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Somebody once said to me, “You have to try something out to know the limit of it, and that’s the case also with yourself and your own time and your own life.” And I don’t know if I’ve ever stopped thinking about it completely since.
Sometimes getting older is realizing that people really don’t ever change.
actually I also wanna talk about the part where Percy convinces Bob to kill Hyperion because even though Percy never says anything outright sinister, the way he handles the entire situation with such cool ease, playing on Bob’s emotions... its so insane???
Because Annabeth’s reaction to the three of them encountering Hyperion reforming is: “oh this is bad we need to get out of here” She knows if Bob remembers himself, that it's not going to play out well for Percy and her. She also thinks about how they're being pursued and don't have a lot of time. Her solution to the problem, seemingly, is to leave.
But Percy's solution is to work the situation to his advantage. He re-affirms Bob's loyalty to him:
Percy then re-establishes Bob's moral code: "Some monsters are good. Some are bad. This Titan is bad. He tried to kill me and a lot of people. He's not good like you are."
And it ends with Percy leaving the choice of whatever to do with Hyperion to Bob but of course, is it really what Bob chose to do? Bob decides to kill Hyperion. It's not what he may have done, if Percy hadn't intervened. But it's exactly what Percy was oh-so-sweetly leading Bob to do.
And listen, I'm not claiming that it was exactly morally bankrupt of Percy to take advantage of a once-evil titan who could get him and his girlfriend through hell in one piece. Percy, Annabeth, they manipulate monsters and enemies all the time. Annabeth ended the previous book with manipulating Arachne into weaving her own web. So it's not exactly like she's against using manipulative tactics, in theory.
But Bob, at this point, is not just some monster. He is so painfully sincere in his belief in Percy and their friendship, so yes, it does feel a bit sinister whenever Percy uses Bob... and he really uses Bob.
And I think what makes the scene so unsettling, it isn't just that Percy manipulated Bob, its how well Percy manipulated him. He manipulates Bob so well that Percy doesn't even have to kill Hyperion... because Bob does it for him. He manipulates Bob so well, that Annabeth couldn't tell if Percy was purposefully trying to manipulate the situation. (Newsflash, he most definitely was). Like holy shit.
Do you think the Republican Party thought that the anti-abortion crowd was more popular/powerful than it actually was? Nearly all the ads in my state for the republican candidate ran on the promise that they would ban abortion entirely if elected only for the democratic nominee to win, and the proposition to keep abortion in the state got an overwhelmingly positive response. I mean, I always knew that the anti abortion crowd was a loud & vocal minority but even I didn’t think they were so outnumbered
Yes, they absolutely did. And I think there's a couple of reasons for why they thought anti-choice sentiment was more powerful than it actually was, but it really boils down to three things:
They underestimated and dismissed women, especially older women who remember what it was like before Roe and young women watching a right they took for granted being taken away just as they were trying to ramp their lives up. Political punditry and forecasting are very male-dominated industries anyway, and I genuinely think the GOP crowd thought a lot of women would just...accept the Dobbs ruling (or at least "forget" about it as a major issue if the election was far enough away). Which is stupid if you've ever talked to women who aren't hardcore evangelical Christians, but well.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ such is the hubris of conservative men.
The GOP is currently being dominated by a group of Christian Nationalists who want to impose a very narrow-minded, conservative, and fundamentalist interpretation of evangelical Christianity on a population that is growing less and less religious by the year. They misjudged their cult-like base for national sentiment because they're in an echo chamber where they're only hearing and listening to people who buy into their nonsense.
"It's the economy, stupid!" works for abortion rights too. A lot of male politicos (liberal and conservative) seem to not understand that even apart from the bodily autonomy concerns, abortion is a major economic issue for women. Few things impact someone's finances more than becoming pregnant and having a child, especially in a country without universal healthcare and childcare. And that's all without taking into account the impact children have on women's long-term salaries and participation in the workforce. When you think of abortion as a wedge social issue instead of a core economic issue, of course you're going to think you can get away with the abortion ban your base wants without it impacting your vote totals too much.
That being said, I was very pleasantly surprised by the Kentucky referendum. I've rarely been so happy to be wrong as I was when I saw the vote totals showing people decisively refusing to enshrine anti-abortion sentiment into the state constitution.
PJO as things I hear in the hallways
Percy: Yes I prayed to goddess tuna and there was a pandemic
Annabeth: Somebody tell me I’m a big word
Grover: Cleanse it with a single baby carrot
Piper: I hate my body. Not in a self-hatred way, but in a, I’m sick and my body is dying kind of way
Jason: I'm pretty sure it's called my control is being restrained by myself
Leo: I just go because they have pickles…not that kind of pickles
Hazel: My anti-capitalistic cat. Why am I at school when I could be at home petting him outside my window.
Frank: I feel… *pats eyes* naked
Reyna: She got bitch slapped by her pet and died
Nico: How would you feel if you woke up and your teeth were in your ears and somebody else’s teeth was in your mouth?
Will: There’s no more hot boys in clown costumes
The Stolls: Candy man!! I won’t molest you!
Rachel: I can’t believe you got cashew on my fucking tarot cards
Luke: I have committed adultery
something that does not sit well with me is that in prisoner of azkaban sirius explains that pettigrew was actually hiding from death eaters because “voldemort went to the potters because of what peter told him and met his end there” and they would try to harm him for being the reason the dark lord fell yada yada so death eaters knew pettigrew was the traitor, and they definitely knew sirius was not on their side. snape was dumbledore’s literal spy there is no way in hell he didn’t know sirius was innocent. and yet he still claimed to have rescued harry, ron and hermione and was ready to receive an order of merlin for dooming an innocent man, the last bit of family left to an orphan, and letting the man he knew had sold james and lily’s position to voldemort escape
This!!
A comprehensive compilation of why Severus Snape is an awful person that doesn’t deserve redemption, pity, or any kindness ever (not in any particular order):
- He is obsessed with the Marauders when they are younger, and tries to compare their antics to the actions of very real, blood supremacist, dark magic-using bullies that Snape was hanging out with and found amusing. (Edit: I’m adding that I’m not saying James and Sirius were right in their actions, I’m simply pointing that Snape wasn’t either. This post isn’t about the marauders, this is about Snape)
(DH, The Prince’s Tale, p673-674, Arthur A. Levine Books edition)
“‘They sneak out at night. There’s something weird about that Lupin. Where does he keep going?’ ‘He’s ill,’ said Lily. “They said he’s ill—’ “Every month at the full moon?’ said Snape. ‘I know your theory,’ said Lily and she sounded cold. ‘Why are you so obsessed with them anyway? Why do you care what they’re doing at night?’”
- Snape was very clearly trying to out Remus and actively trying to prove his case about knowing Remus was a werewolf. (More on this later)
-Calls Lily a mudblood, and then tries to excuse his actions. Then Lily says “...you call everyone of my birth Mudblood, Severus. Why should I be any different?” Snape says absolutely nothing to defend himself on this statement, so we can only assume that it is accurate and he commonly uses a slur to describe other students around him.
-We know Snape invented Levicorpus, which we later see James use. How do you think James learned it if not because Severus had used it on him or another student before? We even see Snape use Sectumsempra on James. Sectumsempra, aka the spell capable of cutting someone open and leaving them to bleed to death. This is the kind of experimentation Snape did with Dark Magic.
-Snape was willing to sacrifice the life of a BABY without a second thought until he discovered that the child was Lily’s. Even after this, he prioritizes Lily’s life and isn’t concerned whatsoever about the life of Harry, who at this time is less than a year old.
-If Voldemort had decided that Neville was the Chosen One instead of Harry, Severus Snape would still be a death eater. He didn’t think being a Death Eater was wrong in any way- it wasn’t until he was directly affected by a childhood crush did he reconsider. James and Lily Potter fought for the light because they believed in the light. Severus Snape fought against the dark because the dark had offended him. Had Voldemort gone after the Longbottoms instead, Snape would have lived and died as the most loyal Death Eater in history. Edit: I understand that we can say ‘if’ all day long. The point here I’m trying to make is that Severus Snape is only supporting the light side because it benefits him in this situation. I’m simply pointing out that he’s selfish by nature.
-The prophecy states that the child will be born to parents that have thrice defied the Dark Lord. So therefore Lily in some way defied Voldemort 3 other times. And only now Snape wants to save her? No. It has more to do with the guilt he’s feeling for telling Voldemort about the prophecy. It wasn’t her death that phased him as much as how he’d feel if he caused her death.
-Snape hates Harry simply for the fact that Harry looks like his father. Have you ever considered how Harry would’ve been treated if he’d been a girl that looked like Lily? Edit: I AM NOT INSINUATING ANYTHING PEDOPHILIC. I am making the point that when Harry come to school, Snape saw him and recognized his childhood bully, and instead of making the mature decision and not making judgments about Harry beforehand, he just assumes that Harry will be like his father was in school. If Harry had looked like Lily, Snape would’ve been more inclined to favor him the way he did Draco or Pansy. Not in a creepy way, just in a confirmation-bias kind of way.
-Severus snape once intended to publicly kill a student’s pet as punishment for getting a potion wrong. This pet was also a gift to Neville from his Uncle for getting into Hogwarts- something that his family didn’t think would happen because he wasn’t “magic enough”. So to him- Trevor is a reminder that he is a wizard and that his family is proud of him. Then Snape wants to kill him because Neville got a potion wrong, reinforcing the idea that Neville isn’t “magic enough”.
-When Snape covers for Lupin's class (told you we’d be back here), Snape taught the DADA class and made all the students write essays on how to kill werewolves so that Lupin would have to read these when he came back from going through an incredibly painful time.
-Snape did everything in his power to get Remus fired despite the fact that Remus had spent 16+ years pretty much homeless and without a job.
(OotP, Percy and Padfoot, p302, Arthur A Levine Books edition)
“‘I know she’s a nasty piece of work, though—you should hear Remus talk about her.’ ‘Does Lupin know her?’ asked Harry quickly, remembering Umbridge’s comments about dangerous half-breeds during her first lesson. ‘No,’ said Sirius, ‘but she drafted up a bit of anti-werewolf legislation two years ago that makes it almost impossible for him to get a job.’”
Edit: So let’s do some basic math here. This happens in Order of the Phoenix. The anti-werewolf legislation was written two years prior. This would’ve been during or around The Prisoner of Azkaban. Why would somebody randomly write a piece of legislation like this? Let’s just say that there was a teacher that was outed as a werewolf and people were not happy about it. That would give pretty good reason for someone to write a piece of legislation that would make it hard for a werewolf to get a job. Not just Remus. Every werewolf. Who outed Remus to the wizarding world at large? Severus Snape. So for anyone suggesting that what I wrote below is as good as fanfiction, maybe actually read the books and pay attention to smaller plot lines.
-When Snape tells everyone that Remus is a werewolf, he’s not just telling students or their parents. He’s telling the wizarding world. Because of this, Dolores Umbridge wrote a law that made it almost impossible for Remus to find a job. So not only did he ruin Remus’s life. He ruined the life of Every. Single. Werewolf. in the UK.
-Neville Longbottom’s greatest fear is Severus Snape. Not the woman who tortured his parents into insanity, not the worst wizard of all time, not even any of his other followers. His TEACHER. And this is at an age where Neville doesn’t know everything about Snape and all he’s done. That speaks VOLUMES.
-Condones and takes part in bullying a CHILD when Hermione had enormous teeth EXTENDING PAST HER CHIN growing because of a hex, Snape says, “I see no difference.” After this, Hermione permanently modifies her teeth.
(HBP, Snape Victorious, p160, Arthur A Levine Books edition)
“‘I was interested to see your Patronus.’ He shut the gates in her face with a loud clang and tapped the chains with his wand again, so that they slithered, clinking, back into place. ‘I think you were better off with the old one,’ said Snape, the malice in his voice unmistakable. ‘The new one looks weak.’”
-Mocks Tonks when her Patronus changed when she fell in love with Remus despite the fact that his changed to match Lily’s.
-“Snape took the page bearing Lily’s signature, and her love, and tucked it inside his robes. Then he ripped in two the photograph he was holding, so that he kept the part from which Lily laughed, throwing the portion showing James and Harry back on the floor, under the chest of drawers…” She was laughing at her husband and son. People she loved dearly enough to give up her life and Snape took that and cut them out of it so he could pretend she was laughing for him. Her love in the letter was for Sirius who was the best man at her wedding and her good friend in the order. Snape took that so he could pretend her love was for him. This isn’t romantic. It’s creepy. Snape feels entitled to Lily’s love even though he’s done nothing to deserve it.
-The ONLY reason Snape protects Harry is that he’s under an obligation to by Dumbledore (who is blackmailing him, so Snape doesn’t have a choice). Snape isn’t doing it because he wants to. He’s doing it because if he doesn’t, Dumbledore could sell him out to Voldemort and he’d be killed.
-Again, when he kills Dumbledore, it’s not out of the kindness of his heart or his care for Dumbledore. It’s because he’ll be killed or severely punished if he doesn’t.
-Snape may have done good things, but it isn’t because he wants to. It’s because he doesn’t have a choice.
Essentially, at his roots, Snape is a self-centered blood supremacist who bullies people and only does good things when being threatened and emotionally abuses children because he can’t get over somebody he was attracted to in middle school and is perfectly fine killing adults and infants alike when it’s in his best interest.
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PJO as things I hear in the hallways
Percy: Feelings don’t stop at fish
Annabeth: Boobs are a hindrance. They only stop me from world domination.
Grover: Sometimes you just have to look at your pets and go, "NEM NEM NEM NEM NEM"
Piper: He's both tasty and hot but even he wouldn't treat me this way
Jason: What kind of soup does the future hold?
Leo: Thinking juice go straight to sinuses and straight to brain
Hazel: You got murdered by a search browser??? Yo!!!!
Frank: Learn to be a polar bear. Bludgeon people with ice.
Reyna: Anything is a form of divorce if you believe in yourself
Nico: I don’t believe most things, like vitamins.
Will: My anti-capitalistic cat. Why am I at school when I could be at home petting him outside my window.
The Stolls: Grammar is for the upper class
Rachel: Centaurs have six limbs and are therefore insects
Luke: That’s right, don’t bow to the government
Ethan: I fucking LOVE organ theft.
So…I know it was yesterday…sorry bout that but
Happy Birthday Annabeth Chase!!
The beauty of characters is not what the author creates. It’s what the readers do with it. It’s the people who come together and find all the bits and pieces and truly make the characters what they are. Without us, the stories and characters are nothing. With us, they become a whole world.
Overheard in HighSchool:
“Anything is a form of divorce if you believe in yourself.”
“High school is all legs.”
I spent three weeks in a mental hospital and what I discovered there I feel like should be put into words.
we are not who you think we are.
the boy with tourettes told the funniest jokes
the girl who raked her nails up and down her skin could create the most exquisite drawings
the girl who abused drugs had the wisest soul
the boy with schizophrenia had the biggest heart
the girl who tried to kill herself told the boy with insomnia stories to help lure him to sleep
the boy who wanted to kill himself had the deepest passion for cooking
the girl with slits and scars all over her body dried my tears and told me I was beautiful
the boy with anger issues gave the warmest hugs
the girl with bulimia told everyone every day that they looked beautiful in their bodies
the boy who was a compulsive liar told us that he wanted us all to get better, and that he was for once telling the truth
the girl who almost drank herself to death stood up for anyone that felt they were feeling bullied
the boy with social anxiety made sure nobody sat alone at meals
we are not who you think we are.
THIS!!!!! I JUST—THIS!!
Omg you guys. I just get rejected in The best possible way. I asked this guy to homecoming, and he said no because he just broke up with his girlfriend and he wasn’t ready to date again. Then proceeded to tell me that he actually kind of like me, apologized numerous times for saying no because he felt bad, then praised me for putting myself out there and then continuing on the conversation like normal.
Overheard in HighSchool:
“All your plans lead back to world domination.”
“I thought that was a great way to end things. Death.”
*To Ginger friend* “Ed Sheeran, old friend.”
Lucy: It’s now your Lock Screen.
I just love this scene so much because you can tell he’s so happy he’s her Lock Screen and he doesn’t want to admit it and I LOVE IT.
Does anybody else see YouTube videos of cute couples or something from a TV show, and then you want to watch that show because the couple is so cute?? And then you look it up and they don’t get together until like, season 83?? BECAUSE I FEEL THAT SOMETIMES AND ITS VERY CONFLICTING.
Are we gonna talk about how on Mr. Iglesias they have an incompetent old lady trying to teach Spanish when they have 3 teachers whom all speak fluent Spanish.
