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they survived because aphrodite could not let this be their last words to each other

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i think probably magic is real.

the thing is that i was a teacher for a long time and sometimes i come back to this moment in the classroom where a 7 year old asked me are mermaids real? and i stared at her and had no idea how to answer.

for a really long time i just assumed that glow-in-the-dark paint/etc was a result of something made in a lab. i just recently found out that a specific mine in new jersey that just has rocks that do that naturally and it sent me for a loop about stuff.

because first of all - let's be honest, all of us: if there was going to be a naturally-occurring location for uv-activated glow-in-the-dark rocks? it would have to be in New Jersey. that's just the place that makes the most sense for that to happen. probably 10 thousand years ago cavemen were like. "oh this place is gonna be new jersey one day. this has new jersey energy."

the rocks only glow in the presence of uv light and are otherwise just normal rocks. in lord of the rings, there's a special sword that glows in the presence of orcs. it is magic, except that's a real thing that exists (and exists, as we have discussed, in new jersey, of all places). i guess maybe this implies orcs give off uv light.

yeah, okay. magic is just science. i know all the stuff about how ghosts are probably just caused by vibrating pipes. i knew about how there's a reason-for-all-of-this. but what do you mean that there's rocks that give you poison damage if you touch them. what do you mean that we live on the same planet as electric eels. what do you mean that a battery just, like - stores power?

and i don't know. in 20 years maybe they will find a mermaid but they will say something like well she's technically not a mermaid she's this other species, she has whiskers and not hair. and i will have to travel back in time and tell a 7 year old not technically, but there's something that is like a mermaid.

and she will look at me and think that what i am saying is science means magic isn't real and what i am actually saying is science is our word for why magic works. and then i will teach her about uv rocks, and new jersey. i will tell her to be a scientist, which is the same thing as being a wizard. there is probably a reason why sci-fi and fantasy are often grouped together. it is very lucky to be here, i think. if you squint, the improbability of it all - it does kind of feel like spellwork.

#'science is our word for why magic works'

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These updates are fucking insane. Israeli forces are currently besieging 3 hospitals: al-Amal Hospital, Nasser Hospital, and Shifa Hospital. They even executed a doctor, Muhammad al-Nono, for refusing to leave his patients, while a PRCS worker was killed in the al-Amal shelling (they are terrorizing these hospitals all at the same time). A Palestinian woman relayed that other women have been rounded up from Shifa hospital and subjected to rape and torture. There are also accounts of Christian Palestinians being denied access to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday—all while Israeli settlers stormed al-Aqsa Mosque on this same Sunday. My heart is aching for these Palestinians. So devastating there are no words.

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maybe I'm reading into this too hard but... we clown on kaz for the sheer irony of “the trick is not to love anything, rollins", and considering this is not long after the bathroom scene, yeah lol, HOT bit of irony there. but... kaz said the trick.

yes, the overt meaning is the strategy, the way to do it, but... kaz said the trick, and this is kaz 'nothing up my sleeves' brekker, the sleight of hand magician. I think he meant that it only has to look that way. you'll see what kaz damn well wants you to see; he knows how to constantly turn up the face of the dirtyhands card while never letting you get so much as a look at kaz rietveld, even if he's somewhere in the deck. it's all about illusions, street magic, trickery! rollins' mistake was not loving his son, it was making it too visible, accidentally showing his hand. you only have to think the coin has disappeared; you can't see the coin, or the card, or the woman in the box, but they haven't really vanished. they're still there, somewhere, slipped away to maintain the illusion. kaz's love isn't visible, anymore... but that doesn't mean it's nonexistent.

(incidentally, what is kaz's greatest trick, if not finding the girl who seems to have vanished?)

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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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Walker Scobell on Percabeth (x)

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see, when we first meet piper mclean, she is just this doe-eyed girl... unsure of herself and her place in the world. she is closed-off and has random bursts of anger; but more than anything, she is empathetic. we see this throughout the entire series: before anything else, she talks to her enemies. before any blood is spilled, she tries to understand, to empathize, to get everyone out safely. she doesn't even really know how to use her knife. she prefers the cornucopia because it's less violent.

by her last appearance, this has all completely flipped. piper stabs medea in the back without a second thought. she goes after a trained sorceress who has almost murdered her multiple times, who is better than her in every way, and she stabs her with the knife she always resented. piper figured she was going to die. and a lot of this has got to be grief. by this point, piper has lost almost everything that ever mattered to her. her empathy got her nowhere. but it is also a stark, and very looked over, contrast to the wide-eyed girl we are first introduced to.

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Percy at ease

Percy calm, but a little on edge

Percy when mildly angry

Friendly reminder that Percy jackson - our beloved silly adorable seaweed brain - is absolutely terrifying. When he’s angry, when he’s scared, when he’s on edge - he’s not warm and fuzzy.

No other character gets that reaction from people. Jason (the sweetie) is perceived as calm and in control, nico (our favorite self-outcasted outcast) is perceived as solemn and creepy, reyna (girlboss queen slay) is perceived as confident and assertive, and annabeth (our girl) is perceived as fierce, clever, and formidable. They are all intimidating to an extent.

But not like Percy. No. Becasue even when he’s at ease, he’s described as wild and disobedient. And when he’s not at ease, even if just little bit, he’s perceived as powerful, dangerous, and scary. Someone who NOBODY wants to mess with. Nobody even questions his power. One look from him has literal gangs running the other way. One look from him has Leo so scared that he’s literally shaking, and feeling the same innate fright and alarm that he does when jason summons an ear-piercing, earth-shaking, deadly bolt of lighting.

like… HELLO??? can we all just sit on that for a moment?? good lord

One angry look from percy has people thinking one thing: Run.

Percy is, canonically, the character that people find the most frightening and intimidating.

And unless he’s in a good mood - which you better hope he is - the reality is that most of us would be completely terrified of him if we met him.

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Seeing footage of the aftermath of the flour massacre in Gaza is so painful

"Where is my daughter? Tell her I don't want flour anymore"

"My brother was shot holding a bag of flour. He kept holding on to it so they kept shooting him"

"Why does flour have to be stained with blood?"

Over 100 have been killed. Every single one of them hungry. Every single one of them has someone waiting for them to come back with the bag of flour.

Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war against innocent civilians. Israel ambushes starving Palestinians and shoots them. Israel is not fighting a war to defend itself. This is another episode of Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza.

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i said 'explain physics to me like youre in love with me' and after a while of quiet he went 'everything sings'. so i get it now

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Imagine if Annabeth and Leo went on a quest and they had to do something chemistry related:

Annabeth: Is that hydrochloric acid?

Leo: Wait, let me check. *takes a sip* Nope, it's not spicy enough.

Annabeth: Ah yes of course, there was no other way we could've figured out.

Leo: It's okay, I have my emergency supply of sodium hydroxide. I'll just neutralize it.

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Imagine if Annabeth and Leo went on a quest and they had to do something chemistry related:

Annabeth: Is that hydrochloric acid?

Leo: Wait, let me check. *takes a sip* Nope, it's not spicy enough.

Annabeth: Ah yes of course, there was no other way we could've figured out.

Leo: It's okay, I have my emergency supply of sodium hydroxide. I'll just neutralize it.

#yet again based on real life conversations #idk how my friend is ok #chemistry #chemistry class #annabeth chase #leo valdez #percy jackson #pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #hoo #heroes of olympus #flaming valdez #wise girl #incorrect greek mythology #incorrect text posts #incorrect #rick riordan

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Percy: I love Annabeth. I told her I wanted to burn down my school and she gave me 3 fool-proof plans of getting away with it.

#percy jackson #rick riordan #pjo #annabeth #annabeth chase #percabeth #i love them your honor #wise girl #seaweed brain

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Imagine Percy is doing a tour of Camp Half-Blood for a new camper. They see a crazy guy with a bright orange and red Hawaian shirt, plaid shorts and ginormous headphones approaching them.

New camper: Percy, look out! There's a creepy guy coming over. I think we should be quiet and walk fast.

Percy: *starts laughing hysterically*

The creepy guy stares at them, with his scary purple eyes.

Percy: THAT’S MR D! DIONYSIUS!

#percy jackson #rick riordan #pjo #camp half blood #dionysus #mr d #chb #percyjacksonandtheolympians #percy jackon and the olympians #based on a real conversation #and guess what #while i was writing this #the guy was acting standing besides us #insane #funny #incorrect greek mythology #incorect quote #incorrect text posts

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More than 60% of the global population that are classified as the Phase 5 famine/catastrophe level of food insecurity and starvation are in the Gaza Strip right now, and that percentage is projected to increase to 95% by Februrary

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will "looks sweet but falls asleep to serial killer documentaries" solace and nico "looks mean but cried when bambi's mom died" di angelo