If You'll Indulge Me For A Second, It's Been A While Since I Read The Books

If you'll indulge me for a second, it's been a while since I read the books

But the TV show is heavily showing Annabeth realising how bad the gods truly are... possibly in an effort to make Luke much more sympathetic to her.

In the beginning of the show, she's very much on the side of the gods or at least, she's very much on the side of Athena always being right and wise and smart. Then we get not only Medusa's story that shows Athena's pride, but also the St Louis' Arch which shows Athena's pride is above any kind of love she has for her children.

I'm interested to see where they take this, whether Annabeth has a much harder time seeing Luke as the enemy (which is already evident in the books). I feel like they're setting up Annabeth potentially thinking about joining Luke.

But then, again, they're already painting Percy and Luke as such foils to each other. Percy also thinks the gods are bad and he wants to be nothing like them; he won't betray anyone, and we see Annabeth realise this in her speech to Hephaestus. So, when we get to the second season (hopefully we're getting the second season), Luke's betrayal of Thalia will hit even harder.

I wonder if Annabeth's character is going to become a really interesting mid-point between Luke and Percy; two people who don't care for the gods but where Luke has no problem betraying anyone or killing anyone in his way, Percy would literally rather die.

show, don't tell:

anticipation - bouncing legs - darting eyes - breathing deeply - useless / mindless tasks - eyes on the clock - checking and re-checking

frustration - grumbling - heavy footsteps - hot flush - narrowed eyes - pointing fingers - pacing / stomping

sadness - eyes filling up with tears - blinking quickly - hiccuped breaths - face turned away - red / burning cheeks - short sentences with gulps

happiness - smiling / cheeks hurting - animated - chest hurts from laughing - rapid movements - eye contact - quick speaking

boredom - complaining - sighing - grumbling - pacing - leg bouncing - picking at nails

fear - quick heartbeat - shaking / clammy hands - pinching self - tuck away - closing eyes - clenched hands

disappointment - no eye contact - hard swallow - clenched hands - tears, occasionally - mhm-hmm

tiredness - spacing out - eyes closing - nodding head absently - long sighs - no eye contact - grim smile

confidence - prolonged eye contact - appreciates instead of apologizing - active listening - shoulders back - micro reactions

Zukka is so

the love was there, and it didn’t save lives and it didn’t change anything, but it was there

words cannot express how much i love the “Sokka is the Blue Spirit’s number 1 fan and has a massive tiny, minuscule crush on the faceless vigilante so he goes out to try and connect with him and discover his real identity” AUs so i think im just gonna draw it lmaoo

*late one night waiting for the day of Sozins Comet, Sokka and Zuko are the last two up with the campfire going over the plan one more time*

Sokka: I think that’s it, there’s nothing more we can plan, we just have to do our best and hope that Aang shows up

Zuko: *staring blankly into the fire*

Sokka: Something wrong?

Zuko: Not really… just thinking about the people I left in the fire nation

Sokka: You mean your sister? Your mom?

Zuko: Yeah, but mostly of Mai. I betrayed her and left her behind twice now

Sokka: She saved us from Azula at the boiling rock Zuko, she still loves you, or she wouldn’t have done that. The right person is like that, no matter what you do wrong, they’ll be willing to listen.

Zuko: Like soulmates?

Sokka: Soulmates? What’s that?

Zuko: Well in the fire nation, we have this belief that there is one person meant for you. That across any time or space, no matter what happens, you will end up together because Agni decided it all long before any of us were born.

Sokka: Oh we have something like that in the water tribe, but there’s no word for it. Just a unipkaaqtuat

Zuko: An unip- what?

Sokka: It basically means “story”, I can’t remember how they go now, but you know how it is. One is from a place that hates the other, and they fall in love anyway and basically have to stop a war to be together, we heard a similar story when we were trying to get to Omashu. It’s all cliche really.

Zuko: Why do you say that? I think it’s nice to think about, that there might be someone written for us whatever the circumstances.

Sokka: *staring up at the stars* I believe in free will and science. Not fortune telling. Soulmates are stupid. I love you on purpose

Zuko:…

Zuko: what

air 🍃

matching zuko, katara & toph: