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incandescent-eden · 4 years

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Little Black Box

The sea at Montauk looked almost turquoise glinting under the blinding blue sky. Annabeth Chase, twenty-six years old, wiggled her toes in the sand, frowning. Her boyfriend of ten years now, Percy Jackson, was in the water, his head of dark hair popping up occasionally from beneath the waves. He would wave at her, and she waved back, squinting.

She knew he wore his goofy grin even though she couldn’t see it from that far away. Her stomach churned.

Truth be told, she wasn’t sure how she had made it to twenty-six. She certainly wasn’t sure how Percy made it to twenty-six. Half-bloods didn’t often live into adulthood, but against all odds, the two of them had survived. Fourteen and a half years together, she realized, watching Percy disappear under the waves once more. It was more than some half-bloods got to live.

Even now, her eyes scanned the horizon and the beach around her for monsters, or anyone who acted suspiciously. She absentmindedly slipped her hand into her bag, pulling out a small black box, fiddling with it when the coast was clear.

Annabeth’s heart raced as she slid her thumb over the smooth, reflexive surface of the box. It was a gift, but gifts, she had long ago learned, always came with a price. She had held onto the box for a little over a month now, cracking it open every night to … ?

To what? To make sure the contents were still there? To check it didn’t explode? To see it existed at all?

“I can’t say I approve of that boy,” said a woman’s voice. Annabeth looked up, quickly shoving the box back deep into the recesses of her beaten up backpack where she had kept it the past month.

A statuesque figure with a strong jaw and a stern expression stood beside her, her white gown unsullied by sand. Her eyes were a startling gray.

“Mom, what are you doing here?” Annabeth demanded, her eyes flitting to the surface of the water. No Percy.

Athena sat down beside her daughter, looking over the horizon. “He won’t be coming up for a while.” She shook her head in distaste. “Sons of Poseidon,” she said, although Annabeth could hear the actual implication: Men.

“Besides,” Athena continued, shifting her focus, and Annabeth found herself trapped in her mother’s stormy gaze. “Isn’t it customary to ask the parents’ blessing before you propose?”

Annabeth stiffened. “I… I asked Ms. Jackson already. And dad knows. It’s his ring. Well, his dad’s.” She shrugged. “I didn’t think the gods would care.”

“It’s true we don’t often meddle in our children’s affairs,” Athena agreed. “Still, you two are… relatively well known for your mischief. I think Zeus fears your union more than anything.”

“Zeus doesn’t have anything to be afraid of,” Annabeth snorted. “I mean, I haven’t even asked yet.”

For a moment, neither mother nor daughter spoke, merely listened to the waves as they crashed against the beach. Above, a seagull cawed.

“May I?” Athena asked, extending her hand and breaking the silence.

Annabeth rummaged in her backpack, cursing to herself that she appeared so clumsy in front of her mother, but finally fished the box out and placed it in Athena’s palm.

Athena opened the box slowly, her eyes scanning the contents as if thinking how best to deconstruct it. “It’s beautiful,” she said, handing the box back to Annabeth.

Annabeth nodded in agreement. The ring was simple - plain, even - just a bronze band. Still, it glowed warmly in the sun. It reminded her of Riptide, the way it shone softly, nothing showy, but exuding a quiet pride. It suited him perfectly, like the Fates had made it to be his one day, and so she had asked her father for the ring, and he gladly obliged.

She exhaled.

“There is something on your mind,” Athena suggested.

Annabeth nodded. “It’s stupid,” she chuckled, closing the ring box but continuing to hold it in her palm. “I’ve faced hundreds of monsters. I’ve lived longer than most half-bloods have, and survived two great prophecies. I ran away when I was seven, but now I’m terrified to ask my boyfriend of the last decade, who I’ve known since I was twelve, to, well.” She cut herself off, taking a deep breath.

Athena regarded her quietly, as was her nature. “Do you think it is cowardice that you are afraid to ask?”

“I don’t know,” Annabeth admitted, staring at the horizon once more. The air was salty and warm. She blushed despite herself as memories of the first kiss she shared with Percy stirred in her mind. He always did smell like the sea.

“You are wise to be afraid,” Athena assured her. “I scorned the company of men, never having had affections for them, but you have no such disdains. Loyalty to loved ones has always been that one’s fatal flaw. If you intend to go through with your plan, it may well become yours, as well.”

“You think so?” Annabeth murmured. She stared down at the sand, her eyes stinging from staring at the bright sky too long. The sun beat down on the back of her neck.

“That being said, mortal lives are short. It would be unwise, too, not to live a good life.”

Annabeth balked, but Athena’s expression remained blank. Annabeth thought she could see the barest hint of a smile. “You’re the goddess of wisdom,” Annabeth said softly. “What do you think?”

Athena smiled wryly. “I do not meddle in my children’s personal affairs. I trust them to act wisely and represent me well. But you should make your decision quickly. It seems your… friend has had enough of the ocean.”

True to her word, Percy came stumbling out of the ocean, his hair slick with saltwater, brown skin stark against the blue water and pale sand. Annabeth swore she could see a dolphin waving a flipper in goodbye.

When she turned around, Athena was gone.

“Hey,” Percy swept her up, already having dried off. “Was that Athena just now?”

“I - yeah,” Annabeth admitted.

Instantly, Percy’s brow wrinkled in concern. His green eyes scanned the beach for signs of trouble. “Did something happen?” Annabeth noticed he had already pulled a ballpoint pen from the pocket of his swim trunks.

“No, nothing prophecy related!” she assured him. He seemed to relax, only a little.

“Was it about you? Are you okay?” he asked, running his hand through his black hair. “Gods, is it someone from camp? Or -” His eye caught the box in Annabeth’s hand, her fingers still curled around it. “What is that?” he asked, frowning. “Is it from the gods? Did your mom give it to you? Are you sure you’re okay? Because if something is happening -”

You should make your decision quickly, Athena’s voice echoed in Annabeth’s head. She thought of the first time she saw Percy, almost dead in a cot at camp. The times they went to the library together, Percy goofing off while she explained the architecture. All their trips to Mount Olympus, and the beach, and the quests, and Tartarus, and a thousand other little moments: Percy’s face and the way his smile slid just slightly wider when he saw her, his stupid concentrating expression when he struggled to look at her blueprints, his voice when she almost lost herself in the Underworld.

Her fingers tightened around the box.

“Annabeth?”

“Shut up, Seaweed Brain, and marry me,” Annabeth murmured, shoving the box into his hand.

For a moment, Percy gave her a stunned look. He’s silent for once, Annabeth thought to herself.

Then his face split into the biggest smile she had ever seen, and he practically lifted her. Annabeth screamed.

“Okay,” he whispered.

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birlcholtz · 4 years

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What about the Falcs in the PJ universe 👀

OOO okay so we’ve got george, tater, snowy, marty, thirdy, and guy!

let’s start with tater because we definitely know the most about him. we know he’s very attached to his friends, he’s very outgoing and friendly, but also if he hates people he HATES them and he also really likes blueberries. the blueberries are important it means i’m ruling him out as a child of dionysus they’re not a vine plant. also he does stupid shit sometimes like trying to teach bitty how to carry him. in ice skates. both of them are in ice skates. omg. okay anyway sorry moving on the mom friend in me popped out. and also he totally will plunge into a fray to avenge a teammate, or just to punch someone he really doesn’t like, et cetera.

so tater’s super outgoing, enthusiastic, humorous, but ALSO he’s just very passionate and will go down swinging if he has to (or if he wants to). so that tells me he is *not* the child of an easygoing deity.

i think nemesis could be an interesting choice-- it depends on whether you view her as a goddess of kind of just retribution, or a goddess of revenge in all its forms. because tater totally avenges people even if they’re actually doing fine (like when parse rushed snowy and tater jumped him). he kinda reminds me of percy in his loyalty to other people? but i think he could also be a child of ares? idk there are options

oKAY moving on to george. george is pretty calm and collected even when shit is going down, she likes to run in the park, she mostly takes things in stride, but she’s also in a position of authority-- even if she doesn’t wield that authority with an iron fist. so like. not zeus lol. part of me wants to say she’d have artemis’ blessing or smth but idk how artemis would feel about george working in the nhl. regardless, george is not easily shook. (except for that one memorable instance when jack told her he was dating a teammate.) so that eliminates some people, i think-- poseidon, ares, aphrodite, tyche, off the top of my head. hmm she’s another one who could be in a few different places.

athena would make sense-- she wears a position of command pretty well, and she deals with The Kiss in a pretty analytical way

snowy, marty, thirdy, and guy under the cut!

OKAY SNOWY TIME. emo king. he’s the goalie which means he’s a little weird. eyeliner. flexible and yet goes to see the trainer a lot. swears constantly. last line of defense on the ice. he seems a little more prickly than a lot of the falcs, but like in a loving way? (all the times he says ‘fuck you’ come to mind, especially since he has like. 3.5 lines) also has an incredible ability to look bored at any time, which i think is partially due to the eyeliner. partially. oh and who can forget his absolutely epic helmet with the wings on it that shit’s incredible.

snowy, more than the others, seems ‘icy’ to me (possibly because of his last name, nominative determinism anyone?? is that what it’s called the name is so long). like he’s a little inscrutable, a little hostile, but he’s not actually like. mean. so more like... the outside is ice. also he doesn’t talk a ton (especially compared to tater) so i get the sense that snowy himself is a little bit closed off. him being the goalie means that he doesn’t have lineys the way other players do. also his name is dustin that’s unrelated i just remembered

hmm i think there’s a lot of ways to go with snowy? but just to be unusual i’m going to suggest hades, bc a) the aesthetic and b) snowy’s ‘emo phase’ exterior and c) i like the idea of the goalie position being kind of reminiscent of hades. the underworld is *the last place*, the ultimate place in a way. people don’t return from there. heroes do and that’s why there are stories about them. and there’s a sense of ultimate-ness about a puck getting to the goalie? does this make any sense lol

ALRIGHT MOVING ON TO MARTY. so many dad vibes he even tries to dad the 25-year-old millionaire rookie who is possibly the only person on the falcs who can out-dad him. and is not much younger than him LMAO. he’s very tied to his family and i think it would make sense for him to have hera’s blessing, and i’m literally sitting here thinking about which gods i get the most dad vibes from in case y’all are wondering how scientific this process is

i think hebe would be funny because she’s the goddess of youth and marty’s entire career is basically about youth? i know we associate that with modeling and acting and stuff but like he is IMMEDIATELY introduced by tater asking when he’s retiring and mentions his hip giving out at some point. also he seems to call everyone ‘kiddo’. jack. bitty. thirdy?? guy?? george????? the possibilities are endless. marty is actually blessing them, every time he calls someone ‘kiddo’ he delays the onset of joint pain for at least 3 days. not much but the hockey players will take it

THIRDY TIME. he cannot make balloon animals. he also has kids. or at least one kid. i think we can eliminate athena (crafts) and apollo who i’m just kind of assuming has some hand in visual art as well because he seems to have a hand in everything. yes i’m basing this solely off of the balloon animals lmao. he’s a leader on the team, like marty, and in the whole retirement conversation he’s the one who brings up the idea of writing poetry and doing a victory tour. so actually let’s bring apollo back LMAO that seems like a very..... VERY apollo thing to do even if he can’t make balloon animals. maybe that’s more athena’s thing lmao. i’m going with apollo

and finally............ guy.

guy is like..... well he’s an enforcer, a strong and silent type, doesn’t smile a lot. enough so that it is NOTICEABLE when he smiles at people. he has a beard. this all makes me think of hephaestus ngl but he is a pro hockey player and an extremely minor character so we barely know ANYTHING about him??? nonetheless. i’m thinking hephaestus

#falcs #omgcp #pjo au #au

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ichorhalf · 4 years

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❛ wipe the 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 off your hands , little owl – it doesn’t matter . you’re still a 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫 . ❜

❝ you’re hardly innocent yourself , 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 – godhood looks cruel on you ; if i had to do it again , 𝐢 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 . ❞

𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 , 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬 , 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

excuse the dramatics , but hello ! i’m cc , can’t read , can’t write BUT i will be dramatic about it nonetheless . i am SO excited for this , i am the biggest pjo fan in the world & i love pjo rps sm i have been blessed by the gods , paige & dani with this . dana is a very old muse i used to have & recently re fell in love w , so here she is . tidbits before diving in : she fought for kronos & the titans in the war , she’s a daughter of athena that spent five years unclaimed in the hermes cabin & she is for the new cabins – it’s what she was fighting for anyway . if you’d like to plot PLS like this & i’ll come to u , uwu . p.s this is long for no reason PLS come to me if u want a tl;dr .

〔 JEON HEEJIN, TWENTY, CIS FEMALE, TELUMKINESIS 〕╰ DANA AHN just came over half - blood hill . you know , the child of ATHENA who was claimed four years ago ? i’ve heard chiron say that she is INSTINCTUAL & COGENT , but if you ask the aphrodite kids , they’d say they’re DISPARAGING & GLACIAL . i’d say they remind me of quiet grief spent in lonely hours – invalidated by people she swears never cared for her , watching a new constellation form with crystalline tears in exhausted eyes , a lethal slice of celestial bronze ; it brands her a traitor & pile of painted beads crushed underfoot when loyalties are chosen , especially since they’re FOR THE NEW CABINS .

❛ 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖔𝖓𝖊 ╱ 𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

inspiration

❛ you’re a monster . ❜ ❝ better a monster , than an arrogant god . ❞

ethan nakamura ( percy jackson & the olympians ) , ❛ one of my sons recently traded an eye for the ability to make a real difference in the world. ❜

❝ no one made me , i made me – so give me a bitter glory . ❞

cato ( the hunger games ) , ❛ go on . i’m dead anyway. i always was, right ? i didn’t know that till now . ❜

❝ am i the villain in your story , when i was always the hero in mine ? ❞

erik killmonger ( black panther ) , ❛ the world took everything away from me ! everything i ever loved ! ❜

full name . ahn ji su / dana ahn nickname(s) / aliases . dane , traitor age . twenty gender / pronouns . cis gendered female , she / her orientation . demisexual , panromantic hometown . boston , massachusetts faceclaim . jeon heejin

aesthetic . a walking plethora of bad decisions made by a rotting heart , remnants of red rimmed eyes after losing so much more than others in the war , the quiet , ominous static electricity before a lightning strike , watching a new constellation form with crystalline tears in her exhausted eyes , a lethal slice of celestial bronze ; it brands her a traitor , shouting commands over the sounds of her kind dying at her feet & a pile of painted beads crushed underfoot when loyalties are chosen .

label . the premonition , the potentate , the traitorous moral alignments . chaotic good / chaotic neutral ( + ) positives . strategic , instinctual , cogent , potent ( - ) negatives . fustian , disparaging , glacial , acerbic hogwarts house . gryffindor godly parent . athena deadly sin . pride fatal flaw . holding grudges

❛ 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖙𝖜𝖔 ╱ 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞

TRIGGER WARNING : death , murder , injury description

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢 . her mother , a goddess in her own right ; ahn soo ah joins the navy as kennedy ahn . bright eyed & wise beyond her years , she graduates from the united states naval academy with notable achievements under her belt . she is astute , a walking resource that the navy uses as a strategist – one of the brightest minds of her generation , gone unknown as she helps the military create top secret missions . war written & loved , kennedy has an affinity for battle – she attracts many people that she knows are more than human . but they search for romance , they ask for her love when kennedy has never sought after it – romance comes slow to her , it’s a process & the only person to get that is a grey - eyed liaison named dana astbury . she arrives in a swirl of intuitiveness & intelligent that’s incredibly attractive – but their connection isn’t one based on romance . the way their minds bond is unlike anything kennedy has ever felt before – she’s eager to work with her for the short time ; together they create the perfect brain child . two months after astbury’s departure , a golden bassinet appears with a baby girl wrapped in silk – the product of two of the wisest minds , a mix of godhood & mortality . kennedy doesn’t know who the goddess really is , but she knows the baby is hers .

she grows as ji su , americanized as dana – the smartest woman kennedy has ever gotten to meet & dana grows up loved . what the gods lack in familial love , mankind makes up for it ; ji su , as called by only her mom , grows into a remarkable child . grey eyes that look like they belong to a middle aged woman , a mind that knows too much for someone so young – they see everything . the horns hidden the mailman’s hair , the one eyed man giving her a kind smile when she hands him a daisy , the winged creatures flying over her mom’s new job ; dana holds enough wisdom to make a god stop . kennedy loves her more than herself , waters her with knowledge & sunshine to raise her as an extraordinary human being . dana never knows life without love until she returns home from an after school club just in time to see a creature hold a sword of celestial bronze through her mom . ten years old , witnessing her a woman with one goat leg & one metal leg kill kennedy – on the basis that kennedy knew something about olympus . she didn’t , but she paid the price anyway & dana runs after the creature , intent on getting revenge .

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐢 . labelled officially as a missing person , it’s a lot harder than she thinks to survive without getting caught . but dana has always been smart , she is sharp , witty & quick on her feet . it takes only DAYS for her to find the creature – an empousa , learned from research & any other monster that’ll help her . the monsters on the streets are kind to her , they spot a helpless demigod with a dirt caked face & dana doesn’t know it , but it’s the most kindness she’ll experience for years . a month later , the celestial sword taken from the empousa hangs on her hip – along with a lessoned learned ; vengeance & revenge don’t feel as good as she thought it would . the monster’s dead , but so is her mom . a prayer sent to gods of every pantheon – greek , roman , egyptian , norse ; she asks for help , for a blessing because she knows they’re real & if they’re real , wouldn’t they help a child ? NO ANSWER . it takes another month before she stumbles past the borders of camp half blood , bloodied & bruised . it’s chiron who shows her around , places her in the hermes cabin with other greek demigods like her . some have lesser gods as parents , some – like her – are unclaimed . the game , to figure out which god is her parent , which god has deemed her unworthy to sit alone in the hermes cabin . everyone knows – even she does , the eyes are a dead giveaway .

but the claim doesn’t come & what’s supposed to be home quickly turns into a prison . she wastes away alongside the bitter , she barely gets to go on quests ( on the basis that upon completion , she’ll be claimed – mr . d tells her to shove it , chiron agrees with her ) only to return empty handed with one less companion . scar after scar , death after death , she turns to the gods empty handed , rid of the offerings she used to make . a CURSE upon athena , a CURSE on all the gods who sit by & watch their children fight THEIR battles . demigods , their children , born to be pawns for the divine – to fight enemies their parents made for them , to DIE so the olympians don’t have to . resentment in her core , she falls into ranks with the blond boy in cabin eleven . luke castellan , the one who whispers with the sleeping one , the scarred boy who promises her glory & change . the gods need a wake up call , who better to give it than their children ? she leaves the summer after the son of poseidon arrives – keeps a hand on luke’s shoulder with a promise of changing the way the gods treat their children .

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐢𝐢 . a year spent with a rising army before luke asks her to go back . thalia’s tree is dying , an inside man or two never hurt anybody . a little bit stronger , a little bit more trained , she arrives at the same place she had stumbled into five years prior – four years stuck in the hermes camp , one spent on the run with a boy king . almost immediately upon her arrival , a blessing is sent from athena – some call it a welcome back , but dana is smart enough to know the true reasoning behind her claim . the gods are scared , athena herself knows of dana’s potential & the claim is an attempt at appeasing her but dana is far too gone . it’s not enough , she leaves when the golden fleece is brought back . one of many demigods to go missing , she finds solace on board the princess andromeda . the monsters here have shown her more kindness & familial love than the gods ever have . under luke’s instruction , she grows into a formidable opponent – boasting extraordinary skill with any weapon she chooses . she grows closer to the commander as well , shares his troubles from a distance while she keeps her head down . dana pledges herself to his cause , pledges to stand by himself through all of it & mourns luke when kronos arrives in his place . blue eyes turn to gold , dana goes from warrior to sword .

chosen by kronos himself , she spends an unprecedented amount of time with the titan – often out of sight from other demigods . he freezes time for them ( like he does every demigod he chooses to twist ) , fractions of the care she’s always searched for shining through the cracks ; she learns a different way of fighting , a different way of feeling , of thinking . dana learns from the best a titan reminding her of her worth . wrapped in resentment & the blessing of a titan , respect turns to admiration to a twisted psyche before she’s gearing up for the battle of the labyrinth with a sour reminder – the gods never cared , he did . with her features hidden behind a helmet made of GOLD , she proves her prowess erupting from the labyrinth , striking down demigods & the family that never cared for her . after an untimely defeat , one more year is spent preparing . underneath his instruction , dana continues to grow into a weapon at his disposal & she’s blind to the obvious fact – he never loved her , she’s simply a tool for them to use . blindly naive , she continues to launch herself into battle , lay her life down in hopes of waking the gods up . she ascends to her peak , unaware that everyone is waiting for her to come crashing down .

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐯 . charged with her own command in the battle for manhattan , monsters & demigods alike listen to her orders . demigods of her own kind fall under her sword & she doesn’t know it , but dana is only one of many chosen champions – one small member of a small class . they’re all tools at his disposal & he’s manipulated them all in their own ways ; to the other demigod commander slain by an arrow , he promised glory . to the other commander who charges the hunters of artemis , he promised revenge . to dana , struck down by a celestial bronze sword , he promised love . they all have their titles gifted to them , unbeknownst that NOBODY takes them seriously . demigods , they’re pawns in kronos’s game . it isn’t her first time being injured in battle , often times she returns to him & lets him take back the injury , watches her cuts close up underneath his power – but this time ; hubris mixes with wrath & she lets her guard down . her hands around her neck & blood pours from a deep cut that silences her , stranger’s hands wrap around her armor straps as she’s pulled into safety , holding back blood with pale fingers . she chokes on her own blood while her life is begged for , she’s close to the underworld when she’s healed by people she swears never cared for her . her survival is a travesty – to both her & camp half blood alike ; apollo himself tries to heal her fully , but in punishment he lets her suffer . twenty years old , her throat slit in retribution for her actions .

after the war , a month spent recovering as she radiates like a beacon of disappointment . grief , for the titan & his host – mixed with resentment & distrust . they’re split on whether she should stay – she chose the opposite side until her dying breath , the demigods that saved her can still account for the blood flung from her mouth while she tried to curse them . so she keeps her distance , but she stays because she has nowhere else to go – no degree , no identification , not direction . in the rivalry , she keeps her mouth shut but she stands with the cabins – it’s everything she fought for , it’s all the forgotten wanted & she’ll gladly go to war for it again . but , she’s changed – the image of a lethal opponent turned to crestfallen girl . she doesn’t talk much anymore , she doesn’t use her ability for much , doesn’t train , doesn’t fight . most often found with a couple of scared satyrs while she spends the day at arts & crafts . but though quiet , she still harbors unimaginable HATRED for the gods – she’ll never love or respect them the way they want her to . they want her to shed her title of traitor but refuse to call her the sword of kronos , they want her to beg for a new title at their feet ; dana will never beg them for anything .

❛ 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖊𝖊 ╱ 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

exterior . an outlier in camp , dana pretty much spent more time with the titans than she did at camp half blood . a faint scar on her neck , she wears it like a brand burned onto her skin . despite the power that she displays ( a gift of telumkinesis , along with skill & prowess learned by both kronos & luke himself ) , she doesn’t use her power for much these days . cogent , she’s good with her words & swaying people onto her side – which she used a lot more during the war , since these days she mostly keeps her mouth shut .

a beacon of pessimistic energy , dana still isn’t shy about her dislike for the gods . she says often , that if she had to do it all again , she wouldn’t change a thing . the gods continue to disappoint her , continue to wrong her & do everything in the crudest of ways , so dana continues to be a blasphemous follower in the camp . she’s still here simply because she has nowhere else to go – no degree , no schooling , nothing to give her a way out – dana’s technically still a missing person anyway ; so until she figures out a permanent way to leave , she’s stuck .

interior . she almost misses kronos – at this point , she can see that he was the greatest manipulator of all but she really felt so loved underneath him . he saw her for her , molded her into an outstanding warrior & dana owes him EVERYTHING . but she understands now how bad he is , how much chaos could’ve been unleashed had he won , but it doesn’t erase the twisted care she still holds for luke or the quiet idolization that still lingers for kronos . she held a title in the titan army & it still makes her see red when she thinks about how she went from the sword of kronos to traitor in the blink of an eye .

honed with pessimism , dana is still incredibly intelligent , incredibly potent but she spends a lot of time alone . she prefers the isolation in contrast to spending time with her siblings or any other demigod ; festers alone in very toxic thoughts about ‘ hm shoulda died hate it here ’ vibes . a lot of regret , a lot of very twisted thoughts having grown up with the Worst Villain Ever pretty much raising her .

midway . an entirely too gifted demigod , completely wasted on the bad guys . in a theoretical letter from athena , dana’s godly mother expresses her disappointment that she created such a potent warrior just to watch her fight for the wrong side . determined to give up her powers , she was only recently informed she HAD telumkinesis . convinced she had been trained by a titan himself & that’s where her weaponry mastery stemmed from , she’s learned that it all stems from a power .

still , she has room to grow ; in her dreams sent by the goddess herself , she’s been told that should she want a new title , she would have t o earn it – but does she want it ? does she want to use her power to fight for the gods that have only ever seen her as a weapon ? dana doesn’t know , she frankly doesn’t care enough right now .

❛ 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖋𝖔𝖚𝖗 ╱ 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧

as usual , this got way too fuckin long & i’m so sorry but dana’s an old & complicated muse . tl;dr , fought w the titans , kronos trained her personally ( & manipulated her , mayb there was a lil sumn sumn but she’s , in my opinion , dumb & didn’t realize she was bein played ) , she almost fuckin died & was saved by the people she was fighting even though she herself killed numerous demigods & now is a quiet , pessimistic loner . hee hee , all her connections are here , all her wanted connects are here . if u read this all i guess i owe you my life !

#ambrosia:intro #* ◟ . 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝒂. ─ 𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 ╱ development #[ blows a kiss to south korea ] for loona

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for that question meme ( cuz i couldn't get it to load on mobile earlier ri p ) i wanna know ur take on percy's thoughts abt luke !!

q’s about the babs series || accepting

warning. spoilers below.only read if you don’t want the major spoilers rip

to start off, I think Luke deserved a whole lot more then he got. he has a pretty messed up backstory and I get that this doesn’t excuse any behavior ( which ??? canons a mess I’ll get into that ) but he? does redeem himself in the end and had tried multiple times to get out of the hole he dug. I think a large portion of why he did what he did and why he got stuck doing it is his own fallbacks. he asks someone for help but doesn’t fully reach out for it. he believes himself to be undeserving I guess? of people and makes himself out to be something he’s not, a projection, to keep people away.

in his defense he did face a lot of problems and people are shit and Percy did learn all this through canon so he is by no means unaware of Luke’s history. more under the cut.

Luke did not grow up in the ideal household. for starters, his mother. way back in a galaxy far far away following the storyline of Nico and Bianca, Hades cursed the oracle. but !!! May Castellan believed she could finally fix this whole thing even after Hermes warned her that it’s not going to work. lo and behold it doesn’t and May goes mad instead. so Luke had to grow up alone in a house with a mother who had gone mad when the oracles curse backfired. any kid would have been terrified and Luke is not some exception. I mean? his mom would go into random fits and start saying stuff about the future what was he to think? so he runs away. Percy learns all this through Iris message in bits and pieces he himself has to put together.

following that line, Luke is now on the run and eventually finds Thalia ( daughter of Zeus ) and later Annabeth ( daughter of Athena ) and the three live on the run fighting monsters for years. this is not some joke Luke had to grow up very quick as the eldest and learn to survive. Percy learns all this through, again, Iris message but also through visiting May Castellan’s house with Nico to retrace Luke’s steps before the whole curse of Achilles thing. Percy experiences first hand what Luke faced for years of his life. While Percy felt sad for May, he also readily acknowledges the strain this put on Luke. it really does effect how he sees him.

so onto Percy’s own experiences with Luke. first and utterly foremost, Luke was the first one to readily accept Percy at camp. it’s important here to realize that like ??? Percy didn’t have any people to look up to growing up outside his mom. the teachers at his schools only saw his transcripts ( which all point to him being a delinquent who doesn’t try when thats not who he is ) and at home he was canonically abused by Gabe. Percy didn’t have anyone. he didn’t have friends. again, his mom is important to him but? she’s literally all he had. then here comes this popular guy who takes time out of his day and treats Percy like an actual human being. Percy is not used to people treating him like this, its confusing but it makes him light up. like Luke? Percy honestly thought he believed in him. god I could talk about this for days because it’s so so important but I’ll stop here. this is why Luke’s betrayal really hurt him. it was more then some guy trying to kill him, this was his new role model and someone he looked so up to now out for his blood. could you ??? really blame him for being broke up about it.

following this Percy doesn’t know what to think anymore because Luke’s all of a sudden turned into this monster trying to kill him and destroy camp and Percy doesn’t get it, he doesn’t understand and it’s horrible. then all the stuff with the fleece happens and Thalia comes back and Percy thinks like, what if this was all some ploy? he’s just some replacement again, someone to be used. Luke, Thalia, and Annabeth had been a group — Gover had been theirs first — and it is very clear the plan was to trick CHB into bringing Thalia back. Annabeth and co. are now all happy to see each other again and they all keep worrying about Luke. It becomes very, very clear that Luke isn’t his, Luke isn’t someone he should worry about. Luke is their’s and Percy’s left aside. he’s bitter. so so bitter because Luke’s gone and Thalia’s back and Percy’s now lost even Annabeth because of it.

so shit happens, Luke holds the sky and gives it to Annabeth who gives it to Artemis who gives it to Percy. the fight and Percy thinks he killed Luke. like? Annabeth kept asking over and over and trying to save him and Percy had to be the one to tell her no. that hurts. he has to be the one to say “you can’t do that, it’s not an option” and by hurting Annabeth it makes the whole thing worse. he feels like shit all around. then come the labyrinth? and the stuff after? learning that Luke had asked Annabeth for help and learning that he wasn’t dead and the five thousand other things? brings it all back up. what is he to do? and now Kronos is walking around wearing Luke’s smile and Percy’s terrified.

well, with the help of Nico, what he does is follow in Luke’s footsteps. he learns about Luke’s past and learns about the hell Luke walked through and does it himself. Percy gets his mom’s blessing just as Luke did and he dives into the Styx the same as Luke did. they are two sides of the same coin and Percy is forever chasing behind. there are so many times throughout canon where Luke tells Percy to join him and honestly? I think Percy had all the incentive to. the only real thing holding him back was the fact Luke broke his trust and betrayed his friends. remember, Percy’s fatal flaw is personal loyalty. the fact that Luke did what he did? Percy can’t really comprehend it. so now both bear the curse of Achilles and Percy has to face the idea he’s probably going to die and in doing so he has to kill Luke to.

only, he doesn’t. and Luke saves the world and it’s Percy who gives him the chance and its Annabeth blade that does so. Percy’s reeling because look at all of this. Luke’s dead and Percy is the one hailed the Savior of Olympus. sure, he did his part, but in the end Luke was the hero who destroyed Kronos and Percy thinks of the tears on Annabeth’s face and the pain in his own heart as he makes it incredibly clear that Luke is a hero. Luke is not a villain. he straight up tells Hermes that thing’s could have been different, it didn’t matter what Hermes thought he was doing.

and I guess, in the end, Percy does forgive him. Percy does wish him the best in any future lives and he sincerely hopes Luke gets the chance this life didn’t grant him.

#convulsus #♆ ╱ ❛ asks.#⧕┊memes┊i will have revenge┊⧔#im in such a luke mood rn so #have this #this turned into an essay oh my go d #its like 2am and im so distress ed #me: write a luke meta at 2am #♆ ╱ ❛ headcanons.

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