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Does anyone else see Nico as a trans guy, even though that would make no sense for the time period he was born in?
Like, I know he was alive in the 1930’s. And I’m not sure what the main religion of Italy was at the time, but I think it was Catholicism. And the Catholic Church doesn’t support trans people. But in my mind, little Nico went to his mom and told her that he was a boy. So, she cut his hair, bought him new clothes, and moved towns so he could live as a boy with no judgment.
Am I crazy or is this good?
note : this doesn't apply if Hazel or Bianca want to assert older kids' privileges, then it's Hazel is 4 years older than nico, and bianca is 2 years older than nico
my hot death sibs take is that it is a futile effort to try and give them any kind of "older/younger sibling" dynamic. they were born within a month of one another and after Hazel is revived they're still only like a year apart and are peers on every level. just give them a twins-like dynamic, cause that's the closest to what they have. the only time one of them being older (Hazel) ever is relevant/comes up is when theyre poking fun at one another. boom problem solved.
Nico found out that the dead don’t get to eat or taste or see anything so he summons them just so that they’re afterlife isn’t so sad/lonely/stagnant
The di Angelo's are part Indian, because I think that would be interesting
What if Frank had pushed him into the canals. And he just didn't resurface
I wonder what hazel's reaction would be? and the rest of the seven
They both look extremely similar, in fact, if you give them the same hairstyle, they would practically look the same, the difference is that Nico is usually terrifying to be near or look at, but Bianca is nicer ( funnily enough Bianca is more introverted while Nico is an extrovert). But if you look Nico in the eyes and suddenly you both are best friends (you just can't resist the soulful eyes) and also they're colored like earth (brown but with highlights of Gold Green, and Purple mainly but a bunch of other colors, and really, really pretty. Also they change color depending on the closest and biggest Jewel/Mineral nearby). While Bianca's eyes suck in all the light and are dark pitch black, and she gives terrifying death glares. But when blindfolded or something looks extremely nice
Nico's nickname is niccolo piccolo,
They both have powers ove eachothers "domains" but the reason they don't use it is because of mental blocks
Hazel doesn't control the dead, and shadows (as much as nico) because it reminds her too much about her time in the fields, but she can control them
Nico has just never tried and built up a sort of mental block , so he can't do it but he theoretically could control them if he wanted, as shown in the titan's curse, and the battle of the labyrinth
Bianca and Reyna beg him to come with them, but he can only say no a body needs a would and a soul needs a body, that's the difference between ghosts and souls, ghosts are untethered and free, souls are not.
His body rests under the earth stuck, in his fathers domain, but out of his reach. young, only 13 once again not allowed to grow
they sit with him sometimes, when they are free. they stares into his lovely, angelic face, when he'd been here with them in body they hadn't appreciated just how young and innocent he looked, how he would never age alive, but dead. how if he had been allowed to grow as normal he would have been 90, 100. or even just grow after the lotus casino, he would have been 20, but no he would be forever 12-13.
Bianca chose to remain young, he didn't another, one of his many sacrifices. Bianca was allowed to roam, to play , to be with friends, to be young and free. she lived the first part of her life as her brother's second mother and the rest free. Nico was stuck, with no-one to talk to, he was young but not free, stuck in that one spot, he spent the first part of his life free and the rest stagnant.
he sometimes begs to be taken to the underworld so he could rest, but he isn't dead
What if in the final battle, instead of Gaia falling to "storm or fire" she gets killed by the death kids
what if Hazel and Nico try to do what hazel did in the 1940's (they're father helps them because they are both greek and roman) and bring up lots of amethysts'. But right before she falls asleep she tries to take them with her
Nico with the last of his strength pushes Hazel away to safety, as Gaia drags him underground. Picture a weak and tired Hazel, slowly crawling and reaches her hand out grabbing onto Nico who is sinking into the ground, she grabs onto his wrist when his other hand is trapped underground, he does whatever he can to free himself and manages to scratch/bite her wrist the let go of him, before he gets pulled into the ground
The battle was finished this was the final showdown, and the demigods were watching this happen. The battleground completely silent.
This battle didn't have many deaths so there was enough time to properly mourn him. They were surprised at the amount of people who came to the funeral, he was always so quiet at camp
Years later when they all grow up and move on. They still come and visit this spot, have picnics, and what not. Sometimes when the kids stray just a bit too far, a quiet breeze and soft words guide them back to their parents. when a new camper comes running through the woods, they see the silhouette of a boy guiding them. When they finally get to camp they're told that's Nico di Angelo, they're told stories of his life and bravery in death. But no he's not dead, he's been trapped for years.
As the seven's kids get older they see the figure of a boy he looks scary but reassuring in a way, but whenever they ask they're parents, they get very quiet. Eventually They see the boy and suddenly, he doesn't seem so scary he was small, only 13 barely a teenager,
Nico found out that the dead don’t get to eat or taste or see anything so he summons them just so that their afterlife isn’t so sad/lonely/stagnant
Nico jumping around the world visiting random people, and he keeps bumping into the hunters, and they're all awkwardly staring at each other before he makes an awkward excuse to go away
Nico just knows everyone in different pantheons, and is on good terms with them
Nico is a baby gremlin, and adorable, and the only place where he isn't accepted is camp half-blood, and camp jupiter
When people think Nico is creepy :
What do you mean he is creepy he is 12-13 barely a teenager!
look at this adorable face 'proceeds to aggressively squish Nico's face while Nico is blushing and looking embarrassed' how is he scary, and 'proceeds to baby talk Nico' look! he's so adorable ( even though 12 year old Nico is the same height as her, Bianca pretends Nico is still a tiny baby)
Hazel also joins in and fights against the seven, (in my au Hazel died at 14, and Nico revives her when he is 12, so there's a 2 yr age gap, and she is chronologically 4 years older than Nico, and 2 years older than Bianca) hazel is always talking about how adorable and kind Nico is
If bianca lives I want her to somehow or the other be there for nico, as the over protective older sister
Examples include,
the battle of manhattan/the final battle, and Nico arrives with the skeleton army, and the 3 gods, and bianca is just like, "well little brother you may be 12 now, but you'll always be my little brother"
When Nico revives Hazel ( in this au, he is trying to revive his mother), bianca and hazel talk, (hazel is 2 years older than bianca and 4 years older than nico), they debate who is actually older, but eventually they just bond over making fun of nico for being the younger brother
For the labyrinth thing, in this version nico is just outcasted and/or ostracised by the camp so he runs away and is found by Minos, it follows a similar plot as the actual book, but this nico is not bitter, he just thought minos was a genuinely nice/helpful ghost and was helping him, but when bianca finds out minos manipulated nico she goes beserk (nico is still the ghost king tho),
after the tartarus and Jar incident, she is mad at the 7 (minus hazel) for ever doubting her brother
then when nico almost fades after the athena parthenos incident, she's mad at reyna + the seven, but does eventually forgive them, but not forget
and after he jumps into tartarus a second time, she doesn't even know who to be mad at, she's just mad at both of them
Now, I'm imagining everytime she wants to find Nico she digs her hand into a shadow and pulls out nico
Nico would probably have scavengers hanging around him, such as crows and vultures since,
He is canonically said to smell like death which would be another factor to attract scavengers, (I heard there was a butterfly that was a scavenger or something), I feel like this would be really cool and it would be nice for Nico, (he is too traumatized he needs a little bit of happiness)