I Think Percy Should Have Kept The Curse Of Achilles Not Only For All The Logical And Hilarious Reasons

i think percy should have kept the curse of achilles not only for all the logical and hilarious reasons there are for him to keep it, but also because the romans really fucking hated achilles. percy walking into camp jupiter with a greek curse attributed to achilles is, to the romans, tantamount to him saying, "yeah, i murder babies, like for fun." because romans really fucking hated achilles. being both a son of neptune and a bearer of the curse of achilles would've been like a one-two knockout combo of things rome hated, because rome made sure everyone knew achilles was a bitch, actually. the jason and percy rivalry could've been jason rehashing virgil's achilles callout in the modern age, calling percy a merciless butcher of men and percy - who now actually remembers being responsible for michael yew dying - might just respond to that by trying to prove jason's point, specifically on jason. shit hits different when that Achilles Rage kicks in. that's a sore spot for him, currently, and percy's pretty notable for responding to people tap-dancing on his sore spots with a classic, "what's it fuckin' to ya," new yorker attitude. except he has a sword, and that makes it worse. admittedly that makes it a lot worse. it's a self-perpetuating cycle of hatred that taps into genuine internal conflict. could've set the stage for the akhlys thing, even, with the aftermath of that being less annabeth's fears about percy, and more percy's fears about himself. could've even set the stage for percy going to jason of all people afterwards, because percy trusts jason to be brutally honest about it, and he kind of wants someone to hate him as much as he himself does. how that goes depends on what character development you want for jason. i'm just spit-balling, here.

good morning to everyone except for me, who is thinking about how percy instinctively feels safe in the water to the degree that when he's burning alive and in indescribable pain he just summons an ocean. the exact line is like, "i needed the water," and it's just, out of context, he sounds like a college-aged huntington beach surfer dweeb who lives on his board and reads poetry about the power of the ocean. but in context, he's fourteen, in too much pain to think, and he brings the one thing that has pretty much always guaranteed immediate safety to his immediate person. he said fuck it, emotional support ocean. this is especially interesting if you remember how many lines percy has in the first series about feeling so bad he wishes he could drown. that's emotionally upsetting, the fact that even his emotional support H2O, the place where he - a kid who is used to feeling attacked and physically threatened - is literally nearly invulnerable, is also a place he thinks, "i wish this could hurt me," about. even the places percy feels safest, like with his mother, are places he feels like ought to hurt him, because they can. he knows that intimately. this is too fucking sad, instead can we think about percy listening to a very poetic common octopus talk about the power of the ocean and percy just nodding along like, "yeah, man, that's - it really is like that, you know, how the tides.... they just fuckin' go. can't stop the tides. the moon, you know, it's the - oh, the moon? it's, the, the sky... orb. i'm sorry, man, i forgot that octopus school doesn't have earth science."

things to remember :)

(trigger warning mostly for things at the end)

charlie one of percys best friends died on a boat in the middle of the ocean while he was there and then had to go back to camp and tell everyone that charlie had died on a boat in the middle of the ocean while he the son of poseidon was there and he probably hates himself for it every single day

percy probably still has moments where he thinks “oh charlie would love this” or “yo this makeup is so cheap it would be a great gift for silena” or “wheres the dam water fountain” etc and then remembers they all died and is put in a sad mood for the rest of the day like when he thought tyson had died—sometimes it takes someone else to remind him that they have died to remember

percy thought tyson died before he could call him brother

percy watched his mother die then thought she was going to stay dead through out basically 3/4 of the first book

percy watched clarisse one of the strongest ppl he knew and looked up to break down crying after watching silena die

percy was abused mentally physically and emotionally for most of his childhood

percy also watched his mother be mentally physically and emotionally abused for most of his childhood (and she was probably sexually abused as well but he didn’t see that)

percy doesn’t know jason died yet and will probably think his death was his fault bc he didn’t go with apollo on his quest

percy blamed/still blames himself for biancas death

percy watched luke k*ll himself

percy probably beats himself up about not staying behind in tartarus to help

percy has been through tartarus

percy probably hates himself for what happened in nicos childhood

percy probably still feels guilty for leaving calypso on her island and for blowing up that valcano

percy was burned alive and i would be extremely suprised if he didn’t have at least one scar to show for it

after meeting reyna and her sister and hearing what happened he probably feels guilty about that too

percy probably heard/listened to reynas pegasus’s last words as they died

percy has ptsd and i mean every type of ptsd- he sometimes still feels the terrible burning sensation from when he was burned in a volcano he still smells beer from when he was younger he gets frozen in things that happened years ago and he still hears bobs last words when things get too quiet

percy 100000% has panic attacks flashbacks and nightmares about these things not just tartarus and they are 100000% worst at night

when percy does have really bad panic attacks/flashbacks he can be stuck in them for hours and if he doesn’t have certain ppl (his mom or annabeth) to help him out of it he can be stuck in them even longer

percy eats a lot bc he grew up with so little that he feels terrible for not eating everything and is always waiting for when he finds out there isn’t any food left

percy 100000% has depression and 100000% has anxiety/social anxiety he’s just learned how to put his needs aside and take care of other ppl first/instead

percy can be put out of commission for weeks when it gets bad and he’s just forced to lay in bed and cry and feel and not feel

percy feels worthless most times it’s not something he grows out of

percy hates public speaking/hates being the center of attention

percy wonders why he’s still alive and thinks it would have been better if he had just died like he was supposed to-why couldn’t he have just followed that one rule and died like he was supposed to-or that maybe to save some trouble for the future he should just end it now

percy wants to have kids but he’s terrified that he will end up like g*be

percy blames himself for what happened to sally while g*be was alive

percy was bullied for 80% of his life and probably doesn’t like/want/thinks he can make any mortal friends other than rachel

90% of these memories and feelings are probably repressed bc that’s how your brain usually handles big trauma like these and that’s why we don’t see him completely melting down like you think he would

percy has terrible memory bc his brain has cut out large chunks of his life bc they are full of trauma and as a side effect to what hera did

percy hates himself

that’s all just thought y’all needed the reminder :)

i might make a pt 2 for more sad things or some happy/cute things bc percy is my comfort character but idk yet when/if i do i’ll like link it idk

on the next episode of: things to remember :)

tlt percy is so sweet😭 when he falls into the mississippi river and survives he hears his moms voice in his head telling him to say thank you and so he audibly thanks his dad for saving his life😪and then in the next chapter when he’s on the thrill ride of love he makes sure to buckle annabeths seat belt when they get on the boat to make sure she doesn’t fall off🥺and when they get into the transport truck he and grover immediately get so mad that the animals are treated wrongly🤧

if percy tried he could really do smth

he could be fighting and loose riptide so he just focuses on the sweat to run down his arm into his hand and make a sword

he could focus on the scratch on his finger to make a small dagger in his hand

he could stab someone with like a shank and then focus on their blood to extend the shank or small dagger into becoming a full sword

he could spit into his hand make finger guns and shoot someone

he could explode ppl

he could make blood come out of someone’s eyes ears nose and mouth until they bleed to death

he could just make finger guns point at a person and their head could explode

if he was blind he could pull a toph and focus on the liquid in a person or in the earth

he could heal ppl using their own blood

he could use any body of water to make things-he could be walking downtown and make a skateboard out of water around him etc

if a car was thrown he could make it explode by focusing on the gas

he could uproot entire trees/make them explode as well

he can really make anything explode deadass

he’d be really good in a chase bc he would really do anything

if he was in a car he could drive off a clif and keep driving (if there’s water at the bottom obv) he could also do this if there’s a fountain near by

he could do that fingergun trick but with poison in his hand

he could twist poison arrows/bullets to where ever he wanted

he could make army’s out of water

he would have to learn how to do them and would have to learn about the human anatomy to do some other things but he could definitely be extremely op if he had the chance

if you can think of more feel free to add these are just the ones i could think of off the top of my head

Instead of a Camp Swap how about Hera just kidnaps both Jason and Percy at the same time, wipes their memories, and puts them somewhere in like the midwest or the south together. 

Without memories or any context of who the hell they are, these two demigod legends try to fumble their way back to their respective camps (also while figuring out where exactly that is and which one to go first) all the while monsters chase them going “finally revenge is mine!” and these two lovable amnesiacs go “is this one here for you or for me?”

For conflict, let’s sprinkle some misunderstanding that the Roman/Greek camp kidnapped their respective camp leaders and they try to duke it out somewhere in Florida only for Jason and Percy to show up and be like hey do any of you know who we are because we’ve been arguing over it since Utah.