And down and down the rabbit hole it goes

It can also be found on Google Drive here and on Bluesky here.

“I choose the prophecy. It will be about me.”

older version of them!!! 💙

Imagine Percy getting paternal affection for the first time in his life but then slowly coming to the realization that Gabe was a bully who hated him, but Poseidon is a bully who loves him. Poseidon encouraging Percy's anger and violence because his sons are entitled to be as angry and violent as they want. Poseidon magic-ing him out of trouble for fighting at school because Percy should be allowed to hit whoever he wants!

Alternatively, things that people forget ignore about Percy and Nico’s relationship and are also totally ignored in Heroes of Olympus.

This is all 100% in the canon and doesn’t have to be shippy unless you want it to be.

Percy spoke up about Nico when Bianca was deciding to join the Hunters, because he felt terrible that she was leaving her little brother behind

Percy took full responsibility for all of Nico’s (questionable) actions during Battle of the Labyrinth because he blamed himself for Bianca’s death 

Percy stepped up and claimed the Great Prophecy as his own at the end of Titan’s Curse so that Nico wouldn’t have to do it

Percy lied to Chiron (and everyone else) about Nico being a son of Hades so that Nico wouldn’t be in any more danger

Nico cursed Percy and ran off after Bianca’s death, and Percy responded by scouring the country for Nico

Annabeth and Grover are both uncomfortable with Percy searching for Nico and claiming the prophecy, probably because they don’t want Percy to be the prophecy kid because he’s their friend and they don’t want him to get his soul reaped, and Grover even protests that “this kid hates you and wants you dead” like, maybe you shouldn’t go looking for him? And Percy shoots that bullshit down so fast and immediately defends Nico and convinces them to keep searching for Nico throughout the next couple months

Percy offered for Nico to stay in his cabin at the end of Battle of the Labyrinth

Literally nearly all of Battle of the Labyrinth somehow involves Percy fussing over Nico’s safety

Percy is constantly thinking about Nico all throughout that book, and every time he hears of danger, his thoughts immediately turn to Nico

Percy finds a fast food wrapper in the Labyrinth leftover from Nico summoning the dead, and takes off running through the Labyrinth, which is insanely dangerous, with Annabeth, Grover and Tyson struggling to catch up to him, because he’s so desperate to find Nico

Percy begs Nico to leave Geryon’s ranch and come with them on the rest of the quest. Nico refuses, and Percy only accepts this because Eurytion promises that he’ll look after Nico

Bianca straight up tells Percy that the reason she felt like she could join the Hunters was because she knew Percy would take care of Nico

Bianca sends Percy Iris-messages about Nico’s whereabouts in the beginning of Battle of the Labyrinth because she trusts that Percy is going to track down Nico and talk some sense into him

Nico runs away from Geryon’s ranch and back into the Labyrinth because Minos convinces him that Percy is in danger and needs his help

Nico passes out after summoning skeletons to help fight the Battle of the Labyrinth, and Percy immediately rushes over to his side, kneels down next to him and tends to him until he’s confident that Nico is fine

When Nico shows up on Percy’s fire escape on his fifteenth birthday, Percy feels really sad for Nico and wonders if he’s ever had a birthday party before or ever been invited to a birthday party, and then invites him inside for cake and ice cream

Nico is the one who convinces Percy to take on the curse of Achilles, because he’s so worried about Percy’s safety in the upcoming Titan War

“I’m sorry if I’m being too pushy, but two years ago my sister gave her life to protect you. I want you to honor that. Do whatever it takes to stay alive and defeat Kronos” more like stay alive because I care about you and I want you to live

Nico panics when Percy climbs out of the River Styx because he thinks that he’s hurt, and right before Percy’s about to go in Nico gets really nervous and tries to talk him out of it, even though it was his idea in the first place

Nico breaks Percy’s trust by turning him over to Hades in Last Olympian, and spends the entire rest of the book trying to earn it back. And he really honestly was trying to help and didn’t want to betray Percy; Hades even tells Percy that, “I’m afraid Nico was quite sincere in wanting to help you. The boy is as honest as he is dense.” Hades definitely knows that Nico has a colossal crush on Percy and that’s what he meant by “dense,” I guarantee it

Percy and Nico obviously kept in touch between Battle of the Labyrinth and Last Olympian because Percy knows that Nico has been searching for a lead on his family and like this is an extremely personal subject that Nico doesn’t talk to anyone else about

Percy and Nico are friends?????? Like, actual friends who laugh and talk about real stuff?????? Like, Percy knows Nico well enough to tease him about stopping in to visit Juniper, and teases him about needing to take a nap after he shadow travels, and Nico has this sarcastic sense of humor that he quips back with? “With great power comes… great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.” Like this is witty and funny??? Nico doesn’t talk like that to anyone else

NICO DESIGNED HIS OWN CABIN. this isn’t really relevant to their relationship but it annoyed me that this was apparently forgotten.

Like even after they save Olympus and the battle ends and everything, even after Percy and Annabeth start dating, Percy still keeps an eye out for Nico. He takes note that he’s sitting at the base of Hades’ throne during the council after the war, because he cares about Nico. He also talks specifically about Nico’s cabin being built, because he’s been trying for years to get Nico to stay at camp.

Because Percy cares about Nico. Like, Percy is a complete mother hen about Nico and doesn’t ever pretend to be otherwise. Did I mention that he literally cannot stop talking about Nico’s safety for all of Battle of the Labyrinth, where, simultaneously, he was also worrying about Annabeth and Tyson and Grover and Camp Half-Blood, but still finds lots of time to worry about Nico, because Percy cares about Nico

Percy and Nico are friends. Like, they don’t have a “rocky relationship” anymore, like it says in Mark of Athena. They had some rough patches and they worked through them, and Percy was mildly miffed that Nico didn’t tell him who he was in Son of Neptune, but holy shit like Nico went missing and almost died and Percy thinks about this, like, maybe twice, which is totally out of character for him

So you’ll have to excuse me if I really don’t accept that Percy was sort of indifferent to Nico going missing and getting trapped in a jar guarded by two giants, because if Percy was actually in character, he would have spent half of Mark of Athena obsessing over Nico just like Hazel

I’m eternally annoyed that Percy didn’t say anything to stick up for Nico when Jason and Leo were like, “Hey maybe we shouldn’t go searching for him because he might be a traitor” because, like, Percy always sticks up for Nico and it’s really not like him to just shrug his shoulders and not care that Nico is in danger

And I absolutely will not take the excuse that Percy was too preoccupied with other things to obsess about Nico because Percy is always preoccupied with other things and still finds time to obsess about Nico

EVERYTHING THAT REYNA, JASON, HAZEL, WILL AND WHOEVER ELSE DOES TO HELP NICO IN HEROES OF OLYMPUS WAS ALREADY DONE FIRST BY PERCY. PERCY SAVED THIS KID’S LIFE SEVERAL TIMES OVER, AND EVERYONE LOVES TO FORGET THAT PART. ESPECIALLY RICK, APPARENTLY.

And Poseidon not having any slightest idea what's going on in Percy's life, either good or bad, because Percy's reserved and politely careful when talking to him and doesn't feel comfortable enough to open up. Percy being keenly aware of him being a warmly welcomed, and yet still a guest when he visits Atlantis. Both of them seeing each other once in a blue moon and having no idea how to get closer to the other even if they want to, and being all awkward and anxious at the mere idea of trying because what if they make it even worse.

Percy: *sleeps peacefully on the backseat*

Percy, a second later: *falls onto the floor with a shriek* wHAT THE FUCK?!

Thalia: uhh I hope you didn't break your neck...

Percy: who.

Percy: the fuck.

Percy: let YOU drive.

Thalia: well you very inconveniently fell asleep, and we needed to keep going, and Nico...

Nico: I don't even know how to... *waves vaguely, forgetting an English word* ...to get this thing moving.

Thalia: so I'm a driver now.

Percy: DRIVER MY ASS GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM THE STEERING WHEEL UNTIL WE HIT EVERY TREE IN THIS FOREST!!

Thalia: but you need rest-

Jason: you know what I realized recently?

Tim: That Alfred hides cauliflower in food so you'd eat it? About time

Jason: what!? No! He does not do that does he?

Damian: I am not a part of this conversation

Jason: Dick???

Dick: No civilian names in suit, hood

Jason: you're deflecting

Dick: ....maybe. but regardless what were you saying to realize if not that

Jason: right. As I was saying. I was thinking and realized that out of the four of us Wing and I are the only ones who were adopted into money when taken by B

Dick: Oh yeah I never thought about it in that sense

Jason: right! Like these two were already rich as hell!

Tim: my parents were millionaires. Bruce is a billionaire so techni-

Jason: Don't even try. The fact that you can even tell the difference between a lot of money and a looooot of money is not working in your favor

Damian: how does this matter?

Jason: of course it doesn't really matter to you. You are royalty. You're so rich that you got demoted to billionaire status. You understand how crazy that is

Dick: he's not wrong

Jason: Dickie bird here and I were poor little shits taken in by Bruce-

Dick: okay hey I wasn't poor

Jason: yeah sure but were you even close to rich?

Dick: I was rich in love and family

Jason: [snorts] oh fuck you

Dick: yeah! B was a real downgrade compared to that! [Holding back laughter] You probably saw Bruce and took that as a best and most stable family you'd get

Jason: [laughs] oh you know what? Fuck I hate that you're right. Fuck you damn so I was poor in everything

Dick: yup. Poor sad kid taken in by batman-

Jason: oh no I'm not letting you out like that. Just cause you had a loving family doesn't give you a freebee

Dick: Damn it so I'm still in the poor kid club?

Jason: [rolls eyes] yup. You and me both

Damian: I still don't see how it's relevant

Dick: No it is because it does explain a lot of stuff

Jason: Right?! Like we got some shit these two never would

Dick; Fuck you're so right. Like I didn't realize how classist Gotham was

Jason: Yeah! They hated me man. The looks I'd get for being from crime alley

Dick: It makes sense, I always thought they were all just racist

Jason: oh yeah they definitely were. Old Gotham elites were things I don't want to say out loud with a child present

Damian: I'm not a child

Dick: It's all coming back to me. The weird shit they'd say? They fucking hated us for being poor

Jason: [nodding aggressively] YES YES YES FINALLY SOMEONE GETS IT

Dick: [snorts] what the fuck man. Now I need to recategorize all the shit I got from just racist assholes to maybe also classist assholes

Jason: i think the Venn diagram of those two is just a circle. Don't bother

Tim: was it really that bad?

Dick: man people would make sexual comments about me being exotic as a "compliment" and to say that they could understand Bruce's investment

Tim: [scrunching up nose] ew. That's so fucked up

Damian: who are these people

Dick: no Damian. We're not killing them

Jason: I say we kill them

Dick: Jason no

Dick: besides Bruce took care of them long ago

Jason: ....fine

Dick: what about you? I mean they really hated crime alley people

Jason: [nodding] oh yeah. I was told a bunch of shit but this one lady would always try to convince me that it was my family and friends that killed Bruce's parents and how he was just waiting for the right time to get revenge on me

Tim: ....oh god

Damian: I must find these people

Dick: ...

Dick: WAIT IS IT THAT FAKE ASS OLD BLOND BITCH WITH THE OUTRAGEOUS PEARL NECKLACE???

Jason: [eyes widen] YES! You know her?

Dick: YEAH! SHE SAID SO MUCH SHIT MAN

Jason: [snorts] right?? Like I don't think she was right in the head cause some stuff I still wonder how she could ever say to a child

Dick: yeah yeah [laughing] like I was a kid. Like a little scrawny brown boy and you're telling me I'm about to be sold??

Jason: [wheezing] she told- oh go she told me about that- she said- fuck- [clears throat] she said [mocking high pitch voice] at least your brother had that exotic reselling value. You don't even have that

Tim: ....that's horrible

Dick: [laughing] oh god of course she did. Bro she was such a bitch- she she'd call me fucking slurs and then act all innocent and confused when Bruce stepped in

Damian: I do not understand why this is funny

Jason: [trying to breath through laughter] Bro Bruce made it all so much better. He'd step in and they'd all expect nice ole Brucie Wayne and then-

Dick: oh he'd go batman mode! It was hilarious

Jason: YEAH! That glare he had? One look and the idiot would be running away

Dick: yea- oh oh! I remember! [Laughing clenching his stomach] wait wait this one time- fuck [wheezing] he punched this dude right? Fuck you'll never believe what this man was saying

Dick: [calming down a little] so wait okay so this rich dude like comes up to me right? Bruce is around being Brucie Wayne you know? Probably dancing on a stripper pole and already taking off his clothes

Jason: [wheezing]

Damian: [confused] wha-

Dick: anyways this guy comes up to me right? He's young too. With a bad fucking hairstyle trying to hide his premature balding and comes up to little ole innocent me

Jason: [snickering] right of course. Oh so innocent little menace robin

Dick: shush. So he comes up to me who's just drinking my caprisun right? Looks me dead in the eye and without a hello or hey asks "is it gypsy with a g sound or gypsy with a j sound" and and he's completely dead serious

Tim: ...you're kidding

Dick: no no and like he had this expression that said he knew exactly what he was doing. Like he meant it as a slur. Like like- fuck it was like he researched slurs and then came to test them out and see

Jason: [wheezing] fuck- wait then what- what happened

Dick: [snorts] okay here I might have a little intense okay? But I'm still proud of little me

Jason: oh god what did you do

Dick: okay but remember what had just been said to me. I'm like 10 here and possess all the aggression a little fucker my size can possess so [holding back laughter] so like he says that shit right? And i- [wheezes]

Dick: okay okay little me looks at him, like direct eye contact and goes "I don't know is it motherfucker with a m or bitchass with a b?"

Jason: [burst out laughing] oh oh god no- no you didn't

Dick: [laughing] I did!

Jason: [hitting dick's chest] man you're like- little you is my role model fuck I love that

Tim: wait then what happened

Jason: [losing it laughing]

Dick: [clears throat] so then- Jason shut up I'm [laughs] I'm trying to finish the story

Jason: [between breaths] okay okay- wait right I'm fine

Dick: right so after that he gets mad. And is about to say or do something but my robin training kicks and I [holds back laughter] I kick him in the nuts and absolutely dip to Bruce to hide behind him

Jason: [snorts] oh god. Elite robin training

Dick: Right! Make the bad guy angry, remember you're a kid, go hide behind batman. Robin training 101

Jason: [nodding through laughs] yes yes

Dick: anyways after I'm behind Bruce who looks at me and turns from Brucie Wayne mode to batman mode thinking it's a rogue or something

Jason: little does he knows it's a racist motherfucker

Dick: [snorts] right so he asks me what's wrong and I'm half way through my explaination when the guy comes storming up to Bruce to complain that I hit him

Damian: that's stupid. The man should have run when he still has the chance

Dick: [snickers] yeah but I'm glad he didn't because half way through his half assed explaination I'm on Bruce-

Tim: wait what do you mean on Bruce

Dick: I used to climb him. I climbed Clark a lot too. I climb things. It's what I do. Anyways that's not important so halfway though this idiot's explaination I whispers in Bruce's ear "he called me a slur"

Tim: that seems like a light way to put it

Jason: [snickering, shaking his head] no no old Bruce had very little control over his emotions and he had just acquired a little kid who he got unexpectedly attached to

Dick: yeah! He would absolutely beat the shit out of any rogue that got me seriously hurt

Tim: okay so that means telling him that you got called a slur...

Dick: Bruce immediately without hesitation sucker punched this guy in the face

Jason: [laughing] that's perfect

Dick: and it's not just any punch either. It's a full on batman level punch. Bruce had to get his hand bandaged afterwards

Damian: and the disgrace?

Dick: [laughing] hospitalized. Half his teeth gone. Too terrified to even sue

Jason: [on the floor laughing] yes justice! Fuck this is what batman fights for

Comms ping Batman in

Bruce: Everyone, you've all been quiet. Nightwing report

Dick: [still wheezing, dying laughing] i- I'm fine

Bruce: wha- Red robin? What's the status

Tim: everything is fine. Wing and Hood just had a trauma dumping session and are now dying laughing

Bruce: ... I see

Dick: wait wait Bruce- [ taking deep breaths to calm down] do you- do you remember when you punch that guy at a gala for being racist to me?

Bruce: which one?

Dick: you know the one who called me a slur?

Bruce: be more specific

Jason: [cackling in the background] oh god

Tim: how often did this happen???

Dick: okay whatever forget him. What about the fake blonde who always said weird shit to me and jason

Bruce: [grimaces] right. Her.

Dick: [snorts] so much disdain in your voice

Jason: man you really hate her huh?

Bruce: I made sure to have her ruined publicly and banned from everything after the comments she made to Dick but-

Dick: she showed up again. Jason told me. How?

Bruce: [groans] really bad plastic surgery

Jason: ...you're kidding

Bruce: no. She wasn't supposed to be there any time she was with Jason. She only got in cause she got so much work done that nobody recognized her and dated anyone who was invited

Jason and Dick: .....

Jason and Dick: [immediately start laughing again, falling to the floor, wheezing]

Tim: they're at it again

Damian: this is amusing

Tim: not you too

Dick: [wheezing] sh-she came back just to- oh god she was so determined to be a bitch it's crazy [hitting Jason through laughs]

Jason: [hitting dick back] she- she really was crazy. She spent so long to get back in and and to what? Bully a little kid??? [Laughing]

Dick: It's so- this is fucking hilarious

Bruce: if nothing is wrong then I'll be disconnecting the comms now

Dick: no no! Wait i- [choked laughter] I need to know how it went down with her the second time

Jason: yeah! [snickers] please I need that image. Describe it to be, Bruce. The scene, the words, her face, your face

Bruce: ...I'm disconnecting. Goodbye

Dick and Jason: NOOOOOOOOO!

Tim: I hate joined patrol

Damian: it does always lead to some kind of mess