Poseidon does not regret his son's birth, but he doesn't know how else to phrase it to him.
how do you tell a 12 year-old boy, an infant in comparison to you and your kin, that his life will be hardship after hardship, trial after trial, full of grief and pain and terror, but Poseidon was glad he was born anyway? that his fate will never be a kind one, will be sad at best, cruel at worst, that there will be times he will wish he was dead, that he will wish he was normal, that he will wish Poseidon truly was a myth, but that you are glad his is your son regardless? how do you tell him that you wouldn't have it any other way? that his pain will be because he is yours, but that you are glad he is yours anyway?
do you tell this boy that you love him, that his cursed existence will bring him pain unimaginable, but that's okay, because he is yours? or do you tell him that you regret, that you feel for him, that you wish it was different?
do you tell your son kind lies, or harsh truths?
sally and percy were always each other’s constants, they became a bit more distant once percy found out he was a demigod, but they were still each others firsts
then estelle was born
percy loves estelle so much, so much it physically hurts
but he sees estelle and how happy she is, how she had a mom that doesnt work the night shift nearly every night and instead is home nearly all the time, and she has a dad that’s present and there and is safe and percy is so so happy that she has what he never did
but at the same time he knows thats the exact reason why it hurts
estelle has what percys wanted his whole life
and now estelle has the only thing percy had his whole life
being his mothers first and top priority
he knows why, he understands why, estelle is a baby and needs to be cared for constantly, and percys nearly 18 and doesnt need his mom all the time anymore
but it hurts because all the food is no longer blue, it hurts because he sees estelle grow up and get help, it hurts because he sees estelle with the life he always wanted, but knows he will never had
and it hurts because hes no longer his mother’s constant.
sally has paul now, she has paul to help her through her issues and she has a child that doesnt get expelled from every school shes been in
and percy has his family. but its not the same. annabeth has always been there, but she doesnt understand, thalia has been through the same childhood as percy but she doesnt know what its like to watch the bad go to good in the same household, grover has always listened but he just doesnt understand
because hes happy estelle has the life he always wanted. hes glad his mother has the life she always wanted. but hes not in that life. because hes moving out soon. and hes no longer his mothers son, at least not in the way he was before
I keep thinking of potential for "good dad Zeus" stories but for Olympians when they're younger/coming into power and they're making me very, very sentimental.
You're young Artemis and you're your father's daughter. You come to him first when you're upset or hurt because, intimidating as he is to many, he always holds you close, laughs fondly, and makes your distress easier to bear. You know that whoever hurt you will not sleep at night and your wounds will heal.
You're young Apollo and you're your mother's child but your father's favorite son. You and him share understanding looks that no one else comprehends. When you wake up from your first prophecy, you are terrified and confused, but you feel a steady, big, warm hand under yours and it's alright. He teaches you the art of fate. You know his mind like no other.
You're young Athena and you're your father's delight. He always finds newer and newer ways to engage your rapidly thinking mind, and he chuckles fondly at your theories. "You would be a mighty king, my child," he tells you and you know it is the highest praise though you don't delight in calls of power. You watch competitions and games standing by his side. You are, still, his greatest pride.
You're young Hermes and you always make your father laugh. He tells you stories of your mother, all scented with strawberry tree fruits and wild flowers, and you wonder how big a man's heart is to store so many loves. He chides you a little for your constant pranks but you can tell that he loves you from the little glint in his eyes. He always sits you close during banquets and listens to your stories even if they're made up.
You're young Dionysus and your father finds you perplexing. He might not understand you as well as his other children, but you watch him from afar and get him, somewhat. The grab for power and the need to keep it, the desire to make others bow to your might: you've felt it since you were much younger. Always a demanding son, always a ruthless little leopard. He'd pick you up and look at you in wonder, "you are so much like me".
You're young Ares and your father does not understand you as well because you're your mother's child. You are not as close to him as others are but that's how you are with most of your family. Deep down, he relates to you - he was much like you when he was young: taking what he's owed. As you grow older, you realize you've become the same great father he is, following in his steps.
PPL NEED TO MAKE THIS REAL BC I NEED THIS
Im saying this not as an opinion but as a matter of fact that hades should have never been the default villain in modern greek myths retellings,becuz dionysus had been always a better fit by leagues & i feel like writers/artists both overlook & underestimate him.Like the fucker wasnt just a silly drunk god,his whole domain tethered on the thin line between ecstasy and madness,embodying both chaos & pleasure. All of these qualities historically had made him simultaneously adored & feared within & outside of his fanatical cult,& circling back to the madness part,idk if yk this but dionysus have this lil tale in wich he caused his followers to go drunk w/ frenzy at a party they literally ripped apart the son of hypnos, i repeat hes so powerful he made a buncha humans kill A GOD! & he didnt face any repercussions fr that!!!
Now ik im skipping on other infos but all of this sounds to me that dionysus is perfect fr the charming & sinister mastermind trope
Girls when they think about the Waynes being ‘I bet on losing dogs’ and the Kanes being ‘Army Dreamers’ coded
Percy: so let me just get this clear, Leo speaks three languages, he's super tech savvy, and he's in AP math classes.
Leo: pretty much, yeah.
Percy: and Solace over here is like number one professional doctor with years of training and actual practice.
Will: I'm kinda cheating with the magic, but I read the books to make sure.
Percy: meanwhile Reyna, Jason, Hazel and Frank were/are a teenage war general. That must had required something.
Reyna, jason, Hazel and Frank: way too much leadership skills.
Percy: Calipso can make clothes from scratch, and how to grow her own food.
Calipso: I do.
Percy: Nico knows like six languages. And had years of playing video games.
Nico: I know Italian, Latin, Greek, English, and a little bit of French, so like, four and a half.
Percy: Annabeth gained architectural experience when she designed the fucking Olympus.
Annabeth: that was awesome.
Percy: Piper have a famous father, and she speaks French.
Piper: I don't like to talk about it.
Percy: all of you people are actually useful in the mortal world. I am wanted for arson.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE THIS FUNNY
why i keep twitter
as a sb who studies at a private school, our life is literally camp jupiter
Camp Jupiter kids are private school kids and Camp Half-Blood kids are public school.
Percy: The sassy/sarcastic one (obviously) Annabeth: the comeback queen. (“I wonder if that Red Sea monster is cherry flavored,” “Why don’t you go lick it and find out?”) Jason: dad joke enjoyer. (He gives off that energy) Piper: theatre kid (if she isn’t being self conscious, she will live and die for the dramatic effect) Leo: jokester/jester (also obvious) Hazel: uses too many swear words (still work in process, but I imagine the Navy seal copypasta) Frank: king of comedic timing (If Leo is Brennan Lee Mulligan’s dramatic set ups of Dropout, Frank has Zac Oyama’s delivery)
Cass' shadow being bat shaped???
No notes. Perfection.
lowkey need a trio like this
Apollo, Hephaestus and Hermes kids being a trio
Lee Fletcher, Charles Beckendorf and Luke Castellan
Michael Yew, Jake Mason and Travis Stoll
Will Solace, Nyssa Barrera and Connor Stoll
alternatively; Will Solace, Leo Valdez and Cecil Markowitz Lee Fletcher, Charles Beckendorf and Chris Rodriguez(even tho he got claimed after lee got offed)
i have many different friendgroup ideas
Percy: so let me just get this clear, Leo speaks three languages, he's super tech savvy, and he's in AP math classes.
Leo: pretty much, yeah.
Percy: and Solace over here is like number one professional doctor with years of training and actual practice.
Will: I'm kinda cheating with the magic, but I read the books to make sure.
Percy: meanwhile Reyna, Jason, Hazel and Frank were/are a teenage war general. That must had required something.
Reyna, jason, Hazel and Frank: way too much leadership skills.
Percy: Calipso can make clothes from scratch, and how to grow her own food.
Calipso: I do.
Percy: Nico knows like six languages. And had years of playing video games.
Nico: I know Italian, Latin, Greek, English, and a little bit of French, so like, four and a half.
Percy: Annabeth gained architectural experience when she designed the fucking Olympus.
Annabeth: that was awesome.
Percy: Piper have a famous father, and she speaks French.
Piper: I don't like to talk about it.
Percy: all of you people are actually useful in the mortal world. I am wanted for arson.
will solace my glorious king
Why is it that when people try to justify how Will's attractive they always leave out what I view to be the key proof that he's attractive AKA Piper finding him attractive. Like Piper Wasn't even impressed by THE PERCY JACKSON. So if she's calling Will hot you know that face card is lethal.
ms. stoll the woman that you are
Hold on
Travis and Connor stoll arent twins
So what the fuck does their mother do to make Hermes come (poor choice of words) twice?
Like that woman has to be either the worlds best mail woman or a thief.
Also, I'm sorry but these boys for some reason have my brain in a chokehold, and I'm working on an angsty oneshot for Travis rn.
Hermes
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Will and Connor dated very briefly when they were younger and Connor jokes often that those 2 weeks were the best of his life and Will is the one that got away
Nico and Connor both find it hilarious
Will does not
gotta buy one
So I found this goofy Ra's doll on Amazon and now I'm obsessed help me 😭
TIMBARTTTTT
here comes a rlly long post with some of my fave tim and bart moments :
first we have tim seeing impulse for the very first time and instantly figuring out it was bart
actually the whole robin plus impulse issue is peak timbart dynamic
"there something about this guy that brings out the impulse in me"
this sequence
bart calling him wonder-flirt
(tumblr only allows 10 photos per post so im gonna make a part two)
jason is the only one who is not talking to anybody and this makes me really sad i wanna give him a hug
oh dick grayson the man that you are
percy jackson watching 14 yo will solace pull a gun and shoot every monster in range with perfect accuracy: my chemical romance was right teenagers scare the living shit out of me
best ships ever
The Lightning Thief / Growing Sideways, Noah Kahan / Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan, Ilya Repin + Saturn Devouring His Son, Goya + Saturn, Rubens / The Blood of Olympus / The Family Jewels, MARINA / The Last Olympian / The Sea of Monsters / The Family Jewels / Orestes Pursued by the Furies, Bouguereau / The Hidden Oracle / Apollo and Marsyas, Manfredi / In The Blood, John Mayer / The Sea of Monsters / The Combat of Ares and Athena, Jacques Louis David / The Family Jewels / Mark of Athena / The Combat of Ares and Athena / The Lightning Thief / Family Line, Conan Gray / Cronos and Rhea, Schinkel / The Lightning Thief / The Blood of Olympus / In The Blood / The Last Olympian / Chronos and His Child, Romanelli / Desireé Dellagiacomo / The Lightning Thief / Family Line / The Fallen Angel, Alexandre Cabanel + The Last Day of Pompeii, Bryullov / The Blood of Olympus / The Outcast, Botticelli / Glass, Irony and God, Anna Carson / House of Hades / Family Line / The Last Olympian / The Lament for Icarus, Herbert Draper + Sacrifice of Iphigenia, Roman School + Minerva and Arachne, Houasse + Venus Induces Helen to Fall in Love with Paris, Kauffmann / The Last Olympian / Hadestown / The Lightning Thief / apple, Charli xcx / The Last Olympian / I Would Leave Me If I Could, Halsey / The Sea of Monsters / ? / LET YOUR DAD DIE ENERGY DRINK, Lavery and Corrigan / The Last Olympian / Eat Your Young, Hozier / The Last Olympian / Orpheus and the Bacchantes, Lazzarini / The Blood of Olympus / Susan Smith, wych elm / Orpheus and the Bacchantes / The Burning Maze / ? / The Tyrant’s Tomb / Perseus Freeing Andromeda, Veronese / Abduction of Psyche, Bouguereau + Bacchus and Ariadne, Van Loo / The Tower of Nero / The Tower of Nero / The Tower of Nero
(Will,Jason and Annabeth are talking nearby Nico,Percy,Leo and Frank)
Frank:So, who is going out with who?
Nico,Leo and Percy:The blonde one's mine.
Frank:
New York City ballet production of Midsummer Nights Dream
the bats being asked how they would feel if they became their moms:
Bruce: sobbing
Dick: I'd be okay with that, she was truly a great mom... before she and my father were tragically murdered....
Tim: yea, I think I'm good. I loved her and all but I'd prefer not
Duke: maybe, you know, before she was jokerized and trying to kill me
Steph: fuck no
Damian: ....
Cass, after being reminded that her mother exists, silently stands and leaves to go and fight Lady Shiva again
Jason: look me in the eyes and ask that question again
jensen ackles as young alfred is sth i never know i need
Weather forecast predicts absolute foolery
Headcannon that due to diligently monitoring the Wayne family’s media image, Alfred is chronically online, and as such, is constantly dropping slang into conversation like-
(Over the coms)
Batman: Alfred, what’s the update on the Arkham situation?
Alfred: *Ahem* Unfortunately sir, it is as they say- ‘we’re cooked’
Collective groans from Tim, Dick, and Jason over the coms
Batman: …Huh?
Jason: *muttering* I knew I should’ve stayed outa this one…
Damian: I don’t understand, what are we cooking?
Alfred: It’s giving ‘failure era’, sir-
Dick: Damn it!
Tim: We really are cooked
Damian: What does that -?
Alfred: It’s lowkey not-
Batman: In English Alfred. Please.
Alfred: *Sigh* My apologies, sir. The Joker has escaped.