PJO abilities that should belong to other people - a fake fan's opinion
So this is meant to be a fun post. Just a list of qualities or abilities that belong to a character that I think should belong to another.
I haven't seriously read HOO or any series after that so I don't have much opinion on that.
The most attractive (male) demigod at CHB (Luke)
This really should be a child of Apollo or Aphrodite. Like that Lee guy from the Apollo cabin. Why aren't there more Aphrodite sons? Love and beauty are not female things Rick.
Best at battle strategy (Annabeth, Percy)
I know Percy is a smart guy but Percy having the best strategies is such a MC thing. This title really should belong to a war god child like Annabeth, Clarisse or Frank. Like Annabeth may be best at pre-battle strategy but Clarisse is best at improv strategies in the heat of battle. Frank could be great at both.
Shape shifting (Frank)
Why the hell does this ability belong to Frank when Neptune or Poseidon (I don't care enough to look up which) is such a far-removed ancestor?? This ability should belong to a child of Hermes as the trickster god!
Manipulating underworld rivers (Percy)
I honestly don't see how this makes sense! Can Daddy P control the Lethe and other rivers? I think this ability should belong to a descendant of both Hades and Poseidon.
Demigod dreams (all demigods)
This is a me thing but I think this should mainly belong to children of Hypnos and Morpheus. I don't see why all demigods should have this ability. At the very least, only kids of these gods should be able to control their dreams.
Fire resistance (Percy)
I don't see why Percy has this ability either. This really should be a Cyclops and children of Hephaestus thing.
Super fast reflexes (Percy)
I am sure there was a scene where Percy sliced arrows mid-air. I think this should be a child of Hermes or war god child thing.
Putting people to sleep (Nico)
There was this part in HOO where Nico mentions ensuring people are put to sleep. Like why does Nico have this ability? This skill should be Clovis'.
Boosts that improve fighting ability (Percy)
I totally agree that water should increase Percy's stamina and strength. But not his fighting ability. Poseidon is not a war god! Being in water shouldn't give Percy the ability to beat Luke in a sword lesson. Or perform fighting manoeuvres against a monster. Or beat an entire cabin of bloodthirsty Ares kids. This should be an Ares kid thing. Not even Athena, but just Ares. Not sure what the boost would be but this really makes Percy look so OP in book 1.
I can't believe Rick wrote the children of the king of the gods as the most reasonably powered of the big three kids. What irony.
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Took two quizzes on who's my godly parent for funniest and I was curious. I got Hades once on the offical Rick one a year ago but it didn't feel right so here I am again and y'all,
I got Morphus TWICE!! Once is one thing and but om two separate quizzes!? The worst part about this is it that's actually accurate to my life
Hi! I read your answer from another ask and fell in love with the Hades' Lament AU! Athena is my all time favorite goddess and I think Morpheus might be my favorite god, I just love Hypnos and his family so very much, they are so fascinating. You see, I grew up with a book series for children based loosely on greek mythology where Athena and Morpheus were very close and I fell in love with their characters; However, they are so vastly different gods that finding fanfiction with the two of them interacting is pratically impossible (or even fanfiction with Morpheus and is family that is not from the Dream of the Endless fandom, good as it may be) you should have seen me jumping up and down from sheer giddiness when I read of this AU being a possibility! Could you tell me more about the relationship between Morpheus and Athena and Apollo? Are they close, given the situation? Are they friends? If so, why is Morpheus so cryptic in giving answers to the other gods, wouldn't he want for Athena and Apollo to wake up? Btw, I always thought that Morpheus' involvement in the war with Kronos may have been officially in favour of the titans, but, by putting the mortals to sleep, he effectivly kept them from most of the danger, thus helping the demigods: the titans wouldn't have cared about the panicking mortals putting themselves in danger, should them have been awake, but the demigods definetly would. This fits perfectly the picture you gave of Morpheus: I support the titans only because the alternative is Zeus and I hate him with a passion (because of the abuse towards Apollo and Athena), but I don't really agrre with the titans' agenda, so I help the demigods while pretending to help Kronos (I'm sure he witnessed lots of those poor kids tormented by nightmares too). I also read a beautiful fanfiction a while ago that elaborated the famous myth of Zeus trying to punish Hypnos for putting him to sleep, the one where he stops only because he's scared of Hypnos' mother, Nyx: In this fic, Zeus did reach Hypnos and hit him with his lightining as he did with Athena in God Games. He managed a single strike before Nyx put the fear of Tartarus in him. The result was that one of Hypnos's wing is missing (matching a real statue of him, wich is one winged because the other wing is believed missing) and Apollo was called to heal what he could of Hypnos injuries after. I loved it and I use it as part of my fanfiction-patchwork lore to justify Hypnos and Apollo knowing each other, even if briefly and I often have Athena go to Hypnos for advice on how to deal with the lighting burns (since I'm sure that Mr. Asshole wanted her to be immediatly up and about after he almost killed her) therefore laying the fundation for Athena and Apollo to build a relationship with Hypnos and family, usually a secret one because Zeus :(. Anyway, I can try to find the fic for you if you would like to read it and think it may be useful for this AU's worldbuilding. Let me know <3. Last thing I wanted to ask (not related to this AU specifically), is Apollo aware of his Chtnonic nature? Or does he discover it only after running with Athena to the underworld in your various AUs?
Hi yourself!!
If you want some good content with Hypnos and Nyx and the Chthonic Gods, I highly recommend the video game Hades by Supergiant Games if you haven't checked it out already! It's a rogue-like about the young God Zagreus and his attempts to escape the Underworld and reach the surface!
Morpheus sadly isn't part of it, but Hypnos, Nyx, Hades, Charon, and Thanatos all are, along with many other characters from Greek mythology, including Athena!
Can you tell this is an obvious plug for my favorite game of all time? Because it is. I have like 1000 hours in it across 3 different platforms and I've bought it like 4 times. And I bought the early access sequel even though I'm probably not going to play it again until it fully comes out.
But anyway, please do rec the fic!!! I'm always looking for new fic!! And the book series if you remember it!!! I wasn't super into mythology as a young kid, I was way more interested in the guardians of ga'hoole series and magic tree house, but I'm always down for more to read!!
And as far as this AU goes, that's pretty much exactly Morpheus's thought process about joining Kronos. Zeus is irredeemable as far as he's concerned, so he wasn't going to side with him no matter what.
But he also knows that the Titans will likely be even worse, especially to Apollo and Athena, the demi-gods, and the mortals, all of whom he's grown to care for.
So he basically ended up being a spy in Kronos's ranks, feeding small bits of information to Apollo and Athena and the demi-gods through their dreams. It's how Percy learned that Luke had bathed in the River Styx in this verse, finding out even earlier than he did in canon.
And you're exactly right on why he put the mortals to sleep too, including why he put them to sleep before the actual battle started. He knew the demi-gods would be distracted if there were mortals in danger, so he gave them a headstart on getting them safe enough that they wouldn't be.
And Morpheus's relationship with Apollo and Athena is slightly complicated. They can't often be seen together in public because of Zeus, so the vast majority of their communication takes place in their dreams. It's kind of like lucid dreaming when Morpheus visits them, from how I understand it. He'll link Apollo and Athena's dreams together, and from there, they'll know they're dreaming and they'll all share control of the dream.
Morpheus can't visit them as often as he would like, because Zeus would notice his power on them if he did. If he could he would take their nightmares away entirely. But he's actually able to work with Apollo in an official capacity sometimes because prophetic demi-god dreams are a part of both of their domains.
Morpheus is very close with them both in this specific AU, and I might Word Of God it so that he also knows about Athena's condition in my other ones as well.
He's the only one besides Apollo that knows Athena lived with Odysseus, Penelope, and Telemachus, though she didn't tell him personally. He figured it out because of how often they featured in her dreams.
I'm gonna put the next bit under a cut because it's technically spoilers and this is getting a bit long.
So the reason Morpheus doesn't want them to wake up? Is because they're technically asleep while they're in their comas. He can communicate with them at all times now, and he doesn't have to worry about Zeus finding out he's helping them with nightmares anymore! This is basically the best possible scenario for him and them as far as he's concerned. They're living in their shared dreams the way they want to, with no danger or pain or nightmares. It's not the real world, but it's better than anything they've ever had before.
If Hades heals them enough for it to be possible and they want to wake up? He'll absolutely let them. They're his friends after all, he cares for them and wants them to be happy. But if they don't?
Well that's just too little too late for the Olympians, now isn't it?
And as far as Apollo goes, no, he doesn't know he's Chthonic at all. No one does.
Why would they? There had never been twin gods besides Hypnos and Thanatos before, and they were both Chthonic like their parent Nyx. How would he have any way to know that he and Artemis would be different? The Fates didn't tell him, and no one else knows.
Apollo doesn't realize that Olympians can't sense things the way he can, he just assumes it's one of those things they don't talk about. Like Zeus swallowing Metis or Hades being banned from Olympus.
So yeah, he only finds out when Hades figures it out. It's definitely a surprise.
The (Hypnos, Morpheus, Hermes and probably Melione if she wants) demigods* who are made from dreams, who i've decided to title Demidreams or dreamlings, probably play the Oldest Game from the sandman series in the dreamscape
I also feel like their godly parents can unmake them or change them like Morpheus does to Gault also in sandman (Mel probs does just unmakes and then remakes them for fun, Hermes likely wouldn't unmake them, Morpheus and Hypnos are a maybe to a probably not)
*I feel like with what pjo considers what is and isnt a demigod they cannot be considered demigods. They're likely more closer to the Oneiroi, in fact i'm hc that Morpheus and Hypnos makes theirs out of ivory like some of the Oneiroi.
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