#pjo asclepius

[tsarisfanfiction]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Trials of Apollo - Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Apollo & Asclepius (Percy Jackson) Characters: Asclepius (Percy Jackson), Apollo (Percy Jackson), Hygieia Automaton (Percy Jackson) Additional Tags: Family, Fluff, Family Reunion, Parent-Child Relationship, Good Parent Apollo (Percy Jackson), Post-The Trials of Apollo, Post-Olympic Revolution (Trials of Apollo), Apollogists, ToApril 2025 Series: Part 63 of ToApril Summary:

After the storm, something was different. Asclepius couldn't put his finger on what.

  2025 Day 3: Hope Breathed Alive

[lesbianbanana]

Someone should write a book about Asclepius because he had a crazy as hell life

[m-for-now]

As someone who recently got glasses and wasn't aware of how much of a difference they make because I can see, it's just a little blurry if it's far away, but that's normal, right?, I can now definitely understand how Jason Grace must've felt when Asclepius gave him glasses.

"Oh, I didn't think I needed that... oh wow that makes a difference."

[literallyjusttoa]

Trying to get back in the swing of drawing regurarly, so here's some random doodles idk idk man idk.

[literallyjusttoa]

I can’t imagine Apollo being okay with his son Asclepius being effectively a prisoner. How do you think he copes with it?

Honestly I think he doesn't. I have A Lot of ideas about the issue of Asclepius, Apollo, and Zeus, especially bc it was barely touched on in canon. I think Apollo is 100% against Asclepius being a prisoner, but I also think that the way this situation has been presented by Zeus, it's either Asclepius stays in solitude and Apollo never sees him again or Asclepius stays dead. His son being a prisoner is absolutely the lesser of two evils, so I think that's why Apollo is not as ... actively against Asclepius being locked up as we might think he would be.

But this is not to say that Apollo is just ok with this whole scenario. No, I think Apollo is still haunted by what has happened with Asclepius to this day. Like, I'm certain this keeps him up at night, and has drastically changed the way he interacts with his father and his other children. He desperately wants to get Asclepius out of his prison, but even attempting to contact Asclepius runs the risk of getting him killed again. So overall, I think Apollo is absolutely not coping with this at all, but has been out between a rock and a hard place, so he just kind of ... internalizes the whole thing, much to his own detriment.

[literallyjusttoa]

No, listen, you don’t understand, this line haunts me. Why is this never picked back up?? Did anyone actually tell Apollo that his son said this???? Apollo met with all three people who were in this room, did any of them pass the message on??? If so, why don’t we see it???? Actually, why is Asclepius barely mentioned AT ALL in ToA???????? WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ASCLEPIUS???????

[tsarisfanfiction]

Hi! Are you planning to write any fanfics connected to Eclipse?

Like idk maybe something from Will's or Nico's perspective? It would be intersering to see what they think about their fathers' actions and it would be funny to see them try to explain the whole thing to Will's sibling. "We were chilling in the Underworld while our dads were doing a quest for us in the Tartarus" is quite a story.

Or maybe Apollo visiting Hades (and Persephone, I think Apollo and Persephone would get along well and Persephone would be happy that Hades is fixing at least one family relation) after some time had past? More nephew and uncle bonding is always welcomed <3

Or something with Asclepius? Maybe from his perspective? How is his new punishment going? What about his wife and daughters?

I don't remember if they were ever mentioned in the books but in the mythology Asclepius has a wife - Epione and 5 goddesses daughters (Hygieia being most well known). All of them were healing deities so I imagine they were rather close with Asclepius (Hygieia was closely associated with Asclepius and worshiped and portrait alongside her father).

So in the context of Eclipse - I can't even imagine how they must have felt when their husband/father was thrown to Tartarus (aka the worst place that exists) and they had no power to stop it because nobody can say "no" to Zeus. They must be heartbroken.

Apollo should probably tell them that Asclepius is fine (damn, he probably have never even meet them if he couldn't visit Asclepius for the last 4000 years). Can he even tell them anything? I mean Zeus can't find out about Asclepius's change of punishment so it could be dangerous to tell anyone. Would Hades allow them to visit Asclepius too? 6 healing related goddesses visiting Underworld would be something rather suspicious so they would have to hide that well.

Actually, Hades and Asclepius could bond over missing their wives.

Asclepius: This new punishment is not so bad, I'm grateful that my father is allowed to visit, but I really miss my wife and daughters. Zeus didn't even let me to say goodbye to them :(((((

Hades who hasn't seen Persephone in 3 months and can't interact with Hazel because she is supposed to be dead: same :(((

Sorry, I got carried away, this is longer than it was supposed to be haha

Anyway, I love Eclipse (and your other ToA fics), thank you so much for writing this masterpice! I had so much fun reading it, I was never so invested in a fanfic in my entire life. It was absolutly amazing and I can't wait to read your next projects <3

Hi! I'm glad you liked Eclipse so much :D

I don't currently have any solid plans to write more in this universe, although it is a universe I'm sad to see go now that Eclipse is fully out there in the world so never say never... But none of my currently-planned projects are based in this universe, sadly.

Hygieia does appear in the books, but sadly in a more antagonistic role as her father's jailer (and also seems to be some sort of robot iirc, which was weird), so I'm not too sure how much she'd care about Asclepius being punished elsewhere. None of the others are ever mentioned in the books to my recollection.

There's definitely a lot of scope for side-stories and spin-offs from Eclipse, and even if I'm not the one that writes them, I'm always fine with people exploring that themselves if they want (ReadTheBooks on AO3 has already written and posted an Asclepius pov oneshot based in the universe!).

Sorry if this wasn't the answer you were looking for - I've got way too many projects brewing as it is and the problem with working a full time job is that free time is at a premium - but I really am glad you love the universe enough to want more content from it!