(with explanations and other characters!)
In seasons 3 and 4 specifically, Mike can be seen as very hot-headed. i think that is what ultimately led to my decision to put him in Ares over Athena. this is definitly NOT the only reason though. Mike shows great loyalty to his friends throughout the series (even if it was dimmed down in later seasons... a lot...) and he just wants to protect those close to him. He is also quite good at coming up with plans and I can see a lot of battle strategy in the plans he makes. Mike is also the self-designated leader as the paladin, even if he isnt actually the leader. finally, he is also very stubborn ESPECIALLY towards authority as we see in his interactions with Hopper and his own parents.
I feel like this was the MOST obvious choice but i fits so well it could not be any other cabin i fear. While Will very much has the nickname zombie boy (and damn doesnt that just make this perfect) there are SO MANY reasons Will would be a child of Hades. He is constantly put into peril in a way that could only happen to a child of The Big 3, as well as constantly being connected to a monster made OUT OF SHADOW!! He is also just a quiet kid compared to the others and has self-isolated and kept his problems to himself as a way to try and protect others. the upside down is also kind of like how other people in pjo universe may see the underworld. (maybe the abyss would be seen as Tartarus? not sure i didn't think that much about that comparison). He also has a blessing from Iris for his art skills because she wants him to at least have some color in his life.
El quite literally could not be a child of anything but The Big 3, due to this it was more of a process of elimination. I honestly had a hard time deciding if she was more of a Poseidon or Zeus kid, it doesn't help that we don't see as much of her personality as other characters. Going off of the personalities of The Big 3 kids in pjo though, i think she is closer in personality to Thalia than Percy. First, the shared trait she has between the both is that El is fiercely loyal to her friends. so much so, that she would put her life on the line to protect them. quite like how Thalia risked her life to protect Annabeth. El also strives for a sense of control in her life that she hasn't experienced in the past. we can see this on multiple occasions; in her fight with hopper, her grapple of not having powers, and finally being able to choose her own ending. El is also a complete unknown to the other kids, which is why i would instead put her in the roman camp. with all my thinking about Thalia it reminded me about Jason, who does in fact share a good amount of backstory with El. They were both taken from there home as babies and put in a place that runs on discipline and rules. and because of this they both have a quality of independence to them where they dislike being confined. quite like how you are unable to confine a storm. Like a storm, El is also prone to Anger, which is a very common trait in children of Zeus or Jupiter. we can see this in her outburst at the roller rink as well as other occasions. So honestly I would put her in either but my scale is more tipped to Jupiter.
Dustin Henderson - Hephaestus
out of everyone in the party Dustin is way more of a builder, he builds multiple contraptions that are very important throughout the series. Besides the obviousness of that though, he is a little bit more skilled in the machine department than the emotional one, as we see with him getting advice from Steve on multiple occasions. we also see this with his lack of communication and self-sacrificial nature in relation to his guilt season 5, he instead takes to building things his friends need such as the tracking devices and location stuff.
come ON!! she is literally the parties zoomer. in her first appearances she is a new girl from California, which also gives the impression that she has possibly traveled more than the other characters probably have. Hermes kids are also usually gifted in deception which i think applies to Max for a lot of season 4, because while the other characters know something is wrong with her emotionally, she is very much hiding what the actual problem she's having is. she uses her sarcastic nature and quick tongue to push people away as opposed to how a Hermes kid would usually use it to be a trickster but i still think it counts.
Lucas is a sharpshooter through and through, which is a Apollo cabin specialty. I think this talent shows in his gift with a slingshot as well as playing a sport that requires aim like basketball. Apollo kids also have the gift of foresight on rare occasions, and while i don't think it is a trait Lucas may carry as it doesn't really come up; it definitly gives some weight to his "i don't believe in coincidences" line. Lucas is also the most charismatic of the party, he's the one who is able to get with the popular crowd and he tries to elevate the popularity status of the party as a whole by doing so. I also think that Lucas is emotionally driven, especially when it comes to Max. Which is why he's willing to risk his life with the demodogs just to keep playing max's song.
Nancy is always willing to put her life on the line to get down to the truth of something, she is constantly dissecting things to get to the bottom line. also when Jonathan says he hates reading her stuff because she just wants him to agree? that is soooo Athena kid. I will say i think she has a blessing from apollo for sharpshooting just cause i think that's fun.
For one, i just couldn't see Joyce having children with two different gods. for two, Jonathan also just fits the quiet, broody nature of a Hades kid. I can definitly see a lot of parallels between the di Angelo siblings and the Byers siblings. Jonathan slightly fits the role of Nico more when it comes to the story line, just because he would literally go to a different dimension/fight monsters just to bring will home or keep him safe. He fits Bianca pretty well for everything else though, seeing as he takes over the fatherly role in Wills life for a long time.
Steve Harrington - Aphrodite
I honestly cannot see Steve in any other cabin. He's charismatic, popular, and very attractive. Aphrodite kids normally are not seen as fighters but he breaks through that stereotype multiple times throughout the show, very similarly to how piper breaks almost every Aphrodite stereotype throughout the books. While i do believe he would be in the greek cabins, he does have traits of Venus such as Care and Nurturing that shows with the way he interacts with the party, or more specifically Dustin. Aphrodite is also the goddess of procreation and Steve wants his 6 little nuggets.
as a Hermes kid Robin is a very hyperactive character, despite how aloof she seems a first. she speaks very quickly and it seems like her brain runs a mile a minute. Hermes is also the god of Language, Translation, and Speech, which is great for Robin because she is fluent in 4 languages and her ears are "little geniuses". Robin is also the one who delivers the code for the drops through the radio, right under the militaries nose, which is very deceptive, another Hermes trait.
Hecates whole schtick is manipulating the mist and illusions, need i say more honestly. i will say more though. Hecate children tend to be very mysterious, and there is honestly a lot of mystery surrounding Kali. she tends to keep secrets and she gives a lot of people a very untrustworthy vibe (or at least hopper)
Billy is extremely competitive and does not settle for second place, he wants to dethrone 'King Steve' and be at the top of the social ladder. Children of Nike tend to be on the rougher side, even including children of Ares. and I don't think i can imagine a rougher character than Billy that we actively see a lot of in the series.
There is nothing more theatrical than being a dungeon master besides actual theater. Dionysus kids also usually have some control of madness, which would be a good reason for chrissy to come to him when she feels like she is going insane and seeing things. Dionysus is also famously the god of alcohol andthe vine, which i think could easily go into other substances such as the kind Eddie sells.
and these are ones i have explanations for but wont go into:
Chrissy Cunningham - Aphrodite
Holly Wheeler - Human Seer (Oracle) (a Rachel Dare situation)
Henry Creel/Vecna/001 - Zeus
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