#malcolm pace pjo

[freddie-77-ao3]

Connor: You know those days where you’re like ‘This might as well happen’? Malcolm:: ...you want me to come over?

[nyx-thedragon]

tumblr pjo fans i think we need to talk about malcolm pace, son of athena, more often. he has no backstory and barely any canon content, so we can make him into our collective oc. i already decided that he dyed his hair brown bc he wants to be different from his half siblings and also the color is too bright for his liking. annabeth once suggested he dye little streaks of other colors and so he starts doing that. every time his roots start showing he whines to his siblings about it until one of them helps him re-dye it. he is my new blorbo, im having brainrot about him. also the super niche ship between him and connor stoll. they’ve invaded my brain and i don’t have anyone to talk about them with

[imaginechb]

Hey guys, I'm officially back! So there isn't much content for Malcolm, and we don't know a ton about him but I had some ideas so I figured I'd share! If you don't know who I'm talking about, he's a son of Athena and he was kind of Annabeth's second-in-command until she left CHB and he became head counselor.

Much like he's the first person to notice Annabeth and Percy's feelings for each other, Annabeth is the first to notice his feelings for you. She would often push him to "go for it!", much to Malcolm's irritation.

When he's nervous or flustered he'll cover it up by spouting random facts that pop into his head. You think he's just smart and offering you information, but Annabeth knows what he's doing. He can't hide it from her.

Malcolm is very used to things being linear, so he tries to study you and figure you out for a long time before eventually learning that you aren't numbers on a spreadsheet. You're a person, and people are strange and colorful and unpredictable.

He learns to love that.

He's super uptight. Being Annabeth's second-in-command for many years means he feels like he needs to be perfect or needs to do everything right, and sometimes he gets really stressed about it. He would need someone who can understand that but also help him relax or loosen up a bit.

A relationship is not the most important thing to him. Of course he cares about you (a lot, actually), but he understands that as demigods, you aren't like other teenagers and you can't just go on casual dates all the time. It's about survival, and especially as head counselor of the Athena cabin, he's super busy with maps and plans and diagrams and all that.

He will, however, make time for you. Whether it's setting aside time after lunch or between lessons, he'll make sure he has time to spend with you here and there.

He has a huge sense of responsibility. He's had to lead the Athena cabin while Annabeth is on adventures with Percy, so he's led them into battle and led command tents in her absence. This taught him all about responsibility.

He's sarcastic as hell. His sense of humor is dry and sarcastic so you have to be able to match that energy!

I can imagine your first kiss was just before the Battle of Manhattan. When you guys got there, you met up briefly and told each other to be careful. Then he kissed you and told you he loved you before you headed back to your respective cabins.

During the battle, he's super protective over you and will keep an eye on you if he can from the command tent. If you're injured he will check on you every chance he gets.

He's worried about you the whole time, regardless of if you're hurt or not.

After the battle he will look around for you frantically. When he finds you he will run to you and pull you into the tightest, most loving hug you've ever received because oh gods, he's so glad you're okay.

Then he'll pull away and clear his throat awkwardly before telling you he's glad you're alright.

Malcolm isn't used to caring quite so much about people. Of course, he cares about his friends and siblings and he would be devastated if anything happened to any of them, but this is a whole new level of caring for him. He's confused because this is all so new, but he finds he doesn't hate it at all.

Cuddling in the Athena cabin while his siblings aren't there! It's such a calm place with all the bookshelves, the wood floors, and the warm lighting. You fall asleep on him almost every time.

You do have to ask him to cuddle. He loves you a whole lot, but he doesn't usually think of physical things first.

Stealing his glasses. If anyone else were to do this he would be pissed, but it's somehow cute when you do it so he lets it slide.

He's not big on affection so it's not often, but that makes it more special when it happens! He does like cuddling, though.

Also hold his hand when he's anxious! It helps him so much.

Sometimes he'll get nightmares (like most demigods) and while he won't sneak out of the cabin to find you or anything dangerous like that, he'll hug you extra tight the next day at breakfast.

He's new to relationships so he may not be the best at being a boyfriend but he does try!

Sometimes he needs reminders to stop working and pay attention to you, and you'll have to tell him if things like going on dates or anniversaries are important to you.

You actually change him quite a bit. Not in a bad way, but being with you has changed the way he sees things a lot! He learns to love unpredictability and spontaneous adventures, and he gets a lot more social. He buries himself in his work a lot less, and over time he gets more comfortable with relationships and physical touch!

He's still your Malcolm, though.

Overall, he's new to this and can be uptight, but he cares for you a lot and is a total sweetheart. 10/10 adorable nerd boyfriend.

[freddie-77-ao3]

Personal Malcolm Pace Headcanons

Malcolm is a legacy of Hecate, as well as a son of Athena. Their mother killed herself when she found Malcolm, knowing she couldn't do what her mother did for her. Instead, Malcolm ended up in California with a much older daughter of Athena named Maggie Pace.

Malcolm was actually originally a Grace-- cousin to Thalia and Jason. Another reason Beryl was so unstable was her sister, as a daughter of Hecate, was idolized at home so much, and Beryl felt she couldn't measure up. When Malcolm's mother accidentally got their mother killed by a monster, Beryl started drinking.

Malcolm is not traditionally smart like most children of Athena. They can't read well, no matter the language, and detest maths.

Malcolm is trans ftm! And ace/unlabeled. Definitely likes Connor Stoll and girls, but boys are so-so.

Malcolm can weave really, really well. He's actually made himself woven armor as light as regular clothing.

As a legacy, he's also great with the mist... except he has no imagination, so he does nothing with it.

Malcolm is very embarrassed over this but he constantly messes up Minos vs. Midas.

Malcolm's disabled! He has brain calcifications which make it very hard to balance and give him chronic migraines. He's also autistic/ADHD, and has chronic pain. He's semi verbal (unable to speak 20-30% of the time) and sometimes uses AAC. He also uses a cane.

He's not dyslexic, but he can't focus on words properly, so he ends up rereading the same thing repeatedly.

Malcolm hates hospitals-- despite being at camp for five years, he's only been to the infirmary twice because he has to go to outside of camp doctors so much (he loves Will but does not trust him to perform eye surgery)

Despite this, he's actually really close to Will, although his main friends are Connor (whom he has a crush on) and Drew Tanaka. Will and him really bonded over being the bad kids-- Will was never good at archery or singing, and Malcolm's always been the 'dumb' Athena kid.

He's not close to Annabeth. She went on her first quest with Percy the first summer he came to camp, and although he became a year rounder... she left. right then. And then every summer she was going on quests so they never really got to know each other, and Malcolm takes a lot of time to warm up to new people.

Malcolm struggles with his mental health a lot (moreso than other campers).

Has a background of sexual assault.

He sleeps maybe 5 hours a day max. Then, one day every like two weeks, he'll sleep 14 hours.

Malcolm hasn't worn pajamas since he was six. He sleeps fully clothed. Connor hates it. "It's so uncomfortable!" "So is being unprepared."

If Malcolm is awake, he has at least one bag on him-- he hates being unprepared.

he wears contacts!

He loves insulting people. He and Drew get into arguments for fun sometimes.

[freddie-77-ao3]

Malcolm: i personally don't think it's possible to come up with a crazier plan

everyone: [looks at cecil]

Cecil: we attack them with hummus

Malcolm: i stand corrected

Cecil: just keeping things in perspective

[nyx-thedragon]

hey guys i’m gonna dump a couple malcolm pace headcanons that i have that i’m making canon by force (/hj)

1-he has long-ish hair that gets in his face but he doesn’t want to cut it so he wears hair clips all the time. connor and travis bought (stole) a pinkie pie one for him as a half joke but it’s now his favorite one

2-he dyes his hair from its natural blonde to brown and has streaks of color bc his natural blonde hair is too bright for him

3-he helps in the infirmary when they need an extra set of hands bc when he was younger he wanted to be a doctor so he studied nursing/doctor stuff

4-he’s autistic and has a super niche special interest that no one at camp has heard of but they listen to him talk about it anyway

feel free to share your headcanons as well i’d love to hear what you guys think of this silly little guy :))