by god i miss the early days of the pjoverse where the big three kids weren't meant to exist because they were too powerful and dangerous. the other kids at camp had skills but not powers—apollo kids could sing and shoot, hermes kids were fast, hephaestus kids were good at metalworking, etc. really only the demeter kids had powers in helping the strawberry plants grow quicker and healthier. but like will had to sing a hymn to apollo and call on his father's power to heal annabeth's arm and it wasn't even completely healed. etc. but children of the big three were terrifying. so terrifying that the big three themselves believed they shouldn't be allowed to have them anymore.
percy being claimed and everyone dropping to their knees and then promptly avoiding him out of fear, percy only training with luke after that. thalia coming back in som and everyone being frozen and not moving to help her, equal parts awe and fear...mostly fear. percy and thalia clashing in ttc and everyone falling silent and backing away as chiron orders and pleads with them to stop. percy realizing nico is a son of hades and being horrified but lying to cover for him and keep him away from both the titans and the gods.
percy commanding the seas and having trouble believing that his father commanded it all, that he could command it as well. thalia using lightning bolts in battle like they're simply weapons and not forces of nature. nico cracking open the earth and commanding the dead, sapping the life from the world around him as well. percy setting off an eruption that displaces half a million people and being horrified by his own power, believing it'd be better if he never returned and people just believed he died.
