a little picnic for jason's birthday
IM SO UNPREPARED BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JASON GRACE I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU MY SON MY BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL MY STUPID LITTLE FREAK
sally and percy are such an iconic mother son duo they understand eachother so deeply and want the best for eachother, they survived horrible stuff together, they have inside jokes and running gags, they killed a man once
That C.S. Lewis quote says friendship is about meeting someone and going, "You, too? I thought I was the only one," but I think Tolkien's portrayal of Legolas and Gimli provides an important corollary, where friendship can be about, "You like that?"
Lewis tends to portray friendship as two people bonding in a shared interest over something, and only then getting to know each other as people. His descriptions of friendship in The Four Loves (at least in his lecture version that I listened to) sound a lot like fandom friendships. But they're not the only kind of friendships, and I like that Tolkien shows us that the reverse can also happen.
Legolas and Gimli have very different interests. They're from totally different cultures that don't much like each other. Each one loves environments that the other one finds creepy and terrifying. Before Helm's Deep, Legolas talks about how much he hates being surrounded by stone, while Gimli loves it. But after they bond at Helm's Deep, Legolas finds himself interested when Gimli waxes poetic about the beauty of the caves beneath it. He's like, "I don't get why you like that, but you make it sound awesome, so I'll try it." His respect for Gimli as a person made him willing to expand his horizons to share his interests. Friends can find connection, not just because of their similarities, but because of their differences. And I think it's really cool that Tolkien portrayed that.
Jason Grace headcanon where he becomes a line man for the power company (i know i know this isn’t very original but work with me here):
he can survive being electrocuted. He can go however high he needs to because he’s Zeus’ kid. if he falls he can catch himself. all this he’s canonically done before
he can sense electrical currents like Percy senses water, Leo senses machinery, and Hazel senses valuable stones
he can tell if a wire or power line is live or not just by being near it
his manager loves/hates him because he doesn’t wear the proper gear when fixing downed power lines but he never gets electrocuted (i mean yeah he obviously does but he’s used to it now so it mainly just tickles him, but his manager doesn’t need to know that. “I don’t know how you managed to do it without being electrocuted but thanks for taking care of that power line earlier.” *Jason flashes back to being shocked 20 times in the last five minutes* “yeah no big deal, guess I’m just lucky, haha” *nervous sweats*)
just. local hero Jason Grace who always goes out in the worst of storms to restore power
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