Annabeth's fatal flaw making her think she could save them, and almost getting her killed, and Percy's fatal flaw actually saving them because the fact that she was in danger shielded him from everything else? It turns out that her fatal flaw ultimately saved him in the end, too. They saved each other!

In the books, even if he was absolutely slaying, eating, serving BAMF in the middle of the fight, the book would be saying like "gosh I'm so awkward and clumsy haha who let me hold a sword lol I'm such a silly goose"

In the show we see him in pain and literally doing the most insane stuff with the most stoic facial expressions. Killing, stabbing, getting stabbed. He isn't some quirky funny kid on the outside, even if canonically on the inside he sees the world like a real kid. The show Percy seems different for these reasons but that's not OOC, that's just what Percy looks like to EVERYONE ELSE.

I also think he should feel guilty about it as well and think of it has another trait he got from his father. I want him to wrestle with his most basic instincts with wanting to be better than his godly side and being the son who Sally taught to respect women

Especially with that asshole Gabe treating his mother like he owned her. (I need him to die an even worse death actually) I think he should do the classic Mer thing where they hoard things they love

I think he should have the instincts to drag Annabeth under the water and keep her there because that’s where he can best protect her. Except he isn’t able to tell that his subconscious quite literally cannot comprehend why she wouldn’t be able to breathe down there, so he feels extremely guilty that he wants to (in his view) drown her. He gets bitey around her, teeth itching in a way that makes him uncomfortable.

Meanwhile Annabeth, THE abandonment issues expert, loves it when he gets possessive. It settles the little voice in her head that tells her this won’t last forever. She feels fully safe around him and if that means staying underwater in the camp’s lake then so be it. She quite literally throws herself into his arms just to feel them tighten around her.

something silly with them that final summer before percy went mia

♪ I was lost within the darkness but then I found her ♪

They complete each other, they compliment each other. They manage to rescue one another from their own flaws. It’s phenomenal writing. I have no notes.