#annabeth's should-be-rival gives her a safe space somewhere objectively very dangerous

[unicornofautism]

we all know and love the underwater kiss scene in pjo, but there’s another underwater scene that i love but nobody seems to talk about.

do y’all remember in the sea of monsters, when they approach the sirens’ island, annabeth decides she wants to hear the sirens’ song? and then cuts her safety binds when percy’s not looking? think about that: surrounded by razor sharp rock, barbed ware, shipwrecks, and explosives, the daughter of athena goes towards her death seeking wisdom, and the son of poseidon doesn’t hesitate to plunge straight into the sea after her. when he touches her, he sees her dreams and aspirations: her parents, back together; luke, saved from kronos, at her parents’ side; all of them happy in NYC, redesigned by annabeth in gold and marble to be better than any city before it, better than even olympus itself—her loved ones are calling to her, right there, all she has to do is reach the beach—and then the sirens’ song is drowned out by the sea. percy takes them down, down, down, and like their future kiss, he creates a giant bubble to keep annabeth breathing. and when she realizes the song is broken, that all her dreams and aspirations are not within reach—all annabeth can do…is sob. she’s utterly heartbroken—overcome with the knowledge that the hopes of a 13 year old child soldier are just that: a child’s longing for the world to be right after being shown over and over again that it isn’t.

and so percy just holds her against him, giving the girl who never trusts anyone a safe space to cry—surrounded by explosives and shipwrecks at the bottom of a turbulent grey sea.

#pjo #annabeth chase #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #sea of monsters #percabeth #yeah that’s right it’s 2013 again and we’re back to ship names #i've been rereading the series and this is my favorite percabeth moment so far #it's a very quiet but very powerful scene #and incredibly poetic #annabeth's should-be-rival gives her a safe space somewhere objectively very dangerous #and i never see anyone talk abt it #i've seen maybe one or two fanarts of this scene? #idk i just think it's such a powerful scene to receive almost no focus #this one scene shows annabeth’s drives as a person to both us and percy and it’s done so well and so raw #had me crying for her all over again