No, it would not have made more sense for Percy to remember Sally or even Grover in the Styx. Yes, they are a trio with Grover but they also have to have a relationship outside of Grover (same as Grover and Juniper have a relationship outside of Percabeth). And yes, Percy is a mama's boy (and Annabeth loves Sally too), but ultimately Percy and Annabeth are meant to have a relationship and a connection that's also just about the two of them growing up and living lives that are slightly removed from their parents.....it's a very normal part of growing up.
The Styx moment is specifically about him thinking about wanting to live and he thinks about all of the people he cares about including Sally and Grover. But ultimately the life he wants to live is a life with Annabeth. No one is denying that Percy is a mama's boy or that Grover is his best friend, but eventually people do grow up and make lives of their own. That's the natural progression of life. That's what Sally wants for Percy. She tells him as much as early as TTC when she encourages him to go after Annabeth and she also tells him as much in Chalice when he gets nervous about leaving her when pregnant and she encourages him that he needs to live his life.
Sally and Grover will always be big parts of Percabeth's lives, and they love them just as much as they love each other, but Percy is not Oedipus, nor is he interested in building a life like that with Grover. When he thinks about his future he thinks about Annabeth. Sally and Grover will be part of that future always, but the main part of that future, the marriage, kids, experiences and growing old with the person he loves has always been connected to Annabeth which is why she was the manifestation of his anchor in the Styx.
And it's also heavily implied that the reason he recalls her in Son of Neptune is connected to her being his anchor in the Styx. It isn't because he loves her more than he loves his mother or Grover. It's because she's the literal manifestation of his anchor which Hera herself couldn't erase.
The only reason people try to say it should have been Sally or Grover in the Styx is because they hate whenever importance is placed on Annabeth as someone Percy loves and the Styx is a gigantic moment for that. We have several moments that are just about Percy/Sally and moments that are just about Percy/Grover. The Styx moment was mainly about Percy's connection to Annabeth and that's more than OK. It does not diminish the importance of Sally or Grover in the same way that his connection with Sally and Grover does not diminish his connection with Annabeth. They are the three most important people in his life. Just in different ways (maternal, friendly, romantic).
Au where Poseidon does not know he made Sally pregnant. Percy grows up, and he knows to keep the hell away from water. Attention from his father will only be dangerous.
He helps with the Lightning Bolt quest, but sticks to the sidelines, letting his questmates talk to the gods. That trend follows throughout the war, and the Gods are content with ignoring the green-eyed demigod, as is with all others. They do not pay attention to the half blood who takes on the role of Camps General, who leads attacks on Krokos as they are busy with Okeanos/Typhon.
They offer him a half-assed reward, let him have immortality and some small spot to guard like Heracles. He declines, and even better, they won't have to look at this minor gods kid. They swear to claim their kids and they promptly forget about the now-adopted son of Hestia.
They assume the Big Three prophecy will come into play during the Giant War.
Hera brings him to Camp Jupiter, announcing him as a legacy of some nymph who agreed to help her. Camp Jupiter meets this minor legacy who fights like the devil, feral like a wolf. They fear him and respect him equal parts.
Then the Gigantomachy happens and everything is going well until someone wrestles the sea from Poseidon, using it as their weapon. When he looks closer he can recognize Sally Jackson is the boy easily. Except he does not fight as of the sea, because Percy Jackson went through Tartarus as an irrelevant demigod and came back with blood and poison as his domain.
Percy Jackson isn't really his son, not anymore, not in the way it matters.
He uses the water but it's stranger, a last resort, unfamiliar in his grip.
His Siren Song is stronger than the most basic water manipulation, something that should be his default. The ground shakes beneath their feet and it's not only Gaea who causes it. Percy has his eyes glow like the elder gods, like Nyx and Okeanos, he bares his teeth like Lupa or Zagreus, he threatens with his Scythe like Thanatos.
when i was in my chemistry classes i was told that most decisions, most thoughts, most movements and most pains are caused by electrical currents going through our nerves.
i repeat.
everything your nerves do is electricity.
jason could, if he wanted to, tap into that. he could make you feel the most excruciating pain in the world without giving you a MINUTE to stop him. he could manipulate every thought you’re ever had and every movement of your body and you wouldn’t even NOTICE.
and that’s just talking about electricity and nerves. he controls wind and air too.
percy’s cool and all with his “70% of your body is made of water” but how about “i’ll take every atom of oxygen away from you and watch you rot faster than a dead body”? how about choking you despite the air being totally fine around you? taking away every bit of air in your bloodstream?
and what about air pressure? maybe i’m pushing it, but the way he saved piper in tlh speaks volumes on his control on the air around him. what if he can make your entire body implode on a whim by making the pressure around you exponentially higher?
so its been 4 years since i posted the first chapter of my very first fic (The Request Revolution) on ao3. thank you so so so much to everyone who's read it or commented on it or gave it kudos <3333 i love you all !!!!!
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"I … I don't get what I’m meant to do. I just throw my food into the fire and ... talk?" James, a son of Hermes asked -- Percy could recognise those blue eyes and elfish facial features anywhere.
Percy grinned, "Yeah, that's pretty much it."
James hesitated before looking down at his feet, "But ... Hermes has a lot of children more powerful and more popular than me. What would I even ask him for? It's not like he cares."
Maybe it was because Percy was reminded of that promise he wrangled from the gods at age sixteen, but one moment he was looking at the younger camper, and the next he was throwing some of his food into the fire and asking Poseidon for some Disneyland tickets very, very loudly.
But even though he wasn't quite sure how it happened, the small, shocked laugh that James let out made it worth it.
Or
Percy sees that some of the newer campers don't feel 100% comfortable with requesting stuff from their godly parents, so he decides to rectify that the only way he knows how -- dramatically.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
probably a huge reach but I do wonder if percy’s refusal to explain his plans to anyone was influenced by him telling bianca his plan and then her getting herself killed trying to execute it
i made another one!! if you're interested in these kinds of things, check it out and lmk how it goes :)
unlike the last one, which included both PJO and HOO characters, this is just PJO characters. basic knowledge of the series (or an ability to use google lol) is needed to complete this!
More info:
Adjacent includes all of the surrounding boxes, including diagonals
The clues refer to character's first names
Includes those mentioned in PJO
Can be completed without guessing
Can you complete the logic puzzle based on the clues provided?
Thank you guys for 1000 plays! This one was a lot trickier than my last, a lot more hidden clues you had to remember haha so well done to anyone who attempted it!!
The walkthrough is under the cut but feel free to dm me or send an ask if something still isn't clear (or if I've messed something up!)
A1) Percy Jackson
Given
E3) Dionysus
A1) The Olympian camp director at Camp Half Blood is in E3
Dionysus is the Olympian camp director
B2) Annabeth Chase
E3) Percy’s girlfriend is diagonally adjacent to him
Annabeth is Percy’s girlfriend. B2 is the only box that is diagonally adjacent to Percy
E1) Poseidon
A1) The Big Three gods are in the remaining corners
B2) Percy shares a row with his godly parent
Percy’s godly parent is Poseidon, so Poseidon is in row 1. Poseidon is a member of the Big Three. There is only one available corner in row 1
E5) Zeus
A1) The Big Three gods are in the remaining corners
E3) Poseidon is the oldest being in his column
Only Hades or Zeus (the remaining members of the Big Three) can go in this box. Hades is older than Poseidon.
A5) Hades
A1) The Big Three gods are in the remaining corners
There is one remaining corner box and Hades is the only remaining member of the Big Three
E2) Tyson
A5) Percy’s favourite cyclops brother is directly below his father
Tyson is Percy’s favourite cyclops brother, and there is only one box directly below Poseidon (their father)
D2) Sally
A5) Sally Jackson is adjacent to the father of her son
B2) Annabeth shares a row with Percy’s mortal parent
Sally is Percy’s mortal parent so she must be in row 2. To be adjacent to Poseidon (the father of her son) she has to be in either D1 or D2.
E4) Artemis
D2) There are 5 gods/goddesses in this puzzle
E2) There is only one non-Olympian in this column
E5) The goddess of the hunt is in this puzzle
There are 4 gods/goddesses already in the puzzle and the goddess of the hunt is Artemis. Tyson is a non-Olympian so all the other characters in column E must be Olympians. There is one remaining Olympian (Artemis) and one remaining box in the E column
C2) Zoë Nightshade
E1) The only daughter of Atlas in this puzzle is not adjacent to any male
E4) Artemis shares a diagonal with both lieutenants that she had in the series
Zoë is Artemis’ lieutenant in The Titan’s Curse, so she must share a diagonal with her (B1, C2, or D3). She is also a daughter of Atlas. B1 and D3 would make her adjacent to a male character
B4) Nico di Angelo
E1) The only daughter of Atlas in this puzzle is not adjacent to any male
E2) Hades’ son shares a diagonal with Hades
Nico is Hades’ son, so he must be in either B4 or C3. C3 would make him adjacent to Zoë despite being a male
B1) Clarisse La Rue
B4) The demigod who received Ares’ blessing is directly next to Percy
Clarisse received Ares’ blessing in The Last Olympian. There is only one box directly next to Percy.
C3) Bianca di Angelo
B1) There are only 3 demigods in the column
B4) Nico’s sister is in this puzzle
D2) There are no Romans in this puzzle
E1) The only daughter of Atlas in this puzzle is not adjacent to any male
E1) Demigod siblings are adjacent
E5) She is 1 of 10 females in this puzzle
Nico’s non-Roman sister is Bianca. She must be adjacent to Nico, so has to go in either A3, A4, B3, B5, C3, C5, or C5. There are 5 females already in the puzzle which means that there are 5 remaining. There are also only 5 remaining empty boxes adjacent to Zoë Nightshade. This means that every female added from now on must be entered in a box adjacent to Zoë. So, Bianca must be in either B3 or C3. Clarisse, Annabeth and Nico are the 3 demigods in column B so there can be no more.
A2) Grover Underwood
C3) The satyr who found Pan is directly below his best friend
Grover found Pan in The Battle of the Labrynth and his best friend is Percy
A4) Paul Blofis
B1) Smelly Gabe is not in this puzzle
C3) Percy’s stepdad shares one diagonal with 3 females
E1) The only daughter of Atlas in this puzzle is not adjacent to any male
Paul is Percy’s second stepdad in the series (the first being Smelly Gabe). At this point in the puzzle, there are two possible diagonals that he could be in: B1, C2, D3, E4 (B1, C2, and E4 are all females). However, D3 is adjacent to Zoë Nightshade so Paul cannot go there. The other possible diagonal is D1, C2, B3 and A4. While D1 and B3 have yet to be filled, they are adjacent to Zoë Nightshade so they must be female.
D4) Connor Stoll
A4) Connor is directly above his full brother
C2) Only 1 person in this column is alive at the end of The Last Olympian
E1) The only daughter of Atlas in this puzzle is not adjacent to any male
There are only three remaining boxes in the puzzle that have an available box directly below it (for Connor’s full brother to go in): C4, D3, D4. Both Connor and his full brother are alive at the end of the series so they can’t go in column C. D3 is adjacent to Zoë Nightshade so Connor (a male) can’t go there.
D5) Travis Stoll
A4) Connor is directly above his full brother
D4) Connor's brother's name is Travis
Travis is Connor’s full brother
C4) Chiron
D4) Connor is next to the most frequently mentioned centaur in the series
Chiron is the most frequently mentioned centaur. There is only one available box directly next to Connor
D3) Thalia
E4) Artemis shares a diagonal with both lieutenants that she had in the series
Thalia is Artemis’ lieutenant from Zoë’s death. There is one available box in that diagonal
C5) Luke Castellan
D3) Kronos and his host are adjacent
E1) Demigod siblings are adjacent
Luke is Kronos’ host. He is half-siblings with the Stoll brothers and so must be adjacent to them. There is only one box available that is adjacent to them
B5) Kronos
D3) Kronos and his host are adjacent
Luke is Kronos’ host. There is only one available box that is adjacent to Luke Castellan
A3) Will Solace
A2) Nico’s boyfriend is in this puzzle
E1) The only daughter of Atlas in this puzzle is not adjacent to any male
Will is Nico’s boyfriend. There is only one available box that is not adjacent to Zoë Nightshade
D1) Nancy Bobofit
A3) Percy’s mortal redhead bully shares a row with Clarisse
C2) Only 1 person in this column is alive at the end of The Last Olympian
Nancy is Percy’s mortal bully in The Lightning Thief. She is alive at the end of The Last Olympian and so cannot be in column C. So, there is only one possible box in row 1 (Clarisse’s row) that she could be in
B3) Rachel Elizabeth Dare
B1) There are only 3 demigods in the column
C2) Only 1 person in this column is alive at the end of The Last Olympian
D5) The Oracle who gives the Prophecy of Seven is in this puzzle
Rachel gives the Prophecy of Seven in The Last Olympian. She is alive at the end of the series so can’t go in column C, leaving only one remaining box (she is a mortal and so can go in column B)
C1) Silena Beauregard
B3) Charles Beckendorf’s girlfriend is the final character in this puzzle
Silena is Charles Beckendorf’s girlfriend. There is one remaining box in the puzzle. Congratulations!
!!!! guys omg! can’t believe we got 1000 plays on my latest logic puzzle !!
to everyone who’s played it, thank you!!! and also i’m so sorry 😭😭😭😭i’ve really got to get better at judging the difficulty of these things lol. i think the average score is like 20% ? so if you got better than that then well done!!!
if not- don’t worry haha i think it was a lot more complicated than my first. but i’m currently working on a walk through for it so keep an eye on this page if ur curious!!
also i don’t think I’ve said this before- feel free to dm me if ur having trouble with it!! i would be more than willing to give u a quick hint if u don’t want to use the walk through :) besides, whenever i try it for fun, i usually struggle and i made the whole thing lolol
Can you complete the logic puzzle based on the clues provided?
zeus: ok, you broke the pact. what’s done is done. just tell me which abilities you gave him, so at least i know what we’re dealing with
poseidon: ...all of them
zeus: ok but from which of your roles? sea god, stormbringer, or earthshaker?
poseidon: ...all of them
zeus:
zeus: you’re not serisouly telling me he has domain over air and land and the sea?
poseidon: er, actually, it’s not just the sea. any water, really. lakes, rivers, ice, plumbing,...potentially bodily fluids...
zeus: you- WHY DID- WHAT WERE YOU-
zeus: *takes a deep breath*
zeus: anything else?
poseidon: *looks at list*
poseidon: er, yes. he immediately heals when he touches water.
zeus: what?
poseidon: well, you know, i figured with all the danger he’ll face, potential child of the prophecy and all, he should be able to automatically regenerate
something i feel like we don’t talk about nearly enough is the fact that percy is healed by water.
it’s so normal to us because it’s one of the first abilities we discovered he has. and it makes complete sense. but like… he’s the only demigod with that ability. jason doesn’t get healed by a gust of wind. hazel doesn’t get healed if she touches a diamond. nico doesn’t get healed if a skeleton gives him a hug. annabeth doesn’t get healed if she walks into a library.
like percy could be stabbed in the chest multiple times, he could break every bone in his body, he could be slammed in the head resulting in a crushed skull and hemorrhaging, but get him to some water fast enough and not only is he good as new in no time, but he’s stronger and freshly rejuvenated.
it’s insane when you think about it. no one else can do that. do you know how hard it is to kill percy? even if he’s not near the ocean, he can be healed by rivers and lakes and streams and ponds and all sorts of water sources. water recharges him. it makes him immediately stronger.
that’s a huge reason why i argue percy is the most powerful demigod. yes, he’s shown he has incredible super strength and super speed. yes, he’s a legendary sword fighter - arguably the best one alive. yes, he has control over air, land, and sea. (deadly hurricanes with heavy winds and thunder and lighting, huge volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, etc.) yes, he’s capable of mass destruction. yes he can single handlely cause natural disasters and mass casualties. and yes, he’s capable of controlling people’s bodily fluids, including their blood and saliva. he is terrifying
but even if someone manages to beat him, he dips one toe in some water and he’s immediately healed and even stronger than before. whether the injury is internal and external. he’s healed all on his own. no ambrosia or nectar or external remedies necessary.
i made another one!! if you're interested in these kinds of things, check it out and lmk how it goes :)
unlike the last one, which included both PJO and HOO characters, this is just PJO characters. basic knowledge of the series (or an ability to use google lol) is needed to complete this!
More info:
Adjacent includes all of the surrounding boxes, including diagonals
The clues refer to character's first names
Includes those mentioned in PJO
Can be completed without guessing
Can you complete the logic puzzle based on the clues provided?
happy new year guys! i created a percy jackson logic puzzle on sporcle so if you're interested in that kind of stuff, feel free to check it out :) if yous do end up playing, lmk how it goes!!
More info:
Adjacent includes all of the surrounding boxes, including diagonals
The clues refer to character's first names
Includes those mentioned in PJO and/or HOO
Can be completed without guessing
Can you find where Gaea is hiding based on the clues provided?
In honour of 1000 plays of this logic puzzle (!!!!!!) I have put together a walkthrough below the cut if you’re curious :)
Thank you to everyone who has played it!! Also I'm so sorry. I had to re-figure it out in order to put this walkthrough together and it's actually quite tricky lol. So if you managed to solve it by yourself, well done!
A1) Percy Jackson
Given
C2) Sally Jackson
A1) Percy’s mortal parent is in C2
Sally is Percy’s mortal parent
A5) Leo Valdez
A1) There are no Roman demigods in this column
C2) All of the male members of the Seven are in the corners
Leo is the only remaining non-Roman male member of the Seven
A2) Poseidon
A5) The Big Three are in this column
C2) All Greek demigods are adjacent to their godly parent
Poseidon is Percy’s godly parent. He has to be in either B1, B2 or A2 in order to be adjacent to Percy. He is one of the Big Three so he has to be in column A.
B4) Nico di Angelo
A2) Nico is adjacent to Leo
A5) The Big Three are in this column
A5) There are only two demigods in this row
C2) All the male members of the Seven are in the corners
Nico has to be in either A4, B4 or B5 in order to be adjacent to Leo. He can’t be in column A because the remaining two squares are for the other two Big Three gods (Zeus and Hades). He can’t be in row 5 because there are only two demigods in that row (Leo and the yet unknown member of the Seven in E5)
B5) Hephaestus
A5) The Big Three are in this column
C2) All Greek demigods are adjacent to their godly parent
Hephaestus is Leo’s godly parent. He has to be in either A4 or B5 in order to be adjacent to Leo. He can’t be in column A because the remaining two squares are for the other two Big Three gods (Zeus and Hades)
C1) Athena & C3) Ares
A1) There are only two males in this row
B5) Sally has the two gods/goddesses of war above and below her
C2) All the male members of the Seven are in the corners
The two gods/goddesses of war are Ares and Athena. Ares cannot go in row 1 because there are only two males in that row (Percy and the yet unknown male member of the Seven in E1), so he has to go below Sally
E4) Will Solace
B4) Will is in the same column as Jason Grace
C1) Nico and his boyfriend share a row
C2) All the male members of the Seven are in the corners
Will is Nico’s boyfriend so he is in row 4. We don’t know exactly where Jason Grace is yet, but he is either in E1 or E5 so Will is in column E
E5) Frank Zhang
C2) All of the male members of the Seven are in the corners
C2) All Greek demigods are adjacent to their godly parent
E4) Frank is adjacent to the Greek version of who he thought his godly parent was
Frank believed his godly parent was Apollo due to his skill at archery. Apollo must be in either E3, D3, D4, D5 or E5 in order to be adjacent with his actual son, Will. Frank is either in E1 or E5, but only E5 is possible adjacent to Apollo
E1) Jason Grace
C2) All of the male members of the Seven are in the corners
There is one remaining corner and Jason is the one remaining male member of the Seven
D5) Apollo
B4) There is one god in this row
E4) Frank is adjacent to the Greek version of who he thought his godly parent was
Apollo must be in either D4 or D5 to be adjacent to Frank, but he can’t be in row 4
D4) Octavian
E1) Octavian is directly above the god he is a legacy of
Octavian is a legacy of Apollo
B3) Hazel Levesque
A2) Bianca is not in this puzzle
D4) Nico is directly below his sister
Nico has two sisters in the books, Bianca and Hazel
A3) Hades
A5) The Big Three are in this column
D4) Their father is not adjacent to Hephaestus
Hades has to be column A, so he’s either in the remaining A3 or A4. He can’t be in A4 because that would make him adjacent to Hephaestus
A4) Zeus
A5) The Big Three are in this column
There is one remaining box in column A and Zeus is the one remaining member of the Big Three
B1) Annabeth Chase
C1) Percy and his girlfriend are adjacent
D5) Annabeth is not adjacent to Hades
In order to be adjacent to Percy, Annabeth must be in either B1 or B2. She can’t be in B2 because that would make her adjacent to Hades
B2) Chiron
A3) Chiron shares a column with Annabeth
Annabeth is in column B. There is one remaining box in column B
D2) Kronos
B1) Athena is diagonally adjacent to her grandfather
Athena’s father is Zeus, so her grandfather is Kronos
D1) Reyna Avila Ramirez Arellano
A4) Jason is adjacent to Reyna and Piper
C2) All Greek demigods are adjacent to their godly parent
E5) Ares and Aphrodite are not adjacent
Reyna must be in either D1 or E2 to be adjacent to Jason. If she is in E2, then Piper must be in D1 to be adjacent to Jason. But that means that Piper can’t be adjacent to her mother (Aphrodite) as there are no available boxes around D1. So, Reyna is in D1
E2) Piper McLean
A4) Jason is adjacent to Reyna and Piper
There is only one remaining box that is adjacent to Jason
E3) Aphrodite
C2) All Greek demigods are adjacent to their godly parent
E5) Ares and Aphrodite are not adjacent
Aphrodite must be in either D3 or E3 to be adjacent to Piper. She can’t be in D3 because that would make her adjacent to Ares
D3) Silena Beauregard
B3) Silena is in this puzzle
C2) All Greek demigods are adjacent to their godly parent
Silena’s godly parent is Aphrodite. There is only one available box adjacent to Aphrodite
C4) Clarisse La Rue
C2) All Greek demigods are adjacent to their godly parent
D1) The demigod Silena impersonated is in this puzzle
Selina impersonated Clarisse in The Last Olympian. Ares is Clarisse’s father. There is one remaining box that is adjacent to Ares
happy new year guys! i created a percy jackson logic puzzle on sporcle so if you're interested in that kind of stuff, feel free to check it out :) if yous do end up playing, lmk how it goes!!
More info:
Adjacent includes all of the surrounding boxes, including diagonals
The clues refer to character's first names
Includes those mentioned in PJO and/or HOO
Can be completed without guessing
Can you find where Gaea is hiding based on the clues provided?
Exactly !!!! It was a physical representation of what they went through for each other. They held up the sky for each other !!! The sky !!!!! I will never shut up about this
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