unemployed older brother summer

first i howl's moving castled. then i sanusod. then i made this

Shot i referenced under cut

tell your friends you love them

hang out with people you adore and support them to make their lives easier just by being near them

pick up the trash you saw on the sidewalk and throw it away

tell your neighbor good morning

compliment the cashier's clothes, or hair, or accessories, or style

take care of yourself so that you're in a better mood and are more prepared to help others

make a fun gift for your loved ones

do something that makes you happy that doesn't involve screens, the internet, or hurting others

hang out in nature for 45 minutes

go for a walk

have a cold glass of water

plant something nice in your community

The Titan's curse might actually be my favorite (or at least second favorite) book in the pjo series, bc the more I think about it, the more stuff I find to think about

For instance, I find that there is a connection between the scene in which Thalia drives the sun chariot and the arc she goes through in this book, which concludes with her choosing not to be the child of the prophecy.

In the first scene, Thalia is pushed into doing something she doesn't want to do and isn't really suitable for doing despite being the right age for it (almost 16, as Apollo says). She tries to force herself to do it anyway while essentially having a panic attack, and almost gets everyone killed and many cities burned to the ground bc of it

Then, at the end of the book, she joins the Hunt and chooses not to be the child of the prophecy, not letting Zeus convince her otherwise like Apollo did in the chariot scene, bc she fears she might be manipulated by Kronos and doesn't think she's the right hero to fulfill the prophecy, even tho she's about to be the right age for it.

There's also some foreshadowing to the fact that Percy is going to be the child of the prophecy in the fact that while Thalia didn't really want to drive the chariot, Percy did.

They even have a discussion about it, where Zoë explicitly is the one who drives instead of Zoë:

Even on the way up to Mt. Tam, it's Zoë who drives, not Thalia.

Simultaneously, though, Zoë is also the one who is willingly going to her death, embracing the prophecy even though she knows it refers to her specifically.

mod note: the submitter gave me a 5-cells page of comic without providing the alt text so you're only getting the first cell.

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