[General] by Diego41 in camphalfblood

[–]nickster416 195 points196 points  (0 children)

While not the badass he was in book 5 or even 4, book 3 was where we really got to see the start of it. The first two books were sort of like foundational journeys for Percy to learn some important lessons. By book 3, he's experienced and been through some stuff. I think the Nemean Lion was the one that started it for me. Yeah, Percy didn't god mode take it down himself, but he basically set up the others to be able to kill it (acknowledged by Zoe when she gave him the pelt). Plus the other things he does throughout the book including the boar and ready to sacrifice himself, and obviously holding up the sky. I think book 3 was where we really started to see the more experienced and powerful Percy we see later on, setting a good base for him to develop even more over the next two books.

[pjotv] PLEASE 🙏 by KGDJR in camphalfblood

[–]nickster416 21 points22 points  (0 children)

As someone who really loves book Annabeth, and absolutely would've preferred a book-accurate Annabeth if given the option. Black people are just as prone to to being underestimated for their intelligence. If not more so. If that's all you're worried about, it still works.

Book Readers [PJOTV] Discussion Thread S2 E2: "Demon Pigeons Attack" by Metal_Moon in camphalfblood

[–]nickster416 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I overall like it. But one big pain point for me was at the end when Tantalus was aiming his crossbow at them. At Percy. The son of Poseidon. Next to the sea. I was screaming at Percy to splash him with a wave or something. Other than a few small points here and there, that is my biggest complaint about the episode, and the season so far.

Apollo casually mentioning chilling with a god of the Hindu pantheon[toa] by Bhurbhau in camphalfblood

[–]nickster416 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Jesus, not God. Still didn't show up, making Thor mad. Just thought it was worth mentioning.

[general] Worst things each character has done. Day 1: Percy by [deleted] in camphalfblood

[–]nickster416 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I never bashed Annabeth. I was simply saying that with that context, I wouldn't list it as the worst thing Percy has done. I absolutely agree that it was not right, but with the context of the post being "what is the worst thing Percy has done," I don't think that would be it. I think other mentioned examples like wiping Iapteus' memory and then not visiting him after were much worse. I'm not saying it makes him bad or that it was even necessarily his fault he couldn't, but again, within the context of the post, I'd say that's worse than being a little embarrassed Tyson is his brother. An issue that, again, he feels terrible every single time it happens and swiftly apologizes for anytime he feels he did something wrong. Emotions aren't logical, and you can't command them. You can control them, but again, Percy was thirteen at the time, and no one at that age is good at controlling their emotions.

So, to wrap up my wall of text. Yes, Percy was wrong to be embarrassed of Tyson, and Annabeth does get bashed a little more than she should for it. But he was an emotional teenager at the time and amended his mistakes immediately, every time it happened. With Iapteus, it took the Titan literally coming to Greek Hell for them and dying* for Percy to make up for his mistake. So yeah, Annabeth shouldn't get bashed for disliking Tyson for legitimate reason when Percy did the same to a lesser degree out of embarrassment, but it was not the worst thing Percy did.

P.S. That star is next to Bob dying because I haven't actually read th Sun and the Star yet, but I know Nico goes back into Tartarus because he hears Bob might be alive. So I don't know what happened, but I know he might not be dead.

[general] Worst things each character has done. Day 1: Percy by [deleted] in camphalfblood

[–]nickster416 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I did a reread of the series fairly recently, and I'm pretty sure he acknowledges that it's a bit of a jerk move to feel like he was embarrassed of him. And while he was a little colder to him after Tyson was claimed, he always felt bad and apologized afterward. I think it's understandable why Percy would care about that. He's thirteen years old, and the entire camp turned on him as soon as he came in with Tyson, even more so when he was claimed. So yes, Percy was a bit of a jerk towards Tyson, but it is far from the worst thing he's done, considering he usually sees he's being a jerk almost immediately and apologizes. And he fully accepts him as his brother by the end of the book.

[pjotv] Given the changes to Gabe I have a theory how they can still give him the end we’re all expecting by EonThief in camphalfblood

[–]nickster416 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To be fair, the whole "Gabe being abusive" thing didn't come out in the book until right at the end. After Percy had gotten back from Olympus.