Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-27633869-20180627032706/@comment-36643343-20180819162007

I wouldn't say that Riordan ruined Calypso - I just think he made her more realistic.

Calypso, in my opinion, has every right to be bitter. She's been cast away all alone on Ogygia for not betraying her father in the first war with the gods vs. Titans, cursed so that the only chance at company she has is with entitled heroes who understandably leave her anyhow to continue their own lives with the people they love. If that happened to me, I would be much more bitter than she is.

Every time someone comes along, Calypso is filled with false hope that she might not be alone forever. But until Leo, everyone always leaves her. She isn't defined by her bitterness, but she does have a right to be slightly bitter, and I think Riordan makes her more realistic in that way.