Jason Grace Sketches

they want sleep

“aren’t you tired of being nice” no!!!! i’m tired of everyone else being mean!!!!!!!!

ew hi tumblr I come from pjotwt 👋 I’ve come here from desperation to discuss leo valdez and valgrace wooo

THIS ONEEEE PLSSSS

thinking about how the love between mother and son is such a prominent theme in heroes of olympus…

percy, who would do anything to keep sally safe, who would destroy cities if that made her happy. who would sacrifice himself without hesitation for her, who thinks that she deserved - not anything that she got, much less him as a son - but the whole world, and all the peace and love it has to offer. why couldn’t he protect her like she should have?

luke, who had his mother taken away when he was young, not by death, but by a burden that the gods had bestowed upon her. had to watch as she screamed at the gods that he would later grow to hate and rebel against, one question asking itself in his head as he loses himself to kronos: why did you leave her broken like that?

frank, who lost his mother to the very thing he’s supposed to embody. who has the capacity and the urge to do what he was made to do, and yet can’t bring himself to do it, because is this really what she would want him to be? how is he supposed to fight for those he loves, if it all feels like turning his back on the person he loved the most?

leo, who was tricked into thinking his mother succumbed to the flames he himself created. whose pain and misery stemmed from the moment that garage door shut. in his effort to protect his mother, he had killed her, and he sees her face every time he closes her eyes, and every time he sparks at the finger tips. can a son who killed his mother ever be a hero?

Honestly, we all talk about how sad Nico's life was, how angsty Valdez's is, but we never talk about Jason.

Jason Grace was ripped apart from his mother and sister as a toddler, and was raised by wolves. Do you know how terrifying large dogs are, now imagine wolves. Toddlers need live and reassurance, but the portrayal of the wolves are far more... Distant. They are icy cold at best, inattentive, unconcerned and apathetic at worst. Not an ideal place for a child to grow up in, not ideal to spend your formative years in.

Fast forward, he's at Camp Jupiter and has formed friendships after a lot of difficulties (a hundred children, all traumatized and 'hardened' by life with wolves, with little help from adults. Go figure.) And, by @zazzander 's post, Camp Jupiter suffered huge casualties and probably were crushed once or twice resulting in mass desertion. Imagine how Jason must have taken to losing much of what is life's purpose was: to effectively lead an army. While he did a spectacular job of slaying Krios, he will still be blaming himself for the deaths.

Once again, Hera (Juno), wiped his memories and snapped his relations, and put him in a place with grave danger to his life. Once again, we all know what happened with Leo at the end of BOO: Leo 'died', instead of him. Once again Jason Grace loses a huge part of his life. ToA novels indicate that Jason never properly reconnected with Camp Jupiter, and Piper, who had to be supporting of Jason (If not as a partner then atleast as a friend. Jason risekd his life many times to save her, it is right that she atleast stays to comfort him). He then learns that Leo is alive, but dies for Lester's character development.

Jason's life has always been a Hodge podge, a toll that has been taken apart and put back together for other's whims and fancies; his heart has been broken again and again and again till it has been shattered into infinitesimally small pieces that can never be broken again, but can never begin to heal at all.

mario, and by extension, other nintendo properties, apparently being canon to the deltarune universe, presents an interesting conundrum

[id: a two panel comic featuring kris from deltarune, playing video games in their living room. the first panel shows sans in super smash bros on the tv. the second panel shows kris, incredulous, thinking “is that my fucking neighbor.” end id]

jason having glasses is pretty gay... what does he need them for? to stare lovingly into leo's eyes?