#while Percy is just going “BRO IT WASN'T ME”

[xoxoavenger]

Us.

pairing: Luke Castellan x Fem!Reader

summary: Y/N wonders if Luke misses her too, if it was real to him too. Luke isn't sure how to show her how he feels.

word count: 1362

warnings: major character death, angst

notes: this is based on 'Us.' by Gracie Abrams but it was written while watching Supernatural which made it a little dramtic so sorry about that

part 1 part 2 masterlist

Y/N stares at Luke, heart racing as she breathes through her mouth, air seemingly sucked out of her lungs as well as the surrounding area.

"What are you doing?" She asks lowly, not wanting to break whatever spell this is. She can't look at him, only able to stare at the flowers in his hand.

"I'm making amends." His voice is strained, as if he doesn't quite want to be saying the words. She's not sure what to think of that.

"I don't," She starts, blinking as she tries to find the words. She puts a hand to the almost faded bruise on her forehead, remembering the last time she saw him. "You hit me over the head with a sword." She says, as if he would have forgotten that.

"I know," He croaks, looking at his shoes. The flowers droop toward the ground, a bud falling to the dirt. He looks like he's truly sorry, like he feels bad about it, but all she remembers is how she felt waking up in the infirmary, headache pulsing in her temple and heart aching in her chest. 

"I told you I loved you and you," She cuts herself off and looks away, tears coming into her vision. She cannot keep reliving that horrible day. Maybe Percy was right.

"I'm sorry, " He rushes out, stepping forward. "I honestly didn't think you were going to show up there." He tries to justify, and Y/N just stares at him.

"So you weren't going to even say goodbye." She summarizes, and tilts his head as he frowns.

"Y/N," He says softly, but she shakes her head.

"No, I get it." She puts her hands out, a sardonic smile on her face. "It was fake, so why would you care." She turns around, even though she doesn't want to leave. She knows she has to do it, put one foot in front of the other. 

"It wasn't fake." She stops in her tracks, not turning to look but not leaving anymore. "I came up with the whole plan because I was in love with you and I didn't want to tell you because I knew what I had to do. And I didn't think you would love me back."

"So you hit me over the head with a sword? You left with Kronos! You bro-" She jiggles her leg in an attempt to keep her emotions in as her voice breaks, tears falling down her cheeks. "You broke my heart, Luke." She tells him in a soft, torn voice. She still can't look at him.

"I know. But I can make it up to you, I swear." He sounds like he's begging now, and she doesn't know what to do. She turns back to him, walking forward until she's almost pressed against him. She can't help it, the need to feel him close, even though she knows it's wrong.

"I can't leave my friends." She whispers, barely audible.

"I love you." Luke drops, and she can't help but press her lips to his. She doesn't know where to put her hands, so they float between Her and Luke as if she were about to put them on his chest. He grabs them as he drops the flowers to the ground, squeezing them tight and pulling her even closer.

"I love you too." She whispers when they part, foreheads leaning against each other. His thumbs rubbing against her hands, their breathes mingling. "But where do we go from here?" She asks, knowing she can't just move on. He hurt her irreparably.

"Come with me," Luke starts, leaning back just slightly to look at her. "I have a boat, we're going to set up there. You'd never have to leave, I'd protect you." He tells her, as if that was her problem the whole time - being protected.

"In all my time at Camp Half-Blood, I've only had one person hit me over the head with a sword." She says, pulling away further. Luke shakes his head, about to explain, when footsteps pound from behind him.

"Traitor!" Someone yells, causing Luke and Y/N to turn and look. As they see the camper with a sword coming at them, Luke pulls Y/N into him. But the camper was already set on his path to stab Luke in the back, so he doesn't have time to correct before the blade runs through Y/N's side. The camper slides it out quickly in horror, but the damage has been done. Blood is spilling out of her side, and she barely has time to put a hand over the wound before she's collapsing into Luke.

"No, no, no!" Luke cries, falling to the ground with Y/N in his arms. Blood is spilling everywhere, and Luke gags as he sees Y/N's skin pale. He knows she's not making it out of this. "Help! Please!" He doesn't know who to ask, which one of the gods will hear his prayer. He knows he's not in good standing, but this is for Y/N.

"I-I didn't mean to!" The camper says, tears spilling out of his eyes.

"Go get help!" Luke yells, knowing he's going to out himself. He looks down at Y/N again, at the hole in her side, and almost throws up. After all the death he's seen, all the gruesome wounds he's been apart of, he still feels sick.

"Luke," He knows that she's almost gone, that there's no hope. Blood is covering the carnations he had bought her.

"Please, please, help her." Luke mutters, looking up to the sky. He grabs Y/N's hand, and when she doesn't squeeze back he looks down.

"Don't let this turn you into... something you're not. You're not a god... you're Luke Castellan. And I love... Luke Castellan." She chokes out most of her sentence, before her eyes go wild. "You have to leave. Live a life away... from this place... they won't understand. Promise me, Luke," She goes completely lax in his arms, eyes open and blood pooled in her mouth. Luke gags again as he turns his face away, unable to look at her.

"You can't let her die," Luke says, looking up to the sky again as tears fall down his face. "This is my fault. Please, just let her live, and I will leave her alone." When he's met with silence, he starts to get more desperate. "My life for hers. Take me instead, Hades. Make me a slave, or a statue, anything. Just don't take her." Hes begging frantically, chest heaving with emotion. His prayers don't fall on deaf ears, but Aphrodite appears with no way to save her daughter.

"I knew this would happen." The goddess says with a sad face. "I tried to tell her to move on, but of course, she didn't listen. I wouldn't have." Luke wants to throttle the goddess, but he knows he can't. Not only would it not do anything, but she looks exactly like Y/N.

"Save her!" Luke yells, and he can hear people approaching soon. "Do something! I'll give my life, just please!" He begs, but the goddess shakes her head.

"You should go." Aphrodite says as she crouches, placing a hand over her daughter's face and closing her eyes. When Luke doesn't move, she looks down at him. "I'm giving you an out, boy. Leave now." She picks up her daughter and places her in her arms, fixing her up. Even in death, she's gorgeous.

"Why?" Luke asks, standing but not leaving yet.

"Because that was her dying breath. We're here because you didn't listen to her last time you saw her, so you're going to listen to her now." The goddess puts her forehead to her daughter's head, and Luke takes one last look at his lover, who is now dead because of him. He steps into the blood soaked carnations, and then he sprints out.

"They didn't let you save her," Luke hears him in his head, and he knows he's not strong enough to keep himself in check anymore. "I could have done it. And I will do it, when you raise me." Luke wipes his face, taking a deep breath to calm his churning stomach.

"What do I have to do?" 

//

tags (if you commented on the last post about wanting another part I tagged you): @avada-kedavra-bitch-187  @one-sweet-gubler @sflame15-blog @cwlxlx @zomdrool

[6okuto]

hai everypony. used some of u and ur ocs as my muses for a little (big) (rough) spread :3 So u know u r perceived and enjoyed.

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da process........

yeahgh. 👍 i wud like to draw some for real in the future but actually if i draw anything in the next few days my brain will explodeo.

[artracoon]

PJO SERIES HOT TAKES/UNPOPULAR

OPINIONS. Sorry if I offend anyone, it's just an opinion. NO HATE I LOVE RICK AND THE ACTORS 💙(I just don't like Disney directing tbh)

The Athena kid in me is screaming at the top of their lungs because they think they could make a better script than Disney. BRO FINISH 2

Chapters in like 5 minutes- AND THE FIGHT SCENE BETWEEN MS DODDS AND PERCY

WAS RUUUUSHED Slow down Disney that was a good bit. They also made it happen outside instead of having her lead him inside. How hard did the mist have to work with all those people there???

Is it just me or is Sally kinda mean, where's our mom figure? Im crying over Luke's acting it was so good but also why are you dropping bombshells on us the second episode??

No offense to the actors but some of the lines felt like they were from Disney channel in the 2000s. It feels almost like a completely different story I understand why but I thought it was going to be more accurate

Love Annabeth’s "you drool when you sleep" but why was the scene setting so weird??

1 I drastically miss the Hellhound scene. It was one of my favorite scenes. They should have made the first two episodes *| accidentally vaporized my math teacher" and "My mom teaches me bullfighting" then they wouldn't have had to rush it so much. So much information was thrown at us in the first episode I couldn't process it. Also the convo between Percy and Sally in the Cabin was really unrealistic... Why did she have to drop that on Percy so fast I thought Mr. D and Chiron were supposed to have that conversation with Percy.

The bathroom scene was fine but I really wish Annabeth could have been there, instead of making her look like a huge stalker. We could have had her show him around camp like I get we want to build that relationship with Luke so it hits harder but Idk I personally wouldn't want her on my team if all she did was go "Im stalking you to see if your worthy" ditch me and watch me fight 3 v1 and then push me in the ocean. The Ares kids bashing... but Clarisse's acting was great. That scream of anger was amazing.

I feel like they took the first book and went

"eh don't need this, or this hmmm nah that doesn't seem important" and then shook it all about. They changed so much to save time but they didn't even make it a movie so there wasn't much point??

The intro was fine. I didn't really like the dialogue between Percy and Sally at the beginning. The museum was okay but we didn't get a lesson about Kronos so no foreshadowing for that at all. No one really seems to remember this but Percy didn't keep the pen and it doesn't make sense for him to as-well with getting kicked out of school. In the Book Percy was given the pen while fighting Miss Dodds. Afterwards he was still unknowingly clutching the pen when he went to talk to Mr.Brunner who took his pen back saying he should bring his own pen next time, making Percy more confused because Mr.Brunner had given him the pen.

Later when he's leaving for the quest Chiron gives him the pen saying it was from his dad. That means Percy wouldn't have had the pen during his time at camp and his fight with the minotaur. So it wouldn't make sense for him to defeat the minotaur with its horn rather than his pen if he had the pen. In the book he HAD to defeat the minotaur with his own horn because he had no other weapon.

He had a hard time on the beach and during sword training because no other sword felt right. I could rant forever on everything they overlooked.

Sorry no one asked for this rant i'm just so upset because Rick said it was going to be accurate and he chose these Actors because they would be able to play the parts more accurately but the script doesn't work so I there's no point in having actors who would do a good job if the script doesn't do a good job

[crithaus]

I wanna make some things like very clear to the new Vox Machina fans coming from the animated show to our humble home. Really I wanna settle some of the score about my best girl Vex'ahlia.

Now I know, I know that with so incredibly much source material to try and condense into just 36 22 minute episodes naturally some stuff is gonna be cut out or missed or edited, and TLOVM is it's own canon true, but what with it being Vox Machina but abridged it makes sense to me that it can be directly compared and perhaps found a bit lacking in regards to its source material, and so here I go.

They're not treating Vex with total fairness to be honest. A lot of her best early moments in VM are taken out or given to other people in TLOVM, like her first brush with death with Delilah in the Briarwood arc (it was her that got attacked by Delilah and almost died, not Keyleth, but like this one I get ig. The Twins and Percy held like the campaign record for being down and hurt the most like Sam had to deliberately change that so this wasn't hours of the twins just being near death like I'm not happy but I get it), or season two changing how she found Trinket (Vax was nowhere near her when she ran into those poachers) and mainly the portrayal of Vex as this snippy, mean, jealous, callous, unfeeling bitch without any of the uncertainty inherent in her or the tender moments to flesh her out.

Like in VM proper she's rude and a little snippy sure but that's borne of an established backstory of emotional neglect and the crushing trauma of poverty and Vax literally being the only other person who genuinely loved and cared for her after the mother who's arms she was ripped from was burned alive, (y'know after Syldor the worst dad god ever created literally abandoned them with their mother for 10 years while they were dirt poor (but happy, Elaina is the best mom to live ever), dragged them away from her for 5 in which time he destroyed her and Vax's self esteem, let the whole racist ass town he was ambassador of harass them along with harassing them himself and forced them to be the perfect quiet little doll heirs he only decided he wanted after 10 years of no 'true blooded' kids of his own) and then when they ran away, saw their mother had been murdered in her home by a fucking dragon had to spend the next several years at only like 15ish stealing (in Vex's case haggling and hunting) to survive! Like Vex's hangups around money are from the period in her life where she as controller of her and Vax's meager finances was in charge of making sure they didn't starve to death in the woods somewhere, at 15 she and Vax had to keep themselves alive with no help from anyone but each other, her haggling any and everyone down is a direct response to that.

And oh boy Syldor? Syldor? And his bullshit expectations and neglect are the reason she's so chronically unsure of herself and so desperate to keep being Vax's favorite. You think Keyleth is unsure of herself? Buddy you have seen nothing. Vex's confidence in herself is a facade and literally the longer you know her the more obvious that becomes. She's so slow to let other people in and equally slow to trust cuz she's been hurt so brutally and the few times she relaxes enough to do something for herself (side eyeing the broom incident), she gets narratively punished for it! Bro, the night before meeting with Syldor Percy finds her in tears obsessively polishing her armor cuz she's so desperate even after all this time to prove to Syldor that she is someone, that she isn't the diluted little half-breed Syldor always looked down his nose at (and then Percy, who never again was fooled by her false airs and stepped up to do The Sweetest thing god ever created), like...she's fucked up! And lonely! And wants nothing more than a stable home and people who genuinely like her.

Them leaving their home in when the conclave first attacked Emon drove her to tears because it was the first home she'd had in so long and now they had to leave it. She's got so much depth and she is so endlessly kind too. Every time she sees someone whose circumstances mirror her own she doesn't hesitate to open her purse for it. (her freeing those kids??? Anyone???) She's no Keyleth or even Pike to be sure but she's so sweet. Keyleth goes tearing off up the Sun Tree, Vex follows. Grog gets swindled by some punkass merchant? Vex goes tearing off after him, all her interactions with Vax to be honest she might have Little Sister disease but still, she is so endlessly kind and good and it's not as overt as Pike's genuine goodness or Keyleth's earnestness, it's slightly more subtle but always present. She's the beating heart of Vox Machina, she encourages them all, (just look at what they tell Pelor I mean.... And and I could go on and on about how the fact that she's the champion of the god of Life, Light and the Sun means so much narratively but I mean I doubt I need to I mean it's Pelor), They all look to her and Vax for guidance, look at what they do to fucking Saundor for him merely taunting her, (yes it's more deep than that I know), they literally get stuck in hell and wait there, in the middle of HELL for her cuz they can't/won't move on without her.

She's brilliant, and clever, and broken and 'greedy' and a bitch yes true, but she's so much more than that, and I'm not even gonna tell you to watch the podcast cuz fuck Orion tbh and y'know I am a hater and a gatekeeper both and am totally fine being in the little niche of of vox machina likers, but if you want substance, if you want all of her because god is she compelling, then take your cues from the podcast and not the show.

The show is new, and still ongoing, and I hope they start letting her shine as she was always meant too in later episodes, but she is the heart and soul of Vox Machina and y'all better put some respect on the name of Lady Vex'ahlia De Rolo, Champion of Pelor, Baroness of the First House of Whitestone and Grandmistress of the Grey Hunt, Coinmistress and Treasurer of the Tal'dorei Council.

[dearlyfictitious2]

Prompt #3:

When you're dressed like that.

Demigod conversations 😁

"Soooo, what's up with you and your dad?"

Frank, Hazel, and Jason all froze and stared at Leo in disbelief, he grinned and rest his chin on his knees as if he didn't just commit a giant faux pas.

Frank stared down at his melting ice cream and mourned the end of what had promised to be a rather pleasant day. The skies were clear, the sun was out, and the winds were soft and billowy; it made for a perfect setup for a day at the beach.

He looked towards the demigod in question. While all of them were dressed in modern swim wear, Percy had opted to go with something much more traditional. It looked like a skirt/loincloth hybrid and was a lovely green and petal pink color embroidered with golden threads and polished shells that made a delicate tinkling sound whenever he moved. It was obviously a gift from his godly family, one that he wore with practiced ease if the way he was lounging against a bean bag was to go by. How he managed not to flash them his junk was beyond him, Frank thought.

Percy had been looking off into the distance at the water when Leo had sprung the question out of nowhere, his blue moon ice cream was uneaten in his hand and still frozen, most likely due to him keeping it frozen with his powers. He turned his attention towards them and replied in a dazed manner, "Sorry, what'd you say?"

Leo, obviously not caring for the tension he was potentially causing carried on with question, "I'm just gonna say it since no one here is macho enough to say it. What's your dad's deal with you?"

Percy blinked, "His deal?"

"Yeah, his deal." Leo scooched over and poked one of the gleaming bronze armlets adorned on the Son of Poseidon, "You let him deck you out in some pretty ritzy stuff; metals that even I can tell are heavily enchanted with some gnarly defenses."

When Percy had come back to the surface, he was adorned with all sorts of simple, but eye catching ornaments. You didn't need Lou or her siblings to tell you he was basically a walking nuke to anyone who wished him harm. What was odd was that Percy would usually forego such drastic measures, what had made him comply so easily now?

Percy gave them his full attention, "Guys relax, it's more for monsters if anything. It's not like they ever hurt anybody during spars, or," he narrowed his eyes at Jason, "When someone's trying to force you into pants."

Jason threw his hands up in exasperation, "Would you let that go already?"

"No."

"Percy." he paused when he felt a warm hand on his shoulder, Hazel had a soft but firm grip on his bicep, "What Leo is trying to say is that maybe, have you considered that your father is being a bit too generous?"

"Bro." Jason gave him a hard stare, "No deity just gives and not expect anything in return."

They lapsed into an uncomfortable silence.

Percy, for all that he usually projected, was more than capable enough to read in between the lines and he didn't like what they were implying. It wasn't as though he never stopped to consider it as well, but he had to set the record straight.

"Now look here-

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold it!" demanded Leo, "I ain't trying to say anything like that." His outburst startled everyone on the picnic blanket.

Frank ran a hand through his hair, pushing down some feathers that had sprouted subconsciously, "Huh?"

Leo was now on his knees with his arms akimbo, "You heard me, don't put words in my mouth."

"Well then, what were you trying to say?" asked Hazel wide eyed and even more weary.

The Son on Hephaestus clicked his tongue in annoyance and got up close and personal to Poseidon's Prince with a grip on his well toned shoulders, "So how'd you do it?"

"Do what?" Percy was completely lost at this point and didn't know what to expect.

"Your deal with you dad... what'd ya do to butter him up and get him to give you all this cool stuff?"

The three Romans behind Leo had no words to describe their incredulity.

A smile began to creep on the Sea Prince's face, "Butter him up?"

"Stop parroting what I say!" Leo complained with a humorous crack in his voice, "Impart your wisdom, tell me your secrets! How do I get my grumpy pops to send me cool stuff too? Do you have any idea how many things I could make if he- quit laughing, I'm being serious!" he squawked indignantly.

Percy had tears in his eyes he was laughing so hard, "I didn't do anything. Dad, Mother Amphitrite and Triton just give me stuff when they feel like it."

"Lies! You have them wrapped around your little finger." he emphasized this by wiggling his pinky in the space between them.

"I'm telling you the truth man."

Leo scoffed, but eventually let go of him, "Selfish. You won't even tell your ol' pal how to get the good stuff." he whipped around and gave his chuckling friends behind him his best stink eye, "Aren't you guys curious too?"

"He's Lord Poseidon's only demigod child, maybe he just likes doting on him?" reasoned Frank.

"And he's probably not as annoying." ribbed Jason.

"Hey!"

Hazel caught her breath and joked, "Maybe he gives him a little kiss on the cheek when he wants something. I used to see snooty rich girls do that with their daddy's when they wanted a new dress or lipstick."

"Oh yeah, that'd definitely work." Percy rolled his eyes and said sarcastically. On a whim, he pulled some seawater from the ocean and held it in a sphere above his palm, "Hey Dad? Can I have a shiny new yacht and some fancy anklets maybe? Pretty please?" he asked sweetly and gave the globe of water a big fat kiss.

Mwuah~!

Their fit of giggles were cut short when startled shrieks of nearby campers had them on alert, but they were just as quickly disarmed as a gorgeous pearlescent cruiser was now bobbing merrily in the ocean waters.

Their attentions were diverted again when a quick golden flash traveled down Percy's legs; after the light had subsided, a pair of gleaming celestial bronze, blue nacre lined, pearl encrusted, beautifully engraved greaves now adorned his shins.

The demigod's on the blanket were torn between staring bug eyed at either the shiny new yacht or the impressive ornamental armor.

Percy groaned and hid his burning face behind his hands, "Daaaad..."

Leo's jaw nearly hit the sand, "No. Freaking. WAY."

...

Queen Amphitrite rubbed her husband's back lightly as he unknowingly mirrored his precious demigod son's embarrassed pose; his face aglow with golden ichor.

"Oh my dear Husband," she cooed, "You're just too easy."

I had to do it. If Percy wants it, Daddy Poseidon will do his damned best to get it for him! Hephaestus better watch out the next time Leo's around lol.

I had an absolute BLAST writing this :)

[doevademe]

Prompt:

Percy: c'mon Jay, I wasn't that drunk last night. 🙄

Jason: you were flirting with Nico. 🤨

Percy: so? He's my boyfriend. 🤨😌😏🥰

Jason: you asked him if he was single and then cried when he said no.😑😮‍💨

(I am purposely ignoring canon, Jason is alive and happy :) )

Percy and alcohol didn't mix.

To start with, he absolutely hated the taste of beer. It was bitter and brought bad memories of Smelly Gabe. If he ever drank alcohol, it was one of those drinks that dudebros considered "girly". Cocktails so elegant and drenched in sugar and fruit juice that he couldn't taste the alcohol at all.

of course, that made it difficult to tell when he had enough, which was why he didn't drink unless it was a special occasion.

Like, say, Jason graduating from NRU with honors and getting a job in the mortal world.

Percy got drunk, because he always got drunk on Mai Tais and Sex on the Beach, but he usually just spouted some nonsense and laughed a lot.

He didn't know how much alcohol those cocktails had, but apparently he had made a fool of himself.

Even more than usual, which was surprising.

"Bro, you have to help me," Percy pleaded to Jason. "Why won't Nico talk to me?"

"Just give him some space," he said back. "After last night, I think he needs to cool off."

"It wasn't that bad," Percy said, acting as if he knew how bad it had actually been. "I wasn't that drunk, you know?"

"You hit on Nico," he said with a raised eyebrow.

Percy shrugged.

"There's nothing wrong with that," he said defensively. "He's my boyfriend! Flirting is natural."

"You asked him if he was single."

"I was just being⁠—"

"He said he wasn't, and you cried," Jason's exasperation made Percy remember some glimpses of last night. Nico had made the smae expression then. "Then you started crying to everyone you came across about how the prettiest guy at the party was taken."

Percy chuckled awkwardly.

"Okay, yeah, that is pretty cringy," he conceded. "But that doesn't explain why Nico's mad."

"That would be Jay's fault," Leo said, smirking as his best friend tried to make himself smaller. "Isn't that right, buddy?"

"We're not assigning blame here," he said a bit too quickly. Percy narrowed his eyes. "I was just trying to get him to stop crying!"

"What did you do?" Percy asked suspiciously. Leo's smile widened.

"My man over here tried reminding you that you were also taken," he said. "You told him you didn't care, because pretty guy was the love of your life."

Percy gasped as he saw Nico glaring at him. The image of him just leaving the party fresh on his mind.

If he didn't have a headache before (thank you Poseidon secondary powers), he would develop one now.

"Drunk me is an idiot," he said miserably. Leo just laughed at him.

"Drunk you is hilarious, you mean," he said. "My favorite thing was when you put a napkin over your head and pretended to know how to dance a bolero."

"Leo, stop that," Jason said sternly before turning to Percy. "Look, Nico's not that mad. He knows you were drunk, but..."

"But he's also embarrassed at what I did and said," Percy finished miserably. He looked at Jason. "Well, since you're responsible for this⁠—"

"I never said I was!"

"You're going to help me get Nico to forgive me," he said. Before he had the chance to get away, he grabbed Leo by the collar. "You too, as payment for entertaining you so much last night."

The edge to his voice made the son of Hephaestus laugh nervously.

"Heh, what's the plan, boss?"

Percy grinned.

"I'm wooing the prettiest guy at the party," he said simply. "Jason just needs to get Nico here in an hour while I freshen up. Meanwhile, you can help me with the cooking."

A candlelit dinner and a movie would be enough to show Nico how sorry he was.

Not that there was that much to forgive if one really thought about it. After all, the only person who made Percy forget his boyfriend was... his boyfriend.

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Helpless Part 2 xx

"Morning Haze," Nico said the just as he woke up.

"Here we have a true miracle occurrence the Nico di Angelo is awake before 11am is this the real di Angelo or is it really a fake." Hazel said in a teasing voice, it was nice to be back with her.

"Very funny Hazel," Nico said petting her on the head. "Anyway how much longer do I have with you until you go to back to New Rome?"

"I'm leaving today at 10pm, after campfire." She responded hugging Nico. "I'm gonna go get breakfast, cya later bro." Walking out the door, right after that there's a knock on the door. Nico opens it reluctantly and saw Solace outside the door,

"Great you haven't left yet. Can you come back to the infirmary tonight at 5 and do that every Friday for the rest of the month? I was asking Reyna and Annabeth and they said you'd shadow traveled a lot recently which isn't good for you, also-"

"-No underworldly stuff, just because I'm out of the infirmary doesn't mean I'm okay and I have a bunch of deficiencies. Solace I know, you don't have to worry, I'm not too big a fan of passing out myself. Yeah I'll come down at five, I don't see any use coming till the end of the month but you're too stubborn and I do not have the energy to argue with you today." Nico finishes his sentence,

"Okay great, that was surprisingly easy. Bye Nico I'll see you this afternoon." He says smiling as he closes the door behind him, Nico realised that he was smiling and cursed under his breathe in Italian. There is no way he liked that annoying doctor but the only thing he could think about were his bright blue eyes and how they look like the ocean. How his hair was perfectly golden and he was almost glowing in the sunlight, fuck, no, he couldn't do this again. He couldn't like anyone again, that would mean he has to tell people, what if they abandoned him? These are the times he sadly requires advice from Jason Grace.

***

Nico knocked on the door of his cabin hoping he hadn't left yet, he get lucky.

"Hey Grace, can I talk to you?" Nico asked stepping inside, Jason was (aside from Percy and Annabeth) the only one who knew.

"Yeah sure," Jason said calmly, Nico was thankful he still wanted to talk to him considering last time they tried to have this conversation Nico swore he would never talk to him again.

"Well, um.. I feel like I should tell the rest of the seven and Reyna. Percy and Annabeth already know-"  Nico starts but is interrupted by Jason pulling him into a hug.

"Oh sorry, I forgot you don't like being touched I'm just proud of you." Jason say's quickly.

"It's fine, I'm trying to get used to human contact. Just I also wanted to tell you, I like this guy...and he's so stubborn and annoying but at the same time I want him to be mine. It's....Will Solace and I just...yeah." Nico finishes, slightly blushing after and rushing the part about Will Solace.

"Nico I'm so proud of you for wanting to tell them, and if any of them react badly I will personally strike them with lightning while simultaneously getting Percy to drown them. But they won't be, these people love and care about you Nico they won't hurt you. As for Will Solace, well I know he's friends with Leo but not much else, I don't really see him much but he's a cool guy. Good luck mate." Jason says keeping his voice stable and calm as always,

"Thank you Jason, I guess I should go and talk to the other five now." Nico says hugging Jason, it was kind of shocking but Jason didn't show his surprise.

"Good luck Nico, I promise it'll go well."

"Wait, um, could you please come with me? I was going to ask Annabeth but-"

"Yeah of course I'll come with you."And with that the ghost king and Superman were off.

***

"Guys umm... can I talk to you?" Nico said walking up to Reyna, Leo, Hazel, Frank and Piper, finding them sitting under a tree.

"Sure di Angelo, what's up?" Leo said hiding his shock that Nico di Angelo was willingly talking to someone who wasn't Hazel, much more with Jason standing beside him. He looked like he was barely breathing so Jason placed a hand on his shoulder, whispering something in his ear. Nico (much to Leo's surprise) smiled and continued, "Well....shit.., Jason I can't." Nico says shaking.

"Breathe di Angelo."

"I fucking can't, what if they-"

"-I promise they won't react badly."

"That's what I thought about- doesn't matter."

"I know it's hard, especially after living in the 1930s for most of your childhood. Nico, are you sure you want to tell everyone, you're shaking."

"I SAW PEOPLE GET KILLED FOR IT, what....what if they hate me?"

"You don't have to tell them if you don't want to."

"I want to I'm just, scared."

"They care about you di Angelo, I swear on the River of Styx they won't hate you." Nico took a deap breath and continued.

"I'm..I'm gay.." he tenses up, waiting for someone to call him a fag and yell that he was going to burn and potentially try to kill him. After no such reaction he continued,"Also I may or may not have fallen for that insufferable doctor, Solace. Percy and Annabeth already know," Nico turns around and hugs Jason,

"Good job Nico; damn three hugs in one day. You're progressing," Nico was tempted to yell 'shut up Grace' but decided against it. He broke the hug with Jason after he was able to keep his breathing under control, suddenly he was suffocated by a hug from Piper and Hazel

"Can't. Breathe." Nico muttered quietly and the girls let go,

"Thank you for telling us," Piper said "I'll look into Will for you." She grinned walking off giving the siblings some privacy,

"I proud of you for telling us." Hazel said hiding a grin,

"You don't hate me? You already knew didn't you?" Nico asks,

"Well I had some suspicions." Hazel said smiling,

"How? I didn't talk to anyone?" Nico says failing to suppress his laughter,

"Younger sister magic. Also Nico why would I hate you?"

"Bianca..."

"Nico, you're my brother, I couldn't hate you. I can't imagine what you've gone through but I'll always be here for you."

"Thank you Hazel, I love you."

"Love you to bro." Hazel smiled and kissed Nico on the cheek, by then Jason was talking to Leo.

"Nico, I'm proud of you. Hope Solace likes you back, maybe impress him with Jules-Albert. If anyone hurts you because of it then I will send the Roman Legions on them. " Reyna said, messing up his long black hair that went a couple of inches past his shoulders before leaving not giving Nico time to reply. Nico smiled, pathetic, I haven't smiled this much since I was ten year old he thought to himself.

"Di Angelo! I'm warning you about Will, his sense of humor is worse than mine and Percy's combined and do not and I mean do not ask him to sing unless you are prepared to listen to him for three hours. Also um.. good job on telling us," Leo said patting Nico on the back.

"Thanks for the advice Valdez, but I'm not sure it is possible for someone to have a worse sense of humor than you." Nico said bluntly yet still smirking,

"Good luck on Solace, Nico. Proud of you for telling us, if anyone ever gives you shit I'll turn into a poisonous snake and kill them. Everyone will think it was an accident." Frank says so seriously that Nico almost shakes, Nico has to look up to meet his eye. Frank was a foot taller than him,

"Thanks Frank, but let's try to avoid murder for now." Nico smiled, this was going much better than he expected.

"Thanks for coming with me Grace." Nico said,

"No problem Nico, I'll catch you later yeah?

***

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Hope you enjoyed, please ignore any inaccurate sounding American measurement, I don’t understand imperial system but I tried to use it since the characters are American.

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Daughter of Olympus (Leo Valdez xFem!Oc)

A/N: October is going way too fast stop it -Danny Words: 2,645 Series' Masterlist Previous Chapter / Next Chapter Listen to: 'Hallelujah' -by Oh Wonder

XXI: Prodigal Assholes Return

The fake spider takes us back to Hephaestus, once we're there he stares into space like he's seeing something we can't, then a blast shakes the ground.

"It's done," he turns to us. "You should get going."

"What about Percy?" Annabeth frowns.

"All in due time, missy, but first..." he points at me. "You. Come closer."

The god regards me with a grumpy face, he's always frowning, but this feels judgy. Am I really so annoying? "You're young and weak," he says. "No weapon in that camp of yours will do."

He reaches for something on a nearby workbench and hands it to me: A compass. I keep my palm open, staring at the item in confusion but not daring to ask how a compass can make a good weapon.

"That's Almighty," sounds like a name more than a description. "I made it from scraps of armor of only the greatest heroes. It holds the power of every monster and divine being that ever bled over it. Use it wisely."

I want to retort: "I'm not an idiot, this is a compass", but it feels weird. I could carry this thing in my pocket and forget it's there. This has to be a weapon, I just need to figure out how it works. 

"Thank you," I beam. "I don't deserve this..."

"Of course not," a puff of dark smoke comes out of his beard. "You'll do what's needed to deserve it. Don't disappoint me, Jackson, my son's counting on you."

"Going okay?" Piper crouches between their seats.

"Aces," Leo glances at Jason when he stands behind Piper. "So what's the Wolf House?"

"An abandoned mansion in the Sonoma Valley. A demigod built it—Jack London."

"He an actor?"

"Writer. Adventure stuff, right? Call of the Wild? White Fang?"

"Yeah. He was a son of Mercury—I mean, Hermes. He was an adventurer, traveled the world. He was even a hobo for a while. Then he made a fortune writing. He bought a big ranch in the country and decided to build this huge mansion—the Wolf House."

"Named that 'cause he wrote about wolves?"

"Partially. But the site, and the reason he wrote about wolves—he was dropping hints about his personal experience. There're a lot of holes in his life story—how he was born, who his dad was, why he wandered around so much—stuff you can only explain if you know he was a demigod."

"So Jack London went to Camp Half-Blood?" Leo asks.

"No," Jason and Ara share a look. "No, he didn't."

"Bro, you're freaking me out with the mysterious talk. Are you remembering your past or not?"

"Pieces. Only pieces. None of it good. The Wolf House is on sacred ground. It's where London started his journey as a child—where he found out he was a demigod. That's why he returned there. He thought he could live there, claim that land, but it wasn't meant for him. The Wolf House was cursed. It burned in a fire a week before he and his wife were supposed to move in. A few years later, London died, and his ashes were buried on the site."

"At least they didn't burn him with the house, that shows you he was favored..." Ara muses.

Leo snorts. "So it's a common thing for demigods to be blessed with dying?"

"Pretty much," she grins.

"So," Piper looks at Jason. "How do you know all this?"

"I started my journey there too," Jason's blue eyes are getting darker. "It's a powerful place for demigods, a dangerous place. If Gaea can claim it, use its power to entomb Hera on the solstice and raise Porphyrion—that might be enough to awaken the earth goddess fully."

Ara's itch is getting worse. Piper gave her nectar, but she heated up way too quickly. She thinks it's unfair, Piper spent most of the quest feeding on nectar and ambrosia and she was fine.

"Thirty minutes out," Leo announces. "If you want to get some rest, now's a good time."

Jason goes to the back and secures himself before dozing off, but Piper stays with them. Ara tries to get comfortable, but the space is too narrow. "I think I'll join Jason," she sighs. "I don't think sleep will fix me, but maybe it'll freshen me up."

When she gets up, Piper looks at her funny. "When Dad woke up, he told me he saw our mother's eyes in you. He didn't know how to describe them, but I see what he meant."

Ara could say the same thing about Piper's, but when she tries to speak her throat closes up and her gaze gets a little teary, so she moves without saying anything and Piper takes her seat.

 Leo winks at her over the aviator glasses. "Get your beauty sleep, doll."

The girl takes the row of seats facing Jason, she's careful to lie on her healthy side. Ara thinks about the exact moment she decided to be more than just an Aphrodite.

Hephaestus sends us back to camp with a snap of his fingers. 

Lily hugs me tight and doesn't let go. "How was it? Did you learn anything?"

"Yeah," I whisper. "I have something to show you!"

No one cares about me, they all surround Annabeth and leave me alone. Only one camper apart from Lily notices I'm leaving, and he follows us as I show my friend the compass. 

"Lord Hephaestus gave it to me. In person."

"What!" She stares at it in shock. "What did he say?"

"Contains the power of monsters and whatnot," I frown. "He said I didn't deserve it. Not yet."

"You know what this means?"

"The gods are paying attention to her," Michael speaks behind me.

"Hey!" I give him a hug. "Look at this!"

"Made by the god of blacksmith himself..." He examines the compass with an intent gaze.

"He might become your patron," Lily's grey eyes widen in excitement. Michael taps his nose in response, agreeing with her.

"Yeah!" I smile. "There's something I want to try..."

I press the little nob at the top, and the compass grows in size until I'm holding a sword. It has a strange glow that no other weapon has, not even Percy's. As if Hephaestus dipped one of its sides in gold.

"Holy Athena!" Lily gasps. "Hephaestus armed you!"

Michael's eyes sparkle with ambition. "I think it's time we step up your training."

"But I can't stay here," I pout. "My brother's coming back soon, and once he's here we'll go back to the labyrinth." 

The others don't look too worried, it's Percy, after all. I swing my weapon around, it feels perfectly balanced.

"This is great, bug," Michael pats my shoulder. "Experience will teach you what we can't."

I notice the Greek Alpha on the handle, I press on it and it goes back to being a compass. 

Half an hour after our arrival, we find out about the explosion. I'm in complete denial just like Annabeth. We're talking about Percy, for Poseidon's sake!

"No."

"Ara, this is standard protocol."

"You'll scare her for no reason," I say, voice quivering.

"It's his mom," Chiron insists. "She has to know."

I'm afraid Sally will give me back to camp if Percy dies. I know it's a wild assumption, but I've been living with them for only two years, I barely got used to calling Sally my mom, and I'm growing so fond of Paul... If Percy dies, who can assure me Sally won't resent me?

I do call her, in the end.

"You have to be patient, okay? Percy's probably with Grover and Tyson..."

I agree with her because we both need to hear it. "Yes, Mom."

"Look after yourself, eat and sleep, or they won't let you go back once he shows up..."

"Mom?"

"Yes, sweetheart?"

"I'm sorry."

"Oh, Ara," she cries. "This isn't your fault." 

I pour all of my energy into training. Now that I have a sword I'm progressing at an amazing speed. Lily and Michael can tell I need it, but when Quintus disappears, Mrs. O'Leary doesn't allow us to approach the arena as often as before. She appears to be in some kind of distress.

The lava wall became my expertise. I broke the record of fastest climber, beating the Hermes kid who held the title for five years straight. His time was five minutes. Mine's three.

One day while we're training, Clarisse walks past, sees me and Michael, and yells at us, snatching Michael's sword to take his place. 

"You," she points at me with the sharp end. "Nice sword."

"Thank you!" I beam. "Hephaestus gave it to me!"

Clarisse glares at me, but she almost looks surprised. "You're jabbing at Michael like you're trying to fish him out of the water."

"She's learning," Mike argues, thinking she's making fun of me. "You're too big for her, Clarisse, it's not fair."

"Newsflash, punk, life isn't fair," she snaps. "She's going back to the labyrinth, she'll fight things that are twice her size."

"You don't think I'm being foolish?" I ask.

My friend shrugs. "I don't judge soldiers by their looks, only their commitment to battle. I've seen how you suck it up when Drew fights you."

Michael frowns. "Drew Tanaka?"

Clarisse attacks me without warning. She's brutal. Every muscle in my body ends up hurting and it's torture, so Michael has to carry me to the infirmary.

We find Chris Rodriguez there, and he's in terrible condition. That explains Clarisse's sudden urge to put me in shape. Michael places me on a bed, and as he teaches me—and Will Solace—how to treat someone after a tough training, he asks me about Drew while applying K-tape on my back.

"So why is she annoying you?"

I sigh. "She's minded her business lately, I think she's decent enough to let me worry about Percy in peace."

"But why was she bullying you?"

"I'm not telling you," I scowl. "I don't want you scheming with Lily—"

"Who said anything about that?" He presses a bag of ice against my wrist. "I just wanna know why I'll be hating Drew from now on."

I stare at him. "I really wish I could believe you."

"Drew doesn't like her because Ara's not a proper Aphrodite" Lily walks into the infirmary playing with her pocket knife.

Michael looks over his shoulder and smiles. "Atta girl!"

"The Stolls told me," Lily continues. Michael tries to take her knife away and she dodges his hand. "They found out she's been bullying Ara ages ago, but the kiddo asked them to stay out of it. Connor was dying to tell me."

I pout. "Bullying is such a dramatic term..."

"It's the right term," Michael raises a brow. "Silena knows about this?"

"No," Lily sits next to me, still playing with the knife. "Drew's a charmspeaker like Ara. She's got everyone scared."

"Silena's got charmspeak too," Mike frowns, removing the bag of ice.

"I don't need help!" I argue. "This is my fight!"

Lily hums. "If you're sure you can take it..."

"I've been through worse," I sulk. "She's not a real problem."

"Tough beast," Mike boops my nose. "Put that away!" He barks at Lily to stop her fidgeting with the sharp blade.

When Ara wakes up, Jason's crouching between Leo and Piper's seats. "Get ready, we've got to be getting close."

There is not much she can do, her left arm is restrained against her body, her clothes are torn, and she's shivering thanks to the snowstorm around them. The only thing intact is her stupid cloak.

"There!" Jason points ahead and the copter makes an abrupt turn.

As they get closer, the sounds of the fight become louder. Ara's instincts kick in and the itch on her arm intensifies, she's ready to join the battle. Leo makes a successful landing in the middle of a clearing, but they spot something large coming straight at them.

"Out!" Jason grabs her and jumps out of the chopper. 

He makes sure to land on his back, which is probably not good for him, but it's certainly a relief for Ara's beaten body. The helicopter gets crushed under a gigantic snowball. 

Ara pushes herself off of Jason with difficulty. "Thanks..."

"No problem," he coughs. 

They go to Piper, who's checking on Leo. He's shivering, Aphrodite took away his jacket when they got sent to California. "Guess we owe that ranger lady a new helicopter."

"Fighting's over there," Piper's about to point when she realizes something. "No... it's all around us."

"Jason! Ara!" Thalia runs up to them.

An Earthborn comes out of nowhere and tries to attack her. Leo shouts a warning and Thalia turns, shooting her last arrow at the creature. As she approaches to retrieve it, she realizes it's broken.

"That was my last one," she stomps on the clay. "Stupid ogre." 

"Nice shot, though," Leo comments.

"Just in time," Thalia approaches them with urgency. "My Hunters are holding a perimeter around the mansion, but we'll be overrun any minute."

"By Earthborn?" Jason frowns.

"And wolves—Lycaon's minions. Also storm spirits—" 

"But we gave them to Aeolus!" Piper says angrily.

"Who tried to kill us," Leo makes a face. "Maybe he's helping Gaea again."

"I don't know. But the monsters keep re-forming almost as fast as we can kill them. We took the Wolf House with no problem: surprised the guards and sent them straight to Tartarus. But then this freak snowstorm blew in. Wave after wave of monsters started attacking. Now we're surrounded. I don't know who or what is leading the assault, but I think they planned this. It was a trap to kill anyone who tried to rescue Hera."

"It's so good to be back on this bullshit," Ara says. "I was so bummed out after the war, thinking I wouldn't get to experience a painful death..."

Thalia notices the bandages and her eyes widen. "What happened to you?"

Ara's almost the same age as Thalia now, but there's something about her that makes Ara feel like she's still eleven years old. 

"Your brother threw lightning at me," she blurts out.

"I didn't!" Jason blushes. "It was an accident!"

"We're sidetracking," Ara interrupts him anxiously. "Thalia, your hunters are too busy to help me, so I'll make do with the arm I've got left. Where's Hera?"

"Inside. We tried to free her, but we can't figure out how to break the cage. It's only a few minutes until the sun goes down. Hera thinks that's the moment when Porphyrion will be reborn. Plus, most monsters are stronger at night. If we don't free Hera soon..."

"Love high stakes, especially when they're about the annihilation of humanity as we know it..." Ara mutters in a bad mood as they walk forward.

Once they enter the ruins, Jason stumbles and Leo catches him. "Hey! None of that, man. What's wrong?"

"This place... Sorry... It came rushing back to me."

"You remembered something?" Ara asks.

Thalia's voice breaks a little. "This is where my mom took us when Jason was a child. She left him here, told me he was dead. He just disappeared."

"She gave me to the wolves, at Hera's insistence. She gave me to Lupa."

"That part I didn't know. Who is Lupa?"

"The Roman version of Chiron, I guess," Ara replies.

The ground shakes as more explosions happen around them. 

"Maybe this isn't the time for questions," Leo speaks. "Show us the goddess."

Annabeth finds out I've been training with a new sword and asks if it's the compass Hephaestus gave me. Her face has a shadow of something else than just worry, I think she's proud. 

Now she, Clarisse, Beckendorf, Lily, and Michael are training me. Some are trying to distract themselves, the others are trying to distract me. 

Beckendorf is over the moon when I tell him I met his father. "He thinks you're fit for the forges!"

"Does he?" I ask skeptically.

"Come!" He insists. "I'll teach you how to give maintenance to the chariots..."

Cabin Nine begins to treat me like a real apprentice, not someone trying to avoid her actual chores. Michael doesn't go easy on me either. These two weeks could've been my most prolific at camp, but Percy's still missing, and each passing day feels like a stronger confirmation of his demise.

I read Lily's book of myths to pass the time (and not think about Percy), there are pages missing, but I don't know what those are about, the index has been censored with black marker.

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[bluelancelion]

So👏

I'm watching Merlin for the first time and I'm absolutely floored by it and by how much I fell in love with Merthur and the Knights, so here's a couple of Modern! AU that popped in my mind.

Rugby Champion/Nerd AU

- Probably a classic, I'd be surprised if ao3 wasn't plenty of it.

- Of course Arthur is Captain of the rugby team and of course Merlin is the guy sitting in the library all day.

- Don't ask me how they meet don't ask me how they fall in love, they just do

- Arthur's father is the school's principal

- And for this reason there's some people hating on Arthur cause they believe he has privileges

- Spoiler: he doesn't (or denies any of it when his father offers some) but due to this he finds hard to trust people

- Hence he trusts only his teammates aka true friends aka the squad!

- And Merlin of course

- Literally Heartstopper but make it #merthur with gay! Merlin and #bi-and-still-in-the-closet Arthur

Musicians AU

- Merlin goes to a public school and no one knows he's literally a world wide known classic musician

- Idk how don't ask

- Arthur is like the popular guy who plays guitar and all girls love him yadda yadda

- he has a band (must have the boys in every merthur fic sorry not sorry)

- Leon is the bassist, Percy the drummer, Gwaine the second guitar, Elyan is the dj and plays the keyboard, while Lancelot is the singer

- Again don't ask why don't ask how but Merlin and Arthur fight or argue and end up talking ever since

- Maybe Arthur was teasing him about knowing nothing about music

- Merlin silently snickering like *You dare to fight me with your half cheap-ass rock band when rich people spend thousands to listen me play at operas lmao you fool*

- But for some reason he can't tell him that or reveal his secret or else he'll be forced to change school (I dunooooo)

- So Arthur has no idea Merlin is a genius at music

- But.

- He notices Merlin has a perfect pitch, and something like- He can't explain it but Merlin has something with music, like a touch, so he invites him over to listen to his band

- All band members fall in love with him and side with him against Arthur when the two have their - now friendly - banters

- Bros being bros - Dudes being Dudes

- Idk what I was going for with this but IMAGINE WHEN THEY FIND OUT

- Like

- Imagine this fragile boi all cute smiles and sassy remarks and Arthur goes into protective mode cause he develops a crush-

And like, Arthur has a rock band so they look cool and they don't fear anyone in case Merlin gets bullied or something

And then they see him, for the first time-

Wearing a black/navy blue suit that costs thousand of dollars, walking in this giant golden opera with royal red drapes-

And he starts playing the piano for all these rich people and he's absolutely phenomenal

And suddenly Merlin fears Arthur won't be friends with him anymore or he'll fear he's gonna think Merlin is too "marvelous" to enjoy their little rock band

- But in reality Merlin loves them and he loves Arthur and Arthur honestly can't look at Merlin and see any other man than the guy he's been teasing and has argued with for all this time,

- aaand I don't know where I wanted to go with this as well lmao

Feel free to drop any completed fic link in the comments pls I am desperate :)

[foundationbuilt]

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send ⭐ for me to choose which muses i would like to explore <3

i sincerely apologise for the ramble but this is what it came to sjsjsj. i'll put it under a read more so the whole dash doesn't have to suffer a long ass post.

scott & allison, ugh these babies like that was scott's first love and he was a stupid teenage boy with his heart on his sleeve and he made so many mistakes but allison holds so much of his heart. always. even if they break up, or don't get back together, or are just friends now, or whatever. she's so so important to him.

scott & lydia, the best of buddies. like this girl could have been like him, bitten by the same wolf and would've been part of the same pack ( even if it wasn't a pack ) but she didn't turn. she had something else going on, and scott wants to help so much with that and he feels such a connection to her anyway. and later he'll never understand how he could have ever gotten through life without lydia because she is one of the most important people in his life. i also do like exploring the idea of scott and lydia romantically ?? like, interesting how that would come around, but mostly i like them being platonic bffs.

on a role reverse for us muns, i'd like to explore dean and sam winchester interacting with scott because hunters coming across a true alpha like scott !!! that would be interesting, especially considering what part of the timeline dean and sam are at.

klaus & hayley !!!! one of my otp's, whether that's romantic, platonic, familial or enemies. i love these two's dynamics so so much, like it honestly has so much of my heart no matter what is going on with them. i love getting into the gritty realities between them as well as exploring how much they have changed and grown and evolved together. also so much potential for canon divergence's !!!!

hayley & davina's friendship !!! like these girls know what you have to do to survive in new orleans and they just ... help each other out when they can. it's all they can do. I think there's just something so sweet about this and i love it. i'd love to see hayley and davina also being like, older, and sister-in-laws, and being like, ugh, mikaelson christmas.

clary & simon, parabatai! best friends! awkward boyfriend-girlfriend! give me them all, like these two are the sweetest ever and clary loves him so much, and she needs him. he's literally the other half of her soul and, ughhhhhh! i love this dynamic.

clary & jace, another one of my otp's !! like these two angel kids struggling so much in this world with all these lies and pretences and false identifies they had been made to believe about themselves, finding each other amongst it all and finding themselves as well, and being together while doing that. as well as all the angst of course, because we can never get enough of that. but i'm good with angst and exploring that but also a happily ever after where they get to live the rest of their lives together. also would be interested in an au where the uprising didn't happen or happened later or whatever and clary and jace were both raised by valentine ... *side eye*.

jace & alec, parabatai boys!!!! that is jace's best bro, his soul, the first person who ever loved him and jace will never ever ever forget that. like alec is his soulmate and i will always scream about this dynamic. could also explore romantic jalec as well if you were interested in that.

jace & tessa, because herondale family feels !! i would absolutely adore building up a dynamic between jace and tessa like ....!!!!!!

percy & jason, these golden boys of their camps !! like there is so much potential there that's more than the macho falsity that didn't fit either percy or jason in canon that they were forced into. it is a dynamic i've explored in rp before and would absolutely love to do so again, there is so so so much potential. !!!

percy & annabeth, everything absolutely everything. like there's nothing i wouldn't write for these two.

percy & vienna, as soon as i read her about i thought of vienna helping percy control himself during a meltdown. like when he's creating a hurricane because of something that's went on and unable to control his emotions, vienna helped to control the weather even if only a little and it was enough to snap percy out of it and well, i don't know, but that's just what first came to my mind ... we could build on that.

peeta & katniss, again, everything, all the gritty details from the beginning to the end, i am so precious about these two, they hold my heart in so many ways. like they are so so damaged but aaaaaaaaaa !

RIGHT SO. i don't offically have rhode as a muse yet but i was talking with another mun about making her one tonight and then i saw kaia born in rhode island and it just ... felt like fate. rhode taking an interest in this one demigod ...

regulus & draco, like an au where regulus lives and he sees draco going down the exact same path that he did and he's like, no, stop, and that's his cousin's boy ( and he loves him, he loves narcissa, and he loves draco ) and he desperately doesn't want draco making the same mistakes !! ugh, that actually wretches my heart so much to think of regulus trying so hard to protect draco.

there are more but ... yes, i think i rambled enough jsjsjsjsjsjsj.

[raydvd]

Hey so I remembered one day that the new percy Jackson show existed

So I watched it because I was bored and because I read the first book twice in middle school

First episode and It already had a alot of...things not going for it

But when I got to episode 3?

Something .. caught my attention

It's when they go to the gateway arch in Illinois

In the lore of the show it's a "temple to Athena"

Ok cool background lore I guess

Their there for plot reasons and whatever, annabeth stars talking about how the arch is a monument to Athena and whatnot

Then Grover says "it's a monument to other stuff too."

Then Annabeth has the fucking balls to say

While the cameras pans to pictures and history of first nation peoples ya know- NATIVE AMERICANS

Indigenous people

"your talking about what some humans want this place to be about, I'm talking about what it actually is."

...so a place for your white goddess to be worshiped?

or well I'm sorry- in the lore of the show, your racially ambiguous deity that is rooted in Greek culture to be idealized and appropriated for Western culture

While dismissing people who were here first...?

Thanks, I hate it

the only thing I've seen in regards to how race is presented in the show is just the controversy of how annabeth is black and the race change of characters

TDLR: people were just being racist and need to touch grass

But I haven't seen anyone speak about that line in the show- how that could be ya know? offensive? In the context where they were speaking and what they were talking about? And the fact this came from the character....Who was facing RACIST backlash for being black, and the writers had her character say THAT line...talk about a slap to the face

I'm not trying to shame the actress or anything as she was just doing her job as a actor

HOWEVER I'm shaming the writers for not being more conscious or just better about well- everything with their new adaption. like trying to not giving a exposition dump every scene

And Rick Riordan who still is...Rick Riordan

Oh how we mustn't forget him writing Piper either:

Still making excuses instead of taking responsibility

Stop playing ignorant bro, you had a decade to apologize

Fix your mistake

This irk me in a really weird way, I hope whatever it was implying wasn't what I think they meant

I hope I'm wrong

[that-random-outsider]

well since the time has finally come, and I have so many feelings leading up to it's release lets talk about PJO. Mostly just what/ how much i'm excited for, and honestly... ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. The truth is pjo will always be something truly special to me and i'm sure the same could be said for so many others who grew up with it, though I believe I may have forgotten the full extent of that importance until earlier today.

I've been excited for the series since they were still going casting calls for Annabeth (yes I quite literally saw the sign up for auditions) but it wasn't until I started balling out my eyes that I was genuinely like "fuck I REALLY needed this." Pjo has always been this one thing I had even during the worst of times, I knew every demigod, godly parent, and death scene you could name all the way up to TOA. "why?"you may ask, well we'll get to that later.

Honestly I'm most excited about seeing both Leah and Annabeth on screen. Bro I really missed Annabeth's character like genuinely missed her so much. It's been so long since I've had her in like a protagonist role. Like it's even been a while since my Hoo days. It's strange thinking that after all this time we've only just landed back at the start. Like no matter how much changes for us the characters stay here in the show, books, and our minds immortalized by the sheer will of not wanting to let go so many good memories.

Getting back into the books, returning to the fandom I never truly left, feels a bit like i'm reliving that entire part of my life. Like when I turn my TV on tomorrow and sit down with a batch of blue cookies in hand i'll be back in 5th grade again. I think I never finished the books not because of the new cast, or writing, or who I heard will have/have not died, but mainly because the characters are growing, changing, evolving. I was watching a movie the other day and a line stuck out to me. "nostalgic for a time that never existed" I think that sums up pjo for me. When I was young I imagined Percy, Annabeth , and Grover to live the life of adventure and excitement I always dreamed of. I never considered that some day the Stolls would stop playing pranks, or that our protagonist would one day be trying to apply to college. With that being said it's no wonder I was a mess of tears and, lightning thief show tunes. Despite change in growth being a core them of pjo the show can also be used as a reminder. One that promises that no matter how far or scary our quest is, your past is still as much a part of you as your future.

[sussux-zel]

The Really Useful Crew as per Thomas.

Edward:

How dare he call me small >:(

Oh, wait, he's really nice...

FIRST FRIEND (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

He even laughs at my pranks towards Gordon :D!

Edward! Look, I'm blue, just like you!!!

How come you're the only one who doesn't make fun of me?

You're such a good daaaa- FRIEND! YES, YES. I SAID FRIEND. NOT "DAD". WHY WOULD I CALL YOU...

...Guess I have a father now.

DAD, LET'S BE LITTLE MENACES TOGETHER (｡◕‿◕｡)

Henry:

Who tf are you?

Wait, what? Just how, and why are ya scared of rain? It's just water...

Since you're ill, can I take your trucks today? I feel useless.

I'll help you to overcome that fear of yours!

Hey, you're actually nicer than I thought. Let's be friends.

I'M THE ONLY DANGER ON THE RAILS? NOW LISTEN TO ME, YOU TREE HUGER... *screams in chiquito*

RUBBISH! YOU'RE TOO FAT/SLOW, YOU NEED EXERCISE.

OMG, Henry. Calm down for once.

Gordon:

I-I'm Thomas.

I'm really useful >:/

You fool, you're now my main victim (ง'̀-'́)ง

DON'T YOU WANT TO BE USEFUL AS ME? *Wheeze*

No, no, WAIT, GORDON. STOP, PLEASE, STOP. EDWAAAAARD, HELP!

Stop laughing at me, jerk!

Stfu, Gordon.

GORDON, I HAVE FALLEN DOWN THE MINE!

Thanks (ಥ﹏ಥ)

Oh, now we're allies :)

James:

Oh, hi. Do you know where I am?

Are you burning yourself?

Stop laughing at me. You're mean :'(

JAMES, NO! I WILL HELP YOU.

STAY THERE, JAMES. I'M going to GET SOME HELP

WOW, YOU LOOK SPLENDID \ (•◡•) /

You're such an insufferable idiot.

For that, I'm gonna take your trucks to the mainland!

Fuck... JAMES, HELP! THESE ENGINES WANT TO KILL ME!

Now we're friends ♪~ ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ ♪~ ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

So, are you and Edward...? OUCH.

Percy:

Oh, hi! You're the new one?

You are here to help while the tree idiots are on strike? COOL

DON'T LAUGH AT ME. I'M NOT SCARED OF ANYTHING.

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ ✧ﾟ･: *ヽ(◕ヮ◕ヽ)

Let's prank Diesel!

Percy, don't leave. I wasn't trying to replace you!

HOW DARE YOU REPLACE ME WITH DIESEL 10?

DIESEL 10 DID WHAT TO YOU? THAT'S IT. I'M GONNA END HIM! NOBODY MESSES WITH MY PERCY.

Oh, now we're good.

We're bros again.

Toby:

Hi, you're the tram engine who works in my branchline?

Toby! Percy is being an insufferable engine!

You know, you have a wise old engine energy. Are you interested in becoming a grandfather?

SPENCER CALLED YOU WHAT?

Why are you hiding from Knapford Junction?

YOU ARE THE NUMBER SEVEN BROWN TRAM ENGINE WHO CAN DO ANYTHING \:3/

Wait, so you and Henrietta aren't only good friends?

YOU TWO ARE MARRIED????

I feel so betrayed, you haven't told me anything.

Emily:

Hey! Who are you and why are you taking Annie and Clarabel?

Thanks for the saving!!

OMFG, Emily! STOP TELLING ME WHAT TO DO?

I DON'T RECEIVE ORDERS FROM YOU!

Damn... EMILY, I'M STUCK!

Oh, you're nice again!

Have I ever told you that you're the best older sister a tank engine could have?

Wha- I didn't do anything! You should interrogate James! He looks suspicious!

Are YOU helping Donald and Douglas? Rly? You want to die?

[Thomas]; [Edward]; [Henry]; [Gordon]; [James]; [Percy]; [Toby]; [Emily]; [Duck]; [Donald and Douglas]; [Oliver and Toad]

[thegirlwhowrites642]

Your Harry Potter favorite characters

I imagine that this question implies a "besides Harry and Ginny".

One of my first posts on this blog was an answer to someone asking me my top 10 of my favorite HP characters and I remember saying that the first five were set in stone, and yet I'm not so sure anymore. They were in order: Harry, Ginny, James, Ron, Hermione.

The first three are really always going to be there. I still really love Ron, but Hermione? I don't know. I've always had mixed feelings about her and I've always analyzed these books but writing things down on this blog made me look at things that I never fully registered about her because I was never particularly interested in her character. I have an ask about Hermione that is tormenting me because the jury is still out on her.

On that list, there were also characters like Luna, and sure, great character, but saying that you love Luna is like saying that you love rainbows, it doesn't really mean anything. She's a positive secondary character we know three things about. Of course, everybody likes her.

The same goes for McGonagall, I love her to death but like who doesn't?

So frankly I do not know how to do a top 10 or something like that. I guess it is not that surprising, I've been a hardcore Taylor Swift fan since age 12 and I'm still unable to do a ranking of her albums.

But I thought that maybe I could still do something interesting with this ask and give you little windows on some characters that I love but that are considered controversial.

For example, in that famous list, I avoided putting Dumbledore because it was one of my first posts and I wasn't in the mood to deal with someone wanting to murder me. But the truth is that I love Dumbledore, ok? I do, I'm sorry. The man was in a large-scale version of the trolley problem, villainizing him makes no sense. How heartless you need to be to read the King's Cross chapter in DH and hate Dumbledore? He's not perfect but that's kind of the point. I think that, unlike Harry, a lot of people didn't get over the betrayal of finding out that he wasn't just a saint-like, wise, grandpa like it seemed in the first books.

Another character that I love is Slughorn. He's so real as a character. He is far from being an exemplary man but I believe him to be the best example of a good Slytherin in the entire series. And while he does sin in cowardice he ends up showing true braveness and the core of a fundamentally good man. I also find him extremely interesting in regards to all his connections and parties and while his method in the way he offers opportunities to his students may sound elitist (and it is) he's also literally the only professor who cares about introducing his students to the work market in a world (the wizarding one) that is far from being democratic and meritocratic. Even if, to be honest, that has probably more to do with JKR's poor world-building skills.

I also really like Percy. I find him quite fascinating honestly. He comes back for the battle doing the right thing and ultimately showing that he truly belongs in Gryffindor. But what interests me is the "betrayal" of his family. I've always seen the Voldermort-is-back debate as a bit of an excuse that he used. I'm sure he did believe to be right initially, like the letter he sends to Ron proves, but I think that it was more of an opportunity he jumped on to separate himself from the Weasleys. We often talk about the consequences on Ron's confidence due to growing up in his family but Percy was forced into a pretty shitty role too. He's four years younger than Charlie. There's a significant distance with his older brothers that cuts him off from the older siblings club. The Weasleys also all go to boarding school since age eleven, Bill and Ginny have never lived under the same roof for a whole year. So Percy was basically the older brother for the majority of his life, the one who had to take care of the young ones. But the thing is, he's not the oldest brother. So the youngest four glorify Bill and Charlie, which is pretty normal, but it's usually balanced by the oldest siblings becoming annoying because they impose themselves as additional parents. But Bill and Charlie escape the majority of the usual older siblings' responsibilities for years. So they take the glory and Percy is stuck with just being "hated" for imposing himself as a responsible figure. He tends to isolate himself and be very different from the rest of his family, and also, of course, he becomes defensive of his being responsible. As the cherry on top, his interests are then ridiculed. And his breaking point is in fact his father, the person he seems to admire the most, not believing in him (at least this is what happens in his perspective). There's also resentment for their economic condition, and let's face it, Percy is not totally wrong but this is another discussion. I don't know, while his method was certainly wrong, maybe I would have wanted to go away from home too in his place.

Are James and Sirius controversial characters to like? If you talk to a Snape apologist they are Lucifer incarnated. I guess it's not surprising that I love them. I think this post makes it clear that I enjoy flawed yet fundamentally good characters that own up to their mistakes. James and Sirius are funny and charismatic and talented. Their attacking Snape is obviously wrong but there are a lot of circumstances around that action that now I'm not getting into because this is something I could talk about for hours. And James' hexing random people in the halls, while certainly a sign of immaturity (an immaturity he grew out of to the point of becoming Head Boy), can't be considered bullism. A hex is not our equivalent of a punch. Think about 15-year-old boys and then give them magic wands. What do you think they would do with them, honestly? Harry does it too in HBP when he starts learning spells from the Prince and James and Sirius are basically two young geniuses, who knows how many spells they knew. I could prattle on about these two endlessly but if you've read JKR's short story about them and you still do not love them, then I'm afraid we'll have to agree to disagree.

[goofybootie]

y/n supporting percas bromance with some sibling fluff.

it was dead at night, and you are Percy were still awake. your both dreaded dreams since Krono's and Gea and the nightmares that came on the side. but you two are almost like twins and cuddling seemed to solve almost all your problems. the two of you hug sideways, Percy's face in your hair as he plays with it and your face resting on the chest as you trace his shoulder.

sometimes hitting it but he doesn't push you off all the way.

it's nothing romantic-just pure sibling bond.

but while the two of you were doing that, you got the most amazing thought ever. it was more beautiful than Zeus ass- throne.... i mean throne.

" percas." you blurted on Percy shoulder. percy stiffened in confusion, " what?" he sounded muffled from your hair in his face. " Jason and your bromance, percas."

(it sounds like pure-sass)

percy pulled away and you sat up looking at him. he had a blank look in his eyes.... before he bit his bottom lip and squinting his eyes.

he basically threw himself out of his bed and dashed out the door with you fallowing. as kids peeked out their cabins, Percy yelled," jasoooonnnnnn!" the both of you ran faster as you passed the big house. Mr. D made no move to stop you two, so you guys didn't.

The two of you dashed past trees and pushed harpies out of the way until you got to the camp vans. Percy got in the driver seat while y/n got in the passenger seat. y/n turned to Percy who was hit wiring the van, " do you know where you're going?" Percy looked up them like they lost their mind. " I know where my bro is."

pery whooped as the van turned on. just as that happened, Annabeth showed up at the entrance of the woods. " Put your window down." Percy asked you as Annabeth started to walk up to the van. as y/n window was halfway down Percy leaned over you to face Annabeth.

" Percy what in the hades are you doing?" Annabeth asked him just a foot away from the van. " I'm going to see my bro." Percy smirked at her as Annabeth groaned.

" Percy, you talked to him this mourning!" Annabeth informed him while y/n laughed in their seat. " It wasn't real wise girl, it wasn't real~" Percy slammed down into his seat and it the gas. the van nearly flipped as it bumped into the road. the two of you couldn't hear Annabeth yelling at the new of you as the car zoomed away from camp-half-blood.

both of you began to sing as Percy drove the camp van down the road leading to camp Jupiter.

"BRO BRO BRO....YOUR EYE GOT ME FLOTING IN THE AIR LIKE A BALLON. YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A MILLION DALLORS WITH THAT BRICK IN YOUR HAND~ BUT WHY CAN'T YOU SEE ME IN THE CROWD, WHATS SO GOOD ABOUT THAT GIRL ON YOUR SIDE.

EVER SINCE YOU I CAN'T BREATHE WITH OUT THOSE PEARLY WHITE, EVER SINCE YOU I COULDN'T SMILE AS BRIGHT AS THOSE GOLDEN HAIR, EVER SINCE YOU I HAVE NEVER BEEN THE SAME.

SOMETIMES I WISH I NEVER MEET YOU SO THIS HOLE IN MY HEART NEVER FORMED WHEN YOU LEFT ME ALL ALONE IN THIS MONSTER FILLED WORLD. OOHHH~"

[bunkernine]

hoo was so fucking strange because that idea that the gods shouldn't be involved kept getting pushed, yet literally most of the things that happened to fulfill the prophecy were because gods got involved? it was jump-started with hera switching jason and percy, nevermind her messing with jason and leo's lives prior to this nor pluto's pushing to not go to alaska ultimately made marie susceptible to the influence to go to alaska. the lost trios quest revolved around saving hera, but the son trios quest had to save thanatos. it's freaking aphrodite of all people who alludes that the villain is gaea, while it's aeolus who gives leo the argo 2 drawing again. and like, it's questionable as to what this lead to eventually but nemesis gave leo that stupid fortune cookie to worry about, but leo also had to make sure frank wasn't gonna kill him cause frank had both ares and mars in his head. but regardless, annabeth had some strange side quest to do for athena's sake (????), but then they fall in tartarus and hazel visits hecate to get a power up? leo gets blasted away to calypso? nico meets cupid for a wizard stick? even in tartarus, percy and annabeth rely on bob the titan, but also a fallen hermes shrine for food? and then it's nike who's the one to even suggest the physicians cure plan, like leo didnt have a CLUE what that was until she mentioned it, and then apollo artemis asclepius and some other randos are there at there to confirm and help with this plan that leo didn't even come up with, but like, literally all of this is just so ????

like here's the thing: how can the gods not help be involved, when they are so entwined with moving the plot forward that without them, nothing would happen? and beyond that hole, it is incredibly alarming how much the gods really do use their children as pawns. like, the mark of athena quest makes this pretty clear, but also? they are not constrained to the time and form and power of demigods. they allow children to fight for them, yet believe they have the right to pick favorites and boast champions? the gods are doing most of the work and planning, but shed no blood at the end of the day. luke kinda was right (he was wrong, but he was right)... and this is literally SO STUPID considering half of the people the seven met are just like "yeah, the gods and magic fucked up my life". the seven really should've just said bitch me too????

like, i keep coming back to how none of that physicians cure plan was ever really leo's. maybe he wouldn't have died? maybe jason would've died instead? maybe frank or hazel or percy or annabeth or all of the above? hoo was so weird for that "the gods don't interact with demigods"???? HUH???? why was nemesis sharing her chinese food order with them??? hera was basically living with jason, and ares and nike literally WAS???? apollo gets punished cause octavian was a little too kill-happy, but zeus, my man, ur whole extended family had the seven on speed-dial??? all in all bro, if the gods just paid their child support and stayed in this magic cloud penthouse or whatever, the plot and outcome of hoo would've been entirely different