Chalice Of The Gods - Blog Posts
Ok but why is no one mentioning Jason in the new pjo book?
Like percy thinking about what Jason said during BOO and the fact that he's technically still alive during the books means a probable future cameo. Why the ull has the fandom just forgotten sparky? :(
Percy starts the chalice of the gods with the unwavering certainty that he is majoring in marine biology. It’s the only subject he ever excelled in at school, when he walks into the admissions office the interviewer doesn’t even ask what he wants to do, just checks the box for the courses on marine life and tells Percy that he’ll be amazing. Because he’s the son of Poseidon and how can he not be?
And he’s not even mad, because he loves the ocean and the creatures that come with it, it’s his “domain” it’s the thing that makes him special and it’s given him the life he has now. He has very few things that he loves that he can’t attribute to the sea.
Then suddenly he running around the country, trying to find this stupid chalice for these stupid gods who have clearly never cared for him in the slightest, because he’s two wars deep at this point and apparently “saving incompetent deities from their own mistakes” isn’t a good enough skill to put on a college application.
He’s in the middle of his quest, cursing the sky and wishing - not for the first time - that he was a normal kid, enjoying his last summer before adulthood, when he comes face to face with a young kid.
He’s maybe 7 or 8 and fresh onto the streets having just run away from his parents, he sees things, monsters and creatures that his mother and stepfather just don’t understand. He’s scared shitless, all on his own and he’s pretty sure he’s going insane.
Percy looks at this boy and sees for the hundredth time how the gods seem to ruin everything they touch, from entire countries falling to wars and disease, down to little kids - who are scared and alone in a world that will never understand them.
He tries not to feel guilty when Grover leaves to take the boy to camp, he ignores that it feels like a pig to the slaughterhouse.
Whatever, he’s got a quest to complete. The gods “guidance” brings them to a harbour and Percy has to go diving through the water because he’s the son of Poseidon and what else is he going to do.
The water pressure feels crushing and the fear of drowning is almost unbearable, a school of fish swim up to him.
They call him the son of Poseidon and Percy struggles to feel pride in the title. It’s what monsters call him before they meet the sharp end of a sword. It’s what Gods call him when they want to be condescending. It’s what an admissions officer calls him when she signs him up for a course that he’s not even sure of anymore.
He’s spent the better part of a decade being in his dads shadow, and he feels like it’s time to move into the sunlight.
They make it home in one piece (thank god) and Percy steps back into the admissions office in New Rome.
He thinks about the boy who would probably still be on the streets right now if it weren’t for him. Magnus Chase living a life on the streets with no one to help him. Annabeth leaving her home with nothing but a baseball bat.
He thinks about his dad, who probably hasn’t spared a thought to him in months.
He signs himself up for the social care course, and steps into sunlight.
How I stare at the words "And that made me angry" (Percy's bouta go Turbo)
Athena: i don't want my favorite daughter dating a screw-up
Percy: yeah well i don't want my favorite girlfriend daughtering a jerk-mom
Percy: Respected Athena
i am informing you that i plan to ask your daughter to marry me BUT since it's the 21st century, i am not asking for your permission as she is not your property nor would she be mine if she chooses to say yes. She is a strong independent woman and she don't need no man! That being said i truly hope she says yes BUT IT IS HER DECISION SO JUST BACK OFF!
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Annabeth: that's perfect seaweed brain, what did she say?
Percy: oh i don't know i sent it to her in an e-mail im terrified of her
Oh. My. Gods. The parallel hereee maybe im going crazy but humor me
In the last olympian the last line of chapter 22 is "it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time"
And in the chalice of the gods the chapter name of chapter 35 is "pretty much the best goodnight kiss of all time"
Since an underwater kiss is smth not normal ppl can do (sadly) it tells us that percy jackson will still not have a 'normal' life but since this was the last line it tells us that it's the end of an era (the pjo series)
A goodnight kiss is seemingly normal and it being used in a chapter title signifies that it is not the end and this time it's for more personal and normal stuff
Maybe im reading to much into this , maybe im just stating the obvious and i know that rick is going to write 2 more books but i just had to get it out of my mind
is distracting gets distracted
Grover underwood 🤝 percy jackson
no i need the consensus song to be making regular occurrences. Percy starting to sing it when Annabeth is butting heads with Tyson but it just makes everything worse because Grover’s in danger. Grover trying to sing it during Titan’s Curse but getting frosted out by the Hunters. Grover looking around during Battle of Labyrinth, realizing that 3 out of the other five people on this quest have a crush on Percy and realizing no consensus song can fix this. Percy starting to sing it during Son of Neptune and having no idea where that came from. Annabeth starting to sing it during a tense moment with Jason and Percy and it completely diffuses the situation because now Percy and Annabeth have to teach it to everyone else and that’s how they all become a team (or better yet Coach Hedge asking what they have to say for themselves about the overnight incident and Percy and Annabeth just start singing and everyone thinks they’re absolute weirdos.) Percy and Annabeth singing it in Tartarus to keep themselves going. The trio singing during Chalice of the Gods because everything’s changed yet nothings changed
AHHH I CANNOT WAIT TO READ CHALICE OF THE GODS