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Based on read riordan Ares' guide to parenhood https://www.readriordan.com/2022/11/09/ares-guide-to-fatherhood/

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:

“And why shouldn't Piper intimidate them? Aphrodite was the most ancient Olympian, born of the sea and the blood of Ouranos. She was older than Poseidon or Athena or even Zeus. And Piper was her daughter.” ― Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

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 means 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,

"Silena met with the campers... and she was astonished at how peaceful Manhattan was, and asked if they were dead, and Percy said they weren’t dead, Morpheus had just put them to sleep. " - Percy Jackson Wikia

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.

"In The Demigod Files, it said that her hair was black and her eyes chocolate brown. In The Last Olympian, she had brown hair and blue eyes and in The Ultimate Guide, her eyes were blue and her hair was blonde."

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!!!

An ember of anger burned fiercely in Silena's eyes and for a moment, Clarisse remembered that Aphrodite, too, was a goddess of war. Silena kissed her, almost violently, all sharp teeth and demanding lips. She ran her hand through Clarisse's short hair and pulled , dragging her against her. Possessively.

“You’re beautiful,” Silena repeated with conviction, slightly out of breath. “The most beautiful person I know.”

Hesitantly, Clarisse placed her hands on Silena's hips, stroking the fabric of her shorts with her thumb. Silena smiled. Clarisse fell in love with her a little more.

“I love you,” Clarisse said, promising , resting her forehead against Silena's and inhaling deeply, the fresh scent of the hundreds of flowers surrounding them filling her lungs.

“ Se agapó, polemistí tis kardiás mou,” Silena echoed, kissing Clarisse on the nose. 

Percy is offended

Guys should I start writing for new fandoms Im not going to stop writing for womans sports but I do want to write fics for other fandoms like house of the dragon or percy Jackson or the 100 or criminal minds or other stuff

GUYS COMMENT PLEASE AND LET ME KNOW WHAT I SHOULD WRITE FOR 🙏

Are we just gonna ignore the fact that Clarisse La Rue invented Wise Girl like Percy heard the nickname, took it for himself and gave it a new meaning

When Percy and Annabeth inevitably get married, who’s going to be part of who’s entourage?

Obviously Tyson and Grover are going to be in Percy’s (when Percy asked Grover to be his best man ((satyr?)) Grover cried for days)

Thalia would be Annabeth’s maid of honor, and happily take up the role of disrupting Hera’s interferences

Piper was thrilled when Annabeth asked her to be a bridesmaid. Most people expect Aphrodite kids to love wedding planning but Piper knew Annabeth had been planning this ever since the underwater kiss and had everything under control. She also was on standby to talk through any nerves

Everyone is unofficially introduced to the Norse side of the family as Magnus is one of the bridesmen

In a surprising turn of events Clarisse is one of Percy’s groomsmaids. She partners up with Thalia on anti-Hera patrols

Estelle is the flower girl

Leo made their rings from celestial bronze. Diamonds matching the other’s eyes are set in the rings

Mrs. O’Leary is the ring bearer, who had to be escorted by Nico last minute because she kept shadow-traveling away during the rehearsal

Percy asked Frank and Hazel but as they were still praetors they couldn't both leave Camp Jupiter. Hazel sent Frank with a generous wedding gift

Veterans of the Athena cabin who grew up with Annabeth volunteer to make sure everything goes smoothly. They know how important this is to Annabeth and will do whatever it takes to make the wedding happen

Jason would have officiated it :'( in his stead they asked Chiron

YEAHHH!!! PERCY JACKSON SEASON 2!!! 💙💙💙💙💙 SEA OF MONSTERS!!!

Part 7! Last🫡

These are the portraits! I hope someone read to the end hahaha Unfortunately, I didn't draw everyone as I originally wanted, especially Juniper, I think her design is really cool!

Bonus number 1 A quick art of Clarissa with a crooked spear🙈

Bonus number 2

Niko on Blackjack🥹🥹🥹 oh this boy!🙏 (and oh this Blackjack, I love him too!)

These arts took all my free time during my studies and I will be glad that someone else besides 3 people will see them, including me😋

Part 5😗

Calypso! I imagined her skin darker, like “caramel”🙏🙏🙏 I really like how it turned out

Icarus🥹🥹🥹

I think the fact that I drew him, but not Daedalus, already says everything about how much I like Icarus

Silena🥹

amazing girl, my art didn’t quite do justice to her beauty🙏

Clarissa hair color was not the same at different parts in the book, I really don't know what hairstyle to draw for Clarissa

but she is a queen👸👸 I love her😘

continued in the next part😅😗

Annabeth hit a slippery patch of moss and her foot slipped. Fortunately, she found something else to put it against. Unfortunately, that something was my face.

PJO, The Sea of Monsters, Rick Riordan

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Criminal minds

-Spencer Reid

The Mighty Ducks

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Hamzahthefantastic

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Silena Beauregard and Clarisse La Rue fan art

And it is a bit of a parallel to Clarisse’s spear. Her heartbroken scream. These objects are the only parts of their parents they’ll ever have, they mean a lot.

grover getting frustrated on annabeth’s behalf and reminding percy that the yankees cap is the one thing she has of her mother…it’s so special to me you don’t understand. annabeth saying “he was my protector first”. i’m so glad they’re going into the annabeth and grover dynamic because we do NOT talk about it enough

THIS IS MY FAVORITE CLARISSE ACCOUNT(I may or may not have sent this headcannon😔)

BABBBYYYYYY OMG I HAVE A HEADCANNON!

Okay so imagine Clarisse is like eating with her sibilants and so is like every one else. But then like you hear like yelling and shouting and it’s her gfn and her gfns sister arguing over whatever. What do you think Clarisse would do?

ok i’m sorry… i think you mean that y/n is fighting w her sibling right??? i think so i’m going w that ANYWAYSSSSSSS

i don’t feel like fleshing out an actual argument so OOHHHH your bitchy sister told a secret of yours to everyone 😱😱😱😱

this is so me that one time my friend started saying shit and then i tried to fight her from across the lunch table screaming LET GO OF ME IM GONNA RIP HER FUCKING HAIR OUT (they did not let go of me… very sad 💔)

but basically there’s two ways i feel this could go

if you’re actually physically fighting her then similar to Don’t Delete The Kisses she’s probably just gonna stand up and watch you bc all those training sessions that you have w her were not just to flirt!!!!!! or feel up on you!!!!! it mostly was but shush!!!!!!!

so if you’re winning she doesn’t care but eventually when you start actually hurting her or she feels it’s escalating then she’ll drag you away from the fight like she’ll pick you up if she has to even though you’re kicking and screaming

she’ll take you back to her cabin and then be like “you did such a great job baby i’m so proud except just make sure not to reveal your side when you swing-”

and if you got any injuries then she’ll clean them up for you, definitely give you a few kisses for being just so so brave!

and if you get hurt…. do i even have to elaborate?? i don’t think i do but i will 😍

EXCEPT PLOT TWIST she really don’t care about some random girl who’s only defense was to pull your hair really hard or slap you 😭😭

she just doesn’t like to see you hurt 💔 however small 💔 so she’ll probably AGAIN just drag you away even if you want to keep fighting “LET ME AT HER” “NO DUMBASS YOURE HURT” “SHE JUST SCRATCHED ME ILL BE FINE” “I. DONT. CARE.”

and then if you’re just like arguing verbally she agrees w whatever you’re saying. even if you’re advocating murder ok she’ll murder someone for you no big deal 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ like why you even talking abt it w some random girl…? all you gotta do it ask trust 🙏

even if it’s super petty

“YES MAC N CHEESE IS THE BEST FOOD” “NO THE FUCK IT IS NOT-”

“YES BABY!!!!! SO TRUE!!!!!! GET EM FR!!!!!!!”

SHES SO BEAUTIFUL ❤️‍🔥

AAAAAA CLARISSE LA RUE MY WIFE

clarisse: you know Chase, i would have SO much more respect for you if you just weren’t dating jackson

clarisse: even putting aside the multitude of idiotic things he’s said and done over the years

clarisse: i just watched him have a heated argument with a horse. over donuts.

clarisse: because he claims that bear claw donuts have a completely stupid name and should instead be called bear paws, “because the donuts don’t actually depict claws”

clarisse: and then he proceeded to ask a stingray for it’s input

clarisse: because he thought a stingray would know what a bear claw looks like

annabeth:

annabeth:

annabeth: he’s a really good kisser

clarisse:

annabeth: and to be fair, he’s right

I saw that Bailey Bass was rumored to join pjo season 2 as the gorgeous Silena Beauregard, and I just couldn't help myself and had to finish this sketch I drew when Dior Goodjohn was announced to be playing Clarisse!

The absolute power and beauty the two of them could bring to the screen is unimaginable!💙💙💙

Can't wait for this scene to break my heart in 4K...

the new casting announcement for clarisse and Luke has made me indescribably happy ! ! !♡♡♡

Camp jumpiter: yeah no one ever meets their parents we just have faith they’re watching over us :/

Percy: *sleeps over at Poseidon’s house, Amphitrite does his laundry when he’s there*

Nico: *has a room ready for him in Hades’ palace for when he dies*

Annabeth: *literally designs Olympus at age 16*

Clarisse: *rides her dad’s chariot as a rite of passage and fights her brothers who are actual gods*

happy father’s day to the one and only chiron (we know he’s pretty much the best father figure a lot of those kids have)

Chiron: I love my demigods. They are too good for this world. I'm proud of them.

Percy: *Explodes the bathroom*

Annabeth and Clarisse: *Screams at each other*

Leo, Nyssa and Harley: *Burn their cabin*

Travis and Connor: *Blow up jokes in Demeter's cabin*

Nico: *Eats instead of helping*

Chiron: My beautiful children.

yall are not ready for the person ill become when we get the clarisse and silena/patrochilles parallel on screen

Name one hero who was happy

(I've been working on this since the first episode came out i hope yall like it!!)

Silena: I wasn't THAT drunk last night!

Clarisse: You started flirting with Beckendorf

Silena: So? He's my boyfriend!

Clarisse: You asked him if he was single then started crying when he said he wasn't

👀

They have a point.....

dark percy headcanons need to include clarisse la rue, because she's either the ultimate ride or die friend or she's the only fucker crazy enough to take him on, and that's facts.