growing up is realizing that rachel was exactly who percy needed in that period of his life. because she knew enough about the demigod world that percy could confide in her about the responsibilities as the prophecy kid. but was also separate enough from the demigod world that she never placed him on a pedestal or pitied him for it. she never looked at him like he was a dead man walking. or expected him to become something more than himself to get the job done. say what you want about their relationship. but no one. not sally. not paul. not poseidon. not chiron. not grover. and definitely not annabeth. could have been for percy what rachel was for him.
anti percabeths calling the judo flip scene abuse is so so weird to me bc they literally grew in a camp to fight monsters. they spar each other all the time. also, you can easily judo flip someone without hurting them, its actually a thing u learn pretty early on.
"oh but what if percy was the one who-" WHAT IF??? it would not change a thing bro and it STILL wouldnt be abuse.
RIGHT???
i know for a fact that they do stuff like this all the time, especially when they’re sparring. you think percy doesn’t kick her legs out from under her and watch her fall on her ass and throw his head back laughing?? (until she gets him back, and then they’re both laughing)
i think people also forget that demigods don’t feel pain like us or get hurt as easily. if they did, they’d all be dead. like how many times have giants and monsters THROWN them into concrete walls, head first? they don’t get hurt from stuff like this. simply being flipped onto the ground doesn’t freaking hurt them. especially percy
percy thought it was funny and sweet. people need to move on. if they really cared about percy so much, they would realize how not big of a deal it was
Silena, like Piper, had told herself she wasnt going to be a heartbreaker. She told herself she wasnt going to fall into the vicious cycle of hurting people who love her.
The entire Aphrodite cabin knew of her promise, knew about Piper's promise. After Silena, they never made that promise to themself like Piper had. But Piper didnt know Silena, didnt know that she did break the promise.
Piper knew Silena died.
She didnt know Silena's heart had broken with Beckondorf's death. She didnt know Clarisse's heart had broke with Chris's mentality and Silena's death.
Piper hadnt know the hit Will had taken from his siblings deaths during the Second Titan war, she hadnt known about Will's grief from Silena's death either.
Piper didnt know Annabeth had been close to Silena, Piper didnt know that many survivors of the Titan war were close to Silena like the Aphrodite cabin. Piper didnt know that Silena too had fallen victim to the cycle of heartbreakers in the Aphrodite cabin.
So Piper promised her she wouldnt break anyone's heart.
SPOILERS BELOW
Piper broke that promise too, before Jason died. And then he died, and Piper understood every emotion that Will would vaguely hint at, or why Clarisse stared at the Aphrodite cabin and Apollo cabin with regret and self-hatred, or why Chris would frown when passing the Aphrodite cabin. or why Annie would zone out, and mumble to Percy about Silena at times (She noticed Annie mouth the name "Luke" a few times too, and she would notice how Percy's face would fall when either name were mentioned to him from her. She never asked.)
She understood now, that the curse of her cabin isnt just the heartbreak of other campers – its the heartbreak of Aphrodite's children too. Its there so that Aphrodite children know the pain of having a broken heart, its thete so that they too know what the other is going through when the curse strikes again.
And Piper wishes she never made that stupid promise, because maybe Jason would be in New Rome with Percy and Annie, at college. or maybe he'd be eating with Thalia at New Rome when the hunters would stop by with Reyna.
saw a tiktok pointing out that book!annabeth would not stand for how people are treating leah. and i've never heard a truer statement. just know that every iteration of annabeth chase (book, musical, AND movie) would rock y'all's shit. best believe.
Grian: I think- I think we all learned a valuable lesson: when you have a problem you should hit it head on, you shouldn't dilly dally, you shouldn't just ignore it and turn around, you should always deal with your problems.
no bc Rachel would invite Annabeth to join them or would plan separate weeks for them both so that her attention isnt divided bc she cares abt them both and want neither of them to feel like a third wheel !! trust !!
post toa she has Saturdays w Apollo
Mondays & Wednesdays w Percy
Tuesdays & Thursdays w Annabeth
Fridays w Piper
Sundays w all of them AND THALIA & REYNA!! TRUST ME IM RIGHT
i have this headcanon that percy and rachel reconnect after his first year at new rome. he visits camp half-blood and runs into her. they talk for a few minutes and agree to see a movie together as friends. and within a week. they're back to finding comfort in each other's presence. having inside jokes. and bi-weekly painting sessions. and late might conversations about their hopes and dreams for the future. just a really healthy friendship that they've needed since they were fifteen.
i have this headcanon that percy and rachel reconnect after his first year at new rome. he visits camp half-blood and runs into her. they talk for a few minutes and agree to see a movie together as friends. and within a week. they're back to finding comfort in each other's presence. having inside jokes. and bi-weekly painting sessions. and late might conversations about they're hopes and dreams for the future. just a really healthy friendship that they've needed since they were fifteen.
headcanon that rachel accidentally becomes the camps guidance counselor:
when she gets her little oracle cave at camp after TLO, one newer camper gets confused and thinks that she’s a new guidance counselor/ therapist hired for the campers after the war.
at first rachel just thinks that the campers just see her as a safe person to talk to, and being mortal and all, she’s slightly distanced from demigod drama
but eventually it becomes non stop and she’s super confused and people keep on telling her secrets and it’s all wayyy too above her pay grade
guys i know we all talk abt how sally would react to percy’s tattoo but like
what abt his scars from tartarus😟
like could you imagine the last time you see your son yk he’s got some cuts and scars but he doesn’t wear a shirt when he’s swimming maybe he wears a muscle tee on occasion maybe sometimes on hot summer days when the AC doesn’t work he doesn’t really wear a shirt at all bc he’s at home with his family and he’s a teenager who gives af
then he’s gone for like 7ish months and when he gets back suddenly everything’s different he’s always covered up never really wanting to show off and you don’t really understand until he’s sleeping on the couch and his shirts a little disheveled so you walk over to fix him up and put a blanket on him and maybe take a pic bc that’s your son and you notice smth pinky and puffy on his skin so you lift it up a little further and he has claw marks stab marks deep cuts everywhere
up until this point you leave everything up to him what he wants to tell you when he wants to tell you or even if he ever will tell you
he wakes up screaming having trouble breathing he sobs into your arms when you go to him room and even when he falls asleep at the dining room table while attempting to study he wakes up holding the closest pen to him like a sword
7 months of his life blipped away and this is how he comes back :( like that’s so sad
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