#grace deserves so much better

[lxdyblackthorn]

first cry

[blabbering-and-such]

"I'm a Jason apologist"

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO APOLOGISE FOR????? WHEN HAS HE EVER DONE WRONG????

[thetimetraveler24]

Sometimes I think about how people rank Jason as their least favorite because he’s “such a bland character with no personality”, but was he even allowed to have one in the first place?

He’s two years old when Lupa guides him to Camp Jupiter. He’s brought up to be the perfect soldier, the perfect Roman, the perfect hero. He doesn’t know life outside the legion. He’s the son of Jupiter, he has to be great. If he’s not, he’s a failure and a disgrace. If he is then he’s still not the best because there so many other heroes who did it better than him so he has to keep trying harder and harder even though no matter what he’s never going to be good enough because the moment he slips up he’s no longer the perfect hero.

The few times he actually tries to do something he wants, he’s only cut down. Changing the 12th legion to the 1st legion? No, you can’t do that. It’s tradition. You’re wrong. That’s stupid. Joining the 5th cohort? Why would you join those losers? You’re only hurting yourself. You could be great if you join the 1st cohort instead like a good Roman boy.

So why would he try to do anything that cultivates his identity? Why would he try to do anything that brings him joy if everyone around him is just going to suck it right out?

He has no best friends at Camp Jupiter. He has acquaintances. He has people he’s friendly with. Say what you want but Reyna was a coworker. Dakota was cool, Gwen was nice. But none of them make Jason want to stay at Camp Jupiter instead of Camp Half-Blood. He thinks of Reyna but only in terms of he doesn’t want to saddle her with the responsibility of picking a new praetor. He thinks about duty. When he is picking between the camps he’s weighing his options between doing his duty as he’s done his whole life or picking himself for the very first time ever and he picks himself.

And it’s honestly so fucking depressing that the first time Jason picks himself and is actually supported in his decision happens when he is sixteen years old. And most of the people supporting him have only known him for a month.

But then he saddles himself with duty and responsibilities because that’s all he’s ever known and Percy is dying and Jason is a good Roman and a good hero and his job is to sacrifice his life for everyone else because of course it is. So he takes on Pontifex Maximus to build shrines and temples to minor gods and goddesses (not that they shouldn’t be honored but… once again he’s sacrificing his identity for the good of everyone around him).

And then, just as he’s finally discovering an identity for himself—he likes physics, he’s learning about the mortal world and living in it, he’s becoming more than just Jupiters son and Juno’s perfect hero—he’s killed.

Jason never got to be Jason. He only got to be Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, Praetor of the 12th Legion, slayer of Krios, one of the Seven, Juno’s Champion, Pontifex Maximus. He always belonged to someone else and never himself.

All this to say, Jason is my favorite of the Seven and although he’s not the eldest nor a daughter, as an eldest daughter I relate so hard and feel very seen in him.

[inkyrainstorms]

Leo Valdez wants to be loved

Jason Grace wants to find a place to belong

Piper Mclean wants to know she she is, craves an identity all her own

And they all found each other, pushed together by fate and outside strings, but they made it work and found what they needed most in each other.

A home. A family.

[lavenderfairiez]

I don't even care that Valgrace will never be canon, but please for the love of god Rick, break up Leo and Calypso

[emmerrr]

far and away my favourite thing about tsc was the direct parallels we got between neil and jean now that we've been allowed inside jean's head as well.

we have neil who's almost frighteningly self-sufficient; getting to grips with his surroundings when he moves to psu as soon as possible by going for long solo runs, not waiting for his teammates after he's done at the stadium, going shopping on his own for stuff on foot and only buying what he can carry back by himself, hitchhiking back from columbia -- the fact that he could have asked coach or any of his upperclassmen to come and get him not even occuring to him. but through forced proximity, he gets to know them more, and he gets to like them, and they become the people that he would do anything for, that he fought so hard to stay with.

on the other hand we have jean, whose time in the nest has had the adverse effect; he's never alone, he's hardly ever off-campus, and he's never had the kind of freedoms that you'd usually be afforded at college. the idea of living off-campus is horrifying to him, the idea of having his own room is unheard of to him -- and unsettling enough for him to want jeremy to move in there with him. jeremy shows him the way to the court but he's too disoriented to follow along properly because he's not used to being out in a city like this. for years he hasn't been allowed a life outside of exy and the nest, so he doesn't know how to be out in the world. he has no idea how to navigate it. he sees exy as his only purpose, so anything that doesn't seem to serve this goal is meaningless and egregious to him.

...but then there's jeremy, and cat, and laila.

idk, just, something something neil didn't realise how lonely he was until he met the foxes, and jean was painfully aware of how lonely he was despite being stuck with the ravens all of the time, and is now getting the chance to learn that it doesn't have to be like that with the trojans.

[verified-villain-fxcker]

I will never forgive Peaky Blinders for what it did to them actually.

[bajaja-blast]

Just gonna drop this here… 🤭

Ah yes, my comfort ship: Blonde Superman x Supreme Commander of the Argo II <333

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

would just like to drop in and say that I'm still pissed that Fourteen didn't get to run around in 13's clothes for an episode. Clothing is such a fundamentally huge part of symbology for the Doctor (not just an indication of the current incarnation, but often an indication of the current incarnation's big tonal shifts/grief/connection to companions, especially in NuWho) and the fact that Jodie took so much effort to establish a costume that was gender-neutral and could be worn by all fans and Doctors and her doctor was so much less about her being a woman and more about the gender-gremlin nature of the Time Lords and more specifically the Doctor themself and the fact that Fourteen was immediately back in clothing similar to what he wore the first time, no passing of the torch, no literal cloaking of the new Doctor in the last Doctor's clothing until Fourteen could establish themself as a Doctor in their own right just leaves SUCH a nasty taste in my mouth, especially combining with the way that the specials tend to frame the Doctor previously being a woman as if that was the one thing that made Thirteen different/special in ironically such a binary way for what is supposed to be the most trans-inclusive episode of Doctor Who.

[its-minart]

I miss him :((

[pragmatic-optimist]

Sierra McClain. 👑👑👑

[spark-circuit]

you know what's going to devastate me if it ends up happening the next time we encounter Gabriel? (continued under the cut for spoilers ✌)

if Gabriel ends up not being able to finish the fight with us.

let's be real here, as much as he's everyone's favourite golden boy, he's probably got hours left to live - maybe less by the next time we reach him. he's desperate to have one more final battle against us, not just to make up for his sins of the past, but to finally get some sense of peace and understanding for his new way of thinking, his new resolve.

so what happens if he can't. what happens if we're fighting Gabriel and maybe he hesitates on a sword swing, his strength failing him. what happens if he coughs up blood at one point. what happens if his health bar starts going down without us attacking him, him falling to one knee as he desperately tries to push himself to finish his last wish of a proper fight, because he's not done yet, he's not ready, not before he can take us down with him. out of anger? respect? righteousness? does it matter?

what if we don't even get a boss battle with him at all. we're just here to bear witness to a fallen angel.

[snzluv3r]

i actually feel so incredibly uncomfortable and isolated in this space right now and i know that’s silly because of how many people there are just like me who share the same feelings but idk…the fact that people even think this is defensible behavior is making me feel sick

[what-the-phoenix]

JASON GRACE DESERVED BETTER

Like just off the top of my head here’s what he went through in his life.

Born as a son of Jupiter

Given as a token (gift) to Juno for just being born

Abandoned in the woods at the age of 2

Joined the Camp Jupiter legion at 3/4 (he was a toddler when he got that tattoo)

Became co-praetor of the Camp Jupiter Legion around 14

Fought Krios (a titan!!) single-handedly at 14

Was kidnapped from everything he’s ever known and his memories taken at 15 ( and then never actually fully returned?!?!)

Put straight into a quest in the middle of his amnesiac haze

Looked straight at Juno in her god form and died (he did die, it was just a combination of Piper and the doors of death being open that brought him back)

The entire last three books

Multiple concussions

His eyes problems, like did Hera make him forget he needed glasses or did New Rome have bad health benefits for its legion

No longer being considered fully Roman and demoted from praetor

Best friend died

Broke up with his other best friend

Didn’t feel at home at either camp so went to boarding school

Died

[zukkaoru]

41 and kunichuu!!!!!!

41. a kiss out of spite

Chuuya twirls one end of Kunikida’s red ribbon around their finger, grinning at the way his cheeks flush horribly in response. They came to meet him for lunch, because they’ve both been too busy to see each other much during the past few weeks, but Chuuya is seriously debating ditching work for the rest of the day and just dragging Kunikida back to their apartment. It’s only because they know Kunikida would never agree that they refrain from suggesting as much.

They lean closer to him, grinning, tugging on the ribbon slightly. “See something you like, pretty boy?”

Kunikida purses his lips together. He tries to glare, but it doesn’t exactly work. Chuuya opens their mouth to tease him some more, but before they can say anything else, someone loudly clears their throat.

Chuuya looks up to find Lucy glaring at them. She sets their drinks down on the table harshly, tells them, “I am so sick of you people coming into my café and being disgusting,” then stomps away.

And, okay, maybe Chuuya should respect Lucy’s wishes and back off. But it’s been a week and a half since they’ve gotten a moment alone with Kunikida, and they’re feeling a bit vengeful. So instead, they flip Lucy off and yank Kunikida into a kiss.

[lavndvrr]

yk how on instagram reels there's these booktok posts that are like "When it's that characters pov (In a bad way)" and all the comments are talking about Jason and Piper? Well I hate it because Jason is the best and Piper is an icon so I always comment stuff like "Nico" and respond to comments with "Fr Jason is almost as bad as Nico, hate that guy". I have nothing against Nico, he's just not a character I'm very fond of but I love pissing Jason and Piper haters off