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I think it’s insane that we are given the information that Jason Grace has killed an immortal being with his bare hands in the past and we don’t get him fist-fighting anything in the actual books.

Like, give me Jason getting his weapon knocked out of his hands, him squaring up, the enemy underestimating him and getting their shit wrecked for it.

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Leo Valdez’s arc should not have culminated in him getting a girlfriend. But if it had to for some reason, it shouldn’t have been Calypso. I’m not even gonna use the age gap as a reason. It’s been done to death and I don’t really care to begin with. I just think that Caleo is cheapened by the fact that she already caught feelings for Percy.

I’m not even saying that Percy’s whole “he pulls a lot and he’s not even trying” thing is bad, it just leaves the Caleo ship feeling like either Calypso is looking for a rebound or she falls for literally anybody who comes to her island. It also leaves Leo feeling like someone desperate enough to go for her anyway, which doesn’t work if his whole thing is learning to value himself.

That whole romance just gave me the impression of “She don’t want you bro, she want off the island and she want Percy Jackson.”

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As much as I love the idea that Jason Grace has no idea how fucked up his childhood was, my personal headcannon is that Jason knows exactly how messed up his childhood was and is completely numb to it.

That would not stop him from trying like hell to make sure nobody else goes through what he went through

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I have way too much to say about Jason Grace as a character so I might as well start here. I will also preface that while I might be critical of things in the Riordanverse, I do like it, I just think Jason in particular was done hella dirty. I’m also not working with a fully fresh memory of the franchise so if I say something stupid feel free to yell at me.

The relationship between Percy Jackson and Jason Grace was underwhelming, but it could’ve been a lot better. I think it boils down to three main areas: their rivalry, their relationship as foils and their eventual friendship

As Rivals

Jason and Percy’s rivalry basically boils down to “They fought because they were possessed,” and I think that they could’ve had plenty of reason to actually not like each other. This is part of my belief that the HoO series could’ve been longer to flesh out a lot of stuff. But I do believe that it’s bizarre that Percy and Jason meet, initially get along, and then come to blows in the same book. I know they were possessed, but that didn’t have to be the case. I think there were some things that Rick could’ve used to give them actual reasons to fight

I think it would boil down to two types of reasons: a systemic one and a “personal” one.

For Jason, I believe it was canon that the gods didn’t pay too much attention to Roman demigods, so it would’ve been interesting to have him go on a Greek quest while his memories are returning, see the amount of involvement from the gods and go: “So y’all can help, but the choose not to help the Romans? Fuck that!” I think the second reason that Jason would have to not like Percy would be to have him see how much the Greeks care about getting Percy back and contrast that to the Romans, who didn’t look for him and went as far as to replace him and you have Jason go: “Fuck That!” This would eventually turn into “Fuck Percy Jackson,” because even though Jason’s not really mad at Percy, he’s the poster boy for what Jason is really mad at

For Percy, you have him see the safety net that the Roman demigods have in New Rome and go: “Why don’t the Greeks have something similar? Fuck that!”. You can also have Percy find out that while he pretty much lost eight months in the blink of an eye, Jason was only asleep for a few days and go: “Fuck that!” This turns into a “Fuck Jason Grace” attitude because Jason is also the poster boy for what Percy is actually mad at

All in all, I don’t believe that they need actual personal gripes with each other, they just need to view each other as the easy target for the actual things they’re mad at.

They would eventually do fight, but not right away. In an ideal world where there is more space in the narrative(more/longer books), there would be at least a whole book where Percy and Jason just don’t get along. However, they wouldn’t come to blows by themselves. This is where the eidolons come in. Instead of it being a full possession like it was in the books, it could’ve been that the eidolons just stoked the tension that was already bubbling under the surface.

Who wins this fight? I would want it to be Jason(probably because I like the character and project on him way too much to have him lose). But at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter who wins, it just matters that the truth comes to light and they eventually talk it out.

As Foils

Jason and Percy could’ve been interesting foils because they both occupy the same space, both being big three powerhouses and leaders at their respective camps. However, they operate completely differently.

Both of them are opposites when it comes to their personality. Percy is a much more untamed, free-spirited rebel while Jason, even though he chafed under rules, still followed them. They are such opposites to the point where some characters that like one, automatically don’t like the other(Annabeth to Jason and Piper to Percy).

Percy is the type to sacrifice the world to save the people he cares about. And while I personally don’t believe that Jason is the ‘needs of the many’ type, he’s certainly not gonna go that far

They are also interesting in how similar they are.

On a basic level, both of them are good people who want to do the right thing, but it goes far deeper than that

I have a headcannon that Jason Grace’s fatal flaw is ‘Self Sacrifice’(I might get into this more in another post). This gives Jason an equally “job interview-y” flaw to Percy’s ‘Personal Loyalty’(as much as I love that being Percy’s fatal flaw, it is very much like when someone says “I’m too *insert good trait*” for the greatest weakness question in a job interview, at least in my opinion)

As Friends

Like I said before, Percy and Jason occupy the same space, so they both can relate to one another on a much deeper level than most others. In canon, they get along great after their spat and I wouldn’t change much about that.

I feel like their similar positions in life would allow them to trust each other

I do think that it would’ve been cool to see them go apeshit together with their combined strength more often

God I hope this shit made sense. I mainly just wish Jason and Percy’s fight had more meaning.

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I don’t know if someone else has already said this but it would be pretty baller if the villain for The Batman 2 was Hush

Like, they’re already going the “the Waynes weren’t as good as Bruce thinks they were” direction so having a villain that is a person from Bruce’s past and hates the Waynes would be perfect

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Random Ass Vampire Diaries Opinions/Ideas

Just because I can. I didn’t mean for this account to be so focused on vampires lmao. This is mainly about characters I have strong opinions on so I might not have as much to say about certain characters. I also haven’t seen every episode nor do I remember every episode I have seen so call me dumb if one of these takes or ideas is dumb

Elena Gilbert

Is it just me or was one of Elena’s most consistent character traits making people forget about trauma when she could easily just make it hurt less. Like she does it with Jeremy in season one and herself in season six. Vampires in this universe have been shown to be able to compel people to have heart attacks so it’s safe to say that they can make extreme emotional trauma just not hurt as bad

Piggybacking off of that a little, Elena should’ve been the one to stake Vicki in season one. It would’ve given her a reason to have Damon compel Jeremy to forget the whole thing and it would’ve added a whole new layer to her relationship with Matt

Elena should’ve been allowed to be a main villain when she turned her humanity off. I’m thinking she should’ve teamed up with Silas because in theory he could bring Jeremy back

Elena consistently defending/staying with Damon even as he continues to do horrible shit right under nose is very odd. Like at some point girl just stand up(I’m not anti-Elena, Damon or even Delena, it’s just weird that this girl with a strong moral compass wouldn’t just leave Damon)

Bonnie Bennett

Mistreated as shit

There were plenty of moments where she should’ve been able to get stronger on camera(this is just this bizarre idea that I have of Bonnie escaping the prison world by absorbing it like Kai absorbed the anti-magic spell)

They should’ve just let her and Damon at least hook up once if they weren’t going to date

Caroline Forbes

Were they trying to set up a possible Caroline/Alaric thing in season seven? Because that’s what it felt like and it was weird

Stefan Salvatore

Kind of a douche at times but otherwise I liked him

I swear to god, in the later seasons they just kind of forgot that Stefan was a ripper

Damon Salvatore

It was weird watching him constantly flip flop between edgy, murderous bad boy and Elena’s soft boy. Either his progression into a love interest should’ve been slower or, since he was a very evil guy for decades, just have a bunch of shit he did back then gradually come to light

Matt Donovan

I fully believe that the last time the writers had any clue what to do with Matt was the whole Mabekah plot line. I also think that Matt should’ve left with Rebekah

Matt’s whole “I hate vampires” thing didn’t make sense because he spent a whole summer between seasons traveling around the world doinkin’ Rebekah so it just comes out of complete left field

I think Vicki’s death should’ve affected him way more blatantly(again I haven’t seen every episode so I might be wrong).

Jeremy Gilbert

The whole Brotherhood of the Five thing could’ve worked if they did anything to establish the brotherhood as any different from regular hunters besides the magical tattoos. Like I know that Jeremy got super strong but outside of him lifting those kegs it doesn’t really come up. Especially since the other hunters relied so much on traps

Could’ve been a really interesting addition to the story if he were used properly. Me personally, I see Jeremy being used to showcase that Elena is willing to go to darker places if needed to protect the people she cares about

Other Random Thoughts

Season five was way too overcrowded with plots, it didn’t need three main villains. Get rid of Wes Maxfield and make Silas the main villain. The Travellers should’ve just been his cult of blood witches or something

Lilian Salvatore should’ve been the main antagonist of Season seven

A vampire turning their humanity off should’ve kept vestiges of the character’s personality.

I don’t think Vicki should’ve been a drug addict or if she was, it shouldn’t have been the reason she was such a volatile vampire. It should’ve been that being a vampire is hard and Vicki just couldn’t handle it

This isn’t everything that I have to say, but it’s something. I also want to clarify that I do in fact enjoy the Vampire Diaries, my brain just can’t help but nitpick things and think about how they could’ve been done differently. Let me know what y’all think or if I need to elaborate on some of this

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VtM Character Concepts

These are some random ass character concepts that I have in my head since I’ve never had the chance to play. High key inspired by @melonbear51

A social media influencer who’s actually a Setite using their platform to spread the teachings of Set

A Nosferatu who used to be a super attractive model or something. Their sire embraced them out of spite for the Toreador that was courting them

A Ravnos hired hitman who’s a gun-toting, wisecracking, foul-mouthed lunatic. Their main solution to most things is shooting the problem

A Dark Ages one: the doctor in a small village that everyone loves and respects. In reality, the doctor is a Tzimisce who’s been using the townsfolk as walking experiments and controls the whole village

A Hecata that was used as a ghouled hitman for the Giovanni for decades before only recently being embraced by their mother(may elaborate this one in the future)

A past-their-prime prizefighter turned Brujah who uses their vampire powers to start winning fighs again

A Banu Haqim assassin under tight Camarilla control who really doesn’t want to be a murderer anymore

A Ventrue who’s recently set their sites on Pentex and really doesn’t know what their getting involved with

A Toreador who’s a homeless musician but their sire loved their guitar skills enough to embrace them, but for some reason just doesn’t help them out financially

Feel free to use these concepts for PCs or NPCs or whatever you have in mind. Let me know what you think

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Coteries of New York Rant That’s Way Too Late (spoilers)

I wanna preface this by saying that it’s been at least six months since I’ve played the game and I never played the sequel

To me, the reveal of Thomas Arturo being the big twist villain is such horseshit because you only interact with him maybe twice throughout the whole game. The reveal gives off way more of a “Wait…it’s that guy?” vibe than anything else.

Arturo could’ve worked as the villain if he was given more screen time and a lot more hints as to his true nature. He needed more time to flesh out his character instead of a long ass exposition dump during the ending.

The worst part about it is that they had a much better twist villain right there.

Kaiser.

Kaiser is a much more prominent character than Arturo with a clear motivation and personality that didn’t need to be shoehorned in at the last minute.

It could’ve been that Kaiser was stringing Sophie along just to get as much info out of her as he could before killing her or something

You could also justify him not just killing the player by having him take a liking to the player