#new rome

[ofswordsandpens]

Percy strolling into his 8am class after his 7th quest-related excused absence because the "gods just won't give him a break haha" vs his roman classmates that have not been given the time a day by a single god once in their entire life

[bleeding-ambrosia]

here’s some pjo drawings i’ve done recently! i’m rereading all the books before i read sun and the star 😎 i just made it to the first trials of apollo book (i’ve never read this particular series so wish me luck) i’m so proud of how annabeth and percy came out aaaaaa :)))) <3

[confusionmeisss]

maybe jason is boring or maybe it’s the forced upon military training since the age of two (2!) and the expectation/pressure to be perfect that deprived him of having an actual childhood and having access to hobbies to figure out who he is & what he likes, and he still didn’t get to have that after the wars bc demigods can’t have anything for themselves for just one fucking second!

[greekcomedy]

i literally don't get the premise of chalice of the gods like. if the romans never see or interact with the gods how are they meant to get not one not two but THREE letters of recommendation. terminus is just unavailable for all of october because everyone is hitting him up for letters. do the lares count? are percy and annabeth going to roll up with three letters from olympus only for everyone else to have their aunt's neighbor's lar as their sponsor? or is this just because they're greek and have more access to the gods. are greeks considered something like international students? the three letters of recommendation from gods are new romes answer to outlandish international student tuition rates.

[darkstarknight03]

I don't care about Nico and Bianca's casting. I care about watching Thalia get so angry at Bianca for leaving her little brother when she never got a second chance with her own. I care about the look on her face when Percy tells her that Bianca is joining the hunters. I care about her looking over the San Francisco skyline and coming to terms with the fact that her not-so-little sister doesn't need her anymore, and she will never see her little brother again, even though he is only a few miles away. I care about those being the things that convince her to join the Hunt. I care about her seeing Jason in Nico's eyes.

[hermesmyplatonicbeloved]

1st Camp Jupiter Legionnaire: Did you hear? Percy Jackson turned down praetorship!? 2nd CJ Legionnaire: I know, that's crazy! I would die to even get into upper leadership. The benefits are insane. Private baths, private offices, the additional pay, getting a personal pegasus... CHB Camper, walking by: You guys do know what Percy already has his own pegasus, right? And a super powerful trained hellhound capable of shadow travelling him anywhere he wants? 1st CJ Legionnaire: 2nd CJ Legionnaire: CHB Camper: Also, Percy was the equivalent of CHB's praetor during the Titan War. 1st CJ Legionnaire, frosty: I see. So he's choosing the Greeks over us- CHB Camper: Oh, no. You don't get it. Percy turned down godhood from Zeus less than a year ago. Word around camp is that he's retired from the demigod life and wants to live in the mortal world. 1st CJ Legionnaire: *stunned* 2nd CJ Legionnaire: *stunned* 2nd CJ Legionnaire, faint: Forget praetorship, he turned down WHAT from WHO!?!?!?!??!

[balletfilmss]

just imagining being all cuddled up with jason grace in his dorm at new rome on a stormy afternoon. wearing his scent-infused hoodie that’s too big while both your legs are buried underneath fluffy blankets, limbs all tangled together to trap in the heat. a comfort movie playing in front of you as the rain pelts the windows and thunder booms in the background. his strong arms tightening around you each time you flinch at a particularly loud crack of lightning. his stupid jokes about his dad being pissed off that he tells just to make you giggle. eventually falling asleep in his embrace and him just admiring your face before pressing a loving kiss to your temple and nodding off himself, happy as ever.

[sodamnbored]

Jason, jumping back aboard: So turns out the Legion wasn’t so thrilled about me teaming up with a bunch of Greeks and their warship.

Leo, going for the controls: Guess we’d better vamoose then.

Jason, anxiously: Can you hurry it up? The Legion are coming with everything they’ve got. Even the War Elephant.

Leo: You’re gonna have to hold them off while I get us mobile.

Jason, when the projectiles start flying: How am I meant to do that?!

Leo, harried: Bribe them. Blackmail them. Seduce them! - Have I taught you nothing??

[anotherpjofan]

Romans: The last time an Olympian visited us was centuries ago, our only contact with the gods is through stuffed animals, most of us go our whole lives without meeting any god except for Terminus -

Also Romans: The entry requirement to New Rome is 3 transcripts personally written by gods, preferably olympians to ensure a seat

[thefastestelementalmasteralive]

Bianca lives! Pjo au

Imma call this au Pollution

Basically Percy is the one that goes into the automaton or whatever in hephaestus' junk yard. Bianca lives. They can't find Percy's body

Nico can't make contact with percy or find him in the underworld

Time skip

Okay, Jason appears at camp three days after Clarrise La Rue disappears. Clarrise takes Percy's place on the SON.

The seven is now the Eleven

Annabeth, Bianca, Clarisse, Frank, Grover, Hazel, Jason, Nico, Leo, Piper, Reyna.

Nico does hear talk of a Son of neptune in the Roman camp but can never pin down the rumors, much less the name of the kid.

Eventually, the eleven find out one of Gaea's generals is said Son of Neptune. His face, despite any scald or burn scars, is a very familiar one.

[m-for-now]

Does anyone ever think about how Leo Valdez was probably the worst to get posessed by those wind spirits to attack New Rome? Like he said himself he could only watch himself do it and he was very aware that it was "him" who fired the canons but it was entirely out of his control. He probably felt like he was back at 8 years old, seeing his home burn, not being able to do anything about it. This was the second time he felt like it was his fault but at the same time entirely out of his control that a home was burned down/fired at. First the home of him and his mom, then the home to his friend.

And what I also think about is how, with his aunt calling him a demon or a devil or smth, he must've had enough religious trauma and questions about his back then unexplained fire-abilities that at some point, that little traumatized boy went "what if I am posessed by a demon?"

And then he does get posessed by malevolent spirits. And attacks his friend's home.

And all he can do is watch.

[ofswordsandpens]

I know Percy's desperately trying to escape the godly world but not only do I think the gods aren't going to leave percy alone once he's in New Rome, I also think Percy's in the situation now where he can't refuse at all because like, if he was in the mortal world at a mortal college he at least would be able to try and be like "sorry I can't do a quest right now I've already used up my three excused absences this semester try again in the spring :/" but in New Rome? They will be like "Percy! It is an honor to be hand-selected for a quest. And by the gods no less! Stars above, you should be grateful! I don't know what your little greek camp has taught you but here in Rome, we respect the gods' requests. Your absence will be excused. Now go."

[bleeding-ambrosia]

annabeth when percy does his school work: 🥰

percy when he does his school work: 🥲

[percabeth4life]

Does anybody else find it kinda fucked up how Rick said that the Romans knew there had been Greek demigods at one point and that the reason they thought there weren't anymore is because they thought Rome "Perfected" the gods? Like, sir what the fuck?

So true- it's such a mess like that is literally not how it worked the Romans were an entirely different religion and set of beliefs- they just associated with and "borrowed" from the Greeks a whole lot. It's both fucked up and a gross misunderstanding of how that worked.

[lilislegacy]

Um this is sooo random and is probably gonna get like 3 notes, but can we headcanon the Roman and Greek students at New Rome University starting a little baseball league? Or softball. Either one. I may or may not have been inspired by grey’s anatomy, but that’s besides the point. I think I just love it because it’s friendly competition between the Greeks and Romans that they can do to blow off steam, and get out all their built-up energy. Also it has absolutely nothing to do with being a demigod. It’s a totally normal human thing. It’s not dangerous or violent, it’s not life or death, it’s not combat training, its not gonna bring back trauma or stress them out. It’s just fun.

Percy mentioned once that he has a good arm and that if he played, he would pitch. So Percy could be the Greeks’ pitcher. And that’s all I‘ve got because i don’t actually know baseball that well. But i just think it would be so dam funny.

Just a bunch of young adult adhd demigods, in jeans and jerseys, smack talking each other in ancient languages. Over freaking baseball. And like everyone at the college, and in the legion, and local families could come and watch. It would just be such a fun community thing. Maybe even the gods show up sometimes

It brings me joy. Okay?

[octag0n-l0v3r]

Massive Camp Jupiter shitpost bc I was very bored.