Okay it’s like 2 AM. But Percy and Annabeth struggle to have a baby for a long time. Mortal fertility doctors say there’s nothing wrong and so they know it’s the gods. More specifically, it’s Hera being a petty bitch. They make offerings to Demeter and Dionysus hoping that blessings from the other fertility gods will help offset Hera’s doings. Annabeth gets pregnant, but Hera is still the goddess of child birth, so she miscarries. After that they stop trying for awhile. It’s too painful. They focus on the demigod kids they foster instead.
After awhile, Annabeth gets pregnant again. They haven’t made any more offerings, but Percy wonders if Mr. D still remembers all that Diet Coke and gold. In any case, they’re holding their breath, making lots of offerings, including to Hera. They don’t tell anyone until it’s unavoidable because she’s showing. They don’t look at baby name books or have a baby shower or anything, too afraid of getting attached, of facing that loss and pain again.
But apparently Hera’s found her compassion, because Annabeth gives birth to a healthy baby girl—Annabeth’s spitting image, except for her sea green eyes and the freckles on her cheeks. She’s their little miracle, and the day she is born they burn so many offerings for Hera, it’s a little ridiculous. And some for Dionysus and Demeter, just to be safe.
(What they don’t know: Dionysus has a soft spot for that kid Peter Johnson, and is always down to pick a fight. He never really got along with his step-mom anyway.)
also on your modern coryo; is he the "'youre so mysterious' says man who has never asked you a question about yourself" type or does he Never STOP asking you questions
in the beginning he’s the former (saw you and was like “wow they’re so different and not like the others *lip bite*” without ever talking to you), something was starting to change in him but he was still more of a narcissistic jerk than anything else. talked about himself the whole time he managed to corner you in the library after hours (bc you work there but he thought it was fate) for a full conversation. but once he’s gotten you to go out with him, he’s sitting you down and passing you a whole ass questionnaire and saying that he would have texted it to you but he wanted to be sure that you’re not lying about anything.
Questions like:
“What’s your favorite color?” (he knows that already but what if you’re indecisive)
“How do you take your coffee?” (he knows that too but again you could be completely unstable for all he knows)
“How do you feel about Hello Kitty?” (what if he needs to create a new section in the budget for your obsession)
“Ring size, now.” (not a question, he’ll measure it while you sleep if you’re not sure)
“Dream place to get married?” (haha just casually daydreaming about the future, he just wants to get a feel for your personality)
“Place you want to be buried and in what position?” (in his family’s plot and wrapped around him in the same coffin, already filled out for you)
“Am i deer pretty or fox pretty?” (Well? Is he deer pretty or fox pretty 🔫)
A Dark Aang story sounds interesting! Does he view himself as the "superior" Avatar?
Not out loud....
So, I do have a Dark!Aang storyline floating around the archives of my mind. If you've followed me a while, you've probably seen me mention Superboy Prime!Aang. Essentially, Aang doesn't necessarily see himself as the best Avatar. Rather, he thinks that being the Avatar and the last representative of the spiritually superior Air Nomads, he's better than everyone else on the planet. Not that he says so out loud, but it's clear in the way he looks down on other cultures, especially the SWT (them being more overtly dependent on hunting for survival). The premise is that Aang's inability to regard all cultures and peoples equally is his flaw as Avatar. It comes out in his relationship with Katara, obviously, but it's bigger than that. Eventually, he gets it in his head that his ultimate role as Avatar is to set people down the path of spiritual enlightenment in order to keep balance. Between his imperfect understanding of Air Nomad philosophy and history, and his ability to take away bending, he eventually crosses a line he can't come back from.
Now that Guru Pathik has been mentioned, I don't see him playing a huge role in the story, but I could absolutely see Aang going back to him to learn how to control the Avatar State. I think Pathik would tell Aang that he still needed to let go of his unhealthy attachments, including Katara, and that is when Aang would get smug about not needing to let go of anything to gain access the Avatar State. Of course, he still can't really control it, but that's just details. Eventually, he does get to a point where he can go in and out of the Avatar State at will, but he usually ends up causing way more destruction than he intends...