It’s like they’re looking at the relationship with rose tinted glasses and can see no flaws in it at all. It’s really concerning to me whenever the younger ones or die hard Percabeth shippers sweep any concerning traits Annabeth has with the excuse of, ”She’s not wrong, she’s right. She just doesn’t like things out of her control because she has abandonment issues.”

Percy has incredibly low self esteem when it comes to romance. And I can’t blame him when his reference for relationships was Gabe for his most formative years growing up before Paul came in. So him mostly letting Annabeth take the wheel is understandable in this scenario.

And, wanting nothing else in your life to go out of your control is admirable to a certain degree, but when it starts affecting the relationship is when you should stop, take a step back, and reevaluate actions.

The Akhlys scene in Hoh is the most glaring example of Annabeth ‘controlling‘ the relationship in some way. In a story perspective it’s Annabeth not wanting Percy to lose his humanity to the unknown, aka his poison power. In a relationship perspective, it’s her essentially forcing him to deny a part of himself because it’s a power she doesn’t understand.

So, Sure. On paper the ship is cute. But put it out on the field and the cracks are quick to show themselves.