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After being in the Tartarus, Nico was really anxious, when he was alone he yearned for human connection.

In the day was easy, the Mediterranean sun heating his skin, the bright blue sky, holding Hazel's hand, in the night, it was hard, they weren't enough rooms, and he can't go to Percy nor Annabeth's, the little room they gave him was small, triggering the memories of the jar in Rome.

Because of that, he was, most of the nights, in the mast, the sea smell calming him, so different from the toxic Tartarus air.

In the nights, he and Leo started to converse, it was easy, and the boy's voice calmed him, he knew when Nico wants to listen and when to talk.

After Eros, Jason tag along too, and the three of them enjoyed the company of each other.

When Leo died, Jason and Nico became closer, sharing activities in Camp Half-Blood, talking about temples, gods, and aesthetics.

They searched together for Leo, and, when Jason took the decision to study in Pasadena, Nico almost enters the school too.

Later, when Leo, Calypso, and Apollo departed, a bad feeling burned in the chest of Nico, Will, worried, advise to follow his guts, but Nico can't, not knowing what was going to happen.

But he dreamed, the night Caligula killed Jason, he woke up, sweaty and teary, shocked.

He felt the death of Leo, but, thanks to the physician cure, he didn't see his soul been judged in the underworld, the absence of his life like a hole on his chest.

Maybe, he thought, when his father spoke about unavoidable deaths, he was talking about Octavian and Leo, but, perhaps the Fates decided someone of the seven had to die, the storm or the fire, and, by the trick of Leo, he had doomed Jason.

The son of Hephaestus went back to Camp Half-Blood, tired, his eyes gloomy, destroyed, as he had the same realization that Nico, he caused Jason's death.

Nico hugged him, whispering sweet words to the boy, talking about Elysium, and the promise to talk to Jason's ghost, at least to say goodbye.

Reasons to Love Wonder Woman

She doesn’t sit around mooning over a boy. She has important sh!t  to do, yo.

Her love interest, on the other hand, has been known to daydream about her.

And when one of his incarnations tried to act like a chauvinist she was having none of it

Etta, one of Diana’s BFFs, has her priorities straight.

She’s been a woke advocate of civil rights right from the get-go, quite literally before it was cool.

Her caring nature is her strength, not her weakness.

She’s a pacifist at heart, but isn’t a doormat; intolerance, prejudice, and persecution will NOT be tolerated.

And though she doesn’t enjoy doing it, she is completely willing to kill when necessary.

She’s always been anti-war.

Just because she’s a tough BAMF doesn’t mean she has to reject all things traditionally feminine, like liking fashion

She was originally created entirely by women. 

And her hometown is basically an island of lesbian legendary warrior women.

She refuses to conform to societal expectations to spare men’s delicate “masculinity”.

She’s the one doing the rescuing of the romantic interest instead of needing a man to save her.

Her boyfriend is in no way intimidated by her confidence and strength.

…In fact, he thinks it’s pretty hot.

She’s always been an advocate of women finding their inner strength.

She doesn’t tolerate misogyny and chauvinism.

She won’t stand for that “men are stronger than women” nonsense either.

Her use of sarcasm is on point.

Her comics have always been adamant about how women are stronger than they realize.

Diana can’t cook and Steve can. And he’s more than happy to take over the chore (teamwork! :D).

Etta isn’t fat shamed.

She’s faster than Superman

In her New 52 incarnation she can command all soldiers and has telepathy

She’s got super breath

She’s omnilingual

She’s bisexual.

She’s hilariously unaware of just how strong she is.

She once genuinely considered building herself a robot just so it could feed her grapes.

Men aren’t listed among her reasons to live. But cake,  gorillas, and fellow women are.

She’s utterly baffled by the asinine idea that the belief women are equal to men is sexist against men.

She’s so done with men refusing to accept she’s more of a BAMF than her teammates simply because she’s a woman

Other than Steve, her sidekicks all come from minority and/or oppressed groups.

Her battle gear is designed for utility, not sexiness.

Not that what she wears is anyone’s business but her own.

She is stronger & tougher than both Batman and Superman

I dunno if this is a hot take or what but it would have been infinitely more fun if demigods were obviously eldritch in nature. just...very off-putting. weird eyes, weird blood, they just feel wrong to mortals, even if they cant see through the mist.

Demigods are half divinity. Half burning immortality and golden blood wrapped in fragile human skin. You can see it, sometimes, if you look close enough. Their skin seems barely able to contain all of them and their eyes burn with it. Perseus Jackson's got eyes too green and Leo Valdez's skin ripples with flame. Piper McLean's tongue drips gold and Hazel Levesque always looks like she could turn to dust any second. Jason Grace tastes like lightning and feels like a thunder cloud, while Frank Zhang's bones seem to shift under his skin constantly.

Demigods, godlings, are the foot soldiers of the gods. They are born for death and bloodshed in a never-ending war, whether they like it or not. Mortals can see that. They can see they way they ripple and move, like a mirage on a hot road. Demigods are meant to straddle the line, so they can never be truly normal to either side. Never belong to either. Not truly a god, but never just a mortal.

Sometimes, a mortal lover can brush their hand up against their demigod beloved and find nothing but air, their hand ghosting through skin like they were made of smoke and ash. Demigods don't seem real, don't feel it either and people notice. They keep quiet though, and watch them. Moving like shadows through water, never quiet corporeal.

Larger than life, ready to erupt and maybe that's why demigods die young. Not because of monsters, but because they are not built to last. They are made from gold ichor, and belief that has existed for thousands of years. But they are also made from flesh and blood. And that makes them unstable. Fragile.

Ready to spark and burn and die like a flare at a moment's notice.

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Recommeded reading for Dick Grayson / Robin and Nightwing

This is an updated repeat of a couple of lists with reading recommendations with Dick as Robin and Nightwing (Pre-Flashpoint) that I’ve made earlier. But since I wrote them as answers to asks, the posts don’t have a headline, and I find that they can be easy to miss (for me, when I want to look something up…) So I thought I might as well make a new, single post of them.

The stories are in what I imagine would be an in-universe chronology. They are from all periods, ignoring that the Golden/Silver age stories and Bronze/modern age stories have at times been considered two different universes. Most of them are stories that, at the time of their publishing, were canon and in continuity. None is explicitly Elseworld, so you can certainly imagine that they have happened ;-)

To be honest, not all of these comics are examples of great storytelling. Older superhero comics, for instance, are definitely something else compared to modern comics, for better and for worse. I’ve picked some because they are “the first time” or significant in some way (e.g. the first time Dick was almost killed, when Bruce has to fight to keep custody, an infamous fight between Dick and Bruce, the most well-known different origin stories, panels that are often quoted); others because they have a cute or fun moment. I have also included some books that I don’t like myself but are well-known.

Storytelling has changed a lot since Dick was Robin. Back in the Golden and Silver age, with very few exceptions, comics were stand-alone short stories. In later decades, it’s usually arcs that span at least a couple of issues and some stories have consequences for years.

Dick has been an active team member since the 1960s, and he has arguably been at his best in some team titles, but I still don’t have a lot of team books here. I find it difficult to, off the top of my head, recall any “special Dick issues”.

Obviously, these are very personal preferences, and the list is based on what I’ve read and remembered best.

Robin the Boy Wonder. Detective Comics # 38 (The original origin story. There has been maaany more since then – I’ve made a list just with origin stories….) (1940).

Batman: Year Three. Batman # 436-439. (An origin story where Dick spent some time at a nice orphanage before he came to Bruce.) (1989)

Robin Annual vol 2 # 4. (Another origin story, where the Gotham authorities remove Dick him from the circus, and he is put in the Gotham City’s Youth Center. Not my preferred but it’s well known.) (1995)

The Gauntlet. The Batman Chronicles #1. (The test before Batman let Dick start out as Robin.) (1997)

Grimm. Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #149-153. (A story set when Dick is new as Robin and still uncertain about his place. For a while, he wants to leave Batman and stay in a children’s underground paradise.) (2002)

Robin: Year One. (Traumatic events during Dick’s first year as Robin. He was nearly beat to death by Two-Face. When Bruce said he was not permitted to continue as Robin, Dick ran away because he didn’t think there was a place for him at the Manor any more.) (2001)

The case of the honest crook. Batman #5. (1941)

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a where-to-start for people who are interested in green lantern comics but have no idea where to begin!

this post includes two versions of a general rec list–both up to rebirth, with one super short one and one more in depth–as well as links to similar resources by other people

i have also included my individual character recs for the current main earth lanterns (hal, guy, john, kyle, simon, and jess) so you have everything you need in one place!

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