#judo flip

[lilislegacy]

opened tumblr this morning and the first thing i saw was someone explaining why the judo flip was not only abusive, but was attempted murder

[hermesmyplatonicbeloved]

Finding a good blog to follow on pjo is so hard because you'll get like 10 good posts and then the 11th will have blatant abuse apologism and borderline victim blaming:

Do we really need to start reminding people that Percy had no control whatsoever over being kidnapped!? he barely knew what was happening!! He had his memories wiped!! How the fuck does he deserve to be physically assaulted?? HE WAS KIDNAPPED!!

Not to mention that like. the first time he went missing? yeah he nearly died. He would have died if Hera had not intervened and sent him to Calypso, who used her healing powers to save him. And then Percy returned to chb - returned to a building war and death sentence - as soon as he was recovered and physically able.

Hera deserved the judo flip. Not Percy. She took Percy twice. Annabeth, your anger is misdirected, please use your Athena given brains. You have them for more than one reason.

[incorrect-percabeth-quotes]

Sally: *sees Annabeth judo flip Percy and kick him*

Sally: That's it. Percy, we're going home.

Percy: Finally. Thank you mom! I've missed home so much. I can't wait to be back with you and Paul and my soon to be little sister!

Annabeth: Wait Sally, Percy is suppose to be going with me on the quest!

Sally: No. I already put Percy in one abusive situation and I refuse to do it again. I will not let you hurt my son again, nor will I let you pressure him into going on another quest!

Sally: I feel bad for the amount of stress you were under Annabeth, but my son is the victim here. He's been brainwashed, kidnapped and forced to live homeless for two months while constantly under threat. He's coming home to recover with me, and after seeing how you just treated him, you are not welcomed to join us.

[tireddreamer]

People don't understand that the context of the judo flip makes it so awful.

[chrishinxmcgee2]

[fthoughts22]

Art not mine (Credit unknown, took it from Pinterest)

[misterculexus]

24. Chop

My present lifestyle affords me the benefit of not having my life decisions scrutinised and subsequently questioned by my peers in the field. Were they still able to, I am sure they would constantly catechize me over the fact that I have a Blue Child (or ‘Blooch’ as they are usually known) in my employ.

It is not altruism.

I seek to determine whether the violent disposition and paranoid temperament is endemic to her entire species or whether it’s simply that so many are like that because they are societal outcasts and treated so badly.

Thus far, my results have been inconclusive.

Jingles Whetstone is an experienced, resolute and incredibly dangerous warrior. She has plainly been forged by adversity. She has survived by being ruthless. By chopping things down and breaking through them before they could betray her. She has been fighting her whole life. Which may actually be longer than my own. She does not discuss her age.

Her violent disposition may yet just be part of her entire race, but it could simply be that she, and all Blooches don’t know how to relax, trust or do anything but fight.

With that said, the brusque but protective bond that she has formed with my adopted daughter, Emmaline (one of the the original reasons I employed her) is actually quite encouraging.

Her tendency to bury an axe in anything she doesn’t like the look of has saved us all a lot of trouble in our time together.

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L.B. Harmless

[hufflepuffish-halfblood]