I think I saw an ask game on here about what scene your readers are most excited to read about in your fics, so if that was in fact this blog, it’s Percy overpowering Akhlys with the poison in SOTFP. Like, he ripped control of poison away from a primordial, while he was already injured and on the brink of death. People have the audacity to say the most powerful demigod alive isn’t Hazel (who also did that with Gaea) or Percy; like, what books did you read, because they weren’t the ones I did; I respect y’all’s opinion, even though it’s wrong. But seriously, the Titans learning about this, after hearing about losing the war and Percy personally fighting some of them, and after learning Percy had Iapetus kill his brother, through good old-fashioned manipulation (Kronos of PJO is quaking at how much better Percy is at manipulating. The Crooked One couldn’t get an angry 12 year old on his side, and Percy got one Titan to kill another, even after telling said Titan that that was his brother. PJO Kronos is taking notes). It’ll be delightful. Also, the irony of Hazel having stated earlier that Percy was like the sea’s gentler nature, when Percy was consistently down for murder in HOH was hilarious. Tartarus brought out the worst in Percy, because what else could’ve happened? Obviously, the pit of eternal damnation, wasn’t going to bring out the best in him. Plus, the line about a glass ball in Percy shattering. Tartarus changed him irrevocably, but Rick is too much a coward to show it. Back on topic, the Titans and demigods learning about this will be awesome, especially because Percy himself only brought it up once and Annabeth only mentioned how scared she was of it (Percy only stopped for Annabeth. He’s looking at how dangerous and strong his powers are, realizing he doesn’t know the scope of it (he thought he reached a peak when he blew up Mt. Saint Helen’s, but he’s only 16. He’s still growing, and more terrifyingly, so are his powers. He shackles an uncontrollable force for Annabeth; there is nobody else, excluding Sally, that he would do this for). People finally get context for what the hell was going on, since Percy doesn’t explain things (it’s only fair). Titans look at a 16 year old with the lofty life ambition of living to 18 and graduating high school, and he’s just kicking the asses of every immortal he comes across, excluding his father. He makes a sandwich while they read this scene, and acts like him being this powerful isn’t even a big deal; he already knew this was possible, so if everyone could stop making a big deal about him defying every law of nature, he’d really appreciate it.
But yeah, SOFTP reactions are going to be really fun to write and when we reach that you can bet your ass that the Titans are gonna be going “what”. Awe and fear and fascination. Knowing this child inherited his power from his Father, who inherited from his own. Knowing that Percy, the child of the storm bringer, earth shaker, ocean God, could control the poison of a Primordial in the realm of another Primordial during a war with a third Primordial- it’s going to be stunning.
And the way that Annabeth leashes that power. The way he takes one look at Annabeth, knows she wants him to stop, and stops for her... well the Titans will recognize such devotion. Knowing that for Annabeth he would stop the tides- that’s the kind of love that ends nations. Had Annabeth instead asked him to continue, to push Akhlys to the very end of it... he would’ve.
