#Percy entrusting care of Pandora’s jar of the Spirit of Hope to Hestia the goddess of home and hearth

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shout out to this scene from the last Olympian that’s been kicking around my brain since 2013

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Image 1: a digital illustration of Percy Jackson holding Pandora’s jar. Inside the jar is the spirit of hope, emitting a glow onto Percy’s face. Percy is looking at the spirit and smiling tenderly. Percy has tan skin and black hair, with a grey streak. Standing protectively over Percy and the jar is Hestia, smiling down on them.

Image 2: A close up on Elpis, the Spirit of Hope, inside Pandora’s jar.

Image 3: A close up on Percy’s face.

Image 4: A close up on Hestia’s face.

Image 5: An excerpt from The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan. The last three lines are highlighted. The excerpt reads:

“I picked up Pandora's jar. The spirit of Hope fluttered inside, trying to warm the cold container.

"Hestia," I said, "I give this to you as an offering."

The goddess tilted her head. "I am the least of the gods. Why would you trust me with this?"

"You're the last Olympian," I said. "And the most important."

"And why is that, Percy Jackson?"

"Because Hope survives best at the hearth," I said. "Guard it for me, and I won't be tempted to give up again."

The goddess smiled. She took the jar in her hands and it began to glow. The hearth fire burned a little brighter.

"Well done, Percy Jackson," she said. "May the gods bless you.”

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#pjo #percy Jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo fanart #the thing that will always kill me about the last olympian is #Percy entrusting care of Pandora’s jar of the Spirit of Hope to Hestia the goddess of home and hearth #being immediately paralleled to #Percy and Nico asking their fathers to abandon their palaces in favor of helping defend Olympus #Chris convincing Clarisse to join the others in Manhattan because what’s the point of protecting camp if all their friends are dead? #Home being a source of strength home being the people you love #not necessarily a place if home is where the heart is then my heart is with you etc etc etc