#island of calypso

[the-great-kraken]

i'd just like to say that if *i* had written percy jackson, leo would have been the aroace we all know he is

[berrybore]

…people are mad that Percy didn’t befriend a titan that tried to kill him? Why would he even want to? They are not friends, Percy just said they were so a huge ass titan wouldn’t feel compelled to start attacking them again, kinda like no worries all good and safe here.

Bob wasn’t worthy of that friendship until he tried to help him, at that point Percy was so overcome with guilt for lying to him about being friends he confessed everything and accepted death as punishment for being a bad friend. He didn’t get mad at bob, blame him for needing to be dunked in the Lethe in the first place (you know since he was trying to kill him, Nico, and Thalia, which makes him completely at fault for losing his memory), didn’t defend himself in any way just asked that bob save Annabeth at the very least?

As I understand it bob didn’t hold it against him for long? He did come back and save him and Annabeth, and even sacrificed himself so they could get out. Overall, became a better version of himself, but like before all that, why would Percy go back and talk to him??

[sleeplessdreamer123]

Fanfic Idea! (Lucerys falls and lands in Ogygia, without memories, and Calypso took him in as a son)

Luke always felt like something was wrong. Calypso was his mother, but he did not feel any familiarity in her arms. He loves Calypso, but calling her mother felt strange. A nagging feeling somewhere in his head made it so he can only call her Calypso with an apologetic smile.

She said she understood, that the fever took away all his memories of their time together, that he will one day call her mother again, but Luke does not think it would happen any time soon. He feels sorry for Calypso, who treated him as lovingly as any mother would, she would smile at him sweetly and hug him as though he was his whole world, she would give him his favorite treats (though they tasted strange, like they were missing something in them), and dress him in the finest silk (he does not know where they come from, Calypso always said he does not need to know), she would sing him lullabies for him to sleep, and though her voice was melodious and wonderful, the language was something he doesn't recognize (Calypso said it would come back to him, but he could feel an itch in the back of his head every time he heard her sing).

She acted like the perfect mother.

Yet, whenever he hugged her, and inhaled her sweet cinnamon scent, he can feel himself searching for something else. He hunted for the scent of lemons, of fire, of leather. She smelled nothing of that sort.

When he combed her hair, he always seem to think of a different colored hair. Instead of their familiar caramel colored hair, he would envision a silvery blond that shone under the sun and glowed under the moon. When he looked into her eyes, instead of her dark eyes, similar to his own, he would think of, and he knows it was silly, but he would imagine strange purple eyes that looked at him in love.

Even his name sounded wrong. Well, not wrong, per se. Just....incomplete. Everytime she calls him, for dinner, to help her look for shells, to be her companion whilst digging up her herbs, he always waits, for a continuation of sorts. Luke....Luke.....what else?

It was strange. He was strange. His thoughts and feelings were strange.

But he always had a distinct feeling that he did not belong here, in the island of Ogygia, even when Calypso always told him that he was born here. The only reassuring thing was the smell of the ocean, the feeling of salty winds blowing towards him. It was the only thing he felt familiar with. And that is why he doubts. He doubts whether or not he truly lost his memories, he doubts whether or not he was even her son, but it was silly, for she had all his features, though his was, stronger, he supposed.

He felt the throbbing pain on his head every time he tries to remember anything of his past. It was a cloud, a stormy mist that covers it all.

He always thought this way. Days, weeks, moons long past, and he thought he needed to accept his, rather empty, confusing, and all around strange, life.

Until a large flying beast began to fall on their salty waves and sandy shores. Luke knows he should have ran to Calypso first. It was a stranger with a beast that looked large enough to swallow him whole.

But he looks at him, and oh.

Oh, was he beautiful.

And oh, was he so familiar.

He moves closer, removing the chains that strapped him on the beast, despite it being the first time, it felt relatively easy. He dragged him to the shades, and took a closer look at him.

He had the silvery blond hair he seemed to miss so much. He smelt of fire and ash and leather, a strange but familiar, comforting scent. And when he opened his eye, he sees it. A beautiful purple eye, staring at him.

What shocked him was when the stranger gasped, when he reached out to him, touching his face so gently, as if afraid he would disappear, and with such a voice that sounded like he was close to worship, he whispered a name.

"Lucerys..."

And he remembered, slowly, the memories came back.

"Uncle..."

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Why does my imagination run wild when I need to actually do reports and submit papers??!!!😭😭

So......

Thoughts? Violent reactions?

*Note: Calypso is from Greek mythology, and yes, she took him as a son rather than a lover, because one look at Lucerys and everyone wishes to protect him in a motherly way.

[williamshamspeare]

Thinking about Calypso Island and all its inhabitants again

[quirkfics]

Hello!! Thank you so much for doing my request!! I absolutely ADORE teeth/eldritch horror monster shinya that falls for a boundary-respecting human- and god the TEETH, you are giving me UNHOLY thoughts with this man i'm ,

May I request Gang Orca with the prompt, "endlessly," please? Thank you so much!! I know i requested teeth for him earlier but the thought of what could happen with this has me frothing at the mouth!

"The oceans have endlessly promised me a gift," he explains, clawed fingers tapping an unsteady rhythm upon the stones. "My heart's true desire, washed up on these shores." His eyes, a gleaming red, visible only because he's leaning in so close to you, narrow as they rove over your face. "You're the only thing that hasn't been detritus, or leftover bits and bobs of nothing."

"...are you assuming-"

"Asking," he corrects, and the words sends shivers over you salt encrusted skin.

"Asking, then. Are you asking if I'm your heart's desire?" You can't keep the skepticism out of your voice, but it doesn't seem to bother him. If anything, it brings a smile to his face, sharp teeth gleaming in his orca-like mouth. It's frightening and enticing, all at once.

"I suppose a ready answer would ruin the mystery, and the oceans do enjoy their secrets." He stands, offering you an open palm. "Come, let me show you where you'll be staying."

[keikoayano]

Hmmmm Odysseus taking Polites’ headband after… you know… and carefully cutting it in half to make two strips. Eurylochus gets one and ties it to the hilt of his sword. Odysseus puts his either on his bow or his quiver (because I don’t know enough about bows to know if that would mess up the balance when using it). It is a memento and a reminder for them that you have to make the hard choices for the protection of those you care about

[pomfry]

Someone: Odysseus was the smartest man in the Greek army but he apparently couldn't figure out how to get off an island for seven years lol

Me:

Me, gritting my teeth: do not say anything, do not say anything, do not say anything--

[heyimboredtalktome]

Will: Leo, please, keep an eye on Nico today. He's gonna say something to the wrong person and get himself punched

Leo: Sure, I'd love to see Nico get punched

Will: Try again

Leo: Ughh I will stop Nico from getting punched

Will: Thank you

[filmap]

Fedora Billy Wilder. 1978

Villa Calypso Μαδουρή 311 00, Greece See in map

See in imdb

[rainbow-flavoured-skittles]

AU idea where the physician's cure doesn't work and instead of going to Elysium Leo ends up in Hotel Valhalla and meets Magnus

[maitso]

i truly believe from the bottom of my heart that percy would not help calypso at all after she cursed annabeth. that boy loves his girlfriend more than anything in the whole world and was ready to kill whoever hurted her with his own bare hands

[eternally--mortal]

I remember lil kid me reading BotL and being like ‘Calypso smells like cinnamon. That is So great. What a cute detail.’

And then subsequently having my mind blown like a month later when someone told me that cinnamon was an Aphrodisiac.

Out of everything in the Percy Jackson universe, that was the one thing that got me. I was like ‘this. This means that Rick Riordan is a genius. This character is trapped on this cursed voo-doo love island and the gods are so far up their own asses that they’re even screwing with her Shampoo to make Everything in her life about Love.’

I had mixed feelings of disappointment and relief when the smell of cinnamon did not make a reappearance in the second series.

[upatnight0]

I'll never understand Perachel or Percabeth shippers. You guys either hate Rachel or hate Annabeth or you manage to like them both.

One thing you definitely won't do however, is hold Percy accountable for anything. Nothing he does is ever problematic.

Anti-Perachel

So Rachel kisses Percy and tells him she likes him. He doesn't turn her down, letting her believe it.

She's then making a deal with her dad that she will go to the finishing school in exchange for taking the family helicopter to come help him.... meanwhile Percy is asking Annabeth for a kiss. Even though he knows Rachel likes him and is waiting for him.

And yet, when Rachel decides she wants to become Oracle afterwards, he's over here accusing her;

[Percy, who asked Annabeth for a kiss behind Rachel's back, gaslighting Rachel] : Oh what? Is it because i'm not the hero? You were just using me to get to Olympus??

Percy's internal thoughts: Yeah, I may have asked Annabeth for a kiss but Rachel was still supposed to like me.😳 I can't believe she was using me.

(My one problem with Hestia- that she didn't expose him right then and there. I would've told Rachel that she doesn't owe Percy any explanation since he's the one asking other girls for a kiss behind her back)

And then again;

As if he hadn't already made a move by asking Annabeth for a kiss that Rachel just doesn't know about.😒Still playing the innocent card.

That noone in this fandom had a problem with this since the books were released honestly worries me. Not even that. That there's so many posts about how he's the best man in the universe. Are you sure about that?

I'm not even sure why you guys like him. When Rachel's helicopter is crashing, its Annabeth that rushes in to save her. And when Nico said Rachel had disappeared, Percy was more annoyed at her for stealing his Pegasus than concerned about the guard dragon at Camp Half-Blood. And when her oracle powers stop working, he just hightails it outta there instead of helping her. He's also the one who said that she looked like the type to use a fork to rip holes in her jeans and compared her to the nymph who gave him a long-ass lecture in botl.

Anti-Percabeth

Same goes for Percabeth shippers.

He doesn't bring up their kiss for an entire year as he hangs out with Rachel, who he knows Annabeth is jealous of.

They're heading into a war in less than a week where either of them could die but rather than be at camp helping train the other demigods or even hanging out with them since he's known them since he was 12, Percy is busy taking Rachel on a vacation with his family.

You realise those could've been Annabeth or Percy's last days and Percy chose to not spend it with her, right?

Forget the romance for a minute. Is this even what friends do?? He's the most powerful demigod they have. The only child of the big three on their side since Thalia is with the hunters and Nico is awol. In SOM, Percy was said to be the best swordsman camp had in the last 100 years. But rather than help them train for a war they could all die in; a war he's gonna be leading them in...he's at the beach? (Beckendorf had to go on a life-or-death mission with a guy he was expected to pick up from the beach!! and dies while surrounded by water- Percy's element. Atleast show you care about your friends by putting in training or preparation for the mission but no, Percy "just pick me up from my vacation at the beach when its time to go on our dangerous quest" Jackson is who Beckendorf got partnered up with)

Annabeth then needs to fill him in on whats been going on at camp for the past week- the reason why the Ares-Apollo cabin have been fighting for more than a week since Percy doesn't know because he didn't keep in touch while on his break.

"They captured it in a raid in Philadelphia last week. Some of Luke's demigods were there with that flying chariot. The Apollo cabin seized it during the battle, but the Ares cabin led the raid. So they've been fighting about who gets it ever since."

How long was he even gone for?? Because he said he left multiple times before that as well when things got more serious at camp. (In other words, the more his friends needed him, the more he left) Less than a week before the prophecy and war he's gonna be leading the campers in, Percy doesn't even know what they've been upto. (The dude who was literally at the beach relaxing is now complaining about how the other demigods who were actually at camp doing something aren't taking things seriously)

Annabeth tries to give him an opportunity, bringing up Beckendorf and Silena and important people and he just changes the subject to her dad. He couldn't reassure her even once that he would pick her but then has the nerve to ask her for a kiss in the middle of battle. But once Rachel appears, is back to following Rachel everywhere.

Rachel then dumps him. And Percy still has Annabeth to fall back on. And she just trusts him for some reason.

Like you guys realise he never actually turned Rachel down after she kissed him, not even in his head (even if he did ask Annabeth for a kiss) and if Annabeth had died, could have easily pretended he hadn't done anything and just got with Rachel (and Rachel would also be none the wiser)

Its just a bit too coincidental that Beckendorf who witnessed the perachel kiss, and who Percy told not to tell Annabeth, dies before making it back to camp where he could tell Annabeth; And Michael Yew who was around when Percy was asking Annabeth for a kiss also dies before Rachel arrives in her helicopter.😒

I'd have thought that you just hated women and had low standards for men... if it weren't for how I remember the initial backlash Jason got for taking Piper on a tour of New Rome instead of talking to Reyna.

And yet Percy's actions have never been questioned...

Even when Calypso cursed Annabeth for something Percy did and she had nothing to do with it, Percy's response is to hug Calypso.

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Cue the song: Traitor by Olivia Rodrigo.

(The lyrics are strangely accurate from both Annabeth and Rachel's perspective)

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P.s Don't even @ me about how it was stressful times. If he has the time to go on vacation a week before the war and then complain about the campers at Camp HB who did a raid he doesn't even know about, not taking things seriously. If he has the time to ask Annabeth for a kiss and then still act as if Rachel was using him. Then he has the time to not be a douche.

[kashilascorner]

Haven't been liveblogging the Odyssey as much as I thought, so for the record:

Books 1-2: Telemachus, darling, how dare you speak to your mother like that

Book 3: Nestor still has a bunch of sons left wow good for him. Glad to know Diomedes made it safely home!

Book 4: Helen is a witch?! (I did make a post about this one) Menelaus true malewife tbh

Book 5: 🥺☹️💔

[cherry-chaos-cola]

If I had a nickel for everytime I wrote a sequel fanfic for a series that accidentally became more canon because of retconning/messed up lore I would have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

[clockworkbee]

The fact Percy Jackson turned down immortality TWICE mainly thinking about Annabeth (his friends) and I am so soft for them—