olympus to preserve or raze

nico hangs out on the weird parts of the internet confirmed

Do you think Luke harbored a special grudge for the di Angelos due to Hades cursing the oracle over the fate of Maria? Luke may very well have recognized the names of Nico and Bianca as soon as he heard them, from his nightmares or from Kronos’ visions, and realized who they were long before anyone else did. That might mean Bianca’s death was less of a suicide mission and may in fact have been carefully planned and executed by Luke in some sort of desperate attempt to avenge May’s fate.

the titan’s curse is interesting bc like. rick riordan (very clumsily) attempted to explore feminist themes, the role played by male heroes in myths and how they treated women with zoe and ariadne's stories. and the hunters were supposed to represent a safe haven/found family for young women in response to the patriarchy.... but he ended up writing them as a caricature of ‘men haters’ who prey on young girls and treat even young boys as people who should be avoided like the plague.... and it's presented as rick's idea of what feminism is like. it’s such a shame that the issues going on with the hunters weren’t even really addressed in the narrative besides thalia shit-talking them – because you know what? they COULD have still been messy and problematic, but if written with more nuance and care and if zoe changed the recruitment method after getting to know thalia and percy, it would’ve worked. do you get me. do you envision what i'm talking about