you: of course neil would be the son of hades in a percy jackson au hades is scary and irredeemably evil everyone knows that

me, an intellectual: neil’s godly father would obviously be ares given his father’s canonical taste for power and mile-long vicious streak, not to mention how easily neil is able to stir agression in others, even high-status men like the moriyama crime syndicate. ares having a position as the butcher of baltimore would provide a unique advantage in stoking the flames of war. even if its just a mob war he’d be setting up, it still would have enormous consequences. also, much like neil coming to terms with how he looks just like his father, he’d have to learn to accept his innate abilities and make them his, not his father’s. neil would probably be able to create aggression in others and (as a nod to how deadly neil is and the fact that he’s killed at least one person canonically) he’d be able to touch someone and force them to feel agonizing pain. like, a writhing on the floor shrieking with your eyes rolled back, death would be kinder, kind of pain. of course, it would be extremely draining, and neil would be half-terrified of it anyway, BUT it would make nathan’s desire to kill him multi-faceted, and it would give neil something to bargain with when it comes to the moriyamas.

andrew and aaron are more likely to have hades as a godly parent given the lack of involvement in their lives (the big three deal? hello) and the fact that hades is first and foremost the longstanding ruler of the entire afterlife, which means he has no reason to be needlessly cruel (he really does believe in what’s fair-according to his own standards of course) not to mention that (according to pjo lore lol) he’s extremely loyal to his family which includes persephone and the twins, even if he can’t do anything about to show it. andrew’s need for complete control (and how well he uses it) in addition to his (and aarons!) unswavering loyalty/everlasting grudges make complete sense. both the minyard brothers are obnoxious, capable of holding grudges on par with their father, are intimately familiar with death, and also are ridiculously wealthy (andrew’s cars??? hello u cant tell me that hades, god of riches, didnt help with that extremely generous life insurance payout. hades was forbidden from interfering with the twins, but he didn’t abandon them. chances are andrew’s inherent abilities are either something to do with mineral wealth or indescribable foresight who knows). also, given that hades (again within pjo lore) seeks mainly fair treatment and justice for his half-blood children, andrews deals have a stronger, more serious meaning than if they weren’t a family trait. yes, aaron is tempestuous at best, but he is more similar to his twin that he’d like to admit, especially given how protective of andrew he is and how he enforces the deal with andrew once they meet neil