#sally jackson appreciation post

[demigods-posts]

maybe i didn't say it loud enough before. but sally grew up relying on and taking care of people who were always going to leave her. and eventually became the only survivor of her family. then she had percy and did everything in her power to be a permanent figure in his life. only to essentially die and doom her son to the same fate of being the only survivor of his family. just wanted to repeat that for those who are in the back.

[echo-stimmingrose]

Percy: *Being threatened*

Percy: YOU DON'T SCARE ME, BITCH!

Percy: IM ONLY SCARED OF TWO PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD AND THAT IS ANNABETH AND MY MOTHER!

Annabeth: *Also being threatened*

Annabeth: JOKES ON YOU, FUCKER! I'M ONLY SCARED OF ONE PERSON IN THIS WORLD! AND THAT IS MY BOYFRIENDS MOTHER!

[milomilesmib]

Y'all think tv show Sally isn't an abuse victim cause she doesn't act like a damsel in distress. After like 8(ish) months of abuse I was sick of it and started talking back to my partner. Sally was with Gabe for YEARS. Of course she'd get sick of putting on the "sweet and obedient" act. I got sick of it REALLY fast and I'm a pushover so of course Sally "takes no shit" Jackson is gonna get sick of it too.

The fandom just can't comprehend the fact that abuse victims aren't always the personification of a kicked puppy. Once being afraid of your partner is your default state, you stop caring.

Basically, tv show Sally is just as much of an abuse victim as book Sally. Just because Gabe never tried to hit her on screen (reminder that this is meant to be a KID'S SHOW and kids are more vulnerable to that type of shit now than they were in the book days, and some things were probably cut but probably happened off screen) and just because she didn't take his shit doesn't mean she wasn't abused.

Thank you for coming to my Sally Jackson appreciation post <3

[littlegreekhero]

Ah yes Percy Jackson

The series about gentle parenting and the hardships of stepping into adolescence.

[all-da-ladies-luv-leoo]

this post goes out to sally fucking jackson

the woman who stayed in an abusive relationship for years to keep her son safe.

the woman who survived a minotaur attack and the underworld.

the woman who ate a primarily blue diet out of pure spite.

the woman who turned her abusive husband into a statue and sold him for a fortune.

the woman who was offered, by poseidon, a palace under the sea if she wished.

the woman who picked up a shotgun from a police car, used it against a laistrygonian giant, and when asked when she learned how to use it, responded “just now”.

a woman who, without notice, was met by a newly-human god and his twelve year old master and, without batting an eye, offered them food and clothing.

a woman who is a mother above all mothers.

i love sally jackson.

[aroaceleovaldez]

they girlbossed Sally Jackson

[smolandweirdwriter]

Clarisse being the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen in my entire life? Yes please

Annabeth going “did you think it would be easy”? QUEEN

“Should I try again?” “NO”

And of course

“Demigods! Welcome!”

OHOHOHOHOHOHO THIS IS GONNA BE ICONIC

[thewilddreamerrr]

[msandss]

I don’t know a single person who doesn’t like Sally Jackson. The fandom loves Sally Jackson. Everybody loves her, you cannot help it, she’s perfect.

She protects, she attacks and, most importantly, she makes blue cookies for every single lost demigod that randomly appears at her door.

Does that means that I think we talk and appreciate her enough? No. This woman has done everything posible to protect her son, she’s literally been in hell!

So that’s it, my Sally Jackson appreciation post, a queen among mortals.

P.D: She gets extra points for the way she ended Gabe.

[galacticspaceguy]

Post Cars 3 human!lightning headcanons:

(Also leans into a bit of AU territory but the AU starts after cars 3 so it’s ok)

-mid 30s

-doesn’t race with the rookies officially anymore. He holds dirt track races for him and all the older racers. People are allowed to come and watch. These races get real popular, but they quieted down after a while.

-he didn’t get a new car cause he’s to attached to his old one, and he refuses to alter it either.

-uses Docs old car a lot. He fixed it up because being a mechanic became a new hobby of his

-had a couple a scars due to the assassination attempt and the crash. he also takes a bunch of meds cause the crash messed him up real bad. A lot of people consider Lightnings crash one of the worst.

-has ADHD. It was really bad when he was younger (cars 1) but it’s calmed down now

-people talk about Cruz getting in a potential car crash due to it being almost a curse. Doc, Strip, McQueen, so people think Cruz is next. It doesn’t help that this is one of McQueens biggest fears.

-races Cruz as a part of her training

-hates it when people call him old. Everyone calls him old.

-usually wears sweatpants, a white shirt, a jacket that’s both his old logo and Dinoco themed, and his own merch (a hat and lightning glasses) as a crew chief uniform

-he let Cruz use his old racing suit (he also let her alter it a bit by adding some of her signature yellow to his red)

-lost a bit of his professionalism but not a bit of his charm

-gets a lot of appreciation from the rookies on the track (cause he’s practically a dad to everyone on the track now)

-Lightning is to Cruz like Doc is to Lightning but way more chaotic

-part time teacher at Rusteze racing center. It was a horrible idea to hire him, but the rookies love him

-Harv made him keep his hair cut short and clean, but now he lets it grow out.

-He also has a heavier accent now due to all the time he spends in radiator springs.

-Married Sally. Fans started calling her Mrs. McKing. Though there’s already a Mrs. The King. They are best friends and have their own fan base.

-Always carries a cup with him to all of Cruz’s races. None knows what’s in it, and when anyone asks, he always gives a very vague answer, so none knows. It’s become very popular online for people to guess what Cruz Ramirez’s crew chief is drinking.

-convinced all his old racing friends to help out in the pits or become crew chiefs of their own rookies

-doesn’t usually let Cruz race internationally. He knows it’s unfair, but he’s still a little wary after the whole assassination attempt. A few of the racers from the world grand pix actually reached out to him to tell him he should be less paranoid in the nicest way possible- but then again, people strapped a bomb to his best friend in a attempt to murder him

-tried to teach Sally to race. He always lets her win even if he knows he can beat her easily.

-either really rough with Cruz or really soft with her; but over all incredibly over protective of her

-casually mentions/references things that happened in movie 1/2 and the majority of the time, no one but the Radiator Spring residents what he’s talking about

-hasn’t let Cruz get an proper agent yet. He knows he should, but he and Dinoco are enough right now.

-can throw Cal over his shoulders and drag him around (no matter how much Cal screams at him to put him down)

-broke off his contract with Harv and put Harv on a no contact list. I don’t personally think Harv was physically or extremely abusive- I thinks he’s more exploit-y and mostly cares about fame and money. He was really distant with McQueen but he did have a good hold over the kid, I mean we all know how excited Lightning gets when he gets to talk to or even see Harv. The entire court case was about Harv taking more of Lightnings winnings than what’s legally allowed, and it really changed Harvs attitude towards Lighting, which led to a restraining order and a no contact order.

-I have another headcanon that Harv became Jackson Storms agent, which led to a whole other court case

-Sally was the lawyer for both those cases

[punkeropercyjackson]

Weirdboygirl Percy headcanons

(But it's almost entierly me just sharing my friends' because i'm a sap who wants them to be appreciated /lh)

When i say 'weirdboygirl',i mean it-Percy is transfem bigender and autistic with no masking ability based off canon subtext that borderlines on straight up text.He's also afrolatina/monoracial black dominican for the same reason and he's mostly femme but has a decent amount of masc thrown in there for gender fuckery and he's crustpunk with pastel/kidcore elements thrown in

He's a huge gamer who's got his own low cost setup and only dosen't do Lets Plays even though he has a vlog channel because with how he is that's setting himself up for getting viral meme'd

He thinks adult only shows and movies are absolute ass due to being too dark so he watches pg ones only including pre-schooler ones(Bluey is his favorite obviously)and he has no shame in it since he's not a freak about it

She listens to obscure podcasts and rambles about them and she's a part time artist thanks to her and Rachel being queerplatonic besties but she dosen't do grand materpieces and just draws weird shit and same for crafts

Her favorite musicians are nostalgic ex-weirdkid ones like My Chemical Romance and All Time Low and The Cheetah Girls and then it's shit like Everybody's Worried about Owen and The Cure and Meet Me @ The Altar and Metallica and a bunch of transfem artists and general genres they love are Lo-Fi Beats,Breakcore and Punk Rock

Her special interests are blue,video games,kidcore,cats and anarchy.Blue is not Percy's lifestyle but Percy's way of life,she plays only free games and uses an emulator for the rest,kidcore is a huge coping mechanism from her extremely brutal childhood,she employs a lot cat based things in their daily life and even naturally acts like a cat sometimes including a meowing vocal stim and she goes full force in Tales of Dead Seas,a Hoo one year later sequel that's about Percy dismantleing the greco-roman mythos world system starting with killing Zeus and things go up hill for everybody who's not a dickbag from there and this includes Percy gaining new powers even pre-deicide but actually having mentors this time and she actively helps out with activism in addition to all her direct action across all 5 books of her last official story

The only sea related things they love are because Sally does so she raised them in them all the time and they've got mixed feelings on them post claiming because of how awful Poseidon is but they very slowly reclaim it for themselves and the process is given big boost when their egg cracks as they use mermaid/seapunk aesthetics for presentation and their personality a little too and it gives them gender euphoria

They refuse to drink energy drinks that aren't blue colored so they have a whole stash of them and junk food too with a threatning note attached to it,their go to store is unironically Claire's and they made sure to beat the Hot Topic allegations by loud and proud announcing how much they hate them for being sellouts and fakeout freaks and they're neither a skater boy nor a surfer dude because ewww but a guitarist and a multitask helper at the Familia Jackson Beach Shack

He's also Nico and Hazel's eldest sibling figure and pseudo-dad that got them away from Hades forever and Sally legally adopted them so they all live together in the mortal world and stick together as a trio too in the mythos world.He's their caregiver but also their best friend and radicalized them and taught them how to be punks,Nico choosing tradgoth and Hazel pastel goth.Their relathionship is extremely intimate and equally silly but that dosen't mean they never had problems to unpack and fix-Siblings aren't perfect but real siblings are the ones who try to be anyway and don't expect eternal forgiveness regardless.That's what makes us siblings,not JUST blood

And they healed his inner child a lot just by hanging out with him and loving him and letting him take full responsibility in their best friendship and on the other end there's nobody who's helped Nico and Hazel heal and be stronger and be themselves like Percy has.They're eachother's whole world and multiverse and rubbed off on eachother significantly(Nico and Percy's love for video games,Percy and Hazel's artistry,Hazel and Nico's taste in food,all three of their love for kiddy things)and Percy helps Hazel with girls

He was Warrior Cats kid and gets back into it as an adult and loves it even more and yes,he roleplayed it his classmates during recess yet they pretended they hadn't and mocked and animalized him for years because how long his hyperfixation it is lasted and that's why he gave it up in his teenage years but returned to it and reclaimed the catlike behavior it gave him as autistic swag

Percy's five love languages:Humor,comfort,justice,unrestrained fun and diy'd gifts.All giving and recieving and none strictly platonic or romantic,Love is stored in the Percy

She knows how to diy so many things it's a running gag and includes things that don't exist,her biggest comfort characters are:Cookie Monster,Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy(she's a huge Flutterdash stan so she refuses to seperate them),Brandy's Cinderella,Shego,Cookie Nessa and Marina from Nintendo,Yang Xiao Long,Katara,Sonic The Hedgehog,Amy Rose and the Adventure Time Cast as a whole and her type is other autistic afrolatinos/afrolatinas who're pastel punk to her crustpunk

He (jokingly) kins Hobbie Brown and Gwen Stacy and looks like she could be Hobie's older brother

She acts and talks in ways people find offputting and strange but by now she's learned to stop being ashamed and happily embraced that she'll never be normal but that that dosen't mean she's not loved dearly and by so many people and realized that's what she truly wanted from the start instead of not being different from everyone else.Because she's the most awesome as all fuck person ever

RIZZ CITYYYYYYYYYY,HE'S FROM MANSHATTAN

[demigods-posts]

I've seen a lot of discourse about Virginia Kull's portrayal of Sally Jackson in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians TV series, and I'd like to say that I loved her. Don't get me wrong. I love Sally from the original book series, and I, too, would fight the God of War on her behalf. But something that I enjoyed about Virginia's portrayal of Sally that we don't get in the books is the character depth. We don't hear much of Sally's backstory in the TV series, apart from a couple of flashbacks with younger Percy and that scene with Poseidon (Toby Stephens). However, those scenes do an excellent job of showing us that alongside being Percy's mother, Sally is also a young woman who fell in love with a man she could not be with and is enduring the natural consequences of having Percy. She struggles to communicate with him when she's frustrated, gets teary-eyed when she lies to him to prolong the inevitable, and actively sacrifices her happiness to ensure his safety. Virginia Kull's portrayal of Sally Jackson reinforces the character's humanity, imperfections, and determination, and it's everything to me.

[echo-stimmingrose]

Grover is the satyr equivalent of 12-14 in the first book. He is a child.

When he was tasked with bringing Thalia to camp and failed he would have been at most 9 years old. He was traumatized by her death, and he no doubt blamed himself for it.

He was shamed by the cloven council at (max) 9 years of age for a death he would not have been strong or skilled enough to prevent. He knows the counsel would have preferred that he died trying to save her which likely would have ended up in his and Thalia's deaths. He sometimes wonders if he would have preferred that as well.

When he is trying to get Percy to camp safely Percy hears him muttering "sixth grade- they never make it past sixth grade!" A reference to Thalia and his first mission. Grover is knocked unconscious due to the minotaur but thankfully Percy is able to get to camp without dying. However, he loses his mom in the process. Another death Grover has on his conscience before she comes back.

Thalia, against all odds comes back as well and he's able to feel some kind of relief. He gets to see her alive again and can almost not feel guilty anymore. He starts to calm down, able to ease his own anxiety with the help of Percy and Annabeth. He works on no longer feeling like a failure.

Then he finds the Di Angelo's. The third and fourth big three kids Grover has stumbled across. He tries to hide his anxiety as he gets the two very young kids to camp, focusing on his task because he would not fail again.

They arrive safely to camp unfortunately at the cost of Annabeth being taken. He doesn't know what to feel. It seems his loved ones safety always comes with a sacrifice.

He's the first to volunteer for the quest for her after Thalia. He knows Percy wants to go as well and will not be happy that he can't but a part of Grover wants Percy to stay at camp. Stay where it's safe as selfish as that may be.

Of course his hopes of Percy staying put were unrealistic and he knew that. Percy was far too loyal to rest while someone he loves is in danger. He could sense Percy's anger and restlessness as soon as they left and he knew his best friend would catch up to them very soon.

Grover is now on a quest with three kids he found. Three kids he was tasked with protecting. Three kids from a group of five where two are fated to die.

Bianca is lost and Grover knows that unlike the last two, there is no hope for her return. Even then he digs through the rubble desperately, not stopping until Thalia pulls him away.

They are able to rescue Annabeth and return her to safety. But as always, the safety of his loved ones came with a cost. A sacrifice someone else had to make.

[idril-dornwe]

This is a Sally Jackson appreciation post, because she is simply the best and deserves the world

[hermesmyplatonicbeloved]

Rachel Elizabeth Dare Content

This is part seven of my masterpost (that had too many links so I had to break it up lol).

Anyways this section is all about Rachel Elizabeth Dare. I'm constantly editing and adding new links and content so please check out the original post on my blog for the updated version.

Enjoy!

General Rachel Elizabeth Dare Content

Rachel as our unbothered queen and the bigger person in the face of Annabeth's verbal bullying

The hate Rachel got was incredibly unfair & she deserved better: a Rachel Defense Post

Idea: Rachel and Tarot

Rachel's Mortal Popularity

Rachel Elizabeth Dare, our #1 most badass mortal

An overview of Rachel's hair, her hairbrush and why the hairbrush should be appreciated more (analysis about Rachel and her hair type + how to care for said hair type)

Rachel Elizabeth Dare Fanart

Rachel Sitting By deactivated account

Portrait Shot of Rachel By livbis

Rachel Painting by moon-rabbit666

Moodboard with the 4 Badass Mortals of PJO by magnused

Piper, Lavinia and Rachel by dafnedud

Rachel giving Percy her number by bibinella

Multiple Art Pieces by skullsandcorals

Multiple people including Rachel by takaraphoenix

Nico, Percy and Rachel by skullsandcorals

Percy and Rachel by 0xochitlsketches0

Perachel Moodboard by whitechocolate

Perachel Moodboard by kadygrants

Percy and Rachel at the beach by skullsandcoral

Perachel and Percico "Percy has two hands" by callonpeevesie

Dark Rachel Moodboard by consuming-leaves

Perachel Moodboard "Colours" by shippy-pjo-shipper

Rachel and Percy by million-golden-drachmas

Platonic Rachel Elizabeth Dare & Percy Jackson Content

Rachel went from being one of the people Percy was most comfortable around, to getting nervous at her name because of Annabeth.

Percy and Rachel's relationship was beautiful and amazing.

Romantic Rachel Elizabeth Dare & Percy Jackson Content

Perachel is an incredibly cute ship; Percy met her for 10 minutes and remembered her + thinks her freckles look like constellations

Analytically Perachel is the better ship, and Annabeth needs to be therapy

Parallels between Poseidon/Sally and Percy/Rachel

Short fic with Percy/Rachel, Tyson and Ella

Cute Perachel Relationship ideas

Queerness in comparison to Percy and Rachel's non-canonized romantic relationship (this was really interesting imo)

Parallels between Percy/Rachel and Hermes/May

[caramelmacchiato07]

ok guys. this post is inspired by a couple pjo pinterest girlies. “we need more complex characters” everyone says. BUT WE CANT EVEN HANDLE SHOW SALLY JACKSON. “book sally never would’ve done this or that”. WE ONLY SEE SALLY FROM PERCY’S POINT OF VIEW. just like how people are gonna make a huge deal about how leah ruined annabeth’s character in the show. but no because that’s been annabeth all along, that’s who she is, she’s bringing life to her character from a third person view. we get to see the whole picture now. we should be incredibly grateful that we even get a show, with a phenomenal cast, who have done a wonderful job so far. like that is exactly what makes good acting and storytelling and good and complex characters is IMPERFECTION. because NOBODY IS PERFECT. like we can’t handle seeing sally jackson, a struggling single mom on the edge of losing her crap because she’s so stressed out and all alone and is feeling pretty helpless. we can’t handle seeing annabeth chase IN ANY WAY BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW SHE IS PORTRAYED SOMEONE IS GONNA HATE ON HER. whether she’s that strong and tough fighter or vulnerable and emotional and affectionate someone is gonna find a way to complain about her. if sally is perfect and flawless and amazing people are gonna be like well there’s no way she’s actually that good but if she’s complex and shows her struggles and her emotions and her vulnerability people are gonna be like BUT NO SHES NOT PERFECT ENOUGH. there is no such thing as a flawless character. a GOOD character is full of imperfections and flaws. and i mean we can all agree that percy is clearly an unreliable narrator, so we see these women through his perspective. i would just like as we go into season two that we as a fandom will take a step back and look at the whole scene and instead of bashing leah for ruining annabeth but instead be grateful that she brings such life and perspective to her character. and the very same with sally jackson, thag we will just appreciate her character to being a good mom to percy and appreciate the great acting and be compassionate towards her character and try to be more understanding to her. because if we can’t even be compassionate towards a character like sally (though she doesn’t exist in the real world), how can we show compassion towards the people in real life?