something i feel like we don’t talk about nearly enough is the fact that percy is healed by water.
it’s so normal to us because it’s one of the first abilities we discovered he has. and it makes complete sense. but like… he’s the only demigod with that ability. jason doesn’t get healed by a gust of wind. hazel doesn’t get healed if she touches a diamond. nico doesn’t get healed if a skeleton gives him a hug. annabeth doesn’t get healed if she walks into a library.
like percy could be stabbed in the chest multiple times, he could break every bone in his body, he could be slammed in the head resulting in a crushed skull and hemorrhaging, but get him to some water fast enough and not only is he good as new in no time, but he’s stronger and freshly rejuvenated.
it’s insane when you think about it. no one else can do that. do you know how hard it is to kill percy? even if he’s not near the ocean, he can be healed by rivers and lakes and streams and ponds and all sorts of water sources. water recharges him. it makes him immediately stronger.
that’s a huge reason why i argue percy is the most powerful demigod. yes, he’s shown he has incredible super strength and super speed. yes, he’s a legendary sword fighter - arguably the best one alive. yes, he has control over air, land, and sea. (deadly hurricanes with heavy winds and thunder and lighting, huge volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, etc.) yes, he’s capable of mass destruction. yes he can single handlely cause natural disasters and mass casualties. and yes, he’s capable of controlling people’s bodily fluids, including their blood and saliva. he is terrifying
but even if someone manages to beat him, he dips one toe in some water and he’s immediately healed and even stronger than before. whether the injury is internal and external. he’s healed all on his own. no ambrosia or nectar or external remedies necessary.
guys. percy is insane. he’s way overpowered.
and i love it.
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okay but reconcile this hades for me, who immediately upon learning kronos might return, insists percy ask him for sanctuary. immediately thought to PROTECT this kid in front of him. how this hades would ever and i mean EVER try to lock him in a cell so his own, much younger, son can take on the brunt of a prophecy that clearly states the hero will die. i just...no. tv hades would never.
tv hades needs his cabin for his kids, his wife, and a lot of rest. his rejection of being part of the war? social anxiety, and that's fine. but he would never want his kid to be the prophecy kid.
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I've been thinking about this for days now so please join me in imagining this
Mike- hates steve. Sure he'll accept his help and ask him for rides, but on a personal level? He can't stand him. He's got cool guy jock vibes and Mikes been a weirdo long enough to know he can't trust him. Plus he's his sisters ex! That counts for something, right? It'd be weird if he DIDNT hate the guy.
Except there's something else he hates about him that he can't quite figure out. He's just too…… Pretty, is what he decides on. Not pretty the way El is pretty, god no, he's just pretty, and for a guy that's weird, right? It's all that hair product and perfume and fussing over his looks. So Mike jots that down in his "reasons to hate steve" collumn and calls it good.
But then they all meet Eddie, and by god he's the coolest guy in the WORLD. He doesn't care what people think, he loves DND and cool music and he's a freak and proud of it and Mike puts that boy on a pedestal faster than anything.
Of course, he realizes… Eddie is kind of pretty too. Again, not like El, or any other girl for that matter- not even the same way as Steve (thank god), he's just. Pretty. He paints his nails and puts his hair up some times, wears eyeliner for band stuff- Pretty.
And Mike keeps thinking about it. Asks Lucas and Dustin, "He do you think Eddie's…. y'know. Pretty?"
And for a second they stare at him, but then it's all laughter, Lucas shaking his head and Dustin admitting he thought he was gonna ask something else. Mike just scrunches his face though, "What else would I have asked?"
"I thought you were gonna ask if we thought he was… y'know, gay,"
And that takes him by complete surprise, because, god, he hadn't ever thought that. Why would the coolest guy ever not be…. though it's not like that would make him any less… would it?
Instead of laughing Mike puts on his 'thinking too hard' face which makes the other boys start thinking too hard about it too. They start debating Eddie's quirks and whether he's ever flirted with girls or not. They analyze the campaigns and Dustin keeps saying "I knew it. I knew it," when he doesn't know shit.
Mike brings up the nail polish and his hair, which makes Lucas say a lot of guys care about their hair.
"Guys like Steve?"
"Yeah, well, maybe Steve is Gay too,"
Mike and Lucas giggle about it a bit but Dustin pauses, thinking about it.
"…what if that's why he won't date Robin?"
They all stop. Oh shit, maybe…. and Mike shakes his head cause there's no way his favorite guy in the world and his worst enemy are the same in any capacity.
"No way- Steve dated my sister-"
"So he could like both, or change his mind-"
"He's such a jerk though!"
"Jerks can be gay Mike,"
"But Eddie's not! He's cool and a freak like us, and has cool hair, and he's- he's- y'know-"
Dustin and Lucas both raise their eyebrows at him and smirk.
"…Pretty?"
Mike goes red.
"Shit,"
They start laughing and teasing him before he can say anything else, pointing out his crush, teasing him about always knowing, and jokes about El's short hair being a giveaway, stupid teenage boy jabs.
Mike realizes somewhere in there that hating steve might have been a puppy crush, and that he's not going to be able to look at Eddie the same ever again.
Before they stop teasing Dustin of course asks, "Hey, you think Will's Pretty too?"
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