Team Jason Grace

As you can tell from this range the doe is very emaciated and is having a difficult time holding her head up and her ears are perhaps not as perked as you’d expect. This is typical.

CWD is a prion disease like mad cow disease. It lives in the brain and spinal cord but also can inhabit other organs. CWD affects the family cervidae, so any deer or elk type in North America is susceptible.

And while there’s no reported cases of CWD being transmitted to humans, there’s evidence of susceptibility in non-human primates so there’s cause for some concern and caution.

Here’s a map from the CDC of all counties with CWD reported as of January 2019:

Because of my sighting I’d like to caution people on the border of Oakland country Michigan.

If you live in a state like mine where deer hunting is big and just a part of life here’s how to spot a deer with CWD as well as some cautionary steps to prevent contamination when you dress your hunt:

Symptoms of CWD:

drastic weight loss (wasting)

stumbling

lack of coordination

listlessness

drooling

excessive thirst or urination

drooping ears

lack of fear of people

aggression

Safety guidelines in handling your deer:

Wear latex or rubber gloves when dressing the animal or handling the meat.

Minimize how much you handle the organs of the animal, particularly the brain or spinal cord tissues

Do not use household knives or other kitchen utensils for field dressing.

If you are hunting in an area with reports of CWD you should contact wildlife or public health services to get your meat tested. If you are having a butcher shop process your deer for you ask for it to be handled individually. If you are claiming roadkill deer please inspect carefully and ask for it to be tested.

Finally, if you spot a deer with symptoms of CWD please REPORT it to your state. You can simply google “report CWD [state]”. Many states have an online form.

It spreads through contact with bodily fluids so unfortunately that includes water sources for wildlife. Even if you’re not dead sure a deer is I’ll but feel that somethings off REPORT REPORT REPORT.

I would like to add that I am a hunter myself. My small town relies on this as a source of food. We pay our dues in tags to help conservation. We help control the populations. Hunters are not the enemy. Rural folk are good people. I don't know why there is such hatred for us in the comments here.

-In the Blood of Olympus (pg 182), Piper mentions,  "I think Jason is the linchpin to Hera’s whole scheme.  He was her first play; he’s going to be her last.“  This could possibly mean that Jason isn’t done or that the whole war/apocalypse threat isn’t over.  Jason did not execute the final move yet, and the threat of Gaea was just a cover up for the threat of the emperors.  With this in mind, maybe he will be the final move that takes down the emperors or python.  

-Also in the BoO, it is mentioned (pg 25), "Jason had secretly hoped to visit the ancient site of Apollo’s Oracle, maybe get some insight into his personal future, but if the place had been overrun by monsters…”.  He still may want to go to Delphi to clear the place and get advice. 

-Jason stood up for Apollo in the end of the BoO against Zeus.  His sympathy for Apollo may lead him to go on a quest to help him.  

Yes: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces

Jason Grace:

Who saved a girl he didn’t know using abilities he wasn’t quite sure he had

Who learned to love a friend who thought they were not worthy of love

Who was raised by wolves only to be the most gentle soul in the world

Who wears glasses only to be slammed with Clark Kent/ superman jokes

Who learned to walk beside someone who should be his enemy

Who used love and appreciation before war and destruction

Who carried the weight of a thousand secrets because his friends were too hurt already

Who found his sister and recognized her and loved her immediately as if they hadn’t been separated since he was two

Who tried to eat a stapler

Who lost his memories and still was patient with people he didn’t know

Who knew it was easier to love and learn then to have never loved at all

Who gave everyone a piece of himself, as a friend, as a lover, as a brother, as a leader

Who was soft and sweet with every person

Who tried hard to keep the relationships he had formed, alive— despite everything

Who thought his best friend had died and then didn’t, he ended up being the dead best friend

Who only wanted to save people even if it meant he suffered

Who died at the actions of a horse, horses that are a friend’s legacy

SON OF LUPA

So I was thinking that Lupa’s treatment in HoO was a little bit poorly done. After all, why would a wolf that takes in and nurses infants be merciless and eat children who show weakness? If anything, Lupa is a kind, caring entity and she probably takes in any and all orphaned demigods until they are old enough to enter Camp Jupiter (which is probably more like an extra-curricular JROTC than a child army but that’s something for a later discussion).

In that vein, HoO never really makes it a point to show that Jason Grace was raised by a she-wolf. He seems to be super-well adjusted to human life, but I think that’s a bit of bull, so here are my ideas for how Jason acts with this in mind.

Remember Grover (bless him) and how in times of stress he would bleat and act goat-like? What if Jason is the same way, just wolf-like? When he gets mad his hair stands on end and he literally growls at people.

Wolves and raves have a strong relationship in the wild, why not incorporate that? They will fly around and talk with Jason, sometimes they carry messages back to Camp. Ravens probably make better conversation anyway.

Jason never sleeps on his back or exposes his stomach if at all possible. It’s only with people he really trusts that you see him stretch out on a sofa/ That or Reyna just got mad and kicked something.

Can we just appreciate all the dog jokes Leo would make about this?

JASON. LOVES. RARE. STEAK. FIGHT ME. Think about it, everyone in PJO has comfort food. For Percy its blue, for Jason its bloody. It’s something Lupa would bring back to the den, so it reminds him of home.