brace yourself

Not a popular opinion on tumblr I know but I would argue character death is good for stories, actually, and often a death with long narrative consequences is much better use of a character than having them linger with no more important plot beats to hit.

I didn't talk about this in my big post about frank's awkward and potentially toxic relationship to his masculinity (you don't need to go read it but this post might not make as much sense without it) but I do think it's significant that leo has his comment about the prophecy 7 wanted posters where he's like "I know I'm not worth as much as a percy or a jason but am I worth at least like... two franks?" and frank is genuinely upset about it. and who wouldn't be upset about a joke like that but this line specifically evaluates frank as the most worthless man among his prophecy 7 peers (leo didn't include the women in his comment). and we know that in son frank was struggling with being a man in the way that his grandmother + his father + camp jupiter + frank himself wants him to be and he was already struggling with feeling like a useful member of the crew in moa so this joke from leo is just adding onto all of that

Post-TLO or Post-HOO Percy accepting small godly quests in exchange for money (unless he needs something else, like in that short story with hermes). There's an established minimum rate, plus additional costs for injuries, losses and overtime. No, you don't get your money back. Yes, he won't tell a single soul about it unless you want him to. Yes, you can get a discount if it's something serious and yes, he will probably do it for free anyway if it's something actually serious, but don't get cocky about it. No, the price is not the same for other creatures, and yes, the charge is higher if you're a god, no, he doesn't care if you think that's unfair.