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Oh this one is DELIGHTFUL.

Jenny Packham | Pre-Fall 2025

Apollo desperately trying to figure out what he can eat or do that would have a similar effect to persephone’s pomegranate just in case someone does something stupid like “save him”

Apollo eating everything Perse makes for him because a) she made it herself and food as a metaphor for love and b) her cooking is amazing and c) no lover had ever cooked for him before

Apollo asks Persephone for advice on how to get married/kidnapped.

Apollo also hisses at any gods stupid enough to try to save him. “If you save me, I will never forgive you.” - Apollo, probably.

Perse with Apollo: 😊😘🥰😍💙💍

Perse with gods trying to rescue her sunshine: 🤬🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️🗡️

Perseleia bonding with Hades as she carries out her psychopomp duties over how you kidnap your beloved to eternally entwine souls and suddenly “you’re the bad guy” 🙄

They have tea parties.

Demeter is not comprehending how Leto is not as concerned as she should be

Leto is just happy her son is finally married and she doesn’t have to hear one more yearning poem about sea green waters or playful foxes

"She asked my permission to kidnap him." Leto interrupted the Goddess of the Harvest. "Arranged to meet me for tea, sat down and made sure we were alone. Then she just smiled and asked for my permission to steal my son as her groom."

Demeter gaped. Leto couldn't blame her, she'd reacted the exact same way.

"She said she wanted my blessing because she didn't want me to worry when I heard about it." She said, her voice growing louder as she continued. "Because it's important to have a good relationship with your in-laws when possible."

"She even told me her entire plan for stealing him!" And she was still incredulous at that. Both that she'd been told the plan, and that the plan had worked perfectly.

Demeter finally blinked. "How did she manage it?" Doubtless the Olympian was imagining a chase, some sort of spar, trickery.

That would certainly make a better story than the truth. "She joined him on the sun chariot and waited until near the end of the day. Then she smiled at him and asked him if she could tie him up and kidnap him to be her groom. The sun steeds were her co-conspirators."

Demeter groaned. "Did he help her tie the knots?"

"Not for the ropes she used for the kidnapping, but they did tie their handfasting cord together."

"Why bother stealing him?" Demeter grumbled.

Leto sighed. "The worst part about all this is that she actually had a good reason." She reached for the bottle of wine her new daughter in law had gifted her. "Despite the fact they've been quietly courting for centuries, she didn't think her parents or the King and Queen of Olympus would allow them to marry, if for different reasons. And if they eloped, the blame would have fallen mostly on Apollo. She wanted to make it very clear that she was the one to blame."

A difficult task with her son ready to go to war to defend his new role as Perseleia's husband, but there had been eyewitnesses aplenty to Apollo being lead to the Temple bound in rope after Perseleia had landed the Sun Chariot.

The fact he'd been starry eyed and literally glowing with delight made it into most of the accounts of the day, but not all.

So if Percy Jackson was going to ascend, what would his domains be? I think we can all agree that Percy would not be a god like Ariadne or Leto is a god. He would definitely be powerful. But the Greek pantheon has most domains already covered. Here's what I think:

Percy should be the god of loyalty, first of all. And, actually, THIS would be the most frightening bit. He'd be a second Eros. Don't see the vision? Imagine Percy deciding on a whim to make Zeus loyal to Hera. I think he should. It'd be the funniest way to get back at Zeus for all those times he voted to kill him, because what's Zeus gonna do?? Complain that he feels really really bad just thinking about cheating on his wife now?????

I don't have a clear picture of what else he'd definitely use this domain for, right off the bat, except I think he'd refuse to make Aphrodite loyal to Hephaestus if asked. Not for any particular liking of Aphrodite, but I think he'd refuse to make someone loyal to a spouse they didn't choose, just on principle.

Secondly, if he's ascending, he definitely should have killed Aklys and taken her domain. That's actually probably how he finds out that 1. Domains aren't fixed and 2. He's burning through his mortality. If Percy is ascending, fighting the goddess of misery should be the thing to instigate the process.

A possible second domain-by-conquest; I think he should get to take Kronos' power over time. As a treat. Maybe he has a confrontation with him in Tartarus, and this is a fight where, unlike Aklys, he knows the stakes and knows what he's doing. And he decides to put Kronos down for good by replacing his role in the pantheon like Apollo once took over from Helios.

Actually, speaking of Apollo. He has given out domains before. I want him to give Protector of Youths to Percy. Why? Well, the pjo Apollo doesn't seem to do too much with it (maybe. Haven't read the Trials. Lmk if I'm wrong). And I think it is PERFECT for Percy. I've seen some people say he should be the god of demigods (currently Hercules' role, and he's definitely not doing much with it), but i disagree. Percy has always cared for mortals, and I don't think ascension would stop that. He should protect young people regardless of their heritage. I think that matches his canon behavior better.

He should get to be god of riptides. Because it's thematic and it pleases me. Percy should get to keep a connection to the sea.

God of filial devotion might also be appropriate. That might already be covered by a different god though, I'm not sure.

Lastly. This might be controversial. Percy should be the god of divorce.

I have reasons. In no particular order:

I like divine duality, ie, Apollo is god of healing&plagues. Percy can be god of loyalty&divorce. (This is not a perpollo post necessarily, apollo just happens to be a useful example of what I'm going for here. Percy contains multitudes.)

He helped his mom get a divorce when he was younger. No - no, really, stay with me here. In many cultures for much of history the only way out of a marriage, particularly for women, was to kill your spouse. This is the original divorce. It's also not an option for gods. The Greek pantheon in pjo has clearly changed somewhat with time, but not as much as i think they should. I think Percy should be a sea change, and one of the ways to do that is provide a way for all those old unhappy bonds to either be dissolved or renewed. A catalyst to either commit to your marriage - hello god of loyalty - or leave it and try again. If we're breaking gods out of the old patterns, then let's do that. Percy can introduce the gods to the modern concept of divorce, and leave the past in the past.

It's either a genius idea or I'm completely deranged. Probably the second one, but there you have it.

I think if you want the gods to be kinder, you have to modernize them in some ways, and also address some of their own perennial unhappiness. Hera would certainly be a nicer goddess, for example, if she wasn't trapped in a bad situation. I don't say nice. I don't know that any god is nice. But nicer.

I guess mostly I want percy to ascend because it would be really funny if the gods were discussing whether to smite or reward him and he interrupts to be like, "okay, but you have to choose quickly, one of those isn't going to be an option for much longer" and that's how they find out that he's ascending. I think he'd have gone through all the stages of grief by that point, he's just. Over it. <- another reason I want percy to be a god is because he doesn't want to be. I think often those who seek power are those who least ought to wield it. Percy, who once chose not to overpower a nymph who was terrified he'd use her spring to clean horse stables, who inspires loyalty so quickly he made Praetor in a week, is extremely well suited to power.

Hey guys I found this image on the Classical Wisdom Kids Club website. The site simply calls it 'A Greek Woman playing an aulos' but I think this would work really well for anybody who wants to use an ancient greek image for the Athenide (saw some really good posts about the Athenide temple being found by modern archeologists) because a lot of the imagery matches up to her known tribute. The woman has an olive tree beside her which alludes to her Athenian cult as well as her patronage of olive oil. Her necklace and earrings seem to be made of pearls in reference to her status as Poseidon's daughter and princess of Atlantis. The bracelets are fashioned as if imitating a snake which is a lesser known but no less important sacred animal to Athena in reference to Perseus gifting her the head of Medusa, here it can be taken as the Athenide showing pride in one of her demigod pupils. She performs an instrument created by Athena that the goddess herself taught her how to play. And lastly she sits behind a spear and shield which fits perfectly with the idea she will leap into action should any within her protection be in peril.

Maybe I'm overthinking? Let me know if I'm not the only one seeing it.

Snakes could also be a reference to Ascelpius, or in a 'verse where Apollo has snakes as a sacred animals (ie not TOA compliant) a reference to her husband.

We gotta stop aiming for unique and interesting baby names we gotta start naming every single infant straight-shot middle-of-the-road ass popular common unisex names like Alex and Sam. By the end of 2031 I wanna see 100% of kindergarten children named either Alex or Sam and you know what, let’s make ‘em all Smiths and Johnsons, too. In an age of digital tracking give your baby the gift of total functional anonymity within the panopticon

If Elon Musk owned Tumblr he would nuke your blog for this.

And I would die with honour at the hands of a fool

Do you want to post a Athenide AU? Here’s a guide:

(I’m making it because people keep asking me if they can write Athenide AUs, so I’m linking it to my pinned post)

- Yup, you can write Athenide as an OC, you can make male Percy Athenide, you can change ships, make your own version of myths, anything you want. How you’re gonna write this is up to you! Be my guest.

- Please, make sure to tag it properly. Tags are important, so if your fic is Female Percy, tag as fem Percy. If it’s OC, tag as oc. If has potentially disturbing content, tag them too! Tag system is very important to find what people want to read, but also what people don’t want to read. Be nice with the readers.

- Indicate the inspirations. I ask for Athenide writers to tag The Third Gift as inspiration since it’s the original fic, but if you’re getting inspired by other Athenide fics, tag them too!

That’s literally just it. It’s just because it’s a frequently asked question.

Have fun!

Edit, just in case: Only thing you CANNOT do is profit off it. Everything else is in the game.

☀ cross stitch of a cat , which is about 1000 years old !

A textile fragment was found in Peru. It belongs to the Chimu or Chancay culture (pre-Columbian era X - XV centuries)

cannot believe this isn't a shit post. Link to more information from the British museum.