can i say. i find caleo so intriguing as a dynamic. like i have my hcs for why calypso ended up doing such a hard 180° between pjo and hoo and that is that within pjo, her emotions were genuinely hijacked. like she was cursed to fall in love with whoever landed on her shores so she had absolutely no control and i extend that to her not feeling the rightful rage she should’ve been feeling. she seemed more resigned to it because that was how the gods essentially designed her trap.
but then percy makes the gods swear to “release her” and they do! they just. don’t tell her. so she remains on the island, trapped by her own mind because she doesn’t believe she’ll ever be free, however her emotions become her own and she can finally feel that rage she’s been kept from for so long. so leo lands on her shores and she reacts viscerally, angrily, and curses the gods for trying to put her through this again. but leo gives as good as he gets and he leaves and comes back and in her mind, he’s the one to save and rescue her. and she’s indebted to him. and how else does she know to show appreciation but what she’s been forced to endure for centuries. so she dates him, she says she loves him, she traps herself in that same role again just like how she trapped herself on ogygia after the curse was lifted. plato’s cave, if you will.
and leo has always felt like the outcast and seventh wheel, finally did something extraordinary and found ogygia twice as a feat no other person could manage—not knowing that the curse was lifted by percy so anyone could come and go as they please. and she offers him this love and care for what he’s done and he eats it up because he’s been starved of it for so long. but calypso can only force herself into it for so long before she starts to snap and get angry and loathes his touch but she’s indebted to him and the curse says she’s meant to love him anyway so…this is love, is it not? love in the free world. real love. and she’s grateful but she kind of hates him and he needs her affection and love, he needs this. but its not the same as the way he sees everyone else loving each other. but this is all he’s gonna get, isn’t it? it’s all he deserves to get, isn’t it? and he’s desperate to cling to it and holds her debt to him over her head a little bit. they start arguing and he goes “after everything i’ve done for you? saving you from your island? and this is how you thank me?” and both of them just clinging to each other and hating each other and their grip on one another bordering on just trying to hurt each other.
broken and abused and lost and clueless caleo>>>>>>>>
trying to make the best out of a horrible situation caleo>>>>>>
staying married for the kids caleo>>>>>>>>>>
