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Meeting Artemis

Artemis: and this is the pledge so you can become an immortal huntress

Me: hmmm immortality with a bunch of women?? Yes please. *says pledge*

Artemis: also btw you can’t date boys

Me: not a problem

Artemis: or girls

Me: fuck can I take it back

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Everyone strap in for the ride because, spoiler if you haven’t seen my latest post on instagram, I’m pissed. The post in question was written by pjo-hoo-toa-freakazoid about Percy being bisexual/biromantic (a very common head canon) but a few people in the comments got upset about this, arguing that he’s straight. From their point of view, he’s straight because he’s in a relationship with Annabeth.

First off, I want to point out that there is no canon statement in the books or by Rick himself that Percy is straight (if there is, I’ve missed it and someone can dm it to me, but I’m 99% about this). Therefore, any head canon about his sexuality is fair game, excluding gay because he’s dating Annabeth and has very clearly shown interest in girls. I will respect head canons about him being straight, but I will not stand for people shitting on head canons of him being part of the LGBTQIA+ community. I will say this time and time again: straight is not the default.

One of the main points for the argument that Percy is bi is that he has called a few men attractive, which shows a little bit of interest in them. Nowhere does he explicitly say that he wouldn’t date a man. Nowhere does he explicitly say that he would date a man. Which is why this is a head canon and it’s reasonable to speculate that he could be bi, pan, or any other sexuality as long as it includes attraction to women. Just because he is in a relationship with a girl doesn’t mean that he can’t be bi, that’s very plainly biphobia to say that he has to be straight. Someone can still be bi even if they’re dating the opposite sex and it wouldn’t mean that they’re gay if they were in a relationship with the same sex. This is common stigmatization against bi people and it’s disgusting.

As a counter argument, Percy’s sexuality was compared to Nico being gay which a different situation. They had said that if someone argued that Nico was straight or bi we would “have a fit.” Which is true but for different reasons. For one thing, Nico’s sexuality has been very specifically stated and canonized that he’s gay, both in the story and by Rick himself (an easy example is the popular “honey he gay” meme that Rick made on his Twitter). Nico has also expressed that he’s not attracted to women (his distaste to the idea that people thought he liked Annabeth). This argument is problematic (read: homophobic) because LGBTQIA+ have been hated on for not being cishet since forever and it keeps happening. That’s why we would “have a fit.” Because it hurts to see that when many of us have had that same hate thrown at ourselves for being part of the LGBTQIA+ community. Trying to say that this is the same level as having a head canon that Percy isn’t straight is the same is incredibly insensitive. Once again, I can respect someone’s head canon that Percy is straight. In return, I hope that you can respect our head canon that he’s bi. But you have to remember that he doesn’t have a canon sexuality.

However, since I’m writing this, it’s clear that people are having trouble respecting this head canon. The main thing that I want to point out is that if you’re annoyed at people finding comfort in the idea that Percy could be bi, you’re homophobic. There is no hate on straight people when using this head canon. In fact, if anyone were to hate on someone for having the head canon that Percy is straight, I would be just as mad. I will not condone any sort of behavior like this, especially on my page. I’m not here to spread hate, I’m here to share our love for the series and the characters, no matter what their sexuality is. Having that said, if you’re “tired” of seeing people speculate and have head canons that defies “the norm” (flashback to my instagram posts about Percy being BIPOC and the rant I made then jfc), then you’re the one who’s problematic, not us. Maybe we read into things to much, but we’re enjoying ourselves. What’s wrong with that? What’s wrong with trying to see ourselves in the stories we love? There’s such a lack of representation in media (especially decent ones) and when we see hints of it, of course we’re going to take it and run with it. We’re deprived of seeing ourselves as the main character and heroes, not just a background character that appears for .1 seconds that Disney can pay themselves on the back for adding.

On the other hand, it’s becoming easier for queer creators to create LGBTQI+ characters and we’re finally getting some representation. But because of this, homophobes are getting annoyed and saying things like “suddenly everyone is gay.” Like, no lol. Even if there were some piece of media that every character was queer, saying it’s unrealistic, that’s bullshit. You don’t get to say that when for decades we’ve had to sit through media where every person is straight. Where every relationship is only with the opposite sex. We’ve sat through it so obviously you should be able to do the same. When you say that we already have plenty of characters in the riordanverse that are part of the LGBTQIA+ community, we can easily feel the same way.

Another thing I want to bring attention to is the comment that Percy is straight because he doesn’t say that he’s straight. AKA he doesn’t have to say it because straight people don’t have to announce their sexuality. Because it’s assumed to be the default. So here we go again: straight is not the default. One of our goals in the LGBTQIA+ is to make sure that’s known, because coming out is one of the hardest things we’ll ever experience, something that some of us don’t want to experience. Let me offer you this thought: bi or pan should be the default. Why? Let’s use food as an example: on the table in front of you, there’s a cake and a pie. Some people would rather have the former, some would rather the latter, some don’t care, some like neither, some like both, or maybe they like both but have a preference on which they’ll eat. However, maybe you’ve never had either before. You don’t know if you’ll like it or not unless you try it. Or, maybe you’ve never had cake but you don’t care for it because you like pie too much to not choose it. But if you’ve never had it, it’s unfair to assume that you only like cake because it’s the most common thing. Maybe the people who like pie aren’t speaking up because they’re yelled at for liking it and not liking cake or liking both. It’s the same with sexuality. It’s easier to start off with weighing all your options before you start to cross them off.

No one in the riordanverse is “obviously straight” in canon. There are few characters in the riordanverse that exclusively like the same sex in canon. We are allowed to have head canons. Be respectful.

This was something I especially didn’t want to see during pride month but of course I can’t live my life without seeing hate on the LGBTQIA+ community. If you’re straight, you’re able to avoid the hate that we rarely live without. This is why we have pride month. This is why we have pride month. This is why we have pride month.

That said, happy pride month! I give all my love to everyone and I hope you know you’re valid. Bi people, I hope you know this especially. Biphobia is rampant even in the LGBTQIA+ community, please stay safe, lovelies. Love yourself and love loving other people. I will do my best to create a safe community and promote kindness. After all, that’s why I made this account, to share the love we have for the Percy Jackson series and make everyone smile.

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*messing around, probably playing video games on the console Leo rigged*

Jason: you’re literally a loser

Leo: I know :(

Jason: oh come on, you know I didn’t really mean it

Leo: compliment me then.

Jason, whispering: that was smooth

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Things the pjo fandom forget about characters

Reyna:

-she’s Puerto Rican

-was an attendant on Circe’s island and helped Annabeth with her makeover

-was held captive by pirates with her sister until they were able to fight back

-it was said she would’ve probably dated Jason if he hadn’t been taken away by Juno

-had an abusive father

-even though she seemed cold she had dreams of visiting Rome with Jason and made an iternary

Nico:

-was almost killed by Zeus when he was very young

-before Bianca died he was very clingy to Percy and was happy and bright

-Hades told him he was destined to have a miserable life (as children of Hades always do)

-when he found Hazel he was actually looking for Bianca to take advantage of the doors of death being open

-used to be very naive and was taken advantage of by both Hades and the ghost of king Minos

-was actually very distressed about coming out as gay and being himself to the point where he’d rather fight Cupid than admit it

Thalia:

-believed Jason was dead ever since she lost him at the park. It hurt her enough to never mention him to anyone

-in the short story where her, Percy, and Nico go to the underworld she there was a good chance she was looking for Jason

-she has quite a lot of trauma from when Jason was given away, especially since she left for a minute and found out he was gone

-she was powerful enough to immediately become Artemis’s right hand when she joined the hunters

Will:

-HES MORE THAN JUST NICOS BOYFRIEND

-ok with that out of the way

-he’s from the south, pretty sure Texas specifically

-very brave and cool headed under pressure (was able to stay calm during the battle of Manhattan and face Nico)

-knows a lot about the human body, enough to ruin someone with just by the knowledge of your bones

-actually plays a big role in the trials of Apollo

-he has a sun tattoo on his chest (not really forgotten, but some info I want to spread from the newest book lol)

Clarisse:

-even though she seemed like a bully she was really kind to many people, including Chris, Silena, and Coach Hedge and his family

-when her electric spear was broken by Percy she got a new one called Maimer but everyone else called it “lamer”

-Ares was verbally abusive to her in the sea of monsters so much that she was scared of him when he spoke to her. And even when he was just vapor (an image??) and he raised his fist at her she flinched

-is very determined to always do her best

-IT WAS HER QUEST IN THE SEA OF MONSTERS and she finished the quest alone

Someone asked me to write this back in January but it’s been sitting in my drafts for months 😬

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Magnus, staring at his dead body in a casket: I feel like I’m dead. I’m alive

Annabeth, standing in the doorway:

Magnus: but I’m dead

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Will: get yourself a man that looks at you the way Nico looks at me

Reyna: he looks like he wants to commit a crime

Will: a crime of love!

Nico: he’s right. Being gay is illegal in many countries

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Tower of Nero Spoilers

You gotta love how Sally is a mom to everyone, especially Meg who really needs a mother figure in her life 🥺🥺 we all love Sally

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Tower of Nero Spoilers:

Where they are now:

Percy: He’s now in new rome (after taking a road trip there with Annabeth and Grover (in the beat up car from battle of the labyrinth)), hoping to study either marine biology or aquaculture. Percy is sad that his and Annabeth’s dorm buildings are a few blocks away and not closer

Annabeth: also in new rome, dual enrolling in new rome university and UC Berkeley. Her and Percy are still hopelessly in love, but not enough to do his homework for him lol

Grover: last we saw, he was on a road trip with Percy and Annabeth, it wasn’t mentioned where he is now but I assume he’s still in new rome or doing god of the wild stuff

Rachel: she plans on taking a year off from school to go to Paris until her house is rebuilt. She promises to come back to camp during the summer to continue her prophetic duties. The last view we have of her is giving a new prophecy Apollo couldn’t hear (more on that soon)

Nico: he’s at camp half-blood, worried about hearing voices from Tartarus. He’s thinking of meddling, especially since he heard a prophecy from Rachel (that we don’t know, and that Rick hinted at maybe writing a book on). Still in love with Will

Will: at camp with Nico, trying to keep him in line and making sure he doesn’t die from doing risky stuff. He’s content that Apollo is now a god again. He’s also heard the prophecy that Rachel gave, and will likely be a part of it

Jason: still dead, but his ghost visits Apollo in a dream. He reminds Apollo to keep learning as a human

Piper: she’s now living at her ancestral home with her father, now that he’s fallen from stardom. We last see her kissing a girl named Shel, as she’s trying to move past everything that happened in the burning maze

Leo: he’s still at the Waystation with his new family, Hemithea and Josephine as his mothers and Reyna and Georgina as his sisters. He volunteers a lot by teaching kids how to build stuff. He’s so in love with Calypso, but their relationship is still strained

Calypso: we don’t actually see her, but also mentions that she enjoying taking high school classes

Hazel: she’s still praetor and has now figured out that her curse has been fully lifted. They now use the jewels and riches she pulls out of the earth for offerings to the gods and to build more buildings and temples in new rome

Frank: he’s also praetor, now much more confident than he was before, now that his life is no longer tied to a stick. Him and Hazel are still dating. He found out how to turn his praetor cape into a sweater wrap and is very proud

Reyna: we see her at the waystation house with the hunters of Artemis. She’s enjoying the hunt and has become one of the top huntresses

Thalia: also at the waystation, and is still the number one huntress. She’s excited at how rapidly Reyna is adjusting to being a huntress

Let me know if I missed anyone!

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The Tower of Nero spoiler!!

This scene is so important:

Our boy has grown up. Someone hold me while I cry

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Reyna: can anyone give me an example of something useless in battle?

Octavian: *raises hand*

Reyna: very good. Any other examples?

Octavian:

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I keep trying to think of where Percy was when he was asleep for the eight or so months during the switch in the heroes of olympus. Like, where did Hera put him? I have this funny image in my head of him sleeping in a corner in the wolf house but the lost hero group doesn’t notice because they have no idea what he looks like.

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I’ve started my reread of the mark of athena and I was reminded that Jason is one year younger than Percy, aka he turns 16 in this book. I know the whole hype in the pjo series is that Percy makes himself the one in the big prophecy because he doesn’t want it to happen to Nico. Althoughhhh imagine if Percy had died, and now everyone is looking to Nico. BUT Jason is older than Nico, and reaches that age first. What if that was the time that the romans and greeks noticed each other? And then Jason would be the one of the prophecy.

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In my reread of The Last Olympian, I somehow had forgotten some of the details to Percy’s wish after the war. I remembered he wanted all the kids to be claimed, give the minor gods cabins, and having Calypso freed. BUT he also said they needed to get rid of the pact that the big three weren’t allowed to have kids. So that made me think… how fast were Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades to get to making kids?? Like is Percy going to find out he has a halfblood sibling soon? And, how many new kids are going to be bullied by Hera because Zeus can’t keep it in his pants?

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This is your actual friendly reminder that Percy mentioned that the campers wanted to call zeus’s fist the poop pile in the titan’s curse

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As I graduate high school I feel like Percy when he finally completes the first prohpecy and Rachel immediately gives the new great prohpecy. He’s like that’s waaaay out of my lifetime I don’t need to deal with that. But then sUDDENLY!! That’s how I feel about starting college

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During my reread of the sea of monsters:

Percy: I’m sorry, Hermes. I tried to talk to Luke like you asked, but we kinda ended up in a duel to the death

Hermes: eh, sometimes that happens

Percy: ???

-minutes later-

Hermes, about to leave: thank you again, Percy

Percy: I literally tried to kill your son??

Hermes: a trademark of true family

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I just realized that because of the empathy link that Percy shares with Grover he’s probably annoyed during the burning maze. Like imagine he’s finally relaxing after studying and taking his tests and then suddenly he’s having to deal with Apollo in his dreams. That thought is so hilarious but poor Percy