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I feel like we don’t talk about how ICONIC the scene of Percy getting claimed is. Like Annabeth being the first one to put the puzzle together and force him into the creek? All the campers watching in astonishment and horror as his wounds stitch themselves together before their eyes!? THE ENTIRE CAMP KNEELING BEFORE THIS CONFUSED 12 YEAR OLD!? Not to mention the “Earthshaker, Stormbringer, Father of Horses. Hail, Perseus Jackson, Son of the Sea God.” quote!!! Absolutely ICONIC scene, and I need more people to talk about the raw power that scene holds because I’ve been chasing the high of reading that for years now.

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“Traveling with a Cyclops,” Luke chided. “Talk about dishonoring Thalia’s memory! I’m surprised at you, Annabeth. You of all people-”

“Stop it!” she shouted.

I didn’t know what Luke was talking about, but Annabeth buried her head in her hands like she was about to cry.

“Leave her alone,” I said.

Annabeth is a lot better than me because if my older brother told me he literally poisoned the only connection to my dead sister and then accused me of being the one in the wrong, I'm pushing him off his damn yacht. No hesitation.  

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I hate those takes saying “Sally Jackson would never lose her patience with Percy” because I’m sorry, but yes she would. It happens. Being a mom is fucking exhausting, but being a SOLO MOM is one of the biggest hardships she could have encountered.

All these women online telling you not to romanticize motherhood because it is impossibly hard and sometimes mothers will lose their shit over the smallest things are not just saying stuff for shits&giggles. I think writing Sally as some kind of saint who was always the most patient woman alive even when her son was being a menace is actually more damaging than her getting a little mad twice. It’s a disservice to all solo moms out there that already feel enormous pressure to be extra perfect and never, ever get mad. I’m glad Sally Jackson is now portrayed as a human being.

#percy jackson #pjo #rick riordan #percy jackson and the olympians #pjotv #pjo series #sally jackson #motherhood

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sorry, I took all your boyfriend's memories and threw him into the wilderness near a child military camp. yeah he remembers you, but only vaguely, and he's going on a dangerous quest with two people he just met even though you told him in a dream vision to stay where he was so you could find him. also the camp wants to keep him forever and make him their new praetor. sorry.

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But again we never talk about the fact that Annabeth heavily implied to Percy multiple times during the Battle of the Labyrinth and The Last Olympian that she loved him and had feelings for him and wanted to be in a serious relationship with him !!! Like my girl is a go-getter she was trying to make something happen and I love her for that!!!

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i made percy and annabeth in the sims and percy just walked outside and got struck by lightning

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Imagine you finally kiss the guy you’ve had a crush on forever and less than 10 minutes later he literally explodes and takes a whole ass volcano with him

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Imagine you finally kiss the guy you’ve had a crush on forever and less than 10 minutes later he literally explodes and takes a whole ass volcano with him

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PERSEUS-

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It’s absolutely ridiculous the amount of anxiety I feel around a new Olivia Rodrigo release. I am a grown woman, why am I giggling over the news that my favorite teenager is about to release a new song???

#olivia rodrigo #guts #guts olivia rodrigo #sour #sour olivia rodrigo

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Sally hears about Annabeth long before meeting her—everything from casual “Annabeth emailed me!” to long disjointed explanations of their quest to Hades, how she saved his life, how amazing and smart she is. It’s obvious how much Percy cares about his new friend from how he talks about her. When he prints out the photo Annabeth emailed him and sticks it on his binder, Sally smiles knowingly to herself. Percy's never had a crush before.

When she finally meets Annabeth, the girl in front of her doesn’t match the descriptions Percy gave at all. The Annabeth from his stories is fearless and unstoppable, the smartest person in the room and she knows it. The Annabeth that Sally first meets is quiet and reserved and almost overly polite. She expected Percy was a bit biased, but not this biased.

Later, she needles it out of Percy: how Annabeth’s father and step-mother treated her like a burden, how she ran away when she was 7. Sally decides right then and there that Annabeth is going to be hers. She tells stories of her own brash youth, she extends all the care in the world to this girl. She does everything in her power to hammer into Annabeth's head that she has a home with the Jacksons, that she will always be not just welcome, but wanted here.

Slowly but surely, Annabeth starts to believe it. Of course, Annabeth has always thought Sally was a good mom, has always envied Percy’s relationship with her. But it takes her awhile to realize that Sally’s unconditional love could ever extend to her—she’s never had a parent or parent figure like that before.

But they really bond when Percy goes missing.

Annabeth goes to Sally's apartment to tell her, clearly expecting Sally to get angry, to blame her. Instead, Sally wraps her up in a tight hug, and they cry together, and Sally invites her back again and again the entire time Percy is gone for tea and cookies and comfort. They talk for hours at a time, about Percy, about the search, of course, but also about Annabeth's schoolwork and her parents, about Paul, and Sally's writing career. In truth, Sally needs the comfort and support just as much as Annabeth, if not more. They get through those eight months together.

And one day, years in the future, Annabeth and Percy come over for dinner, all sly smiles and conspiratorial glances, clearly holding back news, until after dinner, when Annabeth beams and shows off the shiny new ring on her left hand.

"Sally--" Annabeth starts to say. Sally cuts her off with a shake of her head, eyes full of happy tears.

"Call me Mom."

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I keep saying that Zutara is just Dramione in a different font. Stems from people reading too many enemies-to-lovers/bully romances to the point where they see chemistry every time two people despise each other.

The thing is, I can see Hermione getting over Draco being a piece of shit of a teenager and maybe becoming civil with him, but I don’t think Katara would ever agree to become part of the Fire Lord’s family. Not in a million years would Katara ever agree to live within the nation that killed her mother and decimated most of her tribe.

So, yeah, you can ship whomever you want. I still think you’re a little delusional if you think they should have been canon.

#atla #avatar the last airbender #aang #katara #zuko #kataang #anti zutara

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frank: let me get this straight. thalia and jason’s domain is the sky, percy’s domain is water, and hazel and nico’s domain is basically the underground?

annabeth: yes

frank: but… can’t percy also create storms? that have clouds and lightning and thunder?

annabeth: yes

frank: and… and can’t percy also create earthquakes and make volcanoes erupt?

annabeth: yes

frank: so… in a way, doesn’t that mean everywhere is percy’s domain?

annabeth: yes.

annabeth: but don’t tell him. he hasn’t had that realization yet

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they’ve established curly hair supremacy

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cats are little narcissists because they will see you upset or troubled and they’ll think “you know what would help? a healthy dosage of ME” and they’ll headbutt you and snuggle you.

anyway it DOES work so I can’t fault them

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I was typing an entire post about food issues and why I don't like wet food, until I remembered that unlike in Dutch, 'wet food' has a specific meaning in English. Just straight up deleted everything bc all I could see myself as was

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and this isn’t about people wanting to just single taylor out. but she is an accessible global icon with massive visible reach. so by focusing on her (who everyone knows) it focuses the issue by bringing attention to how fucked it is. that’s how social change happens people need to become aware of the problem and the inequality to change it

I’m not even talking about singling her out, I’m talking about the opposite. About the fact that lately no one has the right to talk about other artist’s wrongdoings without being called a crazy swiftie. I’ve seen people being called a swiftie by doing such and they weren’t even her fans. It’s getting ridiculous.