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Obligatory battle of the labyrinth kiss scene

Bonus:

Random Pjo Meme(2 of ??)

Me and my homies every time someone strips down nico’s entire character to “gay” or “edgy”:

(Look, I get that nico wallows quite a bit in self-pity, and that his homosexuality is an important part of his character, but for god’s sake, can we acknowledge that he was genuinely well-written [atleast in pjo and hoo, that is])

PJO Headcanon (1 of ??)

I headcanon Nico to be a gay ace (homoromantic asexual); for those who don't know, romantic and sexual attraction are two different things. So, yeah... that's it. That's the post.

did frankenweenie graveyard studies and inserted nico into them :]

"I played dumb"

"Was it hard?"

Bonus:

a camp half-blood bead necklace for a cosplay! I’m doing Kayla since I already have the hair for her haha

it was actually pretty difficult to figure out what beads she’d have, but eventually I decided that she probably came to camp during the mass recruitment of campers Grover mentioned in the titan’s curse, since she was in the battle of Manhattan and probably not a newbie at the time, but since TTC was in the winter her first camp bead would be the battle of the labyrinth…

the designs for the HoO and ToA beads are made by me but are inspired by others I’ve seen - CHB and SPQR for the unity of the two camps and the sun for Apollo - and there’s only one bead for each series since they only span one year.

The Brilliance of the Battle of the Labyrinth

My favorite thing about the battle of the labyrinth is that it shows the effects of past events on demigods in the present. We see the Worst parts of Annabeth, Nico, and Percy. This is where Rick Riordan best shows the negative effects that come with what these demigods have been through. 

For Annabeth this is where her abandonment issues come to a head. We saw glimpses of it in the past, but it was never as apparent as it is in this book. Annabeth feels threatened by Rachel and Calypso. Percy is the only person that has truly stayed by her side through thick and thin and she is terrified of losing that. It was always just Percy and her when it came to the demigod part of their lives and both Calypso and Rachel threaten that. Calypso because he can offer Percy freedom from the great prophecy and a dangerous life and Rachel because she can be a part of his mortal and demigod lives while giving him a taste of normalcy. This doesn’t excuse her actions, but it adds a sense of realism. She’s 15 and had to deal with people leaving her for her whole life to this point she isn’t going to take what she sees as possibly losing the only one who stayed very well. 

Nico lost his sister and discovers he is lost in time. He does not take either very well. He tries to bring Bianca back from the dead and is manipulated by king Minos due to his fatal flaw and inability to cope with his sudden loss. He doesn’t know where to direct his anger at Bianca and himself so he projects it onto Percy as well as Percy’s friends. Nico didn’t just get over his problems even by the end of the story. This book has him struggle with all of this, come to terms with it, and start to move forward. His road to acceptance isn’t over, but he’s taken steps in the right direction.

Percy’s problems don’t truly come to a forefront in this book, but during his stay on Calypso’s island we see his stress about the coming prophecy and war. He considers staying on the island and for a moment forgets about everything else except Calypso and escaping the prophecy. The stress of everything that has happened to him and the terrible possibilities for his future have really weighed on him. This provides buildup for the war and to see how this stress effects him moving forward and how it will effect his decisions.

All of these characters acted questionably and made choices that we may not agree with, but that brought a layer of realism. People don’t work out their problems right away and not everything resolves in a short period of time. Things that happen in the past can effect someone moving forward and it takes time to accept and move forward. Sometimes someone can’t move past what happened. This is what the Battle of the labyrinth does well and what I like most about it.