Yo!

Hello my vonderful friends. It's time, yet again, for another writing guide. Today, we are going to finish part 1 of that one chapter that was a few chapters ago.

Yay!

Also, this is completely unimportant, but I have question for you all. How do you pronounce Thalia? My sister asked me the other day, and we both said different things. I say tah-LEE-yuh, and she says thay-LEE-yuh. My friend says thah-LEE-yuh.

I don't know.

OKAY. Let's get cracking.


Originality!

PART TWO

[the stereotypical, cliché, Annabeth-goes-to-Goode]

Whoopee!

So yes.

Annabeth goes to Goode.

Yup.

Where to begin?

So yes. I think that this will generally follow the same format as the Chaos chapter. Just, you know, with different content.


Storyline

Act I Scene I—Apartment

Most of the Annabeth-Goode blah blah stories that I've come across either have Annabeth waking up to excitedly start school in New York, dressing up and making her way to campus OR Percy waking up 'meh I don't want to go to school so boring' attitude 'mom five more minutes', without a blissful clue as to what will twirl into his future in a few short hours.

Act I Scene II—Goode High School

Again, it varies. Percy or Annabeth? Typically Annabeth.

I climbed out of the car, thanking my Dad for the ride, and stared at the building of the high school that I would now be attending. I started towards it, bag swinging on my shoulder, and approached the nearest group of people.

"Excuse me," I said.

They all turned.

"New student, huh?" a boy asked.

"Yes," I replied. "I was wondering if you knew my boyfriend, Percy Jackson?"

They stared at me for a few seconds before they burst out laughing.

"They're always the same," a girl sneered. "Claiming to be his girlfriend. What idiots."

My temper flared. "Excuse me?" I repeated, a dangerous tone entering my voice.

"Listen, New Girl," the boy said. "Percy doesn't date. Claims he has a 'girlfriend'—" he drew quotes with his fingers "—in California. So buzz off."

"You're joking." I scoffed. "I actually am—"

But a shout erupted from behind me, making the boy and girl jump. The girl's eyes widened, jumping from me to the person storming up behind me.

I turned around and saw my goofy Seaweed Brain practically skipping toward me. "ANNABETH!"

And scene.

You guys, this wasn't that hard to write. I have seen so many fics like this that I didn't even have to think about what to say. Maybe that's why people choose to write Annabeth-Goode stories? Because they're just easy?

Secondly, it's obvious that the girl in Scene II has a crush on Percy. And you know, his friends never believed that he actually had a girlfriend, and that he was just being nice to the girls that asked him out, not realizing that he was actually telling the truth, and now is best girl friend is really hurt because she thought she had a chance, and now she doesn't because of Annabeth showing up, which makes her hate Annabeth and blah blah blah run-on sentence.

Again, it's just easy.

You know, after that, it's all a blur. I really don't know what happens next. That's really the whole story. Annabeth arrives. Percy sees. They scream. Run. Kiss. Jealous girl. The end. It could pretty much be it's own one-shot. This could just be ignorance on my part (since this is normally the part where I stop reading) but just like the Kaos Krew showing up at CHB, what happens next? Seriously, what? Maybe showing off in Greek or sparring in gym, but that's about it.

The end.

And P.S. I've never heard of a Greek class in my life. It's normally Latin class, and even that's rare. I think my school offered it as an early-morning class. But srsly, what school teaches Ancient Greek as a class? Psshh ain't nobody got time for that.


Too Repetitive

How to write Annabeth Goes to Gooode fanfiction in 9 easy steps!

1. Annabeth arrives

2. Joyful reunion

3. Jealous friend of Percy's

4. Lunch

5. Greek (Which Paul teaches)

6. Gym (where they spar and Annabeth and Percy fight to the amazement of the crowd)

7. Go home

8. See you tomorrow

9. Rinse and repeat

It's the same over and over and over again. Honestly, I think the only time that this Annabeth-Goode story is acceptable (now) is when Annabeth runs in, grabs Percy from school, and then yanks him back to CHB because there's some emergency.

If you want to avoid being like everyone else on Fanfiction, stop doing what everyone else is doing. If you're saying "This one's different, I promise!" then make sure it is, dang it. Jump off the bandwagon and snap your fingers in a Z formation, head rotation, because you are better than it. You just need to prove it. The bandwagon is for lazy people.

(Really though. What happens after the first day of school? Do they find a demigod? What? I really don't know)


But friends! There are actually some pretty good Goode stories floating around out there. This first one is one of my favorite stories on the entire website. It's seriously good.

It's called Goode Highschool for Exceptional Children by TheArtemis. The summary is as follows:

"Percy Jackson isn't like other teens. His reflexes are crazy fast. He enrolls into Goode Highschool for Exceptional Children, a school for kids with exceptional abilities. There he meets the popular Annabeth Chase, who's ability is a secret to the student body. As they start to uncover Goode's many secrets, they find themselves getting pulled in deeper and deeper. PERCABETH FLUFF"

It really is an awesome story. Super powers and Percabeth. It's a win-win! Unfortunately, she hasn't updated since June, but it's still extremely worth reading. 25 Chapters of beauty right there.

The second is one that I haven't really read, but people seem to really like. Be warned, it's rated T for language, alcohol, and abuse. It's called Goode High School for Insane Youths by JuicyFruity39. I've skimmed the first couple chapters, and it seems really well written and exciting. Here's the summary:

"After stabbing her stepmother, Annabeth Chase is sent to Goode High School for Insane Youths. On her journey to 'reform' herself, she meets friends like Grover Underwood, Nico Di Angelo, Luke Castellan and strange raven haired, sea green eyed boy named Percy who has a dark secret."

So yes. Sorry, this chapter was a bit of a rant on the Goode fics out there, but I still gave you a couple stories to czech out. Next chapter will actually have some advice/information/whatever it is that I'm doing. I'm already planning it out.

See you on the next chapter!

~littlebitclever


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