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First of all,

whAT IN THE ACTUAL FU-

OH GOD NO BUT THAT WOULD BE PERFECT. how did the jedi not think of that?

what is anakin’s biggest weakness? attachments.

you know who needs lots of attachment? babies. small children.

anakin should not have been made to study murder: he should have been put in charge of Small Things. He would have bonded with all of them instantly, and it would have given his life Meaning and Purpose.

He’d bond with the kids, but he’d be able to move on because they are Bigger now and they have to go to the Big Kid Class but he still sees them around all the time, and it finally teaches him how to let go of his attachments??? He’d find a kid that he’s particularly fond of and go to Obi-Wan and say “I have found your newest padawan.”

he keeps comming over the years, but it’s always like

BEEP

“Anakin, my boy, we haven’t seen each other in a while—“

“I’m sorry, Chancellor, now’s not the best time. I’m tutoring a class.”

BEEP

“My dear boy, I wonder if we could meet for a chat—“

“Well, it can’t be this week, we’re going to Ilum, but maybe later…”

BEEP

“Anakin, I’d like to—“

“I’m terribly sorry, Chancellor,” Obi-Wan Kenobi answers. The apologetic tone might be just a tad exaggerated. “Anakin is on a trip with younglings, he must’ve left his comlink behind accidentally.”

BEEP

“You’ve reached Anakin Skywalker’s private comlink. Leave the message after the tone.”

BEEP

“It’s such a shame that Council doesn’t consider sending you on this campaign, considering the lightsaber skills you demonstrated when I was last visiting the Temple, Anakin.”

“Thank you, Chancellor, but this is precisely why I need to stay behind. In fact just the last week, the Masters decided I should take over some advanced lightsaber classes, considering senior Padawans accompanying their Masters on the frontlines need the training. I might take the Bear Clan along, make it a learning opportunity for the young ones—“

Palpatine closes his eyes slowly. He knows this from experience; Anakin won’t let himself be budged from the topic of little monsters for at least another half an hour.

BEEP

“Ah, Chancellor Palpatine. Anakin left his comlink behind again, he’s in class—“

BEEP

“Anakin, I hoped you—“

“Oh! Chancellor,” the voice on the other end is distinctly female, and Palpatine recognizes it after a second. Kenobi’s second Padawan. He barely restrains the urge to gnash his teeth. “Um, Skyg—I mean, Master Skywalker can’t pick up now. I can tell him you called? It’s just that he was helping me with forms, and he forgot his comlink, and he’s probably already in crèche…”

BEEP

Then there’s that one time when an actual youngling picks up the call. The less said about his reaction to that incident, the better.

BEEP

“—fortunately, they were all right in the end. But in my opinion, this should never happened in the first place, Chancellor.”

Palpatine snaps awake. Was that… was that anger? Finally, the hours of listening to worthless drivel about Jedi younglings paid off.

“My boy, I absolutely agree,” he begins slyly, but before he can continue, Anakin steamrolls on.

“I think Jedi Order is too deeply entwined in the conflict! I honestly don’t think even senior Padawans should be anywhere near battles, not to mention in command of GAR, but now even younglings are acceptable targets for Separatists and pirates! Master Yoda and I were talking about this lately, and—“

Palpatine swallows a scream of rage with some difficulty.

BEEP

“Forgot his comlink again, Master Skywalker has. With younglings, he is.”

Unfortunately, he fails to reckon with the fact that not only is he going up against Anakin Fucking Skywalker, but that Anakin Fucking Skywalker is the surrogate father/big brother/best friend/cool teacher of ninety percent of the current Padawans and young Knights in the Order. And while the Council might make decisions and talk about the Will of the Force and stuff, those Padawans and Knights only care about the fact that the man who scared away the monsters under the bed–made it feel less lonely and frightening to be away from home when they were small–is now hurting and scared for his own children.

Just like Palpatine always wanted, Anakin ends up leading an army. An army of young Jedi who smash the ever-loving shit out of everything “Darth Sidious” can throw at them, rescue the terrified Skywalker twins, and drag the Chancellor hisownself before the Senate with conclusive proof that he’s an evil Dark-Side-wielding bastard who kidnaps adorable kids.

But Sidious always underestimates how love changes things. And while he’s prepared to fight Anakin’s devoted army of former crechelings, he underestimates how that’s changed the rest of the Order.

Because Obi-Wan is quieter about whom and how he loves but doesn’t make it any less strong. When Obi-Wan loves someone it is unconditional and unyielding and he has never loved anyone as much as he loves Anakin Skywalker. Then the twins are born and Anakin is bashfully about it but he’s not ashamed and of course Obi-Wan has to know, he can’t imagine Obi-Wan not knowing his children (Obi-Wan totally already knows, he has been rolling his eyes about this for months and waiting for Anakin to come to him so he doesn’t spook him or for Padme to knock some freaking sense into him, which she does, because not-dying Padme is scary post-pregnancy and not willing to deal with the stupid anymore) and then Padme hands him Leia and everything stutters to a halt for a moment because oh, oh no, Anakin has found him another padawan.

There is no one Obi-Wan will ever love as fiercely as Anakin, except for Anakin’s children, who may as well be his own children. And he knows from the moment he first holds her that Leia will be the greatest Jedi he ever has a hand in raising.

(It becomes a joke among the Knights and Masters at the temple after the Skywalker twins arrive. If you even think that you might like to take Leia as your padawan, you can feel Obi-Wan glare at you no matter where he is in the galaxy.)

And when Sidious kidnaps Anakin’s children – his future padawan – Obi-Wan is the only Jedi in the galaxy who can put a hand on Anakin’s shoulder and say we need a distraction to do this safely, trust me to bring them home for you. Anakin will lead the frontal assault and tear down all of Sidious’ carefully constructed plans. Obi-Wan will sneak in and safeguard their children and bring them home.

That’s the plan, anyway.

Here’s what none of them expected:

When Luke Skywalker came screaming and red-faced into the world, an ancient, meddling, troll of a Jedi Master who had vowed never to take another padawan felt it and thought: fuck.

Whereas Leia is, even as a child, stubborn and willful and silk hiding steel, Luke is twin balls of sunshine. Raised among Jedi, he is so bright a presence it hurts. Even raised among Jedi, he wears his heart on his sleeve and has absolutely no guile and he pouts when the cafeteria doesn’t serve his favourite dessert but will cheerfully walk across the room and give it to someone else if he senses that person is still hungry. The first time Luke sees Yoda he stares at him, all big blue eyes and pudgy baby hands, then grabs his ears and won’t let go. Everyone is horrified. Yoda harrumphs at him and tell him, “Patience, young one.” He toddles after Yoda from the time he can crawl and no matter how grouchy Yoda seems he never actively dissuades him from it.

After the twins enter the temple, Anakin always knows not to worry if Luke is missing from the crèche. Yoda will escort him back sooner or later.  

(He’s always much more worried when Leia disappears because, yes, Obi-Wan will bring her back but they’ll have always gotten into trouble in the meantime.)

Yoda does not confront Darth Sidious. Yoda does not lose his duel with the Sith lord and become diminished because of it. Yoda is with Obi-Wan, sneaking into his stronghold to see the twins safe. Yoda cannot go Sith hunting when Luke is in pain and gently clinging to him, his arms around his neck, bruised and bleeding and smiled at Yoda when he saw him because Luke knew he would come.

(Sidious cannot win, with them. Leia would risk her home being obliterated rather than betray her righteous cause. Luke would willingly walk into flames rather than give up on those he loves. It hurts, oh it hurts, to see the other in pain, but Leia can watch Luke being hurt and know there are more important things at stake than the two of them and Luke can watch Leia being hurt and trust that they will be saved.)

Sidious escapes but his Empire falls before it solidifies. He will never be as powerful as he needs to be.

(It’s Anakin who notices there is something wrong with the clones. He’s not their General but Obi-Wan is and Obi-Wan is a good general. When Obi-Wan is hurt, they’re all nosey and worried and Anakin – all but glued to his former Master’s bedside when it’s really bad and first and foremost a mechanic – can tell that something is wrong. He’s not always with them so it never becomes familiar, it never becomes normal, and it niggles at the back of his brain until he’s sitting in front of Obi-Wan’s bacta tank –  old training bond humming between them because Obi-Wan hates drugs and hates being sedated and he stays quieter and heals faster if Anakin is there to keep him calm – and Rex walks in to check on the General and Anakin turns around to look at him and he sees it.

The Jedi Order quietly deprograms the clone army. They trace the chip back to Palpatine. Padme and Bail Organa and Mon Mothma start quietly amassing information against him and his allies – enough for criminal charges, pushing Sidious to show his hand and try to kidnap the twins.)

Obi-Wan takes Leia as his Padawan the second she’s old enough for it to be proper. They are scarily well matched. If he was the Jedi’s best hope to keep planets from succeeding during the war, together they can talk whole systems into rejoining the rebuilding Republic. 

Yoda leaves Luke in the crèche until the day before his thirteenth birthday. Everyone is worried except Luke (who knows he is meant to be a Jedi and knows Master Yoda is meant to teach him and trusts this, since he was raised in the Temple. It’s easier to have faith when you’ve always had it and it’s never been wrong). Fourteen Jedi have tried to ask him to be their apprentice. Yoda bashed twelve of them over the head with his stick before they could and Luke turned two down himself, the last three days before his birthday. He spends his last day as a twelve-year old following his dad around, both of them a little clingier than usual. Anakin has always thought that Yoda intended to take Luke as his Padawan but he’s literally hours from aging out and he’s seriously considering comming Ashoka and begging her to come act as backup, when Luke suddenly hugs Anakin hard and quick and Anakin looks over and sees Yoda waiting in the doorway.

Anakin hugs Luke back very, very tightly and then he lets him go. Luke already has his few things packed and waiting. Yoda harrumphs at him. “Ready, you are, padawan mine?”

Luke’s smile is blinding. “Yes, Master.”

Leia talks star systems into rejoining the Republic. Luke returns the Fallen to the Jedi. Dooku is the first and most fleeting (having not been killed by Anakin) – having been betrayed and split from Sidious – Luke finds him when he’s dying and gets Yoda to him in time for him to pass them information on Sidious’ new schemes and die a Jedi, with his old master at his side. There are others, after that, who Fell during the war and didn’t think they could ever return from it. Luke, bright and shiny and full of faith, sees them, thinks, I can fix this, and brings them home one by one.

After the second Return, which is unavoidably public, Leia and Obi-Wan look at each other and enlist everyone they can to begin working to make Luke the new poster boy for the Order. Luke is intensely embarrassed by this and a bit bumbling and shy about it, which just makes it more attractive to everyone. It also keeps the spotlight well away from their rebuilding efforts, which are way easier when there’s less press exposure.

Sidious, who would still like to capture and corrupt the twins, eventually stops trying with Luke because there’s only a 50/50 anyone he sends after him will come back and between years of Yoda’s training (ie dodging his stick), Luke’s innate Force sense and his dumb luck he’s practically impossible to kill.

Everyone predicted Leia would eventually leave the order to follow in her mother’s footsteps but the SCANDAL that erupted when she married a former smuggler had the gossip rags going for years. Because circumstances sometimes change, but the Force will always find a way for certain absolutes. They have one son, and adopt several wayward young people along the way. 

Anakin is delighted by his grandson for all that he’s sad that he couldn’t share him with Obi-Wan, who passed just before he was born. Ben would follow his grandfather around like a baby duck and hated sharing him with the other younglings. He’d get so angry when he felt Anakin was giving the other children more attention than him. Anakin would gently explain that he couldn’t play favorites, but Ben would still react with anger and find a place to pout alone. 

He is five when he finds a nice secluded spot in the gardens, barely visible from the main path. A fountain sits in the center and Ben lets out his frustration by throwing small stones into it. He doesn’t notice Mace until he sits down right next to him and says “I like to come here too, when I’m angry.”

Ben is startled at first. Though he’s still small and largely untrained, no one has ever really snuck up on him before. He’s also never heard a master admit to being angry before. When questioned, Mace answers that everyone gets angry sometimes. The Jedi way isn’t the eradication of emotion, but the control of it. He brings Ben back to Anakin, who apologizes to the aging master for troubling him, but Mace dismisses the apology and tells him it was no trouble at all. Anakin glances sideways at Mace; they don’t always agree on things, but he can’t help but smile. It has been decades since Master Windu last took a padawan. 

As Ben grows older he excels in his lessons. He’s smart, persistent, and so, so powerful in the Force. He’s the very top of his class, and the only one who has yet to be chosen by a master. He still goes to the fountain when he finds himself at war with his emotions. Usually he meditates alone for a while until he is able to calm down, but sometimes, when he feels particularly lost, Master Windu will show up. At these times Ben will often ask for advice, but sometimes they will simply sit together in silence. 

Ben is desperate the day before he turns 13. He doesn’t understand how he could work so hard and not be noticed by a single master in the entire temple (which isn’t true, nearly everyone knows Ben Solo and can feel the pull of the Force around him. They also know they were not meant to guide him). He almost, almost comms his uncle and begs to take him as his padawan, but ultimately doesn’t because he knows how Luke follows the Force and if he were going to take him, he would have a long time ago. (Luke is busy anyway; a small girl in the outer rim is about to turn 3.) 

He goes out to the fountain to watch the sun set. The next day he’ll go before the Council of Reassignment to be placed into a division of the Jedi Service Corps. He supposes it wouldn’t be so bad to be placed into the Exploration Corps, he’d see much of the galaxy that way. He sits and plans and wills himself to not cry. After all, the Jedi way isn’t the eradication of emotion, but the mastery of it. 

Master Windu is still able to sneak up on him even though he’s doing so with a cane these days. Ben once held the hope that maybe the old master would take him as a padawan, but everyone knows Mace doesn’t take padawans anymore. His work on the Council is too important and he can’t give his precious time to a student, no matter what sort of strange bond has formed between them over the years. They sit for a moment before Ben breaks the silence. “What do you think my chances are of being assigned to the Exploration Corps?”

Mace seems to ponder the question for a moment. “Your scores in xenolinguistics is very high. You’ve also done very well in your survival field tests. You’d be a credit to the ExplorCorps.” He pauses for a moment. “Is that what you want to to do?”

Ben doesn’t give a straight answer, “It’s an honor,” he swallows the lump in his throat, “to be a part of the Service Corps.”

Mace sighs. “For someone who feels the Force so acutely, you have so little faith in it.” Ben winces. “Your patience leaves a lot to be desired. And you never really let go of anything.”

Ben is shaking. Of course. It doesn’t matter how well he does in his studies when the fundamentals of the ways of the Force is where he has always failed. He could never be a true Jedi. But it feels like the rawest betrayal when Mace says, “You can’t go into the Exploration Corps, Ben. Being left to drift through the galaxy unguided would be disastrous for you. You’d be very susceptible to the Dark Side if left alone.”

Ben’s eyes feel wet. He knows that too, though he’s never confessed to any of the masters about it. He was stupid to think he could hide it, though. The masters probably felt the Dark Side around him and rejected him outright. A bitter voice inside him resents them for dragging it out for so long. 

Then he feels a warm hand on his shoulder. “I’m not afraid of the Dark, Ben. And you shouldn’t be either.” In spite of Master Windu’s gentle tone, Ben can’t bare to look at him. “Self mastery is a life long pursuit that no one ever really accomplishes. You have to take it day by day, even I’m still learning. You have everything you need, you just have to remember that it is a choice you must make and commit to every day.”

Ben sniffs. “Yes, Master.” But when Ben looks up at Mace, he doesn’t see the cold face of a stern teacher or the disappointment of an unsatisfied elder. He doesn’t even see the sympathy that everyone has been directing towards him as he got closer and closer to his 13th birthday. Instead there is warmth and fondness.

“However,” he continues, “it’s not a path you need to travel alone. At least not at first… if you’ll have me as your master.”

Ben lunges at Mace and hugs him tight. “Do you really mean it?” 

Mace huffs a short laugh and ruffles the boy’s hair. “I’m too old to say things I don’t mean.” He pulls away. “But Ben, are you sure? I’m not the easier teacher.”

Finally able to hope again, Ben gives his master (his master!) a grin. “I’m not the easiest student!” 

Most of the children were adopted out, but this one boy wasn’t. The reviewers found him to be strong in the Force, but some of the Council were worried about him - he was easily distracted, because he was constantly afraid of what was going to happen to him.

That first night, he lay in his bunk, in greater luxury than he’d had at Starkiller Base, and cried in terror after lights out. It was the first time he’d been alone in a room for, as far as he could remember, his entire life. He was alone, and terrified, and wondered what he’d done to be punished like this.

The door slid open, and the Training Master looked in. “Excuse me,” Anakin Skywalker, aged but smiling, looked in. “I sensed you in the Force. What’s wrong?”

The boy, who had been FN-2187, and named Finn, curled up. “’m scared.”

Anakin entered the room, closing the door, and sat down on the floor. He drew on the floor for strength and relief in his creaky joints, and smiled the smile that fifty years of younglings had learned to trust. “It’s okay. It can be scary.”

“Jedi don’t get scared.”

Anakin laughed, softly. “Oh, no, we do. But it’s not being scared that’s important. It’s what you do when you’re scared. A Jedi knows how to focus past the fear, and what fear does to you, and listen to the Force. Let me show you.” And in that moment, Anakin hears the voices of Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon Jinn and Mace Windu and Yoda in his mind, all of them saying the same thing: “There you go again, Anakin.”

When Finn is thirteen, he becomes Anakin’s padawan, because of course he would, after Anakin’s first lesson, and then his time teaching that first meditation exercise to the new younglings, helping them the way he was helped, showing the compassion that was at his core. If Anakin is Dad, now they have their big brother Finn, who knows how scary it was and how one good moment can help you feel not so alone, not so scared, and how to find where you fit in.

When the time comes that Anakin must step down from active duty because he’s too old, too frail, to keep going, Finn is gobsmacked to be told he will take Anakin’s place.

And he always, always, has a bit of candy hidden in his belt, because he knows a dozen ways to calm a crying child and believes a little bit of candy is a good distraction while he figures out the best one.

Rey needs someone.  Finn needs someone too.  They pull to one another instantly, a spark so bright in the Force that Rey forgets all about Luke for a second. (Nearly.)  But this time she does not fuss when Luke leaves.  Rey and Finn are inseparable, troublesome.  They’re also powerful.

There’s some concern the first time Rey blasts a teacher across the room.  It was an accident, she swears!

Finn just encourages her.  It never happens again.  The Pair, as they are called, live in the Temple peacefully for years, playing pranks, laughing, and taking things apart.  Finn is more interested in people; a good distraction while Rey is taking something apart that she isn’t supposed to, and bright smiles to disarm whoever finds them.

And when they’re thirteen, Finn goes to Anakin.  Rey can’t help the little bit of sadness that settles over her heart.  Finn might not really be leaving, but no Master has shown interest in Rey, and it burns, even though she tells herself she isn’t jealous.  Not her.  Not Rey, the Girl from Nowhere.  She resigns herself to leaving.  No Jedi service, no sir.

The Force isn’t having that.

No Master shows interest, but Rey knows what she’s heard, even though Master Luke hasn’t been back to Coruscant in years, and he’s not coming back for her.  

He does.  Still, Luke is a Skywalker and he is not immune to his father’s flair for the dramatic.

ooooh okay let's go:

1) Thalia wasn't in the camp she's been in a coma for years and in an act of desperation to get good press Zeus announces she's showing signs of waking up (she's not) (and it doesn't out shine the national manhunt at all) and then when she Actually wakes up a little over a year later the public doesn't believe the news at first bc of it. like they see the front page news about her miraculous recovery and the general public is like "what did Percy do this time"

2) the concept of Jason still getting raised by wolves- normal, non magical wolves this time- is KILLING ME!!! when he eventually gets discovered and rescued, Hera is his biggest supporter in helping him get readjusted to society and everyone is genuinely shocked that she's not Just doing it for good press

3) Hades actually takes custody of Nico and Bianca right away and it's not a big news story. when the press find out about HAZEL, HOWEVER,

4) Mr. D is still In The Family he's just cut off financially and out of the will and he literally does Fine for himself like he's rich in his own right between the strawberry wine vineyards and the camp he owns and runs. but every time he turns up to a family event he acts like he's a street beggar and has the hardest life imaginable. very 'woe is me I'm the only one of my siblings that can't afford TWO yachts' energy lmfao.

5) Kronos had Percy and Annabeth specifically kidnapped bc they were the two weakest spots in The Family- no one knew about Percy, so no one was protecting him, and while Annabeth grew up around the family because of her mom's job she wasn't Related to them and they never thought to extend any protection to her. Grover just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time bc he was tagging along on Percy and Sally's vacation and while Ares was okay with kidnapping and arson for his evil grandfather he decided to not be down for murder. this is why he never killed Percy's annoying ass during their cross country trip even when Percy kept fighting him and ruining his various bombing plans. AND he was mad as hell that Percy kept getting all the credit and being called the terrorist bc none of the reporters seemed to notice Ares was even there lmao

6) Annabeth was definitely missing for at least a week before Athena saw her on the news and Realized lmfao Frederick WAS trying to find her but he was more scared of telling Athena than he was for their daughter's safety

7) Amphitrite was mad about. well everything. but when she found out Sally murdered Gabe she was happy to help cover it up lmao she had a BLAST. she's like damn I married into such a shady family I can't believe I haven't had the opportunity to do this yet

8) Triton and Kym HATE Percy the beef is so immediate but Tyson adores him and Rhodes, who doesn't live at home, is nice when she stops by. Percy is literally more scared in this fuck ass family than he was when he was kidnapped lmao

9) Apollo keeps trying to get Percy to do an 'exclusive interview' with him and Poseidon keeps literally chasing him off

screaming!!

Apollo's only like in his 20s in this and publicly he's just taking a gap year before starting medical school bc Zeus doesn't wanna admit he 'had to' cut off ANOTHER kid. but this means he can't control the narrative of whatever the hell Apollo's doing when it hits the press, so it's all like

Apollo Olympian spotted dumpster diving, seemingly confused of his surroundings

Apollo Olympian has reportedly kidnapped the 12 year old daughter of his father's business rival

Apollo Olympian and cousin Percy Jackson-Olympian seen in high speed car chase with the missing 12 year old girl in the front seat

Apollo Olympian comes clean about affair he had with one of his father's business partners when he was only 16!!

CEO accused of sleeping with Apollo Olympian says the then teen tried to kill him, disputes claims of a relationship

Breaking News: the 12 year old Apollo Olympian kidnapped is actually his cousin who was kidnapped years ago??

like just shit like that and everyone's losing their minds but the only people in the family he has regular contact with are Percy and Jason (minors, not allowed to talk to the media to clear his name) and Thalia (keeps encouraging him to be even more destructive). Artemis is M.I.A. on some "wellness retreat" in the Mediterranean but it later comes out Zeus is keeping her there to be an ass. the only person who really CAN go to the press to explain he's not actually on a crime spree is Rachel, but as she's not In The Family and also regularly creates scandals of her own out of boredom, no one really believes her lmfao.

eventually Apollo gives up and posts like a six hour long YouTube video detailing all the crimes he's caught the Triumvirate red handed of, he has a full blown conspiracy corkboard behind him and looks like he hasn't slept in a year, everyone is losing their God damn MINDS!! by the time his story culminates with him talking about having to fight a giant snake the general public already have their pitch forks and torches out.

hades and babianca who cheered

Book Percy: Kid with unmedicated ADHD who doesn't always keep his mouth shut; almost always has a witty comment prepared; not a Greek Myth expert but observant, intelligent, and cunning enough to make up for it; a highly opinionated teenager who often clashes with the people around him.

Show Percy: Annabeth's booktok dark romance boyfriend who is utterly obsessed with her and would never ever ever go against her in anything; dour and broody; a fucking encyclopedia of Greek Myth.

Book Annabeth: Intelligent and tactical but also often irrational and emotional; seems mature but has a childish side; also a highly opinionated teenager who often clashes with the people around her.

Show Annabeth: An absolute paragon of wisdom with no irrationality or adverse emotion to be found; a flawless badass who can do no wrong.

Book Grover: An awkward, anxious, downtrodden guy with low self-esteem who slowly learns to have faith in himself; usually the voice of peace between Percabeth's clashing natures.

Show Grover: Confident and bold; just as, if not more, sharp and witty as the rest of the trio.

And a bonus one that I haven't really seen anyone mention:

Book Dionysus: An irascible lout who shows utter contempt for Camp and everyone in it (this may be something of a façade but it's somewhat ambiguous); has a real vendetta against heroes and heroism; generally resentful and apathetic, with something of a sadistic streak, and entirely willing to flex his vast power.

Show Dionysus: Basically just Jason Mantzoukas playing himself; just kind of a silly guy who plays silly jokes; zero real threat felt from him.

unbearable compulsion to be right

"gets annoyed with you for not reading her mind" type of girl

Needs to show off her skills

has never been chill in her life

"if I can't fix it no one can. but also I can fix it" ass attitude

not so stoic that she doesn't cry when sad or overwhelmed. not a crybaby that sobs over everything

obvious abandonment issues

sassy 😌🫶 argumentative 🫶😌 boastful 😳🫶 persistent 🫶😌 beautiful

probably thinking "what if everything I have is ripped away from me and there's nothing I can do to stop it" in the back of her mind at all times

big softie with dogs. it doesn't matter if there are no dogs in your work you just have to remember this

very petty and jealous. and she'll act like it too 😔

can and will talk someone's ear off about her special interests 😳

autistic

where the Olympians have a lot history of being Greek business men or mafia or something. Zeus works at a very professional office job, Poseidons a retired fisherman who still sometimes does random work involving his brother, and Hades lives far away from everyone. Hera is Zeus’s stay at home wife who just does whatever the fuck she wants with Zeus’s money, and knows just how many affairs Zeus has had.

Aphrodite is a famous model and not related to them, married to Hephaestus but is always hooking up with Ares and everyone can tell they are a thing. Hephaestus knows, but is just too busy to care. He’s a mechanic/engineer, mainly making stuff that he can just sell. It’s not his passion really anymore, it’s just his job so he can make money. He’s like lower upper class, with Aphrodite also making her own money. They don’t divorce but clearly aren’t a good couple, and really don’t see each other that often.

Ares is a professional wrestler who doesn’t really do much wrestling anymore, just goes on interviews and goes to events and stuff to flex and show off, boast about his greatness. He’s also a war veteran. Hermes does a lot of stuff for Zeus, and is a postman. He’s pretty much a nepo baby. Has a simple job, but is rich with old money. Athena is a professional politician, who mainly deals with stuff involving war and sometimes does photography on the side. (Just because.)

Artemis is a professional archer, doing competitions and Olympics and such. Actually, I think maybe all of the family has done some Olympic sport at some point. Anyways, Artemis also trains young girls and encourages them to go into careers and be strong if that’s what they wanna do. Tells them they can do anything, and not let a man tell them what to do. Teaches them archery and such. Apollo is a singer and musician, who has lots of teen fan girls. He spends a lot of time partying and having fun. Has a penthouse apartment, and a studio. Does music, writing, art of all kinds. Dancing, gymnastics, a lot of stuff. Sometimes joins his sister in her training sessions, since he’s also good at archery. Did a little bit of medical stuff in high school, so he knows a little more than basic first aid.

And here’s my favorite. Dionysus. He’s the youngest, and one of Zeus’s least favorites. All of his siblings and family’s careers kinda took off because they all had the money and family reputation, Zeus had ties and stuff. It’s why they’re family’s so well-off and all are super known. Dionysus is known as the failure, even though he didn’t even do much. But compared to his family he isn’t seen as good enough. He was a wild child, first of all, and then when he was older his career was acting. He acted for a little bit, then slowly spiraled into alcoholism and had to quit. Even when he slowly got over it and became better about drinking, he felt discouraged about retrying. So now he’s going on by doing small other jobs and such. One of those jobs is helping endangered animals! Specifically, leopards! Through that groups connection is how he met Chiron. Who is actually disabled and he runs a program for young children who come from tough circumstances. He has a summer camp that helps teach them certain things and is a place for kids who were deemed “hopeless” to have someone show them they are not. Sometimes Dionysus pitches in and does stuff for that, and eventually gets more involved. Especially after he meets a certain child on his way to a first date. Percy Jackson.

here’s my estimated ages for the Olympians!

Hades: early 70’s but very healthy, they all are.

Poseidon: late 60’s.

Zeus: 60’s.

Hera: 60’s (but again, they are all very healthy and very young looking.)

Athena: 40.

Ares: Late late 30’s.

Aphrodite: late 30’s.

Artemis and Apollo: mid to late 30’s.

Hermes: mid 30’s.

Don’t know how I’m gonna develop the rest of the characters just yet, but here’s what I’m thinking.

Percy is a troubled kid who is constantly running away (or atleast trying to) from the orphanage he is at. Because Sally went missing, Gabe didn’t want to deal with him, and Percy’s father is unknown. Percy was a one nightstand accident. So Percy is sent to an orphanage. (No I don’t really know why I made this a thing, okay?)

Annabeth, Thalia, and Luke, are just kids trying to get away from abusive/neglectful parents. I think eventually they are caught by the police, and after a while, they are eventually campers at Chirons summer camp.

Grover is younger, not twenty something. He’s like the same age as Percy. He never knew his parents, they died in a shooting and he was taken in by his uncle Ferdinand, who eventually passed due to illness. Eventually Chiron legally adopts Grover, but he isn’t exactly a perfect parent. He’s a mentor, not a dad. Grover is very mature though, so he ends up kinda independent, hiding away his feelings of sadness about not having a real parental figure in his life. (May change when Dionysus starts being more active at Grover’s camp.)

it's a mortal AU, and it's focused mostly on jason's family. zeus is a mortal huge business exec sort of guy, head of some giant company or whatever, and basically all of his kids are insanely influential. apollo is a famous musician, artemis founded / runs a sort of thing like the girl scouts for orphaned/runaway kids, athena's the head of a nationally renowned post-grad institute, etc. they're all adults, except for jason, who's 15.

thalia ran away from beryl when she was nine and jason was five, and she joined artemis's hunters, and told artemis about her mom, her dad, and jason, which lead to her pressuring zeus to take jason. juno surprisingly liked the idea of raising a baby again (since all the 'god' kids are grown up now) and went to get him from beryl-- good thing they went when they did, because she had abandoned him in the woods with the wolves. he was rescued and raised by juno and zeus. he turns out relatively normal all things considered-- but he doesn't have much of a "thing" like the rest of his family members, which makes him a bit of an oddball in that regard.

he goes to a boarding school where he meets Leo, and they become best friends. they share a dorm, and through Leo, he meets Piper. Jason has a HUGE crush on piper and Leo's trying his hardest to be a good wingman but Jason is TERRIBLE at flirting and it's funny as hell. Leo cant believe the levels of awkward Jason reaches when Piper interacts with him. they do end up getting closer later tho, which is all well and good.

ooooh okay let's go:

1) Thalia wasn't in the camp she's been in a coma for years and in an act of desperation to get good press Zeus announces she's showing signs of waking up (she's not) (and it doesn't out shine the national manhunt at all) and then when she Actually wakes up a little over a year later the public doesn't believe the news at first bc of it. like they see the front page news about her miraculous recovery and the general public is like "what did Percy do this time"

2) the concept of Jason still getting raised by wolves- normal, non magical wolves this time- is KILLING ME!!! when he eventually gets discovered and rescued, Hera is his biggest supporter in helping him get readjusted to society and everyone is genuinely shocked that she's not Just doing it for good press

3) Hades actually takes custody of Nico and Bianca right away and it's not a big news story. when the press find out about HAZEL, HOWEVER,

4) Mr. D is still In The Family he's just cut off financially and out of the will and he literally does Fine for himself like he's rich in his own right between the strawberry wine vineyards and the camp he owns and runs. but every time he turns up to a family event he acts like he's a street beggar and has the hardest life imaginable. very 'woe is me I'm the only one of my siblings that can't afford TWO yachts' energy lmfao.

5) Kronos had Percy and Annabeth specifically kidnapped bc they were the two weakest spots in The Family- no one knew about Percy, so no one was protecting him, and while Annabeth grew up around the family because of her mom's job she wasn't Related to them and they never thought to extend any protection to her. Grover just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time bc he was tagging along on Percy and Sally's vacation and while Ares was okay with kidnapping and arson for his evil grandfather he decided to not be down for murder. this is why he never killed Percy's annoying ass during their cross country trip even when Percy kept fighting him and ruining his various bombing plans. AND he was mad as hell that Percy kept getting all the credit and being called the terrorist bc none of the reporters seemed to notice Ares was even there lmao

6) Annabeth was definitely missing for at least a week before Athena saw her on the news and Realized lmfao Frederick WAS trying to find her but he was more scared of telling Athena than he was for their daughter's safety

7) Amphitrite was mad about. well everything. but when she found out Sally murdered Gabe she was happy to help cover it up lmao she had a BLAST. she's like damn I married into such a shady family I can't believe I haven't had the opportunity to do this yet

8) Triton and Kym HATE Percy the beef is so immediate but Tyson adores him and Rhodes, who doesn't live at home, is nice when she stops by. Percy is literally more scared in this fuck ass family than he was when he was kidnapped lmao

9) Apollo keeps trying to get Percy to do an 'exclusive interview' with him and Poseidon keeps literally chasing him off

screaming!!

Apollo's only like in his 20s in this and publicly he's just taking a gap year before starting medical school bc Zeus doesn't wanna admit he 'had to' cut off ANOTHER kid. but this means he can't control the narrative of whatever the hell Apollo's doing when it hits the press, so it's all like

Apollo Olympian spotted dumpster diving, seemingly confused of his surroundings

Apollo Olympian has reportedly kidnapped the 12 year old daughter of his father's business rival

Apollo Olympian and cousin Percy Jackson-Olympian seen in high speed car chase with the missing 12 year old girl in the front seat

Apollo Olympian comes clean about affair he had with one of his father's business partners when he was only 16!!

CEO accused of sleeping with Apollo Olympian says the then teen tried to kill him, disputes claims of a relationship

Breaking News: the 12 year old Apollo Olympian kidnapped is actually his cousin who was kidnapped years ago??

like just shit like that and everyone's losing their minds but the only people in the family he has regular contact with are Percy and Jason (minors, not allowed to talk to the media to clear his name) and Thalia (keeps encouraging him to be even more destructive). Artemis is M.I.A. on some "wellness retreat" in the Mediterranean but it later comes out Zeus is keeping her there to be an ass. the only person who really CAN go to the press to explain he's not actually on a crime spree is Rachel, but as she's not In The Family and also regularly creates scandals of her own out of boredom, no one really believes her lmfao.

eventually Apollo gives up and posts like a six hour long YouTube video detailing all the crimes he's caught the Triumvirate red handed of, he has a full blown conspiracy corkboard behind him and looks like he hasn't slept in a year, everyone is losing their God damn MINDS!! by the time his story culminates with him talking about having to fight a giant snake the general public already have their pitch forks and torches out.

where the Olympians have a lot history of being Greek business men or mafia or something. Zeus works at a very professional office job, Poseidons a retired fisherman who still sometimes does random work involving his brother, and Hades lives far away from everyone. Hera is Zeus’s stay at home wife who just does whatever the fuck she wants with Zeus’s money, and knows just how many affairs Zeus has had.

Aphrodite is a famous model and not related to them, married to Hephaestus but is always hooking up with Ares and everyone can tell they are a thing. Hephaestus knows, but is just too busy to care. He’s a mechanic/engineer, mainly making stuff that he can just sell. It’s not his passion really anymore, it’s just his job so he can make money. He’s like lower upper class, with Aphrodite also making her own money. They don’t divorce but clearly aren’t a good couple, and really don’t see each other that often.

Ares is a professional wrestler who doesn’t really do much wrestling anymore, just goes on interviews and goes to events and stuff to flex and show off, boast about his greatness. He’s also a war veteran. Hermes does a lot of stuff for Zeus, and is a postman. He’s pretty much a nepo baby. Has a simple job, but is rich with old money. Athena is a professional politician, who mainly deals with stuff involving war and sometimes does photography on the side. (Just because.)

Artemis is a professional archer, doing competitions and Olympics and such. Actually, I think maybe all of the family has done some Olympic sport at some point. Anyways, Artemis also trains young girls and encourages them to go into careers and be strong if that’s what they wanna do. Tells them they can do anything, and not let a man tell them what to do. Teaches them archery and such. Apollo is a singer and musician, who has lots of teen fan girls. He spends a lot of time partying and having fun. Has a penthouse apartment, and a studio. Does music, writing, art of all kinds. Dancing, gymnastics, a lot of stuff. Sometimes joins his sister in her training sessions, since he’s also good at archery. Did a little bit of medical stuff in high school, so he knows a little more than basic first aid.

And here’s my favorite. Dionysus. He’s the youngest, and one of Zeus’s least favorites. All of his siblings and family’s careers kinda took off because they all had the money and family reputation, Zeus had ties and stuff. It’s why they’re family’s so well-off and all are super known. Dionysus is known as the failure, even though he didn’t even do much. But compared to his family he isn’t seen as good enough. He was a wild child, first of all, and then when he was older his career was acting. He acted for a little bit, then slowly spiraled into alcoholism and had to quit. Even when he slowly got over it and became better about drinking, he felt discouraged about retrying. So now he’s going on by doing small other jobs and such. One of those jobs is helping endangered animals! Specifically, leopards! Through that groups connection is how he met Chiron. Who is actually disabled and he runs a program for young children who come from tough circumstances. He has a summer camp that helps teach them certain things and is a place for kids who were deemed “hopeless” to have someone show them they are not. Sometimes Dionysus pitches in and does stuff for that, and eventually gets more involved. Especially after he meets a certain child on his way to a first date. Percy Jackson.

here’s my estimated ages for the Olympians!

Hades: early 70’s but very healthy, they all are.

Poseidon: late 60’s.

Zeus: 60’s.

Hera: 60’s (but again, they are all very healthy and very young looking.)

Athena: 40.

Ares: Late late 30’s.

Aphrodite: late 30’s.

Artemis and Apollo: mid to late 30’s.

Hermes: mid 30’s.

Hades had two affairs while married and got 3 kids out of them,one of which died because she joined his niece's street gang. Both his affair partners are long dead and his wife forgave him but she is still cold to the kids that now live with them full time (she will warm up to them,one day).

Zeus also had an affair with another woman,a small actress that doesn't have the best of the reputation,and had 2 kids out of it. The actress died and he had to send the kids to a boarding school because his wife couldn't stand them enough to have them around without starting drama every 2 days,but one of them escaped with 2 of her classmates after not even a week and Zeus wasn't able to find her.

Poseidon is in an open relationship with his wife,with whom she had multiple children already. He got a son out of his newest relationship but couldn't be involved in his life until 12 because Sally moved states. His wife is fine about this but she still prioritizes their own children until a change of heart.

AND THOSE ARE JUST THE FIRST-GRADE DEMIGODS COUSINS YOUR HONOR.

Athena,Hermes,Apollo,Artemis and Dyonisus are still Zeus's children in this,but they are all grown-ups,active members of the society and working in different places. They stay low contact with their dad and step-mother but they are there for the crisis and family gatherings.

Athena has sponsored for years a young girl abandoned by her family,taking her in (they have more of a teacher-student relationship here). Hermes adopted a boy who almost aged out of the system,whose mother lost custody of him long before because she went insane. Later they found out that the two knew each other and when they were sent to the same boarding school they escaped with one of their youngest siblings.

Apollo travel very often,he never stays too long in the same place or with the same people. He had a lot of flings and short relationships (with both genders) and got children from 3 of them. He isn't always there but he tries to be a good dad for them. Artemis doesn't want children. She focuses on her career and her work,but she is also the head of a very notorious street gang. She found her half-sister while on the road and tried to make her join them,so she and her friends could be safer,but Thalia refused. Artemis still tries to keep tabs on her when she can. Next time she saw one of her relatives on the road,it was one of her littlest cousins and she accepted her offer. 2 days later she died and Artemis still feels guilty about it.

Dyonisus had 2 children,a set of twin brothers,from a woman before marrying Ariadne when they were still little. They raised the twins as their own in an healthy environment and are actually the only sane people in this dam family.

Ares and Hephaestus are favored by Hera since they are the only sons she had with Zeus,with Ares being the favorite child in the family. Aphrodite dated (....not really) and married Hephaestus only to later on have an affair with Ares. Hephaestus left her and married Aglaia,the two a couple of years later adopted a young child that was found rummaging through their bin for food. Aphrodite and Ares never married and had children together out of wedlock (Clarisse,Frank,Piper,Silena and Drew). They are Hera's favorite grandchildren and she spoils them every chance she gets. Drew resonates more with her than the rest.

Most of her other grandkids outside of them either don't like her because of this favoritism or their parents try to not make them interact much with their grandparents.

Demeter doesn't like her grandkids but she also doesn't berate them for simply existing,she throws her anger at their father for what she did to her daughter. She is civil and polite with them but keeps her distance, eventually she warms up a little but there is still tension between them.

Also,all the children (yes because they are all kids in this,so no relationship just cousinhood) know/acknowledge each other during family gatherings and they trauma bond over how screwed their family is most of the time. Some are close,some aren't,some grew up together and some didn't,but they still bond regardless and have regular sleepovers.

DO YOU GUYS SEE THE DRAMA? LET'EM BE A MESSY MORTAL FAMILY

demigod powers come from what epithet their godly parent was in. (think of the epithets as the sort of different personalities. like the roman-greek shift but less dramatic.) so a child of Apollo Epikourios would be a healer and a child of Apollo Loxias would specialise in prophecy. I like to think the mortal parent influences which epithet comes to front in the god. Like if one lover of Apollo was a doctor he would be in Apollo Epikourios form, but this isn't always. (Like Will and Naomi for example).

Most kids of Dionysus are also children of Ariadne (every kid they have together is a demigod in the myths) so those poor kids are at camp since like birth. Chiron enlists nurse nymphs because there is NO WAY he's babysitting teens AND infants😭

It's actually surprisingly common for Roman and Greek demigods to get mixed up, especially if the gods forget to tell their lovers to stay away from Manhattan/the bay area. I got the impression that Grover didn't know about the Romans so satyrs wouldn't pick up on the difference. Romans end up in chb more commonly because Lupa and her wolves can generally tell a Greek from a Roman. The Romans are often very. competitive? at chb. The Norse and minor pantheons also wind up in either of the camps, since the Norse don't get snatched up by their own until death. They'll have a power moment and satyrs will scoop them up and be like "I have no idea what that monster you just fought was but you need to come with me".

since my au is set in the 1940s there's no protective boundary around the camp (Thalia rlly took one for the team) so these kids are just constantly on the lookout for monsters 😭👍

Also saying that; Apollo is camp director (honestly I think Dionysus being punished isnt out of the ordinary and Zeus will find a way to send down his biggest opp at the time to "help Chiron out" at the smallest slight - Athena ran the camp like an army in the 1900s-1910s after Zeus asked why European politics were in shambles and they were infighting and she responded "the monarchies" after only recently getting back to Olympus when she got sent down for having the biggest crashout at Hermes during the Gilded Age) so while Apollo's in camp, the camps protected by his magic (since Apollo is a protector of the streets/civilisation) but on the limited time he's called away the monsters just charge in

Apollo makes the kids learn shit. I'm sorry, Percy having no idea what's going on for the first five books (and hoo let's be honest) is completely stupid so Apollo goes into teacher mode and makes these kids study.

Demigods not living to adulthood but ww2 being between kids of the big 3?? ricky sorry that don't make sense. a lot of the soldiers from America are actually demigods (commonly children of Athena, Ares, Aphrodite Areia, Apollo and Hermes)

WW2 is split into the mortal war, and the demigod war. the mortal war is the war we know from history, influenced by the chaos going on with the gods and demigods at the time but NOT fought by gods/demigods. Hitler is NOT a demigod, son of Hades, idc Rick lost the plot with that. The demigod war is influenced by the things happening in their world ( Mainly Olympic demigods vs. the Chthonic ones, with the pontic/rustic demigods kinda on both sides)

*sometimes* demigod events are written off as mortal ones; the Manhattan project was ran by Hephaestus/Athena kids, with Einstein's involvement being a sort of Athena kid defection moment, BUT the mortals misinterpreted what the demigods intended it for (defence) and took over and well. Yk what happens.

The war is an inter-pantheon MESS. It's a big event, EVERYONE knows about it, especially with the mortals making their mess on top. Mainly the different pantheons stick to their fronts. The Greeks/Romans mainly end up on the Pacific Front, teaming with Polynesian demigods.The Egyptian Magicians land majorly in the North African and Mediterranean fronts, but are joined by the Greeks/Romans too. The Norse concentrated in the Eastern front. The western front was such a mess from the mortals that the demigods typically avoided it, but events like the Atlantic war were definitely full of demigods

To clarify; the "good guys" and "bad guys" weren't divided by countries or race or anything like the mortal war was; it was divided by morals on demigod situations: the Greco-Romans were fighting against the Titan Army, the Egyptians had a kind of civil war going on inspired by inter-fighting with the Egyptian gods and them taking magicians as host, the Norse were once again (you guessed it) trying to prevent Ragnarok and handling a Aesir-Vanir crisis. Ect ect.

Also this is like only a few years after the big 3 took the oath so there is a LOT of big 3 kids running around.

Heroes usually have like sponsor gods. Like how Jason was a champion of Hera. Big 3 kids almost always get one god looking out for them, and if a demigod gets big enough another god will grab onto them. This sort of arose from the gods not being able to help their own children directly, so other gods help them out. The heroes sponsor can't be their parent. (sort of how Hecate took an interest to hazel, Hera to Jason, Aphrodite (sort of??) to percabeth, Athena to Reyna) (plus from the myths Apollo to Hector, Aphrodite to Paris, Athena to Odysseus, Hermes to Perseus). The most common sponsors are Athena and Hermes because they're always out there in the myths lol.

Especially during the war there's just a bunch of kids flowing through because their parents joined the army or got taken away or it's just really unsafe for their ethnicity to be seen. so camp is packed all year round.

Sammy Valdez is a demigod idec

The curse of Achilles isn't. Like. The curse of Achilles. It's just named after him. Because in the Iliad achilles wasn't invulnerable just like bad ass. Him being dipped in the Styx is a later addition. So it's kind of like a metaphor. The curse gives you a 'weak point'. Achilles weak point was patroclus, and Achilles losing patroclus was what led to his death. He lost his tether to mortality. So the curse of Achilles is literally "your tether to mortality is your weak point, so if you lose it you'll become inhuman (to the point where the gods will have to intervene)" in my mind at least (interesting how it would play out if Percy lost Annabeth in tlo and went completely mad 👀)

small little detail but Emmie and Jo are still hunters of Artemis 👀

Demigods come across different pantheons without even realising it. Like percabeth meeting Janus in btol.

Also I'm only half way through tkc but the first nome sort of sounds like how the labyrinth works? time and distance mean nothing. so the labyrinth splits into different pantheons lol. not a major detail but it's there in my mind.

there's obviously like a bunch of different gods across pantheons for the same things. (Apollo, Helios/Sol (rip), Ra for the sun - Gaia, Terra, Geb, Jord) so my mind has come up with the solution of this; in the ancient times, Greek, Roman, Egyptian gods etc kept to themselves. Zeus covered the sky over Greece and Nut covered the sky over Egypt. Helios drive the sun over Greece, Sol over Rome, Apollo being friendly and doing both. Hades guarded the dead Greeks, Osiris the Egyptians, Hel the Norse. As the flame of western civilization jumped around, they kinda got forced to put up with each other (primarily in Rome since they were all getting merged with each other) so now they kind of just exist with each other. America is obviously all split up for the different pantheons but they're Very Close Together in the East mainly. They had shifts, but obviously with Ra being MIA, Gaea.. sleeping, ect, things were complex.

The physical appearance of the gods take on whatever the mortals have envisioned their domains as in the recent decades. Hera takes on a Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother)-esque look in her queen aspect, and also sometimes a war widow. Aphrodite shares the war widow look, but also sometimes looks similar to famous American celebrities or fits the beauty standard of the time (Clara Bow, Jean Harlow). Ares takes on war generals mainly (MacArthur and Mitchell), and Athena American female politicians and advocates (Eleanor Roosevelt, Frances Perkins). Apollo and Artemis fit the youth standards (Artemis being a bit more modest, not exactly conservative but not as liberal as the flappers haha) and Apollo also being inspired by musicians and artists.

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