“not all men” you’re right percy jackson would never

im so much more interested in a hoo that lets Percy keep the status and power he'd left off with in the Last Olympian and explores how he grapples with that instead of immediately forcing him back into the role of the underdog at the expanse of his prior development. Let the fact that he alone has the title the "Savior of Olympus" mean something. Let the fact that he is the sole survivor of the great prophecy mean something. Let the Curse of Achilles mean something. Let us see how it's a curse and how it could warp his sense of self. Let Percy be on a completely different playing field than the rest of the seven (or even the other children of the big three at this point) and show us how it alienates him.

like call me crazy but I just think Percy being offered godship should have irrevocably altered his standing within the demigod and godly worlds even though he ultimately refused it !!

Ur laughing. It’s been 10 years and I’m still breaking down over ‘the world was ending and all that really mattered to me was that she was alive.’ And ur laughing.

the whole series is good like it is set up PERFECTLY but last olympian really GOES OFF

what do you MEAN an unwilling hero who never wanted ANY of this in the first place was thrown into the middle of a war at the age of twelve and then stepped up to claim a prophecy to protect a younger child from having to do it . what do you MEAN the antagonist explicitly stated he turned away from the gods after a failed quest his dad sent him on made him bitter because “where’s the glory in repeating what other people have done?” what the HELL do you MEAN luke and percy two INCREDIBLY SIMILAR people spend all four books hating each other’s guts and mutually taunting each other while the whole time annabeth INSISTS luke has merely been led astray. are you telling me the entire series is about choosing to reject the deadly pride of heroes???? not trying to FIGHT FATE and SEEK GLORY which has always gotten heroes killed but just trying to DO THE RIGHT THING? and you’re telling me sally jackson who said ‘if my life is going to mean anything i have to live it myself’ and rejected poseidon’s offer to make her immortal named the hero of this story PERSEUS in hopes that he would have a happy ending and she raised him with these values. what the FUCK DO YOU MEAN last olympian completely subverts the idea of the chosen one by making the prophecy culminate in doing nothing what the FUCK do you mean hestia said “not all powers are spectacular the hardest one to master is the power of yielding” and “You are a good hero, Percy Jackson. Not too proud. I like that. But you have much to learn” and what percy has to LEARN is SYMPATHY FOR LUKE, showing how this entire cycle began because the gods expect their children to be heroes and use them as bargaining chips or errand boys or for bragging rights without showing a SHRED of affection or appreciation and it culminated in REJECTING THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF TRADITIONAL GREEK HEROISM: IMMORTALITY AND GODHOOD ? no wonder we’re all still here wtf

@generic-insult

Rosemary? You mean spicy pine needles?

Are you insinuating that regular pine needles aren't spicy???

Regular pine needles are regular

Not by rosemary standards

...Have you eaten pine needles?

We've been friends for like four years, do you seriously have to ask if I've eaten pine needles or not

I mean I’m pretty sure you have but I don’t want to assume

Of course I've eaten pine needles. Various kinds. Singleleaf pinyon is weirdly the best

You know, I'd love to tell you but I'm pretty unclear about what marks the difference between "spice" and "strong-tasting plant that isn't considered a spice"

I’ll have to eat some pine needles myself then to find out

Ok but it only counts if they're PINE needles and not just any old needle-like leaf off a tree

I’m going to eat every needle-like leaf I see

Please Don't Do That

Needle-Like Leaf Roulette

...I'll accept this plan as long as you promise not to eat any yew leaves.

I can try very hard not to

Pine needles are distinguished by the presence of a sheath-like structure at the base of the leaf, almost always holding bundles of two or more leaves. Yews don't have the sheath thing

It’s time for me to go out into the woods and stare at needle leaves

Finally you can gain real insight into my average daily life

this conversation reads like two shakespeare characters who come out in the middle of the play to talk about something completely unrelated for comic relief and then are never heard from again

no words, head empty, only this