sally and percy were always each other’s constants, they became a bit more distant once percy found out he was a demigod, but they were still each others firsts
then estelle was born
percy loves estelle so much, so much it physically hurts
but he sees estelle and how happy she is, how she had a mom that doesnt work the night shift nearly every night and instead is home nearly all the time, and she has a dad that’s present and there and is safe and percy is so so happy that she has what he never did
but at the same time he knows thats the exact reason why it hurts
estelle has what percys wanted his whole life
and now estelle has the only thing percy had his whole life
being his mothers first and top priority
he knows why, he understands why, estelle is a baby and needs to be cared for constantly, and percys nearly 18 and doesnt need his mom all the time anymore
but it hurts because all the food is no longer blue, it hurts because he sees estelle grow up and get help, it hurts because he sees estelle with the life he always wanted, but knows he will never had
and it hurts because hes no longer his mother’s constant.
sally has paul now, she has paul to help her through her issues and she has a child that doesnt get expelled from every school shes been in
and percy has his family. but its not the same. annabeth has always been there, but she doesnt understand, thalia has been through the same childhood as percy but she doesnt know what its like to watch the bad go to good in the same household, grover has always listened but he just doesnt understand
because hes happy estelle has the life he always wanted. hes glad his mother has the life she always wanted. but hes not in that life. because hes moving out soon. and hes no longer his mothers son, at least not in the way he was before
Random ninjago headcanons
Nya, Jay, PIXAL, and Zane are the most mechanically gifted of the team
Jay used to love building cars and big mechanical things but as he got older he started getting more interested in coding
Now Nya builds the things and Jay helps her code them
Zane taught Cole how to cook and bake better
Lloyd looks normal. Like freakishly normal. Like, skin too perfect of a shade, eyes too symmetrical, hair the perfect shade of blonde, etc.
Kai hates swimming but loves the beach because it’s nice and warm and sunny
Zane follows to the law to a concerning degree
PIXAL…does not
She considers the law more guidelines than actual rules
Jay and Lloyd taught Kai how to use his cellphone
Nya and Zane have who can hold their breath underwater the longest contests
The rest of the team finally started liking cliff gordon movies after Jay told them that was his bio dad
The rest of the ninja had tons of recurring dreams about someone asking them to wish it all away
Jay and Nya finally told them everything that had happened
Jay’s hair was always curly, he just didn’t know when he was younger and brushed it out weirdly so it was a frizzy mess and then he would tame it with tons of hair gel
Pre-season 8 Jay is the only person to ever come close to rivaling the amount of hair gel Kai uses
No one really has their own clothes at the momentary because everyone raids everyone’s closets
ESPECIALLY Nya and Lloyd
Lloyd started it when he was really little, Nya started it as a show of power
Now everyone steals everyone’s clothes
The only way PIXAL can change her hair is using welding
She only trusts Nya to help her with that
Jay and Nya take weekly ballroom dancing classes
After Prime Empire the rest of the ninja will sometimes join them
Usually Cole
Lloyd calls Kai and Nya his brother and sister in his head but he hasn’t had the guts to call them that out loud
Every so often the ninja do karaoke
Jay and Nya always do some sort of romantic duet (with varying degrees of success)
Kai, Cole, and Jay team up to sing rock songs
Zane is a surprisingly good singer
So is Lloyd
Jay stayed in touch with Unagami after prime empire
Cole and Vania write letters to each other on the regular, usually filled with whatever dumb stuff the ninja did and what the Upply and other inhabitants of Shintaro are currently up to
The ninja have a giant groupchat with all the elemental masters and the only texts ever sent are usually embarrassing photos of someone screwing up their own element
Zane might be the mom of the group but Kai is concerningly good at any and all type of housework
Cole is the middle child. I stand by this
Jay has way too many pins and buttons on his backpack
Lloyd has a massive sweet tooth
He and Cole go for candy and cake runs whenever they can
Jay is not allowed to go shopping because he buys the most random things
Kai and Jay are the clumsiest ninja
Ever since PIXAL became part of the ninja Cyrus Borg has begun to consider the ninja as his children as well
All of the ninja are insanely competitive
Nya helped Cole get over his fear of water after turning back to human
Dareth and Ronin are the ninja’s weird uncle
Jay loves musical theatre
Kai, Jay, and Cole recreated the Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon versus Maul fight while Zane sang/played the music. young Lloyd recorded it and now threatens to show it to Nya and PIXAL whenever everyone’s being stupid
PIXAL curses the most out of everyone
Kai doesn’t curse because when he was younger he tried to keep Nya from learning curse words and that transferred to Lloyd as well
Jay’s natural freckles are super light and unable to see unless you’re super close up
Nya was the first to find out he had freckles one of the first times they were cuddling together after season 6
She absolutely adored them and so he draws over them with a darker pencil so that they’re more visible
Jay loves drawing and doodling but doesn’t get into painting until after seabound
Cole and Nya have arm wrestling contests
Zane almost always wins paper rock clamp, the only people who can ever beat him is PIXAL and weirdly Kai
Kai is great at riddles. no idea why
One time Jay put food dye in Kai’s hair gel and he didn’t notice
Kai’s hair had a blue sheen for weeks
The resulting prank war nearly destroyed the monestary
It ended when someone managed to fill each person’s room with things relating to their elemental power
Zane’s room was full of ice and snow, everything in Nya’s room was soaked with water, Kai’s furniture was on fire, Jay’s blankets were so full of static electricity he nearly knocked himself out, Cole’s room was packed full of boulders, PIXAL’s room was somehow full of a ton of remote controlled robots, and Lloyd’s room was full of green balloons.
They never did find the culprit
(Master Wu had gotten so fed up with the prank war that he had contacted Skylor, who was all to happy to help)
alr like how tf did he do that
Fuck dude the duality of Kai being the big brother, the caretaker and protector of his loved ones, but also being able to be the most self-destructive ninja fucking kills me
young justice? more like cassie and the boys(tm)
bruce pulling all the bad bitches
everyone lusting after this old man and his mysterious emo charm (just like me)
Og pic under cut:
oh dick grayson the man that you are
Part Eighteen
WHY DOES THIS SHIT HAVE TO BE SO SAD
Uncanny X-Men #1 - "Red Wave" (2024)
written by Gail Simone art by David Marquez & Matthew Wilson
"I headcannon Dick as manipulative" you and the writers of Nightwing babe
tell 'em all they'll love in my shadow
You can't tell me that Juni Ba wasn't directly referencing this when he made that panel.