Like for reference: allegedly Hades wanted to build the di Angelos a palace in the underworld to keep them safe (this is from the wiki so don't quote me) whereas Hazel and her mother. Didn't get that. At all. And some of that can be chalked up to Marie's own choices and Gaea's influence, but ultimately it was Pluto's absence before Alaska that caused those things. He failed to protect them, where he did not fail to protect the di Angelo children.

Moreover, why isn't this disparity a bigger point of contention in Hazel and Nico's relationship - Nico somehow got Hades to be present, to almost be something like a father, enough to preserve his and Bianca's life even if just for the sake of a prophecy, whereas Hazel got asphodel and a curse and a mother who spent her life spiralling into madness. She has a right to be bitter about that. Pluto may have tried to stop Marie from going to Alaska, but that was after years of dealing with a curse and frankly, too little too late. He didn't vouch for either of them in the underworld either, and Hazel, a dead child, took the burden of saving her mother from eternal punishment, just like she took the burden of sacrificing herself. Thats fucked, and I feel like if it had been any of the di Angelos he would have done more.

1. Hades vs Pluto. The Roman gods are more strict, rough and uncaring. As we see with Jason and Jupiter (a.k.a Zeus who seems to care more about Thalia) Hades is a bit softer to his children.

2. He simply loved Maria more (not bc Marie was black bc gods dont think like that. They are more fluid and uncaring about human prejudices) Marie, given her awful circumstances of being a single black mother in the 1930s was being misled by Gaea to give into greed. Marie would also call Hazel a cursed child. But I blame that on Gaea speaking in her ear. Maria loved Hades unconditionally and loved her children unconditionally. That's why he loved her more and was willing to break rules for her.

3. The reason Hades is closer to Nico more than Hazel is bc Nico visits him more and speaks to him more. Also he doesnt speak to Hazel as much bc he doesnt want to have to send her back to the dead. He wants her to be happy. As he told Nico he wants both of them to have happy lives.

4. Pluto had to let them die. Hades/Pluto knows when deaths need to be prevented or not prevented. I have a feeling he knew Hazel was important to the future prophecy. If he stopped them from going then Hazel would not have been part of the group that saved the world in the future, as messed up as that is.

The Battle of the Labyrinth

1.) Percy didn’t know who he was attacking at first and leapt on instinct, which makes sense given his life. He continued to choke Nico because he thought Nico sold him out to the underworld which would prevent him from fighting in a war that could destroy the world. He had a right to be angry, but they both make up for it by the end of the book (something Rick apparently forgot)

2.) Percy DID say something and it was for saving Nico. First it was in his dream, he said it to Nico himself

Then, He said it to hazel and everyone else on the Argo 2

And before that Percy said “Most of the time Nico ended up siding with e good guys. He certainly didn’t deserve slow suffocation in a bronze jar”

Percy should have absolutely been more vocal about saving Nico, annabeth too

As Will should not have been so dismissive of Nicos trama

The Battle of the Labyrinth