#fatal flaws

miles's cape has a blue fade on the ends now, and his cape pin has been changed from a moon to circle. there is also a crescent moon on the back now, as its length has been extended to fit this.

as always, the moon shape on the end of miles's staff can change size and shape. only one side has a moon now.

vicky's hair is an extremely light blue; almost white. it is bleached. her eyes are gray. she wears dark eyeliner and black lipstick. it took me a while to figure out her features, but I wanted to keep some elements of her original design after removing the monochromatic (xtale) element of the old one. she is also three inches taller than she was before.

vicky's weapon is an axe now instead of an enormous knife.

when ellie is using her powers, discolored veins similar to the ones on her cheeks should appear all over her body.

crystal just has guns now. since JR bans guns, the bullets are made of her own magic, which is a very convenient loophole. she should also have a pistol at her waist, but I neglected to include it. she does not have a brush anymore.

on the back of crystal's leather jacket is a spray paint-esque pair of angel wings. also, it's not visible, but there should be a JR pin on crystal's left sleeve.

blue is one inch shorter because funny.

both blue and ellie have glitch effects on their capes/scarves. where blue's scarf is glitching, the colors are a bit warmer.

arthur has armor under his cape. his wings can also now be procured at will. his cape has pretty much the same design as his old (cursed) jacket, with as much fluff as possible.

rather than just being yellow, arthur's color palette should be iridescent in nature. he should always have this imposing atmosphere of not being completely human, and his perceived youth should feel uncanny.

Jason

I'm not gonna lie, Fandom wiki was vague about this one

It's like indecision basically?? How he puts off important decisions

I don't like that so I'm making it balance

Comes from Jupiter's justice domain basically

He cannot help but want to see both sides and their views to make a perfectly 'equal' judgment

Even if one is biased

Stems from his perfectionist attitude (Which I also headcanon him as a perfectionist since he was always expected to be the standard that other people look up to)

He wants to find his own balance yet finds it difficult to

He thinks he can balance all aspects of his life, camps HB and camp Jupiter, mortal and demigod life, his responsibility and wants

Leo

Only one out of the trio of insecurity that I could see with insecurity as his fatal flaw

His actions, thoughts, and feelings all line up with intense insecurity and major self worth issues

They're a defining feature of him and ultimately actually led up to his 'death'

He's self sacrificial because of it

Also his guilt about his mother and experience in foster care made it worse

If I had to pick a different one, I would make him WAYYY more scared of his powers and responsibilities to change to fear of himself and his abilities

Hazel

Would also go with canon where it's stuck in the past

But I would develop it further since I don't really see how it would works after HOO

She feels MAJORLY out of time

Whether by tech or norms, she can't get a handle on them

Overly formal bc that was the normal back then

Trying to unlearn the extreme purity culture

Like in canon, she still suffers from vibrant flashbacks even if it's less often

On the side of her duties, she obsessed with finding pieces of her past

Frank

Last one of the insecurity trio, I changed his since it mostly revolved around Leo??

Hard time choosing but eventually settled on self isolation

Once again stems from his insecurity and self worth issues

He can't help but see himself as different

Beast and man, Roman and Greek, leader and soldier, Chinese and Canadian

He’s a second generation immigrant to me and therefore has the issues of not being connected to his home culture and feeling ostracized in his current country

His childhood did contribute to his tendency to self isolate

He doesn't feel like he belongs completely in one group

Makes him feel lonely and cling onto his relationships

Tends to find it difficult to connect to people due to his varying background

Reyna

No canon one, so I have her fatal flaw as duty

Which is why I feel like her joining the hunters felt wrong

She'll never be able to abandon New Rome or Camp Jupiter

Especially with the whole 'daughter of Belladonna will uphold camp' stuff

She also led camp Jupiter by HERSELF for months, anyone else probably would've thrown the other seat at someone else within the first month

She only gave up praetor when she felt someone else better fit came up

(Headcanon) and still stayed in camp/New Rome to help out

Nico

Now I get and see how his fatal flaw is grudges

But like BOTL and his crush kinda throws that off for me

Oh I also haven't read the sun and stars so keep that in mind

Bc why would you help the guy who you think basically killed you sister (even if you were planning to betray them later) and have a crush on him??

So in a character foil moment, I headcanoned him with personal loyalty like Percy

Like his running away phase and lashing out was what Percy could have done if someone who he trusted and was deeply loyal to were to betray him

It would make sense why he would circle back to Percy even after Bianca's death bc he used to be/is/burying that deep within loyal to him

He's loyal to specifically individuals too, not camps, not to gods (apart from his father), and not to causes

Also why he was so attached to his mother despite it being a long time since he saw her

I feel like he's more selective with his loyalties? Idk I just think he would have a smaller list of those he cares for

Will

No canon fatal flaw, so like Reyna, I have it as duty

But it's to being a healer

He can never turn down someone who needs healing

It's why he healed Annabeth after Percy (accidently) killed his brother

Or why he keeps to the clinic

He simultaneously feels trapped and obligated to be the healer

But during off time he feels purposeless and useless

Ties his self worth directly to how helpful he is as a healer

Also tends to put everyone else as higher importance than himself

Which Nico helps him out of

Clarisse

No canon one as far as I can find, so I have it as loyalty

BUT NOT LIKE PERCY'S

Hence the 'personal' in front of Percy and Nico

Her loyalty is to a cause or a place, not individuals

So like the Ares cabin where she wanted them honored

Or to CHB and her urge to protect it