(w.i.p)

i dont think a series ever made me question my moralities more than pjo. like duh i didnt want luke to succeed in overthrowing the olympians and putting kronos in place but the gods ARE shitty to their kids and minor gods WERE ignored and the demigods were pretty much used to save everyone on olympus’ asses despite what psychological and physical injuries they’d sustain like, that is so fucked up man. i can see why luke did what he did and see that he did it wrong but it makes me wonder what would have happened had percy sided with him and overthrown the gods and what the world might be like

ethan and luke’s characters destroyed my understanding of my own moral compass for years tbh

definitely!!! percy jackson literally shaped my entire moral compass and how i view the world. as someone like luke who had shitty, overprotective, over-expecting parents who never gave me a chance to prove myself, i knew that if I was a demigod, i probably would have joined luke. i probably would have joined magneto’s brotherhood too. and seeing Percy, this abused kid, this kid with so many learning disabilities find his own strength, trust a few people, and still make the right choices no matter how difficult literally helped me understand as a 14-15 year old, that just because I was hurting, and the world is shitty to me, doesn’t give me the right to treat the world shitty too. Percy Jackson was a series that understood that not everything is black and white, and sometimes you just have to pick the lesser evil, and try to change it however you can. Silena’s spying, and her redemption was so important! Grover getting over his anxiety and crippling self-esteem was so important!! Annabeth and Thalia were in the literal same boat as Luke, and they made the right choices in the end, despite anyone and anything. If anything, Percy Jackson taught me that yeah sometimes you lose things. And that yeah, I maybe a pawn for my damn parents and a pawn in this damn world but I’m not going to sit here and be pushed around, but I’m not gonna bring down the entire world in anarchy either. If I’m gonna be a pawn, I’m gonna fucking do it my way. This is one of the reasons why I found Heroes of Olympus so disappointing. It didn’t explore any dark and mature themes really, and it was all tied up in a oversized bow to hide all the holes in the plot and that there weren’t any reaaall sad moments that can shape a reader….

I don’t want to be rude™ or anything, but Nico and Will are so fucking goals

The only fandom discourse I want to see from y'all is finally settling on the jiper/jasper/jasiper ship name

honestly i just really identify with persephone because sometimes i want to wear sundresses and flower crowns and skip through meadows but other times i want to wear all black and make everyone around me quiver in fear and i want to bring powerful men to their knees and i am also a literal goddess

when will piper get over her “I’m not like other girls” phase