#go read TLT or i will break into your house and put the books where you WILL find them

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Okay if you need me I'll be writing the "Mercymorn and Augustine live" AU.

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Three Percy’s AU TLT Plot Part 1

I wanted to continue this so I shall.

For the people who didn’t see the last post here you go: Here it is

If you don’t want to read through that here’s the important stuff: Book!Percy is still Percy, Movie!Percy is Theseus but goes by Theo, Musical!Percy is now Orpheus I don’t have a nickname picked out for him. There are three Annabeths as well; Book!Annabeth keeps her name, Movie!Annabeth becomes Annabell, Musical!Annabeth gets to be Anna Lee. We have three Grovers to match the others, Book!Grover stays Grover, Movie!Grover takes the name Cliff, and Musical!Grover is Flint. Ages are as follows: Book!Trio = 12, Movie!Trio = 11, Musical!Trio = 10.

The Plot:

The Jacksons and the Underwoods all attend Yancy Acadamy, in their respective grades.

Theo and Cliff have learned to avoid and ignore Nancy Bobofit so she picks on their brothers more.

Nancy enjoys picking on Percy and Grover because why not, she did leave Orpheus and Flint alone for a while but then they tried to make her stop wedgying the first graders.

They’re all eating launch by the fountain when Nancy starts throwing her sandwich at Orpheus and Flint causing Percy to get angry at her and use the water by accident 

Mrs. Dods calls “The Jackson boy’s” to meet her by the sphinx

She attacks and Percy instinctively puts himself between the fury and his brothers.

Mr. Brunner shows up and throws Percy a pen, when he catches it, it’s a sword.

Percy kills Mrs. Dods and when they look up Mr. Brunner isn’t there either.

They go outside and Mr. Brunner chastises them for leaving the group

Later he tells them that they’re expelled

Mr. Brunner says, “I can only accept the best from you three.”

Percy feels bad that their mom is going to have to find them some other school to go to because they couldn’t keep in line here, Theo just hopes that the next one will be better. Orpheus doesn’t fully understand why they keep getting expelled from schools nor does he grasp how much this will make life more difficult for their mom.

They get home and Percy ushers Theo and Orpheus into their shared room to unpack

Sally gets home and finds them and tells them that they’re all going to Montok, just the four of them, no smelly Gabe.

So go they to Montok and Sally tells them about how she met their father. 

Orpheus mentions something about not being normal and Sally tells them that no one is normal and kids does the whole “Strong” spiel.

They’re trying to sleep when the Underwoods show up, and Sally herds them all into the car. 

They make it to the hill and make a break for it. Grover id passed out

They do the dodging thing from the book. 

The minotaur grabs Sally and she’s sent to the underworld

Percy jumps on it’s back and as it’s trying to get him off its hand knocks Orpheus to the ground

Percy rips off its horn and jumps down

Theo, Cliff, and Flint are trying to get Orpheus and Grover out of the minotaurs way

It turns to Percy and is about to charge when Orpheus grabs the pen that Mr. Brunner gave them, takes the cap off shouts, “If Mrs. Dods was really a monster than I hope you’re really a sword!” and riptide appears.

Orpheus is about to attack but Percy sees and stabs the minotaur with its own horn before Orpheus can get any closer

Orpheus passes out because of everything that just happened.

Percy, Theo, Flint, and Cliff gett Orpheus and Grover to the big house before Percy and Theo pass out from an adrenalin crash

Percy remembers at one point waking up to a blonde girl telling him he drools in his sleep

Orpheus wakes to a different blonde girl telling him that they all drool in their sleep.

When Percy wakes up for real he’s with Grover. The first thing he asks is, “Where are my brothers and where’s my mom?” Grover replies with, “Your brothers are still in the infirmary, we can go see them if you want. And your mom... she didn’t make to camp...”

Percy goes to find his brother who both just woke up

Orpheus asks where their mom is

Percy tells him and Theo that she isn’t here anymore...

The Underwoods take them to see Mr. D and Mr. Brunner

The names Mr. D calls them are: Percy -> Peter Johnson, Theo -> Thomas Johnson, Orpheus -> Ollie Johnson

When Chiron becomes Chiron then Orpheus does the whole, “Mr. Brunner, you’re a horse!?!?!?” thing.

Percy is a little skeptical of the place but Orpheus and Theo think it’s the coolest thing ever

They ask about who their dad is and Chiron tells them that he doesn’t know he almost thinks that it could be... but no that’s impossible 

Theo feels drawn to cabin #3 but is told that no one has slept there for years

This was also way longer than expected and will be continued

Edit: Part 2

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Agent H’s Book Reactions

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half Blood to discover the camp is dying, he has a new cyclops brother, and the only thing that can save the day is hidden deep in the dangerous sea of monsters.

-So I’ve decided on my ranking of the books: The Titan’s Curse > The Last Olympian > The Lightning Thief > The Sea of Monsters > The Battle of Labyrinth. The only reason BoTL ranks last is because of the girl drama and how it ruins Annabeth for me :/

-The only reason SoM ranks second last is pacing. It’s a great book, and I think it has the best, most iconic action scenes of the series. But the pacing is so off that it’s hard to catch your breath. Leaving camp, escaping Luke, getting attacked by a hydra (Eyy, shoutout to SHIELD), being saved by Clarisse, and being destroyed by Charybdis all happen immediately one after another (like a day or two max passes). There’s literally no pause. There’s a slight pause after but then Circe’s Island, the sirens, and Polyphemus’s Island all happen really quickly in sequence with very little breathing room. And then there’s like three different times they almost escape Polyphemus and then there’s a showdown with Luke and it’s just a weird, uneven climax. And throughout there’s too many conversations left unfinished. PJO books are all about nonstop action, but I think the other books are better spaced out with more breathing room.

-Also, it’s funny, this is the only book that actually doesn’t have a deadline to complete the quest. It’s just like: they go on the quest, come back, and somehow mysteriously it’s ten days later. But there’s no deadline, so why the rushed pacing?

-While we’re talking about things I didn’t like, there IS an emotional unsatisfaction at the end of the quest. We want Percy to be recognized just as much as he does, but nope Poseidon decides to be unhelpfully foreboding. That being said, I do love how Percy gets treated as just one of the campers. All he’s ever wanted was to belong and to not be the weird kid.

-All that being said, this really is such a great book. I’d count it as the official beginning of the 5-book arc. The first book is just about introducing Percy to the world and showing who the players are. This is the book that actually explains and develops the relationships, sets up the stakes, shows the villain in his glory (because Luke was faking it in TLT, so this is the first time we’re seeing the real him), and delivers what the endgame of the series is. Well done.

-Also, here’s how I break down Percy’s character arc in the 5 books (Note: subject to revision as I keep rereading the series): First Book: Percy learns he is a hero. Second book: He learns he has to decide what kind of hero he is going to be. Third book: He rejects the paths of heroes before him. Fourth book: He creates his own path as a hero. Fifth: He fulfills his role as a hero.

-It also does two further interesting things as part of the 5-book arc:

1) For the second outing, it undercuts the emotional arc of TLT. Percy is no longer the special Son of Poseidon hero. He’s back to being the underdog with a monster as a brother. He’s gotta start developing his skills, proving his worth, and becoming a hero (another reason why I say this is the official beginning of the arc).

2) The entire emotional arc of this book is about accepting monsters as family. Literally, Percy’s whole arc is about accepting Tyson, which is absolutely fascinating because it recontextualizes every other monster for the entire series. Connected to that is Hermes’ attempts to bring Luke back and teaching Percy that you can’t give up on family. It’s a lesson that isn’t always applicable in life, but in messy Greek mythology it works perfectly (and for a children’s book it works perfectly) because their families are messed up and sometimes straight up evil. But you can’t just ignore that: you have to stand your ground, do the best that you can by others, and let them make their own choices. I was gonna say that I don’t think this book has as serious themes as the others, but it does: it isn’t just about good and evil, but about good and evil in the people you love. And that theme carries through to the very end

-Also. ALSO. The ending is literally the best ending of the series and also the best ending of at least like five other series I can think of. The entire book has been about explaining to Percy the prophecy, figuring out what Luke’s plan is, and getting the Golden Fleece. Thalia’s return clicks everything together at once. It’s jaw-dropping, it’s game-changing, and it’s brilliant. (I also just really really love how the entire plot is actually just a manipulation by the bad guys that succeeds. What a subversion)

-I’ve realized that each book somewhat parallels a different Greek heroes. Like obviously, stuff overlaps and whatnot, but there seems to be a heroic theme to each book’s monsters/struggles. At first I didn’t think TLT, paralleled anyone, but I think it parallels Perseus (with the gray sisters, Princess Andromeda, and Pegasus making a show in the second book): A demigod is raised by his mother who is being coerced by a cruel man, he goes on a quest to rescue her, he fights Medusa, there’s the winged sandals, the Hades’ Helm of Darkness, Surprisingly a lot of parallels! SoM is obviously Odysseus, TTC is Hercules, BoTL is Theseus, and I think TLO intentionally doesn’t parallel anyone but it is a culmination of all the heroes and just focuses on Percy as a hero (could be wrong, must read again).

-Okay that was a shit ton of analyses. Miscellaneous items:

-This book does a great job of developing Percabeth. This is the only time until House of Hades where we see them alone working together and considering they’re the endgame, this book has to do all the heavy-lifting of developing Annabeth as a character (especially as she disappears in the next book), showing them working as a team, showing how care about each other, and just making us believe in their love and relationship. AND IT DOES THAT.

-I know Tyson’s shield is important later , but  like when does it come back into play?

-It never says that Annabeth gets back her old clothes after Circe. Like obviously she does, but it’s not ever mentioned *cough blame the pacing*

-How did Percy defeat Polyphemus? He was just that angry??

-I do love that so much of Percy’s skill as a hero comes from being a swordsman because that’s a skill of his own and that’s he’s worked hard to hone. That being said, I also love how this book really explores his Poseidon powers: navigation, controlling ships, jetting throught he water, air bubbles. He  levels up really fast here.

-I’ve expressed before that I’ve decided to love Clarisse and it’s because of this reread. She’s a bully and she makes many stupid decisions in this book. But she is incredibly brave, a strong leader, caring of her soldiers, put in a difficult situation, but still genuinely cares for the camp and wants to save it. I love that as the story goes on she becomes less of a bad guy as the evil rises and they need to band together; at the end, she’s just a frenemy, she’s the villain-now-awkward-family-member character, and I think we need to appreciate that more.