Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-29729973-20170317173745/@comment-34946084-20180408161748

I know all of those things, yes. Most characters called her intelligent, wise, ect. But that doesn't mean that she is actually that intelligent. Rick just told us that she is that intelligent, we never really saw this when it comes to act. That is because of, Riordan is kind of author that he 'says and tells' but not actually 'shows'. For example, he is saying that Jason and Piper are Leo's best friends and they always cares about him. But when it comes to act...no, you can not say much. Because they're mostly ignores Leo, this is a fact. Or he does tell that Percy is humble and down-to-earth, but in the HoO series, he was complete arrogant and a j*rk, mostly times. But no one ever calls this in the series. Rick, another example, is saying that Piper is different from other Aphrodite kids, but when it comes to showing it, we saw that Piper is not so much different from them.

Annabeth is mostly knowledgeable rather than intelligent. Those examples you're saying me does not proves that she is intelligent. These are just proves that she knows about Greek Mythology and she is knowledeable about it. Being intelligent and knowledeable are not  the same things.

Annabeth survived when she was seven, but in that time, Athena was protecting her, secretly. Even If she was that smart or intelligent, she was seven years old, she was a child. So, She could've die without Athena's secret help. That's nothing to do with her intelligence.

Daedules gave his laptop to her, and sure he is thinking Annabeth is smart, because both of them are children of Athena, they're brother and sisters. But again, when it comes to act it is not a proof that Annabeth is that intelligent, again. You must show me Annabeth's actions, any kind of proof that actually, consideribly showing that she is really intelligent. (Grammar...)

Reyna, I would say, most intelligent character in the HoO series. She is the one who is thinking outside off the box. Remember her behavior towards Percy in the SoN? Even he was a Greek, a probable threat for Rome, and even he ruined Reyna's old life, Reyna still was cabaple of thinking outside of the box and she didn't judge Percy just like that. She could've get him killed. But she didn't. Because she knew that it would be illogical, she didn't get her bias win over, she didn't chose her bias over her mind and intelligence. Another example, Reyna showed her intelligence, when Jason was went back Rome with his girlfriend and when he asked her If she/Reyna can show Piper to New Rome. Even if this scene, Jason's act was highly suspicious an sad and can make her angry because he acted really j*rk towards her, She did think outside of the box, she didn't let her emotions takes over control her mind, because at that moment she knew that fighting with Jason or getting angry or showing sadness doesn't solve or fix anything. But in the other hand, we saw what Annabeth did when she saw Percy, she went and judo flopped (Is that correct?) Percy just like that. And that was maybe a lovely scene when it comes to romance, but it also was a illogical thing to do. Yes, I know that Percy and Annabeth are dating and Jason and Reyna weren't dating, but they were friends all that years, still. So Reyna could've acted illogical, but she didn't. Another example...how Reyna did act towards Annabeth after Leo fired up New Rome? She did let go Annabeth but in that time even, she could've kill her just in that moment. Even Annabeth herself admitted that. And this is what i call thinking outside of the box. Because Reyna is not just mature, she is intelligent enough to think that logically. There are thousands of examples, but this writing is getting long.

I didn't read this cross over story, so I can't talk about that.

And yes, how much I adore different characters who doesn't have any kind of supernatural based powers but still are just adorable... But when it comes to Annabeth, she is overrated. I don't dislike her, no. But I do think she is overrated.