#pjo heracles

[localfandomenjoyer]

I was reminded in another comment that Ancient Greeks considered throwing an apple at somebody a ploy of seduction and realised we could take the idea of Perseleia owning the Garden of the Hesperides further.

Perse: Here *tosses golden apple* now be on your way, hero.

Perse internally: Yeah, that's right, get the fuck out of my garden. I'm not letting you ruin Zoe's life.

Heracles: Noble goddess, I thank you for your generosity and will return home to make a sacrifice in your name.

Heracles internally: Holy shit, Queen Perseleia is into me!

*sometime later*

Zeus: My son, now that you are a god, you must choose a bride.

Heracles: Hmm...

Perse internally: If this douchebag picks any one of my daughters, I'll boil every drop of blood in his veins.

Heracles internally: Oh yeah, look at that expression, she's totally jealous I haven't chosen her yet.

[vyky]

Percy, Heracles, and Athena being the Heroic Triad is so funny, it's like the Fates stuck them in the Get Along Shirt

[fanfic-lover-girl]

Unpopular opinion about Zoe Nightshade

So I decided to read the relevant passages about Heracles and Zoe. And I have some thoughts that are probably going to be unpopular.

First, why does Rick keep using "Hercules" instead of "Heracles"? I guess most people know him by the former name (I did) but it makes the worldbuilding messy as heck when the Romans are introduced. Sloppy writing.

Second, I am totally sick and tired of Percy's dreams. It feels like a cheap, quick tactic for Percy to have intimate knowledge of people without any hard work! Wouldn't it have been so much better if Zoe told Percy the story after he earned her respect? Heck, maybe Zoe told Thalia the story and she confided in Percy. Anything but Percy dreaming that he was Heracles! Lazy writing! The same with Luke. Make Percy have to work to learn about Kronos' plans! Or even do similar with Harry and Voldy where Percy's dreams cause him some sort of spiritual strain. Or maybe it's a power that Percy hones. But Percy having random ass dreams about people is pure nonsense.

Finally, let me talk about Zoe and Heracles. What Heracles did was terrible...but I don't understand why Zoe is being portrayed as a helpless victim. She decided to betray her family for a guy she liked. Even if Heracles gave her credit, what effing difference would it make?! She would have still been disowned but hey at least she would be known in the myths 😁😁😁. Would she have been happy to be cast out if she just got her credit?

Zoe deserves sympathy for her situation with Jerkules and her part in his heroics deserves credit. But Zoe does not seem to take much responsibility for being disowned and blames every bad thing that happened to her on Heracles and then men in general, including innocent boys. Zoe is the type of woman who dates bad boys and then decides all men are trash without taking any accountability for choosing said bad boys. Reminds me a little of the themes in Man Child by Sabrina Carpenter.

So no, I am not falling to my knees sobbing about poor Zoe and justifying her hatred of men. Home girl put herself in that situation.

[chroiagusanam]

if i was fighting a monster that would grow two heads every time i cut one one off, i would simply shoot it with a cannon. rip to heracles and percy but im different

[localfandomenjoyer]

in the Queen Perse AU, since Ares and Hephaestus are her kids with Zeus would she also be mother to Hebe and Eileithyia? If so does that mean Hebe doesn't have to suffer being married to Heracles once he ascends? Because I am alllll for that. Poor girl didn't need to be shackled to a brute like that, let her stay young and single or choose her own husband like damn

Heracles becomes a cautionary tale in the consequences of hubris and vainglory. He does ascend, something Perseleia even makes possible, but his ego blinds him to the consequences of rejecting a peaceful afterlife. Even though Perseleia is largely benevolent, we all know she has a vicious streak and now Heracles is stuck under her thumb for eternity. This means he's on doorkeeper duty forever and possibly subs in for Atlas whenever she wants to give her cousin a break. So yeah, Hebe isn't married to Heracles. Perseleia won't let any of her daughters be treated like that.

Can you tell I'm a fan of the Faustian bargain trope?

[vyky]

having 3 members for a quest is made out to be such a big deal but only Jason and Piper went to meet Heracles... all I'm saying is that Percy could've totally tagged along

[vyky]

It always cracks me up that Piper expected Heracles to look like a cave man, girlie was fully expecting to pull up to this