For annabeth I've always imagined her being a big fan of PDAs because girl loves loudly and deserves to be loved back the same so when it comes to her getting jealous percy has figured out that just bear hugging her from behind or pulling her into his lap will usually defuse the situation. If percy gets jealous he gets in his head so annabeth applies the same logic of what she likes and will just be always holding onto some part of him and giving him jaw kisses randomly to bring him out of his head.
annabeth adores pda. she loves it sm. its like bragging for her. helps her pride. like "look at what i got!! my man, my man, my man!!" she's very proud about this and wants everyone to know LMAO so it would definitely help with her jealousy for percy to initiate contact and convey the message himself that he and annabeth are together.
for my version of jealous!percy, i think that would work too. it would silence the voices for a bit and have him focus on her as she dotes on him willingly and happily. it helps reassure him that she genuinely loves him so much and that she would never want to leave him.
Reasons why people hate Annabeth Chase and why I disagree. Warning: this a very long rant and some of these might be a little controversial
1. Annabeth didn’t have any trauma as a child compared to Percy she was only being dramatic.
Does being attacked by hundreds of spiders and waking up in webs every night sound pleasant to you? With nobody believing her because they would go away?
Whenever they say she didn’t suffer at home there are always some underlying tones of them thinking abuse isn’t abuse if it isn’t physical, and then translating that into Annabeth having a good childhood and making things up.
Why would she want to have a bad childhood is my question? And true it may seem like it wasn’t so bad since Percy even said it didn’t seem like it was as bad as she described it upon first meeting her parents, but I don’t even agree with Percy thinking that because why would he, of all people, not understand that people can hide behind nice faces? I honestly think that part was on Rick because he’s kind of gone back and forth with Annabeth’s home situation so it’s a little confusing.
But back to why would she want to have a bad childhood I think those people are the kind that compare trauma and thinkhaving more trauma=being better. But last time I checked, having a bad home situation/childhood isn’t really something people should want for themselves.
Annabeth may have not been physically abused but being accused of playing tricks to make webs appear on her skin instead of being comforted, being reprimanded for accidentally scaring her brothers even though she was the one being attacked, being blamed for attracting monsters even though she can’t control it, that doesn’t like like a happy time to me.
2. Annabeth is possessive of Percy too much she gets jealous way too easily.
Jealousy isn’t really a bad thing unless it is toxic, and I’ve seen no signs of Annabeth’s jealousy being toxic. Her haters, however, probably say otherwise.
The first time we see her get jealous is when Rachel shows up, and if I’m going to be completely honest why shouldn’t she be a little jealous? When she first sees Rachel it’s when Percy and her were supposed to go to the movies and she’s 14 years old so she’s going to act a little petty. Sorry, a traumatized 14 year old girl isn’t exactly going to handle her emotions like a mature adult. Annabeth has her little “was it hard?” moment and it was pretty obvious it was supposed to come off as funny and many people do think it was. If you didn’t think it was funny that’s fine and it’s also fine if you think it was wrong. But toxic? Really?
The next time we see her get jealous is when Percy comes back from Ogygia and she hugs him and storms off. Her best friends just died for two weeks but suddenly came back I think it’s understandable why she would be a little overwhelmed. Chiron says that she’s jealous because she knows where he was. She never really brings it up but she probably had some internal jealousy because why wouldn’t she be jealous when Percy could have chosen to live a peaceful life in Ogygia with Calypso, war-free. But he didn’t, and she didn’t bring it up(I think). Safe to say she was definitely not being toxic here.
The most prominent time she was jealous is when Percy says they need Rachel for the labyrinth and again, why wouldn’t she be jealous? It’s HER quest, and she was already insecure about Percy leaving her for Rachel so him telling her they need her for her quest is obviously going to make her mad. And she did act pettily towards Rachel and she did get ticked off very easily but let’s not forget where this all stems from.
Her entire life people have been abandoned her and left her for other people. Her dad, Thalia, Luke, and now she meets a mortal girl that has her best friend and crush’s attention which to her means she could potentially take Percy from her. Yeah, no shit she’s gonna be jealous. And it’s also a normal teenage emotion to be jealous of another person. So sorry, if a teenage girl doesn’t handle her emotions maturely.
Then, Percy reasonably spends his “last” summer away from camp and unfortunately for annabeth, with Rachel. This is not me saying Percy or Rachel did anything wrong but neither did Annabeth in being mad at him. It was mostly that she was just heartbroken because she was about to lose him, but he chose to spend his last moments being normal, something she could never be. She also spent most of her life being abandoned by someone so this was like it was happening all over again.
I’ve seen someone say she was jealous of Hazel and it was possessive because she automatically assumed Percy and her had something. Huh???? She thought of the possibility for 3 seconds and then was like, nah, she’s dating the other guy next to Percy. And it was a possibility because she saw Jason, who had lost his memories and didn’t know if he had someone waiting for him, get together with Piper so who’s to say it couldn’t have happened with Percy?
None of these seem toxic to me and it’s fine if you don’t like it for your relationship but clearly, Percy doesn’t think much about her jealousy afterwards once they got together. In fact, Percy gets jealous a lot too he’s just not as expressive about it.
3. She physically abused Percy.
This seems to be a popular one and people love to use it out of context. Annabeth and Percy both have sparring and fighting history together, so naturally they’re not going to be the gentlest of people with each other. They know how to punch, hit, and shove each other so that it doesn’t hurt since they train together. And while it is mostly annabeth that does it, Percy has never said it hurts or that he doesn’t like it. And last time I checked, he’s pretty good at calling people and gods out on their shit. If he had an issue with it he would say it.
An example of the abuse they are referring to is the judo flip. The context for this is that Percy went missing for months and Annabeth being overwhelmed, relieved, and just emotional decides to judo flip him upon reuniting with him. What a lot of people forget to mention is that right after, while he is being pinned down by Annabeth, he laughs. He laughs and they all move on. Judo flips, according to my research, are not supposed to hurt. They only hurt if they are done wrong. There is a chance my research is wrong so if anyone wants to correct me go ahead. But assuming it is right, the judo flip Annabeth did to Percy probably didn’t hurt nor was it meant to.
And Percy has experienced physical abuse before, and he hated the man that did it. He most likely would not get into a relationship with someone who does that. And he has called Annabeth out on things before, he had no trouble getting mad at her in botl, so if he seriously didn’t like it he would most likely say something.
Again, if you don’t want that in your relationship that’s great, YOU should set those boundaries with YOUR partner. But you can’t speak for a fictional character that clearly doesn’t have any issues with the way his partner treats him.
4. Annabeth makes jokes at the expense of Percy and makes him feel dumb.
There are some times when she does make jokes about Percy to his face, and he either laughs or doesn’t care. The books are from his pov, it’s not hard to see how it doesn’t bother him.
The nickname “Seaweed Brain” was her teasing him at first but it then became endearing for the both of them. This was the same for the nickname “Wise Girl”. Percy even likes the nickname and he has never said it makes him feel belittled or dumbed down.
I think where this stems from is people who think giving Annabeth credit is discrediting him. Someone mentions how she helped Percy with something and they will go on about how Percy isn't dumb and it's like we know he isn't dumb, no one said he is. Giving her credit isn’t taking credit away from him and many people need to hear that. Someone will mention how Annabeth will teach Percy something that he wouldn't have figured out on his own and oh my god people go feral. "Annabeth held up the sky" they translate that to Percy didn't do shit. Someone will say Annabeth is one of the smartest and they think that means they're saying Percy is stupid. Sorry that a girl being smart makes you insecure? Because that’s what I’m getting from that take. Percy is smart too but taking that away from Annabeth to give it to him isn’t exactly how that works. Life isn’t a competition, you don’t constantly have to be ranking people. There’s enough smartness for everyone. No one is taking anything away from Percy by admitting she is super smart or by giving her credit for stuff she did!!
You don’t hear people saying Annabeth can’t swim because Percy can control water, so why do people think people are saying Percy is dumb because Annabeth is incredibly smart? Annabeth knows she is smart, and she herself says Percy is smart TWICE, not that because she is smart that Percy is dumb. She is smart, and that takes nothing away from Percy and vice versa. They both think differently and do different things while in combat you just can’t compare those. Intelligence doesn’t just come in one form and admitting one is smart doesn’t make the other not smart. Say it with me, Annabeth is smart, Percy is smart, those things can both be true at the same time. Annabeth can be credited for things and that does not discredit Percy. For the people who say it makes Percy insecure that Annabeth shows her intelligence I promise you when Annabeth says something nerdy it doesn’t hurt Percy’s feelings.
It is true that Percy’s intelligence is overlooked, that is an issue. But you don’t have to bring someone else down to build him up okay there’s many great moments showing his intelligence use those instead. Also because if you have to bring someone else down to make your fav seem better you’re not doing your fav any favors it makes them look like someone needs to come down to their level and that’s not what’s happening with Percy. Don’t do him dirty like that he can be smart on his own you don’t have to mention Annabeth.
Sorry I kind of got off topic I just saw a chance to address an issue I’ve seen where people think giving Annabeth credit is taking away from Percy. This sometimes happens the other way around but it’s mostly the people who do this that hate her.
5. Annabeth defended Luke and it was inconsiderate of her since he tried to kill Percy.
She didn’t really defend him she just said there’s still good in him. And I mean this did make Percy mad. He was mad at her for even mentioning Luke because he was jealous, and because he didn’t understand how she could still think there’s good in him after all he did. And that’s valid. But that doesn’t mean it’s “a heartbreaking realization for a Percy that Annabeth chooses Luke over him” in the words of someone who used this argument, when she said there’s still good in him. Annabeth was betrayed by Luke too, and say what you want about her holding hope but it makes sense that she still sees good in him. I mean, that’s the guy who she views as a hero, who was a hero to her. And in the end her holding onto that hope is what broke Luke’s trance and he decided to stab himself. So if you found it annoying that she believed in him that makes sense, but don’t pretend you can’t understand why she did it.
6. Annabeth was a bitch to Rachel and is not a girls girl.
Honestly, was she nice to Rachel? No. Did Rachel deserve Annabeth’s comments? No. Is Annabeth valid? Yeah. I’m not justifying her behavior but I am justifying her reasoning because it is so obvious it went beyond jealousy.
Rachel not doing anything wrong and Annabeth being valid can co-exist. Seeing Annabeth’s perspective of this is so easy we just have to think about how the person she loves might pick someone normal over her since she can’t be normal. On his last summer too. This wasn’t just “jealous girl is mean to other girl” trope it was showing how deeply Annabeth cherishes Percy and how when she sees him picking someone else over her she is going to not be nice.
Should she have said those things to Rachel, um probably not. But she is a teenager also and it’s super normal for a teenager to get jealous and bratty when her crush and best friend spend time with a girl that also has a crush on him. It wasn’t Annabeth’s finest moment but it was entertaining and personally I thought it was funny. I swear a lot of people act as if she grabbed Rachel by her hair and smashed her against a wall but it was just some catty remarks. And a lot of people forget that Rachel and Annabeth are friends now, they like each other, they forgave each other.
And on her not being a girls girl? I think some people need to touch some grass because why should she have been a girls girl at that moment? Was she supposed to tell Rachel to go for it? I understand wanting her to just leave Rachel alone but after Rachel had to lead HER quest I’m not sure what they were expecting. She made up for it anyway when she saved Rachel from a helicopter despite still disliking her.
7. Annabeth got scared of Percy which made him feel like he deserved to die.
I’m pretty sure I’ve written about this before but I guess I’ll go over it again. Her boyfriend did something scary, that probably reminded her of Luke since they both went too far, so she got scared. God forbid scary things scare her.
And secondly, did Percy ever tell Annabeth he was having those thoughts? No. Stop blaming her for everything this time she is actually 110% innocent.
8. She is powerless and therefore she is useless.
She doesn’t have any unnatural powers but being crazy smart sounds pretty useful to me. Bonus points because she’s good at many kinds of combat too.
If they think they don’t need her fine, but they did in fact need her so we’re never gonna know the other possibility.
Even strength has to bow to wisdom sometimes.
This doesn’t mean the other demigods don’t have wisdom but like it’s Annabeth Chase wisdom is kind of her thing.
Anyways, I kind of got tired of writing this and I can’t think of anything else so I’m gonna end it here. I hope this doesn’t come off as hate to any other character, because it’s not, nor do I see how it could be but people will find a way so this is clarification. People can hate whatever character they want to hate but these reasons are not really much sense. And if they expect people to hate her for these reasons too even less sense. And people are allowed to hate her, but they love to talk about it so much it’s like an obsession.
And to those who told me to tag them I hope this wasn’t a waste of your time because I tried and it took me forever😅
Can you please do jealous Percabeth? Preferably, jealous Annabeth. I understand if you don't have time but I'd really love this.
Here you are! Thanks for the request :) For other people who have sent me requests: I see them all and I’m working on a bunch of them. Don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten!
Annabeth isn’t jealous. She swears.
She tosses the rest of her sandwich into the garbage and sits back down at her table, pushing the book she’s reading in between her line of vision so that she can’t watch that—whatever it is.
When Annabeth glances up about a minute later (to check the clock), she swears that the girl has somehow moved closer to him. Annabeth crinkles her nose and pushes up her glasses, settling once again on her English book. She doesn’t care about Percy Jackson, anyway.
When Leo calls for Annabeth’s attention to ask her a physics question, she can’t help but look over that way—she has to look at Leo to answer his question and it just-so-happens that a certain boy is sitting at the table directly behind him. And somehow that girl is even closer: the distance between her and Percy Jackson is so small that Annabeth doesn’t think she could measure the space with a ruler and a magnifying glass.
The heat is flushing to her cheeks now; her palms start to sweat furiously. There’s a part of her that wants to walk up to the girl and push her off his lap.
And then there’s the reasonable part of Annabeth that tries to console her. This part that argues that Percy Jackson is not hers and has never been hers and— by the looks of it—never will be hers.
(Not that she wants that, anyway).
They’re not dating. They’re not even friends. She doesn’t even like him like that, she swears.
It’s just that she sees more to him than typical a high school athlete. Yeah, he’s the best swimmer in the school and he has washboard abs and black surfer hair that’s a bit lighter on the edges and he chews on the end of his pencil when he’s nervous.
But that’s exactly the part of him that everyone else sees. And sure, Annabeth sees those things too.
Those things are superficial, though. Over the past few months she’s been tutoring him after school and maybe she’s a tiny bit caught up in his charm, but she’d also like to think that she’s gotten to know him beyond just his swimming records.
Annabeth likes the way Percy Jackson’s eyelashes kiss his cheekbones each time he blinks. She likes the way that he covers his heart with his right hand when he’s answering a question she asks—she doesn’t think he realizes that he does it; it’s sort of a subconscious thing. She likes the way that, when he’s talking to her or she’s talking to him, he looks directly at her like she’s the only thing he can see for those few seconds.
So when Annabeth reaches into her lunchbox to take out her apple and she just happens to see Percy Jackson again out of the corner of her eye, it makes her feel a little better that he’s leaning away from that girl the tiniest bit. It’s not enough to be rude and it’s not enough for anyone who doesn’t know him well to pick up. But hey—Annabeth is perceptive. She can tell these things.
And then all of a sudden he looks up and catches her eyes and Annabeth has half a mind to use her book to cover her face. And she’s definitely imagining the corner of his mouth pulling up into a smile.
The girl vies for his attention again, pulling on his sweater sleeve in the most overly flirtatious way Annabeth could imagine. He turns back toward her and Annabeth feels anger spark through her body so sharply it feels like she was electrocuted.
She opens her book once again, not failing to notice the way Percy and that girl are laughing now and suddenly Annabeth has the urge to punch something.
Hasn’t been the first time she’s felt that way around Percy Jackson. He has a tendency to tick her off—sometimes she thinks he does it intentionally, like how he always insists chlorine’s atomic number is 18 no matter how many times she tells him it’s not.
Annabeth turns her whole body in the other direction—she can’t see him if she looks at the clock and she can’t see him if she looks at her lunchbox, so she doesn’t have to accidentally look at his stupid smiling face for the rest of the lunch period, which is dragging on particularly slowly in her opinion. She even puts on her earplugs and turns the music up uncharacteristically loud so that the droning chatter of the cafeteria fades into nothingness.
It’s working well for her until she feels a tap on her shoulder.
She turns around and it’s him and he’s alone and—okay, his cheeks are slightly flushed from laughing or the cold temperature of the cafeteria or something, but he’s right there.
“Um, hi. I didn’t know you were in this lunch wave,” Annabeth lies.
“You didn’t?” Percy presses his hand against his chest looking confused, and Annabeth internally knocks herself on the head because it was very obvious that she was just looking at him a few minutes ago.
“Nope.”
“Um, okay. Well I was wondering if you could tutor me after school today?” He’s looking at her earnestly and a little bit shyly, like he’s expecting her to flat-out refuse. But how can she when he’s looking at her like that?
“We usually don’t meet on Thursdays,” she points out.
“Yeah, but I have a test tomorrow in chemistry and I could use the help. But I totally get it if you can’t do it today. It’s fine.”
And now Annabeth is confused.
“You don’t have a chemistry test tomorrow. Piper is in your class and she would have bothered me about borrowing my graphing calculator…” she trails off, readjusting her glasses and pulling her hands into fists inside her sweater sleeves.
“Erm, you’re right. I actually need English help.”
She narrows her eyes. “English? I never tutor you in English. I’m dyslexic too, remember?”
He pushes his sweater sleeves up to his elbows and backs up a step or two, and Annabeth has the sudden urge to yank on his sweater like the girl did before. Which is ridiculous. She doesn’t flirt. Especially not with Percy Jackson.
“Oh yeah, you’re right. Never mind.”
He turns to go back to his table and that girl is just sitting there expectantly and it’s official. Annabeth just can’t allow it to happen.
“Um, Percy?”
He whirls around, his neck is visibly flushed now and Annabeth almost smiles at that.
“I was actually wondering if you could help me out? The kid I’m babysitting is starting swimming lessons today and I know you work at the Fitness Center in the evenings. I’m supposed to drive him to his class and I have the schedule on my phone, but I’m not sure if he’s Dolphin Level or Barracuda Level so can you take a look at this?” Annabeth holds up her phone.
He smiles at her now, fully, and sits down next to her on the lunch bench. When she passes her phone to him, his knuckles bump hers briefly—okay, maybe she leans toward him a tiny bit more than she would if she was talking to a real friend.
Maybe he does the same to her.
Annabeth glances up at the table where Percy came from to see a pair of eyes watching her. And she isn’t great at reading other people’s emotions but—is that jealousy reflecting in the girl’s face? Two can play at this game.
Annabeth shifts closer to Percy to point out something on the swim schedule and her knee knocks against his. He knocks hers back, playfully, timidly, and it almost makes her chest ache. Almost.
“Yeah, so he’s a Dolphin Level, which is actually the class I teach.” He gives her a sideways glance and rubs at his chest with his arm. “I have a track record of no kids drowning when I’m teaching so he’s in safe hands.”
She rolls her eyes at him. “That’s comforting.”
The lunch bell rings, and everyone around them stands up. Percy does too, and he offers her his right hand.
She takes it, every nerve tingling, and he helps her up. It’s a completely normal gesture—something that she wouldn’t hesitate doing to Leo or Piper or Jason. So she’s definitely imagining it when he gives her hand a slight squeeze before letting go.
“So I guess I’ll see you tonight, then?”
“I guess you will.”
“Great.”
It’s hard to hear him over the clatter of everyone filing out of the cafeteria, but he’s looking at her in that certain way and—yeah—so maybe she was a little jealous before.
