and it's his birthday my baby boy is NOT a baby boy ššš
no matter young Haymitch's characterization in Sunrise, I'm always going to be partial to the interpretation that he was a smart-ass punk who thought he knew better than everyone until he was crowned & punished.
the Games changed him, all right. they made him face death and finally flinch, finally see how small & finite his life was and that the world didn't care how clever he was or how above-it-all he acted.
one wrong move, one missed chance encounter with Maysilee, and he would've been dead. and no amount of bravado, or hat tricks, or snarky comebacks would've made any difference.
he went home without the innocence he came with, that he didn't know he'd had to begin with. he'd been so sure of himself. (he'd been so afraid.) he was smarter than the other tributes. (the girl looked like an airhead but she was bigger than him and just as fast, and she'd-)
47 50 other people had to die for young Haymitch to learn he didn't know anything about anything, actually.
because what's more, he had a debt bigger than his own life to pay when he got home. he hadn't expected that. I imagine it took him by surprise. I imagine he felt angry and guilty and powerless, with unimaginable sorrow that cut him down to size... as very small, & stupid, & only sixteen.
imagine that as a coming of age.
fuck it i disown that child
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Iām sitting her down for a crash course on Chappel later
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What am I doing with my life.
Based on this post by @fattuccini-afraido
Ok, ok.
So. I've had this theory floating around in my head for years but i've never actually talked about it.
The First Great Prophecy of the original Percy Jackson books is worded like this:
1. A half-blood of the eldest gods
2. Shall reach sixteen against all odds
3. And see the world in endless sleep
4. The hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap
5. A single choice shall end his days
6. Olympus to preserve or raze
Now, in Heroes of Olympus, Piper Mclean makes an interesting comment about the nature of the oldest olympian:
Now, the reason for one of the Big Three's children being prophesized is simply, that "gods often refer to the male ones."
When you put this into context, this seems, odd, doesn't it? Prophecies are intentionally misleading, and according to the wiki, "Regardless of how a prophecy is received, they all have one thing in common: they are cryptic. A prophecy will never say exactly what will happen,"
So why are the Big Three assumed to be the eldest gods, and why does everyone just go along with this explanation, the easiest one to believe?
(Ok, so what am I yapping about? what does this mean?)
Aphrodite is the eldest Olympian. Her daughter, Silena (oh, no.)
could be the (my) hero of the Great prophecy.
Let me explain each line first, then go through the entire theory.
First of all,
2. "shall reach 16 against all odds."
Silena was around 16 at the time of her death. The "odds" she's faced, apparently to make her decision (which I'll talk about later) are most likely just one "odd": Beckendorf's death. Unlike Percy, who's (assumed to be) our hero in the original story, she does not go through multiple quests to try and stop Luke/Kronos. This might make someone feel this argument is less compelling. However, Beckendorf's death and Clarisse's support rock Silena's foundations to the core, because she operated with Luke only under the belief that he would keep Beckendorf safe.
So yes, Silena made it to her current age against all odds.
" 'Against all odds' is an idiom that meansĀ something was achieved despite the odds being stacked against it." So absolutely, Silena made it against all odds.
3. And see the world in endless sleep
This section is pretty self-explanatory. In the Last Olympian,
So yes, as easily as this section applies to Percy, it easily applies to Silena. What's even more interesting is that in this specific scene, Silena is given a role.
Keep in mind up until this point Silena has basically been treated barely as a character, an accessory for Rick to use as an Aphrodite child Percy is semi-familiar with. Rick even regularly forgets the makeup of her physical features.
So yes, she does fit the third line of the prophecy.
Now you may think. "There's absolutely no way she can fit the last three lines of the prophecy into Silena's story. No. Absolute. Way."
But, dear reader, you misunderstand me. This is merely an alternate interpretation of the Great Prophecy that I honestly like better than the original one. Because it subverts expectations. Because it changes the way people see things, and prophecies seldom turn out exactly the way they are described. Percy at some point is just assumed to be the hero of the prophecy. I like this theory because it is exactly what a prophecy should be: it will never say exactly what will happen, in the way that you expect it to happen.
Let's move on to Line #4.
4. The hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap
Silena is established as the spy for Kronos in Book 5, The Last Olympian, Kronos begins taunting Percy with a bracelet that has a scythe charm on it: the method of communication he and his spy use. This scythe charm could very well be the "cursed blade" as Silena gives up her soul to be reaped by Kronos' cursed blade. Silena sells her soul in the hope of saving Beckendorf, and she loses her soul/life in the process of losing that blade. The cursed blade reaps, or kills, her.
If not for her association with Kronos and her later guilt that leads her to die for Clarisse, Silena would never have died. She wouldn't have been reaped. It's not as literal of a connection but it's a poetic one that still works quite well, especially in the tone of this side-arc mirroring the poem of Achilles and Patroclus.
5. A single choice shall end his days
("WAIT!!", you're saying. "IT SAYS HIS DAYS, NOT HER DAYS!!1!!!1 THEORY DISPROVED, AND YOU'RE A LIAR!")
Do you hear people say "humankind" very often? In many older texts, and partially in the current day, "him" was just the singular, default version of "they". Femininity had to be specified. This is why Thalia was considered a viable candidate for the prophecy.
Now, Silena's single choice was obvious: going out with Clarisse's helmet on. She sacrificed her life to lead the Ares cabin, which by the way was a major problem as they had the majority of the weapons and heavy fighters but refused to be moved out UNTIL Silena decided to step up and lead them.
#6. and More Explanation will be out in a part #2 I will write soon!!!
hello beautiful bisexuals in my phone. also goodnight. also i love you.
why do you look so sad š
using this picrew make it look like you :D
no magical color eyes
Make it look as much like you as possible
you can do whatever with the background and stuff tho
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I'm finished with it >_< ! I finished yesterday I just was top tired to post it :p
Anyways what should I name my oc? (Check my other post to know what I'm talking about) I like really need a name for him š
(^_^)
Also quick comparison with the zuko drawing I did at home yesterday and the zuko drawing I did at school last last week :3
Excuse me while I throw up, we couldnāt just have a scene of them going to a play without Kataang being shoved down our throats.
yes because OBVIOUSLY, people who are challenged every step of the way to achieving a somewhat stable income are comparable in the slightest to nepo babies inheriting billions of dollars of filthy oil money :/
today on #shitrichpeoplesay, I have a throwback to when I was a temp at a property management office.
"people shouldn't get handouts. they should have to work to get money."
courtesy of a trust fund baby, married to another trust fund baby, who inherited several successful commercial buildings when his dad passed. I had to print his monthly checks that he got for literally just breathing, which were almost half my annual salary at the time.
he was talking about immigrants.
why are you EVERYWHERE
sometimes i write. a lot of the time i'm freaking out about a fandom, book or not
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