trying to get into the swing of using this for brainrotting again, so may start chronicling my adventures.
currently iām remaking my way through some fandoms: rereading old series (now that SOTR has come out iām reading all THG books over again in order), finishing new ones (experiencing PJO for the first time).
so iāve been trying to get through PJO in the best way that makes sense chronologically. just finished The Last Olympian, and have now started the Heroes of Olympus series. apparently itās recommended to basically get through alllllll of the other series books to get all the context before finishing the last two percy jackson-centric books.
for one, seeing Percy through other peopleās perspectives is already really interesting i can tell (mind you, iām still at the very beginning of TLH, at the second Leo chapter). its really funny seeing leoās perspective and heās like āwow this percy guy was into everything around here huhā
like YEAH lmao. thinking about it from not percyās perspective is so funny cause he really was running with everyone š and becoming a defacto leader both in general and in the war is unfortunate.
now iām going to ask a lot of rhetorical questions that i know i will get no answers to (i donāt want spoilers). and i also KNOW they will be answered by either the end of this book or by the end of the others. quite honestly iāll probably make this a damn thread every time one of my predictions or questions was correct. but this is SOOO interesting.
itās already made obvious that Jason is another child of Zeus. i thought it from the very beginning because of the way stormclouds rolled in when he spoke about gods, and of course the lightning strike not killing him etc etc. BUT it only confirmed it for me when they reminded us of Thaliaās last name. my outside knowledge of the fandom (which isnāt much, but its enough) plus the fact that i started the chalice of the gods before realizing i was definitely missing some context. anyways i know that his full name is Jason Grace.
but the one thing i AM interested in is it seems like he was almost some kind of prisoner? of sorts? like you would think his amnesia was some event that happened and he does actually know piper and leo, but it seems like he DOESNT. and considering the tattoo? plus the fact that percy also comes back later (based on the VERY beginning of COTG, do not crucify me) with amnesia of that time. it feels like they came back from the same place?? also hera definitely has something to do with it
anyways, next thing. pipers parentage. iām SO interested but sheās so vague even in her own thoughts. pipers story like this in general is very interesting to me, it feels as if weāre getting another (in basics) Silena situation, but we actually get to see it from the inside. iām very curious about it
leo is interesting but its mostly the situations around him that are interesting iād say. the curse on cabin 9, and the fact that he seems to have a running theme of ghosts and dead people. that is what im curious most about.
now, aside from things about the main 3. there are two things iām VERY curious about. so the one thing iāve seen consistently as an outsider to the PJO fandom is Percebeth (of course) and Solangelo. and i only have two thoughts about this (solangelo)
Nico is a very extremely beloved character, and understandably. Heās an angsty kid, who is actually sweet at heart, and has a lot on his shoulders. heās both easy to like and easy to hate, which makes him a big target for fandoms. but as far as iāve seen, he has not beenā¦a big character? like i expected him to be so much more pivotal than he was? i know that the former great prophecy stuff was very important and it was surrounding him especially because percy worked hard so that he DIDNāT have to bear the burden of the prophecy. but outside of that i was so surprised to have seen him so little!! i was expecting him to end up in the group of 7 heroes of olympus and yes i know iām still at the beginning of this but in terms of both age range, and characters iāve seen and heard of, iām not sure he is?? thereās gonna be Jason, Leo, Piper, (i assume) Percy and Annabeth, Hazel (whom i will know nothing about till next book) and then just one more slot is left. of course there is still possibility for it to be himā house of hades and all. but iāve seen more talk about percebeth is HOH than anything else. sooo, my question is (and i actually do want this one answered) does nico actually get more spotlight in this story or did he just become a popular character in the fandom because people love him? like is he such a big face just because a lot of people latched onto him? itās fine if thatās the case! iām just curious
secondly, will is almost in a similar position to nico in my head. Almost. they only specifically started to mention him (at least enough for me to notice) around the war in the last book. which i was actually very excited about!! however i noticed he seemed to have a reputation of being like this complete embodiment of sunshine and someone who is always positive and iāve seenā¦none of that in his personality so far. nothing wrong with that, considering whatās going on. iām just curious, is that actually how he is or how he becomes eventually or is that just a fanon thing? especially considering heās a child of apollo, would make sense for that to be a trait pushed into him to get the sun/moon dynamic, especially if heās just a happy guy for the most part later on
i dunno, these are just my thoughts so far. if you actually read all of it i commend you. i have commentary CONSTANTLY. so iāll probably dump again when my questions have been answered or when more pop up. donāt be surprised if you see me again
took me past my childhood to finally sit down and get through PJO as it was constantly around and recommended and yet i never picked it up. but iām excited, iāve enjoyed it a lot so far.