I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby!

So You Want to Apply to New Rome University?

(Part One- Introduction)

Thank you for considering New Rome University as your college selection for the next four years. You have done your ten years of service, and we are happy to serve you! [Edit: According to new proposition from the Pontifex Maximus, Jason Grace, Greek demigods at least ten years after the Great War are required to have served at least 6 years in the Legion to qualify for certain scholarships.]

The purpose of NewRU is to help acclimate demigods into a mortal future with a degree! However, one can decide to stay in the safe haven of New Rome if they choose. Enjoy the (relatively) monster-free life and blissful sights that surround our home.

To be accepted to NewRU, legacies must:

*DSTOMP stands for The Demigod Standard Test for Mad Powers. See Part Six for more information.

About 240 students apply and get in to NewRU annually. Why not join them, and watch your future blossom before your very eyes?

(Part Two- Why NewRU?)

-Memento Vivere-

New Rome University is your home away from home. Unlike other colleges, NewRU is demigod-friendly, allowing you to take math classes without being told to put your sword away. All courses are accomdating for learning disabilities commonly found in demigods, as well as anxiety, depression, PTSD, and all other disabilities that are also seen in demigods. New Rome University was created to provide the comfort and ease that demigods can and will be able to get an education, without putting their life on the line.

Picture this: you are sitting in the quad by our gorgeous fountain blessed by Fortuna. Maybe you're studying for your exam in Monster Ethics and You, or scribbling notes from chemistry. Maybe you're chatting with your new friends, pulling pranks with the friendly neighborhood Mercury legacies, or debating with newfound siblings. Could you be brandishing a new hand-crafted shield or holding a new script for the spring musical? Or perhaps you're eating our famous ambrosia pie, or watching the festivities and fireworks under the night sky.

Regardless of what you picture, New Rome University is there for you. No other college can boast their appeal to Roman [or Greek] legacies. We understand because we are you. Where else can you find a family like this?

At NewRU, we believe audere est facere, and we want to be the next step for a special demigod like you. Apply today and receive a free NewRU sweatshirt or knife sheath!

romeo and juliet

i used romeo & juliet as a joke comparison for valgrace but like its funnier the more I think about it... okay so like what the comparison was, was that romeo (jason?) was in love with rosaline (piper???), and he swore SOOOO much he loved her lol, and then he meets juliet (leo lol). anyway this means little except that they're always running to each other's side through the play (hoo?) despite being on opposite sides of a conflict between families: aka montague and capulet... (let's say, roman and greek 🤔)

anyway r&j is a tragedy 💀 you're actually told that they die in the beginning of the play (like, the prophecy warns of death too?). here's how this plays out:

here is one of the last few times r&j talk to each other in the play (i used no fear shakespeare for ease of mind):

anyway, while the roles are flipped from originally proposed this is fairly similar to this:

there's this theme in the play about fate and how their misfortune was kinda inevitable... kinda like hoo. regardless, the whole play isn't a complete parallel of course but, ah it is fun to consider, no?

ignore my inane highlighting and bookmarks. sorry. but do you understand why these two are literally sooooooo upsetting together. like i need you to understand what is wrong with them. where's leo / where's jason. i need you to understand.

this didnt even happen ... but u believed it didnt u....

valgrace is literally “i'll take care of you” “it's rotten work” “not to me. not if it's you” they are friends that come to know eachother through circumstances outside of their control but somehow and still trust the other completely and “leo wasn't exactly the trusting type but he trusted jason with his life” is a literal quote from the book. leo sacrifices himself again and again to save jason from death until he literally gives his life for him while jason wildly looks for ways to protect leo and put himself between the danger and him. leo doesn't think he can connect with other people and jason is the same, and their relationship is about how they overcome their insecurities and figure out that the place they belong, the place they've been looking for, is right next to the other — together. leo learns to stop running away and jason learns to fight for what he wants instead of doing it in the name of duty. jason finally gets to breathe and live his life while leo stops believing he's unlovable and just in the way. jason loves leo's brilliance that makes him so unique and leo can't help but love how jason's touch is gentle despite growing up as a military leader and with animals. valgrace is about not knowing much how love is supposed to feel like due to their upbringing but knowing too that if this isn't it, if this tenderness they've discovered in eachothers' arms isn't it, if what they have between them isnt love, then they dont want it — and they should have had that i think they deserved their happiness peppered with kisses with the promise of home

Ok but when u think about it, valgrace being friends to lovers is so awesome so neat, because they never really disagree. They INSTANTLY acknowledge that they weren't actually best friends so they became that. Telling each other their worries and deepest secrets when they barely know each other. Leo's stupid line of "Leo wasn't exactly the trusting type but he trusted Jason with his life" THEY BARELY KNOW EACH OTHER BUT THEY KNOW EVERYTHING!!!! Jason knows about his mom and his hate for his fire, Leo's watched him struggle over his memories and his sister and Piper. They tease each other and get exasperated, but they do not fight and they're always agreeing with each other. Jason always defends Leo, always asks if he has a plan and does it regardless how stupid it is. Leo's just ridiculous when it comes to his thoughts on Jason, his big old "I wish I was him, I wish I could do what he could" while Jason admires Leo's skills. The ONE time they have a fight is being manipulated by charm speak and they immediately apologize over it. Just knowing throughout the series they do so much stuff together that's not seen. They defeat some evil statues or something in BoO because they play videogames together. It's a stupid plan too but they go with it because they trust each other. LEO DYING AND JASON SEARCHING FOR HIM FOR MONTHS NOT GIVING UP HOPE?!!!! LEO COMING BACK AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICING JASON'S MISSING?!!!!! even like, not in a best friends to lovers way, just in a best friends way, they are literally so tied to each other despite the fact that never had to be, they CHOSE this

@garden-of-persephone valgrace and percabeth... like this? 😚💕

romeo and juliet

dead trio

carry him away, i prayed, knowing no god would listen.

here are the stills from a little percabeth pmv i did! :]

i was angry, you're forgiven and does it get too hard being a good person every day of your life??