omw to fight zeus

hii thank youuu <3 ik we already talked about my valgrace thoughts but i thought why not share the long winded version here too!

firstly yes! i just posted my doodle of them here and i definitely wanna draw more of them in the future bc they’re very cute

despite me drawing them and reading fics and all that i don’t actually ship them? sorta? i’m more of an unrequited valgracer. i fully think leo was in love with jason from the moment they met with the way he talks about him and praises and admires him. my personal favorite moment is when he landed on calypso’s island and his first thought was “it would make sense for her to fall in love with jason. he’s so hot and strong” like brother you found out about a eternal love curse and your first thought is your guy best friend?? homosexual behavior. also his flirty behavior with everyone is so bi coded i can’t see it any other way bc that character trope is one of my favs (ie. lance from voltron, sokka from atla, steve from stranger things, all the same characters in different fonts to me)

jason on the other hand is completely aromantic (+bisexual) to me and i cant see him having romantic feelings for anyone. i think a little bit bc of nature but mostly due to nurture and camp jupiter and trauma. (i’ve been wanting to make a post going into further detail on why with evidence and stuff but im lazy.) but therefore he doesn’t return feelings for leo and just sees him as a best friend. i think jason would be attracted to people who are of equal power to him (piper, reyna, percy…) now don’t get me wrong i think leo is insanely powerful and smart and talented, top 3 of the seven stuff, but the difference between him and the other three is his lack of confidence and his outward self deprecating comments i think unknowingly jason would see it as a sign of weakness because of how camp jupiter raised him. even piper is insecure with her powers but outwardly she radiates power and confidence

honestly aromantic jason couldve been such a good plot point. piper remembers them dating but jason doesn’t feel anything like that. the potential for representation (conventionally attractive aro has to explain that they are romantically interested in someone despite being expected to be?? please man) also from pipers prospective — what kind of daughter of Aphrodite has an unrequited crush? she’s the head counselor of the cabin of love for gods’ sakes. her whole thing is dating. so why cant she get one guy to love her back?

Leo is in love with him in every way (*cough* i hc leo as having borderline and jason is his fp) but jason isnt and even if they do end up dating leo knows that jason doesnt love him the way he loves jason and it’s so confusing because none of them have ever even considered the possibility that the golden boy could be aromantic.

jason at some point realizes that he doesnt love leo or piper or anyone and beats himself up for being a monster over it. what kind of person doesnt love anyone? what kind of monster? i think these people are hot but i don’t want to be in a committed relationship does that mean that all i do is use the people around me? and the same thing happened with reyna — she loved him and he didnt love her and he knew he should, because they spent every moment together and were best friends and then praetors but he just doesn’t love her like that.