Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20160617204438/@comment-5471249-20160706134732

Commander Tool Belt wrote: 😏😏 I presume you would not mind elaborating on your ******** theory? I would love to hear it. I most certainly wouldn't mind - I found Luke a lot more interesting for several reasons: firstly, while it is pretty much crystal clear from the get-go that Octavian is a villain, it was not so with Luke, and therefore the revelation of his true allegiance at the end of TLT was truly heartbreaking to me, while Octavian, unfortunately, never did anything to make me change my mind about him. And Octavian is also a more shallow villain in my eyes because of his shallower and more selfish motivations, that come on stark contrast to the more selfless and relatable true motivations behind the actions of Luke, making the latter of an affable sort of antihero. In addition, Luke posed an actual threat to Percy and his friends (being not only a killed demagogue, but also a formidable warrior, with the fierce loyalty of his followers), while Octavian did not to the same extent (being only a skilled demagogue, who was undermined several times throughout the books without that much effort, and who was despised by some of his own men).