brace yourself

Sound on to hear the water running through pebbles

In my opinion, this quote from The Titan’s Curse is one of the most important moments for Percy’s character in the whole series. Here he is, still a kid, pushing down his fear and choosing a prophecy that could easily end in his death, all to protect Nico from that very same burden. He admits in the next few lines that he doesn’t want it, but he steps up and claims it anyway to spare a kid who hates him. It’s the selflessness and compassion that Percy displaye here in willingly shouldering such a heavy burden that, to me, truly makes him such a remarkable hero. There are so many stories about heroes having a great destiny, but Percy really stands out here because of his choice. He accepts the personal pain and suffering that could potentially come out of this prophecy and doesn’t shy away from it, just to save Nico. To me it’s this moment that truly shows that Percy is the child of the prophecy, not just because of his choice, but because of what his choice proves about who he is - a courageous, selfless person who is truly strong enough to fulfill his destiny and lead the demigods. I honestly still feel proud every time I reread this scene.

ZENDAYA at the new york premiere of 'the odyssey'

A glimpse of a dream

ZARA LARSSON via sophiasinot on Instagram (March 14, 2026)

Sleep-deprived Jay my spirit animal

Also, I came across that shirt a while ago and was fully convinced it said THAT 🫪 hahaha (and thus the idea for this comic was born)

this tickles me so much obviously percy just thinks frank's abilities would be useful to get them out of there but if you go back and reread some of percy's most Dire moments in the series you'll find that it's very rare for percy to hope to be rescued by a friend when he's in danger (and I think this speaks to how frank is one of percy's closest friends out of this entire cast #longlivesontrio). I am also tickled by the thought of percy telling frank after the fact that he was thinking of him in tartarus

percy: in hindsight your dad hates me and praying for his son to go to hell probably didn't help

alexis doyle

Annabeth in a wedding dress because it’s summer, and I finally got new Apple Pencil.

today I got the most beautiful batch of strawberries

by jim22lawrence