User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Mark of Athena Official Discussion/@comment-4649443-20121014204738/@comment-5640883-20121020050059

Okay, so 1)

I would agree with Sumvates. They are patrons of similar things. Asking how Janus came about is a bit like asking how, say, Hestia came about. She had a mother. She had a father. But most importantly, she had a purpose, something to symbolize. Janus guards choices, doorways and such. The Romans needed a patron for this, something to believe in. S they got one. Sorry if this theory is a bit sketchy but I think it makes a reasonable amount of sense. 2) I like Jason. Don't get me wrong, I do, but Jason wasn't the focus of this. This began with Percy and comtinues with Percy, probably ending with Percy. Jason was a believable-enough character who found his way into Percy's story. Everyone did, winding their way into the web of the Heroes of Olympus. And while Jason may have had many adventures on his own string if the web, his own piece of the timeline, Jason was created to be the character he is. The Jason he was could be very different. Plus, I just have to say I am completely and totally pro-Percy and I don't think I would very much like a totally Percy-free story around more or less a similar storyline.