Slay The Princess Meme Because I’m Bored And Have No Life

Amistad

Oa

Jijiji

unfortunate

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i really wonder what happens to them after they leave the cabin. do they witness the end of the world? do they grow old and raise children? or do they just wander the forest forever?

Ok, I wanted to talk about Annabeth being the reincarnation of Odysseus.

First of all, yes, Annabeth and not Percy. Here's why: they have the same fatal flaw (hubris), fight in similar ways (relying heavily in words and tricks), as well as this comparison being made in the Sea of Monsters itself several times, in which Annabeth (Odysseus) calls herself Nobody (again) to the Cyclops, is the one that wanted to tied herself to listen to the sirens (I know that part was changed in Epic, but let's pretend not for the sake of the intention of the comparison in the book), etcetera. In addition, I know Percy going insane when someone hurts Annabeth is something the whole fandom agrees, which is something he and Odysseus share, but let's be honest, Annabeth does not play about him neither. I would say she went even more nuts about him missing in HOO than he did when she went missing in Titan Curse. Percy could also totally be Penelope, considering their loyalty.

That being said, what I wanted to focus on this post is Athena, and how she made the same mistake again with another version of her protégée, this time her daughter. If we consider that the events of Epic are what happened in PJO, not only Athena (or Minerva, so close enough) abandoned Odysseus again in The Mark of Athena, but she said to Annabeth that she wished Odysseus was there because he would understand the map (that's a line about that in the book). She compared Annabeth to Odysseus, not realising they are the same soul.

Also, if the events of Epic happened in PJO, then it means Athena gave up of creating a world where people held each other with a little more empathy, like she said she wished to do in "I can't help but wonder". She had probably tried for a few centuries, became kinder. I even think that might be why she started to have demigods children: to a child of Athena to be born she needs a real connection with a mortal, which she didn't allow herself before Odysseus. However, with the pass of time (my personal belief is that the Romans treatment towards her would be a main factor in that), she went back to be colder. She has a ruthless father who didn't support her mission to be kinder and told her to be away from her kids, as well as humans who didn't pay her the same respect as they used to.

Then it came Annabeth, this child, her child, who is her favourite, and part of that it's because she reminds her of her favourite champion, her first friend, even if she doesn't acknowledge that. Unaware to her, they are the same person, and this time she's his mother. This version of Odysseus looks up to her so much because her mortal family couldn't understand her and she still carries the admiration Odysseus felt towards her, but without any of the bad memories.

And yet.

Yet Athena breaks her (his) trust again. Yet Athena disapproves Percy (Penelope), who in any life, Odysseus (Annabeth) would do anything for. More than that, Athena is one of the main reasons that Annabeth took so long to accept Percy as the love of her life.

So Annabeth (Odysseus) resents her again, and when Athena realises who her daughter is (because I am sure she would eventually) it's already too late. She made the same mistake, and she can hear a voice in her head calling her "Selfish and prideful and vain", but this time, this voice sounds like Annabeth's.

Viktor recognized his fatal flaw and almost saved the world from the existence of the Machine Herald by being willing to die rather than have the irresistible temptation of the hexcore continue to exist.

His mistake was not realizing he entrusted that destruction to Jayce, the one person whose fatal flaw was being unable to let Viktor go.

kind of obsessed with the characterization of jayce and viktor as fundamentally good people who will also go absolutely batshit insane if you separate them because theyre also ridiculously codependent to a degree that is concerning for everybody else's wellbeing. they were literally away from each other for a couple of months and almost ended the entire world

They can sense it

ARCANE | Viktor/Machine Herald Full Body Design | Victor Maury

VIKTOR NATION EMERGENCY MEETING:

WHO TOLD HARRY LLOYD ABOUT US.

Now that we're one month into the comic I wanted to highlight some of the delightful (if hyperbolic) feedback I've gotten so far:

Shrimpy here has the valour of being a Day One fan! I would say you liked it before it was popular but let's be sensible.

Praise for the art direction?? Buy me dinner first.

Hmmm... they seem to like it when Gandhi

*scribbles note on my clipboard*

🫵 You get it. Learn from this everyone: I play favourites and my favourites are the ones who agree with my complaints.

Cheers to this comment and my followers for being normal so far? It may not sound like much but on tumblr the bar is shockingly low. Nobody has yelled at me for my takes on the characters or de-canonising a beloved pairing.

I'm learning that this blog is not only "peak" but also "based". I am young and have my original hips. 😎

Glad to know people get something out of me rambling in the tags! It’s like directors commentary for nothing!

Not only caught the reference but riffing beautifully in turn! shoutout to da real ones; @jfkonfucius @ativangelism @gspot-rocks-the-gspot @kjmanimation @sopita-instantanea @moondove330 @youdonelostyourmind @kalisseo @tumbleweedsthesecond @unsortedmess @garbagefirelol (If you left a comment or reply in February and I forgot to spotlight it, feel free to kick me until I learn my lesson or stop moving, whichever comes first)

I occasionally have moments excruciating self-awareness where I think “I'm spending SO much time making a webcomic for a dead show, what am I doing??”

but your comments, tags, replies, reblogs, likes and follows remind me that this project is connecting with real life human beings. And I still appreciate you even if you're reading the comic without interacting. Hope you stick around!