itd be really fuckin funny if all ares children were born into the world with the abilities to quote anything from sun tzu art of war instantly like thats their first words etc and it really pisses the athena kids off that the ares kids have a whole fuckin book automatically memorized
YES!??!? best ask ever this is why we’ve been friends for ten years
Like Sherman waddling around as a toddler talking about how if you “Strike at its head… you will be attacked by its tail; strike at its tail and you will be attacked by its head; strike at its middle, and you will be attacked by head and tail both.” because his mom tricked him into nap time.
Or Clarisse at ten in the principal’s office for beating some kid to a pulp. The principal is worried about her anger issues, and she just says, “anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content”
Mark messing around in his mom’s drawers and looking through her makeup (just out of curiosity) and when she found him and started yelling at him, he responded "At first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a running hare, and it will be too late for the enemy to oppose you." And she was like what in God’s name are you talking about? And then he just ran away and hid.
Ellis at eight struggling to read and write in school, but when some kid in his class started talking about how dumb he is, he said "If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant." And then punched him in the stomach.
A lot of this relies on my headcanons for these characters (I wrote them entire backstories where Rick failed to because these are my people) so those are coming soon!