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when i came out as trans i had an old friend from my church days message me to congratulate me and ask me for my name and pronouns. and i was shocked tbh cause he was such a head-deep-up-the-church’s ass kind of guy so i was super wary.

and after digging a little deeper i found out that he was very supportive of transness, saying that trans men are men and trans women are women

BUT

he also believed in the church’s gender roles meaning that trans women had to marry men and be submissive wives and trans men had to marry women and be strong christian husbands.

which is like ????

the weirdest and most surreal form of trans inclusive misogyny i’ve ever seen.

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At first I was confused because 4 pearls?? But his mom can’t come back with them in the story that not how this works??

Then I realized. They’re giving us hope, and they’re gonna steal it away at the moment we’re most vulnerable. That pearl is naught but a pearl of angst waiting to happen.

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face of a man who has known sorrow

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Yea I was having terminal sanuso brainrot so I had to do something about it (completely separate matter from stardew sanuso). They're watching the ship together while everyone else is off adventuring <3

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one of the most challenging skills i've had to learn as an adult is the art of figuring out whether i'm proportionally annoyed with someone or just tired and overstimulated and looking for reasons to be pissed off

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i'd argue the whole 'did percy reject godhood bc of annabeth' thing is more of a 'in a way yeah' situation rather than being a straight yes or no answer

when percy rejects godhood he's choosing to live the life of a demigod, he's choosing them and that life over the gods

to percy, annabeth is the person who best represents that life

she's the first demigod he ever meets, she's the most consistent demigod presence in his life, she's been with him through the worst and best parts of it, she's the one he's closest to by far

to percy she's the one who best understands what it's like to try to live this life of towing the line between the mortal and godly

and in that throne room he looks back at her, at everything she represents, remembers all the other demigods who died as they so often do and he rejects the offer; he looks at her and thinks of everyone and says 'no, I'm choosing them, I'm going to see this life out'

so while I dont think 'percy choose annabeth over immortality' is so simple and straightforward I do think his choice to look back at annabeth before he made his decision is significant in his relationship with her

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soooo much of the modern conception of gender is based around products and consumerism that people can’t even identify actual misogyny anymore. People reply to posts “It’s sexist to hate on something so many women enjoy” and that something would be a Stanley cup

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rick riordan has his faults but he does know how to handle a main character who is like. supremely op. like yeah percy can make hurricanes with his mind but he'd rather go smoke weed with his girlfriend and his mom so he's not that big of a threat .

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annabeth: why are you following me?

percy: because we’re dating now

annabeth: okay… what about grover?

percy: we’re a package deal

grover: buy one idiot, get one free

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Pleaseee they’re so funny💀

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I just realized the PJO show runners could do something so sick and twisted and amazing during the Circe scene.

What if, the image that Percy sees in the mirror, the “cooler” version of himself, is like book accurate Percy. I just think that would be such a funny, messed up little Easter egg.

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once jason remembers the exact location of camp jupiter and is able to provide it to the others, everyone's like we have to wait until leo is finished his giant boat then we'll go to camp jupiter and get percy, and grover's like cool beans, understood, 100% gonna wait for the giant boat to be finished, anyway i gotta go do a lord of the wild thing, don't wait up, bye!

cue him staking out camp jupiter with a pair of binoculars for a few weeks, seeing nico pop in and out, bothering him abt it and then abt percy who nico genuinely hasn't seen yet, and bing bang boom percy finally shows up carrying hera/juno on his back and grover's just "alrighty, my time to shine" and careens into him at full speed once percy's past the river and juno is just "wait is that the goat"

percy, no memories but a strong gut feeling: i think you're my best friend

grover on the verge of tears: WE ARE BEST FRIENDS

percy, clueless but enjoying the hug: oh my gods that's fucking awesome

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annabeth chase i hate that people forget you’re funny as fuck