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ive been thinking a lot about how the pjo universe will continue and truthfully I dont think it can (in a meaningful way) until rr commits to actually taking a stance on tlo and moving forward accordingly. tlo wasn't really a victory, percy didn't reform anything. he managed to get zeus to make a tiny concession that, when you think about it, benefits the gods much more than it does their children. I mean... claiming is a meaningful gesture and all, but thats really all it is. the whole pay your child support joke is funny, but claiming their kids doesn't amount to offering any of the structural support that would actually substantially improve their lives.

what's interesting is how ingrained it is in the culture of chb how they define themselves by who their parents are. depending on how devoted they are, who their godly parent is influences their opinions and perceptions of themselves and others. (see the percabeth poseidon/athena rivalry and how the camp started to split up into its own mini war in tlt). those kids, no matter whether they've even met their parents, clearly shape some aspects of their identity around their parent.

keeping in mind that the gods and their power are derived from worship, and how their kids practice their own form of worship simply by existing, claiming them strengthens them inherently. not to mention that the gods use their kids to do things they couldn't themselves, like percy being poseidons hail mary to stop the war in tlt.

meanwhile gods are forbidden from interfering with human fate, demigods are still in danger from monsters and are trapped by fate and prophecy and even if the gods do break their oaths, they dont even really suffer for it.

tlo is a really bitter victory against a force they cannot defeat and cannot strongarm into changing.

I am convinced that none of the series post pjo have worked because none of them can commit on what the ending of tlo really means.

if the thesis statement is that demigods are just doomed by the narrative, which is what's hinted at, then fucking commit to that and make it a tragedy. rr cant do that however because it doesn't at all fit into how he writes, so right now all the series are stuck in a place where theyre either standalone adventures in the pjouniverse (tsats, cotg) that function more as companion novels to the main series, or series (hoo, toa) whose conclusion is that yeah things do sure suck but theres fuck all I can do about it.

its a tragedy thats not allowed to be a tragedy, which means that even if the books are fun on an individual level, in an overarching aspect they are infested with this depressing resignation, where characters have resigned themselves to be content with how things are. characters arent allowed to be upset because if theyre allowed to be angry that anger has to lead somewhere which its never does.

the universe is standing at a crossroads between 'overthrowing the gods/changing the status quo' and ' commit to the tragedy of what it means to be a hero' and and we haven't moved forward since the last olympian was published.

#percy jackson #stuff to chew on

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I bet after Aragorn became king he would continue to be Just Some Chill As Fuck Dude. You go to the market and there’s the king of Gondor. Buying turnips.

#Aragorn slaps #lord of the rings

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get his ass

#this is incomprehensible. #supernatural

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First you procrastinate on the task because it is not a big enough deal to get done urgently. Then you procrastinate on the task because it has become such a big deal that doing it is overwhelming. You would think that this implies a middle point where it is just big enough of a deal to get done easily, however the inherent perversity of the universe's causal geometry prevents this

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in another life you would have been more than just a dream

#THIS IS NUTS have I already reblogged it perhaps #legend of zelda #rb

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Tears of the something or other idfk

#the angle on this is nuts!!! so good so good!!!! #legend of zelda #rb

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DYKE!

#lesbian visibility week!!!

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i just adore him

#he’s so real <3 he’s so New York #percy jackson

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hiccup to fishlegs: Man I cannot figure her out at all. I hate that I even like her. She’s probably killed people before. I’m serious no other ROTC recruit has ever scored as highly before on any of the exams let alone on ALL OF THEM. I ATTENDED A DEMONSTRATION LAST MONTH ADVOCATING FOR THE DEATH OF THE ROTC PROGRAM and I STILL dream about her stupid eyes every night

astrid to ruffnut: Dude I cannot get over the fucking soul patch. Does he smoke weed? I cannot get behind the smell of weed that might be a dealbreaker for me

fundamentally Hiccup and Astrid as a couple functions entirely well because Astrid is this mega popular blonde chick who takes one look at the weird nerd with the soul patch and (rightfully so) says oh wow uh gimme like a minute to think about that. But then it turns out she’s a bloodthirsty killing machine and Hiccup, a pacifist, has to be like huh I guess I gotta get over that. So Astrid’s like yea it was tough but I decided to forgive the poor choice in beard to date the guy and hiccup is like yeah I guess the fact that she was the best recruit in her ROTC unit isn’t a dealbreaker even though I am on all accounts fundamentally opposed to the military and to war actually

#its canon to me. #I just enjoy hiccup having to really set aside everything he knows to try and get to know her #and astrid eventually growing into being less of an asshole and less military hoorah <3 #but at first her only gripe is that she hates his beard and that snotlout is his roommate and his gripes are like ‘her moral character may #leave much to be desired’ #they’re so funny

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#he can't stop himself

“I found myself staring at her, which was stupid since I'd seen her a billion times. Still, she seemed so much more mature. It was kind of intimidating. I mean, sure, she'd always been cute, but she was starting to be seriously beautiful.”

#percy jackson #man in love

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fundamentally Hiccup and Astrid as a couple functions entirely well because Astrid is this mega popular blonde chick who takes one look at the weird nerd with the soul patch and (rightfully so) says oh wow uh gimme like a minute to think about that. But then it turns out she’s a bloodthirsty killing machine and Hiccup, a pacifist, has to be like huh I guess I gotta get over that. So Astrid’s like yea it was tough but I decided to forgive the poor choice in beard to date the guy and hiccup is like yeah I guess the fact that she was the best recruit in her ROTC unit isn’t a dealbreaker even though I am on all accounts fundamentally opposed to the military and to war actually

#this was funny. why was it in my drafts for so long #how to train your dragon #astrid is like man dating the class nerd will tank my ego a bit but i really like him :/ meanwhile hiccup is fighting against every moral #bone in his body to hang out with astrid long enough to discover that she doesnt actually just want to blow up everyone under the sun. #hes like god i gotta give her another shot even though last time she did spend two hours telling me about her perfect rifle exam

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wish i could call in bitchy to work

#Savannah tag #I just text her everything I think of that I can’t say out loud

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“A relationship is about inventing your own language. You’ve got the jokes, you’ve got the songs, you have this anecdote that’s going to make you laugh three years later. It’s this language that you build. That’s what you mourn for when you’re losing someone you love. This language you’re not going to speak with anybody else.”

— Céline Sciamma

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i understand the appeal of publishing "fic with the serial numbers filed off" as original work but i also feel like. what makes something a good fic is at odds with what makes something a good original story.

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me as a child: this "$4.99" sales stuff is idiotic, anyone can instantly round this up to $5 in their mind, no one is falling for this

me as an adult: oh wow only $4 (with some additional numbers behind it), that's great because if it was a single dollar more that would have been the last straw for me in my miserable life

#REAL

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on the road to hell there was a railroad track

#WHAT THIS IS CRAZY GOOD #hadestown #rb

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"Birds do not often sing in Semptember, but one sand sweetly from some hidden bough while Gilbert and Anne repeated their deathless vows. Anne heard it and thrilled to it; Gilbert heard it, and wondered only that all the birds in the world had not burst into jubilant song..."

Anne's House of Dreams, L.M. Montgomery

yes, i got a library card at 4am just so that i could read anne and gilbert's wedding. and what.

#hi I just needed this on my dash again today. I love you so much Anne and Gilbert #anne of green gables #rb