I am flesh and I am bone, rise up, ting ting, like glitter and gold.

something something about nico needing to trust percy with his sister's wellbeing again when sending hazel off to the quest to alaska

Rick describing Thalia in Sea of Monsters as "somewhere between a punk and a goth" (plus every subsequent time he uses "emo" and "goth" interchangeably to describe Nico, and that one time Percy describes his ideal self as punk) tells me Rick has no idea what music/fashion subculture terminology is.

im like 90% sure he thinks "goth" and "emo" are the same thing. He's literally just describing emo/punk here. there is nothing here that screams "goth." this was 2006. sir.

For reference:

Longer elaboration below the cut -

pre-hoo nico is friends with everyone not in camp. ghosts. rogue demigods. various deities. "hey nico you were MIA yesterday, where were you?" shadow traveling to check in with alabaster, chatting it up with the Brontë sisters in the Underworld, and having a healthy conversation about the mechanics of revenge with nemesis.

you all misunderstood percy’s reaction to nico saying he used to have a crush on percy soooo bad. “percy was offended he wasn’t nico’s type” this “percy is so oblivious” that HOW have we all forgotten that nico literally wanted that man DEAD in the first series. and allowed percy to walk around with kidnapppng amnesia for most of the second. WHY would percy think he was nico’s type AT ALL why ON EARTH would he NOT be oblivious to nico having a crush on him???? he is certain that nico wants him homeless on the street at LEAST

nico: i used to have a crush on you.

percy: right. and was this when you blamed me for your sister dying or when you pretended not to know me while i had amnesia

Rick describing Thalia in Sea of Monsters as "somewhere between a punk and a goth" (plus every subsequent time he uses "emo" and "goth" interchangeably to describe Nico, and that one time Percy describes his ideal self as punk) tells me Rick has no idea what music/fashion subculture terminology is.

im like 90% sure he thinks "goth" and "emo" are the same thing. He's literally just describing emo/punk here. there is nothing here that screams "goth." this was 2006. sir.

For reference:

Longer elaboration below the cut -

Maria being a socialite in Fascist Italy is actually so funny a choice cause like. Like??? Can you imagine the scandal that the only daughter of an Ambassador between WARS getting pregnant without being married would bring? And then she just fucks off to America? But before she does she gets pregnant TWO times and BOTH TIMES no one tells her but they're all thinking Signora you literally birthed two devils idk what to tell you. And Nico was probably such an asshole like at least Bianca was PRESENTABLE Nico threw himself in the canals and talked to the air and when ppl asked him where he hid his grandpa's reading glasses or whatever he's .like oooh I dunno what to tell you it's In the shadow world now :/ LIKE??? And Maria's from the Venetian Elite and her son is the second coming of the Devil? Like what. What??

Maria being a socialite in Fascist Italy is actually so funny a choice cause like. Like??? Can you imagine the scandal that the only daughter of an Ambassador between WARS getting pregnant without being married would bring? And then she just fucks off to America? But before she does she gets pregnant TWO times and BOTH TIMES no one tells her but they're all thinking Signora you literally birthed two devils idk what to tell you. And Nico was probably such an asshole like at least Bianca was PRESENTABLE Nico threw himself in the canals and talked to the air and when ppl asked him where he hid his grandpa's reading glasses or whatever he's .like oooh I dunno what to tell you it's In the shadow world now :/ LIKE??? And Maria's from the Venetian Elite and her son is the second coming of the Devil? Like what. What??

just opened the mark of athena graphic novel at walmart to see what the hanging over tartarus scene looked like and uh. why does nico look like That

i know he just got out of suffocating in a jar and also tartarus but still. comic klaus hargreeves looking motherfucker. why is he wearing so much purple

oh my god dionysus should have been the third member of the quest in the sun and the star. omfg. the disjointed & harsh upbringing, the sexuality factor, the dead mother slain by zeus’ lighting. they have so much in common he would have provided such a good base to introduce nico’s discussion of trauma throughout the book

and because trials of apollo just happened, dionysus as a god joining nico and will on a quest could continue this concept of the olympians ‘waking up’ to the suffering demigods have been subjected too and like getting involved in their lives and breaking down the system that has been upheld for so long

for example

and another!

actually I do mourn what hoo did to Percy and Nico's relationship because in pjo it was such a hilarious love-hate thing. Like Percy's this long-suffering and exasperated but protective older cousin figure while Nico is Nico and is feral and dramatic and craves Percy's approval while also loathing him at the same time. Like. Amazing stuff at play there.

Then in hoo Percy's like Nico? yeah he can die I guess and listen listen I'm not saying its out of character for Percy to be vengeful or for him to be annoyed by Nico. Like I think its very on point (see him strangling Nico for betraying him in tlo). However, I think the way it should have played out is Percy being fuming at Nico in his head but the moment Jason and Leo are like "Nico's shady so maybe we shouldn't rescue him?" an instant switch flips off and Percy's like "Um only I can talk shit about Nico and we're going to save him because if he's going to die its going to be by my hand"

underrated hoo moment is when percy is in tartarus and his resolve is crumbling and he thinks "damn nico is metal as hell."

how are they gonna adequately prepare whatever child they cast for nico di angelo. it has got to be impossible for someone that young to give informed consent about playing the saddest wettest loser in all of human history. like hey kid i know youre sprightly and all of ten, but we need you to be in all five stages of grief at all times. remember, your mother was killed in fascist italy, youre eighty years old, and now youre in love with the guy who killed your sister. say this next line like you know what it's like to be an ear of corn.