No, Sejanus could not just āpull a Plutarchā
This is a take I see often, which is used as a critisism against Sejanus and him being *too emotional*, usually looking like: āwith his money he would have impacted the world if only he waited around like Plutarch didā.
No, he would not, and let me explain why it is impossible with Sejanusā foundation as a character.
A thing that is constantly ignored in this debate is the entirely different social situations those two characters are in. Plutarch was not just rich, well-educated, and read a lot. He was a Capitol elite from one of the most influential families in the whole city - they have halls named after them, the Heavensebees were literally one of the ones to build the Capitol. Part of the reasons Plutarch could run around the town doing whatever the hell he wants, organize rebellions, get away for the attempts to break the Arena and stay off radars was because he was a Heavensebee.
Now take Sejanus, who is he? No matter his money that Strabo throws around (many times to bail him out), Sejanus is not just an outsider with too political views, he is a District born immigrat who lived in Two most of his life. He knows he doesnāt belong, his classmates turn his nose at him, and the only person who is not as terrible to him as everyone else is already considered his best friend. Sejanus was in a very vulnerable position when he was taken from his home and his father immediatly went nuclear, saying to forget his old life in Two and accept that the Capitol (which showed that doesnāt want him) is his home now. Outside of the money, the Plinths had no connections and no protection, money being the only thing they werenāt thrown out yet. Unlike Plutarch, who is separate from the issue and knows all about it from history books, Sejanus identifies himself as/is district: āDonāt forget, Iām part of this litterā, meaning he watched injustice happen to his own people for close to a decade with Games and oppression, and we donāt know how much were the districts abused by the Capitol before the first rebellion.
Since the beginning, those two characters have next to nothing in common besides being rich and being rebels. They have entirely different backgrounds and definitely not in a favor of Sejanus.
Sejanus was āemotionalā only because he was desparate from getting no support from the people around besides Strabo throwing money to āfixā the problems (and honestly Strabo worsened his already bad condition by pulling that stunt with Marcus). On the other hand, Plutarch was never an outcast in the Capitol, got himself connections practically handled and this + his own wit formed his personality and his worldview, making him more cold and resourceful.
Point blank, Plutarch could afford himself to sit down and plan his rebellion because he most likely started it while being mature and stable (and as we are shown in SOTR, other people, even the uninvolved in the rebellion like Wiress ended up being punished instead of him). Plutarch was a Capitol man with an idea, Sejanus was a while privileged, a District kid forced into a society that did not want him, and this caused him to lash out - in the end, it shows that even the money, the resource that always protected Sejanus, had its limits and end.
