#was talking about ttc to my sister and remembered the nico and grover thing and almost screamed

[hadesthecoolone]

Idk if it's done before or not but what if Leo came to chb early, alongside Nico and Bianca and helped Percy and others? What would it change?

Alot of things my dear friends, alot of things.

So at age 8, Leo was manipulated into starting the fire his mother died in by Gaea, just like canon. His family didn't take him in so he got into foster care. that much is also the same, but the times of running away happens faster, so that when he is eleven, he has ran away from six foster homes.

Instead of getting him into any other foster homes or wilderness school, he was forced to go to Westover Hall to learn to behave and shit like that.

In there he meet Nico and Bianca (who also got out of Lutos hotel earlier so that Nico is eleven too and Bianca is thirteen) and becomes fast friends with them.

One year passes and then Percy and Annabeth and Grover and Thalia are there for the rescue. They had went to retrieve two powerfull children of possibly big three, and they got another weirdly powerfull demigod who was not from big three too.

The events of TTC goes as it does, except after seeing Nico worry for his sister, Leo tried to sneak in the quest just to protect Bianca, and he succeeded, resulting in Bianca in fact not dying and Leo being a part of the quest.

He helps a lot but isn't capable of saving Zoë(I'm sorry). When they got back to chb, Bianca takes Leo and Nico somewhere private to talk about how she’s not gonna see them for a long while, Nico gets angry and runs away and Leo, the good best friend he is, follows him.

Then in Battle Of The Labyrinth, Leo and Nico are together all of the time, and the nice part(for me) is that Nico's happy personality doesn't get ripped away from him, he just slowly gets more closed off towards those he doesn't trust, but he's the same cute baby Percy and others met at first when he's around those he loves(especially Leo).

So Leo is also big help in BOTL, and at the end, him and Nico have to get separated a bit since Leo stays in chb and Nico goes to the Underworld.

TLO follows Leo as he fights alongside Percy and Annabeth. There's nothing else.

Then we get to TLH. Hera somehow forcefully gets Leo into Wilderness school and he couldn’t escape or be in touch with the other demigods, six months before percy's disappearance.

He couldn't escape for Hera reasons, so he instead decided to go along with it while trying to find a way out.

Then he meets Piper and sine he had nothing better to do, they become friends and then there's the paart where Jason joins.

Idk why yet, but the mist memories don't affect Leo, So when he turns he literally has an almost panic attack as he sees a new guy seating next to Piper and Piper talking to him as if she knew him for a long time.

Also fun fact, the mist memories aren't of Jason and Piper getting together and instead it's Valgrace getting together and yet, only Piper remembers.

#heroes of olympus #hoo #leo valdez #nico di angelo #bianca di angelo #percy jackson #annabeth chase #jason grace #piper mclean #hoo au

[arabnico]

nico thriving in the never ending loop and continuous routine of the lotus casino instead of it boring him and driving him to madness as it would have anyone else is quite literally intertwined with the fact he’s autistic. not only did he survive it but it was what he found endless happiness in! he resisted the casino subconsciously because what would make anyone else go insane was actually the best conditions for him to prosper in! he thrived in the mere act of waking up everyday and indulging in what was obviously his special interest! he didn’t need new experiences or incitations or external stimuli to get happiness from! even after him and bianca got out and were thrown into the whole demigod ordeal for the first time, nico completely momentarily disregards that in favor of showing grover how to play mythomagic! even if he discovered the game in the casino, which is supposed to make its visitors’ memories hazy and fog their brains, he still remembered precise game stats! and he still remembered them even after he gave up on the game! the information is ingrained in his mind to the point it became basic knowledge that he cannot forget despite his many attempts to distance himself from it! nico managed to find joy and happiness and enthusiasm in the routine of the casino because that’s all the stimulation he needs! from the thing that he loves so much and will never get bored of! his special interest! he unintentionally resisted the daze of the casino because he fought back by just being himself! by unconsciously twisting the initial sick scheme of the casino and basking in its routine and just immersing himself completely in his special interest! i’m!!!

#not only is routine shown as something be thrives in but also reluctance to change is such a big part of his character #but that’s a story for another time #was talking about ttc to my sister and remembered the nico and grover thing and almost screamed #nico di angelo #og