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He eventually notices Court sounded drained, a little like when Grace would stay up for extended periods of time and his brain stops functioning properly. He asks Court why he sounds so tired, and Ryland and Colt speak for him.

"He stays up to make sure dad doesn't hurt us in our sleep. He hasn't slept in two days!" Declares Ryland.

"Dad's an old asshole! Beats on us something awful!" Colt frowns.

Rocky hates Papa Gentry now, but for now, these kids needed him. He tells Court to go to sleep. "Rocky watch Court and clutchmates sleep. Is a culture thing with Rocky's race, so you be safe."

Court is reluctant to trust him, but he sees how quickly his little brothers warmed up to Rocky. He watches them curl up next to Rocky in his xenonite encasement, and decides to do so as well. It's warm. It's the first time either of the boys have felt this kind of safety. Like a parent Eridian does to soothe their pebbles, Rocky quietly sings them an Eridian lullaby. Court, finally feeling safe (and warm), conks out immediately. Rocky listens, hearing Papa Gentry stumble drunkenly around the house. He swears nothing bad will ever happen to these kids again. He dares Papa Gentry to barge through the children's bedroom door. So help him God, Rocky would body Papa Gentry in a heartbeat.

context: Dean arrived at Stanford to see that Sam's transitioned. He's ftm in my head but you can interpret it however lol

Yup 100% how it went on the drive to California. i think.

This could have been a reblog but I hate it when contrarians do that to me so I'm not doing that to this person.

Friend, you are missing the point of why people hate percabeth. I don't hate that Annabeth is a mess, I hate that she gets away with being a mess while holding Percy to perfect boyfriend standards. I hate that she gets to have complex feelings about Luke but gods forbid Percy even *look* at another girl just to be his friend.

Fantastic character flaw, if annoying and immature, but a horrible trait in an allegedly loving and supportive girlfriend.

I hate that her being a mess is constantly dismissed by Percy and everyone else meanwhile he cannot fuck up whatsoever in their relationship without swift consequences and Annabeth never letting him live it down. He can't even start doing well in school without her perceiving a threat to 'her thing' and getting jealous and petty about it.

Fantastic character flaw, if annoying and immature, but a horrible trait in an allegedly loving and supportive girlfriend.

She doesn't have to be a perfect girlfriend, she doesn't have to be a perfect person. No one is asking for this whose opinion is worth their salt. We are asking that she takes the hits she gives. If Annabeth gets to be snippy at Percy when she's frustrated, she needs to be able to take it when he's snippy at her when he's frustrated, and she can't.

"Not simply about learning to treat their boyfriends better" --great! Then let her be single if she can't handle a healthy relationship. Nobody, gender regardless, is entitled to a romance, and nobody, gender regardless, deserves to suffer for someone else's immaturity in that romance.

It isn't a crime to make teenage girls do things wrong. It is harmful, however, to romanticize and excuse that behavior just because they're girls. Feminism isn't about "but the boys were mean so now I'm entitled to be mean back now that I have power" it's about equality, breaking the cycle of abuse, not giving a fuck about gender at all and who's "superior". Otherwise we just keep going around in circles.