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#I rlly hope none of this comes off as negative toward any character I tried to b as neutral as possible
ranboo5 · 3 years
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Techno takes I find baffling seem to be based largely on like, the predication that he sees ideals over people, but that’s not... true. That’s literally the opposite of true. That’s literally the source of the conflict with people on the server
What ppl seem to think? is that Techno’s interactions with people are informed by his anarchist ideals, when it’s the other way around. He reacts to government the way he does because he’s seen what it does to people? He’s seen it hurt him, he’s seen it hurt Phil, he’s seen it hurt Ranboo, he’s seen it hurt Tubbo, he’s seen it hurt Tommy, he’s seen it hurt Wilbur, he has evidence for it hurting Niki, and the list goes on 
People keep acting like Techno’s ideology starts with “oh nooo my ideals are hurt,” which I think comes from him flipping on L’Manberg after the Manberg-Pogtopia war, but that’s because Techno clearly came in with an anarchist ethos (and pretty traumatized already; “the only universal language is violence” alone raises a lot of red flags that are all screaming “trauma”). How his anarchist ethos develops is clearly reactive and this is obvious from even immediately after this -- he sees blowing up L’Manberg didn’t stop them from starting a government, and retreats to try to take up pacifism and establish an anarchist commune in the north. He sees this fail w/ the Butcher Army and leans harder into reciprocity, and after blowing up New L’Manberg (in perceived self-defense primarily, I would argue) he decides to directly codify aforesaid ethos and develop it. And what does he emphasize when he does so? The lack of any leadership position. The fact that no member will be used or coerced. This is directly from what he’s seen government do -- corrupt its leaders with power and the search for more until they broke like Wilbur or did awful things like Tubbo, and use people like him as weapons, coerce them to take action against others against their will like they did w/ Ranboo and tried to do to Techno. Technoblade’s anarchism is clearly a reaction to his interactions with other people, not the other way around 
I think another source for the “Technoblade values ideals over people” misread is the fact that he actually doesn’t value ideals and things that much, which he states, but because a lot of the fandom identifies and sympathizes with characters who do value those ideals, that disregard comes off as personal. Take L’Manberg, or the discs -- those are things that are, for better or for worse (I would argue in most cases for worse, but ofc there is nuance and that’s a different discussion anyway), incredibly sentimentally important ideals to characters like Tubbo and especially Tommy “attachments are actually the thematic core of my character” Innit, which a lot of people sympathize with. Those things aren’t people, but because of the value that characters place on them, they feel to those characters like an attack on them is an attack on an intrinsic part of their identity. This isn’t a paradigm that Techno operates on -- the closest he comes is when they form a government in front of him and he joins in the destruction of L’Manberg, but even then it’s a more consistent read that he did it in some misguided attempt to warn them. It all comes back to Technoblade caring about people, even people who’ve wronged him and whom he disagrees with -- I’d go so far as to call that a primary motivator. The problem arises when those people work on a paradigm where they care deeply about ideals that often harm them, and Techno doesn’t have the emotional finesse nor the understanding necessary to take that into account with his “warnings,” which often only end up causing more trauma in effect. That doesn’t mean he does things because he “doesn’t care” or has a “victim complex”; it just means that he doesn’t understand the sentimental and emotional importance that that kind of attachment to an inanimate ideal has. He sees people do terrible things in the name of some strange idea of a country -- how can a country be more emotionally important to them than the person being hurt? -- and when he reacts in the way he knows how -- which, because of the other trauma he clearly already has, is violence -- he doesn’t take into account the real emotional effect that losing that country has on someone, and because the emotional effect of an attachment like that is in fact really huge, especially if you, like some characters, define yourself by that attachment, those characters and people who sympathize with them can feel like it’s an attack on something that makes them human (and that leads directly into “oh Techno is inhuman!” stuff which is. Incredibly ableist because it’s literally calling someone inhuman because they interact with ideals differently and usually also ties into calling him “emotionless” for. How. The creator. Who has ADHD. Naturally emotes.) 
If we want more nails in the coffin, just. Look at how he interacts with Tubbo? There’s a repeated sub-sentiment of the stuff I’ve talked about here that Technoblade only sees Tubbo as a government stand in and fails to see the person, but how Techno talks about/to him says the actual opposite most of the time. He’s gone on record saying that Tubbo is possibly a good guy but has been corrupted by his position during the RaccoonInnit arc, the one time he took a canon life from Tubbo was under coercion, and just today in the Snowchester stream as soon as Tubbo made it clear that, despite his big scary words and nukes, Snowchester was not intending to or probably capable of oppressing its citizens, Technoblade and the Syndicate decided that Tubbo wasn’t going to be a problem and never acted personally slighted, even though 2/4 (arguably 3/4 but no one’s ready for that conversation) of them arguably had reason to committing what Tubbo’s administration actively did to them. Technoblade doesn’t have a problem with Tubbo, the person; he has a problem with the position of a presidential cabinet, which he almost certainly sees (correctly) as something that was in fact harming Tubbo the person (Phil has even said as much explicitly, I’m pretty sure Techno has as well though perhaps in less direct terms, and Ranboo almost certainly has alluded to similar). Honestly all things considered Techno and co. are all being incredibly forgiving toward Tubbo (as they largely should be!!! Honestly I think their takes irt that are mostly correct considering Tubbo’s situation but I am also very very soft and will lie down and apologize about anything so) 
Tl;dr: People saying that Technoblade values ideals over people actually have it entirely backwards, because - Techno’s ideals are actively reactive to his interactions with other people rather than the other way around - largely the issue is that Techno doesn’t recognize the value people place on ideals  - Techno has seen the damage that those ideals + holding them has done to people which is in fact his main motivator  - Techno’s interactions w/ Tubbo all point to Techno not having a problem with Tubbo the person but rather with the government position he occupied, which hurt Tubbo the person too  - have we been watching the same streams
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cipheress-to-k-pop · 4 years
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Exotic
Pairing: Eduardo Dorado Jr. x Tamaranean! Reader
Warnings: None
Word Count: 1.8K
Requested by @lina-lovebug​:  Eduardo Jr. x Tamaranean! Fem! Reader imagine. He has a crush on her but can't tell cuz of how friendly she is with everyone. But after she starts to protect him in battle, using her war training to the MAX, leave him bracelets and gifts she made herself, acting more nervous around him. He asks her what it's about and she gets rlly nervous cuz in her custom, she's courting him. That means she wants to marry him. He's flustered and suggests they start with a date, she kisses him with a happy nod.
A/N: I hope you don’t mind but I changed up the ending a little bit, but just a teensy, tiny bit.
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When Eduardo was travelling from Argentina toward his father and before he was abducted, he met many people while trying to hitchhike and get closer to the US.
The strangers that he met would always describe him oddly, like he was a different human because of his race. It was never negative things, luckily, but they always used words like ‘exotic’ and ‘unique’.
They used it so frequently to the point that he got annoyed hearing it, while they expected him to smile at the compliment, he was resisting rolling his eyes at them. Seriously, couldn’t they find any other word?
He swore that he would never use that word because it was so irritating to hear and if it came out of his own mouth, he might as well punch himself in the face.
However, looking at you, it was the only word that could come to mind. You with your bright hair and glowing eyes and power, it was one of the words that seemed to define you accurately.
In his defines, you were from outer space.
Ever since you arrived on Earth, Ed was infatuated with you. It might have been your beauty that got his attention, or your power in battle but everyone else agreed that his crush began the second you had kissed him when you landed.
"Who are you?! And why are you here?”
You replied in a language that they couldn’t understand before getting into a battle stance and raising your glowing fists at them, with your face contorted in aggression. They quickly realized that you couldn’t understand them and backed away, trying to show you that they mean no harm.
“Why don’t you just lower your weapon now?”
Once again you replied using foreign words and they watched as you sighed, letting the energy in your hand fizzle out once they got a safe distance away and you stepped closer to him.
Eduardo’s first instinct when you came near him was to teleport away but his eyes locked onto yours and he saw the pure exhaustion in them. So much so that he actually thought you might faint.
So, ignoring his brain telling him otherwise, he stepped closer, with the intention to catch you if you managed to fall.
But he was beyond surprised when your arms wrapped around his neck and you captured his lips in a kiss. You moved your lips lightly against his before applying more pressure that made him dizzy and he briefly thought of pushing you away but he felt your breath flutter against his eyelashes and the thought blew away with the wind.
You pulled away after a few seconds, acting completely nonchalant, as if you hadn’t just stolen his first kiss but his head was still spinning. He didn’t know who you were, or even what your name was, but he wanted to kiss you again.
“Uh...do you know her?” Asked Bart awkwardly, having seen the whole thing and he was completely stumped. It was only then Ed realized what had happened and his cheeks got warm in embarrassment that you managed to make him forget with just a kiss
“You are bilingual.” You said, smiling and gently touching your lips and he melted on the inside. This was so out of character for him. It was so out of character to get so distracted by some foreign beauty. Flustering people was his job.
Any sense he had flew out the window when you sent them a wispy smile, “Now, what were you saying?”
Yep. Exotic. That was the only word that he could think of.
If the rest of the team thought that his attraction to the beautiful, powerful foreign girl would fade away in time, they were horribly mistaken because his attraction for you only solidified into genuine feelings as you continued to spend time together.
He spent most of his time either training with you, on missions, or teaching you things that would better integrate you into society. The day he had to explain to you that kissing was not a method of linguistic exchange here was one of the funniest of his life.
But his crush remained unrequited and one-sided. Everyone else was convinced that you happened to feel the same way for him but he disagreed. You were just extremely friendly and naturally flirtatious. He noticed that after a long time of ‘observing’ you.
He thought he had you all figured out, but it was the things that he didn’t notice that was the base of the teams’ suspicion of your crush on him as well. It wasn’t just the fact you always spent time around him and always found some excuse to be close to him.
It wasn’t because you were obviously most comfortable with him and felt more comfortable to make mistakes around him even though you tried to impress him with your skills and fighting styles that you learnt back in Tamaran.
No, it was the way that you went out of your way to protect him and make sure he was safe in battle. They hadn’t really noticed it before, until Ed had gotten knocked unconscious in a crossfire and you lost your temper, practically annihilating what was left of enemy fire with your energy blasts.
Never had they seen such power or force come from you. You always held back because you knew that humans didn’t have the resilience and endurance that Tamaraneans did but you all but seemed to forget that and continued to blast them one by one until they were all on the floor.
Any gentleness had been wiped out and you fought like it was war.
They were expecting you to get what they had been sent to retrieve and finish the mission after eliminating their offense but you flew back to the battlefield, getting Ed out of there and placing him into the Bio-ship with care.
Only when you were completely sure that he was safe, you raced back and grabbed the artifact, completing the mission.
The team was still reeling at the brutal take-down as the ship launched and flew into the atmosphere but once you collapsed onto the ship’s floor, sweating panting, they realized what had gone wrong.
You over-exerted yourself and put your well-being in danger, trying to get Eduardo to safety. So, once he regained consciousness, they all tried to convince him to ask you out on a date.
“Hey, (Y/N), can we talk?” Ed asked, lightly knocking on your door that you left ajar. You looked up at him from your place on the bed and smiled, welcoming him into your room.
Your grin only widened when you noticed the ring that was around his finger. It was one that you made from a piece of the necklace that had been given to you by the royal family. It took great time and effort and you were glad that he liked it enough to wear it.
You had given it to him nearly a month ago and he refused to take it off, only removing it for missions because he was afraid that it would somehow break or that he’d lose it in battle. Other than that, however, he was always seen wearing it and it make you so happy that you continued to leave him gifts.
“Um, well I just wanted to ask...something.” He mumbled, quite embarrassed and he couldn’t seem to look you in the eye. You noticed the way he was stammering and grabbed his hand, gently intertwining your fingers and rubbing your thumb across his knuckles before running over the ring once.
“Is something the matter?” You asked curiously, a frown making its way onto your face and he shook his head, chuckling at you.
“Nothing’s wrong. I’m just nervous to ask you something is all.”
“You have nothing to hide from me, Ed.” It was the sound of his name coming from his mouth that made him want to hold you and kiss you. All the longing thoughts that he had been pushing away for so long had bubbled to the surface and he took a deep breath before taking the plunge.
“Would you like to go on a date with me?”
“A date?”
“Yes, like dating me.”
“Like courting?”
“Yes, exactly.”
Ed felt his heart drop into his stomach when he saw the frown on your face. He could feel his heart tearing in his chest as you thought over the next few words, trying to put together the next sentence.
“I don’t understand......I thought we were already courting?” You told him, confused and his brows furrowed.
“I think I would have remembered that.”
“You’re wearing the ring I made for you. Wearing a gift from your significant other is a common sign of marital status.” You told him and he felt his face heat up at the look of purity and innocence in your eyes.
“M-Martial status?”
“Don’t you court each other before getting married?”
Now he couldn’t even process words anymore. He just sat on his bed, staring at you and hearing the blood rush through his ears and his heart beat wildly in his chest.
Looking at him so unprepared and confused made you finally realize what was going on and your shoulders sank, a frown forming on your face and you pulled your hands from his, putting some distance between the two of you.
“I’m sorry, I misread your signals and misinterpreted your feelings. It’s okay if you don’t feel the same way.” You muttered, running a hand through your hair. It was embarrassing. You had completely forgotten that this was a tradition on Tamaran and he had no idea of your culture.
“No!” Your dejected face got him out of his trance and he reached quickly to grab your hands between the two of his and looked far into your eyes.
“I feel the same way for you, (Y/N), I just didn’t know it was part of your culture, I’m sorry for making you think that.”
Your breath stuttered and you felt him come closer towards you and wrap an around your waist, bringing you towards him until you felt his body press against yours.
“Since you showed me a way of confession of Tamaran, let me show you one from Earth.” He muttered lowly, before kissing you soundly. Your arms wrapped tightly around his neck as his head tilted. It could have been hours that passed with his lips on yours and when he pulled away, the two of you were still feeling fuzzy.
A shy smile made its way onto your lips, “We’re going to get married?”
He chuckled, nervously scratching his cheek, “How about we go out on a date first?”
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clovis-enthusiast · 4 years
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Lotsa Clovis headcanons that you can pry from my cold dead hands
Keep in mind that these are just MY HEADCANONS! None of this is canon unless specifically stated! Feel free to agree or disagree. I juts rlly love my boy and his cabin and will gush about them for hours if given the chance.
Since there is a lot, I’ll put them under the cut so as not to clutter ur feed with my rambling! So uh click ‘keep reading’ to see me babble about my all time favorite character! Hope u enjoy if u read em and always feel free to send me a message about ur own headcanons! (I’m always thinking of more, so this post might be updated every once in awhile!)
He is very French. He was born in France and lived there for a short while before he and his mother (the reason I say mother instead of parent is because it was hinted at in canon that he has a mother. my go to name for her is Camille) moved to the US due to monster related problems. (He has a French last name. Something like Valois is my go to.)
French is his first language but because he moved to the US when he was quite young, he is very fluent in English. He often switches between the two languages when he’s EXTRA sleepy without noticing leading to a lot of confusion (and you can bet that he DEFINITELY swears in French because not many people at camp can understand him when he does. Those who do have a newfound respect and fear for him.)
He was initially a longtime member of the Hermes cabin even though pretty much everyone could guess who his godly parent was.
Was DEFINITELY a part of Luke’s army at one point due to the fact that he looked up to Luke as the older demigod had always treated him like a little brother, AND his godly brother Morpheus was also on Kronos’s side of the war. However, Clovis did not stay with them for long once things began to get bad and returned to Camp Half Blood with time. (Morpheus and Clovis now have a strained relationship.)
Best friends with Lou Ellen Blackstone of the Hecate cabin. They were both temporarily on Luke’s side of the war and were held with suspicion and distrust when they returned to camp, so they tended to stick by each other while the other campers warmed back up to them. Because of this, they are now very close and are always goofing around (much to the annoyance of the other head counselors aside from the Stolls, of course.)
Definitely had a thing for Nico di Angelo in the past. As the two boys are both the sons of underworld gods, Clovis had already felt a certain tug towards him. When he heard Nico’s story from the camp’s rumor mill (thank Lacy and Mitchell for that one) he became utterly infatuated. Over time, his curiosity turned more into a little crush which then became a BIG crush, but as neither Clovis nor Nico are really all that great with normal human interaction, the son of Hypnos’s flirting techniques sort of went unnoticed. That’s why Nico seems to be the only one being pulled into Clovis’s dreams at any given time despite Clovis being a ‘very strong dreamer.’ The truth is that Clovis has full control over who enters HIS dreamscapes. He tries desperately to impress Nico and help him out wherever he can, but when Nico eventually chooses Will to be his boyfriend, Clovis, though a bit sad that his first crush in a long time didn’t share the feelings, is VERY supportive. He loves to tease Nico about how hopelessly head-over-heels the broody teenager is over his sunshiney boyfriend. And if the two were ever to break up for whatever reason in the future? Well, Clovis is definitely still up for a shot.
Clovis and Nico are still VERY close. Clovis is one of the only people that Nico feels comfortable enough to be himself around and often confides in him whenever his negative thinking gets the best of him. Clovis also plays a big part in Nico regaining the memories of his past when he’s ready which he will forever be thankful for. The two obviously spend a lot of time together in dreams and greet one another in a warm fashion whenever they come across each other by chance at camp. This confuses literally everyone because literally no one has ever seen them interact before?? How are they friends?? 
Has HISTORY with Drew. No one is really sure what kind of history (it seems as if there was a little bit of memory erasure throughout the camp on the situation... hm...) but most people speculate that the two shared a romantic relation at one point in time. Turns out, they were NOT compatible, and the whole thing went up in flames. Drew still holds a huge grudge against Clovis who acts as though he could honestly care less. He still treats her politely though there have definitely been some not-so-subtle nasty looks cast across the campfire towards her direction before.
Also very close with Lacy and Mitchell from the Aphrodite cabin. Lacy feels terrible about Drew’s trash-talking and rumor-spreading and eventually works up the courage to say hi. They became fast friends, and Lacy definitely has a bit of a puppy-dog crush on him, but she is much too young for Clovis. He sees her as a little sister and allows her to put makeup on him, do his hair, and even tries on dresses and such just to make her smile. Mitchell, on the other hand, became friends with Clovis out of spite in all honesty and ended up liking the sleepy blond a lot more than he thought he would. He might have a teeeeeny tiiiiiny crush on him. Don’t tell Lacy.
Close with Pollux of the Dionysus cabin. Pollux sees a lot of Castor when he looks at Clovis which is a huge comfort to him. The two counselors have a lot of deep talks late at night, and Clovis always makes sure that Pollux is sleeping well without being haunted by nightmares. Dionysus would never admit it, but he is very thankful that someone cares that much about his only son.
Good friends with Rachel Elizabeth Dare surprisingly! He helps her out often, and the two like to sit and chat about mythology, artwork, and prophecies in the big house and at the campfire.
Has allies and friends in high places. Due to his powerful dreaming, he’s been to quite a few strange places and met quite a few strange people... or you could call them the gods, I guess. He knows a lot of the gods and goddesses from all kinds of mythologies (though obviously more of the Greek ones than anything) and they seem to like him well enough for some reason. (Probably because he’s one of the only demigods who doesn’t want to strangle them and doesn’t mind listening to them complain about petty godly things.) He often has little chats with them where he keeps them updated with the going ons of Camp Half Blood and they keep him updated about... godly drama. He kinda lives for it tbh. It’s part of the reason why he’s so informed about the gods.(Annabeth is maybe just the tiniest bit jealous.)
He’s a year round camper because it would be much too dangerous for him to go back to living with his mother. He stays in contact with her via dreams, letters, and Iris messages though!
MUCH more powerful than he lets on. He just doesn’t like conflict. 
One of his most frightening abilities is the ability to summon terrible creatures from people’s nightmares and use them to fight. He doesn’t like to do this as it can be very traumatizing for the people he uses it against, AND it’s not always a guarantee that the nightmare creatures will obey him.
His other more battle-ready powers are the ability to put an entire battle field into a deep slumber and memory alteration/erasure. He can use his memory alteration/erasure on monsters of weaker defenses AND demigods (though he feels much more comfortable using it on monsters.) He uses these powers to alter how monsters/enemies perceive demigods. Because of this, there are quite a few friendly hellhounds and scythian dracanae wandering about the camp. All of his powers are VERY draining and take a lot of concentration in order to work as intended. He will often sleep for days after a battle because of this.
He is also capable of fighting whilst asleep. In fact, his senses are heightened, and he tends to perform better this way. He also heals much faster while he is asleep. 
It is speculated that he will either grow wings from his head or his back, but it will not happen until he grows older. It’s a rare trait that few Hypnos kids (and Thanatos kids) develop, but due to Clovis’s power level, everyone is pretty much waiting for it to happen.
He can change his appearance at will in his dreams, but his aura is still the same, so he can still be identified pretty easily by people who know him personally. (As a side note, his eyes pretty much change color on their own to reflect the mood of the dreamscape he’s currently in. Gold, emerald, and violet are the most common colors. His true eye color is blue.)
Doesn’t really care about gender all that much. He has absolutely no problem with people referring to him using any pronouns (she/he/they) and is quite comfortable with himself in general. Many demigods who are questioning their gender comes to talk to him about it, and he’s always open to hearing them out and giving them advice.
VERY bisexual. Likes girls, guys, literally anyone who can keep him awake and interested for more than five seconds.
The unofficial official camp therapist.The role used to belong to Will Solace, but the truth is that the son of Apollo is much more comfortable dealing with physical ailments and problems he can fix medically than he is with dealing with feelings and mental ailments. Clovis is a very good listener despite the popular belief that he’s too busy nodding off to actually hold a conversation with properly and has a very calming aura that helps people feel safe enough to be vulnerable with him.
The go to babysitter of camp. Due to his Hypnos kid vibes, he is able to keep even the most rambunctious demigod and satyr children under control. His nap times are legendary. 
VERY big on respecting people’s privacy and boundaries. He tries his best not to enter any dreams uninvited, and he never talks about what goes on in people’s dreams ever. He also NEVER looks into people’s memories without their permission. He makes sure his siblings follow these guidelines strictly.
He literally lets anyone come into the Hypnos cabin at any time to get a good rest. The cabin has an open door policy.
New campers are often allowed to stay with the Hypnos cabin if they’d rather not face the chaos of the Hermes cabin.
Contrary to popular belief, his cabin is actually NOT the messiest cabin. The Hermes cabin wins that one though they’re followed closely by the Ares and Hephaestus cabins.
He and his siblings are some of the closest in the camp. They meet up and hang out in each other’s dreamscapes and have family nights. Clovis is the oldest AND is a head counselor, so he is very protective and responsible when it comes to his siblings.
Gives AMAZING massages. Leo and the entirety of the Hephaestus and Ares cabins are regular customers. Fight me. 
Actually a very good strategist when it comes to battles and such given that he’s awake enough to actually communicate his ideas. If you get them on your Capture the Team game, you’re already doing good. Annabeth and the Athena cabin love the competition, and they’re nearly unstoppable when they work together with him.
Clovis suffers from TERRIBLE narcolepsy, even for a son of Hypnos. It’s gotten him into a lot of bad and dangerous situations such as falling asleep mid battle, mid conversation, and even in the bath once when he was little. He has developed a fear of heights and water due to his condition.
Holds a lot of frustrations towards himself. Frustrated that he ever turned against the camp that offered him a home, frustrated that he couldn’t help Jason restore his memories, frustrated that couldn’t help more in the war against Gaea, just... frustrated. He tries to sleep off these negative moods because he doesn’t like to bring people down.
Absolutely not opposed to cuddling with people who are okay with it (he always asks first!) It’s a surefire way to get a good night’s rest since you’re so close to him, plus he’s very soft and warm!
Has a good singing voice, but just isn’t confident enough with it. He pushes through his insecurities to sing lullabies to those who really need them though. His lullabies are unmatched. 
Adores cats with all of his heart due to their lazy and relaxed nature, but he knows that he could never be able to care for one well enough. 
ALWAYS wears pajamas. Like all the time. Chiron has given up on enforcing the dress code. He also made sure to have custom made camp bracelets instead of necklaces to be sure that none of the Hypnos kids are choked/strangled by them if they happen to fall asleep in a bad place or position.
Lives in the past. Old movies, old music, old slang, you name it. I mean, he practically sleeps for the majority of his life, so it’s not all that surprising that he’s a bit behind the times. He thinks the modern age moves much too fast for him to keep up with.
The demigods of camp take turns making sure Clovis and his siblings are taking care of themselves. Walking them to the showers and dining pavilion, making sure they get a little sunlight each day, and the bare minimum of training.
He is the best boy.That is the only FACT that I do not accept criticism on. Thank you.
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