastor, to shepherd. they could mentor. Oh! Perfect. call it a different name and then you can do it. You’re not a pastor, a mentor. Not a preacher, a Bible teacher. The pastor husbands walked around domineering their families and making all the decisions? No - their families would have imploded. They preached submission but in function they were a team. everyone’s parents were. so i guess we can get away with it, and that makes it ok. label it differently and suddenly the bible has nothing to say on that particular matter. they are playing theological gymnastics, but if they can, i can too. i can sleep at night now, i do not have to be angry at god. i can ignore it.

A thought. I believe it grew in the garden of my own mind, but it’s possible a wayward seed blew in from elsewhere but I don’t remember. I was all-in, I silenced my doubts, I screwed my courage to the sticking place, I said yes I believe this, yes I am a dirty sinner, yes I do not deserve grace or mercy or forgiveness, yes I believe that god can give me that anyway in return for my life, my love, my thoughts, my actions, my deeds, my affiliations, my comfort, my pride, my complete and total surrender of my Self, my personality, my person, my autonomy, my desires, my entire existence. I was fervent. I learned the most, I delved in deep, it was theology, soteriology, epistemology, apologetics, baptisms and trinities and divine mysteries. i knew nothing of secular science, i learned nothing of sex. I knew dead men - Calvin, Luther, Arminius, Aquinas, Origen, Augustine, Spurgeon, Bonhoeffer, Wycliff, Niemoller, Lewis, Piper, Paul, James, I knew creeds, doctrines, catechisms, doxology, councils, heresies. 

And I thought. I am all in. I accept all this. I evoke the proper response in myself when I learn these things. If I were born in any other time, any other place, into any other religion - I would accept those things just as eagerly and honestly. Would I not? How could I not? I earned the praise of adults, the admiration of youth group peers, I could exercise my intellect in a way not too offensive for a female to do, because it was always good to learn the bible, right? I was special, smart, serious. A student of the bible, i committed HUNDREDS of verses to memory, i competed in competitions that tested my knowledge of scripture against my peers, I was dominant. It nagged at me. I would have been the best anything, the best Muslim, the best Mormon, the best Hindu, the best Orthodox Jew (especially Orthodox Jew - there are so many RULES and ways to do it BETTER), I was completely lost in the swirl of religiosity that was my life. I did Christian ballet, Christian theater, watched Christian entertainment, listened to Christian music, went to Christian summer camp, had Christian friends, was in a Christian home school group, read Christian books, did Christian mission trips, and eventually chose to go to a Christian college. Not to brag, to sound so insanely arrogant - any religion would be happy to have me. I would give your cult a great name. I’ve got the resume and CV to join any believing army, just give me my marching orders. I swallowed my Self in the belly of the whale of god. My whole life and personality were these things and activities.

then - purity culture hit. and it brought back all the female trauma. the trauma of existing as a woman who THINKS in the subculture of christianity insanity.

[thedaydreamingnightmare]

BURNING MAZE SPOILERS

Ok. Here goes nothing...

So at first I was really enjoying the book like yay Grover! Plants™! and then we get to Piper....

I was so excited to hear sarcasm as her first words spoken in this book...beautiful! But then I learn about the breakup with Jason...

At first I didn’t know what to make of it. They’ve never been my favorite ship, but I always thought they were cute together. And then I heard Piper’s explanation, and I understood. Their relationship never had a definitive starting point. It was just like...suddenly there, ya know? 

When she said, “people change,” my immediate thought was to Jason. But then as we meet Jason etc., we learn that it was Piper who changed. And it made a lot of sense. Jason had been trained at a young age to accept the life of a demigod, but Piper was just kind of thrown into it, without really completely realizing everything.

 With the whole change of events, the world potentially ending and other fun stuff, she needed something to grab onto. Something to be a constant for her when everything else. For her, that seemed to be Jason. When Leo died, she relied on Jason. When her whole world seemed to be crumbling down on her, Jason was there. So I understand why they were together. They truly did love each other. When Piper got back on her feet, she started to realize the real reasons why everything happened the way it did. It was the gods meddling in her fate, and being rebellious as always, she didn’t want to associate with that. Furthermore, she was struggling to understand her place in the world. With the way things turned out, it would be hard for anyone to go back to living life as though everything was ok. There might have been other reason’s why they broke up that we didn’t see that happened during their school year. But one of the biggest things was that Piper hadn’t discovered her true self yet, and as a result, maybe thought she needed time away from Jason to focus on herself and not others. Also, her rebellious nature to the gods might’ve also had something to do with it. They parted on good terms, but they still love each other. It probably was a shock to both of them. They both loved each other a lot. And both probably loved each other not in a friend type of way. 

When Jason learns that one of them will die, he had already made up his mind that it was him. When he learned that Meg and Apollo were coming, he knew it was his time. You can tell by the way he plans out his words to everyone. So when Apollo made the comment about Jason’s calm appearance when surrounded by the venti, he probably knew at that moment that he was going to give anything to save Piper McLean.

But Piper has always been an optimist. She wouldn’t let one more thing in her life be taken away for her. She couldn’t and wouldn’t let one more person go. 

When the whole battle is going on, everything is a blur. Everything happened way to quickly for any of them (including us)  to be able to register. We thought, They’re the good guys. Rick hasn’t really killed someone off in the past. He’s not going to do it now, after everything that’s happened! After all of the character development that we all so desperately wanted. Not here. Not now! 

And then it happened. All of the sudden, Jason was.....gone. No goodbye, no resolution to him and Piper. Just a few words to Apollo (yet still important), and he wasn’t there anymore. 

No one could process it. I had to sit there for a while and think to myself, Did that really just happen? Surely Uncle Rick wouldn’t actually kill someone? I thought that by the end of the book, everything was going to turn out ok. In a miracle, they were going to find something to cure him. After that, Jason and Piper, would reconcile, slowly but surely, and Leo would come and they would have this great reunion that everyone was waiting with anticipation for such a  long time for. 

But it didn’t happen that way. 

I have been waiting for a year for this book. Given the fact that this was “targeted towards children” I didn’t think I was going to have my heart wrenched out and left in a state of anger, sadness, and most importantly, confusion. 

How come this pure person, could die? The one who consoled Nico when no one knew what was going on inside him. The one who whole-heartedly promised a random goddess a shrine and an action figure. The one who wouldn’t let his own (former *sobbs*) girlfriend know his birthday because he didn’t want to trouble her. The one who endured seeing his own mother as a ghost of insanity, only to be then stabbed. The one who we might’ve dubbed as too perfect, or boring. The one who wasn’t too perfect, but had flaws that no one saw because of his curtains to hide the pain. The one who only wanted the best for others, and cared nothing of himself. 

I don’t know what to make of it. I still have hope that things will change. Maybe he’ll miraculously be cured, or we’ll get to have some sort of resolution with his ghost. Maybe, just maybe.

I’m hurting right now. Pls send help. Sorry some the long post.

[byeoltan]

Hi!! Let me say at first how much I appreciate you, your blog is my favourite one!! Thank you for keeping it interesting and diverse! I have a question. Do you by any chance understand what bts comeback concept has to do with words 'love yourself'?? I got that album is about falling in love, being special for someone and unique moments in one's life etc. But i still can't get why they imply that the concept is about loving one's self if this issue barely was touched upon? Am i missing on smth?

but it was written in every breath they took in producing the album bby TT 

their comeback stage showed it all, they could’ve started with intro: serendipity, but no, they straight up went with ‘i need u’ the song that took them to where they are now. they mentioned how everyone cried so much when they had their very first win with i need u, especially jimin. it was in i need u that they realized they might just.. have made it, a step further. if you’ve been with them for a while, you’d know how dirty bangtan and army were treated, like really we were dissed left and right it was really a tough situation especially for k-armys they can’t even be proud of our boys or even mention their names in articles without getting ridiculed just cos they’re not ‘big’ TT and even when we had our first win, bangtan still get called out for ridiculous reasons that’s just. the fact that they made their comeback with i need u shows just how much they treasure the moment the fans that made it possible at that time, i need u was the breakthrough, i need u made them realize that they can actually be… happy now, and move forward. and maybe love themselves more, and performing mic drop afterwards shows exactly that :)

honestly love yourself album is in every sense, calls you to love yourself, if not, more, even when you don’t think you can, just look at the lyrics

just let me love yousince the time the universe was first formedeverything has been decidedjust let me love you–intro: serendipity

and when they say

don’t worry, lovebecause all of this is isn’t a coincidence(even when) we are totally different, babybecause (of that still) destiny is found in the two of ussince the day the universe came into existence, it has continuously been soand transcending for infinite centuries, it will continuously be sofrom our past lives too, perhaps, and even the next lives to comebecause we will still be together forever (no matter)–DNA

doesn’t that encourage you to embrace yourself, despite our differences? and

when you say that you love mefeels like i’m treading on the sky/heavenstell me about forever just one more timewhen you say that you love mei, i’ll be fine even if just those wordsthat you would never change, just one more time–best of me

bangtan treasures us so much as they treasure themselves that they wish for our love to never change no matter how bad things might get 

i wonder if it’s a mistake an angel left behindif not that then, a deep kiss?that dimple is illegalbut I want it anyway anyway anyway–보조개 (dimple)

did you know? that dimples are a medical flaw, a genetic defect that is caused by shortened facial muscles, which is why when we smile, the shorten muscle pulls the skin on our face causing a dimple. but somehow in our society, dimples are embraced and carries a mark of beauty and loveliness the contradiction is fascinating how human perception can override facts, and i personally think this is what makes the song more meaningful despite the casual pop tune, because what ever flaw you think you have, might not be a flaw at all. you can chose to hide it by not smiling, but isn’t it lovely when you smile? love yourself.

stopnow stop watching (and) start studying for (your) examsyour parents and your manager/boss they dislike meall those video clips you’ve watched, twitter photos,v app, bon voyage i know they’re so good, what should we dostop. the music video, (i’m saying) interpret (it) lateraren’t there plenty of my photos in your room, anywaywhat is an hour even? a year passes by just like thatthis song is a reward i’m giving (it) to you.good girl/good boy–pied piper

btw 착해 is an expression, a good compliment you usually receive from an elderly person/grown up when if you do well in something, its not sexual guys idk why some ppl imply it is lmao

so when bangtan says this they mean it wholeheartedly like a friend, like an older brother because they know how bad we have it for them, they know how much influence they have on us, as much as we ahve on them. despite scolding us, albeit, in a loving manner, they really want the best for us. unlike the original story where the pied piper drove the children away from the town of hamelin when the town ppl refuse to pay for his service in luring the plague causing rats away, bangtna isn’t set to lure us away, they in fact, want us to go to them, be with them, love with them, but in addition, we have to set our priorities in real life straight, so that, everyone can appreciate our love too, and maybe, the society won’t put much hate on us anymore.

please army remember what we say, love myself, love yourself, i really love you, and thank you

–skit: billboard music awards speech

this says everything hnnggghh

yeah? who said my ‘spoon was dirty’i don’t care, when i grab the mic i own those whole lot of ‘gold spoons’all of a sudden, those that didn’t cook well are in rage, those lot of steaks i’ll chew on y’all over and over again, on the star’s dinner table–mic drop

oh man i need another post dedicated to mic drop there’s so many things to talk about in this 

the thing i earn with hard work, my paygonna spend it all on my tummy all the pennies i collect/count just to waste it all (on my tummy)leave me be, even if i overspendor come tomorrow morning and like a crazy guymy savings, if i cash them all out (leave me be)woo there’s no tomorrowmy future’s been seized for collateral  woo my money’s all further spent friends, wassup?do you want some?–고민보다 Go (rather than worrying, go)

this whole song is satirical critique tbh even the dance choreography pls appreciate them

and then the outro, which reiterates everything about love and sacrifice, about being the best of yourself, about loving yourself first and foremost

the world is a complexwe was lookin’ for lovei am too, just one of those pplhonestly even i didn’t believe in real lovelike a habit i said i want to love, just babbling like thatbut i found myselfthe whole new myselfeven if i’m confused, which am i is the real meme meeting you makes me wonder, aren’t i a book?or is it you, who are the turning pages (of my book)?damn–outro: her

PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS SKIT THERES ENG SUB AND CRY WITH ME HOW ARE THEY SO PUREE THEY WERE REMEMBERING OLD DAYS AND HOW THEY DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT BILLBOARD IS NAD JIMIN HE JIMIN THOUGHT GRAMMY WAS A PERSON’S NAME AJSHD

theres a reason why bangtan made the skit and sea as hidden tracks, you have to undertsand that bangtan has come a longg way. and one of the reasons why they were finally able to get their first win the last time was through purchase of physical copies, which helped tremendously raise the sales. bangtan may be celebrated and loved wordlwide but back in their home ground, they were nobodies, which is why buying physical copy always meant more even (especially for k-fandoms) since you’re willing to go for an extra mile, its part of kfandom culture for fans to invest a lot of time and money for their group supports and projects to help get their fave name out there, sure you can like/listen to other groups but ultimately, hundreds of idols debut eveyr year so in order to make sure your group lasts a long time, korean fans consider it very important to pledge their loyalty to a single group and support them with all you have, this is why it was even harder for karmys because we come from small company :’)

and now that they are getting success tremendously over the past year (BANGTAN’S #7 ON BILLBOARD 200 GUYS PLEASE GIVE YOURSELFVES A PAT WE DID THAT), love yourself is to be quite honest, an album dedicated to armys all round, and those two tracks are just a little bit more intimate, and more on a personal level, which is why it was hidden from the rest of the world, i’d like to think that the reason they kept it hidden in a physical copy because they know for certain that only their fans would purchase a physical copy, and that they want us to be the first ppl to hear it, to listen to their laments, their grieves, their happiness, their love, they just wanna them share with us first and foremost, because they know only we would get it, because we’ve been there

in the end the mirage is caught andit becomes reality, andthe desert i was once afraidbecame the sea with our blood, sweat, and tearsbut then amongst all this happiness,what are these fears?because this place is originally a desert, we know this too well–sea

[reesesxpiece-blog]

a life update from the dorm of reese e. ham

           Reese had never been one to venture off by herself; company was always a welcome comfort whenever she left the dorms. Still, there was one place she always found solace in her loneliness, and that was the art museum. Over the past few months, though, things hadn't had to be that way. Reese's friends had tagged along, letting her ramble about Van Gogh, Seurat, Renoir —  all of her favorites. After Reese won a date with him on Valentine's Day, Castor had taken her here, to a pop-up exhibit about the stars, and he'd been the one to ramble that time. Today, however, she came alone, just as she'd done yesterday, and every day before for the past few weeks. Art was always her first passion, but things just weren't the same lately. She couldn't find the same connection, the same bond, the same pull that drew her to the paintings, not right now. She didn't know what had changed — maybe the stars were out of alignment? — but it seemed like Castor was avoiding her. And in some weird way, the thought made her feel vaguely empty, like he'd taken a piece of her with him.

           In the days since they'd last spoken, Reese had become somewhat of a shell of herself, hiding more and more behind her seemingly endless array of sweaters and books. You weren’t likely to see her on campus, unless she was in class. The brunette had fallen into a routine of going from class to the dorm, back to class, back to the dorm, to the art museum, and back to the dorm again, leaving little to no room for socialization...which meant fewer chances of running into Castor and having to face whatever this awkwardness between them was. She wouldn’t mind seeing his face, really  — she missed him, much more than she’d be willing to admit to him, or herself, or anyone for that matter. Did he even miss her? She refused to let herself worry. If he wanted to, he’d come around, eventually...though she secretly hoped it would be sooner rather than later. With all the attention she’d been giving her studies, she’d somehow managed to work ahead in half her classes, and the extra time she had was more time to think about Castor, and she didn’t want to think. And she knew just what to do. When you need to take your mind off something, you drink.

          It was Tuesday night, and there Reese was, drunk as a skunk in the middle of the dorm’s bar lounge, not that anyone seemed to notice or care. Reese didn’t care  — she was having fun. Gods, she hadn’t been this drunk in a long time...or maybe ever. That wasn’t going to stop her, though. Who cares about 8 a.m. classes? I fuckin’ don’t, she thought, as she sipped on the remnants of her fourth and final beer. Reese contemplated getting another, but she needed to be able to at least walk back to her room and retain some of her dignity when she left. She’d long since given up on the heels she’d been wearing, finding them quite a hassle while trying to dance, and so they lay under one of the tables while she partied, her now near-empty beer held high above her head. Suddenly, an all-too-familiar discomfort bubbled in her stomach, and her hands flew to her abdomen, the beer in her hand completely forgotten as it fell to the floor. With all the grace she could muster, Reese grabbed her shoes off the floor and ran to her room before the contents of her stomach could make a very public reappearance. 

           “Hey, Mr. Richardson!” Reese chirped, as she walked into the store, the bells above the door alerting the elderly store owner of her arrival.

        It was a relatively quiet day in the art supply store. There were only two other customers shuffling around, and within minutes, both had left without making a purchase. Reese, however, knew exactly what she wanted, and made her way towards the different selection of canvases. She had originally planned on only buying one, but now that they were in front of her, it was difficult to pick which size was right for her intended project. She'd been pacing the aisle for a good few minutes, still debating what she wanted to do, when it struck her that something was off, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it...There was no music playing, no muffled voices commenting on the paint selection offered,, and the silence was making it all too hard to think. The silence. 

           It was unusual for Mr. Richardson to be so quiet — he always returned her greetings with a warm smile and an offer of Baskin Robbins hard candies from the jar he kept behind the counter. “Mr. Richardson?” Reese called out, making her way towards the counters in the back. “Hello??” 

           You can imagine the shock on her face when the stereo kicked back on and the little old man appeared behind her. She almost dropped the canvases she’d been holding, but she hadn’t paid yet and she didn’t want to cause any damage to them. As per his usual routine, Mr. Richardson simply greeted Reese, rang her up, and offered her extra candies as an apology for scaring her. The minute she was out the door, extra candy (and three canvases) in tow, Mr. Richardson let out a low chuckle and went back to reading his book. The Reese girl was his only late customer these days, so staying open much longer was merely a formality.

           In the long list of bad decisions Reese had been making lately, skipping her medications was the absolute worst. She'd take them one day, but forget the next day, leaving her focus out of whack. The only consistent thing going for her was her schedule, and she was beginning to grow tired of it. Nothing ever changed - it was the same routine every single day, and she'd started to feel like she was just going through the motions. If she didn't get out of this cycle soon, she was going to go crazy, though in all honesty, the brunette already felt like she was starting to get stir-crazy.

        With two (labeled) mugs at her side, Reese was ready to start her next project - whatever it may be. She’d always kept her paints and canvases under her bed, amongst a number of other art supplies, and now was the first time in a while that she’d jumped at the chance to use them. For both safety and cleanliness, she’d laid down a flimsy plastic tablecloth over the floor, and her makeshift studio space was practically all set. A paper plate served as her palette for the night, various yellows and blues covering the surface. Usually, Reese would draw inspiration from whatever new poem Catriona had written, but her interactions with the girl had been fairly limited in the last month, so she’d had to rely on other things, other people. Some nights, however, Reese didn’t know what her hands were creating until the work was done. Tonight was one of those nights.Reese didn't know what had possessed her to pick only blues and yellows - maybe it was Van Gogh, maybe it was Castor - but she was excited. Her hands moved of their own accord, her brush streaking deep blues and brilliant yellows across the canvas. When she was done, Reese breathed a sigh of relief as she noted there were no stars whatsoever. As a reward, she treated herself to a few of the Baskin Robbins hard candies she'd gotten from Mr. Richardson at the art supply store.

         Reese was at a loss about what to do. She’d thoroughly regretted spending her Tuesday night drinking after the hangover she’d had in the morning, the art museum was closed for a private event, and she’d already tucked away all her painting supplies for another rainy day. Nothing on Netflix piqued her interest, and her selection of DVDs didn't have much to offer either.  It wasn't at the top of her list of exciting things to do, but after some consideration, Reese finally settled on baking. It couldn't hurt to make a batch or two of cupcakes, a cake, and a batch of cookies, right? In hindsight, it was probably a little much, but she knew Piper would take pleasure in eating all the leftover batter she'd stored for her. She couldn't wait to see the look on her sister's face when she walked over with four bowls of unused batter, all of which currently sat in her fridge while she watched Chopped re-runs on TV. After about an hour, she found herself bored nearly to tears, and as a result, she now sat cross-legged on the living room floor, a glass of wine in one hand and her phone in the other, spamming her little sister's phone with messages ("I'm bored, come hang out with me, I’m watching CHOPPED, I miss you, I wanna watch gossip girl, come watch it with me so i can teach you, I have batter, LOVE ME PLS, I'm coming over kbye."). 

           Reese’s wine glass sat empty in the sink as she pulled bowl after bowl out of the fridge, stacking them on the counter and humming to herself. She’d just taken out the last bowl of chocolate cake batter when a knock on the door startled her out of her thoughts.