#gretchen things

gretch my angel!

I haven’t😫I also haven’t had the time

let me know when you watch it! I hope that soon <3

what have the reviews been like? is it true to the book or varying slightly? are the peoples enjoying it?

my darling darling gretch! I would literally rise from the dead if you asked me to <3 im sorry it’s short, my brain is so busy these days but I hope you enjoy this anyway. I tried to make them as soft and gentle as possible. because after all these years that’s really what they deserve.

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Lorcan and Elide spend an day under the willow trees, talking and smiling, and remembering just how a l i v e they are.

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Hi sweet angels! so my darling gretch asked for some elorcan and I can literally never say no to them so here’s something short and fun and so so so full of love.

disclaimer: I am no longer an active participant of any sjm fandom and while I still love the tog books I haven’t read them in so long and some “book details” may be a little wonky in this. forgive me <3 I actually couldn’t remember some of the details of the books lmao, like does Lorcan have a nickname for elide? or she for him?

CW  violence and blood mention in the beginning 

I hope you enjoy this :) i still think they are one of the cutest softest couples ever and I loved diving back into them.

title is from “intro: serendipity” by BTS

as usual, this is not even remotely edited. if you see a mistake, wish on it

okay I love you guys MWAH <3

Anyway I don't know why but I just kinda want to put this out in the world. You got me on Jercy (I'm not kidding I hated Jercy before you) but Percabeth is my OG ship like they started me ok fanfics and they're like my first real ship period. And I hate all the hate Annabeth gets because I really love her so I just wanted to ask you if you could go more in depth with why you aren't big on her/Percabeth please

Love you!! ❤❤

Hi my Gretch seeing your username (on any of the platforms) makes me forever and eternally happy. Okay onto this beautiful, intense ask:

First things first: I love Annabeth. Like Annabeth as a character? wonderful, incredible, unreal. She is so versatile and full of so many things that make us human and I see her character and character arc as a complex web full of intricacies and weaknesses (yes i said web on purpose).

My favourite things about her:

1. She always has a goal, whether it be long term or, I'm just trying to stay alive in this second. For people like me who kind of go through life on vibes and a vague sense of what they want it is awing to read about and meet people who have solid, planned goals that they live, breathe, and perform by.

2. She is proud of her friends. Since her fatal flaw is pride it is very easy to see the downfall but there is also an upside in that she uses that well of pride as an extension of her and it reflects on others. We know she is proud of Percy, and grover, and Thalia, and why Luke’s betrayal hit so hard for her

3. She continues to break stereotypes. Not just as the dumb blonde (which was admittedly a big thing at the time of the book’s release) but also in her being a girl who saves herself, who goes on the dangerous quests, who isn’t helpless. I never had a lack of female role models in my life but adding Annabeth to the mix only did me more good.

4. She thinks things through: I am kind of impulsive when it comes to certain aspects in my life and I have some thought process for other parts but Annabeth is not impulsive. As much as she has ADHD, in which impulsivity is fairly common, she doesn’t present with it. And it’s refreshing and exciting to see this character that thinks through plans and decisions and tries to predict the outcome, not only so she can change it if need be but also to prepare herself for what is to come. Narratives (especially at the time of those books) were full of impulse and quick decisions and always being on the spot. Hell Percy was exactly this kind of narrtator. And while I love dit because I mean what ten year old doesn't love fast-paced intense excitement? it was so truly wonderful to read about someone who thought further. It allowed you to connect to the next page, chapter, book. 

5. She is a complete badass. And I love it. I love badass women. I could never get enough of them and I think they should rule the world. And I love smart people. I love them. Smartness, intelligence, is so attractive to me. Because it means you have passion, and the ability to think beyond your surroundings. Annabeth Chase is hella smart.

What I've been having a crisis over for the last few years is Percabeth. It is summed up most accurately here but just to continue my thought:

Rick changed the percabeth dynamic so much in HOO that it became almost unrecognisable. I think in the bid to have this whole, everyone is a couple and everyone deserves someone (which boosted Leo’s narrative but was also the cause of great conflict in everyone else’s narrative expect percabeth) he forgot to make them friends. And that was the basis of percabeth. It was the reason percabeth were so godsdamn cute in PJO. Because they were friends who ended up becoming a couple. In HOO they were just a couple. And it sucked out the life of their friendship so that we could only focus on their relationship.

And unfortunately it is Annabeth’s narrative that really brings this home for multiple reasons (all of which we can blame Rick for):

1. This is the first time we got other points of view beside Percy which means everyone’s flaws were much more obvious. Annabeth’s fatal flaw specifically was really played (the entire reason she went on that Mark of Athena quest; why  they landed up in Tartarus). it made focusing on her harder especially because Percy’s Fatal flaw is loyalty so he spent a lot of his narrative focusing on others. this one is mostly my bias as I prefer to have a character’s narrative that also focuses on the happenings of others with the characters personal thoughts. Annabeth was the kind of narrator who focused on herself first. 

2. The entirety of HOO was about relationships. Rick didn’t bother to form any actual friendships with any of the characters (something he was undoubtedly great at in PJO) so when we got to percabeth scenes it was things like: Piper being jealous of them; Percy being worried about them; Annabeth being worried about Percy as a person or herself in her quest; Leo being sad that he was alone; etc. It made liking any of the couples extremely hard.

3. As you (and my other Tumblr babies) may know I don't believe Percy and Annabeth’s fatal flaws work well together. I think Percy is often the one to sacrifice himself and Annabeth sacrifices her wants (material things) and it is not the same. Percy is loyal to Annabeth. But Annabeth’s pride continues to rule her life. For example, if Percy had gotten in the way of Annabeth rebuilding Olympus I fully believe she would have attempted (at the very least) to get rid of him. I don't necessarily mean kill him I just mean he wouldn’t have been in her life. Don’t get me wrong this does not mean she did it or there was even a possibility that she could have. but the reason for that is because Percy is loyal to her. So he wouldn’t have gotten in the way of her dreams. And I think there’s something fundamentally dangerous about sacrificing yourself for someone else’s dreams. If Percy became loyal-to-a-fault towards Annabeth and she then decided to join Luke’s army he would not have stopper her. In fact it’s quite possible he would have joined her. And Annabeth has so much pride for Percy, but her pride-to-a-fault does not lie in people it lies in material things. So she would have gone after her own goals if Percy did not follow. It just seems like it’s luck that they continue to work well together. Percy sacrifices himself. Annabeth sacrifices herself. But only cause their goals align. What happens when they don't?

Please do not make the mistake of thinking I hate percabeth because I don’t. I cannot hate them when those books were the heart and soul of my life for so many years. Percabeth was such a big part of them, to hate the ship, would mean to hate the books and that is absolutely not the case. Annabeth and Percy’s friendships is so important to me. 

TL:DR I love Annabeth she is an absolute badass; I am not a fan of the percabeth dynamic especially in HOO; my bias is present in everything I do. I acknowledge it and try to work to bring all the facts together.

I hope this answered your question Gretch! And do not hesitate to ask if you want me to elaborate on a anything further.

hello lovely anon! this ask was rather a fun surprise and it took me a few days because I needed to be in the perfect headspace to allocate songs

okay here's the deal: these songs are not a reflection of my mutuals' personalities this is just the vibe I feel with them. so what I did was put my music library on shuffle and if a name popped into my head while I was listening to a song I gave it to a moot. in truth I could probably do entire playlists for each of them lmao cause one song is not enough to capture their essence (felt v witchy saying that) but to the point: this is not what I picture their personalities like, just how they feel to me, so lyrics aren't necessarily relevant but they, along with the beat, form part of it all.

additionally I have a loottt of mutuals so this is just for the few I interact with fairly often but I'd be happy to do more, and really for anyone if you would like to! just send me an ask, I'll stalk your blog and then I'll give you a song🥺

anyway I hope nobody gets a song they don't like lmao (all songs below):

Sky (@msdrpreist): I hear a symphony by Cody Fry

Stella (@stillneedsmorekissing): love in the dark (piano version) by Jessie Reyez

Cass (@terrible-and-proud) : slow down by Chase Atlantic

Ley (@leyontheway): classic by MKTO

Gretchen (@queen-of-demons-and-hell): sk8er boi by Avril lavigne

Lily (@sparkythunderstorm): without me by Halsey

Ams (@hellasblessed): deity by valeree

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i have things to do tomorrow

it's 3 am

but my brain won't let me even lay down help

GRETCHEN! go sleep!

please🥺your body is tired and it want to lay down for the night and think how happy and grateful it'll be to you when it finally gets to stop working so hard. and you'll be so rested tomorrow! please go to sleep.

Sorry for the rant but this has been on my mind a lot

Gretch! I hope you know that it's truly wonderful that you love acotar and that you relate to it and I hope with all my heart that me (or anyone else) is not putting you off that series! Because it is truly magnificent and if it has helped you in anyway then I am so grateful it exists❤️

Nwiqoslamaoxjqlanaowb THIS IS DOPE!!

Only one I can dispute with confidence is the short one👀unless 1,76 (5,7 ft) is short?