Harry is underrated!

percy: ah, no can do man. appreciate the invite, but uh… i got a baby comin around then.

leo, horrified: holy shit. another one!?

chris: we thought the jackson baby factory had shut down! do we need to give you the talk?

percy, putting his hands up in surrender: woah, hey— i was just following orders.

travis, laughing: and how’s that?

percy: annabeth tells me she wants a baby, i give her a baby.

frank, trying not to laugh: like… immediately?

grover, shaking his head: do you even want another?

percy: jesus, guys. why the hell would i say yes if i didn’t? it’s our fourth, not our fifteenth! and yeah, we've been talking about it for a while. we love babies, we love parenting, we’re financially stable, the kids are excited… we’re happy. sorry our marriage is healthy and functional?

the guys: *giving in and congratulating him*

People don’t talk about Kronos using Annabeth as leverage against Percy enough.

“It’s time to surrender or the girl dies” because Kronos knew if it was Annabeths life at stake Percy would give up the world.

and Annabeth knew it too. “Percy, don’t.” because he really would risk it all to make sure she’s alive

Here’s the thing: you’re actually all right. Because why can’t he do it all??

Percy has so much potential and a long life ahead of him. I think it’d be so cool if he started out as a firefighter—maybe during late college and into his mid-20s. Then he goes to vet school while still working at the fire station (to support the fam but mainly because he loves it). Eventually, he becomes a practicing marine veterinarian who uses his ability to speak to sea creatures to save lives and protect marine-life health. And throughout all of it, he still often picks up shifts at the firehouse when he’s needed or just feels like it.

Deep sea diving would be more of a hobby, and rescue diving something he responds to when the situation calls for it. I also fully believe he’d occasionally teach sword-fighting classes at Camp Half-Blood on the weekends, and he’d 100% respond to marine life emergencies (like sharks on the beach or sea turtles caught in plastic in the ocean) when they happen. I can even see him teaching at New Rome as a professor in his 60s/70s. And through it all, he stays a part-time firefighter until he physically can’t anymore.

Some people think he’d be a social worker, so why can’t he volunteer at child protection organizations? Some people think he’d establish safe houses for demigods—I personally think Annabeth is the one who does that, using her architecture job and since she was the one on the streets as a kid, but why can’t her husband help her and contribute his own ideas to the project? Maybe he teaches surfing classes at some stage of his life where he has more off time or needs more income. Hell, he could even lead some boat voyages, too, and maybe write a couple books over the span of his lifetime.

It’s not like he has to do it all in one day. He doesn’t have to be busy 24/7. He’s got time. He’s got his whole life. I can see him doing ALL of it. So like… why are we acting like he has to choose just one path?? Percy has SO much talent and such a huge heart. He’s got the potential to use his unique gifts in a hundred different ways—to help people, help animals, and protect the world he loves. And at the same time, I know he’d be such a loving and present husband, son, friend—and dad to like five chaotic kiddos.

Rick may not always be the most consistent writer when it comes to Percy, but there’s one thing he has always been consistent at showing: Percy is extraordinary. He accomplishes things no one else can. So yeah, I think he’d be an extraordinary firefighter. And an extraordinary marine vet. And an extraordinary diver, rescuer, teacher, husband, father, and more.

He is Percy freaking Jackson. He can do anything and everything he sets his mind to.

Here are links to a couple of my other posts discussing this:

cho is trying to defend her friend for selling out dumbledore’s army and say that hermione was mean for the acne jinx she put on the parchment. harry, all unbothered is like, i thought it was brilliant.

and when cho gets all jealous and worked up, harry the little legend is like:

“don’t start crying again”

Sure, there was never much light on how Harry and Ginny's story started, but it was slow. From strangers to his best friend's sister, to a worthy opponent and teammate in Quidditch, to a trusted comrade in war, it's impossible to ignore what came in between.

And that was the quiet nights spent talking, the friendly banter during Quidditch, Harry seeking Ginny out when the world became a tad too much for him, Ginny calling out Harry for his pompous heroism and self-sacrifice, Harry being there during Ginny's reckless moments and her boy troubles, the after-class conversations beside the lake, the nights with spiced chocolate in the common room, Harry thinking to himself that he needed to tell Ginny what happened in class today and hurrying to find her, Ginny doing the same.

It was slow until Harry realised that indeed, it was Ginny's soft voice that got through him most times than not, and after that, it was not long before Ron and Hermione understood it too.

It came to a point where it was Ginny that they called anytime Harry was being a stubborn ass, and it was Harry that they called anytime Ginny got into her wild, reckless fits that made them think she'd burn down the world at any moment.

It started them depending on each other emotionally, before they realized that in fact, they couldn't lose one another at all.

Percy “does not and will not make eye contact while talking and is struggling to pay attention” Jackson

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Do you want a deep, emotionally mature answer or my real answer?

Because I could go into a whole thing about how finally being able to express their feelings, be vulnerable with someone, and actually feel safe with each other was incredibly therapeutic. I mean, emotional intimacy? Communication? Trust? All very healthy and healing for them both.

But if you want my real answer? I think 90% of the problems they had before evaporated the moment they started making out. Like truly I just think heated kissing relieved the majority of the built-up tension and stress that they had going on. Because let’s be so serious, they had their first make-out sesh underwater that lasted approximately an eternity, then Percy described the next two weeks as the best of his life... So. I rest my case.