im actually losing my shit my brother told me about you like a month ago bcuz u hc percy jackson as a tgirl and we had a whole convo trying to think of where that hc would come from and now we’re MOOTS so i can ASK YOU NOW
if u don’t mind explaining, why do u headcanon percy as a trans girl?? i rlly wanna know where the idea comes from even if it’s just vibes
Transfem Percy Jackson is explained by locking in on the belief then reading the books with 'which could mean nothing' mentality
She goes by a gender neutral nickname she considers her 'real' name and the only people who adress her by her full(male and both symbolically and literally dead through origin of the man it comes from)name are ones who want to enact violence on her and even kill her.Which could mean nothing
Her color-coding is blue but it comes from her mother and carries an inherent connection to femininity or at least gender neutrality to it as a result for Percy and arguably in Pjo's general context by extension and it began because Sally wanted to help her and Percy rebel against their abusive husband and stepfather respectively through creating something i.e blue food consistently he said wasn't real and couldn't exist.Which could mean nothing
Percy tackles traditional tropes applied to male protagonists and deconstructs,defies and avoids them alltogether,at narrative intent and consciously in-universe.Percy also fits a lot of(positive-neutral)common tropes used on female protagonists based on how they're women and this functions in Percyverse on it's own too as she shares experiences and aspects connected to gender with the other girls much more than she does the way more strongly written as male cast members.The books ALSO light it as why she's the greatest hero ever and as her not letting herself succumb to expectations rather than who she truly is.Which could mean nothing
Her comments on her own gender consist of practically entirely mere acknowledgement she's considered a guy,expressing feelings of obligation over it and degrading herself for her supposed maleness and her comments on women and girls as a gender consist of praise,respect,acknowledging their problems and struggles and fighting against and helping them with them as much as she can whenever opportunity strikes and yearning in both platonic and romantic flavours.Which could mean nothing
She dosen't care about insults launched at her lacking masculinity and doubting her manhood but snaps and lashes out at accusations and compliments relating to both of those.Which could mean nothing
She was a punk kid and teen in the 90s-2000s yet didn't wear punk fashion even though she could easily afford it and learn to make her own clothes since punk culture is so heavy on anti-capitalism and low priced businesses and it'd help stimulate her audhd and keep her mind off the distressing shit constantly happening to her and bad thoughts while her day to day manner of dressing is hoodies and otherwise heavy fits.Which could mean nothing
Nico di Angelo's a gay boy who had an unrequited crush on Percy purely due to idealizing her as a man she isn't,never was and wishes not to end up as and tells her she's 'cute but not his type' after he gets over her and connects this.Which could mean nothing.And Piper McLean's a canon gnc sapphic who was always heavily butch lesbian-coded and described Percy as 'unimpressive' in terms of mascness compared to what she'd heard about her from implied cishet kids at Camp Half-Blood.Which could mean nothing!
Annabeth Chase and Rachel Elizabeth Dare were written in ways invoking they're comphet lesbians,including how their romances with Percy were done yet Percabeth and Perachel had plenty of chemistry nonetheless without contradicting that.Which could mean nothing!!
The third and so far latest canonical Pjo x Tkc short story had Percy hosting Nekhbet and Tkc lore explicitly establishes hosts need to be the same gender as the specific god and Annabeth and Sadie Kane were present when it happened yet Miss Percy Jackson was the one chosen so it wasn't a last resort situation.Which totally means nothing(Zia Rashid's definitely not transmasc genderqueer by the same logic or anything,whaaaaat did we read the same books?!?!?!?!?!Zia x Carter/Zarter didn't serve bi4bi nb4nb poc4poc realness that'd be crazy)
And i don't headcanon Walker Scobell's Percy as transfem even if i happily accept him as a canon Percy as does everyone else who understood Book!Percy but 'I am SALLY JACKSON'S son!' and reiterating Percy's gamer status you could feel from their energy alone(Tho establishes she plays Pokemon!)and playing card games apperantly(an inside joke stereotype for millennial transgender women).C'mon now.And!While i personally consider the Tlt musical a mixed bag,'Good Kid' is an anthem for all minority kids put through the trenches by the education system but those bits where she sings out 'a good son' compared to how she sings 'a good kid' and ESPECIALLY 'good enough for someone' is her screaming her heart out she sees that first one as an obligation and not what she truly wishes for herself,to be seen as and to become.Which means everything and we should stop dismissing Percy's voice in multiple ways.Who gaf which male characters she might've been into if you ignore the actual interactions and dynamics behind them,she'd invent a new type of meltdown if she even as little as put on a dress or skirt and reach euphoria levels aphrodisiacs couldn't replicate if she or her girlfriend called herself a girl in any capacity
