i like to think these two made amends after the lost hero?? drew’s still officially second in command which means piper still trusts her enough not to be terrible to leave her in charge when they go on the whole prophecy of seven quest. besides she can’t be all bad so what’s the harm in some fistbumpin action hell yeah
(i wish i was better at fashion so i could actually draw her in something nice sobs)
you never really get out of pjo because while i was crying over luke castellan this morning, i also remembered my drew tanaka headcanon where the reason why she was so bitter over silena’s death and why she was so angry that people called silena a ‘hero’ was because she discovered that silena was kronos’s spy before anyone else did
imagine. being known as the ‘bitchy’ aphrodite kid, stumbling across your counselor literally betraying the entire camp. no one will listen to you because they know you have charmspeak, and they know that you’re mean – they can’t trust anything you say.
desperately stirring up cabin drama in the hopes that silena will break up with beckendorf because it would hurt him so much when silena reveals her hand. trying to spread rumors about her so that the other campers will avoid her and so that she’ll do less damage.
keeping track of every young camper that ever talked to silena alone. watching as they disappear, one by one, to join Kronos’s army.
and after the battle, you’re the only one who knows just how many demigods silena sent to join kronos’s army. how many lives were lost, because of her.
you’re the only one who knows how much blood was on her hands when everyone else claims her as a hero.
You know what would have been so much more interesting and huge cliche dodge?
If Drew wasn’t a one dimensional asshole written to be the personification of the child of Aphrodite stereotype.
If the reason Drew was so confrontational with Piper is because Piper automatically assumes being a child of Aphrodite is lame and has the perception that being interested in beauty and fashion are negative things.
If the reason Drew has negative feelings towards Silena is because Silena was Drew’s BIG SISTER and Drew absolutely LOVED her but then she turned out to be a traitor and she died in the war and Drew is hurt and conflicted and angry and mourning and she doesn’t know how to express these things in a healthy way. And yeah, this may lead her to being an ass towards her siblings but not a 100% bully who doesn’t give a fuck about them.
If at the end of TLH instead of Piper doing a hostile takeover of the cabin she and Drew have a heart to heart and Drew finally expresses what she’s been feeling over the circumstances of Silena’s final days and death and Piper expresses that she understand that Aphrodite just looking into mirrors and obsessing over love partners.
Also no catty fighting over Jason because that shit just made me want to rip my hair out.
Finally caved in to getting a TikTok!! and of course the first thing I make is PJO bullshit bc I just saw The Lightning Thief musical this weekend and it was an AMAZING show ✨You can find me over there under @pearlybaecosplay
Also Drew Tanaka is a MYTHIC BITCH and yall can fight me over her bc I adore her to bits
why didn’t rick riordan make the aphrodite cabin experienced with archery like the apollo cabin. it would make sense if they favored a bow and arrow because aphrodite is often associated with them and their godly siblings, the erotes, also use them carry out aphrodite’s orders
