Cabin 10 - Blog Posts

Okay so I know Aphrodite looks like Annabeth to Percy, right? But the first time he sees her, she kind of shifts back and forth a few times?

Hear me out…what if Aphrodite in the show was played by movie!Annabeth, musical!Annabeth, and someone who looks like Leah? (*cough* Keke Palmer *cough*) now THAT would be a goddamn Easter egg

love how the fandom collectively reimagined drew's character. recently had a cousin of mine pick up the lost hero, and she told me, "reese, i don't get how you like drew. she's so mean to piper." and i kind of sat there for a moment trying to reorganize canon from fanon.

I need a fanfic where it’s all of Apollos godly and mortal children having to protect him from people trying to flirt with him. And it’s just all of the Apollos kids banding together to protect Apollo

✨✨ A Pick Up Line To Use On A Percy Jackson Fan: ✨✨

: Hey there, who's your godly parent?

: Definitely Hermes.

: Really? Could have fooled me cuz you look like a child of Aphrodite ;)

This sent me into an actual spiral 😭

I love Drew Tanaka so much but going through her tags and seeing stuff like this hurt in the most gut wrenching way possible

TA! Drew Tanaka

-Growing up never being taken seriously by anyone because of her looks

-Finally having people truly listen to her at camp

-Trying to figure out her godly parent

-Ares, maybe? The campers wonder, seeing her yell with the anger of war

-Not getting claimed, slowly accepting it

-Charmspeaking someone during Capture the Flag

-Silena realizing and telling everyone what it was

-Drew becoming the unclaimed daughter of Aphrodite everyone knows about

-Slowly being ignored and getting less and less training

-Befriending Alabaster Torrington, someone who, like her, knows their godly parent while being unclaimed

-Alabaster joking the Army and holding his hand out to Drew, to bring her with

-Her reaching out to take it, only to stop when she hears Silena calling her name, looking for her

-Saying goodbye to her best friend to stay with her sister

-Starting to date Lee Fletcher, hating the idea of the Rite of Passage

-Before the Battle, Lee making her promise that, above all, to protect Will, his little brother

-Lee dying

-Drew grieving, taking Will and running, deeper and deeper into the Labyrinth

-Alabaster and Ethan finding them, bringing them to the Princess Andromeda

-Drew not knowing Silena is the spy

-Drew learning about the Cabin Ten curse, Nemesis laughing as she recounts the story

-Drew working her way to the top and becoming one of Luke’s generals

-Drew breaking the heart of a random mortal boy, who looks all too much like Lee

-Silena dying, known as the traitor

-Zeus letting Drew go free, because of the dumb Aphrodite stereotype she had tried so hard to fight, had joined the Titans for

-Getting claimed right as she sees Silena’s body

-Drew becoming head counselor the day of her 14th birthday

-Having Aphrodite’s blessing for months, as an apology for not being claimed earlier, still having it at the start of TLH

-Piper coming along, too much like Silena, refusing the Rite of Passage

-Drew looking at Jason, knowing what will happen to him

-The war against Gaea.

-Drew Tanaka, seen as a shallow, self-absorbed Aphrodite girl by most of camp

-Drew Tanaka, survivor of two wars, outliving most of her friends and family

-Drew Tanaka, who became exactly what she hated in the first place

I've read so many fanfics where Drew Tanaka's character is explored, where she is given depth and backstory, where she interacts with other characters, where her feelings and experiences are described.... now I want to cry and hug her.

SAME! It's such a shame that we don't get to see much of her. That's definitely a mistake on Uncle Rick's part, I mean- our girl has very little appearances yet there are so many people that find her character to be genuinely interesting to the point where there are plenty of deep character discussions about her and fics that gives her her own backstory on why she is the way she is.

She's such an interesting character and has so much potential to bring a lot on the table that its so disappointing that her main purpose on the series was to bully Piper and be a bitch so that Piper can show how "different" she is.

It would have been great if Uncle Rick went into more depth and explored her character, or at least given us something more! Like how the war and Silena's betrayal affected her, not to mention suddenly having to be responsible for a cabin full of kids. But instead we were shown a one dimensional bitch!

It's such a waste it's frustrating!

THIS! BECAUSE IT'S SO TRUE!!!

sorry but people who forgive Luke Castellan but not Drew Tanaka are severely fucked up to me

clearly there's some sort of internalised misogyny and trauma from bullies in you, because if you honestly think a teen girl who is mean to people* is worse than someone who literally tried to murder a twelve year old (percy), and lead to the deaths of several other teenagers (manhattan) you have another thing coming

*i should add that from what we see, Drew Tanaka is mean to people from what we see of her. We see her three days after the unofficial camp leader has been kidnapped from the one place everyone thought was safe and less than a year after she fought in at least one battle against her former friends and family, likely watched her sister die, and is probably dealing with PTSD from that.

Let's not forget she's Sadie Kane's age, which means at most we're seeing her when she's 13-14. 14, and in charge of at least 4 siblings. Also, the fact she's counselor means she's been at camp the longest. that means, that at the age of (likely) thirteen (possibly twelve) she was made counselor after being at camp the longest. that means she likely also fought in the battle of the labyrinth, which meant she participated in the minor skirmishes preceding manhattan that percy mentions, which means that this 14 year old is a war veteran by the time we see her for the first time.

Drew is frequently put down in Piper's mind, not only for being mean, but for being girly, for liking pink and perfume and caring about her appearance. that isn't feminism, that's internalized misogyny. That's piper in a 'not like other girls' phase. piper is an unreliable narrator but we aren't talking about that.

also, drew isn't wrong that piper knew nothing about silena. like, piper was thinking about betraying them the entire time she was at camp for her dad.

and silena was a traitor. i don't deny she was probably groomed but honestly what a slap in the face it must have been to be thirteen, returning to home, a room you share with six-ten other kids, and to know that some of your best friends are dead, in no small part to your sister who sold them out.

but nobody is talking about that, because Annabeth Chase and Percy Jackson, the heroes who are barely there, say Silena's a hero, and that means it's true, right?

It doesn't matter that her friends are dead, doesn't matter that mothers will never see their daughters again. That drew will never forget how her sister's blood felt on her skin. because if they say it, it must be true, right?

the fact luke castellan (mostly forgiven for being hot) (and angry, but drew tanaka is angry and none of you forgive her) is a goddamn tragedy and honestly she deserves a retcon or at the very least for people to understand that HOO is not black and white, and for you to look at characters that way is a detriment to analysis.

so much love for characters who are desperately unsure whether they’re a good person, a redeemable person, a person worth saving, but are absolutely certain that they’re a grade a hottie

So I was scrolling through Pinterest trying to find an image to put on a C. ai bot WHEN I STUMBLED UPON THIS!

TELL ME THIS ISN'T DREW TANAKA!! This is exactly how she would look like! Especially the hair and eyeliner!

Now I don't know the origin of this pic, whether it's ai generated, a fan art of some sort, someone's OC, a random aesthetic or whatever BUT I LOVE IT!

Here's some more that I downloaded because they remined me of Drew.

Here's the fan fic I've been talking about, only one chapter so far but I'll try to update frequently

Here it is! So far it only has one chapter but I'll try to update this regularly

So there's this WebToon called "Batman: Wayne Family adventures" and I absolutely love it, I loved it so much that I sorta wanna write a crossover fanfic about it about Drew Tanaka becoming a Robin after the battle of Manhattan. I also wanna add some Drew x Leo in there if you know what I mean, not just because I like the ship but also because I wanna give my boy Leo a better life

Yes it will extend this fic to the events of TLH and I'll make Drew go on the mission instead of Piper

I already finished writing the first chapter but I'm posting this to ask if anyone would be interested in reading it because I need validation, so tell me if you wanna read it.

So there's this WebToon called "Batman: Wayne Family adventures" and I absolutely love it, I loved it so much that I sorta wanna write a crossover fanfic about it about Drew Tanaka becoming a Robin after the battle of Manhattan. I also wanna add some Drew x Leo in there if you know what I mean, not just because I like the ship but also because I wanna give my boy Leo a better life

Yes it will extend this fic to the events of TLH and I'll make Drew go on the mission instead of Piper

I already finished writing the first chapter but I'm posting this to ask if anyone would be interested in reading it because I need validation, so tell me if you wanna read it.

I am a Drew Tanaka Stan account, but this does not mean that I hate Piper, that also doesn't mean that I like her either, say what you want but hear me out.

I liked Piper, I thought that she was pretty cool at first but by the end of TLH when Piper "defended" Silena is when my opinion on her started to go down hill. Piper had no right to defend Silena because she did not know her, at that time the only thing that Piper knew about Silena was her name and the fact that she was the Aphrodite cabin head Councilor before she died, Piper has never met Silena and she's bearly even heard of her deeds. Now, to those who say--

"Well, Annabeth told Piper about Silena"

No, no she did not, at least not really. If you can remember, when Annabeth was touring Piper around the camp, she did mention Silena and told her how she was the previous Cabin 10 head Councilor, and that she was kinder and more caring compared to the other Aphrodite kids (Rick I hate you for this) but then stopped herself from saying anymore because it was obviously a sensitive topic to her.

Plus, Piper becoming the head Councilor only after spending two days at CHB ticks me off because she bearly did shit.

"Oh she went on a quest"

So? The other Aphrodite kids went to War! Among her siblings Drew had been at camp the longest so I'm guessing that she was there for both The Battle Of The Labyrinth and The Battle Of Manhattan. Even if Drew was just one of the medics and not one of the fighters (which you will never convince me into believing, you cannot tell me that this girl- Drew Tanaka- is an absolute menace) she still helped and survived, Piper should not have been the one with the leverage!

I get that Uncle Rick wanted his main characters to be the Head Councilors so that they could be the ones to attend the meetings and all that, but he could have gone about Piper becoming the head in a much better way!

And to those who say--

"What about Leo, he became head Councilor the same time as Piper, you're just placing double standards"

No I am not! Because Leo did a lot for his cabin even just that one day when they arrived at CHB (1) he discovered bunker 9-- something that none of the other current Hephaestus kids even knew about and (2) He fixed Festus and even found/ re-attached his wings-- something that the other Hephaestus kids thought was impossible. I mean look at what happened to Jake Mason when he tried to get that dragon at bay! Bro ended up in a full body cast.

And to those who are saying--

"Well Piper got rid of all the stereotypes"

No, no she did not, because around this time she was still in her "I'm not like other girls" phase. Now I'm not gonna judge her for this phase because we all went through it (I definitely did) but the way she was so quick to judge and stereotype the other Aphrodite kids as spoiled and vain without even properly conversing with them is not helping her case.

Plus, at the Hephaestus cabin, no one really wanted to be the Head Councilor, and I think that it was the same for the Aphrodite cabin because think about it, Drew is canonically Sadie Kane's age so around 14-15 (maybe even 13 I don't know it just said that she was around Sadie's age) so she was very young when the two wars happened, and we know that the head Councilors are the ones at front, the ones who HAVE to handle things, the ones who lead and die before everyone else (which is greatly shown/represented by the Apollo cabin, RIP Lee Fletcher and Michael Yew) You cannot tell me that my girl wanted in on that.

You cannot tell me that Drew Tanaka wanted the responsibility that came with being head councilor.

"Oh, she wanted power over her siblings, I mean she was a Tyrant! "

The death! You cannot tell me that a 13- 14 year old was thinking about power after she heard that her older sister's face got melted off and that she had to step up and be in charge of a cabin full of kids. Like Drew jumped at the first moment she had to get all the responsibilities off of her shoulders. ESPECIALLY since she KNEW that shit was starting to stir again with the new prophecy (let's not forget the fact that she was one of the first people to put the pieces together and bring it up) MY GIRL RAN THE OTHER WAY AND I DON'T BLAME HER FOR IT.

I think that this is the EXACT reason why Drew didn't fight Piper to keep her position as Head Councilor. She didn't want it, cuz let's be real, Drew would have BODIED Piper. I mean I'm pretty sure that Chiron trained those Demigods like seasoned war soldiers and Piper had zero training.

AND I BETTER NOT see anyone say that--

"Oh no way! Drew could't have been stronger then Piper, Drew probably skipped training because she didn't wanna ruin her nails or get sweaty, that's just how she is blah blah blah"

No! Chiron is responsible, he would NOT let ANY camper miss or skip training, cuz if they did then you know that he's gonna make them clean the stables or wash the dishes, now THAT is something that Drew would not want to do.

Now I'm not here do say that Drew is a completely innocent cutie patootie because she wasn't, she was Sadie's bully and yes she was mean to her siblings, I can't defend that and I won't by saying--

"Oh she's just a young dumb traumatized teenager going through some shit, we all make mistakes"

(even though I think it's true in certain levels although not completely) Cus if I do then I don't think you guys will like/accept that so let's just cut her some slack.

Anyways, I think the reason why I like her so much is because we're kinda similar (I'm not extremely pretty and popular don't get me wrong, I'm actually the kid that sits quietly in the corner, but I too am a 15 year old Asian female who's not a healthy grievier and tend to lash out when I get emotional, I probably would have reacted similarly if I was in her situation. I also don't think that the war had given her (and most of the other Demigods honestly) some maturity (people say that the wars made the Half-Bloods more mature but I honesty don't think that thats true for all of them, Drew included) I think that it just gave them PTSD, trauma and some false beliefs about the world.

In conclusion, I like Piper, but I like Drew 100x more, and I think that HOO would have been more interesting if Drew had been part of the seven instead of Piper, I think Drew would have added more flavor and more emotion, the Media scene definitely would have been more interesting if it was Drew that was there and you all know it, AND how her opinion about Silena would affect her relationship/ create tension in the Argo with Annabeth and Percy.

Drew listens to true crime podcasts in the mornings to start her day off

THIS!

Aphrodite cabin

I recently got into the Percy Jackson Fandom and right now I’m honestly just pretty disappointed about the Aphrodite cabin and its wasted potential.

The Aphrodite cabin could have been a place where people are loving no matter what and where people see how beautiful you are because the children of Aphrodite know that beauty is more than beauty standards. I could have been a place where you can go and not get judged.

The Aphrodite cabin could have been a Loving and beautiful place.

I know that part of this may come from everyone expecting the children of Aphrodite to be a certain way but I just think that it’s kind of sad.

The Aphrodite cabin could have been a place to teach young children about love and that love isn’t only romantic and that everyone is beautiful.

Drew Tanaka definitely flirts with the hunters of Artemis whenever they come to camp, and the hunters sometimes aren't strong enough to resist her charm so they would get flustered from time to time. Artemis is aware of it but doesn't know what to do because Drew's a girl so technically it's not against their rules BUT STILL Artemis hates it when Drew "Daughter of Aphrodite who flirts for fun" Tanaka successfully manages to make one of her hunters lose their composure or make them blush.

Aphrodite is lowkey proud of her for this.

⋆. 𐙚 ˚ daughters of aphrodite ♡

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