Happy the Dragon

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[deweyduck]

@pscentral​​ event 28: throwback

↳ percy jackson and the lightning thief being a 2010 period piece

[ilikeit-art]

[official-crab-posts]

yeah alright

[set-underwear-to-no]

Scrolled back up half expecting to see @elodieunderglass’s Horrible Things With Legs tag

[elodieunderglass]

Never too late to apply one!

[randomitemdrop]

Item: domesticated Strandbeest

Real question: how is this thing being controlled?

[stormfirebeauty]

BUFORD

[magnoliaalchemist]

[aroaceleovaldez]

one of my favorite parts about Percy being Obviously Bi™ is he doesn't universally describe one gender as attractive. Like he doesn't just say all girls are cute and guys are just okay or whatever or vice versa. No, he has specific girls he finds pretty and specific guys he finds pretty, and he voices that opinion.

For example - Clarisse? Thalia? Meh. Even Silena, who is canonically very pretty, Percy is relatively neutral on. But Annabeth? Rachel? Calypso? 100%. And based on differences in descriptions like that we can tell when Percy is attracted to somebody versus isn't. He calls everybody else in Beckendorf's cabin ugly and then waxes poetic about how hot Beckendorf is specifically. He'll describe most guys as just "eh" with plain physical descriptors but every time he sees Luke he feels the need to specify that Luke is extremely hot while being very evil and how much he hates Luke's stupid very very pretty face. love that for you Percy. great work.

[aficionadoenthusiast]

yes, percy rose through the ranks of new rome disturbingly fast. no, jason did not do the same at camp half blood. yes, percy's rise to leadership at both camps took about two weeks and was completely unplanned. no, the same cannot be said for jason. his rise was carefully planned and took over a decade. they're both children of the big three, but where percy thrums with raw power, jason is a sword honed by zeus and hera. where percy is a survivor, jason is a weapon. where percy is a cycle breaker, jason can't get out. jason's fatal flaw was temptation to deliberate because he never managed to make his own choices. he was every classic definition of a hero rolled into one, and he never questioned it because his happiness came after the responsibility. jason was never going to ascend as fast as percy because jason was raised on hard work and discipline while percy, an abuse survivor and child of poverty, knew when to fight dirty. where jason was a transplant, percy was an invasive species. jason was always going to die because he was never more than a tool for the gods to throw away when he outlived his usefulness, or when he started to question his place. if someone as locked down as jason can question the system, anyone can. now that luke has put thoughts of overthrow in everyone's heads, zeus has to be very careful because while jason was expendable as his weapon, percy was unexpected in every way. zeus has no plan for him. when percy dies, he will become a martyr, so he can't die, except now everyone knows that percy doesn't want to be a god either. jason had to die, and now percy has to live.

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

I see a lot of posts about how Percy isn't the point of the story in pjo and the story is about the Thalia-Luke-Annabeth narrative and I do agree to a great extent but I do also think it needs to be said the reason why percy is the narrator and not one of them is because he is the cycle-breaker - without him it would have stayed a tragedy but because of him it changed. This is most obvious in how he rejects immortality and instead demands greater support for half-bloods, obviously, but also he trusted annabeth enough to give Luke the knife! he disliked the gods enough to understand Luke even if he didn't agree with his methods and I think that empathy is so so crucial actually! The T-L-A story is built like a mythological tragedy, Percy exists to break the cycle of the story, he's the hero that ends happily.

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

The point isn't "Percy is the hero" and the point isn't also "Percy is merely the narrator of another bigger story," the point is "Percy was raised by a loving mother in very specific circumstances which gave him the anger and the love both required to actually change things - rage for rage's sake can only ever destroy, equally you cannot allow things to continue simply because that is how they've always been, it takes a specific combination of knowing love and knowing anger to break abusive cycles. Just as Perseus was a hero with a happy ending, so Percy meant that the story didn't have to end as a Greek tragedy. He saw this story being played out before him and he stopped it by caring so much for people he turned the entire narrative inside out."

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

"It was never Percy's story" the point is what if there were a story so clearly hurtling towards doom in a way that similar stories have been doomed for millennia because the internal mechanisms are ones of grief and then something hit the story in the side and knocked it out of joint and allowed all the people within it to burst free and change it themselves through a cascading effect and what if that thing that broke the story and freed the people were a boy who loved his mother so much he would fight a god. what then.

[liper]

What is the ideal jasipereo love triangle?

Jason likes Piper, Piper likes Leo, Leo likes Jason

Jason likes Leo, Leo likes Piper, Piper likes Jason

Other/I’m bald

Voting ended onOct 6, 2024

[stormfirebeauty]

Ok I’ve shit on Caleo as much as the next person. It was a bad ending to Leo’s arc in the Heroes of Olympus. Or so I insisted.

But I don’t know anymore. As I get older and farther from my cynical teenage self, maybe I’ve changed my perspective a little. Leo I debatably the main character of the story. Most popular of iconography of the series are Festus and the Aro 2. Other than Hazel he had the most personal connection to the villain. Even in the book he’s not in (accept a video message, if you could that he’s the only one in every book) we still get part of his backstory, add to a mystery in his arc with Sammy.

Leo I the main charter. Like Percy at the start of pjo he has a very negative self image. Like Percy he feels othered and struggles with ADHD to the point it affects how people view their intelligence (both are incredibly intelligent in their own ways). Like Percy he ends the series the clear hero. Not because he almost died, or did something incredibly brave, but because he was prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice. But they took a risk and did something brave. Percy handed Luke, who has hurt him and tried to kill him so many times, the knife. Leo made sure the prophecy was about him.

The scene when Piper gives her interpretation of the prophecy saying one of them would die was there for a reason. It informs Leo’s decisions. He took the risk to save two people he loved. Like Percy, he had to have faith in himself, that he was making the right decision, and release the fear that would hold him back. He had to believe he could be the hero. Like Percy, he’s a romantic at heart.

And that’s because Rick Riordan is a romantic at heart haha. And it is a romantic ending. Like, in HoO Calypso struggled to open her heart to him, not because she actually thought he was unattractive or annoying!!! It’s literally just her fears of being hurt again manifesting as anger and her trying desperately to stop herself from repeating the same cycle over again. And obviously the way she does that triggers his fears of inadequacy. So they both have to get over their fears and work past their poor first meeting and impressions. They find that they not only think the other is attractive but they admire the other, make each other laugh, understand each other. Calypso has had many lovers over the millennia, but it’s been a long time since she’s had a fiend. Literally classic romance tropes. Then the MOST romantic part: she let down her walls for him even after falling for so many other people who made her empty promises, who probably don’t love her as much, and who forgot her. Literally till the last moment she’s saving face, insisting he take his navigation system, that the boat’s magic might not work. She doesn’t ask him to stay. She can’t bare him saying no. He makes promises. She expects him to break them. He doesn’t. HE KEEPS HIS WORD. And the boy who’s ran from seven homes finally returns to something, and believes he’s worthy. He can literally take on the world, so he can be worthy of love. He can declare it to the two people who have loved him the most throughout the series. Death itself only serves as new life in his journey. Like death of his old self, born into being at peace with himself, believing in himself and his worth.

[tyrannuspitch]

still so fucking weird to go from real life, where a cis man being flamboyant/effeminate/camp is judged like 70+% by how he speaks and carries himself, to online queer communities, which often seem to have no concept of male gender non-conformity that doesn’t involve wearing a skirt

[tyrannuspitch]

i promise you, a man can be fem to the point of being in danger while wearing literally exactly the same thing as a hypermasculine guy. a boring basic black suit. a t shirt and jeans. a UNIFORM. gender conformity is not only about what you wear

[unbidden-yidden-deactivated20240]

None of you have watched that heartbreaking scene in The Birdcage where Albert gives up wearing everything he likes to try and blend in for their son’s conservative prospective in-laws and is so awkward and uncomfortable that no one says much until finally he says, defeated, “I know what you’re thinking - dressed like this, I’m even more obvious, aren’t I?” and it shows.

[unbidden-yidden-deactivated20240]

Here, have your queer heart broken:

This is what I’m talking about. This is still literally how it is in most places in the Midwest if you’re trying to “pass” for straight/cis/whatever.

[netherworldpost]

I cannot begin to describe how hard I cried when I saw this scene the first time and how confused my conservative family was as to why I was crying.

[kinka-juice]

It’s so funny how literally the way a man holds his wrists is an indication of femininity but also people think it’s all about makeup and clothing. But we’re also at a point that if you have a suit that is any color other than black, dark grey, or navy, it’s flamboyant.

Men’s sartorial stylings are so rigidly controlled it’s painful. Tim Gunn here is at the very absolute bleeding edge of “acceptably masculine” here for most cishet men, just for some noticible stripes, patterns, and purple, and that’s before he even moves. This is how restricted it is.

But Trixie Mattel (out of drag here) wearing standard masculine garb is could still be deemed unacceptably feminine for body language alone.

[flameraven]

This is why we talk about “toxic masculinity” – the idea that any expression of emotion besides anger or even wearing colorful clothes is non-masculine and therefore restricted is horrifying. It sucks! Men should be allowed to express themselves outside of a tiny box of acceptable behavior, because they’re, y'know, people, and people have a wide range of expression in the way they like to look and move and act. I honestly feel like it’s gotten worse over the last couple decades, too. If you look at men’s fashions from the 70s and even into the 80s, there’s a lot of style choices that look pretty cringe to us, but…. you also see a lot more color and pattern in suits than you do now. I’m not sure when this started to shift, or if it’s tied in to the increasing lack of color in all consumer products, but it sucks.

[stevenrogered]

Percy Jackson and the Olympians | 1x07 "We Find Out the Truth, Sort Of"

[celestivlgvlvxy]

there’s something strangely gutwrenching about the solstice having already passed. there have been minor changes in the “side adventures” of the trio.

they know they’re entering medusa’s house. they go to the arch for sanctuary against echidna and chimera. they go to waterland to help ares and convince hephaestus to stop being like his family. they go to the lotus hotel to get help from hermes.

in the books they’re getting tricked and distracted and losing all of that time on their quest was an accident. but they still made it in the end.

but in the show? they did everything right. they were aware of where they were at all times. but then they go and ask for help.

they try to ask for athena’s help and she lets monsters into her temple because they “embarrassed her.” they try to ask for hermes’ help but he doesn’t tell them until it’s too late that the lotus hotel messes with time.

they basically did everything right on their quest only for their biggest failures to occur because of the gods.

but poseidon gives him four pearls. four, instead of three. one for sally too. but we already know that she gets left behind.

they tried so hard only for the deadline to lapse.

[bluechocolatechips]

annabeth trying to dismantle a GOD's unbeatable machine because her fatal flaw is hubris and percy just knowing he was going to sit on the machine because his fatal flaw is loyalty THIS FUCKING WRITERS ROOM PLEASE SPARE ME

[helyeahmangocheese]

anybody gonna match my freak and let me know how they rank the ship permutations between Reyna/Jason/Leo/Piper bc my dash is telling me something about yall. don't be shy. tag it.

[bunkernine]

jason and leo made out to see if they were good kissers or not. jason and piper dated because they were sweet to each other. leo and reyna get drunk at a party and both deny it but they keep coming back. leo and piper take 10 years to figure it out and they never really do, but they kinda do. piper and reyna were a specific type of pointed rebellion. reyna and jason are a specific type of unfocused desperation.

jason thinks reyna is smarter than him, knows leo is, and tells piper she is. reyna would have no pda with jason, a little pda with leo, and a slightly little bit more with piper. leo would tell jason every secret, make up rumors with piper, and listen let reyna guide the convo. piper brings jason home and doesn't regret it, leo just shows up like he lives there, and piper prefers to stay outdoors with reyna.

jasipereo > valgrace > liper > jeyna > jasiper > pipeyna > leyna

please note that none of this is true and yet it is all true. some of these coexist in ways you can't imagine.

[only-cat-memes]

[stormfirebeauty]

Listen, was Leo getting a goddess girlfriend at the end of the series a good or effective solution to his many problems and insecurities??

No of course not.

If that realistically 100% what a teenager would do??

Yeah ofc. If a hot goddess trapped on an island that only I can rescue fell in love with me and wanted to travel the world with me when I was 16 I would’ve been like bet trauma and therapy and talking to my friends about how I feel can wait let’s kiss

[poppitron360]

Ok so obviously most Greek demigods are bisexual or queer of some kind. But is it really because they’re descended from Greek Mythology? Or is it just because they all at some point see Percy swimming in the lake shirtless?

[poppitron360]

What must it have been like to be Esperanza Valdez?

Knowing that your son had been chosen by the gods to have these powers because he was important to the fate of humanity. Knowing he held the entire planet’s existence in the balance and he would either make or break the world. Knowing he had dangerous powers, and if he couldn’t learn to control it he could end up causing unimaginable death and destruction.

Being terrified for your boy, knowing you are bringing him up to fight in a war that could potentially get him killed, or at least suffer so much pain.

And also being terrified of your boy, not knowing if you’re bringing him up to fight on the right side.

The constant worry of if you’re raising him to die, or raising him to destroy the world, or raising him to be manipulated into a weapon for death. Wanting to do what’s right for your son, because he is your everything. He is all that you have.

What must it have been like that night in the machine shop, watching the smoke curl through the crack in the door, watching the flames rising up? Knowing that you’ve let him down. Knowing that you should’ve done more to protect him. Knowing that you should’ve shown him how to use his powers safely. Knowing of all the pain and suffering he will go through now, alone. Without you.

I’m sorry, mijo. I’ve failed you. I’m so sorry.

[stormfirebeauty]

Imagine having all those fears but never letting them hurt him. Imagine raising him with love and compassion and trusting that your love will save him and the world. Imagine never being forgotten. Imagine your son, child of the god of creation, gifted with fire, fights in YOUR name. Not his father, not his patron goddess, yours. He fights to avenge you, but also to be who you raised him to be. He was so young when you died but those seven years were enough to make him undeniably, deeply, good and kind.

[poppitron360]

Fantastic addition.

What always gets me is that she was doing it completely on her own.

She couldn’t tell anyone that Leo was a demigod. She couldn’t ask for help. Hephaestus wasn’t around. What strength must it have taken to have all these fears, be unable to share them, and still raise your child with absolute love and devotion?

And that’s why I love diving deeper into the mortal parents of demigods. Because in order to attract the attention of a God, you must need to be AWESOME. And then to have the strength to raise a powerful child all on your own? Like imagine the panic attacks Esperanza would get when she saw Leo playing with other kids in the playground. Imagine the constant fear that if your toddler gets too excited someone might get hurt, or someone might at least know your secret. But she managed it, because she’s just that badass. And not every mortal parent can manage it (*cough cough* Beryl Grace)

Also, the “fighting in her name” thing is something I’ve thought about a lot. When Leo’s blasting Gaea and he shouts “This is for my mother, Esperanza Valdez!” I like to think that saying her name is what actually gave him the strength to finally defeat the Gaea. Because names have power, and the name of the mortal parents is sometimes just as powerful as the godly one. Because of how strong-willed, how kind, how awesome you had to be to attract a god, and raise a kid like that.

(Which is also why I love the line “He is Poseidon’s son” “I am Sally Jackson’s son” In the TV show)

Just somebody please give this woman a medal.