As part of me pushing the bisexual Percy Jackson agenda, here is a list of people (both male and female), whom Percy has canonically
described as attractive or beautiful (often multiple times)
pointed out as being particularly muscular or ripped in his narration (something he does quite a lot especially towards male characters)
I found myself staring at her, which was stupid since I'd seen her a billion times. She and I were about the same height this summer, which was a relief. Still, she seemed so much more mature. It was kind of intimidating. I mean, sure, she'd always been cute, but she was starting to be seriously beautiful (The Last Olympian, chapter 4)
She’d tied her blonde hair back with a strip of denim torn from her jeans, and in the fiery light of the river her grey eyes flickered. Despite being beat-up, sooty and dressed like a homeless person, she looked great to Percy. (House of Hades, Chapter 13, Percy)
Her green eyes were bright with fear. She had a sprinkle of freckles on her face that reminded me of constellations. (Battle of the Labyrinth, Chapter 1)
Rachel's red hair was pulled back in a ponytail and she wore a white blouse over her swimsuit. I'd never seen her in anything but ratty T-shirts and paint splattered jeans before, and she looked like a million golden drachmas. .(The last Olympian, chapter 1)
I could tell something was bothering her, but she put on a brave smile. The sunlight made her hair look like fire.(The last Olympian, chapter 1)
I brought my eyes back to earth. However amazing the stars were, Calypso was twice as brilliant. I mean, I’ve seen the goddess of love herself, Aphrodite, and I would never say this out loud or she’d blast me to ashes, but for my money, Calypso was a lot more beautiful, because she just seemed so natural, like she wasn’t trying to be beautiful and didn’t even care about that. She just was. With her braided hair and white dress, she seemed to glow in the moonlight. (Battle of the labyrinth, chapter 12)
‘Is that your mother?’ Percy pointed to the photo of Queen Marie. ‘She looks like you. She’s beautiful.’ (The Son of Neptune, Chapter 42, Hazel)
Random actress he had a crush on:
When she smiled at me, just for a moment she looked a little like Annabeth. Then like this television actress I used to have a crush on in fifth grade. Then… well, you get the idea. (Titan’s Curse, Chapter 13)
When I saw her, my jaw dropped. I forgot my name. I forgot where I was. I forgot how to speak in complete sentences. She was wearing a red satin dress and her hair was curled in a cascade of ringlets. Her face was the most beautiful I'd ever seen: perfect makeup, dazzling eyes, a smile that would've lit up the dark side of the moon. Thinking back on it, I can't tell you who she looked like. Or even what color her hair or her eyes were. Pick the most beautiful actress you can think of. The goddess was ten times more beautiful than that. (Titan’s Curse, Chapter 13)
"Do you know why you're here?" she asked. I wanted to respond. Why couldn't I form a complete sentence? She was only a lady. A seriously beautiful lady. With eyes like pools of spring water… (Titan’s Curse, Chapter 13)
The guy was about nineteen, and he looked pretty cool. He was tall and muscular, with short-cropped sandy hair and a friendly smile. (The lightning Thief, chapter 6)
He’d changed since the last summer. Instead of Bermuda shorts and a T shirt, he wore a button-down shirt, khaki pants, and leather loafers. His sandy hair, which used to be so unruly, was now clipped short. He looked like an evil male model, showing off what the fashionable college-age villain was wearing to Harvard this year. (Sea of Monsters, chapter 9)
Beckendorf was head counselor for Hephaestus. He was this huge dude with a permanent scowl, muscles like a pro ballplayer, and hands calloused from working in the forges. (The Demigod Files: The Bronze Dragon)
Charles Beckendorf, senior counselor for the Hephaestus cabin, would make most monsters cry for their mommies. He was huge, with ripped muscles from working on the forges every summer, two years older than me, and one of the camp's best armor smiths. (The Last Olympian, Chapter 1)
The guy on the bike would’ve made pro wrestlers run for Mama. He was dressed in a red muscle shirt and black jeans and a black leather duster, with a hunting knife strapped to his thigh. He wore red wraparound shades, and he had the cruelest, most brutal face I’d ever seen- handsome, I guess, but wicked-with an oily black crew cut and cheeks that were scarred from many, many fights. (The Lightning Thief, chapter 15)
Hazel reminded herself to breathe. Beautiful was the right word for Thanatos – not handsome, or hot, or anything like that. He was beautiful the way an angel is beautiful – timeless, perfect, remote. ‘Oh,’ she said in a small voice. It’s Cupid,’ Frank said. ‘A really buff Cupid,’ Percy agreed. (Son of Neptune, chapter 44, Hazel)
Koios (the maternal grandfather of Apollo and Artemis):
A titan strode towards them, casually kicking lesser monsters out of his way. (…)His eyes were blue-white, like core samples from a glacier and just as cold. His hair was the same colour, cut military style.(…) Despite his battle scars, the Titan’s face was handsome and strangely familiar. Percy was pretty sure he’d never seen the guy before, but his eyes and his smile reminded Percy of someone … (House of Hades, Chapter 61, Percy)
The driver got out, smiling. He looked about seventeen or eighteen, and for a second, I had the uneasy feeling it was Luke, my old enemy. This guy had the same sandy hair and outdoorsy good looks. But it wasn't Luke. This guy was taller, with no scar on his face like Luke's. His smile was brighter and more playful. (Titan’s Curse, Chapter 4)
Gods can look like anything they want, but Apollo always seemed to go for that I-just-auditioned-for-a-boy-band-look. Today he was rocking pencil-thin jeans, a skintight white T-shirt and gilded Ray Ban sunglasses. (Singer of Apollo)
Despite his battle scars, the Titan’s face was handsome and strangely familiar. Percy was pretty sure he’d never seen the guy before, but his eyes and his smile reminded Percy of someone ( …) He remembered the name Leto: the mother of Apollo and Artemis. This guy Koios looked vaguely familiar because he had Artemis’s cold eyes and Apollo’s smile. (House of Hades, Chapter 61, Percy)
The guy in front of me looked like he was about twenty. He had short-cropped black hair, large brown eyes and coppery skin. He was dressed in ripped jeans, a skintight black tee, and various bits of gold: rings, earrings, necklace, nose ring, wrist bangles. Even the laces of his boots glittered gold. He looked like he’d just stepped out of an ad fro some Madison Avenue Boutique. (Chalice of the gods, chapter 4)
Ganymede scowled. For the first time, I saw godly anger glowing in his eyes- a sign that this guy had more to him than just good looks and bling. (Chalice of the gods, chapter 5)
If I had a nickle for everytime Percy explicitly describes the skintight t-shirt of male characters, I'd have three nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened three times.
