Headcanon That Percy And Annabeth's Ability To Wordlessly Communicate On The Battlefield Isn't Because

headcanon that percy and annabeth's ability to wordlessly communicate on the battlefield isn't because of years of training as soldiers. but because their signals are just layers upon layers of inside jokes. like, annabeth makes a finger gun motion toward a monster and everyone thinks she's telling percy to shoot it. except only he knows she's actually directing him to throw something the size of burrito at it. or, percy making a slit-throat motion toward an annoying camper and everyone thinks he telling annabeth to hurt them. but only she knows he's actually asking her to insult the camper so badly that the insult cuts to the bone.

i think that bc this was a children’s book as well thats why some things may have not been addressed?

i know there’s lots of debates about percabeth and physical abuse and i’m going to give my two cents and say that i never considered the relationship abusive, BUT my issue with it has always been whenever people say physical comedy is okay. because, yes it is, within reason, but i feel like if rick wanted to include that, then he could have picked a character that wasn’t raised in an abusive household with a stepfather that would hit and verbally abuse him and his mother, and then never mention that abuse again or the impact it would have had on percy or his mother except for a couple vague comments or jokes across later books.

establishing ocs ✨ Val moment, first oc i ever made and kind of the only 2-3 I consistently draw. she’s chill.

THIS IS SO REAL

What I’ve learned about the fandom’s perception of Nico as a Nico roleplayer

Somehow they all think that Nico is obsessed with Mcdonald’s (even though it’s the ghosts who like the food)

People WILL somehow bring up Mcdonald’s when roleplaying

There is a definite infantilisation of Nico. The amount of times I have gagged over interactions because they treat my character like a child.

If I make jokes as Nico about his lack of self care, people immediately go to pull out the “I’ll call Will” card

Y’all this is so eye opening about the true perception of Nico di Angelo. He is so fucking infantilised and it’s not cute

So I found Aaron Bushnell's reddit and went through his comments/posts. That young man was well read and stable as they can be. Nothing in his writings pointed to someone who was "unstable" or "brainwashed".

He held leftist and anarchist ideals. He belong to the ACAB subreddit. He recognized the evil of the US Military even though he himself was a part of it. He hated TERFS and called out fatphobia. He understood the dangers of white supremecy and the evils of capitalism.

He had a cat. He liked the show fleabag and played elden ring.

Apparently in his will he wants to leave any money in his name to palestinian relief funds. He was trying to find a new owner for his cat.

Rest in peace Aaron Bushnell. The world won't forget & we sure as fuck won't let the media paint you out to be some crazy conspiracy theorist who had no idea what he was doing.

zeus: your boy is out of control. he’s down there creating storms and tsunamis and causing mass chaos. i think you need to-

poseidon: LOOK AT HIM GO! HAHA LOOK LOOK LOOK HE JUST DROWNED THAT ENTIRE ARMY OF MONSTERS

zeus: that’s not-

poseidon: OMG LOOK HES CAUSING A LITTLE EARTHQUAKE NOW! YES! GOOD! NOW USE YOUR SWORD TO- YES THATS IT SON!!

zeus:

poseidon: DROWN THEM ALL!! SHAKE THE GROUND!! FLOOD THE WHOLE AREA!! SINK IT TILL IT’S GONE!!

zeus: brother you need to-

poseidon: you’re just jealous.

zeus:

poseidon: he’s wonderful.

zeus: he’s-

zeus:

zeus: is he… doing the macarena?

poseidon: yes

poseidon: he likes to get on the nerves of his enemies. he also is physically incapable of staying serious for too long

zeus:

poseidon: i’ve never loved one of my children this much