#pjo lupa

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@glitchyk FINALLY finished the lupa pfp. i’m sorry vro… here you go

FINISH SETTING HER UP GRRRRR!!! ME WANT LUPA!!! /j

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I think if Jason went to Lupa and asked her for a knot like a real wolf, she'd be delighted her favorite son wanted to be more wolf-like and would give him one. And she'd probably slip a few more wolfy body modifications in there while she's at it.

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Lupa blessing Jason just makes sense, because there's no other way he would've survived being in the Wolf House and the training he underwent.

He was a baby.

Babies are fucking fragile,

Baby Jason wouldn't have been able to go eat raw meat unless he had some kind of blessing that allowed him to have fangs and eat it without getting ill or something.

And you just know Lupa wouldn't have been able to claim him as her own, Jupiter and Juno had made that clear enough so this was the best she could do.

Also Lupa would've known she couldn't have him forever, that he would be taken from her and she raised Jason as her own son. So blessing him is also her promise, that he really is her son that she loves him.

That a part of her will be with him forever, that they may be apart but he will never be alone.

And it comes out as a glowy aura that comes into the form of a misty/ shadowy gold wolf that appears when Jason's afraid or angry, or lonely.

A reminder that blood or not Jason Grace is the son of Lupa.

Contrasting to Jupiter who I hc as claiming Jason the day he was left, when his son was crying out for his mum, someone in the cold and that's all he got.

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*when little Jason is sent to the wolf house*

Wolf: umm Lupa it’s a baby what do we do with it?

Lupa: idk just give it a sword

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Wow. Wow, wait a minute.

I don’t know the first thing about the development of children but I just happened to find this:

According to American Family Physician, 40 to 60 percent of children are completely potty trained by 36 months of age.

And:

Many parents don't start potty training until their children are 2 1/2 to 3 years old.

So, going off of that, there is a reasonable chance that Jason Grace was not (at least fully) potty trained when he went to live with the wolves.

In my mind that then leaves two options. Either Lupa - a goddess and protector of Rome - had to potty train a toddler while she babysat. If he couldn’t go to the Legion until he was ready to be in an army and survive on his own, then you’ve gotta assume being potty trained is a basic requirement. The idea of a bunch of snarly wolves trying to potty train this little squirt is so funny to me.

Or, alternatively, that was out of Lupa’s job description and she pawned him off on the Legion earlier than she was supposed to so it’d be their problem instead. Which is also kind of funny. How many demigods do the legion get that need potty training before they learn swordplay? I would’ve loved to see the face on the poor legionnaire who got that detail. The ages wouldn’t match up but just imagine it was Octavian. No wonder he hates Jason.

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Wolf pup: looking at bby Jason curiously

Jason: tilts his head

Wolf pup: licks his cheek food?

Jason: giggles, bat's his hand at the pups face

Wolf pup:... Mama! Mama the foods fighting back!

Lupa: amused he's not food dear

Wolf pup: But he's a meat person.

Lupa: This is your new baby brother, this is Jason

Wolf pup: looks at Jason

Jason: giggling

Wolf pup: baby brother 🥺

Lupa: Yup, and he's gonna need your help. Are you up for it?

Wolf pup: determined I'm gonna be the best big brother in the world

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Pup Or Food

Okay so I’ve been thinking about this a lot today.

Do you think they meant it literally or not? Because, they are intimidating wolves, and wolves do eat meat and occasionally people. So technically they could.

But I don’t know. Lupa just seems like she’s way softer with demigods than she likes to let on. I really struggle to see her full on eating a little kid because they weren’t strong enough.

Plus - if they really did eat kids from time to time, odds are other kids who made pup totally saw food kids being eaten. Like kids came to CHB together all the time. You’d expect it would happen on occasion at CJ as well. Or at least if some demigod was doing their time as a pup at the wolf house; they’re maybe two weeks in when another anxious kid shows up to be judged. And this kid is comfortable and settled in by now, warmed up to the wolves, they’re nice enough and have taken care of them. And they sit down to watch the show with the wolves, probably thinking “Oh fun, a kid to hang around with instead of just wolves. Maybe we can go to camp together. Maybe we can be friends.” And then they hear a growl and “Food” and then bam: this kid is being full on eaten by a pack of giant wolves. That would be pretty fucking scarring if you ask me.

These kids would be traumatised if they saw that - but some of them absolutely would have seen it. But nobody ever talks about it, so I don’t think Lupa meant she was literally going to eat them.

So then I see two choices. Maybe you get to go to camp either way, because that’s where you’ll be taught to do better and where you’ll have a chance at surviving if you’re really not ready to protect yourself. And the whole food or pup thing is more like a rank. So if you’re designated pup, you go into camp with a little respect. Not quite a probatio level, but ready to be one. If you get labelled food, you still go to camp to train, but it’s just that nobody really has any confidence in you and you’ll have to work harder to prove yourself. Like pointing out the weaker links to work on for centurions.

The other option is that only pups go to camp. If you don’t make the cut, you’re on your own. You don’t get into camp, and you don’t stay at the wolf house because you’re too weak. So pups are respected and Romans to be. Food gets left to fend for themselves out in the world where they’ll be prey for monsters if they don’t learn to defend themselves on the fly. Basically if Lupa doesn’t think you’re good enough to be a roman, then you’re not their responsibility anymore, and there’s a good chance wandering monsters will wind up eating you. So they’re not threatening that they’ll eat you, just that it’s likely something else will. Like “You’re on your own. Good luck Monster Chow.”

Rome was brutal, so maybe the wolves would’ve eaten them. But I wasn’t getting that from them really. I think it would’ve been more like a saying than a real ultimatum. My money is probably on it being a designation to go to camp with and you’ll either get a modicum of respect from the Legion or you won’t. Ones to watch and ones to protect.