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I'm not talking 'what if Sadie was the elder sibling' or 'what if Carter stayed with the Fausts' (which would be impossible, as explained later). I'm saying, what if Carter looked like Ruby, their mom, and Sadie looked like Julius, their dad? Imagine Carter Kane before the first book, our nerdy, obedient, geek of a boy dressed in a button down shirt and slacks, always following up with a suitcase in one hand and NBA stats on the tip of his tongue...with the curliest blonde hair you've ever seen and light skin and eyes blue enough to rival the sky? Imagine Sadie Kane before the first book, our rebellious, confident girl with combat boots and attitude ready for absolutely anything...with red streaks in brown hair and dark brown skin and warm brown eyes that are always filled with fire?
It's always specified in the books that Carter was discriminated against and his dad always told him to dress properly to never give anyone an excuse to be racist. Even if Carter wasn't dark anymore, I'm pretty sure Julius would still want his son dressed impeccably. And the fact that people always got confused when Sadie, Carter and their dad went out (is heartbreaking) doesn't change. It just becomes more frequent, seeing as Carter, who looks like his mum, is with his dad permanently. Everyone they met, at dig sites, museums, ceremonies, hotels, would be confused for a split second. And Carter, honestly, would go through what Sadie describes in the Red Pyramid. An African-American who doesn't look African. And for Sadie, well, that's another story altogether. It's specified rather clearly in the books that the Fausts never liked Carter because he resembled his dad. Can you imagine them getting Sadie, who is only one gamete short of being a carbon copy of her dad? I'm not saying they'd hate her. I trust them enough (I hope think) to still love Sadie because she has her mother's spirit and Ruby is really reflected in our little Kane girl. But I can imagine them flinching every time they see Sadie and her dad standing together, because damn, they look similar. They wouldn't hate her, but a part of them would never truly accept her. And she'd still be as rebellious as ever. Blue streaks in the midst of chocolate coloured hair? She's up for it. But then, instead of Carter, she'd go through the racism that Rick's described. (I am purely quoting the Red Pyramid here, because I personally have no experience of racism and don't want to comment much on something I don't know much about). But she would have to face it.
In summary, the idea just seems really cool to me, and yes, I believe that the House of Life would still influence the court case and give Carter to Julius, since he's the elder one, regardless of any skin tone. It would just be cool to see Sadie vibing with their mom while looking like her dad and Carter and their dad travelling the world, proving stereotypes wrong and being an amazing biracial father son duo.
So the gods are notoriously bad parents, but have we considered what it would be like if they acted like normal parents?
Zeus: AS LONG AS YOU LIVE UNDER MY ROOF YOU FOLLOW MY RULES
Thalia: under your-? YOU MEAN THE SKY?!?!
Or
Athena: I believe it's probably about time we have... the talk
Annabeth: bold words from a virgin goddess
Or
Hades: when I was your age my parents never gave me handouts. I had to work for what I wanted
Nico: your dad literally ate you, I -
Or
Poseidon: if your friends jumped off a cliff would you?
Percy: so... this has happened and I'm gonna let you know now that it will happen again
Or
Will: just gonna say that Aunt Artemis doesn't force her huntresses to go to music lessons...
Apollo: If Aunt Artemis is so great then go live with her!
Will: if I was a girl I would
Or
Aphrodite: Because I said so
Piper: jokes on you, I have charmspeak too
Or
Pluto: Another dog? We have a dog! One could argue that we even have three. Besides, who is gonna end up taking care of this dog? Me. You and Nico aren't responsible. Besides, dogs are expensive. You know, money doesn't grow on trees-
Hazel: because...i can get it from the ground??
headcanon that percy stays ready to clock the minotaur. this man would pause his lunch break to give this bull it's horn a third time. this man would dehydrate for two days if it meant he could murk this bull at the end of it. this man's beef with this walking beef is so grandeur. it was the first monster he killed the moment the battle of mamhattan began. this is one of percy's consistent bloodlust moments and no one will ever fault him for it.
I wonder what kind of relationship Poseidon and Annabeth have. I’m sure it’s a subtle one bc they don’t interact, but I like the idea of them kinda trying to feel the other out. Like, Annabeth occasionally gives Poseidon offerings when she’s worried about Percy and Poseidon just being NO WAY IS MY SON ENDING UP WITH AN OWL HOOLIGAN only to see Annabeth save Percy’s life and him reluctantly allowing her a nice beach day.
And later on, they begrudgingly kinda do nice things for one another. Annabeth sighs and cleans up Poseidon’s temple and Poseidon might groan and tell sea monsters not to bother Annabeth and it’s just an exasperated relationship even though they haven’t even had a single conversation.
The real kicker comes when they start defending one another without thinking about it. Hera complains about Annabeth and Poseidon is just like ‘okay, now. don’t be mad bc she called you out’ while Athena is sitting there bewildered. One of Annabeth’s siblings makes a passive aggressive comment about Poseidon and she starts listing off all his accomplishments and ‘everyone makes mistakes and he’s been alive for a thousand of years so he might have a bit more than the average person but he’s done plenty of good things too-’
And poor Percy is just praying to Athena like “That could be us :D”
I like that there is just… A noticeable gap in the gods’ understanding of mortal children. Like, Zeus really accused a TWELVE-YEAR-OLD of stealing his master bolt and the only justification I have for him is “Well, Hermes stole Apollo’s cattle right after birth so that tracks”
But now I have a theory that the gods don’t really understand how mortal children work and that’s why they’re so blasé about sending them to do ridiculous nonsense?
Like…
Zeus: what do you mean ‘first word’? Why would they only speak one word?
Artemis: humans can only cry when they’re born
Zeus: nonsense. When you were born you didn’t cry. You delivered your brother and then came to me to ask for a birthday present.
Artemis: humans aren’t the same though. They can’t walk or talk for many months. When they do speak it is only in small, short words.
Zeus: ….that’s not true
Artemis: I’m afraid it is
Zeus, under his breath: what the fuck
Later on…
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Imagin if Cap was a child of Hades though!! Like they can't stay ded!?! And one day when the seven + Nico, Will and Reyna + Maggie (Magnus) and his gang and the Kane's are going to Olympus they meet the Avengers doing...... things that they do and Annabeth screaming her head off at Spidey then they see Thor and Maggie's just like.... "who the hell.... you look like my Dad"
And yeah