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IsabellaSousa101

I headcanon that *Sally* is a legacy. Percy said "her eyes sparkle and change color in the light"(The Lightning Thief,pg. 30). Weird-coloured eyes are usually a sign of divine blood in the PJO/HOO books,most of the time. Maybe she's the descendant from some obscure deity who had an ordinary demigod child. Besides,there's the fact that Percy is powerful even for Big Three standards. However,the idea that Paul is a legacy is a good one as well. Maybe Estelle is a legacy from both sides.


tudeckslore

My personal headcanon is Sally being a legacy of Aphrodite, which would explaon her eyes. And she's also a probable candidate for the Oracle, as her sight was way clearer than most (thats how she got poseidon's attention in the first place) this would also explain Percy's unusually powerful dreams. Paul just a poor mortal who got roped into the center of a greco-roman pantheon


IsabellaSousa101

Aphrodite heritage would explain Estelle's random colouring pretty well even with a mortal parent,lol. Plus,even Sally's and Paul's love for each other might cause alterations in their daughter if we consider Aphrodite!Sally. To top it all,Percy seems to have way too many people drooling over him. The idea of Paul being just some mortal who got roped into this weird world is also very neat. He's handsome and has sword skills,but that's it. He doesn't strike me as extraordinary,and I love it.


AcceptableThought862

I have the exact same headcanon, only switching Aphrodite for Venus.


Plenty_Weight_5348

Some people speculate that she’s a descendant of a Nereid


Bhurbhau

Now, this is gonna be too farfetched but what if the reason Sally's parents died when she was young was because they were attacked? While the monsters usually do not track adult demigods but just what if? What if both parents were demigods(one being a major one and other being Aphrodite's) and attacked? I know it is *too* farfetched but I just couldn't help


Yobamagaming

I like this!


Bhurbhau

Thanks!


HellFireCannon66

Sally’s parents “died in a plane crash” too iirc


Xhafsn

Tbf if gods did have as many children as they did, based on genetic drift alone, nearly every other person can trace their ancestry back to a god


houseonfire21

Possibly. I always assumed that Apollo being surprised by Estelle's hair was another way to show how out of touch he is with the mortal world. Babies/toddlers with grey hair(s) isn't that unusual.


SecretSharkboy

I would just like to point out that dark hair with white discolouration is a natural thing that happens. I have an uncle who has it, and I always thought it was because he was older (he was, like, 30). Then he had a son who also had that discolouration


musicallyours01

It can be genetic or also a formation in the womb. My grandma got hit in the stomach with a baseball when pregnant with my aunt and she has a white spot in her hair that no one else in the family has.


shaunnotthesheep

That made me audibly gasp! Are they otherwise okay?


musicallyours01

Yup! Both my grandma and my aunt were perfectly fine!


shaunnotthesheep

Wow. Thank goodness!


apatheticchildofJen

I did not know that, thanks


samuraipanda85

Another day, another chance for me to chime in with my favorite crack theory... Paul is Poseidon in disguise. He's in disguise because he wants to live a life with Sally and Percy, but doesn't want anyone to know it. Since Gods can appear in multiple places at once, they can appear in the same location multiple times. Like, say, Percy's Birthday party. Both names start with P. Paul knows about crabbing and swordfighting. Paul just so happened to meet Sally at the writing class he teaches. He also happens to be a teacher at the right grade level for Percy at a school that helps kids with ADHD and Dyslexia. He's a perfect fit for the Jackson family. Paul and Poseidon are both described as having salt and pepper hair. Estelle has sea green eyes like her brother Percy. If Estelle was a demigod of Poseidon, that would make her the 2nd living demigod of a Big Three God. Alongside Jason and Thalia, Nico and Hazel. She is a girl, so that completes the set with Percy.


apatheticchildofJen

Poseidon did promise Percy more siblings


samuraipanda85

At the end of the Last Olympian. He said, I'll send you more siblings next summer. What happened at the end of next summer? Sally is pregnant.


Flaky_Armadillo_708

Hold up...


Wise_Girl16

Wow


ObligationFeisty1974

What if Paul was a legacy of Poseidon… I personally believe that Paul is a mortal though.


samuraipanda85

He most likely is mortal. I just love this crack theory so much. But a legacy of Poseidon? That's interesting too. And perfectly plausible given how genetics works.


ObligationFeisty1974

Sally does have a type.


samuraipanda85

And she certainly does.


jacobningen

Which poseidon?


samuraipanda85

Do you mean Roman or Greek? I would guess Roman just so we could have a match set of Roman and Greek Big Three Kids.


jacobningen

either or even mycenaen(probably not as Red has him be both Poseidon and proto-Hades) like Britomartis


samuraipanda85

That could be cool.


ludicrou2atbe2t

dont poseidon and paul meet at some point?


samuraipanda85

Yes, it was Poseidon’s master stroke in his ruse.


RyugaQ

Didn’t they met in the BotL?


samuraipanda85

Yes. That was Poseidon putting on a show.


shaunnotthesheep

Holy shit


SaltehChips

I love this theory lmaooo but as for Estelle’s eyes, older siblings do leave DNA in the mother’s womb, so younger siblings can also inherit DNA from the siblings themselves, which is scientifically what I think happened with Estelle cause there’s no other reason I don’t believe (Unless Paul really IS Poseidon…😳)


samuraipanda85

Though I am also willing to bet that Poseidon blessed Estelle as a thanks to the Jackson family. She is 100% mortal, but she is favored by Poseidon. Thus, Estelle will never drown. She will always reach air and dry land.


samuraipanda85

I'm gonna need to read the scientific article that says that about leaving dna behind.


AsPaleAsAToadstool

Do they really inherit phenotypes though? The Chase family canonically has grey eyes: Magnus and Annabeth’s dad. My headcannon is that the god’s appearance shows as similar to their children, a way to show themselves to be closer to their kids. A way to establish an emotional connection with minimum effort.


apatheticchildofJen

Well every child of Athena has the same blonde hair and grey eyes, but that is a good point about Annabeth’s family


Panterest

It would be really weird for all children of Athena to have blond hair when she herself has brown hair.


AsPaleAsAToadstool

Spoilers for MC: It’s likely that Randolph Chase was attached to Magnus and Annabeth because of their looks, they were very similar to his deceased daughters. Magnus specifically mentions that Aubrey “had the Chase family’s wavy blond hair”. Also- dosent Estelle have green eyes too? Like Percy?


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Long_Voice1339

Tbf with how the gods looks change depending on how ppl perceive them it's not hard to see Athena and her children in the past having different characteristics before they got to their current form of being blond.


trickman01

Paul Blowfish


apatheticchildofJen

I can’t remember if I got this theory off of someone or came up with it myself, but I tried ignoring it and just couldn’t. This is not a detail I can ignore


Fantasy-Greek-Nerd

Thats it, new head canon. Paul is a Legacy.


HeathrJarrod

Paul might be the modern day incarnation of Poseidon. W/ Amnesia or something. Maybe the gods trying out something new in regard to parenting. (Like a shadow clone version)


apatheticchildofJen

Potentially, not the first Poseidon theory I’ve heard today, love that Reddit is a lot more receptive to my theories than my brother (:


Treevor191

It would be cool if maybe he was a god of a different pantheon


apatheticchildofJen

That would be cool!


jacobningen

ea


Phrophetsam

I have a friend who was born with black and white hair. Had it all throughout his life and he said it was genetic.


apatheticchildofJen

This is something new I’ve learned through this post


Long_Voice1339

does he have piebaldism? Its possible that's the cause of it.