Well that was sucktastic....

Nico is afraid of fading into the dark

I was rereading the Percy Jackson series and looking back at them at an older point of view things I didn’t see before come to light. During the book the Sea of Monsters I realized this is probably when Annabeth was at her lowest point. She had lost every family she had. Luke had betrayed her and the camp, Thalia was gone and her pine tree was dying, and she had just failed at living with her father and step family for a school year. It makes sense that the siren’s song and Luke’s words would effect her so much. She had hit her rock bottom and was mad at the world and needed to find an outlet. Annabeth had only ever wanted a family and at this point she hadn’t truly found one. This is also when her fatal flaw comes to light. Her fatal flaw is a direct result of the misgivings that have happened to her. She has trust issues and has constantly been left time and time again because of this she has learned to rely on herself and her own strength and ability, which also makes her connection with Percy more meaningful. She allowed herself to be weak in front of him. We learn in the Heroes of Olympus that she puts on a mask every day to hide her weakness and insecurity from everyone. This is also the first time we hear one of the heroes shares the antagonists ideas. Seeing Luke’s vision from Annabeth’s point of view adds depth to his ideals. He isn’t the only one with these gripes with the gods and it’s made clear that his viewpoint isn’t entirely wrong. The gods have neglected their children. They were capable of preventing every tragedy that happened in Annabeth’s life and Annabeth acknowledges that and is mad and upset about it. This is important because other that growing Annabeth’s character it makes us understand that the gods aren’t truly good they are just the lesser evil. It is especially important once you realize that this point carries through and effects the outcome of the great prophecy. 

“You can’t eat soup with chopsticks” Checkmate.

But you’re not.

#i can’t ever get over how far emma has come#how she let her walls down#opened up her heart and fell in love#her love for killian has absolutely made her better#she’s grown so much because of it#and it has definitely made her a stronger individual#more hopeful#and determined#willing to trust etc#all it took was meeting the right person and everything changed

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