for she was born on a night of stars

When Jason and Percy were switched, they didn't just have their physical selves swapped. They had their lives swapped. Jason got to believe that someone loved him, and Percy got to experience what it was like to have no one.

also adding on, hardcore pjo fans know that after the ending page of boo, there's this fan story that rick chose to publish in the last few pages of the book where a fan reimagines the ending of hoo, in that work, annabeth collapses from an attack and percy sobs clutching her body. jason calmly asks him to step aside, and kneels before annabeth, jason regulates her breathing using his wind powers and brings annabeth back fully from her slight cardiac arrest, causing percy to be relieved. (If anyone has the hard copy of blood of olympus pls do reblog this post with a picture of that page, its just a few pages after the ending, alot of ppl are asking for it in the notes, but I'm a library girly so I don't have it, you can't really find it online either) considering rick approved and even liked the fan's work well enough to publish it in the official boo book, I'd say rick was aware and never completely ruled out expanding jason's abilities and had them in mind, he simply didn't incorporate it into the books. (also W fan for giving jason the rep he deserves, I will always remember you, the story was very well written, with great dialogue)

No one talks about this shit because they’re too busy over-hyping Percy’s blood bending shit.

The other five, and Nico and Reyna whose efforts are always overlooked and forgotten, god it riles me up.

I do love Jason, and it’s sort of hard to pin down why, but a lot of it has to do with how I can identify with his struggles (as someone who grew up in a strict household, as someone who felt torn between what I want to do and what I’m expected to do, as someone who’s fairly attuned to the people around me and who wants to be useful to them). I love Jason because he’s an optimist who never lets his own problems affect the people around him (which definitely makes him one of the more mature members of the Argo II). He grew up without true parental figures and felt abandoned and alone for most of his life, and instead of being bitter about it, he tries his best to make sure no one else feels the same, hence his compassion towards Nico. All those scenes with Zeus/Jupiter (whether he’s talking to his father’s statue or otherwise) are totally heartbreaking for me because he wants that acknowledgment so bad, and not in the traditional sense? He doesn’t want praise, he doesn’t want his father to do anything to help him, he just wants to get to know his father a little, spend some time with him, and he’s just such a good kid about it (Percy would go off on Poseidon about never being there for him - Jason is just sad and understanding of the obligations his father is under). The thing Jason has never had growing up is family, so it makes sense how much he wants to protect the little family he’s built for himself. Finally, I love that he’s a little rebel within the confines of the rules set by the Roman camp. He rose up to become praetor, but he did it after joining the Fifth Cohort, which had the worst rep in camp. I see that as a bit of a fuck-you to all the rules and judgment and Octavian-style politics in CJ - Jason is the type of guy who refuses to judge people on their credentials or legacies, who focuses only on their actions, so he wanted to prove that even a team of misfits could rise to the top. There’s probably more I could say about this kid, but that’s what I have for now :)       

you get me. i am so sick of this stupid common take “he's bland” from the same people who skip his povs, no fucking shit you don't know anything about him oh my god

Piper’s grief in the moment I think was shown quite well, but yeah I agree completely. Those three were BEST friends, I mean it was life-altering for them and they deserved better. (On that note if anyone knows any fanfics that explores Piper/Leo’s grief for Jason better please let me know!!!)

I feel robbed every time I remember about the little pieces of his background we had, like, wdym he came from the very bottom and fought his way to become a pretor and bring honor to his cohort but all we know about him is that Hera took his memories away (he never fully recover them), was unconscious a lot, and all his downfall with never belonging or having a proper life till the day he died?

this fandom is so comfortable with disrespecting jason and acting like his life never mattered and i'm sick of it, really. rick did him so dirty too. jason deserved better.

it’s just so startling to me, how imperfect and human jason is, compared to this warped idea of him in fanon. he’s constantly doubting himself and afraid, he just puts on a brave face because he has to. “everyone seemed to think he was so brave and confident, but they didn’t see how lost he really felt.”