riordan's increasingly frantic retcon attempts

unfortunately the awful little freak everyone hates has saved the world so now we all have to try to be nice

something something about nico needing to trust percy with his sister's wellbeing again when sending hazel off to the quest to alaska

how are they gonna adequately prepare whatever child they cast for nico di angelo. it has got to be impossible for someone that young to give informed consent about playing the saddest wettest loser in all of human history. like hey kid i know youre sprightly and all of ten, but we need you to be in all five stages of grief at all times. remember, your mother was killed in fascist italy, youre eighty years old, and now youre in love with the guy who killed your sister. say this next line like you know what it's like to be an ear of corn.

At the end of my rope and it keeps getting longer like some sort of clown handkerchief bit?