real life will solace

Blushing!Nico icons from @cliones blushing faces meme!

The art was so cute, I just had to make icons, and it was perfect timing for the@pjoweeks2k15 prompt:

If I were to be completely honest and true to myself, I think that Will Solace is one of the most misrepresented characters in the entire series.  Mostly I think that’s due to the fact that he hasn’t had much time to be developed on screen and when he is on screen his personality, thoughts and feelings are being obscured by the person narrating the story. Which is mostly Apollo. So, all we see of Will Solace is him in his “best” form. He’s a kind and loving person to Apollo and his boyfriend, but that’s it.  So that’s how everyone characterizes him. 

And I for one, hate it. 

I think the most common misconception about Will Solace by the fandom is that he is essentially a himbo jock. He thinks with his heart and acts on impulse all while being a rowdy and competitive person. But in reality, the books often specify different. In a short story that was featured in camp half-blood confidential, the ares kids set up a competition among the cabins, of which Will is a participant. This story is viewed through the eyes of a young Ares camper who describes Will Solace as clever and smart and therefore the most likely, out of a competition with Ares kids and Nike kids, was most likely to win. Which should say a lot about him. On top of that, his job demands skills that the fanon perception of him does not display. I.E, medical knowledge, mathematics, herbalism, etc. It simply doesn’t align with what would be reasonable with his character. 

Another common misconception about him is that he is only defined by his relationship with Nico. Every action and every word, everything he does is because of his boyfriend. He’s supposed to be Nico’s #1 supporter and support everything that Nico does. He’s supposed to be his therapists and healer, and crutch and apparently shadow. Every angst fanfiction about Will somehow revolves around Nico in some way. Like every person in the Percy Jackson universe and in real life, he is not just his boyfriend. He is not meant to be defined as Nico’s boyfriend.

I’m going to get a lot of hate for this, but I truly believe that the Sun X Moon and golden retriever x black cat and grumpy x sunshine are overused and boring tropes. Especially when applied to the “golden” partner. And Will is always being characterized as the Sun. It reduces Will to an uninteresting stereotype that gives him no depth whatsoever and erases any problems that he might have. 

Trauma from having to watch his own brothers die and possibly have them die in his arms.

Gone because he’s just an uwu cinnamon roll who couldn’t possibly find that sad or scary or 

Hatred for his father because his father had neglected him his entire life, abandoned him and siblings for him to raise for three years before coming to his camp to take advantage of the resources. 

Nope because Apollo said that he loved his son, and they had like a week to run away from monsters and try not to die together and that fixes everything.

Mental illness or any other health problem?

Uh uh uh, no it wouldn’t make sense for him to have autism or anxiety or BPD or a trauma disorder or anything of the sort because he’s the mentally stable character. He’s the one who’s all sunshine and rainbows. 

You guys are refusing almost to give him any sort of interesting plot line or character development for the sake of him fulfilling a role. He could be one of the most interesting characters and you guys are reducing him into nothing. 

he’s raised his siblings since he was 12, had to take care of an infirmary and more than a hundred other lives than his own. There’s no way he hasn’t had any repressed mental issues in the back of his mind 

AND AND AND. If you were once on the other side of the spectrum from where I am but now you’re like “Ok Maybe you have a point, but like I need head cannons or things from cannon that would make him more well-rounded” or something like that I’ve got you dw. 

1. Doctor who fan

2. Loves the stars and the sky 

3. Autism/trauma disorder

4. For those people who loved to think of Will Solace as a contrast to Nico and love to see him be a good person, consider the plot line that he could be an Anti Villain to Nico’s anti hero.

5. He is a direct parallel to Bianca, I’ve discussed and explained this before so I won’t explain it now. but think how his plot line could be him getting to be free and leave behind all that was dragging him back like how Bianca wanted him to

6. Again with the contrasts with Nico. Will has had to stay and stand with his own problems all of his life because he was trapped in camp, while Nico hasn’t done anything but run from them

7. He could’ve been alienated for his interests or other issues when he was younger

8. Has been used as free healthcare for his entire job and never credited for it so people just think he’s useless but then complain when he can’t be exploited anymore 

9. He has had to bottle up all of his emotions for the sake of his siblings as well as having to do it for the sake of his public image or Nico

10. Anger for the injustice of Halcyon Green.