lack of creativity

this is page 119 of the titan's curse. it's definitely a matter of wordplay, but "ill do my best" is NOTHING close to a surefire promise. he never promised.

thats not to say i don't understand where the confusion came from. this is page 290 of house of hades.

also she was annoying because Percy found her annoying, but the books were pretty clear that they were in fact very similar. in TTC she was also a young teen, she was also worried about Annabeth (although it definitely didn’t show as much), she was struggling with coming back after 6 years, she was dealing with Luke’s betrayal. just like Percy, she was Going Through Stuff, and just like him, she was a hot-headed powerful demigod with an uncertain future. it made sense for them to piss each other off, specially since, besides all their similarities, they would usually disagree with how to deal with stuff.

or having to go to the mortal parents of those kids and saying “your child died during the war but we have their body do you want it” and the parent either accepting or denying and if accepting SEEING THEIR CHILDS MUTILATED BODY before doing a funeral service that probably doesn’t involve the kids from chb

like selina for example with her dad and his chocolate or whatever having someone from chb come to his house knock on his door and say “i’m sorry but selina died a hero fighting during the great war” then giving him her body after having poison spat right in her face

that or like imagine you haven’t had contact with your kid in a long while then one day you get a knock on the door and it’s not your kid but it’s a different kid telling you their dead ???? you had no idea a war was even going on ?? and now your 10yr old is gone

like i know a lot of kids don’t really talk to their mortal parents so they have a permanent spot at chb but there’s also kids with one foot in and one foot out and that’s so CRAZY like if percy had died he probably would’ve been buried in the mortal world sally would’ve had camp there fs but he wouldn’t have been buried at camp (personally i don’t think he would’ve at least)

how many kids were buried in the mortal world and how many would’ve actually wanted that also like that’s so devastating

especially if those kids were actually close to their mortal parents like parents who are like sally in that way who ask how it happened why it happened who else was hurt how many died like the parents who actually cared :(

Also, I was thinking about how, in canon, they burn their shrouds. I’d imagine that if the kid has a living and contactable parent that maybe they would burn a empty/symbolic one and return the body to the parent. But how do you do this if there are no remains? How do you explain that their kid is dead and have nothing to show for it? Do they use the Mist to cover this too? And yes I’m talking about Beckendorf, Michael, and that one Ares kid who got eaten alive by the drakon.

happy last same year as it was yesterday 2024 tuesday

 I don’t want to be doing this the whole time:

At first, it was like the other ones. They all turn into stone. Aaravos grasps them and hold them between his fingers. They are his pawns.

cause frank and hazel are still pretty nervous/unsure with each other. they JUST started dating, and are so pure and adorable. they just haven’t quite figured out the romance part yet

and jason and piper have their moments, but they’re just so… distant. like not physically, of course, but they just don’t really seem to connect on a deep level. and they aren’t super affectionate, at least not physically or openly. piper is constantly unsure about where they’re at, and while jason has thoughts about how great piper is, he doesn’t openly show his feelings too often.

but percabeth? they’re the oldest in age (physically), have known each other the longest, and have been romantically committed to each other for the most time. they act like they’ve been together for eternity, which is funny since they were technically only dating for 4 months before percy got abducted. but they just have such a deep history together and such an intense connection. they’re in it for the long run. there’s no doubt or uncertainty - and it shows. like…annabeth is so wife girlfriend. there are so many funny/cute little moments, like her scolding him for putting too much syrup on his pancakes, and telling him to take a shower when he smells bad. and when percy suggests him and jason should go on a dangerous quest instead of annabeth and piper, instead of being like “omg he cares so much about me😍” (which hazel and piper would have done) annabeth is like “what seaweed brain?? you think two guys can do better than two girls??” and percy is immediately like “uh uh NO nope i definitely do NOT think that!!” he knows better. the immediate fear is so husband boyfriend of him. they simultaneously have the most disagreements (remember when percy called annabeth out when she thought she should navigate through rome alone, and basically called her stupid for thinking it was a good idea, and then they argued and had a face-off, which percy won) - while also being the most lovey dovey (they’re constantly putting their hands on each other - annabeth putting her hand on his chest to calm him down, putting their hands on each other’s arms for support, percy having his arm around her when they’re at the edge of the ship, always giving each other a kiss on the mouth or the cheek when they separate, etc). and they have no issues sneaking off in the middle of the night to do some talking and kissing. and quite frankly, making out in front of piper in BoO (remember that? when piper got super uncomfortable at how long their kiss was lasting, and then annabeth let out, and i quote, “grunt-whimpers”). they are just so natural and comfortable with each other. piper says it herself.

meanwhile the other couples are still on that early phase where they are discovering their boundaries and disagreements are still avoided. but percabeth didn’t even go through that phase, because they already knew each other well enough.

@dostoevskydocs​ #genuis#imagine just them with monsters like ‘oh hey do i know u from somewhere?’#‘yeah we use to sit next to each other during dinner at kronos’ battle camp!’#‘oh damn yea how u doing man?’

@eternal-state-of-voorpret​ #adrian the gods are gonna die!!#yeah not how I’d imagined it but beggars can’t be choosers right?97 notes

also got a question about which 3 by @impostor1491625​ but like i’d preferably change the seven around and have a change in the plot BUT imagine this - leo and piper having been in kronos’ army like think of it guys, a powerful charmspeaker and fire user which would make the fight between demigods in the last olympian SO intense and make it even more awkward on board after (before it was roman v greek but roman v greek v kronos’ army members?? AWKWARD)

and the guilt around beckendorf and silena’s death?? piper and leo having loved their older siblings and feeling so guilty about their deaths but at the same time still being SO DAMN ANGRY

drew v piper would have been so much more interesting like, drew is still sad about silena’s death but lashes out at everyone angrily especially piper because she defected and she blames it all on piper and piper’s feeling guilty about it too but at the time she won’t allow herself to be bullied so they’re just butting heads

and then piper’s guilt magnified even further when her father gets kidnapped because she’s betraying her friends again but AGAIN it’s a reasonable reason because it’s a valid goddamn reason

jason hearing about the fact that both of them had been on kronos’ army because chb is a bunch of gossips and having to deal with the moral quandary that he likes his friends but at the same time he’s super morals-orientated (unlike percy who stands by his friends regardless of what) and just trying to wrap his head around it while getting his memories together

now Gaea didn’t play on the demigods’ resentment against their godly parents, she would play against them on their insecurities, and she would do so trying to disarm them rather than convincing them to join her. it’s pretty clear that there are no demigods in her future. which is really interesting from those Kronos Army demigods’ pov, because they had fought for what they thought was the best option for fellow demigods (whether they actually believed in Kronos’ cause or were brainwashed - it would be very interesting to have both examples present). now, whether they like it or not, the best option for demigods is fighting alongside the gods. the thought of using demigod blood in a sacrificial ritual would disgust them. there wouldn’t really be a doubt about fighting Gaea. but at first they WOULD be weirded out about fighting alongside demigods who one year before had different values. but imagine them figuring out that Percy + co. we’re also fighting for what they thought was the best option for them, and they also resent the gods, and they aren’t so different after all.

now, imagine Leo, who had joined Kronos because, just like Luke, he had blamed his father for failing to protect his mom and himself. imagine that Leo discovering that actually, Gaea was the one who killed his mom, which leads him to question everything. imagine his first contact with Frank and Hazel, loyal Romans, and the first thing he does is shooting their camp (and Gaea picked him because she knew the others would distrust him). imagine Hazel, who had died to defeat a giant previously, having to work with Sammy’s great grandkid, and wondering how he could be so similar and yet so different.

and then there’s Piper, with her charmspeak, which also sparks distrust from fellow campers.

I like to believe that, in this scenario, Percy and Annabeth would be the firsts to give them a second chance (specially Percy, since he was the one who asked for their forgiveness). but there would be a moment when one of them reaches for their weapon, which doesn’t go unnoticed.