#i originally included annabeth & piper as soulmates but i am removing that bc while I think it would be interesting

[agentsnickers]

omg the percy jackson books!! please talk about them

yes!!!!

so the thing is, I wasn't originally planning to mention soulmates in connection to the series at all, only then I got to thinking about a) why that would be Jack's first choice of costume in-story, bc otherwise there are plenty of main character trios to choose from, and b) what media in a universe with soulmates might look like. I already mentioned fairy tales and superhero movies in a previous chapter, but this was an opportunity to think about how an author might factor something like this in if it's part of their reality! And then, as always, I went a little overboard lol.

that being said, I roughed out a few "canon" soulmates as I thought through it. now, these are all either relationships that I think would definitely have a canonical soulmate bond or relationships with significant narrative importance, where having a soulmate bond could add some interesting depth, not necessarily how I'd align it for a fic.

they are (by no means a comprehensive list, although this makes me want to write a pjo fic with this soulmate concept);

percy: annabeth, grover, nico

annabeth: percy, grover

rachel: none for ~magical destiny reasons~

nico: percy, jason

jason: nico, reyna (fake: piper)

reyna: jason (maybe also thalia?)

piper: leo (fake: jace)

leo: piper

frank: hazel

hazel: frank, sammy

silena: clarisse, beckendorf

I know Silena is an odd one to throw on the end there, but I like the idea of her and Clarisse being soulmates, too.

I don't think that "last words" soulmates would appear in much fiction (besides tragedies), or I'd say that's what Percy and Nico would be, since a recurring element in their relationship is Percy realizing entirely too late that he's forgotten about Nico again. That said, I think they'd be "important words" soulmates and it would hit with a punch to the gut in TLO. Nico and Jason are absolutely important words soulmates and those words are "That was maybe the bravest." and "How much do you trust me?"

Percy and Grover would have to be dream sharers, since they. they literally are. in canon. and I think Percy and Annabeth would be shared symbol soulmates because of in-universe perceptions of that kind of soulmate bond, although it would be hilarious if they were first words soulmates and Percy had "you drool in your sleep" permanently affixed to his body somewhere.

I'm going to stop now, because I have gone completely off of the deep end for a tiny element of a fic that it's barely even relevant to. if anybody's curious about anything else about this just give me a shout though bc I have enough thoughts in my brain for a whole pjo fic.

tagging @kingburu since she deserves to see my descent into nonsense.