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Just OG trio things <333

Just Annabeth things :))

Least Favorite of the Seven?

My least favorite member is Piper. She’s just kind of bland to me and TOA didn’t really put her into my good graces. My opinion on her was a rollercoaster. I liked her at first, then it went down, went up around the Mark of Athena, and then went really down in TOA. I am going to write a reason why Piper is my least favorite soon. 

Jason used to be my least favorite, but the last two books of the HOO series and the third book of TOA made me adore him. 

My Order of Most to Least Favorite:

1. Percy

2. Annabeth

3. Leo

4. Hazel

5. Jason

6. Frank

7. Piper

Comment your order. 

So like it’ll never happen and the logistics would be a nightmare but imagine

We got a musical for every book in the Percy Jackson series and now we’re getting musicals for Heroes of Olympus. Everyone is in such anticipation after The Fall into Tartarus for the House of Hades musical. Now here we are in the thick of it seeing Percy and Annabeth beaten and ragged on a dimly glowing stage. They just escaped the newest monster and are about to rest for the night. Annabeth looks close to crying and suddenly Percy starts singing accapella “we’re lost in the woods somewhere in New Jersey and we’re never going to make it to LA” and Annabeth just smiles because gods she missed him

Based on read riordan Ares' guide to parenhood https://www.readriordan.com/2022/11/09/ares-guide-to-fatherhood/

I think cavetown songs, at least some of them are so Percy Jackson coded, like devil town? Like " I forgot my name again I think that's something worth remembering" you can not tell me that's not either Percy or Jason ( or both) trying to get their memories back "spiders in your favourite shoes just leave them because I'm scared of you" Annabeth and it could be with both Arachne or her mother. " Falling doesn't feel so bad when I know you've fallen this way too " Percy and Annabeth Falling into tartarus. Actually that whole verse give major percabeth in Tartarus vibes "I'll lose my mind at least another thousand times, hold my hand tight, we'll make it another night, I still get a little scared of something new, but I feel a little safer when I'm with you" it can also be applied to Nico and will

"hold my hand tight we'll make it an other night?" Could be Nico, Reyna and coach Hegde.

"You said something dumb again, she's mad, at least that's what they say" Athena and Annabeth. "Mum and daddy aren't in love, that's fine, I'll settle for two birthdays" demigods

I fell like devil town has plenty of other verses that can be applied to pjo. And also other cavetown songs but, this one in specific, devil town, I just remembers me of pjo and HoO so much

pov you don’t ship cannon ships and crash out when you see them interact in the media

Ok, ok.

So. I've had this theory floating around in my head for years but i've never actually talked about it.

The First Great Prophecy of the original Percy Jackson books is worded like this:

1. A half-blood of the eldest gods

2. Shall reach sixteen against all odds

3. And see the world in endless sleep

4. The hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap

5. A single choice shall end his days

6. Olympus to preserve or raze

Now, in Heroes of Olympus, Piper Mclean makes an interesting comment about the nature of the oldest olympian:

“And why shouldn't Piper intimidate them? Aphrodite was the most ancient Olympian, born of the sea and the blood of Ouranos. She was older than Poseidon or Athena or even Zeus. And Piper was her daughter.” ― Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

Now, the reason for one of the Big Three's children being prophesized is simply, that "gods often refer to the male ones."

When you put this into context, this seems, odd, doesn't it? Prophecies are intentionally misleading, and according to the wiki, "Regardless of how a prophecy is received, they all have one thing in common: they are cryptic. A prophecy will never say exactly what will happen,"

So why are the Big Three assumed to be the eldest gods, and why does everyone just go along with this explanation, the easiest one to believe?

(Ok, so what am I yapping about? what does this mean?)

Aphrodite is the eldest Olympian. Her daughter, Silena (oh, no.)

could be the (my) hero of the Great prophecy.

Let me explain each line first, then go through the entire theory.

First of all,

2. "shall reach 16 against all odds."

Silena was around 16 at the time of her death. The "odds" she's faced, apparently to make her decision (which I'll talk about later) are most likely just one "odd": Beckendorf's death. Unlike Percy, who's (assumed to be) our hero in the original story, she does not go through multiple quests to try and stop Luke/Kronos. This might make someone feel this argument is less compelling. However, Beckendorf's death and Clarisse's support rock Silena's foundations to the core, because she operated with Luke only under the belief that he would keep Beckendorf safe.

So yes, Silena made it to her current age against all odds.

" 'Against all odds' is an idiom that means something was achieved despite the odds being stacked against it." So absolutely, Silena made it against all odds.

3. And see the world in endless sleep

This section is pretty self-explanatory. In the Last Olympian,

"Silena met with the campers... and she was astonished at how peaceful Manhattan was, and asked if they were dead, and Percy said they weren’t dead, Morpheus had just put them to sleep. " - Percy Jackson Wikia

So yes, as easily as this section applies to Percy, it easily applies to Silena. What's even more interesting is that in this specific scene, Silena is given a role.

Keep in mind up until this point Silena has basically been treated barely as a character, an accessory for Rick to use as an Aphrodite child Percy is semi-familiar with. Rick even regularly forgets the makeup of her physical features.

"In The Demigod Files, it said that her hair was black and her eyes chocolate brown. In The Last Olympian, she had brown hair and blue eyes and in The Ultimate Guide, her eyes were blue and her hair was blonde."

So yes, she does fit the third line of the prophecy.

Now you may think. "There's absolutely no way she can fit the last three lines of the prophecy into Silena's story. No. Absolute. Way."

But, dear reader, you misunderstand me. This is merely an alternate interpretation of the Great Prophecy that I honestly like better than the original one. Because it subverts expectations. Because it changes the way people see things, and prophecies seldom turn out exactly the way they are described. Percy at some point is just assumed to be the hero of the prophecy. I like this theory because it is exactly what a prophecy should be: it will never say exactly what will happen, in the way that you expect it to happen.

Let's move on to Line #4.

4. The hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap

Silena is established as the spy for Kronos in Book 5, The Last Olympian, Kronos begins taunting Percy with a bracelet that has a scythe charm on it: the method of communication he and his spy use. This scythe charm could very well be the "cursed blade" as Silena gives up her soul to be reaped by Kronos' cursed blade. Silena sells her soul in the hope of saving Beckendorf, and she loses her soul/life in the process of losing that blade. The cursed blade reaps, or kills, her.

If not for her association with Kronos and her later guilt that leads her to die for Clarisse, Silena would never have died. She wouldn't have been reaped. It's not as literal of a connection but it's a poetic one that still works quite well, especially in the tone of this side-arc mirroring the poem of Achilles and Patroclus.

5. A single choice shall end his days

("WAIT!!", you're saying. "IT SAYS HIS DAYS, NOT HER DAYS!!1!!!1 THEORY DISPROVED, AND YOU'RE A LIAR!")

Do you hear people say "humankind" very often? In many older texts, and partially in the current day, "him" was just the singular, default version of "they". Femininity had to be specified. This is why Thalia was considered a viable candidate for the prophecy.

Now, Silena's single choice was obvious: going out with Clarisse's helmet on. She sacrificed her life to lead the Ares cabin, which by the way was a major problem as they had the majority of the weapons and heavy fighters but refused to be moved out UNTIL Silena decided to step up and lead them.

#6. and More Explanation will be out in a part #2 I will write soon!!!

Percy: I don't believe in the gods. Annabeth: what now- Percy: oh! no. I know they exist. its just that I don't believe in their capabilities.

i don't know who made this but YOU ARE GENIUS I LOVE YOU

Annabeth Chase from the Percy Jackson and the olympians series

being able to control armies can make people weak, or hungry, but a true queen can control her army and still call them friends

I'm rewatching ep 3 and the parallels between Medusa and Sally and the way they talk about each other has me in a chokehold

Where is my AU fic where Medusa and Sally are dating and raise Percy together?

Fans when we get a pjo show: 🥰🥰🥰🥰😘

Fans when we get a Harry Potter show:

I’m calling it now Poseidon is gonna be fucking Ryan Reynalds

Edit: well this aged like milk

annabeth

Someone on here ranted about their dislike for when Percabeth fanfictions have Annabeth's favourite color be sea-green or like Percy's eyes, and referenced their own Annabeth's favourite colour to be Lavender. And now I read so many fanfictions that have Annabeth's favourite color be either yellow (another color they mentioned,) or lavender. So much so, that I don't know whether they're happy about it or not

Everyone: Cyclopes are monstrous, aggressive creatures. They are extremely dangerous.

Percy, Grover and annabeth looking over at Tyson, the most innocent person you could ever meet, who is asleep surrounded by cats and is using nico as a teddy bear: very dangerous it seems

Nico, wearing tyson's shirt: I'm going to be crushed by love and I did not approved of this.

Nico has accepted the prophecy of being Tyson's teddy bear.

we got a seaweed brain

the percabeth is percabething and my brain chemistry is altered

i fucking cried

im so normal about them

They are going over strategy

Percabeth Summarised

*judo flips* Annabeth when she meets Percy

"Mine, all mine!"

Annabeth when someone else tries to hit on Percy

This Should Really Be Canon

"Hey, Annabeth?" Percy asked, poking his head into his bedroom, where his girlfriend was sitting cross-legged on the floor, solving some papers. "Yeah?" she asked without looking up as Percy plopped himself down next to her. "How long will you be staying?" The question made her pause, before she turned, eyes roving over Percy's look. "You see this?" she said quietly, raising her hand and twirling her finger around the only gray streak of hair in Percy's raven black head of hair. Her matching grey streak glinted in the sunlight as Percy's eyes darted up to where her finger was. "I'm going to stay with you till this one turns grey," her finger moved to twirl the neighbouring obsidian lock around it, "and this one," her finger went to the next one, "and this, till all of them match this one," her finger went back to the original grey strand, the only one in his hair, "I'll stay with you till we're both old and have grey hairs and I'll stay with you beyond that too."

Percy looked touched, warmth and surprise mingling in his sea green eyes, before he muttered sheepishly, "I was kind of referring to how long you'll stay at my place, 'cause Mom's asking if you're waiting till dinner-" "Oh my gods, Percy! You could have asked that better!" "What? I just asked how long you'll be staying!" "I thought you meant-forget it." "But, wait-" "Forget it." "Wise Girl-" "Forget it before I refuse to solve your papers." "Hold on, so...you'll stay with me forever?" "...of course, Seaweed Brain."

It is true, if you think about it

Chiron : (teaching English) 'The pen is mightier than the sword.' Can anyone tell me why?

Young Annabeth : Because pens are easier to sneak through metal detectors.

Chiron : NO

if we look at the original timeline (aka annabeth and percy being born in 1993) then 2009 was a big year for annabeth bcus not only did the battle of manhattan take place and she finally started dating percy, but also minecraft came out and i think that would be a big deal to her

I just know same face syndrome hates to see you coming

the 7 + nico and reyna face studies!

I love drawing guys

Annie and Frank for my soul

Heroes of olympus but they're just normal highschoolers

Annabeth is on student council, no doubt. She hangs out in Chiron's office with Percy so much that there's a couch in the corner reserved for them to sit on and talk. She used to be in chess club because she loves strategy, but chess is incredibly slow paced, and she has ADHD so she switched to debate.

Percys on the swim team, we know this. He's also on a basketball team, but he's benched because he keeps missing practice. And when he's out of school, he hangs out at the skatepark.

Leo doesn't like his foster home, so he spends most days at Piper's house. He's only met her mum once, and she made him go to school in those goofy ass suspenders (get my boy out of those suspenders and give him some jorts). He takes a home ec and cooking class, but he also does an automotive course, and he's looking into going to Tafe.

Piper is on debate with Annabeth, but instead of relying on facts like Annabeth does in her arguments, she has a way with words that make the opponent empathise with her hypothetical standpoint. She begged her dad not to home-school her, but she gets nervous that someone's gonna find out she's a nepo-baby. She was a pageant girl growing up.

Hazel's in the equestrian club. She loves her horse, and she's a huge World War 2 nerd. Got a transatlantic accent from watching too many old timey movies. Wholeheartedly believes in ghosts and is convinced she's a medium.

Jason is on student council, but he's basically just Annabeth's assistant. He does track, football, and fencing for extra curricular, though.

Frank is a boarding student, so he stays at the school and then leaves back to Canada on school holidays. He doesn’t really do any extra curriculars, but he volunteers at an animal shelter on weekends. Loves helping the puppies and stuff.

I will draw this later, or if you want, you can draw it yourself. I'm happy to see it. Just please give credits

Do you think Annabeth ever saw Percy interacting with Estelle and wished it could be her and Luke?