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Genuinely given how long ago I made these posts and how inactive my account is officially, I’m surprised there’s still Triumvirate interest o:

In sincerity, I am now at a point where I’m considering majoring in Classics. Side disclaimer: if you want actual references/sources, I could maybe point to some but here’s from my memory!

Caligula in history had a daughter he named after his beloved sister, Julia Drusilla. She was said to be really favored by him, despite the fact he adopted this daughter. He supposedly loved his wife despite the fact she was neither beautiful or single (already married with kids). Can’t really remember which historian notes this, but one slanders Caligula more than necessary as Romans do.

Caligula in ToA is mentioned to be the second greatest power, sort of to keep Commodus in check. When Commodus gets blinded, it’s Caligula he goes to and I can’t remember if Nero specifically denies him help or anything. But it’s worth noting dynamic wise.

Going back to the question: I think Caligula does show deep single minded loyalty when it calls for it, though he is deeply cautious due to many incidents in his life. I think that’s what Rick was going for when the plot point of change the guards often is brought up. Or maybe it’s respect to women because I also think I recall him mentioning he refused to dig through Medea’s back during that one scene. Interpret as you will for this.

If they’re on his ship? And his kid? Caligula would probably support that child and give them the spear if it called for it and just tell Commodus after. Neither emperor seem to value other demigod livelihood, in Commodus’ case he prefers the show but they’re not in his area.

I’d say the only exception to immediate death is if he finds value in keeping Commodus’ demigod alive first whatever reason. Unlikely- Meg’s place was burned with no hesitation. His boats were empty or staffed by monsters. Adoption with a household was a Nero thing in ToA.

ok so I’m asking this to basically ever triumvirate related blog cause I’m super curious but,, what do you think the other emperors would be as if they as well had demigod stepchildren? We saw it with Nero, what about caligula or commodus?

Nero's Imperial Household is iconic and it shows 😂

Commodus' was vaguely hinted toward to having something similar and not quite and Caligula's more guesswork but I do have stuff in mind.

Commodus

He apparently has demigods who at the very least, work for him. And it shows he doesn't care about the whole pantheon thing like the gods on Olympus do, to have a demigod who gets paid for fighting and knowing probably the bare minimum or close to nothing. Forgot the kid's name but he was in the Dark Prophecy.

So if he had decided to have adopt some demigods, I'd assume that he'd want them to at least hold themselves in an arena and create a good show. And are capable enough to do more, maybe work for the Triumvirate.

Any demigod he's adopted most likely won't be manipulated in the same way Nero does for his own children. But loyalty is expected and if you lose his trust, it'd be near impossible to gain it back. He's held a grudge against Apollo for centuries, child or not, I don't think he forgives that easily.

But on the bright side, if he does adopt you, you get the advantage of having a stepfather who's rich and likes his home fancy. The whole fighting wouldn't be ideal unless you're a demigod who enjoys it tbh. The close father-child vibe is also a maybe, but you get a better chance than if you were with Nero. Higher chance if you agree on things. Being close to him wouldn't be impossible.

You'd also have to deal with him having photos of himself and his deep grudge against Apollo if Apollo is ever mentioned. But other than the whole trust thing, I'd don't think he'd be too terrible.

Caligula

There's been exactly one reference of Caligula raising a child, one nothing to do with the series and more with his real history self. And that one was spoiled rotten, in her short life span.

He doesn't seem like the trusting type though, with how much he's changed the guards. So if he had demigod children, it would have to be a really small amount. He's had siblings but he also knows about how far family would go for the throne. His uncle really messed with his childhood.

I think he only would raise them one at a time. Find a demigod child that's extremely young and raise them till they're old. That or wait until the first one is old enough that they're not exactly fit and bring a new demigod to raise. Unlike Camp Jupiter, he's not going to let them go when they're a young adult and will let an actual demigod adult do some stuff.

And if anything shows, he'd spoil them and encourage them to be an effective fighter. No wasting time for a show, defeating an opponent swiftly. Showering the demigod with gifts just because he can.

That demigod gets access to all 50 ships. And anyone who's against that demigod gets removed immediately or has to make one of those promises that Caligula decides to take literally.

He might have moments where he'd terrify you. As long as you don't do anything that shows you're against the Triumvirate, or more importantly in this case- himself, then you'll be fine.

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can i ask for the name of ur ao3 account?

the link in your bio says it doesnt exist

Hello! It might be because I’ve changed the name since I’ve last been on ao3 to put that url there 😅

I have only one fic on there but if you’re still interested, my account is now called azurestarsiii

#hope you enjoy my singular fic 😅 #alot of my brainrot for the fandom has been hc / bullet point posts if that’s what brought you here #or empty promises oops #with the new series i may binge read but no promises with irl things

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What do you think Percy Jackson would be like if he was raised by Emperor Caligula?.

This one’s and interesting question. I feel like Sally would never get along with him so unfortunately, Percy gets adopted bc Caligula decided that he was dangerous yet useful and took out and Sally but he still young and never been to camp in this situation.

I feel like it’s ironic? Caligula did try to fight sea and collect the shells as spoils of war adkdnl (how accurate is this idk, but it’s a story that I hear often). And Percy is the child of Neptune’s greek counterpart.

If Percy were to get adopted, his fatal flaw is loyalty but he also has good morals. Technically, you can argue he can have the Luke arc after the events of PJO and the gods don’t uphold their promise by HoO bc there’s still neglect. If he had a villain origin story, it’s then. I think he’d be like Meg, and turn out to become an excellent fighter. That’s a given considering how the first book he had zero experience and still tried to fight Area 😂

If Caligula gets into his head, tell him that the his father is actually alive and an immortal no less (plus didn’t do some divine intervention and save his mom), I feel like that would also convince Percy to listen. There is no question that he loves his mom. He would be devastated. It could be like an Ethan situation, since I’m under the belief that Ethan joined the titan army out of duty and the want for more justice for his mom and the rest of the minor gods. Percy could believe he’s doing things to help other demigods. I don’t believe Caligula is quite the manipulator as Nero was but I also don’t believe he’d miss an opportunity. Especially during the first prophecy era. I like to think Luke got supplies for the Andromeda and the ship itself from the Triumvirate. And Octavian’s sponsors were also them. A lot of people believed recruiting Percy was the key once they found his heritage. I’m not entirely sure how he could’ve figured it out this fast. Perhaps a time before Sally met Gabe?

Percy could honestly be a terrifying villain who believes he’s in the right if above tactic works, preying on loyalty for his mom and moving on from there. Imagine a demigod who choses to fight a god, erupt a volcano, bend poison, and the most obvious fact - complete control over water turns evil or is associated to them. I’m sorry but the series would end quicker with direction (since camp tends to neglect to tell Percy things till the last second) and effective power (since aside from Luke, I literally don’t think there’s a lot that were willing to take him in a fight. I can’t even remember all the minor fights in HoO). You wouldn’t need to worry about “can you beat this 12 yr old?” if said child started off on your side since Percy was the main reason they couldn’t win.

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How would Caligula react if he found a demigod Girl who is a spitting image of Julia Drusilla.

Hello anon! Sorry I haven’t responded earlier, tumblr didn’t send me a notif and I didn’t notice till a post was liked a few days later 😔

To answer your question, I suppose it depends 🤔 This is about to be lengthy bc I tend to get off track 😅

Rick looks like he was aiming to have him similar to his ancient counterpart with giving nods towards his sister. Like with the whole naming 50 cruise ships after her despite him living a millennia after that time. My Roman Empire history may be a little rusty atm, but he had other siblings. Older brothers along with another sister besides Julia Drusilla but his brothers died and he favored one of his sisters more than the other. So in summary, he def still cares enough within this century.

But he also leans towards practical. Controversial as this take may sound, Rick finally goes and adds death in the series with TBM. HoO could even been more high stakes but everyone either dodges death or died and comes back. Like technically, Jason could’ve had a much shorter character arc bc he saw Hera’s true form early in the series, if I remember correctly, Piper’s charmspeak stopped that. And we thought that either him or Leo could’ve been the one. There’s also Percy & Annabeth coming back from Tartarus which I know people would rioted if they were the ones to die.

He could’ve introduced another character along with Meg starting in Book 1 and there would have been impactful meaning still bc there would still be time to get and attached and watch them interact. Crest was introduced in that same book and he had a particularly sad end imo. I’m not saying Jason’s death was the perfect solution but no one liked him in a lot of fics I read before that point and if it were anyone else, it wouldn’t end well. I wish Jason got the chance to live for himself. Not just being the perfect Roman soldier for the camp, but something more. I would say I want background for the Roman camp if it weren’t for the camp they tend to get done dirty.

Anyways, Caligula is practical to a fault bc of how after he was unconscious during his life in the ancient era, he thought a lot of people were going to betray him. So that poses the question, after all the years, would he have enough emotional attachment to be drawn towards someone who isn’t his actual sister?

The hypothetical demigod and his sister could share a look but unless they’re like a reincarnation and have the same mannerisms as well, I don’t know. It’s been a while since I’ve made this account and read the series tbh (and I have yet to read tsats). Maybe he could be effected. Had it been Commodus, the answer is pretty easy bc he was still bitter about being betrayed and what used to he. But historical Caligula and book Caligula aren’t quite the same. I think Rick took the angle of everything he did that was out of ordinary was intentional and done to piss the senate off. Julia, Incitatus, the whole bridge out of cruise ships are the three most memorable things that relate to his past self. But as he is portrayed in the book, he sounded respectful enough to Medea and despite being betrayed by someone, they appear early in the book to deal with Apollo (forgive me for not remembering who it was atm).

So I’d say he could be helpful. Maybe pull a Nero and adopt the demigod. Caligula is technically his uncle. And he adopted a daughter in Roman history that he would’ve likely given the title too. Maybe Nero has some learned mannerisms from him? That demigod has the possibility of living a lavish life on the sole condition of them never betraying him or giving any signs to. After all, looks don’t mean two people are the same but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t miss his sister.

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I know I haven’t been posting anything but I will say I’m surprised that people still like my content xD might be bc the new tsats book (that I’m def reading)

If anyone’s curious, I’ve been focusing on hopefully opening up art commissions since it’s improved a lot!

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I feel like the short answer is, Rick didn’t think about it.

But that’s boring and you guys make valid points. I feel like it’s partly because his future sight or whatever is less “big prophecy” and more “immediate future.” Unless bear stuffing can glean the same prophecies CHB could get sometimes, maybe his works like demigod’s dreams? There was the theory Apollo could send dreams to the campers abiut the future (less long ago I read this one but I think that’s the gist). If Octavian’s isn’t connected to any specific old Roman oracle then Apollo himself would sometimes give Octavian a nudge and this works to help Octavian in a discreet way but equally still show active support. Then Apollo could give actual prophecy lines or help out the Romans but the help slowed down, especially since he was seen at Delos at some point. This one still has some holes because that doesn’t really explain when or how Delphi shut down within HoO and contradicts canon (or just means Apollo is in active denial).

Since it's been forever since I read trials of Apollo, experts please let me know are all the prophecies not working or just those tied to Delphi? I feel like the arrow of Dodoma (or whatever it's called) said a lot of prophecies but was that after it was freed??? I don't remember the plot of the series save me.

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I can relate asdfghj

I personally can’t remember 100% either but to my memory

The prophecies worked and the oracles were under control by the triumvirate.

And me, piecing together what I remember (and probably stuff that I think was in the series but not confident):

Communications were shut down and neither Octavian, Rachel, or Will have made contact with Apollo himself. I’d say Rachel couldn’t give help because her power was somewhat also connected to Apollo’s. Otherwise, it would be weird to have no prophecies period at CHB and yet there are still being prophecies made. (Commodus and Caligula are both said to go to the oracle and how recently their last trip was in relation to ToA is lost on me. The point is, they probably still got some while Apollo was MIA. To the camp, the future was lost on them because they couldn’t see it and it was somehow actively blocked from them.

Then again, I also can’t remember if Rachel did a lot within ToA before ToN. I know she took the vague picture and there was a meeting between her, Apollo, Meg, and Chiron towards the beginning when they knew nothing but I don’t remember any more than that.

The Arrow of Dodona doesn’t appear until at the end of the Hidden Oracle as kinda an outcast and is more of a helpful advice arrow who’ll get back to you in xx minutes than rhyming poems. Apollo was able to get prophecies on how to destroy the next oracle after he defeats the one he was in the area at. The prophecies would have had to work or else there would be no reason for Commodus to want one to be destroyed before Apollo reached it.

Since it's been forever since I read trials of Apollo, experts please let me know are all the prophecies not working or just those tied to Delphi? I feel like the arrow of Dodoma (or whatever it's called) said a lot of prophecies but was that after it was freed??? I don't remember the plot of the series save me.

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Never thought about that tbh. Hazel, Reyna, Jason, Frank, and Lavinia aren’t legacies but they all know their parents. (Fairly sure there’s more, but these had enough background I remember rn) Frank’s discovery was fairly unique. Jason is also a special case, being the son of Jupiter. Hazel knew long before joining. Reyna either knew since her time at Circe or knew while at Rome. Lavinia never had an in-book claiming either but her words imply she knew her mom’s a muse or reasoned it out afterwards, at least. I genuinely can’t remember how long she’s been at camp, other than she was promoted to centurion. Wiki says that you’d be at CJ for about five years. So early promotion or she’s been there for a while. I’d say the legacies have an easier time but this raises the question….wouldn’t that mean all their (grand)parents have claimed them on time? Are there legacies who have no idea who they’re the legacy of? Is that why Octavian’s family, despite having a lot of power, only can claim being Apollo’s descendants or is Apollo’s power just the strongest within the family? I’m assuming there’s always the possibility they left New Rome for a bit and fell in love but still. Easiest answer: the gods are lazy and wait till their children are ready for their tattoos

Hm. I know I've wondered this before, but the previous post just made me wonder it again. So. Either the Roman gods are better / more consistent at claiming their descendants, or they take their time about it just like the Greek gods do. If it's the first option, this question doesn't matter as much, but if it's the second,,, How do you get your tattoo for the legion if you haven't been claimed? Is the tattoo ritual potentially how you find out who your godly ancestor is?

#I could just be over analyzing #but dam this gave me more questions than I thought #doesn’t help it’s been a whilw since I’ve read the books #longer since I’ve read HoO specifically

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I made a thing and it looks off but anyways

It might look familiar because

a. You’ve been following me for a while and this is a drawing version of Caligula I made, using the one I made via artbreeder as reference

or b. It has a resemblance to adam from beauty and the beast bc it does to me when I think abt it

#inspiration? I realized the idea of March is in like…two days for my timezone #so content! #plus it’s my bday month #trials of apollo #caligula trials of apollo #triumvirate holdings #my art

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Tbh I haven’t seen any new Caligula art since TBM-ToN and any mutuals I had at the time switched their accounts to a new theme. Can’t say I remember anything with an oc either and my following list isn’t helping

Hey do you know what happened to that toa/triumvirate blog that used to draw caligula (sometimes with their oc) a lot? I loved their art a while ago but I can't find them anymore.. they had a caligula pfp on rainbow bg too if this helps

Hm, not off the top of my head, sorry! My following list isn't turning up anything helpful either rn,,,

Anybody able to help anon out?

@zazzander @stepdaughter-of-nero @julia-drusilla-xii

#sorry this wasn’t really helpful #wish I knew more

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If I’m being honest? When I first read the Pjo series I thought I was an Eros kid. And then I considered I’d probably be more of an Apollo child

Anyone else an Eros kid here? Yes? No? siblings? Hello?

*cries*

#still deciding

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As far as I remember, the app and website version have different steps. I’m currently on the app so the screenshots would be from there but the first thing on both should be the same?

So in the first picture, you’d go the person silhouette thing to your blog, then click your blog name. It should lead to the second pic and you create a new blog. Name it and then boom! It’s done. On the website, it should be in the top right drop down and the only step I can remember that’s different off the top of my head it asks something to do with additional admins? Idk, but basically you could have multiple people moderating it but of that’s not a thing you’d want, it’s not an important step. If you’re using the website, I’m sorry I can’t clarify that atm. Hope this helps @stepdaughter-of-nero !

thinking of making this blog a pjo/hoo and toa blog. What do you guys think?

#so as you can see #only one is not toa related #and it’s six not five other blogs oop #I’d add pics of the website version but my home computer isn’t cooperating and I don’t plan on using the one for my school #if this isn’t helpful #Google has answers #i think

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I think that would be a great idea! But you could create a new blog from the same email if you’re fine with the disadvantage. The main difference would be that if you were to send an ask/submission/comment on a post from the second blog, people would see the url of the first one and wouldn’t know that first & second blog is still you

thinking of making this blog a pjo/hoo and toa blog. What do you guys think?

#I can understand the feeling and I actually have other blogs #but mostly bc I have a username I want to claim 😂

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Feeling tempted to impulsively make a spotify playlist for the following:

Greek mythology in general

The Triumvirate as a whole

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Every time I do a picrew and get to tthe clothing section, I’m reminded of how my entire wardrobe consists of neutral colors and maybe a dark blue/purple 😅

my darling cousin @sadbitchapologist tagged me to make this piccrew, so here we are:

sharp teeth as a throwback to that time the dentist filed my canine teeth because he didn't like them poking him while he was working, and i was too young and insecure to realize he shouldn't have done that without my permission.

exclamation point to assume i'm talking animatedly about a book i like.

beyond that...i do, in fact, have brown hair and glasses and wear a lot of t-shirts. but that's about the limit of relatability.

for the funsises, i'm gonna tag (with no obligation to actually do this): @zahnie, @orangerosebush, and @fowl-fox

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Ooo here’s mine

Anyone who wants to can join <3

I was tagged by @bimingjue​ to do this little picrew callenge. Thanks Mirf, it was a lot of fun! 💜

Here’s the link 🍄: https://picrew.me/image_maker/1354215

I tag: @deardiary17, @gingerteaonthetardis, @vanajainen, @xiu-bee, @that-one-random-stuff, @inkwardspots, @loupettes, @kaichouchou​ and honestly, I’m not sure who’d be willing to do this but please tag me if you do! 🤗

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Here’s me!

Anyone who wants to try, feel free!

this picrew is super cute <3

feel free to start a chain, if you'd like!

#have used this picrew to make characters #and I still think this art style is rlly cute