The stupidest thing ever was that people that hate Octavian state “Oh he killed Percy’s panda” as like the prime reason for hating him.
Do they realise how stupid this sounds?
The war is RIGHT THERE- hate him first for the war 😭😭
Also they think his entire personality is just ripping any plush within a 10 mile radius- My brother in Christ…?😭 he literally only does that for rituals-
On Octavian ruining Percy's panda pillow pet...
Now, I thought this wasn't even a serious thing that needs to be addressed but I just finished arguing with someone over this, so apparently it does need its own meta.
So, the take we're debunking today is "Octavian is mean/evil for ruining Percy's pillow pet".
The thing about this pillow pet is that Percy was homeless for six months, he had to steal to survive and fight off monsters every single day, a task that was getting harder and harder every day, all while he remembered nothing. He only had his name. He didn't have friends, a home, a family, a safe place, a purpose, something that can get people by so that they don't just give up when struggling every day for no known reason with no known end goal gets too much.
During those months, his panda pillow was the one single form of comfort and familiarity he was granted. A small mercy if you will, to help get him through this. Although many people downgrade, poke fun off, and affectionately ridicule his relationship with the panda pillow pet, it was definitely something meaningful. Like the first participation trophy you got for participating in a competition for fun, only to realize you really like that activity and get hooked on it. Sure, the trophy does not indicate any real talent or success in itself, but to you it's the starting line for something you genuinely love. And to Percy his pillow pet has value because of it's emotional worth.
Which is why it had to be sacrificed.
I'll explain why soon enough, but for now, hold that thought I put in your head just now while I add a second idea there too.
This isn't talked about in the books, but it's something Uncle Rick made sure to address in the show. As Chris Rodriguez worded it: The gods love the smell of beging.
In Camp Half-Blood, when meal time is over, demigods throw the remaining of their food into the fire as a sacrifice and pray to the gods. In the show it was specified that it's better to sacrifice a portion of your favourite food, because if the gods see that you're willing to sacrifice your own comfort (even if it's just in the form of your favourite food) just to please them, they are more likely to answer your prayer. Once again, as Chris said, they love the smell of begging. And the more you beg, the more you're willing to sacrifice, the further you're willing to go, the better.
So Greek gods like it when you pray by sacrificing your food, and to an extent, your comfort. And the Roman gods like it when you sacrifice a life.
Which is why auguries became a thing. Of course you're not gonna see the future in the guts of an animal just because. The gods will grant you spoilers for the next season if you kill the animal because it will make them feel flattered to see that you're so desperate for their help that you'd rip out the soul of a living being in their honor just to get their attention.
However, Rick is writing books for tweens and teens. He can't just have animals being slaughtered left and right, especially for the purpose of feeding the gods' narcissism. So what can he do to make the situation a bit more pg 13? Remove the slaughtering of animals. And how will auguries be performed then? By sacrificing something else that has value. Emotional value.
It's quite logical to assume that the stuffed toys Octavian uses in his auguries are really expensive or collector's edition or handmade or are someone's childhood companion that they donated. The gods wouldn't just let you have information about the feature when all you gave to them was a sacrifice worth 1$ that you could even fish out of the trash.
Now I want you to hold on to that too and knit it together with the other thought I told you to hold on to, got it? And if you do that part of the process properly you should get to the conclusion that the best sacrifice available at the moment to get the gods to tell you how they feel about Percy joined the legion was Percy's panda pillow pet that he is so deeply emotionally connected to.
Octavian did not ruin something Percy loved for kicks. He didn't even know him yet, there's no way he had any type of malicious feelings towards Percy yet. He was just doing his job. The job Reyna tasked him to and the job Hazel told him to do during their conversation. And that was to read Percy's augury (which wasn't an augury bc Octavian is a haruspex but that's irrelevant right now). He wasn't actively trying to soil Percy's mood and ruin his day just to be the evil villain. He was just doing his job.
Thus proven.
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"kill them with kindness" WRONG! SHOOT THEM FROM AN ONAGER! 🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥
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Octavian being pale AF is so funny. Like he may be a legacy of Apollo, but he doesn't look like he's seen the sun.
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In an alternate universe, Octavian is captured by the 7 before he can get off the Argo II and he’s tied up on the floor for the whole quest. OR he gets character development and become helpful.
But the funnier option is obviously the first one. He’s thrown in the stables with Nike. When Leo works on something in there he just starts yelling and yapping. They throw down a stuffed animal for enrichment. He’s also getting thrown around when there’s a rough patch in the ocean.
I want to see this in a fanfic and I can probably TRY to write it, but alas, my writing skills are abysmal.
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Reyna wrinkled her nose, but she turned to Octavian. The augur smiled and shrugged, like the idea amused him.
I really like this quote. First, Octavian amused with Percy is funny and I love it. Second, Reyna turning to Octavian, trusting his opinions, having doubts and wanting his confirmation before making a choice!!
It is a small moment that I really like.
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I don’t think I shared this here?😭 but last Christmas I was decorating my cake with Marshmello snowmen and I made a lil Octavian 😭😭
Then I took a chomp out of him
It was really fun making him! I wanted to make all pjo characters but I had like 6 marshmallows 😭😭😭
Maybe if I make a pjo themed cake I’ll make all of them
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i just wanted to talk about how, just before octavian's death, will called octavian an anemic loser. let me remind you what being anemic IS.
Google -
thAnemia is a problem of not having enough healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the body's tissues. Hemoglobin is a protein found in red cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to all other organs in the body. Having anemia can cause tiredness, weakness and shortness of breath.
anemia may also be considered a disability in certain situations with the person or in the environment.
i ask you now why calling someone anemic as an insult is somehow made into an iconic quote. if will wasn't such a loved character and octavian wasn't hated so much, you all would be lunging at will every chance you got.
someone please justify this to me because i really don't want to dislike will (because it was actually so out of character for him?? i LIKE will you guys)
also this is just my opinion dw!! if you feel about it a different way or see it a different i respect that fr, just don't argue with one another about it
and try keeping insulting people off the list when you are justifying it ! you can get your point through without insulting someone and i'll understand it the same way
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I am a fan of this blog so so so so so so so so so so much so here's a little late-night finger doodle I made for both you and @s0n-ofvenus
-Anon IIIX / me (real not fake)
"THIS IS SO SO SO GOOD!!!"
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Piper: if Nico and I were falling into the mouth of a volcano, who would you save
Will without looking up from the book: Octavian
Piper: he wasn't even on the list
Will: so what? he always needs to be saved from something
Octavian entering the room and crashing into the jamb: so first of all—
Piper: it's reasonable
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