how is nobody talking about the fact that nico's first canon impression of will is "lanky cat stretched out in the sunshine"

☀️ went to the park as will and nico <3 ⭐️

@moxxienolastname is will :)

Sigh

Wanna know what pissed me off when tsats first came out

Like erm

No.. the kids just been fucking traumatized for the most developmental years of his life?? Let him be a weird loser teenager, whos still scary as shit when needed

In tsats

he was dorky and sarcastic and silly

He made a fucking skeleton half pipe

AND

As if when NDA was first introduced he wasnt a snarky little loser who was a massive nerd for a cardgame???

Plus, every single queer teen knows the only way to get over trauma is shitty humour /silly

But like

The kid got thrown into a world that was like- his favourite thing coming to life, lost his sister, was alone for a while, went through so much, got out of it, met Hazel, only to be thrown back into shit AGAIN, had to deal with being outed and just queer feelings in general (being raised catholic, IN 1940s ITALY), started to bridge off again, met someone who loves him dearly and is finally starting to *heal*

Please let him be a fucking teenager

Hes 15, hes allowed to be weird and nerdy and a dork

Something I think about a lot is how Rick Riordan very rarely uses "girlfriend/boyfriend" to refer to Percy and Annabeth within their perspectives. They're so intertwined, even Annabeth says in hoh that the word boyfriend isn't strong enough, because Percy was a part of her. They are a singular soul, too wrapped around each others' fates that regular labels are far too weak for them. But, Rick Riordan uses "boyfriend" a lot in Nico and Wills perspectives, not because they love each other less than percabeth, but to show how much the word means to them. Nico uses it any chance he gets- "his boyfriend," "he actually had a boyfriend," because Nico has never been able to say that before. Their struggle with their queer identities mixed with Nico's catholic guilt and chronic everyone-hates-me disease makes the fact that he has someone to call his actual boyfriend so much more important to his character development.

children of the underworld in a wall on the palace of hades

I was listening to King by Florence and The Machine and the lyrics "I need my golden crown of sorrow my bloody sword to sing these empty halls to echo with grand self mythology" made me remember them

As above, so below

How to summon a demon your local italian

Break the spaghetti

or any other silly food rule they made up

Featuring Solangelo

i just know that post tartarus nap hit hard

"You guys aren't even that iconic of a duo"

Meanwhile us:

@dinosaurring

Soaking up the sun ☀️

(the mirmir is sleepy) (he has not slept in awhile) (let him rest!!!)

they're my roman empire at this point...

solangelo designs!

Nico canonically being the least dense and the most sensible when it comes to relationships and romance among the big three kids lives rent free in my mind

AAAAAA I LOVE THIS

@_r3nni3_’s art (instagram)

i love that canon nico's appearance is described as unnerving. percy says he has a glint in his eyes that makes you think he's either a genius or a madman. people comment about how his presence is eerie and how he just seems to show up, like a specter. his smile is said to be more unsettling than his scowl. pretty privilege nico is a fun hc but i just love the idea that he looks like some eldritch being at his worst and a sopping run-over black cat at his best.

No grave could hold my body down (I'll crawl home to him)