Jason And Juno

Jason and Juno

I just want to talk about them. I have so many feelings and I can’t find anyone else that cares about them. But, like, why not?

Because Rick ignored Jason in HoO and I still haven’t got my Roman prequels, that’s why.

I freaking love Jason anyway and I always have. And I admit, reading original PJO, I wasn’t the biggest fan of Hera, but we weren’t really supposed to be I don’t think. But Juno? Nah man, Juno is cool.

Everybody seems to write her off because she’s Hera and we all know Hera sucks, and obviously Percy and Annabeth don’t like Hera so makes sense that we kinda subconsciously take their lead. But Juno is cool - and I will absolutely fight that corner forever. It’s like, Ares was kinda a dick in many regards, but Mars was a good dad to Frank, Mars was cool too.

Juno was one of the only gods interested in actively helping demigods, particularly her favoured ones, sure, but she still tried to help. And she obviously cared about them too. Not just Jason, it was very evident she liked Leo a lot too (and I love that too). And we know - at least from ToA - that she had a soft spot for Frank too (and honestly who can blame her).

But yeah, so I actually dig Juno in HoO. She helped out, she was awesome, she was actively nice at least to Jason.

So that’s the first thing to get over. Hate Hera if you want to - but let me convince you that Juno is better. Re-read the books and look for her being nice and cool. Because it’s there.

On top of that though, the relationship between Juno and Jason just makes me so happy and warm. I love it so much, even though I haven’t seen anyone else that seems to care.

Jupiter was at least as much of a dick as Zeus was - that’s something everyone agrees on I think. And I think a lot of us if not everyone can agree that he was a worse dad to Jason than he was to Thalia. And maybe that’s because he washed his hands of responsibility for him after he gifted Jason to Juno. (Dick move btw.) but either way, he basically ignored Jason his entire life and throughout HoO. He was hands down one of the most distant godly parents of the seven and of a lot of main heroes we’ve followed in the series’. So Jason couldn’t really depend on him for help or guidance an awful lot and basically felt like he didn’t have a father. But at least he had Juno.

Juno was a good patron to him. She helped him where she could. She actively and genuinely cared about him. She tried to make herself available for chats when he needed them as much as she could. Gave him presents (his gladius) and praise when he did well, pep talks for what was ahead. As pseudo foster mothers go, she really wasn’t bad. Closest thing Jason had to a parent, and yeah, he could’ve had worse. He did have worse with his alcoholic slightly off the rails actual mother who gave him away, and had worse in a dad who never spoke to him or saw him or lifted a finger to help him until the very last second and who also gave him away. I kinda gotta figure after that kind of treatment from both your actual parents, getting what he got from his patron was probably very appreciated.

And Juno/Hera is the goddess of marriage and family among other things. Throughout the series it’s pretty much her biggest hang up. And obviously she wasn’t always the best mother (poor Hephaestus) to her actual kids, but she kinda held Olympus together. Stopped them all tearing each other apart. Family was important to her and something she valued. Obviously she hated when her husband cheated on her and had someone else’s kids. Honestly? That’s pretty reasonable to be unhappy about. But she watched the rest of her family, literally forever, having kids willy nilly when they wanted to. Obviously Artemis didn’t, but she didn’t want kids and she had the hunters so that’s fine. For someone that loves family so much, it’s very possible she could’ve been a little envious of everyone else having huge families. She still had her Olympian family, but maybe she would’ve liked to have some demigods of her own, if it didn’t involve cheating which she just won’t do. She favoured original Jason and was his patron too, so she was happy enough to adopt them, but it still wasn’t something she did often. So she didn’t get a lot of mortal kids and might’ve felt like she was missing out. But at least she had Jason.

So, being given another little adopted demigod, hell yeah she probably loved mothering him. He was totally her kid. He didn’t have any parent or family to be there for him, she didn’t have any demigod kids of her own and knew she never will. That’s hella cute that they can adopt each other.

Everyone loves found families lately - well this is basically that. Kinda forced at first but doesn’t mean they wouldn’t grow to love each other. They helped each other, could depend on each other. Juno is literally the patron of Rome as well. So even if Jason hadn’t known from the off that he’d been given to Juno, he’d have still had the sense that she had his back along with the rest of Rome, so he might’ve asked for a little help or guidance before HoO, maybe while he was Praetor too. And Juno being New Rome’s patron would’ve probably kept an eye over Camp Jupiter and especially when Jason rose to Praetor she could’ve been paying more attention to him from then. Watched out for him during the Titan War.

I want to know more about them. Especially if Jason was fully aware that she was his patron the whole time before HoO. I want them to have had some sort of relationship. I want them to like each other at least a little. Nico and Hades got closer eventually. Percy and Poseidon (and honestly a bunch of the gods) got on well. Mars adored Frank. Aphrodite seems pretty cuddly with her kids in general. I don’t think it’d be a terrible stretch for Juno and Jason to have each other’s backs.

I want to know if Jason ever made offerings for her along with Jupiter. Burnt food at CHB for her as well as his dad.

I want to know if Juno ever helped him out on earlier quests at all, whether he knew it or not. If she ever gave him and maybe Reyna too, sort of a Praetor deal, counsel.

I want to see Juno fully lean into having Jason as her favourite, as her chosen hero. I want to see her lend some power to him when he needs it. I want to see Jason with the Blessing of Juno. How many demigods would’ve ever gotten that? That’s unheard of. I want it for him. I want to see him marching on Mount Othrys to take down Krios and topple the throne, not with the blessing of Jupiter (although I would also love to see him with that, that would be so cool!) but with the blessing of Juno, patron of Rome. I wanna see him monologuing Krios into intimidation like he did to the giants: I'm the son of Jupiter, I'm a child of Rome, consul to demigods, praetor of the First Legion. I slew the Trojan sea monster, I have the blessing of Juno: Patron of Rome. And she also happens to be my stepmom, dick.

I talked about it in another post before, him getting her blessing. Supposedly with her Roman counterpart she’s supposed to be militaristic, strategic, etc. A blessing from his dad would be like an explosion of power, don’t get me wrong. It’d be like Thor in Infinity War. Magnificent. He could totally burst into the palace and fry Krios and destroy the throne. But I think it’d also be pretty damn awesome if he got zapped with her blessing and became like the ultimate military leader (kind of like Frank with Mars’ blessing I suppose, but more strategic instead of hitting the protein shakes), leading the troops in the invasion and being a total Praetor before he even became Praetor.

Side note: It’s probably not possible but can you imagine if he got blessings from both of them?? I doubt you can have two at a time, but that would be spectacular if he did. Especially from Jupiter and Juno. He would be incredibly powerful, no wonder the Legion made a big deal out of him in the early part of the series. Always was a little disappointed we never got to see cool Roman Jason. I love Jason, I do, but he wasn’t exactly what we heard about in The Lost Hero and Son of Neptune. It never felt like we saw his full potential. So I’m just gonna sit in my corner and dream it up instead lol.

Anyway, this was purely for me because I have a lot of feelings about these two and I couldn’t find anything about them at all or not anything positive. But if anyone else likes them or has ideas or there is stuff you can point me to, please do, I want to get involved in it and find people that are into this so bad!

I’ve just started reading The Lost Hero and I’m crying at how many times Percy, Hero of The Second Titan War is referred to as “Percy Jackson: Annabeth’s boyfriend” it’s reminding me of this picture.

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Controversial Take: Jason should have been a better swordsman then Percy. It could balance the power difference, for Jason seems to have less raw power and Percy has more, and it could emphasize how Camp Jupiter trains the campers.

It makes sense from a writing standpoint for world building.

Jupiter/Zeus Kids Headcanons

They can control the weather almost completely— if it’s raining, they can make it stop (at least around them and their friends)

They are either amazing leaders or they couldn’t find their way out of a wet paper bag and there is no in between

They can manipulate air flow (a god send on warm days in the summer or cold days in the winter— they are able to create nice cool breezes and nice warm breezes)

They can control the temperature around them (sort of like Nico can, but they have more control over it and a wider range with it)

They can control electrical currents, so a lot of them end up helping the Hephaestus kids with electrical work

They are electrically charged, which is amazing during blackouts— they become personal phone chargers

They can create clouds and flurries and stuff, which is amazing for when their friends get annoying— they get their own personal flurry!

They are the main cause of some of the biggest blackouts and electrical storms to date. Don’t piss them off that much, they will fuck you up

They tend to spark when they’re angry, so be careful around them!

They’ve also been known to have no mercy on anyone who breaks oaths or promises

Shockingly, they tend to be pretty good gardeners. Since they can control the amount of water/moisture and temperature around the plants, they tend to grow very well with the help of Zeus/Jupiter kids!

People tend to look to them for guidance and leadership, which they are either super happy about or detest with all their heart (again, no in between)

They cause lights to flicker when they’re upset (again, electrical currents)

It tends to feel fairly humid around them? Like, you could be in the dessert and everything would still feel humid if you’re within 10 feet of a Jupiter/Zeus kid

They all want to step out of their father and siblings’ shadows, but it rarely happens. They all want to be remembered for them, not the people around them

They’re usually pretty petty. Like, if you tell one of them to do something, they’ll do the exact opposite

Literally every Lare and monster and Ancient Figure holds a grudge against them for some shitty thing Zeus did forever ago (like with the spiders and Athena kids)

They can semi manipulate the powers of their Godly Siblings?? Zeus had power over everyone else’s realms, and could take away and give powers on command, so his demigod children can sometimes have that power. It’s usually not very powerful, and it works like an echo kind of? Like if Apollo kid used started using poetry curses on a Zeus kid, the Zeus kid might be mildly able to curse them back, or alter the curse

Seriously tho, they’re some of the most scary people ever when they’re angry (same with all the Big Three kids, tbh). Everything gets darker and colder and feels electrically charged and shit

They are their own defibrillators. They just rub their hands together to gather electricity to restart someone’s heart

If they’re stressed, random appliances turn on and off. Like, before the Battle in Athens, Buford the Table randomly shut down and the television Leo hooked up turned on at the same time as the microwave and the lights randomly turned on and off cause Jason was unconsciously fucking with everything

When Zeus/Jupiter and Pluto/Hades kids get together for Halloween, it’s amazing— especially their haunted houses. The lights flicker and there are actual zombies and skeletons and ghosts, and there are random cool and hot breezes and random flashes of lightning inside and it’s so fucking cool

They can make air semi solid to trip people up. Again, they are petty bitches like their dad

Their voices tend to crackle and pop when they talk— it sounds like thunder and lightning crackles, sort of static like a radio

That’s all! I don’t think I was the only one disappointed with the powers for Zeus/Jupiter kids in the books. Like, he’s an ass and a rapist but Zeus is still the king of the Gods. His kids’ powers should amount to more than ‘sometimes I can fly and use lightning’

I’m also going to be making Headcanons for all the gods kids (if I have time and the mental capacity for it, lol) so here’s a link to the masterlist

Juno’s champion