https://archiveofourown.org/works/24948037/chapters/139327447

Chapter 17 of "doubt the stars" is up!

Dear Unsent Letters Writer

Hello! Lovely to not-meet you! Thank you for signing up, and thank you for writing a work for me, I am truly so excited already to just be participating, and the prospect of receiving a work has me absolutely giddy! Now, let's get down to business, shall we?

Likes: I love Happy Endings and Not Totally Angsty Endings, basically, I need a kernel of hope in there at the end and not a complete tragedy. Bitter and sweet combined, y'know? I really do need a kernel of hope and to just not be completely devastated come the end, basically, not a distressing ending, please. Additionally, I love complex characterization, not one-note, and I love feeling characters as human. The human experience is so rich! I love fairy tales and mythological allusions, so if you go the AU route with that, I would be very down for that! Same thing for Shakespeare, I’m a huge Shakespeare nerd, and any allusions or inspirations for that would be more than welcome! I do love smut, and I write it myself, but I absolutely do not expect it. If you find yourself inspired, though, I will be delighted! I’m not against dead dove themes, but again, not a fan of completely distressing endings. Finally, if a general overarching theme I just love is hope.

For me absolutely Do Not Wants, I think they’re self-explanatory, and include scat, watersports, suicide, self harm, unprompted crossovers, character bashing, addiction/substance use, homophobia/transphobia, use of the first person outside of epistolary itself.

Request #1: Ancient Scribe & Modern Scholar (Original Work) Books and Articles, Journals and Diaries I think what's drawing me to this prompt is the openness. Is the ancient scribe a hero? Have they been forgotten by society? Is the modern scholar researching their work in desperation or out of pure curiosity? I will admit, part of my interest in this prompt is because of the potential romantic spin one could take on this, on two people interested in the same topic years apart, but that is absolutely optional, and I would love to read about admiring someone and learning about the person behind their work, too. What does their research/work say, and then maybe what does their journal say? What do they think versus how do they feel? I would love if this was fantasy, and I would be most appreciative if this was between two women, but I'm really leaving this up to you. Some ideas to throw at you if you're stuck: - the ancient inventor of a cure for an ailment the modern scholar suffered from and who is now reading the journals and works their hero who they owe their life to - two priests/priestesses devoted to the same god(dess) centuries apart - someone researching how to cure a broken heart/grief and someone in the midst of that pain - someone who discovered a prophecy and recorded it, and then the scholar realizes they are the subject of the prophecy Really, go wild! I'm excited to see what you come up with.

Request #2: Sally Jackson/Poseidon (Percy Jackson and the Olympians [TV]) Books and Articles, Journals and Diaries, Letters/Emails/Audio or Video Message Transcripts Whew, where to begin! I love a love story, through and through, and I would be most appreciate of any angle that really emphasizes the enduring aspect of their love, even if it's not a traditionally happy ending where they end up together. There's an idea I have where the epistolary aspect is a book/article going through Poseidon's lovers and how Sally is or isn't like those lovers, and there's absolutely potential to bring Medusa in here if that's your vibe, but not necessary! Honestly, I also love the idea of either of them writing and keeping literal unsent letters to each other, about each other, about Percy, about their lives. Why or why not each letter is or isn't sent could be interesting, too, what is "worth" it and what isn't. Selfishness v. selflessness, etc. I just adore Sally Jackson, and I think she deserves the world. If you wrote 1k about Poseidon adoring her, I'd be thrilled.

Request #3: Alicent Hightower/Rhaenyra Targaryean (House of the Dragon) Books and Articles, Journals and Diaries, Letters/Emails/Audio or Video Message Transcripts I love messy sapphics, and I am here for all passion and fury and desperation and, at the end of it all, this quiet, enduring, stubborn love for each other. Maybe it's what gets them through, maybe it's what damns them, but the love they have for each other, even as it evolves. Are the letters sent, are they not? What is said and what isn't said between them, what is heard? I am also here for some tongue in cheek irony, i.e. "historians say they were very good friends" passages for the epistolary aspect and then them being very ;) good ;) friends ;) soft and romantic, smutty, or otherwise! If you want to do an AU where they're queens together and this is still what the historians report, I would cackle with utter delight! So no need to go super angsty with this, I'm also here for the soft letters they wrote as maidens to the scathing confessions they wrote as mothers and everything in between, so long as the love they hold for the other endures, even if they don't want it to. Maybe especially if they don't want it to.

Request #4: Crown Princess/Her Arranged Marriage Bride (F/F) (Original Work) Letters I am here for the PINING. I am here for sensual tension, I am here for sexual tension, I am here for tentative and longing pens flowing over parchment and love, above all else. How did this match come to be? How do they both feel about it? Is either party less-than-willing? What's making them both go along with it? I would really love and appreciate a happy, sweet fic for this, so write as much fluffy sapphic love to your heart's content! Also, if you want to make one of the women a she/they baddied and/or a they/them baddie, I am SO Here for it, but you're not obligated to!

Again, thank you for all your hard work in advance, and I look forward to reading your creation!

Happy Galentine's day! A historical prompt from @bad-surprise + Robin Hood + Haladriel + my current favorite song = a new AU in the works.

This song was written/performed for/about Galadriel, by Sauron, and no one will ever change my mind ;)

Have Orodreth and his valinorean unicorn before the year ends!

do you- do you think that maybe, sometimes when Sally's feeling sad or overwhelmed she makes an offering and Poseidon sends rain to let her know she's not alone?

I COULD SERIOUSLY TALK ABOUT THIS SCENE FOREVER EVERYTHING IS SO PERFECT SHE CALLS AND HE COMES IMMEDIATELY, THEIR CHEMISTRY? OFF THE CHARTS. HES STILL SO IN LOVE WITH HER. LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SCENE

Percy Jackson Episode 7 spoilers:

Sally burnt an offering to Poseidon and he came!!!

And it wasn’t even a “most valuable food to her that she would miss the most”. It was literally leftover sundae and he still came!

That scene really is epitome of the whole “you came, you called” scenario

SOMETHING about they way sally and poseidon interact during that whole 3 minutes suggests that this isn't the first time they've seen and talked to each other. She's not surprised when he shows up--she knows he's going to, and to me, that means that he's done so before. The way poseidon responded when she asked if he wanted to talk to percy--the pain on his face suggests she's asked him that before, but he knows his answer has to be the same. The way it starts raining--a sign, one she knows because it's happened before. The way they're not looking at each other but they both WANT to, they're both trying to hold themselves back--it was too hard the last time. There are so many things said in between their words, so many things said with just the way they act. They're not uncomfortable, just cautious--they can't be found out, cant be seen together, cant let the gods know about percy, cant let percy know about himself or his dad or any of it because it's too soon what if i kill myself

genuinely tearing up when i think about how much "why are you trying so hard to get rid of me?" must have hurt sally to hear, because she loves percy so much and she just wants him to be safe and it's just so unfair because she knows that he'll never truly be safe no matter what she does and

I actually really loved the scene where Sally is kind of yelling at Percy (when he locks himself in the car) and that’s because, in the books Sally is this ,,perfect, kind, fairy- like mother” which is ofc from Percy’s perspective, but I was afraid that they would make her literally like that in the show, which is just not realistic. She is a great mother, because she is caring, loving but also, in some points, strict, which evokes respect and, surprisingly, a sense of security. I love that the show doesn’t try to show that raising Percy was „easy” because it just…wasn’t. I was afraid that they will try to paint this picture of „good parenting” by painting Sally like a one dimensional character with “nice lady” qualities, but I’m nicely surprised.

Poseidon showing up immediately after Sally called for him. Oh, this man was in Love. Also, the rain/storm right after she called for him, and Sally sitting on the fire escape just sitting in the rain because it probably reminds her of Poseidon (stormbringer). I'm unwell.

New hc: The thunder was a reminder to Poseidon that Zeus could easily do to Sally and Percy what he did to Maria Nico and Bianca.

IN EP 1 SALLY WAS SMILING WHILE IN THE RAIN

IN EP 7 IT RAINS RIGHT WHEN POSEIDON COMES TO ANSWER SALLY’S CALL

THE RAIN COMFORTS HER BC IT REMINDS HER OF WHEN POSEIDON CAME TO COMFORT HER

When Rick said that we were going to have a Sally x Poseidon flashback, my mind thought about a nice day on the beach when they were getting to know each other. But no, oh no, that would have been too nice for Rick “I destroy lives” Riordan.

Instead, we got this heartbreaking moment of Sally desperately calling on Poseidon, because she is lost, she thinks she is doing everything wrong and that the only option is taking Percy to a place she doesn’t want him to go. And Poseidon shows up like 0.5 seconds after that calling, because ruling the sea can wait if Sally is crying, and he lets her talk and take out her frustration on him; because deep down he knows that is his fault. It is in his world that Percy is in danger, it is because he is his son that he will not have an easy life. Then Poseidon looks at this small child after Sally ask him if he want to talk to him, but he knows he can’t, no matter how much he wants too; because if Percy is already attracting monsters the presence of a god will only make it worse.

In that scene, they are just two parents trying to decide the best outcome for their kid in an incredibly unfair situation.

The fact that they never look at each other but convey their feelings for each other is why Percy Jackson’s casting is god tier (pun intended)

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023) 1.02 | 1.07

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