Deadlines Are Dead

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despite everything, it’s still you—?

So I’ve been writing a new fic and I know this isn’t a ~new~ concept, but I’ve been thinking a lot about how the characterization in hoo would have shifted if Percy/Annabeth were a lot older than the rest of the seven. (Or just the og pjo characters for that matter)

I’m talking maybe 25/26 while the rest of the seven are still the same age.

First and foremost, I would have loved to see how Percy and Annabeth would have been a decade older.

When the pretty blonde lady comes flying off the chariot and demands where he is and Butch explains that she’s been looking for her husband, Percy Jackson.

(I mean imagine how that would have affected us as readers. Percy and Annabeth weren’t supposed to even be in this series now here they are but older and MARRIED?? that would have fuckin shook me)

Also, this means they’re past the college age, sooooo what have they been doing with their lives??

I imagine they went to school somewhere in New York, not necessarily  the same colleges but close to both camp and mount Olympus.

And Annabeth’s been designing for Olympus a near decade.

Percy, of course did get a degree (haven’t decided what yet) but the two of them have basically been the co-leaders of CHB alongside Chiron.

Also, I’m a huge proponent of Annabeth building a “New Rome” equivalent in Camp Half-blood so when Jason, Piper, and Leo arrive to Camp Half-Blood there are houses and we see Travis and Connor and Clarisse as older and alive and doing well.

Piper sees Percy’s and Annabeth’s house and she can tell its a house well lived and loved in. There are dozens of pictures of Percy and Annabeth, a tray of blue cookies left on the counter, blanket and books along the couch, and yet looking at Annabeth, tears in her eyes, it somehow feels cold and empty.

Annabeth, who woke up, with Percy gone from their bed.

The photo in the big house of Percy and Annabeth is one of their wedding.

Now PERCY

Who wakes up with no memories except of the beautiful blonde girl.

Nothing to his name except a pen in his pocket and a ring on his finger and he knows that she must be the one he’s married to.

Now, the second part, is the characterization. Cause the age gape would significantly shift things.

So one things that often get complained about with Percy’s Character arc in hoo is that its the same one from pjo -  Zero to hero…. which doesn’t make sense considering how we left pjo. 

Percy is the hero. He shouldn’t be treated like the underdog anymore

The arc, I believe, should be more along the lines of Percy not wanting to have to live up to this “hero” legacy.

Feeling like the worlds just waiting for him to fail.

Or maybe he feels like he has too much power.

Also, he’s more hardened. He’s been doing this for thirteen years now.

And he’s powerful. Within canon, Percy’s powers have been shown to grow and grow and grow exponentially in a quick rate of time 

now imagine a decade more worth of experience on top of this.

cough*blood bending percy*cough

So Percy finds Camp Jupiter, Hera/Juno tells him the river will wash away the curse.

And Percy’s, whose now had the curse longer in his life than he hasn’t had the curse and knows that he is so used to fighting on strictly offense that he would probably die, forgetting he’s no longer invincible. 

Also its simply a “superbly dumb idea to lose a curse like that” and is like - uh, no.

And lifts the River over them instead.

And when he comes onto Camp Jupiter’s army.

He’s like where are your adults.

and they’re like “Oh :) When you’re an adult :) you retire :) the children :) are the ones to lead the army :)”

Insert Percy’s “the-fuck-you-mean” expression.

And when its time for the quest to Alaska, Percy’s actually like “No, I’ve gotta find my wife.”

And Hazel is genuinely like “That’s ok! Frank and I can handle this ourselves!”

And he’s watching this thirteen year old and fifteen year old walk off and he just looks up at the sky, sighs deeply, and says “gods dammit” before following them.

But like, I really would want to see Percy and Annabeth take on a mentoring role to the rest of the seven

The “kids”

I may or may not have just seen into the Spiderverse 

Like of course we can still have tension between them all. But I feel in a way this would have encouraged more growth between them all. 

I’m not sure if I would still include the Percy and Jason competition, or at least it would have to change into something like Jason feeling like he has to live up to this image of Percy. And Percy would of course be like “No, No you don’t.”

I would also love to see Percy and Annabeth having these moments of watching the young members and realizing “this was me.”

They see Piper and Jason awkwardly flirt and blush and they reminisce about “those old days”

“who are you shifting for?” me.

white fangirl: *sees a black woman being respected and admired by a nonblack male character*

white fangirl: what is this hEtErOsExUaL bullshit!!!! god i hate forced romances!!!!!! 🙄🙄🙄🙄anyways take my 87382th white slash mlm ship instead! 👨‍❤️‍👨👌🏻🙌🏻😍

today’s tarot reading: reality shifting advice

let go of your old reality and assumptions. if you want to shift then why are you procrastinating? make the goddamn decision cause it’s only an action just like the others, just like deciding to drink water. realise that you have the ability to shift realities, because you do for hell’s sake. focus on your emotions as if you’re already in your desired reality: what would you think and feel if you were already there? maybe you’re thinking about your crush, maybe you’re worrying for exams, maybe you’re having fun with your friends. immerse yourself in it. embrace transition. a new start is coming so prepare yourself, make a practical plan and persist.

go shift, your dr is waiting for you.

what kind of affirmations do u use? im a bit lost

i use this list!

Reasons I'd get kicked out of Camp Half-Blood

1- telling Chiron to "stay gold, Ponyboy"

2- belting the chorus of "sweet home Alabama" every time I see a couple in the camp

3- making your mom jokes to Athena and Aphrodite kids

4- randomly spraying Percy with a squirt gun to check if he's really water resistant, even when he's not expecting to be in contact with water

5- approaching random campers and reminding them who their half-siblings are (ex: "yo, Nico, did you know you're related to Hitler?)

6- hiding a noise machine in the Hermes cabin and playing the star Wars scene "Luke, I am your father" every time he eneters/ making it play Hamilton at all hours of the night, so we can fall asleep to the sound of our father's voice

7- telling kids to "read between the lines", knowing full well they can't even read the lines themselves

8- convincing the younger, more gullible Demeter kids to grow weed

9- bribing the Hephaestus kids into making me a gun that shoots celestial bronze bullets, because there is no way in Hades that I am about to go after monsters just wielding some pointy sticks

10- sneaking into the Hera cabin to sleep, because what do you MEAN I, a claimed daughter of Hermes, don't get a bed in my own daddy's house? Yeah, no, I'm staying over at grandma's, the goddess of motherhood. Smite me.

shifting exercise

someone probably already came up with something like this + sorry but sometimes i hear something and totally forget about it so i think i came up with it, so if you know someone already made this let me know and i’ll credit them!

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the goal is to make your mind used to shifting and let it sink that you can do it.

what you’re gonna do is make simple actions, but you’re gonna put your shifting intention beforehand.

example: you take a glass of water and say “i’m gonna shift into a reality where I drink this glass of water” and then you’re gonna drink it.

this will make your mind acknowledge that shifting is easy and it’s just an intention like everything else. simply an action that you decide to do.

this is so easy so i highly suggest you try this, it takes nothing and i think it will help so much (of course you’re free to not do this lmao, this was just my advice).

just a reminder that reality shifting is limitless. the possibilities are endless. there are an infinite amount of realities, and an infinite amount of potentials.

infinity.

a concept even we can struggle sometimes to comprehend.

there truly is nothing you can't do with shifting, until you start thinking there is. so don't limit yourself because we are quite literally, limitless beings!