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#shadowheart

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if we look at the original timeline (aka annabeth and percy being born in 1993) then 2009 was a big year for annabeth bcus not only did the battle of manhattan take place and she finally started dating percy, but also minecraft came out and i think that would be a big deal to her

#at least she has some kind of outlet #that or she would see the earliest versions of minecraft and scoff at how little you can do #and try to teach herself to code her own building game from wikipedia and a dream

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one hyperfixated tumblr mutual has the power of six hundred thousand ad campaigns

#my mutuals i met through bg3 watching me pivot from bg3 to pjo #dont get into pjo though. its not worth it. well sometimes but its like an old car you need to replace the old parts for to make it run

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#saw this and went this is just like eric #only to see who reblogged this #because bob also said ‘this is just like eric’ #hivemind #this is just like eric

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Ecce dominus

#ugh so sick #cos #insp #bg3

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still can't believe they facking removed wyllzel flirt banter.

#THEY FUCKING REMOVED THIS??/??/?//??????///???? #COMEOONNNNNN THIS WAS LIKE MY FAVORITE BANTERS #GO TO HELL LARIAN

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every time someone other than my friends like a post from this blog it’s like seeing a stranger walk into your kitchen while you’re in pajamas

#i’m making lunch and someone walked in and said ‘hey that looks good’ and walked out with a plate #positive exchange yes. but also MY HOUSE #simon says

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wear robes do magic serve cunt

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#bob

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#gorguss #cos #insp

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#kronos

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#bob

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#i love anons #(/gen) #simon says

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#simon #you if you were a doctor #<- prev MEEEEEEE

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vera told me to post this.

#can i die anyway then mail my ashes to vera for making this post happen #(/j)

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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.

#**THATS WHAT IM FUCKING SAYIIINNNNGGGGG** #TLO WAS NOT A VICTORY!!!! NOTHING CHANGED!!!!! #and the inherit tragedy of being a hero/demigod is only explored in bits and pieces #the system is FUCKED the gods are FUCKED chb is FUCKED #and the fact that’s only addressed through the antagonists who lose and comments that don’t change the protagonists actions #is SUCH A WASTE #like not to bring oc shit into a great post like this #but i can attest to how interesting and compelling things can get when you embrace what is actually means to be a demigod in this universe #instead of shying away from it to stave off the obvious solution of actual concrete change #the Mouse has rick riordan at gunpoint telling him to not let the youth know they can dismantle oppressive systems #/j rick riordan is just a notiorusly flippant writer #pjo #rambles

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"The Pjo show is bad because it has a lot of pop culture references and that's so fucking cringe!!!"Omg pop culture references in Percy Jackson?????Fork spotted in a kitchen momence!!!!!

#i have my criticisms of the show #but percy flossing was NOT ONE OF THEM #THAT SHIT WAS FUNNY