I Am Obsessed, As A Child Of Apollo Myself

I am obsessed, as a child of Apollo myself

Apollo Kid Headcanons!

So I'm writing a series named The Sacred Blades in which multi-mythology demigods/supernatural beings exist (the main character is a daughter of Apollo and fire mage) and I go on Tumblr often to look at (and associate with) Apollo Kid Headcanons (I'm part of the pjo fandom and I am a proud af Apollospawn through and through!!!). I have made quite a few of own headcanons of my own which I don't mind sharing! Enjoy!!! And feel free to add your own! (Pls add some! I'm pretty sure I've exhausted every single Apollo kid headcanon and I want more but I can't find any that I haven't already seen, so I'd be happy to have some new content lol. It's also kinda why I'm sharing my own headcanons)

Every single Child of Apollo has traits or supernatural abilities that are associated with one of Apollo's kinetic domains. This can be as diluted as 1 subpower from one domain and no other abilities (noise sensitivity, or Truth Sense, etc) or they can have Multi-Domain Control (MDC) over some/most aspects of any domains and kinetic abilities.

Most of us Apollo kids fall in the middle/mid-high end of the Demigod Power Spectrum (DPS). All kids are still accepted by our Cabin and loved regardless of their abilities:

Apollo's domains are:

Music, Hunting, Truth, Medicine, The Future, Reason, Civilization, Light, Logic, Purification, The Sun, Law, Order, Justice, Male beauty, Intelligence, Plague, Healing, Health, Disease, Prophecies, Archery, Poetry, Oracles, The Youth, Young Boys, Protector of Young Boys & Men, Arts, Animals, Herds and Flocks (I don't have a record of anymore so please add if you know any others)

I used to spend hours Googling all of Apollo's domains because I wanted to be inclusive of absolutely every little thing that my dad has control over

Arts include the following three categories that Ik of:

  - performance arts (eg: music, dancing)

  - literary arts (eg: poetry, singwriting, storywriting)

  - visual arts (eg: painting, sketching)

Kinetic Abilities for any of Apollo's Descendants are as follows:

Animal - zookinesis (he and Artemis and hunting gods with sacred animals that are hunters [wolves] or hunted [deer]) (imagine being stuck somewhere and using your Animal Manipulation powers to communicate with animals and get them to help. :) - although I imagine tigers would go straight for the meat, since they're Sacred to Zephyrus. How does the Sacred thing even work? Is it that any animal Sacred to a god(dess) will listen to them over anyone else? Do they do the god(dess)'s bidding in killing kids of other god(desse)s that the animal's Lord/Lady has beef with? If only Greek god(desse)s existed. I'd ask Dad all these questions I have about their culture)

Arts - artemokinesis (God of arts - performance, literary, visual- you name it) (art attacks. Draw something or point at some picture/painting, sketching and it literally comes to life. And the Apollospawn conjurer is the only one this Real Live Drawing listens to. Being able to take visual or literal art literally out of pages, etc - a bit like Clary from Shadowhunters [she's totally a child of Apollo too]

Health - vitakinesis (fucking up someone's health but also being able to fix it up at the same time)

Disease - virokinesis (Apollo is the god of disease, plagues, etc) I feel like lots of people forget this. I also wasn't able to find many headcanons about this power, so this is definitely something that will be included in my aforementioned book series on Wattpad

Sun - heliokinesis (Helios kids obviously have it to a higher power degree but it would be pretty damn powerful even for Apollo Kids) I'm thinking they get energy from the sun the way Percy got energy from the water sources. They can probably chanel this energy for pretty much anything: shields, making constructs that are tangible to Apollo/sun god(dess) kids only - or maybe tangible to the demigods of deities who have control over light, fire, heat, the sun, etc.

I also think they'd get like firebending powers during daytime, bc the sun is literally a ball of fiery of gas and plasma

Heat - thermokinesis (kinda self-explanatory. This can also be used by Apollo kids who have no/little Truth Sense, to determine if someone is lying by picking up on the heat signatures in bodies. When people lie, generally speaking, the heart beats faster, pumping more blood around the body, which I imagine has a slight raise in body temp. The REALLY powerful kids (in terms of thermoK) would be able to pick this up, most likely.)

Fire - pyrokinesis (due to sun powers. I think they draw power from the sun, like the concept in Avatar about firebenders rising with the sun)

Plasma - plasmokinesis (the sun is made of hot gas and plasma) (also see below for electrokinesis)

Light - photokinesis - seriously look up Light Manipulation. I get my info from superpowers wiki. There's so MUCH that Rick could've done if he had just ONE child of Apollo with photokinesis (more on this later, on another post hopefully I will put up within the week [hopefully] bc it's too much for me to add into this post, not to mention slightly irrelevant - I WILL elaborate on the rest of the powers I'm listing here too, going into much more depth in future posts)

Laser - léizerkinesis (falls under light manipulation) (I'm thinking of Iron Man's laser beams or Superman's laser eyes. Imagine either of them in a fight with a child of Apollo who has abilities that cross over ALL if not MOST of Apollo's domains. That'd be sick as fuck!)

Electricity - electrokinesis (I feel like this might be a rare af ability but a few of my siblings may have this ability. Most likely in the form of plasma as that makes sense, given the sun's plasmatic state) idc if plasmatic isnt a word - it is now.

Colour - chromakinesis (falls under light manipulation) imagine an Apollispawn being able to change their own eye colour, or skin colour to blend in (camouflage on secret missions). They're literally chameleons!)

Star - asterokinesis (the sun is a star) (this power alone is so dam potent and destructive as fuck and its terrifyingly amazing!!!!!!) (Srsly look it up! You will NOT regret it if you're as nerd and invested into this as me lol) (you don't have to look it up. I WILL elaborate on this in a separate post)

Intelligence - noimosýnikinesis (god of intelligence) (imagine being able to alter someone else's intelligence, or absorb it. Or do literally anything with it! You could even take away the intelligence they have in a certain topic (a bit like a memory spell)

Knowledge - scientiakinesis (see above)

Literature - bibliokinesis (imagine being able to write poetry or anything really that can LITERALLY attack your opponents. A description about a 3 headed hydra, with one head breathing poisonous gas, one head breathing fire and another head breathing ice transforms into an ACTUAL hydra of that caliber - the Apollospawn to conjure this up would be their master. Imagine having a pet hydra. Fucking rad! I'm sure Dad coined the phrase "the pen is mightier than the sword". In this case, LITERALLY.) I think maybe this particular one may work out as writing a description about something (the hydra from above) and having the physical form of the hydra made out of words.

[If you couldn’t already tell by my tone, I'm EXCITED AS HELL for elaboration on all of these, some more than others]

Dance - saltatokinesis (is a form of art) (dancing your opponent to death sounds fun. Who's in? "Dance-off bro. You and me." Anyone? Or even cursing them to dance while you do your shit and go with them still dancing.) The Nyan Cat Song was Hell for me. I'd totally curse someone to do this.

Music - symphokinesis (imagine someone you don't like and you're in class/a room, somewhere with them. This person is plugging into music which you can hear bc kid of Apollo superhearing. Or even better: you don't hear their music but you know they have it on. There's a song they hate and they're not nice to you (at all) so the obvious thing to do is fuck up their music and absolutely obliterate their happiness. Even if you're just getting even for one simple thing (they pushed you or called your friend names, laughed at someone's attempt to try something new, ANYTHING)

Sound - audiokinesis (linked to being the god of music) (glass shattering screams. Singing so high pitched that glass breaks is an Indiana Jones thing. Also an Apollokid thing)

Bow - tóxokinesis (forming bows is rad as fuck, idc what anyone says) (also totally an Apollo Kid Thing.) (Photokinetic bows and arrows is what MC in my aforementioned story does. Also makes a light saber bc of her other ferrokinetic abilities and light manipulation powers. She'd be more powerful that Percy, technically, and that's just counting her Apollp powers, so I'm really unhappy that Rick downplayed Apollo kids!!!! (He wanted his MC to look more cool so he did my siblings dirty)

Honesty Manipulation (kinda scary tbh) Evil Apollokids could be successful gaslighters.

Transparency (Clarity) Manipulation (not sure what to put here tbh. A little help?)

Precognition Manipulation (foreshadowing your own future.) (I once wrote a poem when I was around 8 or smth about a poor animal which was neither here nor there - not male or female, not a cat or a dog but it was there and it existed - who lived in a family and all it really wanted was to feel loved and worth something, to feel cared for and to feel like it belonged. My family got v concerned when they read it - on the family tablet - and they deleted it bc they got worried etc. They probs thought I felt unloved, worthless and neglected. But I am now, at 20 yrs, the literal embodiment of what that animal was back then, 12 yrs ago when I made that animal come to life via a poem. I redid this poem, so it's Itshee 2.0 but the Original is gone 😪 Kinda scary tho foreshadowing ur own future. But think of all the other cool things you could do with this) (will be explored in a different post)

Harmony (Order) Manipulation (imagine being able to create complete and utter chaos or force everyone into your idea of harmony just by will alone. I don't know how they'd use this power in a good way. I'll figure it out though)

Hunting Manipulation (maybe this could include setting hunting animals on those hunting you? As in an evil demigod hunting you. Like Artemis and the guy she turned into an animal to get torn to shreds by his own hounds, except in this instance, it's the animal's will/attention that has been bended) (would this work with hellhounds? Bc they're part hound, which is dog and dogs are descendants of wolves who have been domesticated for over hundreds of years)

Creativity Manipulation (see art, music and dance manipulation). Also maybe they're able to change one kinetic form into another bc of this streak? So turning photoK energy into plasmaK energy or pyroK energy just by willing it or maybe the assistance of magic spells?

Serenity Manipulation (idk where to go with this. Any ideas?)

Medicine Manipulation (imagine being able to manipulate effects if medicine after someone has already taken them - I'm thinking with the destructive mindset) (nullify the effects of painkillers, double up the effects of other medicines, maybe with incantation or spells, etc.) Fucking terrifying.

I'll put up the other half of this post later tonight, probs!!

Hc of jason and nico meeting pre HoO?

thank you for asking this. i hope you wanted something really long, because not only is this really long but it’s also only half coherent.

jason was freshly eleven when he met the ten-year-old nico di angelo. it was early in the morning when he'd heard a centurion of the third cohort mention a disturbance in the forest. it wasn't exactly eavesdropping, he swears. he was just passing by them, when he knew he should've been asleep.

years later, he didn't know why exactly he did it, but he supposed he was young. he wanted to prove himself.

or maybe more accurately, he wanted to break his unearned reputation of being a golden boy. what better way to do that then to do something he wasn't supposed to?

being the dumbass kid he was, he went out alone to the forest, bringing his sword and nothing else. he didn't know what to expect but when he saw a black mass in the forest, sucking up the light like death itself, he was expecting a monster.

then the mass turned around, eyes afraid and hands shaking as they gripped a long black sword. and jason saw that he was just a kid.

before jason could do anything, the boy turned away and disappeared into shadows. freaking out about whether or not he'd just seen a ghost, he ran into the barracks and told the first person he saw. whispers go around fast, and by that afternoon jason hears the theories of who he saw in the forest— a son of pluto.

jason convinces the senate not to send patrols to look for the boy. "You didn't see him, he looked so scared." he'd say. "A patrol would scare him away! I'll look for him myself, every day, I promise!"

he keeps the promise, even when the boy doesn't show up for weeks after that. he keeps it because he knows what it's like to be left confused and alone, forced to fight things you didn't know were real. and he knows it's normal, he knows that's just what happens to demigods, but it doesn't change how much he remembered wanting someone to save him.

he sees the boy again weeks later. and before the boy can run away again he yells after him, "We know what you are!"

the boy freezes, and it looks like jason made it even worse but at least he bought himself time. "No, I mean— you're a demigod right? I am too, we all are here."

jason smiles at him, "do you want me to show you in?"

(actual headcanons following)

jason decides this guy, who's name is nico di angelo, is his best friend now. before bringing him into camp, he felt weird about possibly having another child of the big three around. but when nico confirms the fact three days later, all jason feels is relief.

nico bunks next to jason in the fifth cohort but says he can't pick one to join. he says it's because he can't stay for long, and jason asks why but nico doesn't give him a straight answer. so instead, he takes nico shopping for bedsheets. jason wants to make sure the bunk nico's claimed as his stays his, even when he's gone.

the reputation they build for themselves is incredible. as the only kids of the big three in camp, they're powerful separated but unstoppable together. (this proves for fantastic entertainment when they spar, and a very tough fight for whoever they're going up against if they're a team.)

it's also a worthy mention that not only do they become more powerful when they're fighting together, when they're off the battlegrounds they also get a whole lot stupider. they've got wild spirits, and though they reign it in when they're on their own, they cause shitstorms of trouble when they're together.

(more under the cut)

nico's gone for weeks at a time but every time he comes back jason never gets less excited. he greets him when he arrives and waves him off when he leaves again. that becomes the norm soon— whenever nico's here, you can find jason right next to him.

the senate said nico couldn't stay unless he picked a cohort, and if he picked a cohort he couldn't leave. when he one day comes back with a report from pluto himself explaining why nico has to come and go sometimes, they find a way for him to stay. (they won't hesitate to admit the boy's grown on the community. they wouldn't wanna say goodbye to him either.) and thus, nico was freshly eleven when he's made the ambassador of pluto.

jason isn't allowed to leave camp jupiter, so sometimes nico sneaks him out with shadow travel. the first time they did it, jason actually puked because his twelve-year-old system is a little weak. it was worth it though, because nico bought him his first mcdonalds. jason doesn't think he could ever go back.

that's also how he found out that nico's dad gives him unlimited money to spend on whatever. he realizes nico has zero budgeting skills when he was nearly persuaded to buy a twenty dollar ice cream

when they were both thirteen years old, they were both officially allowed to go on minor quests. on the first one they take, it goes haywire but they meet a little puerto rican girl their age. after a little bit of explaining (and also a little bit of de-escalating, because wow this new demigod is good with a dagger), they find her name is reyna, and they take her back to camp jupiter

jason adopts her immediately, and thus so does nico, because they're a two-in-one deal. they become an iconic trio immediately— some people throw around rumours about love triangles between them, but none of them are ever the same. some say nico and jason argue over reyna's love, some say nico and reyna are fighting for jason's, some say jason and reyna are fighting for nico's.

reyna gets phantom crushes on both of them, mostly out of feeling like she needed to have a crush on them. they're the two people she loves most in the world, so it felt like proper procedure. it fades fast once she realizes they're very clearly in love with each other. she doesn't say anything about it, wanting them to realize on their own. she just hopes it's soon.

by the time nico comes back to camp with a curly-haired daughter of pluto, he's already told jason and reyna of who bianca was. he doesn't answer their looks of concerns for a long time. (but they fucking love hazel. new adoptee)

nico comes back from the war with kronos to be told jason lead the roman army and defeated krios by himself. he flips his shit.

(but he still congratulates jason on the praetorship by taking him on a small trip to gold coast, australia. after battling a monster in public, they appear in the news for allegedly fighting six feral red kangaroos in the street)

jason is diagnosed with ptsd soon after the war. nico finds that he can't bring himself to leave, not when he's one of the only people who know how to calm jason down from a panic attack. he can't leave him, not when jason has never left him.

one of the ways his ptsd manifests is through night terrors. and he doesn't want to ask for help. he's always telling people "there's no shame in asking for help" or "you can ask for help when you need it, we won't judge". yet he can't bring himself to follow his own advice. it's different for him, he often thinks. it's just different.

one day, he gets an especially bad one. it's so bad he almost can't breathe, and it takes him nearly two and a half hours until he's even able to move. when he can feel his legs again, he walks to nico's private quarters.

jason doesn't even have to say anything, and nico is pulling him inside and settling him in his white sheets. the same ones they bought together when they were little, relocated after they'd both moved from barrack bunks.

they don't say anything, but jason quietly asks if nico will hold him. there's something unreadable in his dark brown eyes, but he says yes with such certainty that jason knows he means it.

a few weeks later, jason wakes up in the back of a school bus, holding a pretty girl's hand but not knowing her name. the only thing he remembers is the name nico di angelo.

Art I did of Rowan and Hunter in Labyrinth Runners

A couple character sheets for my Owl House OC, Rowan. I will be writing a fanfic with her on my ao3, MapleWritesFanfiction101. I will also probably explain her backstory and everything on here at some point, as well as her girlfriend Marley

Thank you for addressing Will’s trauma. Will has been a healer since he was at the oldest, 12, possibly older. Including during The Battle of Manhattan and the Blood of Olympus. He has watched many people die. I really hope that Rick addresses this in the Solangelo book. 

What Will Said:

What Will actually meant: 

“I’ve been seeing more than a hundred patients- campers, friends- die in front of my eyes because I wasn’t able to save them; I’ve encountered so many dead bodies, the few hours of sleep I get are haunted by the faces of dead people and nightmares of drowning in dead bodies. So many of my siblings and friends are dead, and I’m struggling with every second. I’m completely drained, and I’ve seen so many people die that I’ve run out of tears. It didn’t occur to you that maybe a visit from someone who wasn’t dead or severely injured would do at least a little bit to make me feel better? Maybe a small acknowledgement of my existence? Don’t you think I’d like seeing someone who wasn’t in immediate need of medical attention? Of course you didn’t.”

I am not taking any arguments against this, there’s no way someone who’s been stuck in the infirmary, treating over a hundred people on the brink of death– a lot of them dead because he couldn’t save them– can be that chill on the inside. 

A redraw of my di Angelo siblings reunion, because it takes place after Nico and Percy go to the River Styx. Meaning the reunion would be in front of the Empire State Building