the obsession never truly goes away, does it?

Abi || 27 || they/she this has become another place for my lifelong Percy Jackson brainrot to manifest. ao3: purple_hearth

[moodyseal]

TOApril Day 29 - Breaking Cycles

[gotylocks]

Happy 10th birthday to the best tweet of all time.

[beforeuthrowit]

Nico di Angelo hcs yaaay

has long, slightly curled hair, but it still doesn´t quite reach his shoulders

touch starved FAMINED

wide open, wary eyes. He likes to say they´re as dark as his soul (bcz those irises are pitch black)

a whole lot of different themed patches on his jacket. An Italian one on the right shoulder, a sun one that Will made for him on his left shoulder, etc etc

everyone thinks Will is the extrovert in the relationship, but in reality Nico is the yapper

really closed off but if you really get to know him he´s.. shy? but a sweetheart

looks like he just cried but that´s just how his face looks

resting emo face

does NOT drink coffee, but always has some bc Will is addicted to it

doe eyes>>>

had his last growth spurt at 16, ended up being somewhere between 5´8 and 5´9

had Will pierce his left ear, never did it again (though he likes how the only earring he wears looks on him)

instead, he did his bottom lip piercing and liked it, so he has two now (how he did that and not his other earlobe is a mystery to Will and the others)

has slightly more pointy fangs than the average, but they´re not as sharp as Jason´s

he once had a movie night with Will, Kayla and Austin, in which they introduced him to all the Disney movies he hadn´t seen (he was absolutely disgusted with Hans, so he started shipping him with Lord Farquard from Shrek)

his fav Disney princess is either Cinderella (he liked the movie, ok?) or Tiana (she reminds him of Hazel)

wears at least 3-4 rings per hand

his fav one is a black ring that can spin (it´s cool, and it helps w ADHD)

read the whole twilight saga in one night, even tho he has dyslexia

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[vincealinthagus]

Do you ever think about the fact that nectar is supposed to taste like home and Jason's tasted like sawdust. Do you ever think about the fact that Jason got SPQR burnt into his arm when he was four. Do you ever think about the fact that Jason so willingly accepted Mellie and Hedge yelling at him for something that wasnt even his fault. Do you ever think about the fact that Jason was trying to treat all the gods with equality even the one that nearly killed him and Percy. Do you ever think about the fact that maybe Jason isn't boring and he just dealt with his truama differently by being more quiet and reserved. Do you ever think about the fact that despite saying he wants to be considered part of both camps everyone in the fandom depicts him in a Camp Jupiter shirt and never a CHB shirt so he will always truly be a roman. Do you ever think about the fact that Jason was never really close with any of the seven because none of them really knew about all of his unresolved issues. Do you ever think about that. Do you ever think about Jason Grace.

[elliejaybird]

my drive home from work yesterday

[elliejaybird]

Tumblr is the only place with enough patience to suffer my minimum effort Pictionary-style self portrait of myself in my car long enough to get to the ducks. I can check analytics on other sites that show most people are clicking away before the ducks.

[furryprovocateur]

boobs is better than titties as a word because boobs is bouba while titties is kiki

[pinyatapix]

read this post and this is all i can ever imagine from it

[official-linguistics-post]

official linguistics post

[jessaerys]

i think it's beautiful that cats eat you if you die in your apartment and nobody finds you for a while. i don't know why it's used as anti-kitty cat propaganda as if eating you means they don't love u. if i died and no one found me for a while i would want my kitty cat to eat me bc i love her so much and i don't want her to starve. it's not her fault i'm too dead to give her her fancy feasts. she's going thru something scary ok. i don't know a single cat owner who doesn't feel the same way

[grand-theft-autumn]

DRAG PATH MUSIC VIDEO TOMORROW????? DRAG PATH TOMORROW????? NEVER KILL YOUESELF.

[hyperfixations-and-hecticness]

As much as I make fun of Percy for being down bad from day one what I really love is that he truly thinks this is regular friend behaviour. He’s unleashing his inner wattpad mafia boss for Annabeth, has her picture on his mirror, promises he’d burn down Olympus for her, seems offended there’s ‘another’ boyfriend and thinks it is purely platonic. And the best part is Percy is such a loverboy in all meanings of the world that that genuinely is understandable because he is simultaneously going to the sea of monsters for Grover, having Grover’s picture on his mirror, telling Grover he looks beautiful in a wedding dress, embracing Grover like the husband he presumed missing at sea and being so soulmated to his best friend that they dream together.

[thatoneacecryptid]

Percy Jackson is simply Like That™️ and it’s why we love him

[bisexualcreature-deactivated202]

lvl 1: the plural of octopus is octopuses because the plural version of a word is the word with an s at the end

lvl 2: the plural version of octopus is octopi because if a word ends with "us" the plural version replaces the "us" with "i" e.g. cactus -> cacti and fungus -> fungi

lvl 3: actually, that rule is only for latin words. octopus is a greek word and the correct plural is octopuses or octopodes

lvl 4: actually, language is descriptive not prescriptive. since enough people over time have used octopi as the plural for octopus, it's a valid plural

lvl 5: the plural of octopus is octopeese, like geese

[official-linguistics-post]

official linguistics post

[dexsterpiece]

Naptime. 💤

[thebristolboard]

“The Militarization of the Police Department – Deadly Farce,” an original painting by Richard Williams from “The 20 Dumbest People, Events, and Things of 2014″ in Mad magazine #531, published by DC Comics, February 2015.

[spaceraptor]

Here’s the original, for comparison. And here’s a bit more about the artist and why he created the piece above for MAD Magazine.

[pennamerequired]

Richard Williams on Norman Rockwell:

“For most people, he was the painter of ‘America,’” he added. “But even he said his vision was what he wanted ‘America’ to be. It was a mythical ‘America,’ a place where all people were decent, honest and full of good will. His work was full of gentle humor that made you feel a little better; even if you knew it wasn’t really true… you just wished it was. My parody of Rockwell’s painting simply says, ‘That myth is dead.’”

[1-420-666-6969]

I think it’s relevant to add that even Norman Rockwell chose to leave his cushy job at the Saturday Evening Post because he wanted to make artwork that was more radical. The Post had rules that wouldn’t allow him to do artwork depicting black people as anything other than servants. The job paid really well and that was a huge reason he continued on. But he wanted change that and so he moved to Look magazine.

A lot of people know about the very first piece he did when he left the post which was the The Problem We All Live With which depicts Ruby Bridges walking to school under federal protection.

But I don’t think enough people know about Murder in Mississippi which depicts three real civil rights activists who were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan and sherriffs. The magazine ran the sketch instead of the finished piece because they felt it had a more striking statement to accompany the article. Norman Rockwell would finish that version after publication which is here

Rockwell’s legacy is sanitized because he decided to maintain his job at the Post for so long despite his frustrations with not being able to express himself. The civil rights movement was just his final straw to change what he could with the little time he had left. Look magazine received a lot of hate for Rockwell painting these as well.

Another favorite piece of mine is The Right to Know which depicts an integrated populace questioning their government. In 1968, the year of Vietnam and the year the Fair Housing Act only just got signed in months prior:

But I think it’s important to include the caption Rockwell originally wrote for the piece as well. I think it represents how a 74 year old Rockwell felt about the America he believed in and the people in it:

We are the governed, but we govern too. Assume our love of country, for it is only the simplest of self-love. Worry little about our strength, for we have our history to show for it. And because we are strong, there are others who have hope. But watch us more closely from now on, for those of us who stand here mean to watch those we put in the seats of power. And listen to us, you who lead, for we are listening harder for the truth that you have not always offered us. Your voice must be ours, and ours speaks of cities that are not safe, and of wars we do not want, of poor in a land of plenty, and of a world that will not take the shape our arms would give it. We are not fierce, and the truth will not frighten us. Trust us, for we have given you our trust. We are the governed, remember, but we govern too.

[sanyamoloko]

I will fall in love with you over and over again

I don't care how, where, or when

No matter how long it's been, you're mine

[yaeccia]

🤒⛅sick

[kandii000]

[setewbro]

[sophi-aah]

Doodle :3