Failedfrankensteincoded - Medio Pendejo Pero Tiene Buenas Intenciones

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well, if we’re counting, two lives were ruined that day

(F11, D2)

I would literally give my left arm to know if Riordan actually had an original end goal in mind for “Percy’s big choice” in hoo that was more consistent with the darker build up he wrote or if it was always this desultory “noooo Percy you can’t fight Gaea because for some reason this has been about you needing to learn when to take a step back” resolution because I reread hoo and its just… all of these moments where Percy’s perspective is just full of betrayal and anger towards the gods and this deep seeded resentment is starting to take hold (which I would argue is the natural progression of his characterization if he found out everything he fought for and everyone they lost in the previous war was apparently for nothing). Gaea is dropping these ominous lines left and right  that Percy is going to be a big part of her final plan, and the gods keep interacting with the rest of seven with cryptic statements about Percy that pretty much boil down to “Percy’s dangerous and powerful so pretty please make sure he doesn’t do anything bad (to us).” Then Percy has, to put it kindly, a pretty rough go of it in tartarus that I just feel that the ultimate conclusion to this arc in canon is so underwhelming to what was being set up. It doesn’t feel like the end was the natural conclusion to what was being written, it felt like the threads of Percy’s story were abruptly knotted and cut halfway through the design.

The best dynamic for a group of characters: every single one of them is the weirdest person you will ever meet, but in wildly different ways.  Every time you think you’ve identified “the normal one” they casually reveal that they don’t think birds exist, or they fistfight grizzly bears on the weekends, or they collect human skulls, and you realize again that none of these people are remotely normal.

Also they’re found family.

With Boba, Din, Fennec, and Cobb all under one roof, the conversational styles must be fucking whiplash.

You’ve got Boba “moonlighting as a poet” Fett, Din brought up in a covert that never saw the light of day and probably doesn’t know what the holonet is, Fennec making friends with the mods and picking up their memes, and then Cobb being the candy-ass cowboy that he is.

So I’m just sitting here imagining them trying to put their heads together like

Boba: …and that’s the plan. We get in, clear the place, get out before they even know we’re there. Sound good?

Din: tubular

Fennec: poggers

Cobb: slicker’n a shaved bantha

Boba: I am in hell this is hell and I am in it

Drew random expressions last night cuz couldn’t sleep 😞 but I realized I haven’t really drawn em in my style much so I had to change that!