Percy is the only pure anti hero in the whole Percy Jackson series. Hear me out. I know you will say Nico is an anti hero but Nico actually has a classic hero streak inside if you think about it. Just because he was blinded by revenge for a while does not mean his sole motivation in the books was that. Afterwise, he actually thrived to be a hero and did things to save the world, to be a hero. Remember the last book in PJO.
There is not one single action Percy did in the entire saga that was done because he wanted to be a hero rather than to protect his loved ones. He did not question if what he is doing is right before doing it but questioned whether it helped his loved ones. He did not have the want to be accepted by his parent like others.
That is one of the reasons I love Percy.
They had to take Jason from Thalia before she left.
Because can you imagine kid Thalia running off in the brink of dawn with bby Jason on her back.
Fighting and evading monsters with Luke and Annabeth.
Jason who's barely 2 years old and her little rat of sunshine in these dark times because how can I be sad when my favourite little guy is right here.
Grover can't smell Jason but not putting much thought into it and just growing fond for the little guy.
Because how can u not.
Probably plays lullabies on his reed pipes and teaches him about recycling.
Thalia entering Camp and being told her bby brother has to be taken away.
Because Jason's Roman.
But because that's secret, no one will tell her why.
She would be absolutely livid.
And she's not the only one.
Annabeth would pack adopt Jason as her little brother.
Luke already goes off the deep end, this would just speed run it.
Because your going to make a poor innocent baby leave the one place of sanctuary for demigods and you don't even have the decency to tell us the reason why?!
Grover having to decide between following orders or following his heart.
in the what’s up danger scene of itsv, when miles lets go of the building, the glass shatters. he’s terrified, but he takes the leap of faith. this is when he becomes spider-man.
in atsv, after miguel tells him he doesn’t belong and that he was a mistake, he jumps, again. the glass shatters, again, because he’s still terrified. but this time, instead of becoming spider-man, he’s proving to everyone else what he already knows. proving that he belongs. fighting to show that he is miles morales. he is spider-man.
it’s always
“let Apollo become the camp director instead of dionysus” this
or
“have adult Percy take over his position” that
but i think “Ariadne should join Dionysus as the cool wine aunt who supports and comforts campers” is elite
yeah prowler!miles is going down a dark path but at least he speaks spanish fluently
that small like three second scene of Pavitr feeding dogs has like, healed everything wrong with me ever,
this one:
I LOVE HIM SM
Katniss: *goes feral without peeta*
Katniss: I don't want to exist anymore
Katniss: I give up. Stop speaking, responding, refuse food and water.
Katniss: if I do not see peeta physically in front if me in the next 24 hours i will cease to exist out of spite
Gale: so if I bring him back you'll choose me?
Remember if you’re out at a store and someone says “This is a robbery” you can say “no it’s not” and then the robber will leave because theyre a robber and this is no longer a robbery .
You can not just say this without dropping the whole story
Ok so,
My dads coworker is at the front and this man comes Up and hands him a document.
The coworker took a Look at the document and while he couldn't read the things written by Hand, because he wasn't wearing his glases, he did notice the Logo of a different Bank so he's like:
"Oh, sorry sir you can't do that here! You have to go to the other Bank for this :)"
The man, visibly confused leaves, but dosen't take the document with him.
The coworker, now just as confused as the Guy actually Takes Out his glases and reads the hand written part:
This is a robbery
Can you imagine trying to rob a god damn bank and the teller just cheerfully tells you to go rob the competition instead
theprofessional-amateur-deactiv
I worked as a bank teller for several years and a few things you should know, bank robberies happen far more frequently than you might think and they come in waves. When a bank gets robbed a notification with photos goes to all banks in the area to be on the lookout. And there are two kinds of robbery, the pass the note and the takeover (what you see in movies).
So our branch had had a big takeover robbery as well as a note one. We also had a teller that had transferred to our branch after having been through a robbery. She was sweet as apple pie, hair up to the ceiling, southern lady who had just been through multiple robberies.
A guy comes in and hands her a folded note. Her immediate thought was “this guy needs to learn you don’t hand bank tellers notes. I am just not going to read that.” So how the conversation goes:
Her: how can I help you today?
Him: I’m here to get money
Her: great *hands him a withdrawal slip*
Him: all the information is on the paper
Her: to process the transaction I need you to put it on my piece of paper
SO HE FILLS OUT A WITHDRAWAL SLIP. Meanwhile another coworker is looking at her latest robbery notification email thinking the guy at the window looks a lot like him but the teller is calm and seems to be following standard transaction.
Back at the window the teller notices his name on the withdrawal slip doesn’t match the name on the account so she asks for his ID. He once again tells her all the relevant info is on the folded note but also gives her his ID and says it is his dad’s account. She tells him he will need a check from his dad to get cash. He grabs the note and leaves.
ONE HOUR LATER
Two new robbery notifications hit our emails, both branches within a mile. It is our guy. Teller goes over to the manager and sheepishly informs them he was here and the time. Security department is notified as are local police and the FBI. The FBI comes over believing that these poor tellers had been robbed for the 3rd time in a month and take her statement. She is completely embarrassed telling them how everything went down and he kept signaling to the note and telling her to read it but she was just done.
To which this FBI agent of 40 years who has been to the scene of many bank robberies (several at this branch in recent weeks) says: Ok. Let me see if I got this right, he came in fully intending to rob you. He gave you the note and you just…refused to read it? So he left and went to the bank literally across the street, handed them the exact same note, and they just handed him five grand? Do I have that correct?”
Her: I am so embarrassed
FBI: this is best thing I have ever heard. He even handed you his ID! Holy-
Her: I feel so dumb!
FBI: don’t! This is the best thing I have ever heard. This is going to be in training courses. (He sat there giddy for at least 5 more minutes)
I have a similar story from my friend Fred, who is a great human and I like him lots.
He was working at a 7-11 that got robbed a lot, working nights. And he was bored and read though his entire contract and learned if you're shot at work you get $200,000. Also, he hated his boss and the job.
So when a guy came in to rob him at gunpoint he got excited and was able to hatch the plan he had been pondering while dealing with a Shitty Boring Job.
"Dude. Shoot me in the leg. Right here- it'll go through and not hit anything vital and I'll be able to quit this fucking job. I'll give you fifty fucking grand to shoot me in the leg then you can take everything in the register."
This ended with him chasing the weeping attempted burglar out of his store screaming "SHOOT ME YOU FUCKING COWARD I WANT THE MONEY".
One of my uncles was a branch manager at a local bank when I was a kid. His branch had the dubious honor of being one of- if not the- most robbed bank in the area. There was a bullet hole in the wall behind his desk where he'd been shot at once.
One day, this guy came in and announced he was there to rob the place. This man was smoking a cigar with one hand and had a gun in the other.
My uncle pointed at the "No Smoking" sign and told him in no uncertain terms, "Put that cigar out, or finish it outside first."
This guy, bless his heart, went back outside to finish his cigar.
My uncle locked the door behind him and waited for the cops to show up.
In New Rome Pre-HoO:
Jason: Here, brought you something.
Nico, confused: A yogurt?
Jason, kindly: I wanted to make you feel more at home here.
Nico: Why would a yogurt make me feel at home?
Jason, tapping the lid: It’s Greek-style.
The Hunger Games trilogy from Peeta’s perspective really is the most insane genie level wish fulfillment I’ve ever heard. He gets the love of his life, marries her, has babies with her, and in the process starts a revolution and it only cost him his leg, his sanity, and his whole family.
Did anyone else ever notice that the Underworld kids are excluded even in their names?
Like Jason, Thalia, and Perseus are all mythological names based on great heroes or goddesses.
And then there's Hazel, Bianca, and Nico. Not connected to mythology at all.