Camera Man: Was Atlantis real?

Hera: *points to Poseidon*

Poseidon: IT WAS AN ACCIDENT

i have a lot of bones to pick this chapter and i will get to that but i'm still really pressed by how rachel depicts kronos apparently grieving having to kill hera in her vision

rachel does this really gross thing where at some point in the narrative, she'll have the male abuser depict some kind of sadness in regards to his female victim, but it is not remorse. it really reads like whitewashing the abuse itself because "can't you see how upset the abuser is that he has to do this :("

apollo got that really disgusting pov chapter talking about his perspective on persephone after raping her and that was bad enough, but then you also see kronos and his relationship with hera being sanitized or even shipped, when hera said verbatim that he abused her and she did not want to sleep with him, she had hoped she could just charm him. the narrative explicitly points out that kronos is a chronic abuser - he kills or severely injures rhea in a fit of rage after using all her powers, he frequently drives away any nymph or consort who approaches him, and he spends who knows how long mentally torturing hera.

there's another essay tucked into that but i just find it so fucking egregious that rachel wants to portray kronos as being upset he has to kill hera because of his own feelings for her, when the fact of the matter is he is choosing to kill her, just like he chose to kill rhea, and swallow his sons, and tear hera in half. depicting an abuser (a serial abuser, in this case) as being upset over an action he's choosing to do for his own benefit is ... a choice, and a disturbing one. why are we centering the abuser in a sympathetic light when he is still ultimately abusing someone???

I would argue that to my recollection Murderbot in fact does not do a single on-page murder until Network Effect.  “These people are actively trying to kill me so I have to kill them back to protect myself/my clients/my friends” doesn’t count as “murder.”  Only in NE does it join its noble predecessors GLaDOS, Hera, and Breq in Actual Revenge Murder

Listen when people say they want Percy to go on a villain arc most times I see it as they want him to go dark, want him to start murdering, maiming, going full Luke, etc. And I support that. If anyone deserves to kill people it's this kid.

However, let us be realistic for a moment, because I quite like the other alternative. Villain arc Percy usually entails "he's finally had enough of the Gods bullshit & will do things his own way". Let us think on this. What would Percy most likely do in this situation? Would it really be murder right off the bat?

I think he'd be the pettiest, annoying little shit there is. And because one can't usually threaten the Gods in a way that truly matters, but they can make them sweat really hard.

This goes beyond ignoring their calls and leaving them on read. He refuses to give food offerings unless it's the nastiest shit known to man. Bribes the cyclops into hucking huge objects up Mount Olympus before they all scurry off. Finds the olive tree Athena gave to Athens, and while he wouldn't have the heart to destroy it, he'd for sure rip off a branch & mail it to her (Annabeth nearly had to put them in witness protection).

Eventually it gets to the point he has Nico on speed-dial and offers him a shit ton of fast food & a 'get out of Percy's quest bullshit free' pass if he could hop into the Underworld and yoink up some annoying spirits or dead monsters to piss off the Gods. When the Gods get pissed at him Percy just silently pulls out some safe-for-demigods phone like "hang on I wanna see how many happy meals I owe Nico for bringing Typhon back up". They know he is not bluffing.

Could the Gods counteract him? Yeah, sure, Hera gave him amnesia and it was like 90% effective for a while. However, he kind of went off the rails, everyone else went off the rails, and then they had even more Roman nonsense to deal with. If anything it both solved but also made even more problems. And a much angrier Percy. So, frankly, they're very confident it could work, but they're a little worried about what the aftermath would be.

Ares suggests just killing him. Poseidon takes offense to this. Artemis scoffs and says even Ares couldn't beat him. Everyone stops for a moment. The question is not asked verbally. But it is seen in the darting eyes and shifting seats.

Can they kill Percy Jackson?

Well, sure, they must be able to. He's a powerful kid, no doubt, with powerful allies, but they are Gods. Of course they can kill him. So that's not the real question, they wouldn't dare really entertain such a thing to ever confirm if it was true, but this is rather the layer of frosting hiding the real atrocity of a cake underneath it.

What will they lose trying to kill Percy Jackson?

What will remain standing in the face of some 18-year-old who lived one of the hardest knocks of life, loves so much it makes them sick, is so completely unaware of his own strength not even they know its full extent, and currently has absolutely zero fucks to give about the end of a reign longer than he will ever understand?

They decide to quietly shut the lid on that whole fiasco and let Percy do whatever he wants.

Unfortunately, they can't exactly ignore everyone else. And everyone else is who Percy cares about the most. So, think of it more like leaving a grenade in a locked box in the attic. Just hope and pray you've moved out before something gets curious and starts rummaging around up there.

Persephone Lost Herself To Marriage

⚠️ Warning: I'm just saying my opinions (and theories) like everyone else. So put your tin foil hats on, it's going to be a LONG read. Enjoy!!!⚠️

• The Realization

This was/is a cry for help. She's finally admitted something that we (some of us) already noticed. The fact that she's so worried about her blue corpse of a man's feelings, while in denial about killing hundreds if not thousands of mortals in seconds...is nasty work. Like okay you don't know yourself, good we are getting somewhere. But are you willing to change your ways like finally admitting that your Mom was right, Minthe was right (about you and your man), Zeus was right (where he says they didn't know each other long), finally realize your selfish and a murderer, etc. Like I wanna see the change, not this boohoo act. And speaking of Demeter, she is a little bit at fault for why Persephone acts like this. If she would've told her about being a FG, teach her how to defend herself, help her control her powers or help make her own decisions, none of this wouldn't happen. Now Persephone (this her own fault here)is trapped with guilt, a blu gru, and a whole population of shades coming in. Once this is over, I pray to God that she wakes up, and leave that man, live in the mortal realm, and hopefully come to terms/works on herself to know who she is because her being a Queen is not one of them.

•Hades Is Her Downfall

This man never loved her. He wanted to sleep with her knowing he had a girlfriend (Minthe at the time) and when she was only 19 years old !!!(smdh 🤢😒), somehow he shows up in her nightmare saying, "I Know That I Can Smell Your Ambitions As They Rot At Your Feet.", he didn't let Persephone tell him what happened, lies about everything, disrespects Demeter, never gave Thanatos a real apology, never actually going to therapy, etc, need I say more? This man genuinely hates powerful women. He sabotaged Demeter's right to rule the mortal realm, gets angry when women stand up for themselves, preys on the vulnerable and young, dangles money over them, had an affair with Hera behind his brothers back, etc, and Persephone still thinks he's husband material... chile. Like how come she doesn't see those horrible qualities and notice that he brings out the worst in her? Real men don't treat women like this. To be fair, that first genocide she caused was all her fault, like yes they were playing in her face, but she didn't need to start killing people. But you know what she did, she was willing to help the shades get into the Underworld (and he was mad about that 😒). Now we're on to our second genocide, and this man was the cause of this as well (mostly her fault but still). The fact he said "I can't stop her from trying." Like yes you can Blunocchio 🙄. I'm so tired of him, and his evil ways. Persephone really needs to understand that man was never in her corner, and if he was, he would've left her alone from the very beginning. The lesson is don't EVER let a man be your downfall and try to make you feel powerless. If he can't take how powerful you are, he was never the one and he's an insecure a**hole.

• There Was Always Someone

Hydros tried to warn Gaia

People thought Rhea was stupid for loving Kronos

Probably someone close to the Missing Goddess tried to warn her

Demeter warned Persephone

Do we see the pattern? Constantly losing yourself in love with abusive men, getting your powers drained because they wanted to prove that they were worth loving, and trying to prove the haters wrong (looking at you author)? Well, yes. Persephone had her twenties to look forward to (school, TOGEM, and starting her future), but made a man child the #1 priority. Had her thirties (self reflection, getting her shit together, realize she can do bad by herself.), but still managed to keep him in the #1 priority slot, instead of her and her own mother. Like does she not get that her mom is her real best friend? These fertility goddesses (excluding Metis 🤢) wish that they would've listened to those people/or families, and saw from their point of view that their men weren't no good, and go from there. Like did Persephone ever think about what Zeus told her ( his back story about what happened to Rhea), nope. Just ignored it because she never listens, and loves finding out the hard way 🙄😒. If the author wanted a real ('cause let's be honest, it's not) feminist retelling, she could've had Persephone look at the fertility goddesses differently, Seeing there struggles, learn that Demeter just didn't want to see her get hurt, and walk away from him (but in a perfect world I guess 🫤). Remember y'all there is always someone in your corner that is looking out for you and/or showing they love you.

• Persephone's Fate

Until she starts listening to the right people, know how to think for herself, and realize that man ain't crap, she's doomed. Years from now, she's going to be trapped in a marriage full of regrets and shattered dreams, sparkling and useless if you will. Hades will continue to use and abuse her. Hell, wouldn't be surprised if he started cheating on her like he cheated on Minthe. Also, wouldn't be shocked if she becomes the next Hera, after all she was just her stand in. Hades would take most of her powers, someone defeats him, and puts him in prison somewhere, she starts seeing him, and no one else can. Would that be something? I mean he was in her dreams telling her that her ambitions will rot. Also people wouldn't want to come around her, and she gotta live with that for the rest of her life. Demeter, lasion, and her son living life to the fullest, so who can she call? She is stuck in a tragic cautionary tale of a fertility goddess. Someone that wanted to prove the haters wrong, wanted to be worthy of loving, and a victim of a man's abuse and manipulations.

when water meets wine. | (pjackson)

the blessing of hera includes violet eyes and slightly elongated hair, which is easy to miss. also sensing emotions and using feathers as weapons aren't really useful to any capacity, neither is a blessing in marriage for a thirteen year old, the real blessing of hera comes in the goddess's intentions.

now, i'm not saying hera is a good person, far from it, but it's never bad to be a powerful person's favorite. from putting leo in a fire as a baby to tampering with percy and jason's memories and making them switch places, what if she did a little more.

being a child of one of hera's friends was the easy part, receiving the blessing was not. various challenges since the day you were born, think leo but worse. your father has found you rolled up in a hallowed out cabbage of lettuce in his green house, as if you grew from the seed; bundled in a blanket stuffed with atropa belladonna, the plant made you (an infant) fly for days much to your father's dismay. might i note, he couldn't take care of the sores you got because you were in the air.

none of this was normal. all of this only had one possible culprit, your mother. their poor relationship only grew more strained, her visits were nothing more than a screaming match. of course, there was another woman there to comfort you, someone you never told your dad about. you ran to her like a sheep to its shepherd, not realizing you were running to the very root of your problems. she was the dirty water to your seed, no good but water no less. her hands ran down your hair with a gentle smile, eyes boring into you with intentions you could never quite place.

when you got to camp, she disappeared. it was so strange, you began to believe it was all something you made up in your head to deal with the nightmares, until zeus pisses hera off yet agan.

before your mother even claimed you, you were invited to stay in hera's cabin — by the goddess of marriage herself. in hindsight, she probably might have killed you if you took up that offer. in other words, you denied it but did get punished for it once more. a child of demeter who killed everything they touched, how fitting.

furthermore, to be tasked as one of percy's peer mentors? a mockery.

blessed by hera and punished by her as well, you saw the world through violet eyes.

coincidently, the only thing percy jackson could remember were violet eyes. he thought those might've been his eyes, though his reflection told him that wasn't the case. no one had violet eyes but you, hera made sure of that. she knew the son of poseidon would stop at nothing to find that exact shade, even if he had no clue who you were (at least right now.) if there was someone, however, she paid off the mist to change the color when percy saw them.

when hera placed him in camp jupiter, everywhere he searched for those eyes. he became praetor, wanting to get an eagle's eye view to hopefully spot them. the closest he got to finding you was when he ran into aphrodite, the goddess with violet eyes. there was no way the only person he could think of, though, definitely not after talking to her.

when he was at camp, you taught him many things. even if he couldn't remember, plants came easy to him, which ones to steer clear of and which ones would give him exactly what he needed. you, daughter of a forester who was a former biochemist, taught him all this and it came to percy very naturally.

you were one of the demigods sent to retrieve percy, from camp jupiter. your (peer) metorship with percy earned you a spot on the argo ii, also hera but whatever.

once you were standing before the long line of curious roman demigods, and percy jackson, a gush of water pushes you forward and interrupts any thought you might have had. you were pushed into the son of poseidon's arms, much to everyone's (except hera's) confusion.

there must've been a dryer way he could've done that, at least.

I'd Let The World Burn - Eustass Kid x Reader

Picture I got from Pinterest - It's a screencap from One Piece

Summary: Just a little snippet of you and Kid during the Raid of Onigashima.

Word Count: 870

Details: Set in Wano Arc (specifically in Onigashima). Established Relationship. this is during the Big Mom fight. Kid saves the reader (and Nami, Usopp, and Otama by association). Kid calls reader 'Doll'. I tried to keep specifics about Reader (gender, race, etc.) out, if i missed something please let me know and I can fix it! I want this to be readable for EVERYONE. I listened to LET THE WORLD BURN by Chris Grey while writing this.

Also posted on AO3

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“WHERE ARE THEY?!” A voice bellowed out. The voice could be heard all throughout Onigashima. Currently, I was running with Nami, Usopp and Otama through the hallways of the castle. 

“Who the hell was that?” Nami said, startled, looking around for a person to match the voice while we ran. We turned right down another hallway only to bump into Big Mom again. She was now targeting Otama because she was ‘going against her’ by running away from her with us.

“I don’t think we have time to question that Nami.” I said while pointing up to Big Mom who was gearing up to attack. “What should I do about the ones I hate?” Big Mom started, speaking to her sword, the cloud and the sun floating around her. “I should kill them!” She screamed, lifting her sword up to strike.

Nami held the child closer to her body, and Usopp fell to the ground with a shout. I stepped closer to Nami and Otama, spreading my arms out and bracing myself with my eyes closed. Nami, Usopp and Otama’s screams were suddenly drowned out with the sound of metal scraping together. I looked up in awe, seeing my lover’s metal arm shooting out above us and hovering it in front of Big Mom’s face.

“You’re…!” Big Mom started before Kid attached his arm to her face and lifted and slammed her into the floor, cracking the floorboards with a call of Punk Gibson. His figure outlined appeared in the dust behind us as we all turned around to face our savior. Big Mom’s ally, the cloud that she called Hera, flew over to her asking if she was OK as she sat up.

“Kid!” Big Mom growled out. Kid came to a stop in front of us. Nami and Usopp let out simultaneous breaths of relief.

“Captain Kid!” They shouted, tears of joy and stars in their eyes.

“Go away, Straw Hats. This bastard…” Kid lifted his metal arm once more, metal from around the room latching onto his arm.

“Is my prey!” He continued. I smiled up at him as he looked down on me from my spot behind Nami, Otama, and Usopp, now noticing that I was here. He blinked a few times, staring at me processing my presence. 

“I’ve been looking for you all over.” He stepped closer to us and held out his non-metal arm beckoning me over. I stepped around the group and got closer to him. His hand came up to caress the side of my face, his thumb sweeping across my cheek.

“You hurt Doll?” He said gruffly. I shook my head ‘no’ and allowed him to press his forehead to mine. He stayed liked that for a moment before pulling away and shoving me behind him.

“Stay out of the way, Doll. I don’t want you getting hurt.” He muttered over his shoulder. I beckoned Nami, Usopp and Otama closer to me, stepping back from the fight. We started to run towards the performance hall I turned to look behind me and saw Kid cracking his neck gearing up to fight. 

“Kick her ass babe!” I yelled as I turned back to face Nami and Usopp. Nami looked over her shoulder to me and smirked at me.

“Doll?” She giggled.

“S-shut up.” I muttered as my cheeks grew hot. 

Time Skip to after the Raid - still on Onigashima

We had watched Kid and Trafalgar Law fight from a room off the performance hall. As soon as they cast Big Mom down that hole the two pirate captains fell to the ground, exhausted.

I ran down the steps towards where Kid was laying on the rubble. Nami, Otama and Usopp followed me, but stopped to fall in with the crowd surrounding the two exhausted pirate captains.

“Kid!” I screamed out, flinging myself onto his body, letting sobs wrack through my body.

“Please don’t scare me like that.” I whispered as I  let my hands curl into fists in his red fur coat. His non-metal arm came up and rested on the back of my head, stroking my hair as the sobs lessened. I could hear murmurs in the crowd, namely from the other pirate crews, wondering who I was.

“Don’t worry Doll, I ain’t going anywhere.” He whispered, placing a kiss against my hair. I smiled and lifted my head to look up at him. He sat up, lifting me with him and keeping me on his lap as he looked over me, assessing me for any injuries.

“What’s this?” He asked, pointing towards the scratch on my cheek. I lifted my hand towards it, remembering what happened.

“We were running from the fire, and I leaped out of the way of a burning piece of wood, landed on the floor, not gracefully, and scuffed my cheek.” I chuckled. He let his thumb graze it gently.

“I’m glad you made it out of this alive, Y/N.” He wrapped his arm around my shoulders, bringing me into his embrace again.

“Well of course Kid, can’t leave you behind can I?” I said, smirking up at the man, who returned the gesture. He placed a small kiss on the side of my forehead.

ೄྀ࿐ ˊˎ- DEAR SUNSHİNE

*Record Of Ragnarok women Irene Amber!Reader at a tea party*

Persephone: Oh! How sweet of you N/N. It would make me so happy to have you visit me underground~

All Goddesses: *Y / N glows as she looks furiously at Persephone*

Brunhilde: *hisses at Persephone* Never before I die.

Valkyries: *nods in agreement*

Aphrodite: *smiles with a vein of anger on her forehead* Is that so? I'm sorry but N/N has a word for me? Isn't it, my love?

Hera: *pulls Y/N into her lap while looking at Aphrodite like she's going to kill*

Thrud: *rubbing hands while whispering towards the Valkyries* Looks like a few corpses will come out of here.

Artemis: *glares at everyone while holding on tight*

Y/N: No problem! You are all so kind! *Glittering smile as cold sweat pours out*

*Hera puts back her blade, Persephone retracts her vines, Aphrodite stops trying to kidnap, Valkyries pulls Thurd back, Artemis retracts her bow*

*All women smile radiantly*

All men: *confused*

Apollo: * dramatically * How does she do that?

Adam: *grins* You wouldn't understand, dummy

RoR Y/n's Thoughts#3

Y/n: Dude have you ever felt bugs on you...when there are no bugs on you?....they're the ghosts of the bugs you killed...

Hades:Y/N THIS HAS GOT TO STOP!?

Y/n: If you clean a vacuum cleaner...ARENT YOU the vacuum cleaner?

Hermes: Y/-Y/n you got to end this! alright, you already got Father and Ares in the other room QUESTIONING EVERYTHING THEY EVER KNOWN!?

-In the other room-

Ares:...What is life?...*Is on the floor hugging his blanket and looking at the ceiling*

Zeus*Is still in an existential crisis courtesy of you*...Am I...actually insignificant?...

-Back to where you and the other Greek gods are seated*

Y/n: Nothing is REALLY on fire but rather...fire is ON things...

Hades: Let's do Ragnarok they said...it be EASY they said...

Y/n: If Life is unfair to everyone...Does that mean Life is actually fair?

Heracles*Sighs and looks at Adamas who is drinking wine*This...is never gonna end is it?

Adamas:...Should it?...KEEP GOING BABE!~*Cheering you on*

Poseidon:...Zeus, Ares make room I am coming in there with you*Opening the door and entering it*

Adamas: YES THEY GOT HIM TOO!*Holds hand smirking at Hera*

Hera:...I dont mind losing this bet*Gives Adamas 5 bucks and smirks as Zeus is heard crying in the other room*

Adamas betted Poseidon would also fall victim to you along with Zeus and hades, Hera better Poseidon wouldn't...she enjoyed losing that bet tbh

Part 3 of:

I “love” the betrayal fics where the entire camp suddenly believes that this new guy has actually accomplished all of Percy’s achievements and Percy lied to all of them, like camp didn’t literally witness half of those accomplishments and like Percy actually outright says “I did X.” Percy says almost nothing about what he does, Camp hears about most of his achievements from others

oh, we've all seen those fics. new guy shows up, he's actually Percy's half-brother. Annabeth suddenly only has eyes for him, everyone suddenly hates Percy because new guy does too, Poseidon may or may not disown Percy, and then Percy runs away and joins Chaos.

it's been copied and pasted thousands of times in hundreds of ways.

not a single one of those fics has Percy's departure from Camp happen realistically. it's not even impossible to grow resentment between Percy and the campers, which is what these writers seem to want. but the way they go about it? a cookie cutter asshole pied piper OC who steals the spotlight and turns Camp into a hostile mob of angry demigods? Unrealistic. 0/10 trope, literally 50% of why i will not read fanfictions with OCs.

have some realistic ways of turning Camp against Percy or vice versa:

- Percy could be captured. The area he was taken from is drenched in blood. no one could survive that, Percy's gotta be dead, so Camp doesn't look for him. after [x amount of time] of captivity and probably torture, Percy gives up hoping for a rescue. he discovers darker uses for his powers, frees himself, and doesn't go back to camp, because they abandoned him. opens the road for angst and emotion and tearful reunions etc.

- Camp is attacked. maybe it was a lazy beach day. no one is ready, only a few campers have their weapons. they're outnumbered and maybe surrounded and definitely out of options. Percy won't let anyone die. two ways to go about this one:

A) percy destroys the attackers single-handedly, using every tool in his arsenal, every fucked up thing he can think of to make sure his people survive. he controls poison and blood and drowns monsters and, i don't know, freezes them into ice cubes or boils their skin or stops their hearts. Camp is terrified of him now. he leaves. or B) the armed campers fight back, but percy isn't fighting. he's busy keeping the injured from dying. how? he's controlling their blood. he won't let it deviate from its normal path. Camp is terrified of him now. he leaves.

- [x god] sends Percy on a quest. but, surprise! it's not a quest! it's a trick, to lead Percy to his death! Percy survives, but can't go back or he'll be revealing he's still alive before he figures out why [x god] tried to have him killed and if there's anyone else behind it. fun conspiracy vibes.

- percy adopts a new pet, except this time it's a drakon. "Percy," Chiron says very patiently and not-at-all exasperated, "you can't keep a drakon as a pet. it will eat your friends and we don't have the space." Percy flips authority the bird and strikes out with his new pet to find somewhere they can settle. kinda cracky but written right it could be funny.

- Percy pisses Zeus off. not surprising. Zeus wants to kill Percy. not surprising. for his own good, Chiron sends Percy on a roadtrip/changes his name and sends him to mexico along with multiple witness protection agents/quest to keep Percy out of sight for a while to allow the king of olympus time to cool down, because we like when percy is alive and also the war poseidon would wage at his death would kill us all.

are all of them 100% realistic? no, but neither is Percy leaving Camp. Hera had to literally kidnap him and erase his memory to keep him away. the point is that they're different and plausible, and not the same exact trope repeated over and over again until i can tell you the plot of hundreds of betrayal works in one sentence.

Ancient greek gods summary:

Zeus: thunder and lightning and also mpreg. Can transform into animals

Poseidon: sea and uhm earthquakes? And horses? Can transform into horse.

Hades: king of the underworld, transformation abilities unclear, has helmet of invisibility which is very handy imo why is it not used in more media? Associated with cute flowers.

Hera: Will protect your marriage. Will kill children and their moms or make their lives hell. This is complex character writing alright.

Hestia: goddess of sitting at home with your hoodie and a cup of warm coke, playing minecraft and being a nice person. Probably also the goddess of vacuuming and the smell of freshly washed laundry on a sunny day.

Demeter: goddess of putting cereal before the milk and growing plants. All sorts of plants, cacti are included i am pretty sure. Can transform into horse iirc

Hermes: fast. Post offices. Transporting the souls of the dead like an extremely cool courier. Also thievery and other stuff. Oh also travel. God of moving about a lot. And killing poor tortoises.

Apollo: god of music and all the other fancy stuff like light and plagues. Also god of severely underappreciated and disliked critters. Don't kill his sacred pets

Artemis: goddess of hunting riffles and having girlfriends and also wildlife like bears and ground squirrels. Don't kill her sacred pets.

Dionysus: god of wine, cats, theater. Ah Don't look too much into him I'm sure it's just simply a wine party god hahahahaha oh god don't mind this gaping dark hole of madness. Moving on, moving on.

Ares: war lol. Also i think he can transform into a boar but i might be mistaken. Probably god of chilling because he only has one job.

Hephaestus: god of fire and making things that involve fire and also robots. Coolest god, proven by the fact that his temple is the single best preserved ancient greek temple we have. That's craftsmanship for you.

Aphrodite: you already know this everyone knows this, literally if I stop some rando on the street they're gonna tell me Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty and so on. Anyways she is some sort of deep sea creature. Like Cthulhu.

For the Fanfic Roulette, any chance you can do 30, 24, and Ezra Bridger? Thanks so much! (btw can you tag me in the post so I see when it’s up???)

Oh @skyofnostars *shake my head* what am I to do with you. How is it that you gave me the best request ever!!! *Squeezing you in a bear hug* Do you know you actually had me stumped for a day and a half. I had to go back and watch all critical Ezra Bridger episodes both in Rebels and Ahsoka, to get my mind wrapped around exactly what I wanted to write.

I don't know if this is what you were looking for, however I do hope that you enjoy it, because it actually turned out quite adorable if I do say so myself.

Thank you for such an awesome request.

Love oo,

The Return

Warnings: Longing, lost love, emotions, tears, kissing, disappearance, I think that's it. If I miss any please let me know.

Main Master List   |  Star Wars Fic Roulette

Ezra couldn’t help smiling as his eyes focused on your face after he got off the Imperial shuttle. He wanted to run over to you right away, but between someone shouting, “Someone get the medic. Get the medic!”Which simply made him laugh, and then Hera ran over and grabbed him, squeezing him like there was no tomorrow, making him remember what family was and how much he missed you all; he needed to wait to see you. 

Once he finally had a chance to actually breathe, he didn’t stop searching for you among the crowd that were still looking at him as though he had come back from the dead. He searched and searched until he found your face once again again. And even though everyone else looked at him like he was an anomaly, a freak. 

Your eyes … well, your eyes only held one thought, ‘he was back.’

His breath caught in his throat, as he locked eyes with you. He’d forgotten how amazing those eyes of yours were. You had always made comments about his piercing blue eyes, however, to him they were nothing in comparison with yours. 

Your eyes held the world for him. They were always full of admiration, devotion and longing, and if your eyes weren’t enough, your lips always held that smile that was specially reserved for him. The same smile you currently were wearing on your lips. All in all, regardless of the distance and the years apart, you were still the most beautiful person he’d ever known. 

The moment he said bye to you on Lothal, hearing you begging and pleading with him to get off of Thrawn’s ship, telling him how you loved him to the end of time and back, how you’d always loved him. All he wanted was to run off Thrawn’s ship and into your waiting arms, but he couldn’t. Kannan taught him that he needed to make this one sacrifice for the greater good. Kannan’s last lesson, he said. Oh god, how he wanted to kiss you one last time, hold you in his arms one more time, holding you so tight you’d never forget what his arms felt like, at that moment, he understood how Kannan must’ve felt, when he made the ultimate sacrifice. It had been the hardest goodbye he’d ever have to give. 

After all, you’d been by his side since you were kids, growing up together, staying close even after his parents were taken. You never left his side when you both had to live on the street after your own parents were killed by the Empire. You were even there when he joined the rebels. You’d always been there, just like his shadow. 

He can still remember how idiotic he’d been … no. How confused he was when he first met Sabine, he’d never met someone like her, and of course his world turned on its head when he met her. But somewhere between losing Kannan and seeing Sabine with her family, somehow he realized, you had been more than a shadow. More than a friend. More than anything he ever thought possible. You were his heart, and that’s when he realized it had always been you. 

Yet, your time together was cut short when he had to make the ultimate decision to sacrifice himself, to save you. To save Lothal. He tried to tell you in his own subtle way he’d be back. How he’d never stop loving you. How you were more to him than anything else the galaxy had to offer, and as smooth as he hoped his subtlety was, it didn’t work the way he’d hoped. 

Instead, he felt your heart break when he said goodbye. He had felt your despair, your soul crushing. 

He never meant to be gone for so long. He had always meant to come back to you. However, returning to you was out of his hands. There was nothing he could do while he waited on Peridea. 

So when his eyes locked on you, his emotions took over. This time he wasn’t going to let anything stop him, he ran over to you, wrapping his arms around you, and burying his face into your neck. He couldn’t help smiling when he felt your arms wrap around him, holding him tight.

“You’re back…” it was all you were able to manage before the tears started coming hard and fast. You could feel your broken heart healing. Your soul repairing simply because you held him in your arms. You smelled his scent. You felt his heart beating against your chest. 

Ezra pulled back enough just to wipe your tears, as he looked at you. Somehow you were even more beautiful than you were five minutes ago. On the one hand, he did feel bad for leaving Sabine and Ahsoka back on Peridea, on the other hand he was finally able to hold you in his arms after ten long years. 

Ten years of waiting. 

Ten years of longing. 

As he looked into your eyes, his eyes glanced down to your lips. The desire to kiss you had never been stronger, he was hesitant at first, but he had ten years to think about it and didn’t want to hold back any longer. 

He leaned forward, tilting his head ever so gently, a smile on his lips, tears sliding down his cheek as he closed the distance between you, placing his lips on your soft ones. As soon as your lips felt his, neither of you held back.

Maybe you should’ve cared that he still hadn’t been debriefed, maybe you should’ve cared that he was in a stormtrooper’s uniform, or maybe you should’ve cared about the imperial shuttle that was sitting there.

However, neither of you cared. 

You didn’t care that you were in the middle of the hangar bay.

You didn’t care that others were watching. 

The only thing that mattered at that moment was realizing you both finally felt like you were home. As though the pieces of your heart that had been missing for the past ten years, were suddenly healing, and once again you both were whole. 

You pulled away and kissed his cheek, his neck, his shoulder, as you pulled him in for a hug, and held him tight. He was home. He was alive. He wasn’t hurt, and frankly that’s all that mattered. He was there with you. 

“I missed you so much.” You whispered into his ear, as you breathed in his scent. Needing to remind yourself over and over again, this wasn’t a dream. 

“I missed you, too.” He whispered back, his face buried in your hair, “There wasn’t a day that went by that I didn’t think of you.”

“How did you get back?”

“It’s a long story.”

Both of your voices were low, everyone had started to scatter thanks to Hera’s intervention. She knew how much his disappearance weighed on you, kept you isolated, kept you hardened. As Hera watched you heal, she wiped a tear, happy that a part of her family had returned.

“I love you. I’ve never stopped loving you.” Ezra vowed as he whispered in your ear, these words were for you and you alone. 

“I always knew you’d come home. I never stopped loving. I’ll love you until the stars turn cold.” Regardless of anything else, as of right now you were grateful he was home and in your arms.

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Valgrace Assassin (????) AU, where after Leo's Mom dies, Gaea manipulates him into helping her. Like she kidnaps him and next time he wakes up she tells him everything that happened. She tells him "Since your a killer now, you have to embrace it. Not fear it."

. He denies it and escapes where authorities find him... and his family abandon him. They call him a murderer, a Diablo. A few years pass and he's been abused and abandoned. While on the run he kills someone in self-defense. He summons her somehow, and tells her she's right.

. Fast forward to years later, at 15, when he's had a few kills, and still in the system. People are afraid of him now and they tried to lock him up but he's too smart for that. So he's in Foster Care and has been on the run six times, and is sent off to a boarding school. A Wilderness School.

. It's a trap when he gets there and they take everything from him. His weapons, his tools, everything. There's not much he can do without them. Unless... but he hates using that. He doesn't that's their agreement. They gave him a uniform and pencils and school books and that's when they sent him off.

. Everything goes normal in canon from there. Him and Piper meeting up, the fake Jason Memories, Pipers visions, how they met Annabeth.

. The only difference is Gaea talking to him the whole time. She tells him to befriend them. That they'll be useful when he gets his weapons back and then he can kill them.

. That day comes and Gaeas confused too because why doesn't Jason remember anything? Then she dissappears for a while. Leo's gets to camp and finally, finally everything is explained. His powers, his babysitter, his Dad.

. He finds Festus and... and Festus cares. He couldn't use him. He's a machine, Leo's good with Machines. More than his new so-called siblings. Festus gets him.

. Then him, Jason and Piper go on the quest to save Hera. He has that dream with his Dad.

"You know, don't you?"

"I don't blame you. Everything you've done, was because of someone who manipulated you. She made you think that was the only way."

"And what have you done to stop it?"

"I didn't know who it was until a year ago."

"Well it's too late now. It is the only way for me."

"Leo-"

"Wake me up."

"Just listen-"

"I said, wake me up!!"

"I've lived my whole life without you!! I didn't need you then!! And I don't need you now!!"

"But you did. Remember when you prayed for me?"

"I was desperate! And manipulated! Capital G couldn't care for me any more than you can!"

. He wakes up angry and he hates how much he relaxes when Piper hugs him. Hes supposed to kill them.

. But he realizes that Gaeas the bad guy after they save Pipers Dad, for many many reasons, but Piper and Jason don't know about any of it, no one does.

. Mark of Athena comes around and the Eidolon possessing him has so much more reason to it. Gaeas angry, she wants them to turn on him so he can come back. But they keep him on the ship and figure it out. He learns to feel things again as before he purposefully turned them off to kill.

. He turns all his anger towards Gaea and Gods is it so so fucking much and it just grows when Percy and Annabeth fall.

. Khione reveals to everyone there what he did, that he used to be one of Gaeas patrons. "Doing all her dirty work because he's a murderer. Even stooping as low as killing his own mother."

. She kicks him to Ogygia and Piper gets her off before they could think about what she said.

. He lands on Ogygia and Gaea tries to convince Calypso to kill him, out of fear for the future, but Calypso says no.

. He's scared to go back. For the first time in years he's scared. What if they kick him off the ship? What if they hated him?

You would deserve it.

. But while he's questioning it Hazel knows he's innocent.

"Gaea is powerful. She can use people however she wants if she has the right material. Since Leo was a lot younger, I'm guessing he was a lot more vulnerable." After all she understands the most.

. So when he gets back the first thing he's met with is a hug. Piper holding him close, Jason following soon after.

"It's not your fault." And they just stayed there for a while.

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I can't think of what to do next, I'm so tired.

“Stay together. You always did better that way.”

One thing this episode did well to highlight was how truly alone in the universe Ahsoka and Sabine have made themselves, once robbed of each other for support. There were hints in previous episodes, such as when Sabine froze up during Ahsoka's space walk, when she thought her hurt, or in Ahsoka's initial refusal to accept help on what was clearly not a solo mission. Tonight, in the fourth episode, the fear broke through, and allowed Elsbeth to triumph over them despite her agents being consistently outmatched.

The moment Shin arrives at the star map, Ahsoka is overcome with unbearable doubt and self-recrimination, believing herself to have failed another companion. She stops fighting to save everyone, and resolves instead to die there and then as yet another (former) Jedi giving her life in service to the Republic. By the time Sabine arrives and Ahsoka realizes her mistake, it's too late. Spiritually she is already defeated, and has concluded she can only hold Baylan off long enough for Sabine to destroy the map, sacrificing both her own life and that of the very friend the Force had just returned to her.

But it didn't have to go that way. Sabine stood ready to shoot Baylan in the back of the head. He cannot defend himself from Sabine while Ahsoka controls his lightsaber, nor can he finish off Ahsoka when Sabine would just kill him in the process. Baylan is not a hothead who would force the issue one way or another. He is not a fanatic that would give his life only to take one of theirs. Time was on their side to stall, and allow Ahsoka a moment to catch her second wind. Every second that passes with the map free of the pedestal, is one where their position grows stronger. Instead she falls.

Without Ahsoka, it became impossible for Sabine to defeat Baylan alone, but her position wasn't hopeless even then. Destroying the map as Ahsoka asked would guarantee her own death, and there was surely no certainty that she would even be able to finish the job while a rogue Jedi master was trying to stop her. But there was equally no guarantee that Baylan would be able to stop her before she could destroy the map.

Baylan hesitates, and stops advancing once the threat is made. He knew there was great uncertainty, that he might not be quick enough to stop her (otherwise he, a telekinetic wizard, would not bother trying to talk her down instead of just trying to take it!)

Time was again on the New Republic's side. Sabine knew Huyang was signaling for help. And Sabine should have known that Hera would never abandon her, regardless of the Senate's orders. Every second that she stalled Baylan would be one that drew Phoenix Squadron closer to their location. She was not bound to choose between death and surrender.

Instead she lets herself think “Ahsoka is dead,” just like Kanan, and Ursa, and Aldrich, and Tristan, and that she was finally truly alone. She becomes vulnerable to Baylan's counter offer of “well, what about your foster brother? What about Ezra Bridger?” It doesn't even occur to her that Hera is still here, until she was directly confronted with how giving in has only placed new lives in danger. It was just over already, without Ahsoka there.

Hera: Always you two. Such a funny team. Covering for eachother's lies, and cheats. Right Hestia? Always doing what's best for the olympus right? Zeus: Hestia has made mistakes. But she's here now. That's gotta count something. Hera: Shut up ZEUS! This isn't about you. This is about you sister. This is about what you didn't do. More specially what you didn't say. It's about what I DID. I'm the one who's the queen. And you know what? I'm doing a fucking great job. Hestia: Your not being fair.... Hera: Fair. You don't get to tell me what's fair. You hide behind right and wrong, but you know what your fucking miserable behind that aren't you big sis? Always defending the undefendable. I did it all. I rule the bloody thing, not you. I always used to wonder why him, not me? Hestia:Stop it. Your doing the patetic thing. Zeus make her stop. Hera: Zeus, my dear. Don't you dare. Let me finish. Hestia: Dear. I get it. Your refering to him as dear. How sweet. You really think he loves you? I did a favor by keeping all inside. The shame your fake love to him caused. Your ashamed because HE LOVES ME MORE. Your his wife I'm his sister. FOr me he would go to war, for you he can't even remain faithful. *Hera angry cries* Hestia: Oh, poor thing. You need to know a few things in life. There's always the one who loves and the one that's loved. The one that loves, that in this case you, does everything with passion. The loved one is the one who limitates to being loved Zeus case with literaly every women that it's not you. It's not that being the lover isn't fun. It's just painful is it Hera? It's easier to attack the one's who figure it out. Hera*chuckles*: The only one here who's miserable in this whole thing is you dear sister. With your speaches about love and your fucking sense of rightness wich is disgusting. That is because you don't want to admit the truth. Hestia*calmly*: The only truth is the reality. And I'm gonna explain it to you. You love Zeus... Zeus loves everyone but you. And I don't need this love thing. And it why you hate me so. Because you choose loving and I choose what's right. Hera *gets closer to her*: Fuck sakes. That you don't love anyone? Of course not. Sweetie. You don't have what it takes to love. To love you need courage. I'm brave. Look. Zeus my love. I love you. I love you that much that I don't care who you lay with me as long as you always come home. *Zeus cleans her tears* Hera*holds Zeus hand*: See that? This is courage. I feel it and I say it. And that's something you never being able to do. Because how long you been.... 10 centuries in love with Zeus. And you didn't even dare to open your mouth. You put him a pedestal, followed him around. Now what? He's married with me and that kills you dosen't it?

The Iliad is insane. Like batshit crazy. I'm only on book 4 so far. Its chaotic af

- More 💖drama💖 than any soap opera.

- Achilles asking his mom to kill everyone just cos they upset him

- Achilles Daddy Issues!

- Achilles & Patroclus seem cute in theory, but ACHILLES DOESN'T DESERVE PATROCLUS.

- Thetis is a mafia mommy, literally every God owes her.

- hera just like if I kill ur fav city, u can kill mine

- Helen literally calls herself a slut

- Hector calls his brother paris: "sex crazed seducer", & "should never have been born" & "disgrace"

- We love Hector.

- ACHILLES IS A DISNEY PRINCESS!!!!!

- Ares just vibin in all the death.

- we live to be as petty as Eris

- almost all female characters are girlboss, gatekeep, gaslight.

- all homeric heroes literal psychopaths.💀

- agamemnon's brother gets shot, he literally makes a speech about how that affects him - Menelaus literally comforts him while bleeding

- athene grabs Achilles' hair and stops him from lunging to kill someone, while invisible. That most look so silly.

- We also love Nestor 😍