#buggy rambles

idc what you “old pjo fans” say. I like the new books

I like seeing Nico on his recovery journey.

I like seeing Will’s and Nico’s feelings.

I like seeing a new style of writing.

I like seeing him bring back the og gang and messing around.

I like him mixing up the story. I like him focusing on ‘minor’ deities

I like him expanding the narrative.

“ it’s not how it used to be wah wah wah”

I don’t give one flying fuck. I don’t care if he’s ’forgetting details’ who cares?! If you like the old novels that badly then just fucking read those?! No one’s forcing you to read the new ones?????

Also for people who don’t know I’m a Hellenist and I’m sick of seeing “ my religion isn’t a fandom! Stop making it a fandom… yap yap yap” like no disrespect but you realize they are talking about how the gods are talking about… specifically in a series…. Right? Just let people live man. Also “ Pjo isn’t Greek mythology “ like… thats what it’s about… not everything is 100% correct to the myths or to you… but that’s what’s it’s fucking talking about????????

Not just because I like them and want to excuse their behavior, but...Look at the world the Granutes live in and the dynamics of their family. It is socially acceptable to look down on humans, a source of tasty food, and treat them like lesser beings. Their attitude towards Shouma makes sense, considering he's probably largely viewed as an abomination by their kind. And he is constantly messing up their plans, because the Stomach family's goals are entirely at odds with Shouma's -- and from their point of view, of course he's the bad guy. Of course their misfortune is his fault. Of course he shouldn't exist.

But everything they're doing is right and normal to them and I think "punished" is too harsh a word.

They need to learn and grow to be less awful characters, but also...I dunno.

I see a lot of people not knowing what darking is, and I mean I fully understand LOL, it’s never said in game what he is, or if he’s even a bug at all, buuuut in a qna from forever ago..

HES A BEETLE!!! ❤️

And so.. because I am abnormally obsessed with this game, and bugs in general, I wanted to draw darking out with more beetley features, soo…

Heres him with his cloak, obviously you can’t really see that he’s a bug but..

Underneath lies a cute beetle :)

In my example, I showed his hands without his gloves on, because I like to think he has some to magically hide his claws or something (shrug) .i imagine his hands are actually yellow underneath the gloves too, he just got yellow gloves to blend it in idk

Also, of course, he has wings! I don’t think he can fly though because he’s an old man lol

Lastly…

„Lilith, if he’s a beetle, where on earth are his antennae?“

My guess?

Retractable

Also I’d like to note that yes I am aware of darkings official appearance under his cloak, and he looks oh so silly, this is just me making my own lil rendition :P that being said…

Sorry for not posting this weekend I ended up being in pain because my braces are KILLING me and I couldn't focus. I'll continue to write tonight!